Southland Sheltie Rescue Inc. Annual Fall Potluck Picnic and Auction

Just recently I had one of the best days ever!!!

Early one warm and sunny day my foster mom packed Jazzy and I... along with blankets, a fold-out chair, two ex-pens, cameras, two boxes of donuts and various other things into the back seat of her truck and drove us to Memorial Park in Sierra Madre to attend the Southland Sheltie Rescue Inc. Annual Fall Potluck Picnic and Auction.

When we got there, we found a park filled with shelties. Jazzy and I were brought to a fenced area where we could run and play with other shelties. Whoever put that fence up must be the smartest and most clever person in the world because everyone had the best time ever in there.

Next, my foster mom went to go buy tickets for the auction. While she was gone a nice lady named Tonya watched us. I liked her shelties a lot. They were super fun to play with. My foster mother really liked her and her family as well. Besides the auction, there was also a Halloween Costume parade. I want to thank my foster mom for not putting me and Jazzy in costumes, or make us participate. Instead she got her video camera out and filmed the event. Here it is... this is the one time you are going to see a video on my blog that I'm not in!



In this video you can see my foster mom's previous foster dog Oliver and his beautiful mom. My foster mom will sometimes say I remind her of Oliver because we are both so cute and extremely loyal.

After the costume parade my foster mom visited a very special sheltie named Merlin. He's blind and deaf. She got to pet and hold him and thought he was the most wonderful dog (next to me, of course). He experiences everything by feel and loves to snuggle and be petted. I think this was nice for my foster mom because I'm so hyper and active that I don't have the patience to be held. I rather run around and wag my tail. She also got to meet Scooby and many other nice dogs from rescue. And she got to see another very special sheltie named Mollie Pumpkin. Molly Pumpkin was recently picked up at the shelter by one of our volunteers. She's a teeny tiny old shetie who had been living on the streets and trying to find food and safety. Now she has a warm home and loving family. I think she believes she has died and gone to heaven! Sometimes a little bit of heaven does land on earth...

My foster mother wants me to let everyone know that the people who volunteer and adopt through Southland Sheltie Rescue (and all the other rescues out there!) are all very kind and loving people who go out of their way to make a difference to help dogs and other animals like myself. She wants me to thank all of you who do this.... even if it's something small and tiny, like helping an unwanted dog have a safe and loving place to stay for a brief space of time, or giving one a forever home.... you help create these pockets of heaven here on earth. Something real and significant... I thank you for your warm and caring hearts.