On 10/5/18 8:32 PM, wrote:
On Fri, 05 Oct 2018 19:13:01 -0400, John H.
wrote:

On Fri, 05 Oct 2018 13:58:41 -0400, wrote:

On Fri, 05 Oct 2018 07:22:02 -0400, John H.
wrote:

On Thu, 04 Oct 2018 20:24:41 -0400, wrote:

On Thu, 4 Oct 2018 15:31:58 -0700 (PDT), True North
wrote:

Well, I hope you didn't give out our names for references.
Exposing that poor unsuspecting animal to your Hillbilly Hoedowns would be considered animal cruelty in civilized society.

This isn't one of your northern foo foo dogs you carry around in your
purse.
He is a coon hound. That is the ultimate "hillbilly" dog. I bet he
will sing along at the bluegrass festivals and the people there will
love him. I actually looked at a Walker coon hound when we were
looking at dogs and he was on the short list but my wife really wanted
a lab puppy.
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This same agency has a treeing walker coonhound, which I like also. If the Redbone falls through,
which it may if it has severe health problems, then I'll check out the treeing walker.

We had our eyes on a red bone at another agency. Then the lady said,

"John:

I might add that Nanny will require heartworm treatment, so will have to be kept very quiet for a
couple of months."

This was the third communication about the dog, and she's just getting to the fact that the dog has
heartworms. I called my vet to discuss the situation. She told me I'd be much better off looking for
another dog, especially after what I went through with the last one.

That sounds like what we were going through. It seemed every adoption
agency was full of very sick dogs. I have always had much better luck
at the pound. It is brutal but they just put sick dogs down. They also
put down a lot of healthy ones tho. My problem was everything seemed
to be pit bull mixes except the Walker I liked. It is funny that my
wife was worried that the Walker might be too "active" for us and then
she got a Lab puppy. This guy goes all day. I am not sure what I would
do if we didn't have a pool. I can wear his ass out playing "fetch the
fender" (yeah a "boat" fender, just to stay on topic).
We swim laps like I did with Mr Ed too.
BTW his "lifesaving" trick is coming right along. He has pretty much
figured out, if you grab his tail, he is supposed to pull you over to
the steps. He doesn't even turn around and look anymore. I try to do
that every time we are in the pool, a few times, so he gets used to it
just being what he is supposed to do. It was automatic with Ed. He
would come get you.

We adopted our lab from the pound. Good dog. Lasted 16 years. Then we had a cat die so got one from
the pound. Within three months we had to put it down. Then we got another one. After a couple
thousand more dollars trying to fix an infection, we put it down. So I'm not too thrilled with the
pound either.

Dunno about cats, they are like Bic lighters aren't they ;-)
Our two pounds to give dogs a fairly good examination, check for heart
worms rabies etc and vaccinate them. Then they get neutered and
chipped before they adopt out.
I got lucky with Ed because they had a "big dog" special going on and
I got him for free. He was a dead dog walking for close to a week but
they really felt a yellow lab would get adopted. Auggie was the same
way. The girls out at Desoto tricked up his paperwork for a couple
weeks to keep from killing him. He was an ugly sommitch but a great
dog. Never did a single bad thing, but neither did Ed.
Deuce on the other hand is a work in progress.



We've had lots of cats over the years. All of them were homeless or
semi-homeless who were just wanderers. I usually was able to trap them
in a non-harmful trap baited with an open can of sardines. Once they are
caught, I run them up to the vet for a checkup and shots. Then they come
inside and live inside for the rest of their lives...and most of them
have lived with us for 15-20 years, with a couple of heartbreakers who
died after a decade or a little longer.