Indigo

Home sweet home.

2010-01-12T14:15:00.000-08:00

Indy has been adopted and is now living in his new, forever home.

New Home Sweet Foster Home

2009-04-14T17:22:00.001-07:00

Boy, things have changed for me the past few weeks! I miss my family where I had my own kids in addition to dogs to play with. My new foster home is OK but I miss cuddling with the family. My new foster mom leaves us every day to go "to work." We do have a nice neighbor lady who comes most afternoons to let us out to stretch, run, and get some petting.

I add a great time for the past two weeks when "Pearl" showed up! She is a little smaller than me and she LOVES to play just like I do so we had FUN. We ran, romped, rassled, and we even got to dig holes and play in some mud, after the rain. See Pearl here....
http://www.petfinder.com/petnote/displaypet.cgi?petid=13371859
My foster mom found her original home, so now she is back where she belongs.

I am back to playing with my friend Faith, another deaf Aussie just about my size and our hero, Foster the foster. I am getting along pretty well with everyone here. Soon, I will visit the eye doctor to learn more about how well I can see!

Check out my new pictures: http://picasaweb.google.com/carson.n.roberts/Indie

Foster Home Change

2009-04-06T07:54:00.000-07:00

Indy has moved to another foster home with Austin Aussie Rescue. He is still available for adoption.

Cool Cat

2009-03-09T09:02:00.000-07:00

Indy comes to school to pick up the kids with us most days. Perhaps his deafness works for him here, as he does not get overly excited. He is very calm, doesn't mind the attention from the kids (of which he gets plenty), and just sits here and watches them. We have even gone to Petco recently were there was a preschool class tour. He was unphased. In fact, as they sat at the door, doing a headcount, and we checked out he was one cool cat. He just laid down on the floor next to me, just watching the children. Maybe it felt more like his foster home?

He greeted several dogs at Petco and was a friendly guy. He was calm, and walked great on a leash. I only wish my own dogs were so easy! He sniffed the dogs through the glass playroom wall.

Here is also a picture of Indy hanging out with Rowan in the bedroom, as he often does. If he can't be with me, he is with her.

Finally, a video, with someone's annoying voice. :) I was ironing and Indy, my shadow, insisted on being ON my feet.

Foot Warmer or Foot Stool?

2009-02-04T13:24:00.000-08:00

Sick Puppy

2009-01-22T09:38:00.000-08:00

Well, the puppy isn't sick, but the child was. Yet another cute shot of Indy and his girl cuddling on the couch. She was sick, and he was there to comfort her, and share the blanket.

Punctual Pooch

2009-01-18T08:13:00.000-08:00

Another lazy, Sunday morning picture.

Indy is very into our routines. Every morning we wake up at 6:50am to get ready for school. However, on mornings where we don't have school he wakes up at 6:50 am anyway, ready to start the day. Fortunately, he doesn't mind hanging out, in the backyard while we sleep in a little bit.

Then the second I am downstairs, and get near his food bowl, he rushes to his crate and waits inside it patiently to be fed. When we go upstairs at night, he goes straight into his crate, to await his petting, and then go to sleep. He also goes to the door in the afternoons now to pick up the kids from school, and gets right in the van, and goes right to the front door when we get home. He is on auto-puppy-pilot.

Well-Loved Couch Potato?

2009-01-08T09:58:00.001-08:00

Indy is really not a couch potato at all, but he likes to play one on the internet. ;) Here he gets a tummy and head rub, and he seems to like it. He actually enjoys hanging out with the littlest girl child on the couch often. If she is there, you will find him there too.

Mr. Nice Guy

2008-12-30T17:52:00.000-08:00

We have been having some doggie visitors to our yard, involuntarily. The two sweet, but uber-energetic, cattle dogs next door have been digging into our yard to play with our dogs. (We are working with our neighbors on some long term solutions for this.)Sometimes it happened when I didn't notice, but Indy has really enjoyed the visitors. He is playing nice and getting along with all the dogs, the whole pack of 'em! I have some pictures of him playing ball with the other dogs here, and just hanging out. He has had a few moments with his foster brother-dog recently, but the moments are a bit further and further apart, and less intense. I haven't seen him hump a dog in weeks!!!

Escape!

2008-12-15T19:18:00.000-08:00

I put Indy in his crate tonight, and went to finish putting the kids to bed. I had only latched the top of the crate and not the bottom, but figured I would be back in the room soon. I finished with the girls, and went back into my room to brush my teeth when I saw that the crate was opened and Indy was gone. I found him here in the boy child's room, on his bed. Busted.

Lazy Sunday

2008-12-14T09:03:00.000-08:00

Indy and the girl child lay on Daddy's blanket on a lazy Sunday. Foster Dad is actually sick, but Indy loves just hanging out, licking some PB from a cup that he was given for a treat(he is not a heavy chewer and does not chew the cup.)

Wake-up!

2008-12-10T12:15:00.001-08:00

Indy enjoys being part of the wake-up routine at our house. Here he is helping Seamus wake up the boy child.

(My camera's flash is broken, so the quality of the pic is not great.)

Visit with the Trainer

2008-12-05T10:51:00.001-08:00

We visited with Kim today, to discuss the best way to help Indy with some issues and get him ready for a new home. While we were there he was successfully able to socialize with some friendly dogs. Here are some, not so great, photos of his time there.

One the way to drop off the girl child at preschool:

Indy snuggled up next to her the whole way to preschool. Part of the way he put his head in her lap, but I couldn't take a picture while I was driving.

Indy meets friendly dog:

Indy finds the friendly trainer as interesting as the friendly dog.

Aussie Nap

2008-11-26T10:17:00.000-08:00

We are just hanging around the house, taking naps and enjoying the holidays. Here Indy naps with foster brother, and fellow aussie, Seamus.

Constant Companion

2008-11-25T10:11:00.000-08:00

Indy helps his foster mom do the laundry, by laying in the middle of it. Where I go, he goes. So, I just folded the laundry around him.

Enjoying the View

2008-11-20T08:52:00.001-08:00

And the not the television show. He told me he doesn't like that woman, Elizabeth, though Whoppi is OK.

"Let me out!"

2008-11-20T07:18:00.000-08:00

Indy has been ringing our doggie door bells to get outside, which is really amazing, since he can't hear them ring. He just knows that he nudges them and he gets the door opened! What a smarty-pants.

"Sit"

2008-11-19T13:56:00.000-08:00

Video or Indy, following me in his "sit" position.

2008-11-19T13:26:00.000-08:00

Indy is very submissive with people, all people. He loves attention from children, adults, men,everyone, anyone. He does seem to favor one person, and will follow the "chosen one" around the house like a little, white shawdow. As I type this is he sitting next to me, at my feet.

Indy is crate trained and housebroken. He knows some basic commands.

While Indy is submissive with people, he does have some territorial issues with other dogs. He has distinctly different relationships with different dogs. We are seeking the advice of a trainer to evaluate this issue, and learn some training or situational changes we can make to make help Indy with this.

Gone and Back Again

2008-11-19T12:07:00.000-08:00

Indy had left our foster home to go stay with another foster for a while, and now he is back with us again. He remembered his foster brothers and picked right back up where he left before.

Indy is deaf but does not seem the least bit bothered by it. He is a sweet, sweet dog that will be a fine companion for a family. He is very people oriented and meets most people with one of the most solid "sits" I have seen in a foster dog yet. It's hard with that aussie butt wiggle to sit well, but he does his best to try.

2008-09-05T14:24:00.000-07:00