Update on Rocco (aka The Firecracker)

Rocco is now able to enjoy our deck and catch some rays. He is settling in nicely, and will play fetch with our BT Wendell. His skin has mostly cleared. This boy is a sweetheart and loves to be with you!  He will make a great dog for a lucky family!

Flo goes for a run

What is so amazing about this video? One of the runners is blind and it is not the human. This just goes to show that dogs have a remarkable ability to overcome a handicap given love, patience and trust.
Go Flo!

Her Mom Jerrilyn says:

Flo never ceases to amaze me.
She cannot see or hear but she has so much life in her!
As soon as I put her harness on, she goes straight to the door and is
ready to run!
When the leash is on, I am her eyes.
I truly believe she is a very happy girl : )


 

Aww Jerrilyn Walter, Flo IS a happy girl because she has you as her Mom!! Love Flo!!! 
Also- how cute is that little tush going down the stairs!

Update on Buster

Janet Hassell:
My Little Buster Boy, 10 years old adopted in 2013.I just love him. He is here with my Nikki Nik-who is suffering from DM and doesn't have long to live.

Prince is Adopted

Our beautiful big boy Prince was adopted today. We will miss him dearly but he will be living a life of luxury in a gorgeous home with a wonderful family.

Moreen Nickerson

 

Congratulations! Looks like a very happy ending! Great Job!!!! Thank you for all you did for him.

Happy Gotcha Day Sophia

Happy Gotcha Day Sophia!

 

Allison and Bruce Crelin

Happy Gotcha Day Piper

 

Hi NEBTR, 

In a couple weeks it'll be 5 years since we adopted Piper, who turns 11 on Sunday.  When we adopted Piper, she was skittish around people and dominant of other dogs.  She calmed down a lot in the first year or two as she learned she was safe with us, and now is getting even more easy-going as she settles into her golden years.  She gets along well with her new brother Pigeon, a younger Jack Russell we rescued about a year ago.  

Over the years, she's had a couple small skin tumors removed (with good results), a bout of giardia, and a scratched cornea.  Her cataracts have gotten worse as she's aged, but she still has enough vision to get around on her own, and can still run as fast and jump as high as ever.  It ain't always easy being an active Boston, but she's been doing great recently-- very good health this past year, knock on wood!  Thankfully, she's gotten much tolerant with vet visits, and has always been good with letting me clip her nails and brush her teeth.

These days, Piper has a lot more gray hair on her face, and the skin on her neck is drooping lower, but she still loves cuddling and lounging in the sun, and her memory of where on the next block the old man who pets her lives is still 100%.  Here are a couple pictures from this past year.  Thanks again, we couldn't imagine life without this little weirdo!

Ryan Shanley

Spike - Making fast friends in his new furever home....

Spike has only been living with his forever family for 6 days, and he's already got the hang of thing. Look at the photos sent in by his new family. They are so in love with Spike and we think the feeling is mutual!

Marty Gets his new dog food today!!!

The new Nature's Variety dog food sample came in the mail today . Here is the verdict.....

NEBTR would like to give a very special thank you to Nature's Variety - a small, independent pet food company in the midwest. Nature's Variety is dedicated to proper, holistic nutrition for pets and they just gave a very generous donation of their dog food to NEBTR for our foster dogs!

Our rescues need a healthy diet just as much as they need love and shelter.

Thanks Nature's Variety! Our partner in rescue!

Barking Bad

Sleepy Flo

So precious!

Dash Gets Ready for Halloween

 

Here is former foster Dash modeling his fancy Halloween collar. His parents love him more every day :D

Erin Sullivan

 

Erin, you have to be so proud of what you did for Dash.  We are!

Paw Prints

Dog prescription

Update on Pinky

Pink is our darling diva. She loves being cozy under the blanket, long walks in the woods,chasing squeaky toys and balls and trying to get her French bulldog brother to roughhouse with her!

 

Janet Pierpont

Spike Shares His Bed

Remember when Spike didn't want to share his bed? Now look at him! :)
Here is "before" and "after".
Chris & Spike

The Domestic Help

Dogtoberfest a Huge Success

Hello all:
NEBTR was well represented yesterday at the annual DogtoberFEST super-adoptathon in Pittsburgh yesterday. Over 70 shelters, vendors and rescue groups came out in support of adoption and to educate the public about the good work being done. Many thanks to NEBTR members Leslie Kaucic and Kristy Ieraci, who brought their family members and foster dogs out to show attendees the great dogs that are available from rescue and talked up NEBTR!. The booth also made a respectable $155 for the organization.  
Enjoy some of the pictures below, and there are more of the NEBTR booth coming shortly from the event photographer. 
PS - I'm in the back row of the Ask the Trainer booth!
April Minerich
Thanks so much to all who participated and helped out for NEBTR.  The booth looks wonderful!
 

Here is a pic I snapped of the table with Kristy and her foster Cleo, Jeff's hiding lol.  And Mandy, we kept her in the crate behind us so she'd feel safe.  She did ok!  
Leslie


Our own April is in the back row of this booth.

New Foster Dooley

Welcome new foster Dooley.   Poor Dooley has had a sad history.  His first owner committed suicide.  Then he was adopted by a lovely lady, but her financial condition made it impossible for her to give him the care he needed.  He needs medical and dental care, and is in pain.  It is time for Dooley to get the care he so badly needs.
He is about 9 years young and ever so handsome! He is loving sweet boy.  Any one who meets him will definitely fall in love with him instantly.
Thanks to Conni McGraw for opening her heart and home to him.  His life will never be the same again, it will forever get better!

Update on Maggie

Loving life with her Forever Dad Walter Williams!

Meet Rocco

Welcome our newest firecracker Rocco. Rocco is a 6yr old Boston Terrier. This big boy is 30 pounds. He loves long walks. Rocco is being fostered near Saratoga N.Y. What a handsome guy!

Boston Terrier History

The Boston Terrier breed originated around 1870, when Robert C. Hooper of Boston, purchased a dog known as Hooper's Judge, who was of a Bull and Terrier type lineage. Hooper's Judge is either directly related to the original Bull and Terrier breeds of the 18th and early 19th centuries, or Judge is the result of modern English Bulldogs being crossed into terriers created in the 1860s for show purposes, like the White English Terrier.

Judge weighed over 27.5 pounds (13.5 kilos). The offspring interbred with one or more French Bulldogs, providing the foundation for the Boston Terrier. Bred down in size from pit-fighting dogs of the Bull and Terrier types, the Boston Terrier originally weighed up to 44 pounds (20 kg.) (Olde Boston Bulldogge).^[2] The breed was first shown in Boston in 1870. By 1889 the breed had become sufficiently popular in Boston that fanciers formed the American Bull Terrier Club, the breed's nickname, "roundheads". Shortly after, at the suggestion of James Watson (a noted writer and authority), the club changed its name to the Boston Terrier Club and in 1893 it was admitted to membership in the American Kennel Club, thus making it the first US breed to be recognized. It is one of a small number of breeds to have originated in the United States. The Boston Terrier was the first non-sporting dog bred in the US.

In the early years, the color and markings were not very important, by the 20th century the breed's distinctive markings and color were written into the standard, becoming an essential feature. Terrier only in name, the Boston Terrier has lost most of its ruthless desire for mayhem, preferring the company of humans, although some males will still challenge other dogs if they feel their territory is being invaded.

Boston University's mascot is Rhett the Boston Terrier. The Boston Terrier is also the mascot of Wofford College in Spartanburg, S.C.

Snorky

Snorky is such a handsome fellow.  This was a rare occasion for him to sit still and pose for a picture.  I think he was just resting after our game of fetch.  Notice the ball laying beside him.  He never lets it out of his sight.

Robin Carroll

Happy Gotcha Day Zoey

Today is my one year Gotcha day. Thanks NBTR for saving me from that awful shelter and for finding the Miners, my forever parents.

Sweet Zoey

(See, my tag reads “Zoe Miner”.  I have a family to LOVE!)

Happy Gotcha Day Zoey!  You are one lucky girl!

Loretta Writes:

Happy gotcha day to my sweet Zoey. A year ago today I drove to Syracuse and met a volunteer from Nebtr. She had picked up Zoey from a temporary foster in Albany. In her papers from the SPCA they said she was so scared it took four people to hold her down when they checked her in. They said she cried and cried. When I got her she was a very frightened little girl. It was a tough few months getting all our pups to adjust to each other. But today they are all great friends. Zoey has turned int an affectionate little love bug. Every night when I come home from work she races to the front door and gives me kisses. No matter how tough my day has been my little sweet heart is right there to brighten my day. Thanks North East Boston terrier rescue for our little sweetie.

Frankie

Welcome Frankie, a five year old boy from a Pennsylvania shelter. 

Toddlers Forever

New Foster Gunner

 

Thanks so much to Sarah Perrone-Scheffler for opening her heart and home and fostering this boy, and to all those who helped with his transport!

Max goes to the Rainbow bridge

We wanted to let you know that Max, our 12 year old "failed foster" was sent to the rainbow bridge on October 2, 2013.  He brought joy to our house for the last two years.  His sisters, Flower and Stella keep looking for him.  Attached are two pictures of Max.

-- Vicky and Fred Cuneo

Our deepest sympathy,Vicky and Fred, on your loss of this beautiful friend.  Remember the love, Max was Loved!

Thank you all so very much. Some of you know we adopted him after he was returned to us by an adopter, and failed at two house visits with subsequent applicants. He was very happy and seemed to be very appreciative of his yard, his bed, and his scrambled eggs (daily!). We always wish we could have  more time...two years flew by so quickly. We wanted to make sure his last years made up for whatever happened to him before he ended up on Death Row at the shelter. I just wish he had gone quietly in his sleep- in a few more years:(

Thanks again. Your words help!

Vicki and Fred