Homecoming Tales {Old Friends Senior Dog Sanctuary}

October 21, 2020 Heather Nelms

This week on the blog, I would like to take the opportunity to spotlight the Old Friends Senior Dog Sanctuary (OFSDS). Their mission is to provide lifetime homes for senior dogs. Senior dogs come with their fare share of challenges, which is why older dogs do not get adopted as quickly or as often as younger pups. OFSDS is a place where senior dogs can live out the remainder of their lives with love, comfort and good medical care. Another option they provide for the senior dogs is to be placed within a loving home as a “Forever Foster”. This is truly amazing and they have so many super sweet pups there. I wanted to take so MANY of them home with me!

I was so honored to photograph a few of these sweet pups for the front and back covers of a recently published book, Homecoming Tales: 15 Inspiring Stories from Old Friends Senior Dog Sanctuary. The book has been published by Harper Collins Publishers and available to order now! All of the author portion of the proceeds are going directly to OFSDS.

The cover dog is Mack, “America’s Best Friend”, a blind (no-eyed) cocker spaniel. He is between 10 and 14 years old and loves to climb. He also likes to sit in his forever foster Mason's lap and 'help' him work. (Mason and Nell adopted Mack and also work at OFSDS). You have to check this guy out and read about his Presidential nomination for the 2020 election! He and The Geezer Party he represents “have values that all of America can agree with”. Outside of the Presidential Candidacy, he also took part in the Dog Bowl this year!

Junebug is the little dog on the back cover of the book. She is a chihuahua, terrier and corgi mix and is between 11 and 13 years old. She chirps instead of barks. She was rescued from a hoarding situation in 2017 and after only 3 weeks in the shelter the Williams family decided to forever foster her.

The other dog on the back cover, Maverick, arrived at the shelter after his owner passed away. He is a plott hound mix and is about 1o years old. He loves his pup sister Maisy, also from OFSDS. He was such a sweet boy to photograph!

Please consider purchasing this sweet book to support OFSDS, and check out the OFSDS website to consider becoming a forever foster for one of the sweet pups they have there!

~Mandy

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Our new foster pup - Louie! {Nashville Dog Photographer}

January 31, 2013 Mandy2

If you follow me on any type of social media you have, of course, already seen the super cute foster puppy we have - Louie! Louie has been with us now for just 5 days, and he's doing great! So, a little about Louie. He's about 8 weeks old now, and still a tiny thing - much smaller than our two cats (which they like :) He is a shepard mix, and although it's always tough to say how big a little puppy will one day be - it doesn't look as though he's going to be huge. We are thinking more in the medium size range.

He is just wonderful. Curious, playful, sweet - LOVES to nap on your lap! He's is only getting up once during the night to go outside (which is great for his age) and he is really getting the concept of potty training and has been doing really well with it. So, in a nutshell, he's pretty wonderful.

He could be yours! Just contact me or East C.A.N. directly if you are interested in meeting this sweetie!

~ Mandy

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Earline - our new foster puppy! {Nashville Dog Photographer}

January 1, 2013 Mandy2

What better way to ring in the new year than introducing our newest foster pup with East C.A.N., Earline! She is the absolute sweetest little gal! So, a few facts about her:

-She's about 16 weeks old.

-She was found with her brother (Earl) in Shelby park, and the pair followed their finder home.

-She is a Plott Hound mix, brindle with a darker stripe across her backbone - very pretty :)

Now, those are the facts, but this is the info that makes her really special:

Earline is a sweet, sweet girl. She loves nothing more to be upside down on the floor at your feet to get a belly rub or just laying in the room you are in watching what you are doing. She is getting along great with our dog Rosie, and is completely ignoring our two cats - which is amazing because most of the puppies we've had have had at least one lesson from the cats on personal space :). Not Earline, she just leaves them completely alone and they aren't stressed around her at all. Earline attended her first New Year's get together last night and also ignored our friends 7 month old baby. Of course we watched closely, and the little one was in her activity center (so not on the floor), but she had no interest in her at all.

Earline is also doing great with potty-training and crate training. She loves to play fetch & is already learning to sit - a smart girl for sure!

So, if this glowing report didn't sell you, just take a look at this sweetie. Please contact me or East C.A.N. if you are interested in meeting her or her brother Earl (who looks just like her, except he's a bit taller and thinner).

~ Mandy

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