Kelsey, after grooming.
(Her eyes are reflecting the flash and really
just appear black, like in the first picture)
Update 12/03: Max and Holly (Kelsey)
Dear Westie Rescue of CA:
I wanted to let you know how happy
I am with my new family. I love my new Westie
brother Max and I adore my new Mom & Dad.
I can hardly wait to greet them when they come
back home, even if they were gone for only 5
minutes. I love the park-it is wonderful - birds,
people & other dogs to sniff & chase.
And, it is right across the street from my new
house, we go there often. And Christmas, with
all those new toys was ever so exciting. Everyone
who meets me really likes me a lot. After all,
I am awfully cute. Thank you very much for rescuing
me and preparing me for this great new adventure.
Love and Westie Kisses, Holly
(formerly Kelsey)
PS from Mom Kay. She is a wonderful dog!!! Thank
you very very much!!
Kay
Hello All You Westie-Want-A-Be Owners,
Have I got a dog for you......it's me silly!
My new name is Kelsey, but sometimes I think
it is...."No, no don't you dare".
I am a petite 14 pound, female, spay Westie
that is very active and has boundless energy.
My birthday is January 12, 2002, so I am still
in the 'terrible twos' phase of my puppyhood.
But my saving grace my foster Mom says, is I
am cute as a button, plus I really like people
(especially my foster Dad) and other Westies.
I came into Westie Rescue because my former
owners knew with my Mom and human Sissy (20
yr old daughter) working full time I just wasn't
getting the housetraining, crate training, discipline,
exercise and the proper diet which growing Westie
puppies need. See, my Dad had a stroke, so he
wasn't able to work. We basically would hang
out at the house, I would be on his lap or following
him around. But, Dad wasn't able to do much
playing, walking and training of me. So, I was
left unsupervised and did some 'puppy' behaviors......shoot,
how did I know I wasn't suppose to chew up those
$250.00 loafers of my human Sissy's. She left
them on the floor. But I also thought those
wires hanging down from the computer's speakers
needed to go.....and they did.....in half.
Boundless energy and no positive direction,
got me into mischief more times than not. But
now I am on a 'program' as my foster Mom calls
it. I am now crate trained, can use a doggie
door, walk on a leash without pulling or wrapping
myself around light poles and I am really working
on my house manners and almost have been 're-house
trained". At my foster Mom and Dad's, they
have a daily routine which gives me plenty of
scheduled walks for exercise, I also get Vitamins
and doggie biscuits in the morning, my new dinner
is the Westie Diet and I got a new "Westie
Prom Do" (that's what my foster Dad calls
it) because grooming was a new experience. My
fur is growing in nicely, when I arrived here
nothing had been done to my coat since I was
a puppy I still had all my dead puppy hair.
With the new diet, routine brushing and grooming
a new coat will grow in. But, alas that will
take some time says my foster Mom. I get regular
baths now, because I like to explore the flowerbeds
outside. I bring roots, plant leaves and dirt
on my muzzle inside to share. I like sharing,
I am very social.
I was taken to the Vet and given all my shots
(Rabies, DHPP, Bordatella). I liked the Vet
and licked his face. They gave me doggie treats.
I think I would like my new forever adoptive
home to be; stable, loving, able to provide
on-going crate training, housetraining, exercise,
continue the Westie Diet, and maybe even take
me to obedience school. Sometimes I forget to
listen......my foster Mom says I have 'selective
listening skills' especially when she wants
to put me in my crate.....I begin playing chase
me, chase me. I can walk on a leash well, can
use a doggie door, love to play with balls and
squeaky toys. I get along with both male and
female Westie brother and sisters. Can I come
be part of your family? I promise to be the
best dog I can be.....will you be my forever
home? Will you keep me forever?
