How do you spell sweetness? M-E-L-A-N-I-E !!! How do you spell snuggle bunny? M-E-L-A-N-I-E !!! :)

Miss Melanie was surrendered to a kill shelter by her former owner, but swiftly rescued from there by Camp Lone Star Rescue. She's a 9-year-old bundle of amiable cairn- ness! In our care, she's been brought up-to-date on her shots, been heartworm tested (she's negative), had her teeth cleaned, and been dewormed. She's also spayed, and on heartworm preventative and flea preventative.

When not snuggling in your lap or beside you, Mel likes to follow you around and supervise you. If you stop moving and sit at a desk, then she will make herself comfortable at your feet until you move again. She's a very, very mellow companion girl! And very adaptable to you and your environment.

Miss Melanie also likes to occasionally check the floors for any type of bug or small critter movement. She's quite the avid bug hunter! She doesn't play with toys very much, but she is always one of the first ones at your feet should you rattle the treat package. :)

Melanie walks well on lead, is housetrained and crate- trained. She is very obviously someone's well-trained former companion cairn and she's now looking for a new loving home through no fault of her own. Might you have a place in your home and heart for this sweet girl? If so, please go to www.camplonestarrescue.org where you'll find the way to apply for her company. Melanie says, "Thank you for being interested in me!"

Emma is a beautiful, gray brindle cairn female who loves people! She jumps in your lap to give you kisses and never seems to meet an enemy.

She is estimated to be 16 months old (DOB 3/1/09) right now and is therefore considered to be a puppy in cairn terms. Cairns mature at 2 years of age approximately, and start to settle down energy-wise around the age of 3 years old.

Emma is bouncy and buoyant with youthful high spirits, so as a young whipper-snapper, she would definitely benefit from some obedience training. :) She's not afraid of the leash, but doesn't walk perfectly to one side on one either. She could use more training on walking properly on one.

Emma sleeps quietly in her crate overnight, but sometimes protests the situation for a short while when first put into it. She's not fully pottytrained yet, but is working hard on it. We tend to take her outside frequently and praise her for doing her pottying outside. We also reward her for going outside with a high-value food treat ("stinky" treats like pupperoni, etc...something she doesn't normally get for other good behaviors). She is learning the ropes very quickly! :)

Emma has been friendly with other dogs here at her foster home. We don't know how she is with cats, though.

Emma ADORES stuffed animals and likes to carry one around with her when she can. She is also expert at destuffing them, as are most cairns.

This little girl is a joy to foster! If you adopt her, she promises that you will have many years of love and happiness with her! :) To apply for the pleasure of her company, please go to www.camplonestarrescue.org where you'll find her picture and a link to our adoption application. Thank you for your interest in rescue.

Hi! My name is Clancy and I'm a very debonair and handsome 10-month-old Westie boy, if I do say so myself! You can tell from my photos that I just had a haircut (and my very first one I might add) and I think I look just as handsome as any Westie kid can look. :)

Now here is my story.....I was surrendered to a shelter and, when CLSR found out about me, they couldn't help but come and rescue me. My previous owner took very good care of me and she was sad to let me go, but she was also elderly and couldn't keep up with me, she said.

I'm neutered and I've had all my shots. I am also heartworm negative. I have a beautiful coat of thick white hair and I hope my new family will enjoy brushing me. I weigh 18 lbs.

I am very busy discovering all the things in my new world. While I'm considered still a puppy, I've outgrown the puppy chewing stage so I won't chew up things that I shouldn't. I do love to play with my Kong toys and will entertain myself for long periods of time by tossing my ball up into the air and then trying to catch it. I also love to play fetch in the yard with foster mom. She says that I'm a very smart boy because, at my tender age, I have already learned how to retrieve the ball when you throw it and bring it back to you to do it all over again.

I also love my "hoomans" and will stick very close to them most of the time. I'll follow you from room to room to see what you are doing and then to make sure you are doing it right! But best of all, I love attention and to have my head scratched and my tummy rubbed. :)

Foster Mom says that I'm doing excellent on my housebreaking. Here in my foster home, I have my own special dog door, so when nature calls, I take myself right out that doggie door and take care of business. While foster mom is at work during the day, I stay in my crate and I can hold it most of the time until she returns home. I also sleep in my crate at night and it's high and dry in the mornings when I wake up, so I am doing excellent on learning how to control myself when I cannot get outside.

I have 5 foster sisters here in... (Continued)

Robbie is estimated to be 4 years old by our vet. He's a handsome, wheaten boy who was picked up stray by a shelter. They then called for rescue help for him and CLSR jumped to his assistance.

Robbie hasn't been with us very long, but so far he's been a very good-natured young man. He seems to be housetrained (has not done any marking or had potty accidents while here), walks all right on lead, and sleeps quietly in his crate at night. It's also clear from his personal behavior that Robbie comes from a loving family background. He's friendly to people, loves to play with toys, and loves to receive treats or pets. We're not seeing any signs of past abuse.

Here in foster care, Robbie's in a playgroup with an older female cairn mix and a small cairn male about Robbie's age. He's been good with both of them. He must have had some trouble with big dogs in his past though (or perhaps while he was wandering stray) because he's shown dislike for these both at the shelter and here. Robbie needs to go to a future home where he's with other dogs his own size or where he's the only dog, therefore.

From a medical standpoint, Robbie appears to be very healthy. He's neutered, up-to-date on his shots, dewormed, and he tested heartworm negative. He's receiving monthly meds for heartworm and flea prevention while in foster care. Robbie also is microchipped.

As we learn more about him, we'll post it here. Meanwhile, if he looks like the kind of young cairn friend you've been searching for, please go to www.camplonestarrescue.org and apply for the pleasure of his companionship there. You'll see a link to the application by his picture. Robbie will be waiting! :)

Thank you for supporting cairn rescue.

Sweet Grace is a beautiful, young, former puppymill girl. She's 5 years old and weighs 18 lbs. When first rescued, she was quite fearful of freedom in general, but she's been steadily building her confidence here at her foster home.

Grace likes calm and gentle men and women. She can be a little shy at first. Then once she knows you, she wants to jump in your lap for a cuddle when she sees you, and then gets more energetic and wants to play too. She would do best in a home with adults only.

Grace has discovered and LOVES stuffed animals and chewies! :) Sometimes she can be a bit mouthy in play, so her foster parents are working on reducing that behavior in her.

Medically speaking, Grace is up-to-date on her shots and she's been dewormed. She tested heartworm negative when she entered our rescue program and CLSR keeps her current on monthly flea and heartworm preventative medicines. Her recovery from her spay surgery and dental went well. Her teeth do show some wear from cage biting, so we know that prior to coming into rescue, she was kept in a small pen or crate and chewed on the cage front out of boredom and/or frustration.

Grace is still a bit tentative on the leash, but we're working on that with her. She's very good about keeping her crate clean. We're working on her overall pottytraining too and she's making good progress on that.

In foster care, we've discovered that Grace is dog- aggressive and has a high prey drive, so she can't go to a home with other pets in it. What this little girl needs is her very own special "forever home" where she would be the only dog companion of some lucky person...their very own Cairn Princess! :)

Might that home be yours? If the thought of adopting Grace appeals to your heart, please go to www.camplonestarrescue.org where you'll find the form to apply for her there by her picture. Grace says, "Thank you very much!" :)

Hi!

Are you reading about me because you saw my picture and thought I was adorable ??? Well, it's true -- I am! :)

I was owner-released recently to a local shelter because my former Mama had to move out of state, but Camp Lone Star came to my aid and pulled me out quickly, thank goodness! Here in rescue, I've been named "Murdoch" because it's a very traditional and distinguished Scottish name and, after all, we cairns are Scottish. My foster parents think the name fits my character very well.

I'm a "mature" (I'll be 9 in August) cairn who understands when the appropriate time is to play and when it is time to settle down and snuggle. I LOVE snuggling and giving kisses !!! I also love going on walks and I walk with dignity; I don't go crazy (like one of my foster brothers) and bark at trucks, motorcycles, lawn mowers, other dogs, cats or anything else.

There are four other cairns in this house besides me, three boys and one girl (she thinks she is a princess, so I must be a prince), and I have fun playing with all of them. We have a big yard and we chase each other around in it for fun, as well as hunt for rabbits, squirrels, bugs, and anything else that dares to come into our yard!

I mentioned that I am "mature" (well my foster mom is too), and with maturity comes a bit of arthritis, but that doesn't keep me or foster mom down! We walk 2 miles a day and as mentioned, I run and play in the backyard (foster mom would look silly doing that at her "mature" age). I also have a food allergy, so my food can't have any corn in it. I'm potty trained, but if you have boy dogs in your home, I should probably wear a belly-band to begin with so that I don't mark anything.

Medically speaking, I weigh 18 lbs., I'm neutered and I'm up-to-date on all of my shots. I tested heartworm negative at the vet's, too. My foster mom and dad keep me current on my monthly heartworm and flea preventatives.

Seriously, if you're looking for a handsome cairn gentleman who's a wonderful companion, then I'm your boy! Please let the "powers that be" in Camp Lone Star kno... (Continued)

Hi! Miss Glory here, and I'm writing this to some special person out there that I just KNOW is my future forever home. :) You can see from the latest photos that Miss Gayle took of me that I recently had a brand-new haircut so that everyone can see what a true beauty I am. And now I am going to tell you what a wonderful little girl I am, too!

I'm very petite and still have my girlish figure. I am totally housebroken, as all ladies should be. I have my own doggie door here in my foster home, so I just take myself right out that door when nature calls. When foster mom is at work, I have a nice big x-pen that I spend time in. I am not a barker, so I would be happy living in a house or an apartment, just as long as you give me lots of hugs and scritches!

I get along with all dogs and would love to have a brother or sister to play with, but if I'm the only doggie in the family, hey, I can certainly live with that too! I'm such a quiet little lady that my foster mom has to come looking for me on occasion. She usually finds me all stretched out on my nice, big, comfy bed that my secret Santa gave me for Christmas, or I'm curled up in my crate taking one of my beauty naps.

I need a quiet kind of Forever Home and family. I don't like loud noises as they scare me and usually send me scampering off to my crate until things settle back down. I don't chew on things that I shouldn't and actually I prefer to play with my own doggie toys.

Do I sound just like the perfect little doggie that you have been searching for? If so, please fill out the adoption application for me at www.camplonestarrescue.org and remember to put my name on it. I'll be watching for you !!!

Hugs and kisses,

Miss Glory

Read the other updates for Glory!

Greetings! My name is Diaz...at least that is my official name bestowed upon me by Camp Lone Star. My foster mom thinks I should have been named "Vincent" as in Van Gogh. Do you know why? Because I only have one ear too! She also thinks I would be adorable in an apple- cap. You see, I spent most of my life in a puppy mill where often bad things happen to us cairns, but I am so happy to have come out of there with only the loss of one ear! My foster mom says it gives me character.

I am really making up for lost time and I have turned back the biological clock -- don’t you wish you could do the same? I have been out of that horrible mill for almost three years and that is about how old my foster parents think I act. I have so much energy! I run around the house, play with my foster brothers and sister (all cairns), and walk two to three miles every day. I love walks, and unlike one of my foster-brothers, I don’t announce to the entire world that I am out for a walk -- I walk with dignity. I like toys and even play tug-of-war with my foster brother who is a much bigger cairn than me (but then mom says that being bigger than me doesn’t take much). I guess it's true -- I am rather small in stature, but DYN-O-MITE comes in small packages, you know!

I love to lay by my foster dad’s feet while he works on the computer, or snuggle with foster mom on the bed. I sleep in my crate very well and I don’t have accidents in the house. Doesn’t all of this make you want to adopt me? If so, please fill out an application for me at www.camplonestarrescue.org so that Camp Lone Star can see we are a “match made in heaven�. I'll be waiting for you with a whole lot of love to give!

Sincerely,

Diaz

Lacey is a beautiful, young wheaten girl with a soft, submissive personality. She came into CLSR via a shelter in Louisiana where she had been picked up stray. When no one came to claim her, CLSR stepped in to rescue her!

The very first thing that Lacey does is melt you with her dark brown eyes, sweet expression and snuggle-bug ways! She likes to go where you go...and she seems especially fond of following her Foster Dad around. Perhaps she was some man's best buddy until something catastrophic happened that landed her in that shelter? When she's not in Foster Dad's lap, she's probably laying down at his feet waiting for him to get up and go somewhere interesting. She sleeps quietly in her crate when asked to and, so far, she also seems to be housetrained. No accidents yet anyway.

Lacey is in a play group with three other cairn females here at her foster home. She's getting along very well with all of them. When we first picked her up from the shelter, her fur had been shaved very short and she was very skinny. However, her fur is growing back in now and hopefully her little body will be filled out too in the near future.

Medically speaking, Lacey is heartworm negative, and she's been spayed, microchipped and brought up-to-date on her shots. She also had a dental at time of her spay. In CLSR's care, she's also on monthly heartworm preventative and flea preventative, and she's been dewormed. The vet estimates her age to be two years old.

When you look into Lacey's deep brown eyes, do you find yourself thinking, "She's the one!" If so, you can find the way to adopt her at www.camplonestarrescue.org . Look for her bio and picture in the listing of available cairns and you'll find a link to the adoption application right there. Lacey says, "Please hurry...I want to be your little girl!"