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Our thanks to Tara Garland for sending us this update on her former foster boy, Stanley.  We love updates! And naturally, we love Stanley. (FYI: Many people have commented on Stanley’s ‘generous’ mouth.  Turns out, he is a type of Shar pei called a “meat mouth”.  He sees a vet regularly, can breathe just fine – and might just be …

  We have all been waiting for this day to arrive. After being the best Foster Mom ever, Tara Garland has a last installment on Stanley. A Forever Home for the Holidays- This year my family opted not to celebrate the holidays with gifts but rather focus on enjoying the company of loved ones.  Though there were no presents to …

Here’s this weeks update from Tara! Stanley has gone from 35 pounds to 43 and is already looking like a new dog.  These much needed pounds have filled out his torso so his little rib cage is no longer visible and his hip bones no longer jut out of the top of his body. His fur is growing back slowly, …

Tara’s continuing tails of Stanley’s progress…:)       Another week has passed since Stanley has been in foster with me and he’s already made a great deal of progress. One really important aspect of fostering a dog is socialization.  Stanley was found as a stray so we don’t know anything about his history.  We have no way of knowing …