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It was a wonderful day here today, though also a very sad day, as our foster mastiff, Maggie went home this afternoon with her new forever family.  We spent a good part of the day getting to know each other, and letting the mastiffs get to know each other as well.  (Adoptive family has 5 year old rescue male mastiff, who was brought along to meet Maggie).  When they left here, they faced a 6 hour drive to their motel room, and then another 5-6 hours in the morning to get them home.

All of the five mastiffs were very well behaved, no scuffles or grumbling of any kind.  I was very proud of my guys and their behavior.  My heart s broken that we don't have Maggie anymore, but I am happy for her and for her new family.  So, here's the pics.  Enjoy.

Introducing... Miss Maggie the mastiff!

In just a couple hours, we head out to pick up Miss Frankie- she has finished one set of Canadian shows, and will  be going again mid-July,  but for now, she is coming home!  Hoping she will still be home on July 10th to celebrate her first birthday!

Cuz I am gonna kill her!!!!  ok, a bit of background, first.  Last year, about a month before prom, she decides she is making her own gown.  Now, this child has NEVER sewn anything in her life.  So now's as good a time as any, right? So she picks out a pattern, material, and sets to work.   NOT a simple dress pattern by any means, it includes many many layers, and boning in the top.   Soooooooo, long story short, MOM finished the dress the day before the prom.    This year, she has a formal senior dinner dance, and it is next Saturday.   Of course she is making her own dress! How could I DARE suggest otherwise???!!!  She got the fabric, and the pattern, and has NOT started yet!!!  "I have time, Mom!"   So, in the last two weeks of school, she has rehearsals and things going on every single day after school to get ready for graduation, which happens on the 23rd.  Bets on who makes the dress?

After only five days, this boy shows no sign of being the terrified, freaked out dog he was when we picked him up last week. He is learning fast, and is doing his best to fit right in here, even with all the confusion of my two English mastiff girls, my teenage daughter running around crazy doing all she needs to do for graduation next month, and Jim being here some days and gone day and night other times.  He is slowly putting weight on, though it seems he barely eats enough to keep him alive.