Hi puppies, I know, I know, it has been a long time since I wrote anything. Sometimes I just cannot keep up with everything I want to do, so I have asked a friend of mine if she could help me out on the blog. The little, brown dog in the foreground here is my friend, Sammy. She was referred through MaPaw when she was looking for a new home. That means she never lived with a MaPaw foster family, but stayed with her first family while MaPaw looked for a new home, then she went directly there. Sammy and her new mom were happy to have found each other, so they decided to volunteer for MaPaw and help some other puppies in need.
When I started fostering Radar I said, Hey, you should meet this other little, brown dog I know, and Sammy came over to my house to play for a while. She liked Radar best because they are both small and quick, so they could play really fast games of chase.
So, in case you were wondering, everyone here is doing fine and we are still fostering Radar. I will catch you up on some details, but in the meantime, welcome Sammy to blogland and hear about some of her adventures.

Well Puppies, after Bella’s visit here we were ready for our next foster dog. Meet Radar. He had been out wandering but someone caught him and took him to a shelter so he would not have to suffer the cold weather. Mama and Papa took Blue to evaluate Radar and thought he seemed like a nice doggie, so he came to live with us until he finds a home. Radar was not doing very well at the shelter. He barked a lot at other male dogs and was skittish around people, but after being with us a few days he is really coming out of his shell. He did not have any trouble meeting all the boys (and one girl) here, but he did not want to play right away. I guess it is pretty intimidating for a little dog to come into a pack of big dogs.

Radar is a handsome mix of browns, tans, and black. We thought he looked a bit like a Shiba Inu, so we looked into that breed and found that they come in this color scheme, called sesame. Shiba’s are generally lively, independent, fearless dogs. They love being around people and other dogs, but are not usually good with smaller pets like rodents. That description sounds a lot like a Husky to me.As Radar is gaining confidence at our house he is definitely showing that lively spirit (and getting into some trouble with Mama and Papa) so we are happy to play with him and help him eat the food he steals from the table and counters. I always enjoy learning about other breeds when we get to foster mixes.

Oh, Puppies, we were just talking about how big Rocky Pup is getting and now we get to share his good news. That is right, he found a home! Rocky Pup made a family with a couple other MaPaw alums after a few visits to make sure everyone would get along fine.

You can see from the photo how excited his new siblings are to greet him. His daddy has to hold them back while Rocky Pup has a chance to settle into his new space. Rocky Pup looks right at home with all those red heads. Another MaPaw dog will be home for the holidays!

Hi Puppies, allow me to introduce you to our city girl, Bella. Bella was living in an apartment in Brooklyn, but all her energy just did not fit into that little space, so she has moved out here to find a new family and an outlet for her playful exuberance.

Haha! Okay, seriously, though, she is a very playful girl. Everyone here takes turns running and wrestling with her until we are all ready for a nap. She is still just a pup and always ready for a game.Bella is just stopping by my house for a few days, but she was here in time to help Papa hang the Christmas decorations. Now we can all feel festive during naptime.Pretty soon it will be time to put a tree in the living room and tell Santa about the toys and treats I want. That is my favorite time of year.

This Thanksgiving I am especially thankful to all the long-term MaPaw members who have kept us strong throughout the years and to all the new supporters and volunteers who have joined us this year to help us grow. Thank you all.

Liz and Ken live in a beautiful old house on a small farm in New Jersey. They have had Labradors in the past, but were looking for a less rambuctious adult dog. Since they have a Greater Swiss granddog, they browsed Petfinder for that breed and came across Maverick. He was exactly the sort of quiet, adult dog they needed. When Maverick arrived home, he ran excitedly through every room and thanked Liz for not having any other dogs. Mama and Papa talked about Maverick’s stressful reaction to entering our home, but of course he did not have that reaction when he moved to his forever home.

So now Maverick is a New Jersey farmer. Liz has updated us since the big day. Maverick has been a wonderful match for their family. He gets plenty of one-on-one play time with his humans and sleeps in their bed when they are away from home. He plays nicely with his canine cousins, but is happy to go back to his own home. We are so happy for Maverick and his new family.

Hey everypuppy, Blue here! So, I’ve started going to school a couple days a week at Dog Town. I get to play with all different kinds of dogs from Chesapeake Bay Retrievers to Chihuahuas and best of all, I don’t have any poo accidents in the house!

Well, besides going there for school, I also go for playdates with some of my MaPaw friends. Foster dogs and permanent dogs get together to mingle off lead. We don’t have to behave nicely like we try to do at meet & greets. Today, though, I want to talk about one particular dog I got to visit at Dog Town on Sunday, Rocky Pup! Okay, now, I have to start with a picture of Rocky Pup shortly after he came to MaPaw at the end of July. Here he is napping in the grass at a meet & greet after all the hard work of having people fawn over him. It’s exhausting to be a puppy.

Then here he is getting a drink at the Hike & Howl in early September. You can see already his legs have gotten long. But now, look at him! This is Rocky Pup at the play date this past weekend. Can you even believe how big he’s gotten? He’s as tall as I am. Okay, I know I’m short, but I’m no puppy. Clearly Rocky Pup is going to pass me soon. I’ll have to look up when I say, Hi Rocky Pup!

You know what, though? He is a very nice, polite, young man. You know how Siberian adolescents can be a bit, um, rude? Well that’s not Rocky Pup at all. He is playful, but also gentle and quiet. When other dogs get fussy, he just walks away and finds another playmate. It’s clear to me that Rocky Pup’s foster parents and siblings are doing are a great job raising him. All he needs now is a good family to continue guiding him to be a wonderful adult dog.

In the spirit of the holiday, here is a collection of spooky Siberians.

Hi Puppies, our campaign to find a home for Rocky & Buck has worked out better than we could have imagined. In their previous home, Rocky& Buck had another brother named Maxx. Maxx was a young, independant Sibe, and although he loved his brothers very much, he was able to adapt to life without them. Maxx was adopted by a wonderful family a few months ago and has settled nicely into his new home. In fact, Maxx’s new family love him so much, they came back to MaPaw to ask if they could adopt two more Siberians. They had looked on our website, but left it up tous to make a suggestion about a couple Huskies who would get along well in their home. Boy, did we know just the pair! We said we have Maxx’s two former brothers and of course Maxx’s mom and dad were taken by the idea of reuniting the trio.

When Rocky & Buck arrised at Maxx’s house, they were thrilled to see their brother again. Buck and Maxx jumped into a wrestling match while Rocky explored. Maxx showed them around his home and all three of them ran around sniffing and causing mischief. We did not just keep brothers together, we reunited them in a happy forever home.

Hey everypuppy, Blue here to tell you all about the busy, busy weekend we had.

Okay, first of all, Maverick went to the meet & greet at Trappe Feed. There he met up with Rocky Pup and a few MaPaw alum. The Trappe Feed people were very nice, offering sodas and snacks, and of course selling some of the kibble we needed. Maverick enjoyed the beautiful weather while he sat outside in the grass. He talked to some people, got petted, and watched the rambuctious puppies play. Oh, he also got to eat a couple french fries from Mama’s lunch.

One thing that was super cool about the day was that we got a visit from Precious, with whom I played so much at my first meet & greet. Precious now goes by the name Lily, and she brought along her adoptive dad to say hi. I’m a little bit sad I missed getting to play with my meet & greet buddy, but I’m so happy she is doing well. Mama said Lily has filled out nicely. She’s still pretty small, but she doesn’t look skinny any more.

Since I wasn’t there to bounce around with her, Precious-Lily bounced around with Rocky Pup. They had a great time wrestling and causing a scene. Precious-Lily’s very good at being noisy.

Rocky Pup also got to meet a big Malamute who was waiting in line for a free nail trim. Obviously the poor Mal had no idea that a nail trim was in store. He got down on the ground so he wouldn’t tower over little Rocky Pup.

Well, Even though Maverick was really tired after all that friendliness on Saturday, I took him for a hike Sunday morning to sniff the fall leaves as they fell off the trees. Usually we find pretty quiet spots to go hiking, but the trail was busy with tourists and camp outings. We got tons and tons of petting. Grandpa said we were on a dog identification hike because of all the people trying to guess all our breeds. I was a Samoyed, an American Eskimo Dog, and a Malamute! I get the first two guesses have an all white theme, but a Malamute? Umm… I am 50 pounds, not even 2 feet tall, and I have crystal blue eyes. Well, anyway, I just bounced around saying, I’m a Husky! I’m a Husky! Everyone knew Magnum was a Husky. Maybe I need to roll in some charcoal so I’ll be gray and white too.

The hike wasn’t enough for me, though, I went to a Husky party afterwards. Maverick decided to stay home and nap. I was pretty tired too, I’ll admit, but I really wanted to go romp with some of my friends at Dog Town.

Boy did we all sleep well after such a busy weekend.