 Ten days. Ten days of snoozing on a couch, sometimes snuggled under a blanket. Ten days of learning about life in a home... which came pretty easily to her. Ten days of pain meds to help with arthritis, a sore back, or whatever was causing her pain. On the tenth day she went in for her spay. Her foster family had noticed a lump on her and when they opened her up the vet found her full of cancer. She was closed back up and was gently sent along into her final sleep. Keni, or Keenai as her foster family named her, had ten days of choosing her own schedule for naps, walks, outside time. Ten days to smoosh her sweet sleddie nature into the hearts of everyone she met. I only met her the night she arrived, exhausted from the drive from up north, but she, of course, made an impression in the short time I knew her. Thank you to her transporters, the Victoria Humane Society for taking her under their wing, and of course her foster family - both humans and doggos - for TEN DAYS of unconditional love. Keenai's foster family kindly shared some photos, four of which have been included below as well. Rest in peace Keni/Keenai xo  I was up way past my bedtime last night for the arrival of these 14 loves - 8 adults and 6 puppies. Some had been kept on heavy chains connected to frozen urine encrusted wooded boxes. Some were in pens. All were living outside in northern Canada up until a couple days ago. Think that's cool? Nope. It's really f-ing cold. The sled dog tour industry isn't all it's hyped up to be. I've been documenting the post-working lives of sled dogs for over 10 years and every time I meet a new group into care, I take a moment to tell each one that it's going to get better. The arrival can be very scary and everything they've known, whether it's good or bad, is thrown out the window and it's back to square one. But the one thing I've learned is that sleddies are resilient and do their best to make sense of our seemingly random human world. Welcome to a whole new world: Ying, Yang, Yale, Watsit, Keni, Baloo, Blue and her 3 pups and Willy and her 3 pups! This time I made a video of their arrival... it's about 5 mins long so grab a cup o' tea. xo |
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