A day in the life of a silly dog named Mia

When I wake up in the morning I love to stretch and scratch my back against the wall. My foster Dad says I look like a bear rubbing against a tree. Maybe I am part bear, because I do love to rub up and down the wooden fence in the back yard too!My first order of the day is to head downstairs and make sure the pantry is still stocked with food and treats. My foster mom says I’m not supposed to go in there and help myself. Sometimes I get caught and have to run out of the pantry really fast before she sees me!

My bowl is empty! Is it time for breakfast YET???

My foster sisters, Mona and Maggie, eat breakfast after I do. I’m not allowed to go into the kitchen while they’re eating, so my foster mom makes me wait outside the door. Life is so cruel.

After breakfast, it’s time to get down to business. These things won’t de-stuff themselves!

Ahhhhhh…. a productive day at work. Time for a break.

Sometimes I get some help from my foster sister Mona. She’s pretty good at this job too.

My foster sister Maggie, on the other hand, thinks it’s the most boring job EVER.

What’s next on the agenda?

Time for a little break outside. On my way down the back porch, I stop at the recycling bin for a quick sniff. You can’t imagine what these humans throw out.

Today I found a perfectly good can with food molecules still attached! What’s wrong with them?

After a hard day of work, it’s time for some play with my foster sister Mona. We play pretty rough sometimes! My foster mom says we are like two elk fighting in the forest.

We can wrestle like this for hours! Later on we wrestle some more in the beautiful snowfall.

We even wrestle in the bedroom…

... until we just… don’t… have… any… energy… left. Whewwwww!!! That’s okay though, because it’s time for bed anyway. It’s been a long productive day. *yawn* Good night!

Mia would like to thank her wonderful foster Mom Laura for typing this entry for her and her wonderful foster Dad Mike for putting up with all of her silliness.

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Mia is still searching for her forever home if you are interested in adopting her please email Susan at sarrobin@sbcglobal.net or call her at 773-512-1053. Be sure to join us on Facebook, Mia has 106 members of her group: Find Mia a Home. Can you help us find her a home?

Mia is Spotlighted by HSUS

Last night was an exciting night for all of us!

Thanks to our friends Barb, Gwen and Sandy, Miss Mia was chosen to be featured at the HSUS 2009 Spotlight Humane Chicago to combat dog fighting. She was one of six adoptable pitties featured on the big screens throughout the night. In this picture she is posing with Cook County Sherrif Tom Dart who received recognition for his work to end dog fighting in Cook County.

In the lobby in the midst of the silent auction items there were two really nice posters with all six of the adoptable dogs on them - Mia looked great in her Petraits picture (thanks again Sheri Berliner) at the very top of the poster.

There were five other doggies featured from Orphans of the Storm http://www.orphansofthestorm.org/ and the Bombshell Bullies Pit Bull Rescue http://www.adoptapet.com/adoption_rescue/75446.html

Some of these guys have been in a shelter their whole lives - one is 10 years old - I hope all of them get the attention they deserve and find their forever homes.

Mia posing with her friend Larry.

Thanks to all of our friends and supporters - I am sure Mia's forever home is right around the corner....

If you are interested in adopting Miss Mia please email me at sarrobin@sbcglobal.net or call me at 773-512-1053.

We are still collecting donations for Mia's very large boarding bill and her recent Vet visit for a suspected UTI. You can donate using Pay Pal right here - the icon is in the upper right hand corner.

Please join us on Facebook - Mia has her own group called Find Mia a Home and she has more friends than I do!

Thanks everyone... now go out and tell someone to adopt a dog - preferably a pitty!

Mia plays with Mona

Mia catches snowball video!

Visiting with Sharyn and Justin

Yeah!...we are going to go visit my friend Sharyn!!
But first there is a long drive from the tennis courts where I just met my foster folks to Sharyn's house. I love car rides.

Sometimes Susan stops the car and I have to wait for her...I am good at looking pretty in the car.

Sometime she is distracted by how pretty I am...today she noticed the little bit of white on my tail end.

Finally we got to Sharyn and Justin's house...I was a perfect girl when I met Justin for the first time...here I am showing him my best sit.

Then he gave me scritches behind my ears...my favorite!

Then I got some more scritches from Sharyn.

Afterwards I got a great big meal bone for the ride home. It was a good day.

(Stay tuned for the next installment of Mia's journey from kennel to foster home!)

Mia is still looking for a forever home. If you are interested in adopting Mia please email Susan at sarrobin@sbclgobal.net or call her at 773-512-1053. Thanks for passing along her story. Together we will find her a forever home!

Meeting the Fosters

I thought we should go back a bit and let everyone enjoy the details of how Mia found her wonderful foster parents...thanks to professional photographer Sheri Berliner (www.petraits.com) Laura and Mike received an email about Mia needing to find a foster home immediately, they responded right away and we set up a meet and greet. We met at a tennis court on a rainy Sunday, the first thing that Mia did was to begin to remove her clothing...while pretending to sniff around...coat...what coat?

Then she took a minute to snicker about her crafty coat removing skills...

The sniff and greet went really well when she met Laura and Mike.

The fact that Laura (who is a dog trainer) brings her own treat pouch was a plus!

Wow! That treat dispenser thing is attached to you!

I like you foster momma!

After some more fun on the tennis court, (including fencing with a loose dog in the park- I am happy to report Mia quickly decided not to continue that when we all suggested she knock it off) we thanked Laura and Mike and headed back to the car for the next part of our day.

Mia slept very well after that.

Stay tuned for our next installment - fun with Shayrn and Justin - and the last day of boarding.

Mia is still looking for a forever home please email Susan at sarrobin@sbcglobal.net or call her at 773-512-1053 for more information or to set up a meeting. You can also join our group on Facebook "Find Mia A Home" Together we can find her a home!

Holding Pattern

Hello Everyone! Mia here hanging in my foster home - boy is it nice here! Plenty of comfy dog beds, good food, snacks, lots of walks and plenty of toys! Best of all my foster Mom and Dad really love me and they let me kiss and snuggle and sit in their lap whenever I want. And I am learning to be a very good dog. Only casualty has been my collar - but in my defense I was trying to get to the treats and found my collar instead....and my foster Mom got me a new collar right away. Thanks foster Mom!

Like I said - plenty of toys - well a lot of them belong to my foster sisters but they are good about sharing! Lucky me!



I do like to smooch!



The three M sisters.

And for the best news - these are my foster sisters, Mona on the left and Maggie in the middle - we are all getting along much better these days and we even play sometimes - until they get tired - I never get tired! I am very happy here! Thanks for checking in! Mia




Update: We are still looking for a forever home for Miss Mia, an all-adult household with no cats, maybe a dog friend, lots of structure and exercise. If you are interested in adopting Mia please email Susan at sarrobin@sbclgobal.net or call her at 773-512-1053.


We are also still collecting donations to pay for Mia's lengthy boarding stay. We owe about $1600 dollars now. You can donate using the button on the right.

Thanks everyone!

Mia zooms

Short video of Mia zooming around and having fun in Yvette's fully fenced yard.

Hope

"Hope begins in the dark,

the stubborn hope that if you just show up

and try to do the right thing, the dawn will come.

You wait and watch and work, you don't give up."

Anne Lamott

stolen for the Bad Rap blog here: http://badrap-blog.blogspot.com/

Mia is foster-home bound tomorrow night - please keep fingers and toes and paws crossed that all goes well and she and the resident dogs decide to cohabitate peacefully. A special thanks to Laura and Mike for opening their home to our Miss Mia.

Check back tomorrow night for an update!

Sunset in the Forest

So where do you go when you're all dressed up in a pretty pink sweater? The Forest of course!

Stoppin' to get some lovin'.

Sun worshipping.

Ice skating! Mia likes to run on the ice.

Putting on the brakes! Cuz there was something that smelled really good in the grass.

Thanks for checking in on me!

Update: Mia has a foster home set up for this Friday - she still needs to meet her roommate dogs and we have to find a way to get her very large "Mia proof" crate from one end of the city to the other - truck anyone? But we are sure we will figure it out!

We are so thankful for all of the emails and phone calls and links and donations and offers to help - there are a lot of good people out there - thank you all from Mia and all of her friends.

I am sure Erica is very grateful to all of you.

We are still looking for a forever home for Mia - if you are interested please email Susan at sarrobin@sbcglobal.net or call her at 773-512-1053.

Happy, happy new year!