Mom and daughter pics

Our little girl weighs almost 5 pounds at 20 weeks old!

As a mature lady never discloses her poundage, lets just say Fiona hasn't lost her "baby" weight yet.

The sight has not returned to Libby's damaged eye. It is pain free though. She occasionally will bump into things on that side, but blindness in one eye doesn't seem to slow her down any. They both bring so much joy.

Fostering Border Collies 101

My dear friend Christine replied to my post about taking a break from fostering. Her wonderful idea is to use my blog to give support and help to those who may be fostering their first dog, their 100th or still just thinking about giving it a try. By sharing tales of past foster dogs and comments from readers lets try to do just that. Sound good?

First, you should know that many many dog lovers have done this far longer than I. I do not profess to be a trainer, it's not my strong point. Our home here at Shedd has been dubbed more than once as a "summer camp" for Border Collies.

Everyone has different criteria in how they rescue and maybe even why they rescue. We are all independent but generally have the same goal in mind, to take a dog from a bad situation and prepare it the best we can for a much better one.

Please chime in anytime with your comments/suggestions. The more we learn together the better to achieve our goal.

18 weeks old

Our little girl is all wet from playing out in grass with the big dogs. Still as adorable as ever. I think her eye is pain free now, still no obvious vision. Mama Fiona is all healed from her spay surgery. Considering she shares my pillow at bedtime it's much more comfortable now without her plastic cone pressed onto the side of my face....