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From Jacksons lovely family:
(The lovely Colgan family will be fighting over the computer to get a look at this update and where this baby lives now,it just looks amazing!)

I just wanted to give you an update on Jackson. He is doing great. He has been running and playing in the fields every day when the boys come home from school. I take him for a walk in the morning after breakfast, about an hour. The first day he was very nervous about passing houses that had other dogs they would do quite a bit of barking. It’s funny, once he realised we had his back (I carry a big stick with me) he started to taunt the other dogs! He acts now like he is five times the size he actually is. Its so funny.

He sleeps great at night in his crate and starts to look to go in it around 10pm. I think we are wearing him out. I can see that there is a change in him from about yesterday, he has become much more confident with us now and I can see his real personality shining through. He has such a lovely temperament and loves the boys. He chases them around the kitchen when they get up in the morning, also he greets each person individually as they come into the kitchen first thing in the morning. He loves chasing the brush, so much so, we have to put him in his crate to sweep the floor.

The only thing we need to overcome is the toilet training, and am sure that will come in time.
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I love going to visit my little name sake! She is such a dote,so friendly and loves affection.
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Well my beautiful little dote Maxi went off with her mammy today.
We will all miss her here. She was such a pleasure to foster and the kids and Mya,Bailey and especially Cassie loved helping to prepare her for her new fantastic
family.

I know Maxi (now Mollie) will have many years of happiness with her family,its like they were made just for her!
Roll on the updates

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I looooooove it, thank you so much for putting these up.
They look like they were made for one another, i knew Boo Boo would make an amazing big sister.

I am so happy your even bigger family are all so happy and settled xx

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The lovely Maxi (we call her Jasmine or Jazz for short!) has been with us 3 weeks. And she really has slotted into our routine.
At first at bed time she would find a new hiding space each night ( she was always easy to find!) now she trots in with the rest and snuggles in.

She gets on great with my 3, i think she has developed a little crush on Bailey this week and he is lapping up the attention.
We are lucky to live beside a secure green area and after almost 3 weeks with us we let her off lead with our crew and she is just hysterical to watch run. She constantly has her tongue out and she just bounds around loving life!! Her recall with us is fantastic, but of course i will say that is with a pack to follow and with a lot of trust built up over time.

She is a pleasure to foster and continues to be a fab family dog who makes you smile with her funny little personality.
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I am just devastated at the loss of this baby, i loved going to visit him and giving him cuddles.

Sandra and her family gave this boy a fantastic month, as usual they never scrimped on the love they showed him. He really knew the joy of a family life thanks to them.
He was happy as a pig in muck every time i saw him. He adored everyone and everyone adored him, he was content and secure that he had landed on his 4 paws in that foster home.

I know his family who were patiently waiting on him have been watching the forum and were so happy to see all the well wishers on here rooting for Elmo. So there are a lot of heart broken people out there today looking for some small words of encouragement.

Run fast and free up in heaven little man, miss your cuddles already.

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Heather and Vinny are all ready for st Patricks Day!!!
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Well Maxi has met her forever family and she will be heading off once she is spayed

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The lovely Elmo met his fantastic family!!!
He will be heading off to his Happy Ending very soon

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Hi Ciara,
Maxi is definitely not small. She is already a medium dog and she might grow just a little bit more.

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Well this beautiful boy met his family and will be heading off tomorrow to his fantastic forever home tomorrow.

His new big (and i mean BIG!!) sister Booboo the Dogue du Bordeaux
is patiently waiting for him to officially join the family.

I cant wait for the updates

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Fianna she is a dote!!

I am loving having Maxi here. She is extremely people focused and more so kids.
The girls were playing a game of cards at the kitchen table. Maxi was belting around playing with the dogs but when she was finished she decided to join them and dragged a bed into the kitchen positioned it right in the middle of them and plonked down and went to sleep

She spends most of her time snuggled on the sofa in the centre of us all. She never tries to take food from the kids (eventhough she seems to have a thing for chocolate, i found her with her nose stuck in my handbag the other day. Turns out i had a chocolate bar wrapper buried somwhere in there and she was determined to root it out!!)

She hasnt got all the basic commands, but to be honest im not madly focused on these for the moment. I think getting her used to family life and learning to trust people is more important. All the rest will come in time because she is one smart cookie.

She is super friendly and made a friend out on her walk today. She wasnt one bit fazed by a massive Weimaraner bounding up to say hello.
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Update from Alfies lovely family. And i have to say he looks like such a happy pampered pooch!!!

Alfie is doing really well. He had his nip and tuck
and all was fine. He was as good as gold. So he is all up to date on
his jabs, chipping etc.

The sun shines in the back door and one of the days I moved his bed around
into the sun. Well the next day he decided to move the bed around himself.
and climbed into it. I thought I was going doddery as I couldn’t remember
moving it.

We got a harness for walking now as he has got so strong for such a little
fellow. He bring the lead over when he wants to go out. He is brilliant
and still loves a little sup of tea. The Vet said it was OK to let him have
a little.

Thanks again
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I had to put this up,she is the ultimate lap puppy. She hopped up on Shaunas lap and snuggled in. She is the perfect size for an 11 year olds lap!
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Well this girl just makes your heart swell.
She is just a dote,there wasn’t a peep out of her last night and no accident in the house. This is amazing for a young pup just out of the pound!

She is mad about kids and is such a gentle soul any home would be extremely lucky to have her in their lives.
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