2-12-12 At Lighthouse

You folks are doin' SOOOOO GOOD!!!! Thank you!!!! Be sure to vote again today.
Just go to www.theanimalrescuesite.com
Click on the "Shelter Challenge" tab. Then choose Costa Rica for the country and click "search." That should bring up Lighthouse. Click "vote" and then type in the letters/numbers that appear to confirm your vote.
Once you have voted, the next time you log onto the vote site there should be a spot just below the search box that says, "This is the shelter you voted for during your last visit." or something similar. All you have to do is click on vote. You won't have to search for Lighthouse anymore.

It's gonna be a short reminder today. Mom and Dad have to load everything and get out to the recreation area for the Chili Cook Off!! It's a benefit to help the orphanage here in Atenas! You can go here to read about it! If you live in Costa Rica why not come join 'em!! It's gonna be FUN!!! http://www.atenaschilicookoff.com/

Maggie and Emma spent the night last night and brought their Mom and Dad with 'em!! We all had a good time!! Uncle Ray got started playin' Angry Birds on Moms computer thingy and he made HIGH SCORE on a LOT of it!!

Mom's gotta take off so y'all say a prayer that they raise LOTS of money for the kids at the orphanage.

OH!! And here's another Costa Rica Roads photo for ya!!

TAILWAGS!!!
BudBud

2-5-12 At Lighthouse

HAPPY SUNDAY Y'ALL!!! Mom says today's gonna be a good day!! Thanks for all the votes!! Please keep voting!!!
Just go to www.theanimalrescuesite.com
Click on the "Shelter Challenge" tab. Then choose Costa Rica for the country and click "search." That should bring up Lighthouse. Click "vote" and then type in the letters/numbers that appear to confirm your vote.
Once you have voted, the next time you log onto the vote site there should be a spot just below the search box that says, "This is the shelter you voted for during your last visit." or something similar. All you have to do is click on vote. You won't have to search for Lighthouse anymore.

Mom says we all have to go on a diet 'cause Dr. Sharon says we're too fat and it's hard on our hearts. You know what that means........NO TREATS!!! BUMMER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Bunny is the only one who's not fat. She's still got her schoolgirl figure!!
Mom's busy cookin' up some more rice and chicken for us. She's puttin' green beans in it this time too along with the carrots and potatoes.

We just got done singin' to Mom. It always cheers her up when we do that. We try to sing to her at least once or twice a day.

We should get Delilahs test results back on Monday to see if her kidneys have a problem. We all feel pretty good today. Yesterday Bunny had a couple of seizures but they weren't real bad ones. Mom rocks her and sings to her when it happens and all us other furkids just wait and watch to make sure she's ok. We're a pretty tight knit group and we look out for one another!!

You guys have a great Sunday and please don't forget to vote!!
Tailwags!!!
BudBud

2/3/12 At Lighthouse

No baths yesterday. It was pretty chilly and REAL windy!!! Mom says maybe today. We did get our HeartGuard and Frontline stuff though so we're good for another month!!

The lady that wanted us to baby sit brought her dogs over yesterday to see if we'd get along. The shepard seemed to be fine but the black dog didn't seem to be the type who would enjoy it here. She lunged pretty hard at Laika through the fence so we just told the lady we didn't think it would work out. 'Course we were ALL barking but that's just the way we greet each other!! So we told her about another lady who baby sits. With all us older furkids. Mom and Dad don't want to take any chances on anybody gettin' hurt.

Mom called Dr. Sharon yesterday to make us an appointment. She's still not happy with how we're all doin' so we gotta get some more tests. Mom promises they won't hurt. Y'all please say some prayers and send healing energy. We're all sayin' doggy prayers too. We all really want to get better.

THANK YOU ALL!!!! You folks are GREAT!!! We can do this!!! And in the next challenge we can help the other shelter to win!!!
Just go to www.theanimalrescuesite.com
Click on the "Shelter Challenge" tab. Then choose Costa Rica for the country and click "search." That should bring up Lighthouse. Click "vote" and then type in the letters/numbers that appear to confirm your vote.
Once you have voted, the next time you log onto the vote site there should be a spot just below the search box that says, "This is the shelter you voted for during your last visit." or something similar. All you have to do is click on vote. You won't have to search for Lighthouse anymore.

Tailwags!!!!
BudBud

Two more days to vote!!

TOMORROW IS THE LAST DAY TO VOTE!!! WHOOOO HOOOO!!!!!
And we're still in winning position thanks to you folks!!! Just go to www.animalrescuesite.com and click on the "shelter challenge" tab. Then click on Costa Rica for the country. That should bring up Lighthouse. Just click VOTE and then type in the letters/numbers that appear to confirm your vote.

Mom still hasn't found Santa. sigh................ All us perros and gatos are lookin' EVERYWHERE for him. He can't have just disappeared. Uncle Brad is supposed to look for him in Alajuela. Maybe he'll find him and remind him about us!!
My girlfriend saw him in Savannah Georgia and she said she told him not to forget about us, but her sister growled at him so he might forget anyway.

There's a new guy coming in tomorrow to stay with us for a couple of days. We sure hope he likes to give belly rubs!!! That's our favorite kind of guest and we're always happy to oblige!! Especially Lluvia and Laika. Mom calls 'em "belly tramps."

Mom made a "Christmas Reason" reminder last night. We thought you folks might like it so we're attaching it to this post. I know some of you guys don't celebrate Christmas but please enjoy our holiday anyway.

If you guys see Santa PLEASE tell him we're lookin' for him!!

Tailwags!!!
BudBud

Friday and we're having a BLAST!!!

All we've gotta do is stay ahead of the other shelters!! Bahamas won a weekly so that means WE can win the international!!! WHOOO HOOO!! THANKS!!! KEEP VOTING FOLKS!! All we have to do now is stay in 2nd place!!!!
Just go to www.animalrescuesite.com and click on the "shelter challenge" tab. Then click on Costa Rica for the country. That should bring up Lighthouse. Just click VOTE and then type in the letters/numbers that appear to confirm your vote.

Our sunsets are back!!! YAAAAAAAAAYYYYYYY!!!!!! They're REALLY pretty!! Mom's been taking pics of us furkids in the sunset. Out of about 20 shots she might get one really good one. Us perros don't always cooperate. Mom says if we move it messes up the pic so I try to be REAL still...but the others just don't get it. Sigh............

Sarge and Spicy are back!! We're babysitting them!! Spicy got adopted from us a while back and then they took in another street dog for her to have a playmate!! They're two of the SWEETEST furkids we ever met!!!

Mom took pics of the moon last night. It was shining down really pretty on the water in the Gulf Of Nicoya!! She loves how we get to see things like that. The moon isn't even a full moon but it really makes a pretty light on the water.

You folks are the BEST!! You've kept us ahead of the other shelters and now that Bahamas has won a weekly that means we will win if we just stay in 2nd place!! THANK YOU!!! Please keep voting!!

Tailwags!!!
BudBud

Thursday KEEP ON VOTING PLEASE!!

KEEP VOTING FOLKS!! All we have to do now is stay in 2nd place!!!!
Just go to www.animalrescuesite.com and click on the "shelter challenge" tab. Then click on Costa Rica for the country. That should bring up Lighthouse. Just click VOTE and then type in the letters/numbers that appear to confirm your vote.

Check this out!!!! From the vote site!!
"Week 8: Humane Society of Grand Bahama, located in Freeport, the Bahamas."
THE BAHAMAS SHELTER WON A WEEKLY VOTE for week #8!!!!! That means they aren't allowed to win the regional vote!!! That puts us in position to win it if we just stay ahead of the other shelters!!!
WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

All is well here.... except the vet is supposed to be here to suck blood out of us for those dumb, Ehrlichia tests. Mom's gonna go ahead and have her do full blood work-ups on all of us so she can see if there's anything that needs attention.
Cooper and Ashley went home yesterday and their mom and dad brought us some NEATO treats!! It's kinda like cheese popcorn!! We all like it a lot!!!

Mom almost picked up a little dog at a restaurant last night. It came running to their table and hid under Dads chair. He wasn't skinny or anything but he seemed scared. He was shaking. Mom fed him some of her food but after about three french fries he started putting them on the floor. He wasn't hungry.
He stayed there for half the meal and then he started running around some. Then a cat ran by and Mom figured out that the cat is what had scared him. He belongs to some people behind the restaurant and comes over there for hand-outs. Okay...that one doesn't need rescuing!!

Uncle Brad is coming to see us!!!! YAAAAAAYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!!!!! He'll be here on the 10th and he's bringing us some goodies and some meds!!! He's really good at belly rubs too!!

Please keep on voting!! If we can stay in 2nd place we will win this!!!!! WAGWAGWAG!!!

EXCITED TAILWAGS!!
BudBud

Tuesday Sad day today

Sitka and Sammy go home today!!! I bet Sitka will be glad to see her mom and dad!! We think she had a false pregnancy! She has a "puppy" now (It's really a stuffed whale toy.) She carries with her and she guards it closely. NOBODY is allowed to touch it!! She and Mom snuggle on the porch, then she goes potty and comes right back to her baby. She takes it out of her room and lays on the porch with it and then carries it back to her room.

Today we're all getting blood sucked out of us to test for ehrlichia. Mom says we need to do it. I REALLY don't like needles. I wish they could just maybe look at us and tell. But Mom says that won't work. sigh.................... Anyway, y'all say some prayers that we all test negative, ok?
Yesterday was a very sad day. Splash, the big dog who was so terribly ill, went to the bridge. His family is brokenhearted. Mom was with them and when she got home she had a message saying our Sophia Loren, (one of our Florida rescues) had also gone to the bridge.
Splash had gotten so weak that he could not raise himself up. His liver and kidneys had stopped working. We, and his family, thank you for all the prayers and healing thoughts. It was just not meant to be. He's now running with the angels!!!

Sophia Loren was one of our rescues when we lived in Florida. Mom rescued her from a kill shelter. She had the worlds most beautiful eyes so Mom named her Sophia Loren. She was just as sweet as she was beautiful. She got adopted by a FABULOUS family and lived a wonderful life. She became ill recently and the vets said she would not get better. Yesterday her mom decided to let her go to the bridge.
Mom says they are both running and playing and the angels are chasing them all around the bridge trying to pet them!!! They aren't sick or weak anymore.

Our sunset yesterday evening was breathtaking. Mom says it was a sign from Sophia and Splash telling us they are well and happy again.

Thanks again for all the votes. Please keep voting!!

Tailwags,
BudBud

WOW!! It's Been A While!!

Hola Y'all!!!

MAN!!! Things have been so crazy around here we haven't had a chance to update my blog in FOREVER!!!! Now we've got a little breather so I'm gonna get Mom to type this up for me while we can!!

We've had lots of furkids in residence this past few weeks. Some were rescues and some are just being baby sat.

We had some sad things happen this past week. Our Dondi, a beautiful eskie we rescued many years ago, went to the bridge. Dondi was rescued from a puppy mill in Camdenton Missouri. He was the most scared eskie Mom had ever rescued. It took him weeks to come out of his crate on his own. He fell in love with Mom but he never could get over his fear of Dad. Dad must have looked or sounded like the people who abused him in the puppy mill. So Mom found the worlds best mom for him and he's been happy ever since!! But he got really old and he couldn't walk anymore.

We've rescued a few in the past few weeks and then there was a kitten we couldn't save. She was hit by a car. Mom took her to the vet but she was broken too badly. We were all pretty sad about that. Mom named her Liela and told her she loved her. Then she and Dr. Sharon helped her go to the bridge.

We're baby sitting for a beautiful Husky girl who doesn't really get along with us so Mom and Dad are having to play "musical dogs." When we go out, Sitka, the husky, has to go in her room. Then we come back in and Sitka gets to be out. But today!!!! Bro brought Henry to visit!! Henry is a lab/retriever mix and he's BIG!!
We let Sitka out with him and they PLAYED!!!!!!
Henry really likes it here 'cause he gets to run loose in our big ol' yard!!
Mom told Bro it's time to get Henry "fixed" so they're gonna make an appointment for him.
Mom did a video and pics of all of us!!

Turley, a crazy little street dog came to stay with us for awhile and she REALLY livened things up around here!! We called her "WILD CHILD!!"

We're in another shelter challenge and hoping to win it but we're pretty far behind the Bahamas shelter which is in 1st place. All our buddies are voting though so we're hoping to gain some ground.
We won the last shelter challenge!! YAAAYYY!! Thanks to all who voted!!!

The Bahamas shelter has students in the U.S. colleges voting in their computer labs so they are getting LOTS of votes. If you guys know of any colleges who could do the same thing for us that would be GREAT!!!

It's rainy season here so none of us have had baths for a while. We'd never get dry!!! Mom says as soon as we have a few sunny days we're all gonna get baths!!!
Most of us love our baths so we're all looking forward to it!!

That's the update for now!! We'll try to do better and post more often!!

You can see our video at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s0K9iL0CH3E

Tailwags!!!!
BudBud