Charlotte aka Dresden

Lovely Dresden went to the vet on Wed for her heartworm treatments. These are injections of medicine that kills the heartworms. Dresden had one injection on Wed and a second on Thurs. The injections are painful and poor Dresden was one hurting puppy when she got picked up to go home - the poor girl was whining most of the drive. Boy, was she glad to get into her crate for a nap . There's nothing like being in your own bed when you are feeling lousy!

The next day, she was feeling more herself and now she's back! Unfortunately, as Dresden's body absorbs dead worm pieces (yes, its gross - so make sure YOUR dog is on heartworm prevention meds), Dresden will have to hang up her running shoes. She needs to stay calm for a couple of months. After that, she will be better than ever and in no time at all, she'll be able to run, jump, frolick with the best of them.

Charlotte Makes A Break From The Shelter!

Charlotte left the shelter today and went to meet her new fosters - Jaan, Pri and Ro and her new canine friend, Xena. Since Charlotte is totally charming, the humans took about 30 seconds to win over - those humans are hardly a challenge at all - just a tail wag here, a flop and belly roll there and it is all over. Xena was a little more of a challenge. Xena wasn't so sure at first how she felt about this BIG (I mean, Charlotte is 30 lbs and a leggy girl) extremely (maybe too?) friendly dog in HER house. But within an hour or so. it looked like Xena thought that the company wasn't so bad after all and that maybe it'd be fun to have another canine to play with.

Now that Charlotte is in her new foster home, we're looking forward to more stories about Charlotte's life in Northern VA, her search for a forever home and of course, seeing some great photos (those shelter photos don't do a girl justice at all!)