Flo Says Hello

Look how great she looks!!

Isn't she a pretty lady?
She takes her daily thyroid meds, which helped cut down her weight.
She eats a raw meat diet with a teaspoon of cod liver oil and vitamins each day and her coat is soooo soft and shiny now!
Her coat was incredibly dull and awful when we got her.
Flo is a real funny lady : )

Jerrilyn Walter

Roxy is Adopted

Roxy and Mugsy resting up for New Years Eve. What a perfect match, they are in love. 

Have a HAPPY NEW YEAR,

Thanks again,
Karen Rittenhouse

Hi Karen,

That picture is absolutely beautiful.  They were meant for each other.  We couldn't be happier that you found us, and Roxy found you and Mugsy.

Thank you for sending this.  It makes a Happy New Year for us in rescue.

Cheers,
Sheryl

Happy Gotcha Day Boots

Hello NEBTR,

A year ago today we welcomed Boots into our household and immediately fell in love with his gentle nature, unwavering affection, and goofy playfulness. He is a constant source of joy in our home and we are truly thankful for NEBTR and his foster mom, Jackie Foster, for helping us find such an amazing new member of our family. Since Boots' adoption, he's acclimated wonderfully to his new home in Brooklyn. He loves to visit the park, get in the car and go on trips, or just cuddle up with his parents and watch TV. Attached are a few pictures of Boots from the past year. Thanks again for everything and Happy Holidays!

 Matt Gross & Victoria Abrami

Member Dog of the Day: Louie and Liam

Louie (on both pics on the left) is 4. He is super smart, sweet, energetic, loving, very mischievous  and yes everything you can think of a Boston boy lol .
Liam, he will be 4 tomorrow, is about the most loving and playful boy i have ever met. He rather sit right next to you and make sure he is being held than anything else, well ok, food is even more important than that to Liam.

My husband Matt and are active people who go hiking, camping etc. The boys on our side. But we don't mind lying around the couch ever so often :)

I'm looking forward working with all of you and helping where we can.

Conny McGraw
Rochester, NY

Wookie is Adopted

Sharon Davidson was the Foster Mom for the darling Wookie, pictured above.  Wookie has truly hit the doggy powerball lottery.  He has been adopted by Sharon's mom Kay, and will be living the good life with her.  Added bonus - Sharon gets to visit!

Congratulations to all!

Bailey Joy Update

We are in the process of trying to see if there is anything orthopedically that can be done to help baby Bailey Joy walk.  Look how tiny she is in the picture with her foster sister.  Thanks to Elly Monfett for caring for her and helping her grow bigger and stronger.  Elly sends along this movie showing how Bailey Joy gets along.  If you would like to help her and her medical care, we have set up a chip in at http://bostonrescue.chipin.com/mypages/view/id/be183490e9698003  or on the first page of our main website.  Thank you!

George Starts Heartworm Treatment

Cynthia O'Brien Kaiser:

NEBTR foster George starts Heart Worm treatment today. Prayers and good thoughts for this sweet guy.

Adopt Zackie

Zackie is one of our awesome seniors, being fostered by the very caring Dawn Stone and aided by Benny.  Zackie is one of the senior trust beneficiaries.  Won't you consider giving him a forever home?

Rocky Celebrates Christmas

With his awesome Foster Mom Sandee Herrington!  Rocky is still available for adoption.  How could you resist that face?

New Foster Bryant Boston Thunder

We welcome new foster Bryant Boston Thunder to NEBTR.  His foster mom writes, "Despite his weight (30.7 lbs) he is trying to keep up with our active family. He appears to prefer the company of men. More responsive to young men. Patience is the key with him right now. My whole family loves him. He is the King around here. The other dogs are all females."

We thank foster Mom Linda Brennan for opening her heart and home to this boy.  Linda, thank you so much for taking Bryant into your care.  It is your first foster with NEBTR, though you have a lot of experience with fostering Seeing Eye dogs.  We are all here to help you with anything you need.

Update on Moto

Erin Cantrell:

I adopted Moto from NEBTR 5 years ago and it has been the greatest 5 years since. He is old now but still got a lot of spunk. If you are looking to adopt a Boston Terrier these are the people to help you find the best match for you. Thanks NEBTR!

Simon

Mariah Elliott:

Here's Simon on NYE. He's become quite a cuddler!

Simon is still available for adoption!

Beanie is Adopted

Beanie by Walter Williams

Hi, everyone.  

 

I am wishing all of you a very Happy New Year. 2012 was not a good year for me so I am not sorry to see it go.  I wanted to share with you how far my forever foster, Beanie has come in the past year.  When we got him he was very standoffish, but blended well with the pack after the initial isolation period.  He had never been socialized and we are still working on this as he is a very high anxiety dog.  

 

But his personality is coming through so much.  When my hubby was ill earlier this year, Beanie would not leave his side and still is hubby's little velcro dog. My hubby also sometimes has episodes of low blood sugar and Beanie seems to sense this and will bark at my hubby until I come to see what is happening.  I have come to learn that Beanie knows his business and we handle things before it gets serious.  

 

But I wanted to share what happened this past week and especially this weekend.  As most of you probably know there was a very tragic incident in Webster, NY where two firefighters were shot and killed when they went to fight a fire.  This is very close to me - about 10 miles.  I worked for 10 years with one of the men killed, so as you can understand the past week and this weekend in particular with the funeral, etc. has been difficult and I have spent a lot of time crying.  

 

Beanie has brought me his favorite toy at least a dozen times and placed it in my lap, when he normally does not relinquish it at all.  He must have thought this toy wasn't working so he went and emptied the toy box and one by one brought all of them to me an placed them either on my lap or at my feet. He then would climb up on the chair with me and lick my tears and laid his head on my shoulder and stayed there for over two hours.  

 

I think it is amazing how the compassion and love of these wonderful dogs is often unrecognized and under appreciated.  He was a great comfort to me and as soon as I can do the paperwork and get approval, his status will change from forever foster to "failed foster" as we are going to formally adopt him and make him a permanent member of the pack.  

 

There is no way I could let him go now. 

 

 Joan Stark, Ontario NY

As Heather L wrote to Joan,  "What an end to a tragic year. I'm glad to hear how Beanie has grown and been welcomed into your pack. What a gentle soul he is and he couldn't have found a better home!! You are amazing!! Thank you for everything you do! God has truly blessed you and your family."

Update on Sassy

 

Sassy, my Mom and I wanted to thank wonderful foster Mom Elly Monfett and NEBTR for making our first
Christmas together possible. Sassy is doing very well. She is great company and a wonderful little girl.
We want to wish you and all of the NEBTR volunteers, fosters and all the little Bosties in your care a Healthy and Happy New Year filled with forever homes for everyone.

Happy New Year!
Sassy, Linda & Helen

New Foster Bubba

Ron has just joined NEBTR and is fostering Bubba, a 12 year old Boston that was in a shelter in the Pittsburgh area where Ron lives.  He has several medical issues that we will have attended to.  In the meantime, he is making himself pretty comfortable in Ron's care.

Welcome to NEBTR, Ron.  We thank you for taking this old man into your home, and soon your heart.

Ron says:

Hello all and thanks for the welcome!Bubba is an awesome little fella,well behaved and a people lover too.He seems to be in good health but will go to the vet next week for a checkup and any needed shots.For now he is relaxing and taking it easy!

Update on Brooke

Patrizia D'Milano says:

Brooke loves her toys...  Amazing for a mill girl! What a beauty she is.  She has blossomed tremendously!!! She is warming up to her sister, Jess the boxer!!! And a big thank you to Janet Hassell for fostering her!!...I think she's a happy girl!!!

Thank you...NEBTR!!!

Update on Maxy

Jodi L. Yorty:

NEBTR boy Maxy enjoying his first Christmas season with the Yorty's in PA! We are blessed to have adopted this one! Thanks NEBTR!

Sophia is Adopted

Beautiful Sophia now has a forever home with Bruce Crelin.  And she has already had her picture painted by Walter Williams.  What a lucky girl on both accounts!

Special thanks to her wonderful foster mom Marjorie Young, for giving her a loving home and for finding her the perfect forever family.

Bruiser is Adopted

Bruiser was adopted December 22, just in time for the holiday! Mark and Tank (also adopted from NEBtR) came and met him yesterday and made the decision to take him home. Attached is a picture of Mark, Bruiser on the left and Tank on the right.


Alissa Donnell

Congrats Alissa!!  Mark has been patiently waiting for the right match and I’m so glad Bruiser was the one for him.  Thanks so much for helping his find his way home for the holidays!!  What a wonderful holiday gift for Bruiser and his new family.

Thanks from NEBTR

Happy New Year all NEBTR volunteers!
I wanted to thank you all for stepping up with so many Home Check needs in the same areas.  Our Home Check volunteers have really been inundated with requests for their generous time to do home visits.  I have to say that I feel kind of bad to sometimes having to ask the same few people over and over again, but some of our areas don't have a lot of volunteers to do these visits.

Thanks also for everyone's prompt repsonse to the requests via email we send out. This really helps me do my job more efficiently and our anxious adoption homes are always so excited to
get this step of the process done, because it means they are that much closer to their adoptions.


Thanks everyone and Happy Healthy New Year.
Ellen Hansen NEBTR volunteer

On that same note, I would like to thank all of our amazing foster homes!

Unfortunately, the supply of needy incoming Bostons never ever stops and we would not be able to do what we do without you.

Our foster homes are the backbone of all that we do.

I know it is not always easy so - BIG THANK YOU!!!!

Jerrilyn Walter