Sadly, Kodiak was not a good fit for Geisha. Too high energy, zoomies all the time to where he would jump and roll her and then one evening for no reason, except we think he wanted to be top dog, he bit her in the forehead, so we had to make the decision to re-home him. Bob drove back to Florida to take Kody to his next home with Jesse and Bella, also an 11 year old female chow, who he also bit, but Jesse is ex Secret Service and trained German Sheps, so Kodiak is in good hands and will be trained.
At my suggestion and since this is where I initially wanted to stay, but it was below Jax where Valerie lived, Bob got to stay and visit St. Augustine, a Colonial Spanish town, which is so beautiful. He dropped Kody off at Jesse's in Pompano Beach, stayed a few hours and then found a room for the night. Walked around and took photos the next day. We definitely will be going back to visit.
Trees covered in Spanish moss.
Flagler University. Can you imagine going to school here?!
Historic District. Bob said there were a LOT of tourists.
Part of the university.
Beautiful homes.
I cried when he left. I get attached quick. He was my Dancing Bear. He would have been a keeper if an only dog, but Geisha is our main priority. At 11 she is slow and super chill, so now the search begins to find the right fit. She really likes having a friend and misses her three other friends that we lost this summer. The house is too empty. Having gone from 7 chows to 1 in six years is a big change.
Kody is the first people friendly chow I have had. We took him to Tractor Supply on Sunday and everyone could pet him, even men. At night he would lay on the sofa, his head on my lap and fall asleep. Having a young chow again was nice, throw a ball, they bring it back, unlike the seniors who look at you like you're crazy. This guy was a husky in a chow suit, though. We never had a young chow with so much energy! Was afraid to think what might happen if he ever met up with our resident bear.
One good thing is Jesse contacts me nearly every day with videos and updates and he is only 40 minutes from Miami where Junior of the rescue is, so we will make sure Kody Kakes is okay!
Kody Zoomies!
This is Cubby. Catrina of Chow Charmer in SC and a friend pulled him from an Atlanta shelter this week. We had hopes he may be a match for Geisha, maybe the shelter got his age wrong, he was listed as two years old, but nope, he may even be one year old and may have more energy than Kodiak. He also was not neutered and harassing her senior chow girl, so we passed on Cubby and he is on his way to an adopter in CT.
Cubby Zoomies!
This is Cotton, a long haired husky in TX. A husky rescue friend Frank Gonzales who I have worked with on husky transports said he would get this 9 year old sweet boy to me, a 14 hour trip!! Bob and I have ALWAYS wanted a husky, but we know our limits and our fencing could never contain a young one. I would temp foster huskies for a rescue in FL sometimes, and I absolutely love them. They are funny and beautiful. They are talkers, which chows are not. We just don't know if we should and are thinking about it. Cotton is pretty chill with other dogs, but he's over our weight limit, but not by much, mostly fur. He is a contender!
Next contender THUNDER! Just pulled by Lisa from a NYC shelter. He's now with Karyn in NJ. He's 10 years old, under 50 pounds and seems pretty chill. Today he goes to vet to discuss neuter. Here he is yesterday getting a bath. Karyn says he's wonderful.
In this photo he reminds us of our Bamboo II.
All cleaned up and blow dried and taking a walk with Asia and doing pretty good! So who do you vote for? A long haired husky or a smooth coat chow? Kind of backwards with the fur, and we never had a smooth coat chow before, huskies usually are the smooth coats. Either one I think will fit, we just have to decide!
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