Happy Belated Gotcha Day, Cate!

[cvmthacker]

Monday marked the one year anniversary of Cate coming to Montana. Happy Gotcha Day, Cate!



Babushka Collie


"A reindeer once tried to test me. I ate his liver with some fava beans and a nice chianti."


Playing "Bitey-Face" with Casey

[PSmitty]

Speaking of foster failures...

Happy Gotcha Day, Cate! Vicki, the pics are adorable. I love the Hannibal quote.

[ajones]

Dangit, Paula stole my comment. Nothing like a little Hannibal Lecter to make a person feel the love!

Happy belated gotcha day, Cate!

[joe]

Happy Gotcha Day Cate, I can see you are a very good sport.

[cvmthacker]

Thanks everyone!

Speaking of foster failures...

You don't know the half of it. I recently had another foster failure. In October I took in a little BC mix, now named Tess, that spent the first 7 years of her life at a puppy mill that bred Malamutes. She was allowed to have litter after litter of mixed breed pups and was constantly harassed by the larger, adult dogs. Years of neglect and puppy rearing took their toll on Tess . She came to me skinny, flea-ridden, with one of the worst worm infestations my vet had ever seen, and with practically no coat. Worst of all, during her spay surgery my vet found a large mass in her intestines. We opted for a resection and biopsy, which unfortunately came back as malignant adenocarcinoma, a really bad cancer that will inevitably spread.

So by necessity, Tess went from "foster dog" to "my dog", a job she takes quite seriously. She follows me from room to room and is happiest either curled in a ball on my lap surrounded by her "minions" (otherwise known as a large pile of stuffed toys).

Taken when Tess arrived...


Taken 2 months later...




With her "minions"


"Can we lose this freakin' hat, already?"

[starfish]

Happy Gotcha Day Cate!

And bless you for taking in and loving Tess for the rest of her life. The transformation is unbelieveable. It's a shame about her health, but at least she will have the opportunity to experience joy and love during the rest of her days.

[RuffMuttK9z]

Happy Gotcha Day, Cate!

[sheepskin_border_collies]

Happy Late Gotcha day, and what a touching story with tess. what a change.