pondering a pup

Basil is cuter than the other dogs you posted so I'm glad you ended up with her!

^^^

i wanna play with her ears, which is probably rude

her ears are awesome and she doesn't mind them being petted but I dunno how much ridiculousness she would tolerate.

This is one lovely pup - is she part exuberant monster and part drowsy lovelorn beggar?

yes! she lovvves to run and would chase after every squirrel she saw if i would let her. she had a blast playing with my sister's dog today, and was definitely displaying some alpha traits. but she also has a habit of whimpering and looking at you really manipulatively when she wants something. sometimes she just follows me around the house, she lovvvves belly rubs and is currently on the couch next to me snoring away <3

<3
next we have to find a puppy for smoove and a cat for mookie.

Yes!!!

i have now been told by about 6 people that basil looks like a dog named finn, yet we have never encountered finn himself! He seems to be quite popular. Where is this infamous dog?

basil went to the vet today and she was very good and she loved the doctor! stitches out! but she does seem to be allergic to something (she's been sneezing and her paws show signs of licking). vet suggests trying new food as it could be chicken :(

wellness food has been great for harry's skin and paws, he gets a mix of wet and dry food and he loves it better than anything else ever.

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i love this pic but feel that i am being judged as wanting

probably fair

it's time for an update.

pupdate por favor

i don't wanna jinx it but.................

it's maybe gonna happen?!?! LL is def swaying towards saying yes. she called ytth at work and talked his ear off for over an hour - her main concern is that we won't be able to spend enough time with a dog (lol!!!), i thought she was gonna be freaked about the garden and the hardwood floors, and her crazy allergies, but she is an animal lover and just wants to make sure we are fully prepared for the commitment. but she LOVES ytth so much, and of course he had great responses to all her concerns. she is also worried that if she says yes to us, she'll have to see yes to our neighbours, who she doesn't really like and who asked for a dog when they moved in 8 years ago.

she is gonna "sleep on it for a few days" but she said that talking to ytth had def swayed her towards our side.

KEEP ALL YOUR FINGERS CROSSED FOR US!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

good luck!

i really really hope she says yes!

Everything crossed!!

Pupdate:
Basil is awesome and I love her so much! She started puppy class last week and she is the prettiest, most popular, best behaved girl in class. The other pup moms fawn over her. She learned shake and lay down really fast, but we are struggling a bit with the leash manners (she is easily distracted by squirrels, dogs, birds, buses, cars, people, etc. and pulllls a lot). She is also showing some weird behavior around s! She loves him but then sometimes she gets too excited and pees a tiny bit, usually when he first comes home. It is an excitement/submissive thing rather than a housebreaking thing...he needs to work on his approach to her maybe? I didn't even know this was a thing!

The other day we went for a meet and greet at the doggy daycare recommended by our new upstairs neighbor, who has a dog that basil gets along with like gangbusters. They only let her meet the other dogs for a few min and then they said she exhibited like every type of doggy behavior possible. Weird. Anyway, she is going on Thursday to see how it goes, and they have a webcam so I can check in on her. She loves the dog park and plays well with all the dogs there, from Rottweilers to pugs, so I don't know what was up with the amy are people. I think she just takes a few min to adjust to new environments and they didn't give her enough time? We'll see. I don't want them to reject her!

I have to go on a work trip next week and it's going to be so hard!

Also I think she is growing! It's hard to say bc I don't have a scale or measurements but she looks a little taller, and I think her face is starting to look a tiny bit re grown up? I could also be making it up.

*more grown up

:)

how much does day care cost?

we figure that we won't need it, bc atm i am only working 3 days p/wk, jordan can take pup at least 1 day a week to work, and poss my boss might let me bring a dog?? idk, she's weird and pass-agg so who knows. but the problem will be when ytth is out of town for work - i will have no way of getting pup to work with me since i don't drive (and it's 6 miles each way, which might be too long a walk for most dogs). even working the shortest day possible, pup would be home alone at least 7.5 hours. i guess we could hire a walker, but i'm uncomfortable giving my house key to a stranger.

cecil got adopted the other day which is :) but also :(

It is $30-35/day but she would probably go max twice a week, because I work from home one day and scott is off every other Friday and the others I can usually run home at lunch to walk her. Daycare is twice the cost of dog walker, but she gets an entire day of play instead of a thirty min walk. i think a dog could definitely manage for 7.5 hours. I just make sure to fit in lots of exercise and activities to keep her mentally stimulated. but yeah, you feel guilty. Next week when I go away she is going to boarding because s leaves at 6 and gets home at 5 and that would not work, esp since he'd have to get up at like 415 to feed/walk her. At least at boarding she gets an indoor/outdoor kennel and attn from the staff.

I am so worried she's gonna hate me when I come back, or have terrible separation issues (she does howl sometimes when I leave, but not always. Weird.).

tbf i haven't seen you in quite a long time but am still fond of u

/no howl

Aw thanks. Daycare webcam is addicting! Not a very productive day at work...

Basil is completely wasted after her day! They said she was a little shy at first but then really enjoyed playing with the other dogs :)

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she is such a find.

I taught her roll over in about three tries today!

also:
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Basil was not very happy when s picked her up from boarding last night and she went to the bathroom a lottt. I think she had been holding it in protest and finally relaxed when he came to get her :( apparently she has slept all day and i hope she is not too irritated with me when/if i get home!

more pix pls

this taxi driver when i arrived in dublin was telling me about his untrainable boxer puppy and he said, 'he's as daft as a brush, we should have called him basil,' and then he said, 'basil brush was a puppet on an old english tv show,' and i said, 'i know, we used to watch that in nz, i loved him,' and then i said, 'ha ha boom boom,' which was what basil brush always said after he cracked a terrible joke and the driver was pleased in a nostalgic way and then i said, 'my friend just got a very clever dog and she has named her basil,' and the driver looked skeptical and changed the subject to oscar wilde.

My landlord's idea of ”a few days” appears to be vastly different from mine - it's been ELEVEN DAYS!!!

the good news is that my boss, despite being an asshole most of the time, said that I can totally bring a dog to work.

oh yay<3

Hooray! Good luck!

Miss basil is snoooozing up a storm today but she did wake me up to go out at 630. I think she is happy I am home and not too angry with me :)

puppy bol

puppybl

peepup patel

pup fiction

Puppy has pink eye :( apparently sending doggies to daycare is like sending kiddies to daycare O_o

aww

peepup patel

loool

i love to look at this dog. i love tuxedoed animals.

it's been more than 3 weeks and still no answer :/

basil is soooooooooo pretty! i <3 her

Why is she toying with you?? I've half a mind to call her myself and tell her how much that house needs a dog!

Last night I let b sleep in the room instead of her crate (on dog bed, no human bed for her!) and she was a pro - no noise or accidents all night, and she let me sleep til 15 min before alarm went off.

she called tonight. it's a big fat NO.

sadface.jpeg forever

sorry smoovy