Kissing Kalipso

Kalipso loves giving kisses. Recently she tried kissing Badger.  I think she has a dog crush on him.  Here are some pictures that can tell the story better than I can. 

                          As you can see she is not sure about professing her love to Badger quite yet.

Then she worked up the courage and just went for it. Thata girl!

Uh oh. Second thoughts.

Oh, she wanted to check his teeth first. He probably forgot to brush this morning.

This is the kind of sass I usually get from my kids when I tell them to brush their teeth. Not from my dog. 

Complete with sound effects. Nice Badger.

Smelling Kalipso's breath.

Returning the favor. 

"Ack! Forget it!"

Well, I think her crush is over. Kalipso on the other hand has very nice breath and pearly white teeth. She even comes when called. I know this because sometimes it is difficult letting 5 dogs out at the same time. She has escaped me but always comes right back. I even let her off leash to go down by the pool. Didn't try and run away once. I will not press my luck though and make sure she has a trailer on at least so I can catch her if I need to.  Speaking of the pool, she was very well behaved. She didn't try to go in which is a good thing since we have a newer liner. No dogs allowed in the pool anymore.  We will have to visit a lake to see if she has any swimming capabilities but it's not really imperative that she knows how to swim. That is something her forever family can teach her. My job is just to love her, take care of her, take tons of pictures of her, and share them on her blog.  I do love her and would love to keep her but I just can't. There are so many more dogs to save.  It just blows my mind that someone was throwing her away on the side of the road, in the rain no less. She is by far the easiest and best foster dog I've ever had. Seriously, no complaints.  No accidents in the house, she gets along with my dogs and loves my kids and anyone coming over.  She just kind of goes with the flow. If I'm outside, she wants to help me weed or water the flowers.  If I'm inside she wants to lay on the bed while I'm folding laundry or watching tv. She hardly barks. Only when the other dogs have alerted her that someone is either here or might be here or is walking by. She'll bark a few times but then just kind of observes the situation.  

As far as shedding goes, I have not noticed much at all. She sleeps on our bed at night and my husband actually has really bad allergies but does fine with her. I haven't noticed any hair on the bed either. 

Well, back to watering the flowers and laundry on my day off.  

Thanks for thinking rescue.

Stephanie