pondering a pup

yeah we had a good talk with the norsled people and they were like, you don't always need a big yard, or any yard, which was good to hear. it's good that you're looking at rescue places who ~know~ the dogs bc they're fostered - stuff like the barking isn't always something you find out till you get the dog home.

my in-laws nutty dog was chosen bc she was the shyest, quietest, cuddliest pup at the shelter... then they got her home and she was CRAZY. she was so ADD all the time. lots of obedience training and stuff calmed her down and she is a really well behaved dog now.

i want this cutie

http://d1ihe8iurr5ss7.cloudfront.net/animals/fullsize/s1077a4931227m12969499.jpg

Cecil is, more than most huskies, clearly a person in a dog suit!On death row because he can climb a fence and he chases cats...where did they do their husky research? He is incredibly intelligent, and understands most of what he hears. He is extremely vocal; Cecil has opinions about everything, and wants to tell you (and everyone else within hearing) what he thinks! He is learning to be crate trained, and coming along nicely!
He has only half a tail (we think he was born that way) but it is adorable and almost always wagging. Cecil loves the dog park, gets along well with all other dogs and people; in fact, Cecil has so much love to give that he hardly knows what to do with himself.
His ONLY problem is that he has severe separation anxiety: he needs someone with him most of the time, and would be perfect for someone who is home most of the time or can have him at work. Cecil is almost unbelievably well behaved! He has never had an accident in the house, and when left alone indoors (otherwise he WILL escape) with another dog, has never destroyed anything!So, to recap, Cecil needs 3 things:
someone with him most of the time
secure yard (he can get out, anyway)
an affectionate, husky savvy human to live with (who will make him so happy he will not want to leave!).
At less than a year old, Cecil is very playful and shines with a doggy companion! But he will leave other dogs, a juicy bone or anything else to be with the human who he will love forever. He is waiting...

Awwwwwww

an emotionally needy dog is basically the perfect pet for ytth and me

everyone who wants one please hurry up and get a dog and then post frequently about its talents and foibles.

i barely slept last night because i was thinking about dogs!

stripes' foster mom says he'd be fine in a condo! i can go meet him in annapolis next saturday. omggggg i don't know if i can wait that long. fortunately i have a busy week.

http://photos.petfinder.com/photos/US/VA/VA610/24874736/VA610.24874736-1-x.jpg

also pls to suggest names for this one bc i think stripes is dumb.

He is happy to go for walks but also happy to lay around the house. He is a very sweet pretty laid back guy. Mostly he just wants to be with a person and would be happy anywhere he had someone to call his.

Stripes is a 9 month old Great Dane Boxer mix. He was rescued from a high kill shelter in Georgia, only minutes from being euthanized just for taking up a kennel. Stripes is a very large boy who just keeps growing. He probably has grown 4 inches from just the month we've had him. He's a very goofy boy who loves to bounce around and play. He loves everyone and everything.

his listing says dane/lab mix but i was thinking his face is not even remotely lab and most dane/lab mixes (labradanes!) are black. boxer makes a lot more sense (this mix is called boxane which is not nearly as cool a word as labradane).

OMG I am approved to take him home Saturday if the foster mom can get a neuter appt this week! WOAH /liveblogging

!!!

Xp to estela: be careful what you wish for - once we get a dog, that us gonna be all I care about! there will be photos on every thread!

that is the dearest wish of my heart.

Nooooo after arranging all the details and even talking to the vet who neutered him today, everything seemed set, but i just got news that his heartworm test came back positive :( i feel really bad but i don't think i can adopt a sick dog.

:( :( :(

i am actually really annoyed bc the foster mom told me he was heartworm negative. i don't know if she was just playing me or if he had been previously tested and negative (i read it can take a while to show up). ugh. now i feel like a jerk but honestly i wouldn't have gone this far if i'd known that from the start.

your'e not a jerk and I wouldn't take such a sick dog either, the stress and labour and expense are potentially horrendous. signed, avid dog lover

There's no point taking a sick dog if you can't afford it - you shouldn't feel bad.

my coworker's dog had heartworm when she adopted him. or has it? i think he's ok now but i'm not sure what it cost
i typed heartburn first

I could afford $300 but not $1000 and I hear it can fall anywhere in that range.

Guys this process is ridiculous. I feel kind of judged and exposed.

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/23/fashion/thursdaystyles/23pets.html

one rescue group required THREE references!!

I found an awesome boxer in a shelter near Richmond but there is an app for him already so I have to wait til Friday to see if they get him. Ugh.

http://pet-uploads.adoptapet.com/e/b/6/97852101.jpg%3F336w

Ugh

Oh and btw Riley is still up for adoption despite the woman telling me there were FOUR apps from single family homes for her. These rescue ppl are craaaaazy.

Lady posted her on Craigslist today even!!

http://washingtondc.craigslist.org/nva/pet/3447712801.html

they are one of the craziest bunches. i just watched a thing in court re: a lady who started as a cat rescuer but lost control and saw predictable results. then they requested that her address be shielded because of other crazies. i love animals but ugh

i just saw a dog outside my apt that i recognized and he was stopped and wouldn't walk with his owner and i sad are you being bad? and owner said lol we used to live here and i think he's confused. aww.

Awww!

I think it's so stupid that there are so many dogs that need homes and these people are like bogarting them!

In other news, I went to my sister's last night and her dog (a beautiful gap who is the sweetest ever) was attached to me the whole time. That only reinforced my idea that I should just dognap her (plot formed at thanksgiving). S is totally on board with this plan. Problem solved?

ugh autocorrect! Gsp (German shorthaired pointer), not gap!

http://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash4/196169_10151119931018414_1140537831_n.jpg

those are my favorite kind of dogs

I took a quiz yesterday about what kind of dog is right for you. I took it twice. Both times, gsp was the answer! And the runner up was always vizsla <3. But those breed rescue groups would never ever give me one bc I don't have a fenced yard.m

http://animal.discovery.com/breed-selector/dog-breeds.html

lol i got gsp too. with pointer and chesapeake bay retriever as runners up.

I was *so* close to possibly getting a dog tomorrow but now I haven't heard back from the lady re final approval!

I am going to go meet Brutus the boxer tomorrow as a backup?

If all that fails, there are some boxer/Pyrenees puppies and I might be able to adopt one but I'm not sure if im ready for that...

puppies are super hard work!!!

So Suzie the dog is coming to meet me this afternoon!

I am supposed to go see brutus but i kinda don't want to do all that driving (almost 2 hours each way) if Suzie would likely be coming home with me later. But i also don't wanna get burned so maybe i should just go.

was brutus's family 0hi0 st4te alumni?

I has a puppy!

ae<3, is it suzie? what breed is she?

i mean aw<3, i wasn't making a mild howling noise.

it is! but i am calling her basil.
she is a mix of some sort... some boxer and maybe lab?

basil!

i approve.

http://https%3A//lh6.googleusercontent.com/-MWxdt8vz8UI/UNY2VvPEI5I/AAAAAAAAD9U/gfKNlZcM3qU/s799/20121222_173037.jpg

oh that didn't work.

http://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn1/150967_10151217982281589_659603772_n.jpg

she actually just CHOSE to go sit in her crate like a good girl!

<3
she is gorgeous
how old is she?

7-8 monthsish.

thank you! she is sweeeet.

you're not so bad yourself, lady!!! <3 back atcha

tbh we are terrible about training/obedience :/ but neko has the kind of personality where she just doesn't really give a shit about being good, or pleasing anyone.

cat-like, then?

I love her.

Basil got to hike off leash last weekend and ended up herding us most of the time, until she caught scent of...something...and decided tracking that was more interesting. We never figured out what it was but she kept looking up the hill and marking every once in a while. It was so interesting to watch! She also got brave and swam for the first time :)

http://usercontent.packdog.com/post/photo/KBg1tl_b7bff70e4f19ddc042a43555ae81a29d1699c5b4.jpg

xp she IS really cat-like! esp they way she plays with other dogs - you know how kittens do that thing where they kind of rear back, widen their front legs and spread their paws, real goofy-like? that's what neko does to any dog she meets.

i'm so jealous basil is so well trained you can take her off-leash. not gonna ever happen with neko ;_; we let her off leash when we go to this huge dog park (that's not technically enclosed), but it's always super stressful bc she takes off and goes straight down the rocks and into the stinky sludge at low tide. (this park is the size of several football fields, right on the bay)

Basil is only allowed off leash when we're way out in the middle of nowhere and we don't have to worry about lots of unfamiliar people or dogs. I just practiced using a 50 ft lead and tested her on that before we worked up to off leash. Fortunately she's kind of a pack dog so she doesn't like to stray too far before coming back to make sure everyone is still there/ok.

I once let her play off leash with her 2 best dog friends thinking she'd be so occupied with them she'd stay put and she darted off after another dog that came through the area, across the street and right past where the bus comes :( scared the crap out of me so no more free time in our neighborhood :(

hi dere.
http://usercontent.packdog.com/post/photo/CyR2RQ_0b8cc564f839d1f50d9e27dbf2578e74529202f5.jpg

such a good looking doggy

ty harbl

🐶

😍 Well done, stet!

today we went to the marsh and there was a solar dogclipse!
http://i59.tinypic.com/33c290p.jpg

(It also makes me think she is going to cross over into another universe wrinkle in time style or something)

~newsun~

run free, little doggy

http://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-IqGTA0ep7mg/VI8F_VTkRLI/AAAAAAAAV4c/BxF0pQdXW58/s1856-d/IMG_2059.JPG

http://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-dJW4zimiBD8/VI8GCen_TxI/AAAAAAAAV9c/xHiODohG3PA/s1856-d/IMG_2070.JPG

http://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-tIcgTOXQkKA/VI8GD0AezOI/AAAAAAAAV6U/o8FYxyaSDN0/s1856-d/IMG_2076.JPG

<3 she is glorious!

last week i saw a baby puppy neko and the markings around his eyes made him look like the count from sesame street (my great love.)

awww I bet that little baby was ridiculously cute!

yes, i died.

<3 <3

tez where are those pictures from? looks so fun

harbl that is sky meadows state park (out 66 past manassas but not as far as shenandoah). it is a lovely spot!

I am late but yesterday (22nd) makes two years of basil!

http://i58.tinypic.com/2crt00y.jpg

http://i61.tinypic.com/2rrw74l.jpg

<3basil

There is a hilarious corgi upstairs and when he runs back and forth it is quite entertaining!

my friend got a pup. it is not a saluki. it is not adorned with anything more than floppy ears.

floppy ears, though!

pup got a portrait
http://i59.tinypic.com/2vi36gx.jpg