I just have to share these 2 pictures with you all!! The little Yorkie is my former foster boy Gizmo, now named Little Buddy. When I got him, he was so scared and unsocialized. A puppy mill discard at 8 years old and 3.5 pounds, he had probably never been out of his tiny little cage except to "do his job" and right back into the cage he went. He "circled" all the time, even when he tried to get across the room, he turned in circles to get there, the only way of moving around he had ever known in his little cage. And bark.......that little guy barked all the time. I was able to get the barking under control and he had started to walk a little more without circling when I got the application to adopt him. I called Penny and told her about him and told her that he really wasn't ready for adoption yet and I couldn't promise that he would ever be a "good family member" because he just wasn't socializing or even making up with any of my dogs. She talked about him with such love and made the comment "well, he has to live somewhere, why not with me?" I thought about that long and hard, so I went forward and checked her references. Her vet office told me "any dog that she adopts has hit the doggie lottery!!!" With that, I agreed to do a meet and greet as well as a home visit. Well, she and her husband were on the floor with him within minutes of us arriving at their home. They introduced him to their 2 dogs (rescued Westies) one at a time and he really had no interest in them. It was apparent, she was in love with Gizmo, so I agreed that they should adopt him. She emailed me a week or so later and sent a video ~~ Buddy(Gizmo) had bonded with Boone, one of the Westies and followed his lead on everything, eating, going out to potty, laying on the doggie bed, you name it Buddy did what Boone did. I'm not sure, but Buddy may be one of my happiest foster stories ever because of such a drastic change in his way of life. He went from "no life at all" to being a loved and loving family member. Thanks to Penny and her husband Wayne (and Boone and Winkie the Westies) Buddy is indeed a very lucky dog!! ♥