08/23/2026
Seven-month old, adorable Potato, now Winnie, came into the rescue as an owner surrender.
The first thing we noticed was that Potato did not like to get into a car. She would sit down, or even lie down, and had to be lifted into the car. But, once she was in the car, she was calm and relaxed and laid down like the sweet little Tater that she is.
At first in her new foster home she was a little rambunctious: jumping on people and doing too much mouthing with her gorgeous, but sharp teeth as puppies do. However, after a couple of days, as she grew accustomed to her home, that subsided significantly.
She wasn’t there but a few days when her foster family came to understand what a sweet, well mannered puppy she is—and will become when she matures. She is not upset when people handle her food while she’s eating. In fact, if told to, she will wait when her food is in the dish until given the go-ahead to start. For that matter, she happily shared a meal with one of the foster’s dogs (and got along well with both their dogs and their cat).
Potato was with the fosters throughout her spay recovery - she went through 3 e-collars and the day of her adoption was the day the collar came off for good.
Ah, the adoption. We selected a family of four: two parents and a 6 year old girl and 11 year old boy. From the moment they walked in the house we knew we had made the right choice. Potato was very excited to meet new people and the feeling was mutual. Both the children couldnl’t wait to hug and pet her. When Potato grew excited and jumped on them, they were completely unfazed, understanding that a puppy does that and it’s OK - Tater had found her Tots 🥰
We’ll leave you with a quote from Potato’s new 6 year old sister. While hugging the new dog she said “you’re my new best friend!”
Totally made our day!