Hi everyone at Fast Friends,
Just wanted to let you know that Samantha is doing great in her new home, entering week number three. She's absolutely perfect. We just got back from a walk in the woods near a waterfall, which she loved. I'm attaching a picture of us on our hike. And a picture of Naomi holding one of her toys which she started to show some interest in this week. We're so happy to have Samantha in our life!!

Hope you're well and thanks for all of the work you do,
Amy

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Dear Fast Friends,
It's hard to imagine that just 10 months ago we adopted Ian. He has become a huge part of the family. He is much more social and when we walk through the door he greets us with a wagging tail. He loves to go to park where there are enclosed spaces and run. He brings his toys everywhere with him and talks to us. He has made himself at home, and has found every possible couch there is for him to get up on. Thank you so much for suggesting him to us, and bringing him into our family!

Best regards,
Lindsay Gross

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Just wanted to drop a quick update on how our pup is doing. Mayday -- yes, that's her new name :-) -- is doing fantastic. She's a happy little girl, and makes us so incredibly happy as well.
From day 1, Mayday has settled into her new home without any issues. She's been eating well, playing and goofing around daily, and learning about "life" wonderfully. She's been great staying home alone, although I'm sure me coming home during lunch time helps break the day up for her. She LOVES car rides and has learned walking the stairs basically on her own, thanks to my friend's (and now her best friend) chihuahua.
Mayday is finally at a place where she enjoys her walks. However, she's still quite afraid of traffic and upcoming people/bikes. I still haven't had much luck bringing her to the bike path, unless she's accompanied by another dog. However, we did manage to find other neighborhoods that she enjoys to walk through. She loves meeting other dogs, but definitely prefers the smaller, more quiet ones versus the bigger, more hipper dogs.
All in all, Mayday is just a wonderful dog. We couldn't be happier and more in-love with her :-) Attached are a couple of photos of our cutie.
Thank you again for introducing us to Mayday and letting her be part of our home.

Best,
Aleksandra

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We adopted shy Onyx in late May of 2010. She was such a scared little girl when she came to live with us and two cats in our tiny cottage, but her cousin Neko, the lab mix taught her how to go upstairs, and now she really loves going on walks and hikes in the woods with us. She has adapted well to our two cats, and they to her, though she complains to us when they 'steal' her bed.
She's warmed up to our extended family in the Boston area, and has picked a few of her favorites out, whom she "noses" on sight. ('Nosing' is one of the newer things we've seen her do, when she gets excited, or wants attention, or wants a treat). Onyx loves car rides, and is a wonderful companion. She often lays by Sadelle's feet in her office during business hours. She adores couches and the living room futon is now her 'throne'. She loves to cockroach and will often 'roo' in the morning, or if we've been out for a little while without her. We often have 'roofests' where we all start rooing!
It's been so delightful to watch her grow every day, and even a year and a half later, we still see her do new things! With lots of coaxing and love, Onyx has really blossomed into a girl with opinions, who knows what she wants!

Ann Coakley and Sadelle Wiltshire

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Dear Sharron,
This email to tell you that Summer is settling down quiet well - last night we took long walk in the fields where she was intrigued by cows from afar and was startled by pigs when they grunted, but calmed down very well. Everything is exciting to her and then she collapsed on her pad. She slept well on the cage, for she had not done her "big one" and I did not want her to get bad habits when i would be asleep.... not a pip at any time......then long walk this morning so she could find scents to do all of her "business". She loved it, and she complied - she loves everything, it seems, except for her breakfast! I am sure it will get better. I did not find a suitable name yet, we will see..... but she is adorable. (Summer has since been renamed 'Lola')
Thank you again to have entrusted her to me.
regards

Marguerite Holmes

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Dear Fast Friends,
It's so hard to believe that Chaucer has been part of our family for only seven weeks. He adapted to our house and family life so beautifully and so quickly. Our other greyhound Lily adores her new brother and follows him everywhere. Our cat likes to play with Chaucer's tail when he catches him at his food bowl, and that seems to be OK with Chaucer. He is quite a gentle, mellow guy! And, he's so funny too. We enjoy watching his many silly "roach" positions as he lounges around the house.
I must admit that I tend to spoil Chaucer. As soon as we discovered that he loves car rides, I started taking him on daily rides to our favorite farm. I've made him several warm coats already to be prepared when the weather turns chilly. And, of course, he and I share a bowl of Cheerios for breakfast every day. Who could resist those sweet hound eyes?
Thank you, Fast Friends, for helping to bring Chaucer into our family.
Warm regards,

Terri Stuler

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Hi Sharron,
I know we spoke this morning but I had to send you a quick email to let you know how the rest of Molly's (pictured on the left) day went. We are sooooooo excited!!! I was sitting with the pups during the storm on our family room floor when I heard something in our living room. It was our Molly having the best time with 2 different stuffies. She was tossing them around and pouncing on them. It was so neat to see her having so much fun! I was also thrilled that she ate all her dinner tonight at the same time with all our other pups and she ate right in the midst of them all. Of course I was helping her a bit to be interested in her food by adding a touch of low sodium chicken broth and some fresh fish we had cooked from Ken catching it the other day. (Not spoiled yet, huh?) I also get excited when they have their first poop when coming home. She did this afternoon and is doing so well with going the bathroom outside.
Just had to share this greyt news. Hope no damage came to the kennel or your home from the hurricane. I know there was concern about flooding at the kennel. Hope all is well.
I'm sure I will continue to share with you our Molly's progress here at her new forever home. We are soooo in love with this precious pup.

Sally Ward

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Hi, Sharron. Hope you are well. Just wanted to give you an update on Glory.

She is doing great, and we love having her. She is getting very spoiled and she is a great dog. After 3 days she was going up and down our stairs. She is eating great now, like a pig.
She had a couple of accidents in the house but she has been asking for the door now so hopefully they will not happen again.
My wife brought her to the vet the other day so we could get her heartworm pills and our vet just thought she was beautiful and she was a great dog. We even brushed her teeth and she loves getting them brushed.

She is all settled in and she is our little baby now. Thanks so much for matching her up with us, could not have a better dog.

Barry

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China seems to be adjusting very well. She seems to just love the back yard. She runs around the back yard on a regular basis. She tries to get Gato to run around and play with her but he only plays for a short time. She has now started to play with the toys that Gato used to play with when he was a lot younger.
Thanks again for suggesting her as a companion for Gato. She is a very sweet girl.

Joel and Bill Conkerton and Gato

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Here is a picture of the dear boy chilling out. I have taken him on several long walks and have him walking right next to me.... then I move away and ask him to come and he does. I was working at the dining room table and he was up in the kitchen, I put the medium size dog bed next to my chair and he stayed there all afternoon with me. I then brought the bed upstairs and put it next to my side of the bed, he slept there all night. Rich is also working with him, sits on the floor next to him and talks and rubs and hugs him.

Dolly Brandie-Lajoie

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