Hola

I wanted to share an update on our little lady and express our sincere thanks and appreciation to everyone at C.A.R.E., especially Ava Collingwood. Ava made this adoption such a wonderful, smooth experience and went above and beyond our expectations with her dedication, advice and help.

We were looking for a Dobie girl to adopt when we heard about Nola (formerly Hola) through friends in South Carolina.

We fell in love with her the moment we saw her pictures! When we received the wonderful news that we were approved, arrangements needed to be made to fly our little girl to our home in Louisiana. Ava was tireless in contacting the airlines, checking layover times and the most direct flights, only to discover that no airline was able to meet the safety concerns we had. Ava contacted the wonderful organization of Pilots-N-Paws. I just can’t say enough great things about the organization and their pilots. “Thank You” does not even begin to cover our gratitude to P-N-P and Ava! On February 13th, Nola landed in Monroe Louisiana. When I called her name she came strutting toward me, jumped up, gave me a ‘hi, I’m here kiss’ and then leaned against me. It was love at first sight! After taking a few pictures with her pilot, she jumped in our car and settled in for the 3 hours drive to her new home. She was the perfect passenger, calm and happy, every so often nudging her head between the seats to give us a quick little kiss or get petted.

Nola joined three siblings, Brees (16 month old Doberman), Clementine (13 ½ year old Basset Hound) and Jingles (13 ½ year old lab mix). The introductions went so smooth; it seemed our other three fur kids were expecting her. She fit right into the family, as if she had always been a part of it. Brees taught her how to use the doggie door on her second day with us and the two of them are inseparable. Their favorite pastime is to play tug-of-war and chase each other at full speed around their ¼ acre back yard. Nola has started beginner obedience class, loves everyone and is quite the little chatterbox when she gets excited and wants attention. She loves to snuggle and is not shy about inching her way into our laps to get some cuddle time. She is a mischievous, funny little girl and (like every other Dobe we had before) loves to “help”. I take the laundry out of the dryer and put it in the basket, she takes it out of the basket and carries it the other rooms. I plant the garden, she ‘weeds’ the garden… J

In other words, she is perfect!

Hailie

When Hailie came in to the group, all the CARE volunteers wanted to foster her. She is so sweet, and who wouldn't love those ginormous ears? Hailie had us all worried for a long time about her health. She kept bleeding from her nipples, and it didn't seem to be getting any better with antibiotics. The Drs. feared she might have cancer. Finally, it was found that her hormones were just out of whack, and the right antibiotic was found to make her better. As soon as Hailie was healthy, she was adopted right away! Understandable because she truly is irresistable.