My Brother's Latest Acquisition

Shiner is ten weeks old. My brother fell in love with this her when he saw her picture. Shiner was not a freebie!
He got her about a week ago, and she is already ruling his home. She loves to terrorize his 4 other Bostons. He wanted her because she reminded him of our Mother's first Boston, Shiner, and his first Boston, Phoebe. They both had one black and one white eye. She loves to run and jump and sleep. I think her favorite toy is Peanut, another one of his Bostons. They attack each other and race throughout the house all day. They also like to wrestle under the couch, because the other dogs can't get under there to join in. Stay tuned next week for more about Peanut.
P.S. I will add a pic to this later.

My Second Boston, Petal

My brother and I are sort of a Boston rescue home. He knows a breeder who he has bought some Bostons from. Once in a while, when one of the breeder's dogs gets ill, too old to show, or for some other reason, she calls one of us to see if we are interested in acquiring another Boston. Sometimes they are free, sometimes not. Petal was a freebie -- she had been very ill and could not be bred anymore. Her former owner had spent over $4000 at the vet to get her well, but she still wasn't quite right.

One of the requirements for getting a Boston from our breeder is to have the dog neutered or spayed. Petal's health was such that I had to wait almost a year to have this done. When I finally did, it made her a totally different dog! Before her surgery, she was really laid-back. Afterwords, she is more playful and energetic. She is more like Bostons I have known in the past.

This is Hope

Hope was my first Boston. I got her when she was about 5 or 6 years old, after she almost lost an eye. She walked by a mother cat and her kittens. The cat slapped Hope with her paw and scratched Hope's left eye. After a $600 surgery and about 6 weeks of recovery, the eye healed perfectly! After about a year, you couldn't even see a scar.

Her favorite things to do were eating and sleeping. She loved the outdoors! Most Bostons like to lie in the sunshine. Hope was no exception. She would lie in the sun for hours until she would start panting, but didn't want to get in the shade to cool-off. After a while, she would get up for a drink, then go back in the sun.

About a year ago, she developed congestive heart failure, but with the help of my vet, she lived until the night before Mother's Day 2010.

I miss her, dearly.