Saphyre available for adoption

Randy took Saphyre back to the Champaign County Humane Society on Saturday and she has been cleared for adoption!  Hooray -- now just waiting for her family to find her. 

If you are interested in adopting her you can visit the website at http://www.cuhumane.org/ . There are 3 videos of her at the bottom of this page.

Wishing you all the best Saphyre!

As far as our next foster animal, we will need to wait a couple of weeks before bringing another one home.  We have four cats of our own, and one of them has been losing weight.  We are not sure if he has just decided that he doesn't like this special food that we have to buy because another of the cats has severe allergies or if he has developed a health problem.  We have had him checked for diabetes and that came up clear.  So we are going to use the crate for him for a couple of weeks so we can monitor exactly how much he is eating and what his particular deposits in the litter box are.

Saphyre's big day tomorrow

Tomorrow Saphyre will be heading back to the Champaign County Humane Society for her check up -- and hopefully if all is well, she will be returning for adoption.  We have enjoyed her so much while she has stayed here -- and our activity has been severely limited. 

We filmed  an introduction to Saphyre that you can view at the bottom of the page, along with a couple of other videos of her. You will see how sweet she is -- how playful, and yet how eager to please and quiet she can be. She can be lively, active and rowdy -- but is willing to listen to her people say the game is done. She has had to spend quite a bit of time in her crate this last month because of being treated for heart worms and has never once complained about it. I can easliy see her being comfortable living in an apartment, or a house in the country with lots of room to run. She could adapt to a family that works -- or one that has people home all day. She is just eager to give her heart to someone who will love her back forever.

A Carefully Monitored Game

We have to keep Saphyre quiet because of the heartworm treatment that she is under, but she is a young active dog who wants to play. We did indulge her in a short game with her rope the other night, being careful not to encourage her running or jumping for it. She has grown to be a great favorite of my son Nate -- who being an active young person himself sympathizes with her plight. The funniest thing, and I could never get a picture of this, was when Nate would let her have the rope, she would immediately whip in a circle with her back to him, sit and peek back over her shoulder at him. So coy, the little tease!

Such a good girl

For all of her antics, eagerness, and strength, Saphyre continues to be so genuinely driven to please she is a total joy. She is very well crate trained, and takes no urging to go in at all when asked to. She is quiet while in the crate and content; she will lick her paw repetedly if bored so needs her toys. She sits on command, although she has yet to learn to hold the sit. She has been sleeping out of her crate in our bedroom curled up on the rug beside the bed at night, so content and happy just to be near us, it is hard to believe she is the same circus dog when she first gets outside. But a simple "No" achieves such a contrite face -- if there is not a cat involved, it is easy to see what a loyal and good dog she truly is.

Be sure and check our video of her meeting Isaac this afternoon when he got home from school. It's all the way down at the bottom of the page.

Saphyre will be availbale for adoption at CCHS in another couple of weeks when she completes her heartworm treatment.

Saphyre the Circus Dog

So I took Saphyre out for her QUIET walk this afternoon. She opened my front door and drug me down the steps. She made about three laps around me jumping as high as my head, twisting corkscrews in midair, running to leap again, before I could get ahold of her. Someone needs to explain 'quiet' to Saphyre.

Saphyre doing well

We had Saphyre back at CCHS this afternoon for a check up. She is doing well, and we will just continue balancing giving her attention with keeping her quiet. It was very easy to see that Saphyre loves Heather! She is always friendly and affectionate, but when Heather walked in the room her joy knew no bounds.

Saphyre has arrived

Our new foster came home with us on Saturday when we returned Winston. Saphyre is a big girl -- and strong. She is being treated for heartworms right now, so she will be with us for about a month. And during that time she is to remain quiet, which is quite a task for this young happy dog. She is immediately ready to play and be petted by anyone, just your typical, happy, playful, tongue swinging dog!