RIO WAS ADOPTED TODAY !!!

What a very happy day for Rio today. He has been adopted. And so this chapter closes and this is the last blog post for Rio, but it is for a fabulous reason.

Rio has a forever family that LOVES him so very much and he has been reported to not be able to stop giving his new daddy kisses! Good boy Rio, reel 'em in, wrap him around that little paw of yours....

We love you and will miss you very much but we will keep in touch and see you again real soon!

XOXOXO

Rio right before his adoption today
Picture by Jenine Davey

HOME VISIT DAY!!!

Today Rio has a home visit!!! Which for anyone who doesn't know what that means, it means that someone has already come to the rescue or to an adoption event and met Rio, fallen in love with him and decided that they want to adopt him. They talk to Anita or Jennifer, fill out the required paperwork, have their application processed and are ready for a home visit. Then the rescue will bring Rio to their home, make sure he is OK with whatever other pets are in the home and make sure the home and the area are a good fit for the specific dog, in this case Rio, and if all goes well, they sometimes do the adoption right then and there. Well that is what has happened. A FABULOUS couple, Christine & Tyson, drove up from the shore last weekend to meet Rio at Petco. They were originally looking at him and another dog but they have a cat, so Rio was the only choice since he absolutely LOVES cats. They met him, they spent over an hour with him, and they were ready to take him home then! So they set up to do the home visit today, a week is a long time, but people have to work and its a distance to drive and the rescue likes to make sure that everyone REALLY wants this to happen. That the people/family REALLY want to adopt a dog, THIS dog, so that no one changes their minds, where the dog has already been placed in their home and now has to be shuffled around again, could lose their foster home and have to go into boarding. If that happens...ONLY THE DOG SUFFERS.
I respect that the dog's best interest is what truly matters.

Well nobody has changed their minds!  Rio is getting picked up by Auntie AZITA at 9am to go to a Lilo's Promise event and then Auntie ANITA will take him to his home visit at noon. I know that he is going to shine like a rock star when he gets there...also because I gave him a sparkling bath yesterday so he is so soft, smells so good, and is actually very shiny!! LOL. All kidding aside....I am so happy that they are ready to love Rio forever, make him the spoiled and loved boy he has always dreamed of being. Of course he is spoiled here but he will be even MORE spoiled as an only doggie...

Beautiful weather....

So today, my foster mom took Savannah & I to Blueberry Hill but we started getting real warm and panting, then we started to walk real slow so we only stayed for less than an hour but we got to come home and she put the kiddie pool out in the backyard so we could lie down in it and splash around. Savannah (the diva) didn't wanna go in, so I did and then I just ran around. Now we are napping but below are some cute photos from today :)

Rio & Savannah walking at BBH

Rio in the pool

Foster Mom likes to do this cool special effect thing with pictures...

Blueberry Hill walk with foster mommy...

My foster mommy took me all by myself today for an hour long walk along a new path at Blueberry Hill. Of course the gunshots from the gun range nearby freaked me out a little bit but I did really well anyway...I met a jogging couple who said I was so handsome and pet my head, then I tried to jog off with them but foster ma said "we don't run" so I couldn't go (lol), then we met (twice...) a really nice lady with her new puppy, a SHar Pei/Bassett Hound mix....yes he was funny looking but very cute and I got a little too excited and stepped on FM's foot so we decided not to stay and say hi too long, I didn't mean it but I think it hurt her...ooops. Anyway it was a fun walk. We also saw some ATV'ers who said hi to us and moved out of the way so we can run down the steps from the top of the hill. That was nice. I had a lot of fun, now I'm gonna nap until Savannah gets home from Precious Pets Dog E Day Camp...


Here are some pics of me...and FM added a link to a video of me on FB (hope it works)...


Video from Blueberry Hill

Rio as king of the hill

I like it at Blueberry Hill

Super Rio! I was a REALLY good boy today!!

Vintage Rio 

So today Rio went to Petco in Cherry Hill again with Auntie Azita and was a VERY good boy! He had a very nice couple come up from Cape May to meet him and hopefully they will want to adopt him and make him their #1 :) They have a cat which is such good news for Rio because he absolutely LOVES kitty cats. He sleeps with Bianca here almost every night.
 I mean really, just look at them.....he loves her. I took Savannah over to Precious Pets in Somerdale (our very favorite pet feed & treat store and now new day camp) and picked up some new bones and treats for them. Rio got a new dried "duck foot" treat, it is hypo allergenic and rather inexpensive at under $1.00!! He LOVED it!  I put a pic below of him eating it.  He also got to be SuperRio today!!! Auntie Azita put a superman cape on him! How absolutely adorable is that???  I (again) posted some pics below of him...as SuperRio!


I have some links and some new pictures again...to add of him. Please check out Rio's very own facebook page at "Adopt Rio" and watch a very cute photo video I made of Rio at "Watch Me"....
Rio says "My foster mommy made some very cool pictures of me that you can see below but I also have a whole album of pictures on Facebook that you can find on my facebook page.... "


He was really good today, made a great impression on people and we are optimistic that he will soon find his very own family to love and that will love him forever and ever! He deserves it, he is such a fabulous dog, he gets very attached to anyone who shows him REAL love, and all he wants to do is be with his people. He can play, relax, walk, run, sleep or kiss you from head to toe. What more can you ask for, other than to have someone (dog) that is ALWAYS happy to see you when you come through the door, always greets you with tail wags and kisses, and will lie across your lap to watch TV or sleep at night....I can't think of anything else I would rather have. Rio is the whole package, he is beautiful, loving and well behaved. And he LOVES cats to boot!

Rio & his new duck foot treat

Super Rio

Super Rio

A poster my foster mommy made of me...

Looks like I am graffiti on a wall!

A Rio Pencil Sketch

Rio went to "Yappy Hour"

So today Savannah got to go to camp with some of her friends, so I stayed home with my foster mom. We had so much stuff planned to do but it rained all day so it pooped our plans. But I was a really good boy anyway....I took a ride in the car with her and then we slept most of the afternoon. Then I went to "Yappy Hour" at Bow Wow Meow in Sicklerville, a really cute little pet boutique, to show myself off and I was really good there too!!!
It is raining again today so I have no idea what we all have planned but I hope something, I have a feeling my foster mom may try to walk us through Petco....oh boy. What a treat for her LOL. Savannah & I will both stop at every bone and toy and cry "I want this one I want this one" ...hee hee hee....
Be back later!! Here are some cute pics of me though since I've been away for a few days....

I was such a good boy in the car!!!

This was on Tuesday when I got back to my foster home...

Hanging on Jenn at Yappy Hour

As you can see, I am not a BIG fan of the rain...