Snuggly puppy Sunday

I don't know about where you are, but here in Texas it's been rainy and dreary all weekend. Sounds like a good time to get in some snuggling. Even better if you can snuggle with puppies!

The Candies snuggling up to the milk bar.

 

Baby Austin and Aspen

Don't furget to go to this link and vote for PINK to help win $15,000 for Andi's Candies and the rest of LBR! (You have to have Facebook for this one, sorry.) You can use a multiplier code with your vote to make it count extra times. (You can only use each code once. After that just vote normally.)
 
JuJYjx (x 100 votes)

TECeGp (x 50 votes)
JD7w8x (x 25 votes)
9vDe2q (x 10 votes)
3Gud8Q (x 2 votes)

Bye-bye, Runts

I'm sorry to let everyone know that Runts passed away last night. She was the smallest of the Candies and just never gained strength, even with her foster daddy bottle-feeding her. Run free and strong as can be at the Bridge, Runts!

The rest of the Candies are very healthy and doing well with their momma's tender loving care. They had their tails docked yesterday, so they're even cuter! :)

Don't furget to go to this link and vote for PINK to help win $15,000 for Andi's Candies and the rest of LBR! (You have to have Facebook for this one, sorry.) You can use a multiplier code with your vote to make it count extra times. (You can only use each code once. After that just vote normally.)
 
JuJYjx (x 100 votes)

TECeGp (x 50 votes)
JD7w8x (x 25 votes)
9vDe2q (x 10 votes)
3Gud8Q (x 2 votes)

And... my caption contest is over! Thank you to everyone who voted. There were some grreat captions, but the winner is...

"But Santa, I can explain...."

BOL! Yeah, I sometimes have some explaining to do for the Big Guy, but it always works in the end! Grreat caption, Chris Slaughter! Please send your address to dreagoddess(at)gmail(dot)com to get your prize!

Sweet Candy

LBR is already in love with our newest members, Andi's Candies, who were born on Wednesday afternoon! Andi is a very good momma and is doing a grreat job taking care of all her babies! Here she is snuggling with Whoppers.

Sweet little Runts is the tiniest of them all. Here she is getting a little bit of extra help in growing with an extra bottle from her foster daddy. Keep your paws crossed that she keeps growing and improving!

Hey, do you know what would be a grreat birthday pressent for the puppies? $15k for LBR!!

Go to this link and vote for PINK to help win $15,000 for Andi's Candies and the rest of LBR! (You have to have Facebook for this one, sorry.) You can use a multiplier code with your vote to make it count extra times. (You can only use each code once.)
JuJYjx (x 100 votes)

TECeGp (x 50 votes)
JD7w8x (x 25 votes)
9vDe2q (x 10 votes)
3Gud8Q (x 2 votes)

 

Oh, and don't furget that today is the last day to enter my furst ever contest! Go to this post to see my "caption this" photo and submit your caption in the comments. Entries must be in by 5pm (Central time) TODAY. I'll pick my favorite and send you a toy pawsonally picked out for you by yours truly! 

Octomom!

Okay, enough being coy about it. LBR has BIG NEWS! And you know how the best BIG news comes? In SMALL packages! And LBR has some very small packages that were delivered yesterday!

Let's welcome the Candies, LBR's latest litter! 6 girls and 2 boys were born yesterday to Momma Andi. They're all healthy and wiggly and incredibly adorable!

"Hi dere, I'm Aero!"

 "I'z a sweet little girl, so dey calls me Dots!"

 "Grr! I'm a tough boy called Necco!"

 "I'z a big girl! Dey call me Rolo."

 "I'z called Runts, 'cause I'z the smallest of dem all. But I've got spunk for twice my size!"

 "Toot toot Tootsie is my name, being cute's my game!"

"Wit beautiful furs like dis, what could dey callz me but Twix?"

"I'z de biggest of dem all, so my name is Whoppers!"

 Welcome to the Legacy family, Candies!! We're so glad you've joined us. You're going to have such wonderfully pawsome lives as LBR dogs! Just grow and learn all about life for now. We'll meet in the furs soon.

And everyone give a round of applause to the Octomom herself, the FANGTASTIC Miss Andi!! (Featured here with her son Whoppers.)

"Itz been a long day. Time fur a well-earned nap!"

(**Note: Like any rescue, LBR promotes spaying and neutering. But sometimes we'll have a pregnant momma turn up in a shelter, and of course we help her and her pups. The pups will stay with Momma Andi until they're 8 weeks old, then they'll go to foster homes of their own and be adopted through LBR. We'll know at about 4 weeks if they're full boxers or not.)


Daily Reminders:
#1 - Don't furget to go to this link and vote for PINK to help win $15,000 for LBR! You can use a multiplier code with your vote to make it count extra times. (Just once per person.)
JuJYjx (x 100 votes)

TECeGp (x 50 votes)
JD7w8x (x 25 votes)
9vDe2q (x 10 votes)
3Gud8Q (x 2 votes)

 

 #2 - Just one more day to enter my furst ever contest! Go to this post to see my "caption this" photo and submit your caption in the comments. Entries must be in by 5pm (Central time) on Friday. I'll pick my favorite and send you a toy pawsonally picked out for you by yours truly! 

Relentlessly Huge Heart

Our regular post this morning is interrupted to say a very sad farewell to my buddy Mango. Momma and I were devastated this morning to log on to Blogville and find that our Relentlessly Huge furiend suddenly passed away this morning. Mango was a big guy, but he had an even bigger heart. Blogville just won't be the same without him. Godspeed, Mango. We love you!

Mango Relentlessly Huge

May 4th 2005 - September 26, 2012

Please visit his blog and give his momma and brother Dexter your condolences.

*****

I also just learned that my furiend Trudie of Three Little Pugs passed away last night too. :~( I'm sure her family would also appreciate your condolences. Run free at the Bridge, Miss Trudie!

*****

Please don't furget to vote for PINK! Pink blogs over at Diary of a Deaf Dog, and she's an LBR foster dog. AND she made it as a Top 100 finalist in the Fuzzy Nation Super Model contest! If she wins, LBR will get $15,000!!!! Think of all the dogs we can help with that much green paper!

You have to have Facebook to vote in this one. If you do, please go to this link and vote for PINK. (The list is alphabetical, so you'll have to scroll down a bit.)

There are multiplier codes that will increase your vote. You just enter them in the box below the VOTE button. I have them listed below and their values. The rules state that they can only be used once per person.

JuJYjx (x 100 votes)

TECeGp (x 50 votes)
JD7w8x (x 25 votes)
9vDe2q (x 10 votes)
3Gud8Q (x 2 votes)


Thank you!!

Baby Austin fix

Baby Austin is still growing and learning all about how to be a pawsome LBR dog, along with his foster sister Aspen. Their new toy is a puppy play pen, where they can sleep, play, and play WWF Smackdown together!
 

"What iz dis strange thing, Aspen?" 

"I knowz what itz for, Austin! Body slam!"

 

Wrestling time!!

Worn out!

Oh, and not saying anything in pawticular, but there maaaaaaay be some exciting news in LBR's future. Stay tuned!

"What do you means, we won't be your only babiez?!"

Reminder #1:

Don't furget to enter my furst ever contest! Just go to yesterday's post to see my "caption this" photo and submit your caption in the comments. Entries must be in by 5pm (Central time) on Friday. I'll pick my favorite and send you a toy pawsonally picked out for you by yours truly! 

 Reminder #2:

Miss Pink blogs over at Diary of a Deaf Dog, and she's an LBR foster dog. AND she made it as a Top 100 finalist in the Fuzzy Nation Super Model contest! If she wins, LBR will get $15,000!!!! Think of all the dogs we can help with that much green paper!

You have to have Facebook to vote in this one. If you do, please go to this link and vote for PINK. (The list is alphabetical, so you'll have to scroll down a bit.) You can put the code JuJYjx in the "code" box to multiply your vote. Thank you!

Happy birthday, Aspen!

This little cutie is now 3 months old! Can you believe it?

What I really can't believe is that she hasn't found her furever family yet.

Don't worry, sweetie, I know you'll find them soon!

PeeS: Don't furget to enter my furst ever contest! Just go to yesterday's post to see my "caption this" photo and submit your caption in the comments. Entries must be in by 5pm (Central time) on Friday. I'll pick my favorite and send you a toy pawsonally picked out for you by yours truly!

A very special post

I told you yesterday that today would be a very special post. Want to know why? Well, tough, you have to wait a minute, because I have to thank my good furiends for a very special award.

I guess my blog is super-duper addictive, because I got this award from THREE furiends!
- Garth Riley, a really fun Labrador who goes on all sorts of hikes and adventures
- Stella Rose of the Three Little Pugs, a really fun little black pug who's a puppy mill survivor
- Dave & Zim at the Army of Four Headquarters, who are two hard-working Sibes living by the Kansas Ocean. (And my sissy says they're both really hot. I guess in all that fur they would be -- wait, Cinderella, stop flirting in my blog!!)

"I can't help it, they're just both so cute! I can't decide if I prefer brunettes or redheads..."

So thank you all very much! I feel incredibly honored to have received this award. As part of the award, I'm supposed to share the story of how I started blogging. Which brings us back to today's Very Special Post. Today is my two-year blogging anniversary! I can't believe that it's been two whole years since I started blogging here! If you click on the magic time machine link, you can read my very first post ever. Wow, that was intimidating to write, with all the big star boxers who were working on the Legacy Chronicles then. But they had all gotten really busy and never had time to post. So the good folks over at Legacy Boxer Rescue asked a few others to step up and help share the load. Some of them still write a post here and there, but mostly they leave the blogging to me now because they can see how much I LOVE it!! I got to meet all the totally pawsome folks in Blogville and make some wonderful new furiends, plus pawticipate in lots of cool events like the Olympics, Back to School, and even taking the lovely Mayzie out for Valentine's Day. (Siiiiigh.)

Whoo, pupcakes for my blogaversary! ...Wait, what do you mean they're for 

Cinderella's birthday yesterday? Good grief, Momma, this is MY blog!

So thanks for a totally pawsome two years, Blogville! I've LOVED being a part of you, and I so so so appreciate all the support you've shown to me and LBR during that time. I hope to keep blogging with you for a long time to come!

So let's have some fun! To celebrate my blogaversary, I'm going to hold my very furst contest!

Just caption this picture! Submit your captions in a comment to this post by 5pm on Friday. I'll choose my favorite and send you a toy pawsonally picked out for you by yours truly. Have fun!

Happy birthday, Cinderella!!!

I'm sorry I haven't been around very much for the past few days, but Momma had to go out of town for her work and our pet sitter just couldn't manage to figure out the blog. I have a lot to catch up on! But be sure to come back tomorrow for a very special post.

Today, though, is dedicated to my sissy Cinderella. Today we're celebrating her 11th birthday!! Well, we're not sure exactly how old she is, but that's our best guess right now. It was three years ago yesterday that she first came to our house as our foster dog, so we decided that was a pretty good birthday for her. Happy birthday, sissy!

This is Cinderella's "BIN" photo. That means Boxer In Need, and it's the picture that first goes on our website when we have a dog that's looking for a foster home. She was pretty even then!

She was in pretty rotten shape when she first came to us. She'd had a bad allergic reaction 

and lost most of her fur, so she was bald and lumpy. She had to wear a shirt most of the time 

because she was nekkid!

But even thought she was feeling pretty rotten at first, she fit in real quick!

Momma kept taking her to pet fairs and pretending she was going to let someone adopt her. Hah! Okay, so she actually did let someone adopt her, but then the silly people returned her. How could you return a princess?! 

This is the picture Momma took to announce that we were "foster failing" with Cinderella. She's the best failure of our life!

Cinderella's a modern princess who prefers a convertible to a pumpkin!

This is Momma's favorite picture of her ever. You can't look at it and not smile!

 Happy birthday, sissy! I'm so glad you joined our family!

Yarrr!

 Yo ho ho, mateys, today be International Talk Like a Pirate Day! So whether you speak, bark, or meow, enjoy your day!

 

Just call me Long John Casey

Plus, we have more exciting news!! Yes, it's another contest, but this one is really pawsome!

This is Pink. She blogs over at Diary of a Deaf Dog, and she's an LBR foster dog. AND she made it as a Top 100 finalist in the Fuzzy Nation Super Model contest! If she wins, she'll get a custom-made plushie... AND LBR will get $15,000!!!! Think of all the dogs we can help with that much green paper!

You have to have Facebook to vote in this one. If you do, please go to this link and vote for PINK. (The list is alphabetical, so you'll have to scroll down a bit.) Thank you!

Gray Muzzle Fans are Awesome!

Well, folks, we didn't make first place in that contest, but THANK YOU to everyone who took the time to vote every day and share the link with all their friends and families. We DID win one of the runner-up $1,000 prizes, so that's still something to kick-start our gray-muzzle program. Thank you!!

Wags & Waves!

Yesterday was Wags & Waves, the day a local waterpark lets us canine citizens visit for once! I loved going and seeing all my furiends, old and new. There were LOTS of LBR alums there, plus I got to meet all sorts of new doggies from all over town. I love playing with BIG dogs, and I found some totally pawsome Great Danes who played a mean game of chase. Here are a few pictures of the fun day.

Look at me, I'm in the water!

The chase is ON!

Big doggie! This is Perra.

These pups made me think of all my wonderful Sibe furiends here on Blogville.

Whee, look at me play!

Watch me, Momma, I can run AND jump at the same time!

The big gray Dane is named Zoe. We played and played and played all day!

Some of my furiends took even BETTER pictures than Momma did. (Not hard, since she was using a cheapo disposable waterproof camera.)

Yup, I'm really THAT handsome.

 

Can we do this every day, Momma?