<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8588961964730173823</id><updated>2011-04-21T18:03:32.341-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Mel</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ibrmel.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8588961964730173823/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ibrmel.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>IBR Rescue</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11233223795985479958</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>3</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8588961964730173823.post-7170240239746121910</id><published>2008-06-04T19:21:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-06-04T19:26:14.634-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Mel has arrived in foster care!!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_U8A8hru5O90/SEdN6ozl8FI/AAAAAAAAGd4/YHP6PwLhCCk/s1600-h/MelFosterA.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_U8A8hru5O90/SEdN6ozl8FI/AAAAAAAAGd4/YHP6PwLhCCk/s400/MelFosterA.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5208217163858833490" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mel has found a foster home to evaluate her.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_U8A8hru5O90/SEdN601z9HI/AAAAAAAAGeA/WtBqBptAqqk/s1600-h/MelFoster1a.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_U8A8hru5O90/SEdN601z9HI/AAAAAAAAGeA/WtBqBptAqqk/s400/MelFoster1a.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5208217167089366130" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Her foster mom reports: "We are working on manners right now.  She gets very excited when I come home from work.  Due to her fence jumping history, Mel will needs an invisible fence.  Mel loves to cuddle and sleep in the bed, likes to go for walks and bike rides.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_U8A8hru5O90/SEdN7NCWklI/AAAAAAAAGeI/_d1IYeeOUEw/s1600-h/MelFoster2a.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_U8A8hru5O90/SEdN7NCWklI/AAAAAAAAGeI/_d1IYeeOUEw/s400/MelFoster2a.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5208217173584417362" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mel has plenty of energy.  Gets along well with all dogs, including small dogs.  Our cat doesn't like her all that much, maybe a cat that likes to play a little more would be better.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_U8A8hru5O90/SEdN7Clo0II/AAAAAAAAGeQ/1dboWN-6190/s1600-h/MelFoster3.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_U8A8hru5O90/SEdN7Clo0II/AAAAAAAAGeQ/1dboWN-6190/s400/MelFoster3.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5208217170779623554" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;She also loves rope toys and kong wubbas."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_U8A8hru5O90/SEdN7bRhwXI/AAAAAAAAGeY/WDHmtSvw9B8/s1600-h/MelFoster4.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_U8A8hru5O90/SEdN7bRhwXI/AAAAAAAAGeY/WDHmtSvw9B8/s400/MelFoster4.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5208217177406161266" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8588961964730173823-7170240239746121910?l=ibrmel.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ibrmel.blogspot.com/feeds/7170240239746121910/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8588961964730173823&amp;postID=7170240239746121910' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8588961964730173823/posts/default/7170240239746121910'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8588961964730173823/posts/default/7170240239746121910'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ibrmel.blogspot.com/2008/06/mel-has-arrived-in-foster-care.html' title='Mel has arrived in foster care!!'/><author><name>IBR Rescue</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11233223795985479958</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_U8A8hru5O90/SEdN6ozl8FI/AAAAAAAAGd4/YHP6PwLhCCk/s72-c/MelFosterA.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8588961964730173823.post-563978447750433278</id><published>2008-04-09T05:09:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-04-09T05:11:03.619-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Always having fun</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_U8A8hru5O90/R_yyM4iL05I/AAAAAAAAFxs/3dMgoxx-qmA/s1600-h/MelBall.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_U8A8hru5O90/R_yyM4iL05I/AAAAAAAAFxs/3dMgoxx-qmA/s400/MelBall.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5187216805227910034" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;                                        Mel and her sister Izzy are talented "ball" players.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_U8A8hru5O90/R_yyM4iL06I/AAAAAAAAFx0/Kk-ImuRmwd4/s1600-h/MelIzzyBall.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_U8A8hru5O90/R_yyM4iL06I/AAAAAAAAFx0/Kk-ImuRmwd4/s400/MelIzzyBall.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5187216805227910050" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8588961964730173823-563978447750433278?l=ibrmel.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ibrmel.blogspot.com/feeds/563978447750433278/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8588961964730173823&amp;postID=563978447750433278' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8588961964730173823/posts/default/563978447750433278'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8588961964730173823/posts/default/563978447750433278'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ibrmel.blogspot.com/2008/04/always-having-fun.html' title='Always having fun'/><author><name>IBR Rescue</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11233223795985479958</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_U8A8hru5O90/R_yyM4iL05I/AAAAAAAAFxs/3dMgoxx-qmA/s72-c/MelBall.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8588961964730173823.post-8788416070857140904</id><published>2008-03-30T10:05:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2008-03-30T14:52:53.881-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Mel is a great girl!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_U8A8hru5O90/R_ALa4iLzwI/AAAAAAAAFoc/KYHD05W6KbA/s1600-h/Mel3.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_U8A8hru5O90/R_ALa4iLzwI/AAAAAAAAFoc/KYHD05W6KbA/s400/Mel3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5183655727583710978" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;We are looking for a friendly,  fun-lovin’ home for Mel. (aka Melody).&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;Mel, who is a pointer mix from IBR's Josie and the Pussycats litter, is quite simply a beautiful girl – with stunning markings.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Her  current family loves her, and will miss her, &lt;span style=""&gt; &lt;/span&gt;but can no longer provide a yard with a fence  for her to run around and play in.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_U8A8hru5O90/R_AH6YiLzuI/AAAAAAAAFoM/--6ap18DFS4/s1600-h/Mel1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_U8A8hru5O90/R_AH6YiLzuI/AAAAAAAAFoM/--6ap18DFS4/s400/Mel1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5183651870703079138" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mel is housebroken and crate trained and does fine in her crate while her family is gone to work. Mel should a good aptitude for agility training when she was a young pup and would likely excel at it, if she were given a chance to go to an agility class again. Mel is also a champion at giving kisses and snuggling up to you on the couch, as she's very affectionate.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_U8A8hru5O90/R_AHpYiLzqI/AAAAAAAAFns/v0I9X4AFlUs/s1600-h/Mel4.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_U8A8hru5O90/R_AHpYiLzqI/AAAAAAAAFns/v0I9X4AFlUs/s400/Mel4.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5183651578645302946" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;Mel loves to play ball – and will  return it to you!&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;It is also very cool  to see her “go on point”.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Mel is a very  warm and friendly dog and loves to play with my 16, 15, and 10 year old  children.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;She also loves to romp with her sister, Izzy akaValentine, and will likely enjoy having another dog to keep her company in her future forever home.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;She also currently lives  with two cats and does well around them.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_U8A8hru5O90/R_AHpoiLzrI/AAAAAAAAFn0/-rjjbpKeZzQ/s1600-h/Mel5.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_U8A8hru5O90/R_AHpoiLzrI/AAAAAAAAFn0/-rjjbpKeZzQ/s400/Mel5.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5183651582940270258" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; If you would like to foster Mel, or adopt her, please complete an IBR foster or adoption application.  Mel is waiting for you!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_U8A8hru5O90/R_AHpoiLzsI/AAAAAAAAFn8/K04bPFr68xI/s1600-h/Mel6.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_U8A8hru5O90/R_AHpoiLzsI/AAAAAAAAFn8/K04bPFr68xI/s400/Mel6.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5183651582940270274" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Mel has fun romping in the snow!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_U8A8hru5O90/R_AHqIiLztI/AAAAAAAAFoE/DlmK0a-_gBw/s1600-h/Mel7.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_U8A8hru5O90/R_AHqIiLztI/AAAAAAAAFoE/DlmK0a-_gBw/s400/Mel7.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5183651591530204882" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_U8A8hru5O90/R_AHBIiLzlI/AAAAAAAAFnE/8VH42gqzVBw/s1600-h/IzzyMel.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_U8A8hru5O90/R_AHBIiLzlI/AAAAAAAAFnE/8VH42gqzVBw/s400/IzzyMel.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5183650887155568210" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Mel with sister Izzy.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_U8A8hru5O90/R_AHBIiLzmI/AAAAAAAAFnM/68kYVWfJ0lw/s1600-h/IzzyMel1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_U8A8hru5O90/R_AHBIiLzmI/AAAAAAAAFnM/68kYVWfJ0lw/s400/IzzyMel1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5183650887155568226" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_U8A8hru5O90/R_AHBYiLznI/AAAAAAAAFnU/IpLTMF643PQ/s1600-h/Mel.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_U8A8hru5O90/R_AHBYiLznI/AAAAAAAAFnU/IpLTMF643PQ/s400/Mel.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5183650891450535538" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_U8A8hru5O90/R_AH6YiLzvI/AAAAAAAAFoU/gJdeGwyM1ss/s1600-h/Mel2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_U8A8hru5O90/R_AH6YiLzvI/AAAAAAAAFoU/gJdeGwyM1ss/s400/Mel2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5183651870703079154" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Mel at puppy class.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_U8A8hru5O90/R_AHBYiLzoI/AAAAAAAAFnc/u6OWzKcqcg0/s1600-h/Mel9.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_U8A8hru5O90/R_AHBYiLzoI/AAAAAAAAFnc/u6OWzKcqcg0/s400/Mel9.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5183650891450535554" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8588961964730173823-8788416070857140904?l=ibrmel.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ibrmel.blogspot.com/feeds/8788416070857140904/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8588961964730173823&amp;postID=8788416070857140904' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8588961964730173823/posts/default/8788416070857140904'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8588961964730173823/posts/default/8788416070857140904'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ibrmel.blogspot.com/2008/03/under-construction.html' title='Mel is a great girl!'/><author><name>IBR Rescue</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11233223795985479958</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_U8A8hru5O90/R_ALa4iLzwI/AAAAAAAAFoc/KYHD05W6KbA/s72-c/Mel3.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
