BABY IS SAFE! 27 NOVEMBER 2006
Rita was at the Kalamazoo shelter when it opened at 9:00 a.m. and, as they say in the world of Rescue, "pulled" Baby, who had been given her rabies & bordetella shots and been microchipped by the shelter, and was already spayed, so she was ready to travel!
Rita writes to the ADTHome List: I picked Baby up at the Kalamazoo Animal Shelter this morning and drove her towards Andréa to Michigan City. Shell Lewis, CRUSA VP of Foster Homes, is transporting her the rest of the way. She's my first Cairn rescue . . . Shell was planning to get Baby from the owner when she (Baby) ended up precipitously in animal control.
	I'm glad I was here and available. Baby is a cutie! She's sweet and likes to be held and gives kisses. She likes her tummy rubbed. She is black/grey with long haire. Her back legs don't work, but she moves around very quickly with the strength of her front legs & shoulders. She climbed up in a flower box and can hold her back end up with the legs like a tripod to p**p.
Baby's malformed back legs.
When she got in the big crate in Shell's van, she found a toy and was very silly with it. She slept quietly in the crate during the trip. No whining, no barking. I told her she was on her way to meet Cari & Rico & April and lots of other cousins. She will give you lots of kisses. My dogs are besides themselves sniffing on me since I got back. CRUSA owes a great deal of gratitude to Rita! AND, unbeknownst to us, Baby spent her Thanksgiving at the home of one of the shelter workers, NOT in a cage at the shelter. That was nice for her, too.

CONTINUE WITH BABY'S JOURNEY HERE