Fido Freight Lines

Geoffry meets a potential new mom on Saturday morning. Can't honestly tell you which way I hope it goes.

Hi all, Just an update on our Geoffry boy. He is still with us and of course still welcome until a great home can be found. His hair has grown back beautifully and he is once again the hansome boy he should be. He and Dixie have become real buds and wrestle like two little pups. He went back to the eye doctor last tuesday, his eyes have not deteriorated since his last visit in July, and he now has a medicine to slow down the retinal degeneration. He is taking his capsules very well, just wrapped in a small bit of bread. We still believe there is a better place for him than we can provide, but it is going to really be difficult to see him go now. Bye for now, Tom

Hi all, Our group has an open leg on our saturday transport and no contacts in this area. Can anyone help or know someone who can. Thank you for your consideration. Picture attached 10/27 transport, shelter to rescue If you can drive, please contact Trish at HappyDogRescue@gmail.com (gmail.com) One leg left to fill: Mt Pocono PA to Binghamton NY 1 dog, approx 15 lb Start time approx 6:40 pm Sending Shelter: STAR http://www.petfinder...ters/KY251.html Receiving Rescue CNYCR http://www.petfinder...ters/NY239.html Passenger: Jill, fully vetted including spay & traveling with health cert, crate required but not provided.

Thank you very much guys. Geoffry is a really sweet obediant dog who just loves to be at your side. Yes, he is a velcro dog, My wife's condition includes bouts of extreme fatigue, making it hard to simply get her housework done. When Geoffry is in the house, he is literally right at her feet if I'm not there, and she can't get anything done. We love him very much and there will be more than a few tears when he leaves, but we feel that he needs a more qualified owner and a home with more to offer than we can. Thanks again. Tom Dixie will miss him more than us, they have become real buds. He is good with other dogs. When his Border Collie buddy Ty comes over, Geoffry loves to follow after him when Ty is chasing the frizbee. Poor quality picture but I hope it gets the point across

Sue, these are the dogs she needs help with.

Sue R I sent you an email. Tom

Yes it has been awhile Sue. My transports now are usually Morgantown to Hagerstown, long runs with lots of dogs. Geoffry's rescue is not a Border Collie Rescue. I got their permission to post him here and I will see if they have already contacted the rescues you mentioned. I am also looking for Senior Dog forums if anyone knows of any. My wife has been great about this foster, but her health is not going to allow us to permanently foster him. I just don't want it to come to a situation where he has to leave here on short notice because going back to a kennel would quickly undo all the progress he has made. It is absolutely the worst thing that could happen to him. Mayby I'll see you on a transport someday. We are always looking for a Morgantown to Rocky Gap leg. Thanks for your reply. Geoffry's Pic is attached. (I learned something new, yeah) Tom

Hello everyone, This is my first post, it is on behalf of my foster dog Geoffry. Geoffry is a nine year old Border Collie with limited vision. He was part of a hoarder siezure in Morgan County West Virginia in late May. Needless to say,with his limited vision, he was very very freightened in the hole they call animal control here in Morgan County. I offered to hold him at my house while several groups were working on finding him rescue. It's a long story, but he was taken by a rescue and put in a kennel and I finally got him to my house the first week in July. We have fostered him since and while he has made tremendous progress, we have really taken him as far as our abilities and time allow. He has overcome the extreme nervousness he came here with, and has pretty much overcome being terrified of storms. He used to need his thunder shirt even when it simply rained. He is a very calm dog now, although I am sure he would love to herd animals and chase frizbees if his vision would allow it. I can get him to chase his bright red ball in about a 10 foot radius and he really enjoys that, but I don't know how to keep his attention and train him to give the ball back to me. We used a crate for him the first few weeks, he initially slightly resisted going into it, but then went in willingly and was quiet and calm while in it. He would even stay calm when you went to get him out and wait until he was invited out. Now he sleeps in one of the many dog beds around here and has not had any problems. We do put a belly band on him at night. but it has been dry every morning except for mayby three times in three months. He will be laying right at the back door on those occasions, so he has wanted to go out, just hasn't learned how to let us know. Looking back on those times, his nightly routine was thrown off for various reasons. The rescue and I are looking for a more suitable foster, or of course someone willing to adopt him or be a permanent foster if his potential medical expenses are a problem. I will gladly offer more info, but this post is long enough. Thanks for reading if you got this far. Tom