Poplar Plaza Petco Provides Plenty of People to Pet Pups

A little alliteration on a Sunday afternoon isn’t a bad thing, is it? Especially after our rescue group has had a great adoption weekend (3 events in 2 days)!

Today’s event was at our favorite Petco at Poplar and Highland. We always enjoy the staff and the clients of the store make our dogs feel welcome.

Adopted today was Sebastian, the 3rd of 4 siblings we fondly call the “Tipton Pups.” He went to a great home with a couple of other grown big dogs who can teach him the ropes as he grows. And he WILL grow!

Millie went for a home visit and we’re crossing our fingers that she’ll work out well.

The adoption for Blosssom was finalized.

Bridgette joined us. We’ve had her for just a little bit – she had a litter of pups about 10 weeks ago (before we got her) and she’s in her shedding phase now … so everyone had a coat of dog hair on them. She’s starting to slow down in her normal post-partum hair loss. She is truly a fabulous young dog. Keep watch on our website for when we post her for adoption.

We had several other of our dogs and puppies join us. Enjoy the pictures below. Join us at next week’s adoption event at Hollywood Feed on Union Avenue from 11am-3pm Saturday, June 6.

Sebastian is going to have a FABULOUS time with this young woman

Bree gives us a side pose. She was heartworm positive but has been treated and is looking for a new home!

Hard to resist cutie Bree as she has those perky ears and a tail that swishes a mile a minute!

Bridgette is a beautiful young dog. Just the right size for most people.

Bridgette loves giving and receiving hugs and kisses.

Such a lovely young dog is our Bridgette.

Itsy Bitsy decides to eat her foster mom’s lunch of cheese.

Itsy Bitsy poses as she watches the world go by.

Charlie (left) and Sally Luellen (right) win the “calmest dog at the adoption” award!

HollyWood Pet Store~Adoptions

This beautiful Saturday brought out a few visitors to the Hollywood Store on Union. The day was fun with all the dogs and volunteers. Rose was adopted today and several were considered. Here are a few pictures of the “Good Dogs” that were at the store today.  Good Dog Rescue also had another adoption event at “Wags and Whiskers” on Sanderlin today.  Tomorrow we will be at Petco on Poplar and Highland from 1-4….come by and see us!

Rose gets adopted!

Meet Penelope ... she's sweet!

Bailey's first adoption event ... isn't he cute?

Lil Mo gets some well-deserved attention and love.

Raggedy Andy is even cuter than his namesake.

Twitter is ready to do what he does best - network!

One of our "Tipton pups" who's looking for a home.

Another of our "Tipton pups" looking for a FURever home.

Junior is new with us ... and another sweetie!

Blackie & JW…love at first sight

Blackie, Good Dog’s 3 1/2 year old Chihuahua mix caught the eye of Annitta Pryor this week.  She completed an application for her Dad, J. W. Bailey, who is retired and lives in Pinson, TN.  Well, the application contained the sentence ‘and she could go on car rides as often as she likes’ caught the eye of foster mom, Julie.  You see, Blackie LOVES to go everywhere with her person.  Why, her foster mom calls her the BEST METHODIST Chihuahua in Memphis because she jumped in the truck on Sunday mornings when Julie was on her way to church.  And WOULD NOT get out…LOL…

Anyway, J. W. called Tuesday to set up a meet and greet with Blackie.  She had him at first wag….and J. W. quickly found Blackie’s sweet scratch spot just above her tail.  She closed her eyes and wagged and I swear, she smiled at J. W. 

J. W. stopped by his daughter’s Memphis home on the way back to Pinson and his granddaughter, Krystal quickly found two outfits to send home with Blackie.  Krystal has a new camera and has promised to blog here regularly to let us know how Blackie’s new life is going.  Welcome into the GOOD DOG family, J. W., Annitta, and Krystal…we can’t wait to hear from you all.

A Memorial Day Celebration at Memphis Jewish Community Center’s Aquatic Park Yields Homes for Two Great Dogs

Our second adoption event of the weekend was Sunday, May 25, 2009 at the Memphis Jewish Community Center. They brought out their tent, tables, and chairs and provided some great space to showcase Real Good Dog Rescue’s great dogs and puppies.

Even though the day saw showers from time to time, they were temporary and fleeting, and the Aquatic Park had lots of visitors. That meant that our dogs and puppies likewise had a lot of visitors.

We always have a great time with Lauren Carr, the Assistant Wellness Director at the Jewish Community Center. She is a true friend of these rescued animals who are in need of a home. She seemed to know everyone who passed by yesterday and was instrumental in getting most of them to stop by and pet one of our deserving dogs or puppies. Thanks much, Lauren!

Adopted as a result of Sunday’s event were Lola, the Maltese/Poodle mix, and Pretty Boy, the Golden Retriever/Spaniel mix. They both put on their sweetest faces and sold themselves to their prospective adopters. We wish dogs and humans well as they begin their life of joy and happiness that a loving four-legged critter can provide.

All the Real Good Dog Rescue volunteers, dogs, and puppies hope all have a great Memorial Day. We hope you enjoy our pics below.

Lola gets adopted by a family whose young daughter loves bling! Bet Lola will be dressed in finery soon!

Pretty Boy is adopted by a pretty great family! We hope they’ll have lots of years of happiness

We’re set up and ready to go at Memphis Jewish Community Center

Pretty Boy, Junior, and Dusty welcome a canine friend

Betsy likes the feel of the grass on a warm spring day

Our dogs and puppies get a lot of attention from visitors

Mignon has some VERY long eyelashes … can you see them?

Chippy loves a good toy, a great playmate, and fabulous food (not necessarily in that order)

Bojangles has a reputation as a great poser – do you agree?

A visitor and one of our volunteers, Cheryl, talk about and with the “Tipton Pups”

Babs is a lovely young larger dog who enjoys the attention she’s shown

We got busy as many folks stopped by on their way to or from swimming

Dash is a lovely young dog who gets some well-deserved attention at Sunday’s event

Babs, Betsy, and Chippy stay cool with a cover, water, and fan

Mignon dressed up in her green and white checked dress for the holiday

Miss Cordelia’s Welcomes Real Good Dog Rescue to Harbor Town – Thank you!!!

Real Good Dog Rescue sometimes has the opportunity to showcase our great dogs and puppies at various events in Memphis and Shelby County. Yesterday we were fortunate to be invited to Miss Cordelia’s in Harbor Town. Miss Cordelia’s has a reputation for friendliness and having high standards in all they do – so they were a logical fit with our rescue group! The weather was breezy, even though the temperature was warm and starting into the humid days of Memphis in the summer. But equipped with our trusty tent and plenty of shade and water, Real Good Dog Rescue had an inviting spot for visitors.

We had a lot of folks stopping by. Some wanted to pet, hold, and walk our great dogs. Some had dogs of their own and wanted them to make the acquaintance of our dogs. A couple of folks even decided to become adopters (or foster to adopt)! What a great day!

Adopted were two of our four puppies we refer to as the “Tipton Pups” because they came to us from Tipton County. We had 2 boys and 2 girls – now we have 1 boy and 1 girl left. We hope some of our readers have a penchant for puppies and will help out these 2 remaining youthful, healthy, and happy puppies. Placed in a foster to adopt situation was our friend Sarge. He went home with a family that had 2 young boys who can help Sarge get his well-deserved exercise. We hope they enjoy Sarge as much as our volunteers enjoy him and will decide to “fail fostering 101″ with a whole lot of our volunteers!

Speaking of failing fostering 101, we had another of those events consummated yesterday. One of our volunteers who was fostering Erin decided to formally adopt her. Fabulous!

Enjoy the pics below. Clicking on any of them will take you to a larger version. Today, weather permitting, we are at the Memphis Jewish Community Center from 1-4pm for our 2nd adoption event of the weekend. If you missed us yesterday, come check us out today. If we are rained out today, Monday is the backup day.

Jack is adopted by a fabulous family. He’ll get to grow up surrounded by love!

Katie and her happy adopter pose for a pic before heading to Katie’s forever home

Erin, and her new mom and dog sibling, Penny. Another happy “I failed fostering 101″ family!

Sarge and HIS two boys, ready to head home

In the parking lot at Miss Cordelia’s

Erin, adopted from Real Good Dog Rescue, is a great match for her dog sibling, Penny, who was adopted from Guardian Angels

Many of our dogs enjoy a crowd funtime at Miss Cordelia’s

Jack gives us a pose that shows why he was the first one adopted yesterday!

Rose is a fabulous young rat terrier who’ll steal your heart

Twitter is just like his namesake, all about social networking

Sebastian enjoys chewing on a chew toy and being made over by a new friend

Sebastian and his newfound friend – he’s very comfortable with his new girl

Bree shows her happy side that we’ve come to expect and love at these events

Katie had adorable black, white, and brown markings

Kita hopes she’ll follow her brother and sister to her forever home soon

Kita does her pose for the camera

Sebastian’s camera pose – isn’t he cute

Rose stops for a moment to strike a pose

If you look up the definition of happiness, you’re likely to find Twitter’s pic from yesterday

Lots of activity at our tent

Twitter meets up with a 9yo dog who’s looking for a personal assistant

New dogs and puppies join us at Saturday’s adoption event

Yesterday’s adoption event was a two-location one. While one band of Real Good Dog Rescue (RGDR) volunteers showed up at our normal 3rd Saturday location at Hollywood Feed, 2013 Union Avenue, Memphis, TN, a second group went to Wags and Whiskers, 5101 Sanderlin in Memphis. We had lots of people coming in to see our great dogs and puppies at both locations.

We were joined by some new dogs and puppies whose bios we’ll be posting shortly. These included Emeril, the 2yo male Schnauzer/Poodle mix, Pokie, the 1yo Jack Russell Terrier, Whitley, the 4yo Poodle/Terrier mix, and Chippy Girl, the 5-6 month Lab/Shepherd mix. Along with some of our existing pack, we had our hands full!

Dr. Jennifer Clay of Utopia Animal Hospital in Memphis, TN joined us to check out our new additions, give puppy shots to Brad, Jennifer, and Angelina, and make sure that all were happy and healthy. We thank her for taking time from a Saturday to provide services to these worthy dogs and puppies.

We are having a half-price Internet special on many of our pets who are males, older, and/or have been with us greater than three months. We hope this will help folks who have been interested in our great dogs but needed something to jolt them to action! Have a look at our Real Good Dog Rescue website or adoptable dog/puppy listing for details.

Hope you enjoy these pics from yesterday’s event!

Brad and Jennifer, siblings of Angelina, are adopted

Angelina gets adopted by a GREAT family!

Angelina doesn’t know it, but she’s playing with her soon to be adoptive family

The scene at Hollywood Feed on Union Ave shortly after arriving

Mopsy wonders when he’ll be adopted. He’s looking for his FURever home

Sally Luellen thinks adoption events are made for napping

Puppies, Angelina and Chippy, greet each other

Chippy knows just how to get attention from everyone

Chippy smiles

Whitley gives us a smile

Emeril gives us a bit of a smile

Twitter gives us a smile as Lola stands beside him

This was Pokie’s first adoption event – she aced it!

Angelina plays hard and then takes a well-deserved nap

Senior Dogs make Great Companions!

If you’re looking for a pet who’s already housetrained, quiet, docile, and able to be alone while you or your family is out of the house at work or school, please consider one of our older pets.

These mostly aged 6-9 year old pets make excellent companions, yet they are often overlooked by folks who are considering adopting. They ask so very little of their person, but give so very much of themselves when they realize they’ve got a great thing going (after a sometimes not so very good life).

Here are some of our more senior dogs. Check out their biographies and more pics for each of them by clicking on the links below.

Real Good Dog Rescue's Senior Dogs

http://bit.ly/RGDR_Belle
http://bit.ly/RGDR_Blondie
http://bit.ly/RGDR_Bree
http://bit.ly/RGDR_Dixie
http://bit.ly/RGDR_Mandy
http://bit.ly/RGDR_Millie
http://bit.ly/RGDR_Pancho
http://bit.ly/RGDR_Pudge
http://bit.ly/RGDR_Ripley

Wags & Whiskers Adoption Day!

A very busy day for Good Dog Rescue at Wags and Whiskers on Sanderlin.  The day started out drizzling rain and then the sunshine came out.  We had dogs everywhere for all to choose from.   Puppies and dogs…what a day to enjoy together.

It’s raining dogs & puppies … and adoptions!

Our usual 1st Saturday at Hollywood Feed, 2015 Union Avenue, Memphis, TN was a downpour … of dogs as well as rain! What a start to the day! Lots of rain to start and end our adoption event. But we were wonderfully pleased with the turnout of dogs, fosters, and potential adopters.

Adopted today were Redd Foxx, Coco Chanel, and Smokey Joe. We took applications on some other dogs, including one on Mopsy. This great young couple came in and were taken with Mopsy as soon as they saw him, and he with them. He was wriggling around and getting his belly rubbed. Happily, for the young couple, they just moved into their new home and are getting the place remodeled. In addition, they are getting married in 3 weeks, with family coming from all over to stay with them, and then they have a honeymoon. So, they couldn’t take Mopsy today … but they sure were wanting to!

We had a special guest with us today. Dr. Jen Clay offered free wellness checks to adopted dogs and $10 coupons to her clinic, Utopia. Dr. Jen was great to chat with potential adopters, adopters, and volunteers. She has a calm and gentle way, with dogs and humans alike. We hope to see her at future adoption events! Make sure and check out her clinic at 1157 Madison Avenue, Memphis, TN.

Enjoy the pictures … and come join us at next week’s event at Wags ‘n Whiskers, 5101 Sanderlin Drive, Memphis, TN from 11am-3pm.

Coco Chanel is looking forward to years of FURever fun with her new family

Redd Foxx thinks his new family is just the right size for him

Smokey Joe “sold himself” to this family; he loves them and the feeling is mutual

Mopsy rolls over to get some first class attention from a young couple who could be his new family

Tess is a sweet and timid little dog

Candy and Itsy Bitsy enjoy the view from the safety of a lap

Dr. Jen lets Coco Chanel’s new kid help with the wellness examination

Dr. Jen tenderly examines our little Tess

Mopsy can give a kiss with the best of ‘em

Candy, the tiny Papillon/Poodle mix, thinks that adoption events are crazy places for little dogs

Itsy Bitsy’s ears look to be almost too large for him. But he’s adorable