They're *fiercely* loyal to their owners, but one must treat them in the manner that befits their station as royalty, after all. And try not to laugh too hard when their eyes cross as they're trying to do their best dignified sentry pose. They get offended when you mess up their mojo. 
I will definitely continue to share photos - my animals are the closest to kids I've got, for now, anyway, and mom has always proudly referred to our cats/my service dogs as her grandbabies.
There are no restrictions to speak of when it comes to what you can raise the puppies with when you're fostering.... quite the contrary! As a matter of fact, the agency I get my dogs from (Paws with a Cause - they predate CCI by a handful of years) encourages fostering families to have other dogs around, and cats if at all possible. The dogs at Paws are born at the training facility (and sometimes reared there, when they're rescues - about half are) and there are about two dozen cats in residence. The cats have the run of the entire facility, the dogs do not. That's absolutely on purpose... so that out in the real world, the dog doesn't go nuts any time it sees a cat. Then they go to a foster family, hopefully one that has other animals, and then to boot camp, where they're back with the cats they remember as "littermates." There's a comical side effect to that - the PAWS dogs all think they *are* giant cats! They wash their faces like cats, try to thump their toys with their back feet like cats, the whole deal... but that also means no cat vs dog strife when they go to their permanent home, they just consider any other animals their buddies. The other animals usually need convincing, though.
Where in the Denver area Ms.Cruzer? Arvada is in between Denver and Boulder, essentially NW of Denver.
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Oh man, you're in NOLA? You need to bring a lot of good skin cream and start drinking water as soon as you get off the plane and don't stop and take real aspirin as often as you can as you are going a mile up in altitude from sea level. And bring a good sun hat. The sun is evil and the dry air even more so. 45% is very high humidity for us and that's when it is raining. Look online for safety tips for visiting Colorado so you know the signs of altitude sickness.
I give this speech to everyone coming here and one friend didn't listen. (She landed in Denver and went right up in the mountains without acclimating for a few days down here and they had to medivac her from Breckinridge down to a hospital in Denver as she was so ill from altitude sickness.
In other news, Arvada is a lovely place to live (Lakewood is only a bit south from me). Though they should buy soon as housing prices are heading back up.
So if you come and have a chance to come visit please do! Just PM me here if you'd like. (As long as you are not allergic to five VERY friendly cats...
I'm waiting on a contract to go through or fall through by July 1 before I know when I can take off again (just got home from 2 weeks in Alaska).
You've got a deal! I'm not sure when it will be but I'll let you know. It may be as late as Christmas though.
