Zoey #11 Yellow Labrador Retriever Female 6 Years Old ID#3302

Meet Zoey!  She is a 6 year old former breeder Mama who is looking forward to living the good life.  Please read her blog from the bottom up to learn about her adventures in foster care.

May 25, 2023

Hi All,  Zoey here.  Another wonderful day in this new place I find myself.  I can sleep inside on my favorite place on the floor any time I want.  It’s truly my favorite place even though FM can’t understand why I wouldn’t rather be in a soft bed or on the sofa.  She put a doggie blanket down with me and made a very comfy pillow for my head.

Last night at bedtime, I was put into this crate thing and enjoyed a few treats.  I gave them a whole 15 minutes before I started barking and barking and barking. I think they may have forgot I was stuck in that thing!!  Anyway, finally FD came down and got me and got me up those scary stairs where I was shown a really soft and wonderful doggie bed.  I curled up in that and slept the whole night through.  It was a wonderful sleep 🙂

Then today I was out back enjoying the lovely day for a bit with resident dog Emma and I somehow accidentally fell in the pool…onto something they called a solar cover.  FD was rushing to get this shoes & socks off to come get me but I was able to do an “army crawl” type maneuver to get to the plain water then took a nice swim over to the sun shelf where I was able to then get out.  I was a very good girl just standing still while FM rubbed me all over with towels and then I enjoyed sunning myself while I dried.  What fun!

Also today….Foster Brother & Sister in Law’s little French Bulldog came to stay for a 5 night visit while they travel.  I was really curious about her and then batted my paw all at her wanting to play.  She didn’t like that and FD said NO.  I was a pretty good girl at obeying that.  Later, this little dog kept giving me a stink-eye look but I ignored her until I got up from a nap on the floor and went to walk away.  She was on the sofa and decided to jump at my back and landed a bit on me.  I just startled and ran away a bit.  Boy oh boy did she get in trouble!!  Apparently we will figure things out and learn to live together.  FM says she’s quite the Diva and needs to learn to be nice 🙂

I’m really enjoying my meals….I eat at breakfast & dinner time.  I get some treats thru the day and I think I’ll be getting even more when learning to walk the stairs.  They really kinda scare me right now.  That’s all from me…see FM’s notes below….she said they are important health updates….

We are so completely loving Zoey!!! She is honestly the sweetest, gentlest & softest girl.  She is so laid back and calm.  She continues to give the sweetest gentle kisses.  She is really gonna be an amazing pet for a very lucky family!!

We heard from the Vet today.  Chest x-rays looked clear so far…good news!!  Heartworm negative, stool sample is all negative for everything they test, bloodwork looks good….except her Red Blood Cell count is low.  Dr. Mekam thinks this is from the tumor she has.  They seem quite worried about it and want her to be spayed ASAP and have the tumor removed and then sent out for biopsy.  They don’t want any more time to pass for it to start spreading.  The Vet should be calling within a day or so to get her scheduled.

She definitely does NOT like the crate.  She’s much happier sleeping in the room with us, which is fine with us but it’s up a long flight of stairs, so we need to work on teaching her steps.

Also, she has still not had a single accident!!  She seems to know that we go outside to go potty.  We praise her each time but she truly seems to understand we go outside for that.

That’s all for tonight….as if that wasn’t enough 😉

May 23, 2023

Zoey here!!  My FM & FD decided to change my name from Sugar to Zoey.  Makes no nevermind to me as I didn’t know who Sugar was anyway.  Don’t really know who Zoey is…but FM says I’ll soon know that is my name.  Also apparently big news…..I haven’t had one single accident in the house so far.  FM & FD are so very proud of me!!
It’s been a fun, new day in this place I’m staying.  First of all….the Roosters must have had a problem today as they forgot to crow for wake-up.  Not a problem….at 4:30 sharp I started to bark and bark and bark.  FM said it was the very first noise I made since arriving haha.  Well FD came downstairs to my crate and let me out an we went out back where I ran around for a short bit and went pee & poo.  He then told me what a good girl I was and we went back inside.  I must say…..those steps out the kitchen slider to the backyard are really kinda scary to go down.  I don’t like them at all and need help getting out.  Coming back in….much easier so doing pretty good going up them thankfully.  FD gave me a few treats and then told me I had to go back into my crate.  I apparently made them happy by only barking for 5 minutes then was quiet & slept till 7:30.
Then…later in the morning, a man showed up that FM said was coming to install new carpet on the stairs & upper hallway. No big deal to me as I don’t go up those stairs yet.  I was very happy to sleep by FM in the family room or by FD’s side in his office.  It was really very noisy but didn’t bother me one bit.  I can sleep thru anything 🙂
Then tonight we took a walk around the block.  I like to zig and zag and pull a bit on occasion…but what fun that was to smell all the smells.  Afterwards we hung out in the back yard while FM and FD chatted with the neighbor.

Notes from foster Mom…
1.  Zoey is absolutely the sweetest girl…always happily wagging her tail. Loves to give kisses and get pets….unless it’s a rub on her back….she crouches low and unsure when you go to pet her there.  Face, head and kisses on her nose are just fine though.
2)  She seems to either have trouble or not prefer hard food items.  For dinner I added water to soften her kibble and added some yummy food on top and she ate it all up.
3)  She seems to have a limp or maybe stiffness in her right front leg.  Most notable after she’s been laying for a while.
4)  4:30 am is waaayyyy to early lol.  Please someone tell me we can work on that and it will improve 🙏🙏, but thankful she goes back to sleep no problem.
5)  She definitely loves to be with people.  She will happily lay by you all day long.  See below pic for one of her favorite places to lay ❤️

I think that’s it for today.  We’ll check back in again tomorrow!

May 22, 2023

It’s been quite the day for Zoey.  After a long car ride with Katie, we met up at Pet Supplies Plus and went in and got a nice bath.  She was such a good girl for bath time. We then went to the Vet, where we got all our shots and also had blood work and chest x-rays taken (she was a star patient!) Not five minutes into the exam room, and she was spread out sleeping on the floor.  Then home we went and met resident dog Emma.  That went so well…it was truly a non event.  She likes to follow Emma around the yard a bit but then just lays and rests and enjoys belly rubs.She ate her food great and has been enjoying training treats.  We’ve gone potty outside a few times.  Steps are a bit scary so in and out needs to be helped along.  She absolute loves laying and sleeping on the carpet by my husband’s side of sofa.Hoping for a good night.  She’s incredibly sweet and very chill.  Doesn’t know her name but sure loves belly rubs.  She’s a gorgeous white….so very soft.  Can’t wait to learn more about this beautiful love bug!