Libby is a beautiful, 4-year-old, wheaten girl, born April 18, 2007. She was raised from a puppy as an inside "only dog" in a private home, but then came into CLSR due to her former owner needing to have multiple back surgeries. Libby is crate-trained and potty-trained, but needs some work on her leash skills. She weighs 19 lbs.

Medically speaking, Libby is up-to-date on her shots and tested heartworm negative. She’s spayed, microchipped, and has been dewormed in CLSR’s care. She also receives her monthly heartworm preventative and flea preventative meds in her foster home. We've noticed that when she's anxious due to a new situation and/or thunder or fireworks, etc., Libby occasionally suffers from a mild scottie cramp (a painless back spasm), which goes away on its own when she rests. Here in foster care, we rarely see it anymore now that she knows us and her daily routine. Our vet has checked it out and says that managing her environment (minimizing scary stuff) is the best way to handle it for her.

Libby has a happy, buoyant personality! She’s energetic and loves to play with stuffed toys (and de- stuff them!), and then rest at your feet. While not raised around other dog companions, she’s been very good with the other cairns here at her foster home and is working on her intra-dog manners.

Libby would definitely benefit from obedience training. She didn’t receive that in her former home due to her owner’s medical condition, so she tends to be a little mouthy in play and to pull on lead, for example. However, these behaviors would be easily extinguished by an attentive, dog-knowledgeable owner because she wants to please you and she is very smart.

Does this wheaten beauty appeal to your heart? If so, please go to www.camplonestarrescue.org where you’ll find her pictures and bio and a way to apply for the pleasure of her company. Thank you for helping cairn rescue.

Sweet Grace is a beautiful, young, former puppymill girl. She's 7 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 by clicking on her name. Grace says, "Thank you very much!" :)

Jasper came to us as a stray who was not reclaimed by his owner. From Day #1, it's been obvious that he was someone's former much-loved housepet as he is good with other dogs, walks well on lead, and waits to go outside for potties. This tells us that someone worked with him and socialized him while he was a young boy.

Our vet believes that Jasper is approximately 3 years old. In CLSR's care, Jasper has been brought up-to-date on his shots and has been dewormed. He has also been neutered. Recently, he had a thorough dental too. When he first came to us, Jasper tested positive for heartworms. However, he has now completed the 8-week treatment process to eradicate those parasites. And of course, we keep him current on monthly heartworm and flea preventative while in foster care.

Jasper has a very sunny temperment. He's energetic and has great enthusiasm for life! Jasper plays with and gets along well with all the other dogs here. He seems to be a beta personality, not an alpha one.

Behaviorally, he walks well on lead. He sleeps in a crate quietly at night in a room with other dogs in it. If given the option though, he would love to jump up into your bed and sleep with YOU! :)

Did I mention that Jasper is smart as the dickens ??? He will check any new fence perimeter immediately, looking for weak spots. So he needs to go to a terrier- experienced home with a secure backyard. He would also benefit greatly from obedience training.

Does this beautiful, buoyant boy sound like the one for you? If so, please go to www.camplonestarrescue.org and click on his name. That will take you to our application form to start the process.

Thank you for supporting cairn rescue! :)

The world is new for MacKenzie! So much has changed in the last few months in his world, but MacKenzie has successfully changed to meet his new circumstances.

Raised as an "only" dog in his former home and nearly never exposed to life outside his home, "Kenzie" was apprehensive about even going outside, was not fluent in "dog-speak" and was grossly overweight when he came into CLSR. However, his current CLSR foster home includes four female mentor Cairns...ages from 15 months to 14 years...all willing to help him learn proper manners and how to handle himself in social situations. They're also teaching him the nuances of dog-speak. And MacKenzie has been an enthusiastic student!

MacKenzie now relishes his outside time, zooming with a little friend he's made on the other side of our privacy fence or chasing birds and squirrels with his mentor pack. Each morning Kenzie and his fence-friend bark to summon each other, peer through the fence and then zoom happily till they are too weary to take another step. In addition to fun and friendship, this has helped Kenzie gain fitness. His weight when coming to his current foster home was 27 lbs. (down from 34 lbs. when he first came into CLSR). Today, he weighs 24.2 lbs. and has much more muscle mass and greater fitness. There is now a nip to his waistline and a spring in his step. He zooms, plays and wrestles with his pack mates, can leap up for snuggles and pets whereas he couldn't before, and is more enthusiastic and playful with each new day. Kenzie can't wait to get outside each day to find some new adventures.

MacKenzie is also doing well with his housetraining. He does not ask out yet, but he responds to regularly scheduled outside time.

While Kenzie is actually 6-7 years old, behavorially he is like a puppy -- learning a whole new way of living. MacKenzie is such a sweet, lovable boy with the most adorable, expressive face, we have to remind ourselves that he needs to learn, so as to keep ourselves on track as much as him. He has learned several commands. He "sits" very well, and has a very soft mouth when taking treats. On... (Continued)

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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