HAPPY MOTHER’S DAY!

Toasty’s girl is having finals and quals and assignments.  Toasty is there to cheer her on.  When she’s got a lot on her plate Toasty is there w lot of hugs and encouragement. 💙. I’m going to see how many will post where they are spending Mother’s Day w their special dog/dogs.  Toasty is in New York. 

My gang are all in Virginia and so are my granddogs.

Granger is there for his mom.  He sometimes gets up right beside her.  She doesn’t tell him because he thinks she doesn’t know.  Lol

For all of you dog moms and foster moms, I hope you have a wonderful day.  

I hope your pups give you lots of hugs and kisses today! 😘. Tell us what state or country you’re celebrating. 

MOTHERS DAY FOR PEKES

Who are your Peke kids?  

Mother’s Day is tomorrow.  I was thinking “which pekes have I been foster mom to?”   Everyone knew Starlight.  She would NOT let anyone adopt her. We finally figured that out.  She had chosen us as her family. 

Chumley-one of our grandkids met him and cried “I’ll never see him again once he’s adopted!”   We had to keep him. 

Cranberry- I had her before rescue.  I’ve had Pekes since I was 15.  She loved to r snow!

Max. We called him Mr. Grumpy. He grumbled.  Never bit or did anything bad.  He just grumbled.  He stayed too when no one adopted him. 

Remember Clara?  Tiniest foster I’ve had. All 8 pounds of you.  She had something off.  It was a brain tumor.  She lived the rest of her short life w us. 

My beautiful Kai Kai.   He was a beautiful red Peke-Cavalier.  No one applied for him. I never figured out why. (He had both eyes when I got him. When he was older, he had four eye surgeries but we couldn’t save his eyes.  I kept him near me since I was his seeing eye person. 

Floyd. Sweet Floyd. He didn’t hear or see well.  Again, no one adopted him.  So he stayed.  Starlight was his friend. 

Kenobi was w me a very short time. Oh was he sweet.  We had a happy “rest of your life.”

My Zoey. My heart girl.  No lower jaw, but it didn’t get in her way.  I’ve had so many pas through (or stay) in the 23 years I’ve fostered.  I don’t remember them w sadness.  I remember them w joy because I got to be their mom. 

And now I’m Peke mom to more. Like Dickens who no one wanted because of his medical. He now sleeps on the end of the bed w the rest.  (I’m short so I don’t need the bottom of the bed 😂.)

Some of you have met Cinnamon. She’s afraid of so much, but she’s not afraid of me. She’s my little sweetheart. 

Gwennie and Dickens are part of the Camp Runamuck gang.  She looks so much like Starlight.  🌸

And the Runamuck gang leaders, Piper and Paddington. Bad Pad has mellowed. He and Piper are busy keeping things running smoothly.  

Show us your Peke kids. ❤️

TOBY—FIRST DAY

Toby had his first day out of the vet office.  He’s w me for a few days and then he will be w his foster mom. 

He has to be walked w a sling until his back right leg gets stronger. He's having trouble walking which is normal since he had major surgery. 

He’s all shaved down and is still on a lot of meds. 

He rested on the couch w me.  The meds were kicking in. He’s wearing a neck wrap so he can eat and drink.  If I’m not watching him, he has to have the e-collar on.  He’s trying to lick his surgery sites.  Not a good idea.  He has a long incision on the back left hip. He has plates and screw to fix his broken pelvis.  Everything is swollen but he’s doing well.   The worst is over and the future looks bright for him. 

If your would like to help w the cost of his surgery, just go to the link here.  

https://potomacpekes.org/how-to-help/

I’m so glad we could help sweet Toby. 🥰
 

TOBY UPDATE

Toby came into rescue from a NC shelter.after being hit by a car. I was holding him before he went for surgery. He loves to be held. 

He had major breaks in his pelvis and his condition would have gotten much worse without surgery.  It was hard to find a surgeon that could fit him in.   But we weren’t giving up. 

He went Monday and had surgery Tuesday morning.  

I didn’t know that after an injury, the body starts to form scar tissue on broken bones.  So surgery is needed soon after the injury happened. If the wait is too long, surgery can be extremely difficult or not an option at all.  We were still in the window for surgery.  

We are picking him up today!  Right now he cannot use one leg because it’s too painful. (Don’t worry. He’s getting several pain meds and will have confinement to heal. He use xpens which give space for a bed, food and water.). He will have to have a person hold a sling to walk him for the first few weeks. His recovery is 10-12 weeks.  He will be pampered a lot!  ☺️

We are grateful to Virginia Veterinary Center in Fredericksburg, VA for helping Toby.  Thank you Susan for fostering him! 
 

CHOOSING CALENDAR PICTURES

Barbara has been receiving pictures for our 2027 calendar. 

She’s still accepting more pictures of our alumni.  

Cinnamon wants to know who is sending in pictures.  Are you? 

We can submit this one.  My gang. 🥰

Mistletoe/Missy when she was at my house.  Her mom has some great pictures of her.  Maybe she could send in one of her and her brother Taz. 

We have some alumni who aren’t Pekes.  We helped them find their forever homes. Remember Hazel, the white doodle. Luke needed a friend so the shelter I work w the most had one come in.  Now they are Luke and Leia, best buddies!!! (Star war names) 

Bruce was another Peke wanna-be.  He needed medical care and the shelter asked if we would help. He’s in his forever home now and is the best boy. 

Jingle’s mom sends me pictures.  He is doing great w his PVPC brother Hunter. Look at that beautiful boy. 

Piper and Paddington want to know who will make it to a calendar page. I’m curious, too!  

If you’re interested in having a chance to have your PVPC alumni in the calendar, just send in your picture.  The best ones have a “clean” background so we aren’t distracted from seeing the dog.  

I’m excited about our next calendar!  You can also tell Barbara if you want to buy one or more. 

Send pictures to:  

Barbara at barbarahoney@hotmail.com. 

Barbara Mudd

Treasurer, Potomac Valley Pekingese Club

STEALING BREAKFAST

Have you ever tried to eat breakfast by yourself? Me either. These two decided I had a better breakfast than they did.  I feed all of them before I even think about eating myself.  So I knew they had full tummies. 

Gwennie saw her strategy—staring pitifully— wasn’t working.  She decided to consult Cinnamon and Cinnamon looks totally not in sync. 

They go back to staring.  They kept it up. I kept eating.  And soon, my breakfast was gone.  

And here you see the posture of defeat.  I’m sure they’re already making new plans to get tomorrow’s breakfast. 😂

HUNTER—CAT OR DOG

Can it be over a year and a half since Hunter came into rescue?

He was under a year old and he really wanted to be a Pekingese.  So I fostered him. 

Hunter had springs in his legs.  He could jump small mountains.  Okay, maybe a tall baby gate.  So getting on the cat tree was absolutely no problem for him. 

He was adopted w Jingle and they are still best friends. Don’t you want to kiss that face?!  🥰