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On the hunt.
We are getting serious about finding a dog. I have been pounding the
internet and all of the adoption agencies around here. I was down at the Collier pound looking at Cosmo today but we were not in love. http://tinyurl.com/ycsvoopf He seems to be a nice dog but I suspect he spent a lot of time on the street. I also still think I want another lab. I am going down tomorrow to look at 3 puppies but I am not sure we have a puppy in us. http://tinyurl.com/y7rrzpsr http://tinyurl.com/yc7bssx9 http://tinyurl.com/y7d5uam8 My guess is these may all be litter mates (along with a couple others at this shelter) who were surrendered by a lab breeder who had a bitch that was out dating. I suppose it is encouraging that they were not just drown. I still have Lab Rescue looking for an adult for us but nothing has turned up closer than WPB or Tampa. There is also a place on the cape that specializes in big dogs and we have then on the list too. |
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On the hunt.
On Wed, 19 Jul 2017 07:24:05 -0400, Wayne.B
wrote: On Tue, 18 Jul 2017 23:53:27 -0400, wrote: I still have Lab Rescue looking for an adult for us but nothing has turned up closer than WPB or Tampa. There is also a place on the cape that specializes in big dogs and we have then on the list too. === We have friends who are well connected with dog rescue in the Cape, not sure which organization. We'll be home in a few days and can contact them if you'd like. We may already be talking to them if they are on the internet but we appreciate all the help we can get. I am still not sure we are ready to deal with a puppy. I would really like an adult who has learned house manners. That was the main reason we did not bring Cosmo home with us. He seems to be a street dog than may end up being a runner who does not understand living in the house. It is pretty hard to know from 15 minutes at the pound but I did not get the same feeling I had with Auggie and Ed. |
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On the hunt.
On Wed, 19 Jul 2017 11:51:41 -0400, wrote:
On Wed, 19 Jul 2017 07:24:05 -0400, Wayne.B wrote: On Tue, 18 Jul 2017 23:53:27 -0400, wrote: I still have Lab Rescue looking for an adult for us but nothing has turned up closer than WPB or Tampa. There is also a place on the cape that specializes in big dogs and we have then on the list too. === We have friends who are well connected with dog rescue in the Cape, not sure which organization. We'll be home in a few days and can contact them if you'd like. We may already be talking to them if they are on the internet but we appreciate all the help we can get. I am still not sure we are ready to deal with a puppy. I would really like an adult who has learned house manners. That was the main reason we did not bring Cosmo home with us. He seems to be a street dog than may end up being a runner who does not understand living in the house. It is pretty hard to know from 15 minutes at the pound but I did not get the same feeling I had with Auggie and Ed. The English Pointer we have now was a runner when we got her. Big pain in the ass having to chase the dog down. A couple times, at campgrounds, I gave up on her. But, she came back or was captured by someone. Now she is living with a torn CCL in both rear stifles. She couldn't run if she wanted, although I'm sure she thinks she can. It brings tears to my eyes just watching her trying to get up from a lying down position. |
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On the hunt.
On Wed, 19 Jul 2017 12:18:59 -0400, John H
wrote: On Wed, 19 Jul 2017 11:51:41 -0400, wrote: On Wed, 19 Jul 2017 07:24:05 -0400, Wayne.B wrote: On Tue, 18 Jul 2017 23:53:27 -0400, wrote: I still have Lab Rescue looking for an adult for us but nothing has turned up closer than WPB or Tampa. There is also a place on the cape that specializes in big dogs and we have then on the list too. === We have friends who are well connected with dog rescue in the Cape, not sure which organization. We'll be home in a few days and can contact them if you'd like. We may already be talking to them if they are on the internet but we appreciate all the help we can get. I am still not sure we are ready to deal with a puppy. I would really like an adult who has learned house manners. That was the main reason we did not bring Cosmo home with us. He seems to be a street dog than may end up being a runner who does not understand living in the house. It is pretty hard to know from 15 minutes at the pound but I did not get the same feeling I had with Auggie and Ed. The English Pointer we have now was a runner when we got her. Big pain in the ass having to chase the dog down. A couple times, at campgrounds, I gave up on her. But, she came back or was captured by someone. Now she is living with a torn CCL in both rear stifles. She couldn't run if she wanted, although I'm sure she thinks she can. It brings tears to my eyes just watching her trying to get up from a lying down position. Ed had a running problem too and chasing him was counter productive. We used his fear of loud noises to our advantage. If I lobbed a bottle rocket in the air, he was standing next to me as fast as he could get there. After we figured that out, his running pretty much stopped. He decided that every time he ran, someone would take a shot at him and there was a cookie waiting for him back home. He finally got to the point that he would impulsively take off when the garage door opened but he stopped at the end of the driveway and came back. Then he just ignored open doors. I could walk with him off leash. I suspect he used to get the **** beat out of him when he wandered away from one (maybe both) of the families that adopted him from the pound in the 3 months before I got him. He was a 3 time loser, on death row. I think the first time he was surrendered it was over money or people moving into a place where they couldn't keep him. My vet said someone spent a lot of money on him, years ago based on indications of surgery. |
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On the hunt.
On Wednesday, July 19, 2017 at 11:52:07 AM UTC-4, wrote:
On Wed, 19 Jul 2017 07:24:05 -0400, Wayne.B wrote: On Tue, 18 Jul 2017 23:53:27 -0400, wrote: I still have Lab Rescue looking for an adult for us but nothing has turned up closer than WPB or Tampa. There is also a place on the cape that specializes in big dogs and we have then on the list too. === We have friends who are well connected with dog rescue in the Cape, not sure which organization. We'll be home in a few days and can contact them if you'd like. We may already be talking to them if they are on the internet but we appreciate all the help we can get. I am still not sure we are ready to deal with a puppy. I would really like an adult who has learned house manners. That was the main reason we did not bring Cosmo home with us. He seems to be a street dog than may end up being a runner who does not understand living in the house. It is pretty hard to know from 15 minutes at the pound but I did not get the same feeling I had with Auggie and Ed. Buddy was dropped off in our neighborhood when he was about 1 year old. He was a handful for the first couple of years. Now at about 7, he's a really good, laid back lab. I couldn't do a puppy either. |
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