Bodhi's Blog: Life on the Dog Ranch
When the balls drop!
Hello again! I hope everyone is LOVING their summers so far. I, for one, am! I wasn't too sure about the swimming pool in May, but now that the sun has warmed the waters up so nicely, I am in heaven! It is like being in a giant bathtub (my very favorite place) with ALL of my family and friends around me. SO MUCH FUN!!
Me hanging out in my suit at the Blanco River!
The pups are loving the water, too. Though, unfortunately, we don't have a lake or big pool for them to swim in.......yet! Maybe one day we will! Then I can swim with the pups and my world will be complete! They are, however, loving the kiddie pools and dreaming of forever homes with access to water!
Gus enjoying the pool!
Not everything is good when it comes to summer, though. This recent heat (100+degrees for many, many days) puts pups and humans at significant risk for heat exhaustion, which can lead to death. With this in mind, the foster pups have been spending most of their time inside with us! Boy, it is a lot of dog hair and cabin fever around here right now. In fact, my mom went on an epic Facebook rant about having too much to do and not enough hours in the day. I solved that problem by dumping my spaghetti on my hair and shirt so that I could get a bath, because as far as I can tell, baths solve ALL problems.
You know you want a hug!
I do think that she may need a bit more than a bath, though, so I am reaching out to all of you. HOT Lab needs volunteers. I am a volunteer, my mom is a volunteer, everyone that is associated with HOT Lab is a volunteer. This means they all have full time jobs, including me! It takes a lot of work to learn how to be this cute!
Getting ready for school, but first have to eat mom's ice cream!
Could you be a volunteer? We need people to walk the dogs, to bathe the dogs, to train the dogs, heck, just to sit and watch TV and love on the dogs. We need people to take the dogs to the vet! You would not believe how sick some of the dogs we rescue are and how many trips to the vet it takes to get them better! We also need people to get dogs from the shelter. My mom gets messaged over 10 times each day about a dog going to die if we can't save it, but with no time to go look at the dog, my mom knows it will die. That hurts her heart, which makes me sad, so I am asking for help!
Showin Koko the pool!
Like my loving Tia Rachel Fusaro (don't forget to follow her amazing Volgs!) says, "We're trying to save ALL THE DAMN DOGS!!" But, we can't do that without all of you to help! So, are you ready to become a volunteer? Have extra room to foster a dog? Willing to help plan events or help raise money for the heartworm treatments? Please say yes!
If so, follow this link: http://hotlabrescue.org/hotlab/volunteer.jsp
Chillin after wearing the pups out!!
If not, think you could ask around and see if anyone else you know might want to help out? Heck, even share my blog! We appreciate all of our supporters and can't thank you all enough for helping us save these amazing animals!
