Hunk of Love

I just found out Hunk got adopted - woohoo!  Hunk was actually adopted by a neighbor of another volunteer at the rescue and is now named Charley. His new family has 3 older kids and a cat to keep him busy.  The cast came off and his leg healed up just fine.  Looks like he's enjoying the snow, too!

Hunk's New Home

It's still a foster home, but this one he gets to stay in until he gets adopted (which I'm sure will be in no time at all).  Before we even knew Hunk existed we had already committed to taking Alice - more on her later - so Hunk was temporary from the get-go.  But there was no way I could let that sweet little face spend even a minute in the kennel.

Hunk and Dash had a blast playing and wrestling together.  The most challenging part of having him was just trying to keep him quiet since the two of them were in play mode almost non-stop!  Aside from that he was a perfect foster.

Great house manners, already house trained, quiet in his crate and of course Hunk is also incredibly sweet and adorable.  Okay, at some point on Thursday he did chew a hole in his cast which landed him in the cone of shame.

But the vet said it should be fine and after a day of pretending to be the saddest dog in the world while wearing it he decided that life was still worth living and perked up again.  We're all going to miss Hunk, but we know he's in good hands with a great foster who will make sure he ends up in a great forever home.

What a Hunk!

New year, new dog!

This is Hunk, our latest foster.  He'll probably be temporary since we already committed to taking a dog from another rescue, but she won't be here for another week, so Hunk is staying with us until we can find him another foster family.

Hunk is about 8 months old and seems to be a Catahoula mix.  I think he was an owner surrender and he obviously has a broken leg.  That cast will stay on for another 4 weeks, but it sure doesn't slow him down! It's been wrestle-mania in the house with Dash and Hunk since about 10 minutes after I got home with Hunk.  The two of them are total buds (not to mention look-a-likes!).

We've been super lucky with Hunk; even though he's still a baby, he seems to be house trained and he didn't make a peep in his crate last night.  From how he and Dash get along it's apparent he loves other dogs and he's more or less left the cats alone (okay, he tried to lick Lenny a little, but in a "we're friends!" sort of way, not an "if you taste good I'm gonna eat you!" sort of way).

The biggest challenge with Hunk is trying to keep him somewhat quiet because of his cast.  We keep telling him to take it easy since he has a broken leg, but he just kind of looks at us as if to say "a broken what?" before continuing what he was doing.  So we're just keeping him on a leash and trying to keep the wrestling matches as low key as possible.

Here's to a speedy recovery and speedy journey to a forever home for Hunk!