Today we are joining Jodi over at Heart Like A Dog and a new co-host this week, Flea, who blogs for Jones Natural Chews for Follow-Up Friday – the blog hop that lets you wrap up your week and leads you right into the weekend.

Okay first, some disclaimers.  First, I’ve never written a post for Follow-Up Friday, but frankly, I also don’t have any really compelling reason why not.  So I’ve decided to start doing so – better late than never, right?  Second, I’m not sure if I’ll write one for every Friday yet or not… my posts are as unpredictable as Oklahoma weather and that will probably never change.  I’m too addle-brained to keep a proper schedule.  And third, I don’t think I’m doing it right, because this post isn’t exactly going to follow up on this week, but rather on some recent posts featuring adoptable dogs.  Please forgive me for not sticking to the rules!

So, without further ya-ya and blah-blah… let’s get to it…

We have participated in the Tuesday’s Tails Blog Hop a number of times, and plan to continue.  Tuesday’s Tails is all about featuring adoptable animals and getting them more exposure in the animal-loving world, and was started by Lisa at Dogs N Pawz. We all share each other’s posts, furthering the exposure.  You never know when a share is going to make a difference.  But oftentimes, we don’t see the follow-ups for the pets featured; so I wanted to go ahead and follow up on the few that I’ve featured so far.

• My first was Hana, a German Shepherd Dog mix at our local city shelter.  Although we have quite a few no-kill shelters and rescues in our area, our city-funded shelter is a kill shelter.  However, they have partnerships with rescues in other states who take on some of their animals to “lighten the load”, so to speak, resulting in more animals finding homes and fewer being euthanized.  Well, Hana is one of the lucky kiddos to be transported to a rescue for a better chance of adoption.  It took some tracking down on my part, but I found Hana at Ruff Start Rescue in Minnesota.  Yep, all the way from Tulsa, Oklahoma to Princeton, Minnesota!  She is still looking for a home, but it’s great to know that she’s out of the shelter!!  According to a post at Ruff Start Rescue’s Facebook page, if Hana isn’t adopted soon, she is also looking for a new foster home.  Hana’s current foster mom is very experienced with Pit Bulls/AmStaffs, so it’s great to be able to use that experience.  Finding Hana a new foster home means the foster mom can take on a special pibble that needs extra care.

• My second was Judson, a black & tan Dachshund that had been in foster care for a long time at Furever Dachshund Rescue.  Well… good news!  Judson’s page shows that he has been adopted!  (By the time you visit the page, it might be no longer active since they do take the pages down after a while.)

• My third was Franny, senior black & tan Dachshund at Furever Dachshund Rescue.  Franny is still available for adoption at this time.  But August is Senior Pets Month, so who knows, maybe Franny will get some more exposure this month (hint hint to my Dachshund pals) and some good juju will come her way.

• My fourth was LuLu, a black long-haired Dachshund also at Furever Dachshund Rescue.  LuLu is still available for adoption at this time.  She is a mature gal, but not quite a senior.  She’s a little beauty… hopefully someone will be swept up by her long locks soon.

• My fifth and most recent are Maximus and Kiki, a pair of bonded senior Miniature Dachshunds at… you guessed it… Furever Dachshund Rescue.  Maximus and Kiki are two sweet little angels that need to stay together.  It’s often much harder to find homes for pairs, but it’s worth the wait to not separate them.  These two are still available for adoption.

So that’s it!  Two out of five isn’t bad so far!  With all the fan-doggin-tastic rescues I have listed on my Dachshund Rescue page, you might be wondering why I keep featuring dogs from Furever Dachshund Rescue.  The reason is that most rescues will only adopt locally; or if they do accept out-of-state adopters, the adoptive families must travel to them.  I fully understand the reasons for this and have nothing against those policies.  However, FDR is one of the few rescues that will do their very best to arrange transport to you.  These transports are usually done on a volunteer basis with multiple volunteers each driving one “leg” of the total trip, with each leg being about an hour’s drive.  So, I feature their dogs often because nationwide exposure is a welcome thing and adopters can be from anywhere.  I will still feature dogs from other shelters and rescues too (local and national) – I just wanted to get some exposure for FDR even though they are not local to us.

Thanks for reading my first Follow-Up Friday.  Again, please forgive me for not exactly following the rules!