Hi Hank fans. Guess where I'm sending this update from? Bet you guessed my forever home....ha, ha, you are wrong!! I'm at foster mom's house!! Yup, I'm still hanging out with foster mom, Tanner 10-331, Jimmie and Rocco. Artie, Rona, Quigley and Kitra have gone off to their forever homes but I'm hanging out here until I complete my treatment for sarcoptic mange. My new family didn't want to risk me giving it to anyone at my new house so foster mom said I could stick around for a few more weeks.....told you guys I was the favorite. Remember when all my brothers and sisters had to be at the doc and I got to stay home.....same deal. I'm very special and foster mom's favorite!!

It's kind of cool to be the only little pup as I get to hang out with the big dogs all the time and have the puppy play room all to myself. I get to sleep in foster mom's bedroom with all the big dogs. I have my own crate to sleep in so I stay safe and sleep soundly. I'm trying out all kinds of new stuff. I get to go outside every time the big dogs go out....I potty outside most of the time and use my pee pads the rest of the time. Today I got to try some new foods. I ate a raw carrot, chewed on ice cubes and ate a dog treat that cleans your teeth. See I get lots of special treats cause I'm the favorite puppy!! Foster mom says I get to have a play date with Kitra this week!! Wow, I can't wait to see her again, I'll let you know how that goes.....it will be fun to play with the wild girl again. I think I will also hang out with Rona soon too, cause foster mom said she will dog sit for her.....see how lucky I am....told you I'm the favorite!!

Well, go to go, the big dogs want to go out and I'm all for going with....plus it makes foster mom happy when I potty outside!!

Your friend, Hank the Tank.

Rona and Hank

Hey Hank fans, it's me Hank the Tank (as foster mom calls me) and I am sending my own update today. This computer thing is pretty easy to do when you are as smart as I am. I will be 12 weeks old on the 19th and I now weigh 17.9 pounds, on the 23rd of January I weighed 3.69 pounds so as you can see I've really grown. I know how to do stairs, can walk on a leash (foster mom said she can't carry me anymore) and I do know how to use pee pads 90% of the time but sometimes I just go where ever I am.....you know, sometimes I forget I need to go and well I just go.....that's part of being a puppy. I love to play with all my siblings and play very hard. After I am done playing, I just crash and fall asleep.....sometimes in the middle of the room and my siblings continue to play on and around me....most times I don't even wake up unless they bite me and then I get up and move.

Foster mom is keeping us pretty busy...she takes us outside for play time and lets us run around with the big dogs too. I like the big dogs a lot....Rocco is my favorite as he is a big puppy (he's almost 4 years old) and fun to play with. He likes to bark at us when we get out of control and play bows to us all the time. Last week we had tons of new visitors and guess what happened?? One of the families that came to visit us wants me to come live with them forever. Isn't that the best thing ever? I am going to have a mom, a dad, two teenage human siblings, one boy and one girl...the girl wants to be a vet and she has followed my story since I came to Ragom....she also picked me to go live with them. I will also have two mini schnauzers and 3 horses to hang out with. My new house is on 5 acres, so I have a ton of room to run around on.....am I just the luckiest guy or what?? It will be hard to leave my foster mom and my siblings but I know I will get to see them all again...foster mom says she gets visitation rights and I've heard talk of play dates and a reunion at Goldzilla in September. I'll be all grown up by then.....do you think foster mom will recognize me. I have to go to the doctor on Monday to get fixed so I can not make puppies and then I will be off to live with my forever family. I'll be sure to send another update so you can see me with my new family....got to run, siblings are barking and playing and I'm missing out.

See you later, gator. Your friend Hank the Tank.

Hi guys! Hank here. Whew… We have been busy! FM keeps moving us from the kennels, to the floor, to the snow. We taste everything we can find, then ID the area through a unique fertilization process. That is some serious work for a puppy. Sometimes it’s hard to concentrate on everything that needs to happen with 5 other puppies running around, especially when three of them are sisters! Am I right? Seriously, it’s hard to do an important job when you are constantly getting tackled/clipped/facemasked by Kitra, listening to Rona drone about being a snow princess, and putting up with Quigley’s silly antics. Thank goodness for Lwood (relaxed with a capital “R”) and Ardis (just a good egg).

Yesterday the entire crew went to see the vet. What a treat to go for a visit instead of a slumber party! At least I thought it was a treat until they pulled out the big pokey sticks (insert frowny face here). I didn’t like that at all, but FM says it will help make sure we never get the big sickness again, so I guess it was alright.

Shout out to my girl Konnie! I hear she is keeping busy with a special fur-butt who needs her help. I’m trying not to be too jealous even though he is a pretty good looking little guy. Don’t forget about me, ok Konnie? Soon we can B 2gether 4ever!

Last time we talked, I thought I was resting up so I would be ready for the rest of my brothers and sisters come home, but it turns out I need a rest from one who is already here! Kitra! That girl never stops… Hank let’s do this… Hank let’s do that… Hank. Hank. Hank. Bossy girl. As you can see from my picture, I have to hide in my kennel to get a few minutes of peace! Rona is still kind of tired from being sick, so she’s not an issue right now, but if I know anything about sisters, it won’t last!

Thank goodness my boy Lwood is back in the house! We can hang out in our man cave and do guy stuff… Like snarf down the little jars of food that a special friend brought over. I wasn’t too happy about that to start ‘cause it said baby food, and I’m a big boy now. Then FM told me it was probably just big kid food that had been mislabeled, so I gobbled it right up! Mmmm hmmmm. Nothing like a little pureed squash (as long as it’s for big boys) to fill a guy’s tummy.

Hi Guys! Hank here. I’m still hanging out at home with my FM. She loves me! I’m pretty sure I’m her favorite because she takes care of me personally, but she outsources the care for the other fur kids. As you can see from my pictures, I’m a big helper! I facilitate status updates on us puppies, serve as a belly warmer for FM, and help keep her hands busy… You know what they say about idle hands. I still have some issues with my back 40 (if you know what I mean) but with the help of all my RAGOM friends, I’m working on it!