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Former Foster Spotlight: Chester

12/3/2014

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Chester came in to rescue in March of 2014. He was listed in a local classified ad as free to good home. The rescue contacted the owner and they agreed to release him to rescue. Turns out the kids had all moved out to go to school or get married and they didn't want to take care of a dog any more. Chester had been kept kenneled much of the day every day and had gained a lot of weight, but from the first moment he came into rescue it was clear that Chester was a special dog with the sweetest personality! 

After coming into rescue Chester's forever family saw his photo on Instagram and put in an application for him. They drove all the way from the Bay Area of California in the snow to adopt Chester here in Utah!

Since being adopted Chester has undergone quite the transformation! Here is the story from Chester's mom:

When I first brought Chester home I knew he and I had a lot of work to do to get him down to a healthy weight. I brought him home in April of 2014 and he weighed over 25 pounds. Our goal: 16-18 pounds. I gave him a couple days to settle in his new (FOREVER) home with us, and then we got straight to work. I walk my other two dogs twice a day every day weather permitting, but I didn't want to push Chester too hard too fast, so we started with short walks once a day. It didn't take a lot to tire the poor guy out...we'd come back from a fairly short walk and he'd inhale water, and then sleep for over an hour. This process was repeated every day and as soon as I'd notice that he didn't seem as tired after his walk, I'd start walking a little further. I probably took him too soon, but there's a hiking trail that I love to take my other dogs to and I really didn't want to leave him home alone, so we packed in the car and hit the trail. Chester was so excited! He did okay for a while, but after just the third hill, he was starting to struggle so we turned around and went back to the car. Again, he inhaled water when we got back to the car, and he slept for the rest of the day. The hiking trail was definitely too much this early in the game, but he was doing great on the daily neighborhood walks, so we shortened the walks and upped it to twice a day. I took him to the vet in late June just so the vet could see how he was doing and make sure he was still okay healthwise. I'll never forget the smile on my vet's face when he brought Chester back to me and said in disbelief, "he weighs 18 pounds." I was shocked! He went on to tell me that, his heart, hips, knees, etc., were perfect, I was doing everything right, and to keep doing what we were doing. Eighteen pounds was still a little much considering his size, so now we had to get down to 16. Fast forward to November, Chester is at a perfect weight of 16 pounds and he can climb the hiking trails with ease. Now that he's at a healthy weight, he's become more playful and he's not sleeping all day anymore like he was when he had all that extra weight. Plain and simple, I've noticed that he feels good, is loving life, and he's finally happy. Now he can even keep up with his one year old Cavalier sister, Paris!

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Chester and Paris 

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Chester on his first hike, and then finally conqering the hill!

We love to hear these happy endings! Thank you to Chester's new family for working so hard with him to get him healthy and for giving him a wonderful FOREVER home!
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Judy Nelson
12/5/2014 06:32:54 pm

These kinds of stories sure do help keep us in rescue going! But no one does it like you Jamie. You continually amaze me !!!

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RB
4/22/2015 01:50:18 pm

I'm Chester's former mom. I could not be more happy for him! He looks beautiful and sounds like he's having great experiences we could never have offered him. Congratulations and thank you so much for loving him.

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*We do not ship. Adopter must come to Utah to adopt*

REQUIREMENTS: Aura must have a fenced yard. Gentle, patient kids ok. Aura must have at least one other dog in her forever home. Adopter must be patient and willing to work with Aura to over come her puppy mill past.

Sweet Aura has had her spay and dental and is ready to find her forever home.

Aura is 7 years old and came to us from a puppy mill. She is still very timid but has improved a lot since her dental as her mouth has healed.

Aura needs to have a fenced yard as she is a flight risk if she were allowed to be off leash. With time she will improve more but at this time she would not be a good fit for an apartment as she is still skittish on a leash.

She has improved much and will allow her foster to pet her and will sit on the couch with her. She loves other dogs and is good with kids who will be patient and gentle with her. She is afraid of sudden quick movements by adults and some loud sounds but is improving daily!

Aura is a sweet girl who has has a rough life but will make an amazing companion with the right family who will work with her to overcome her fears and allow her to blossom!

If you’re interested in Aura and meet the requirements you can download our app on our website and email it in, or email and request an application at cavaliercrazyrescue@gmail.com

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*We do not ship. Adopter must come to Utah to adopt*

Requirements: a calm, mellow home. Adopter must be willing to continue her diet and exercise program. Dogs ok. No cats. Older children or adult only home.

Gina was rescued off of a local classified page by a Good Samaritan who released her to rescue when they found out this little one needed some extensive dental work.

Gina is 14 years old and is a miniature poodle. She is extremely obese and her foster family has been working on getting the weight off with weight management food and gentle exercise. Gina has an asymptomatic grade 2 heart murmur which we are hoping will improve once she is back to a proper weight, which for her is probably around 19-20lbs. At her intake she weighed a whopping 37lbs, so she is definitely morbidly obese and needs a home that will continue her weight loss journey.

Gina is a well mannered, sweet girl who is 100% reliably housetrained, gets along with all other dogs, and loves to be with her people. She doesn’t bark, or chew. Her only naughty habit is that she likes to chase cats. She might do well with cats who are dog savvy, as she isn’t aggressive about it, but she would do best with no kitties in her forever home. While she gets along with other dogs, she prefers her people and would do just fine as an only dog with someone home most of the time.

Gina has been spayed and had a dental and is up to date on shots and microchipped. She is ready for a retirement home to call her own.

You can find our application on our website or email cavaliercrazyrescue@gmail.com if you’d like to apply to make her part of your family!

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