Meet "Dog." 

A Royal greeting
She's on loan from the local pound for the weekend.  Tomorrow we can either return her or adopt her.  Adoption is free and they give a coupon for the local vet to have all the shots plus "altering" done relatively cheap.  We'd have to get her spayed right away because as cute as Great Pyr/Germ. Shepherd mix pups would be....   areyouinsane?Idon'twantpuppies!!!       We sold all three of Gran's kids at the swap meet this weekend (what?  You sold the grankids??)  and we're in agreement that money can be spent on a dog.

We might call and ask for just a couple more days.  She's finally settling in and we're getting to know each other a little better.  I want to see how well she can learn what's expected of her.   I'm very wary of shepherd/husky type dogs because although very intelligent and great with livestock when trained, they can also be the world's worst dogs on the farm.  They don't really fall into the "lounge around the house and eat scraps" category,  you know?   They'd much rather be out doing something.  So far she has chased after the chickens and cat, but more in a bored "I want to play" fashion than an "I want to eat you" fashion.  And she responds imediately when you reprimand her for it.  She's immensely curious about the goats but after a swift and forceful butt from Gran she's learned to keep her distance.  So far so good.  She's a fast learner.  This morning she talked Murphy into taking her to the nearby cow pasture to roll in cow pies, which he hasn't done on his own for quite some time.  I was very disappointed in them both.  Guess who's getting baths today?

She's also not real interested in scraps, which of course is our main reason for getting another dog.  She'll eat some things but, unlike Catfish, she actually smelled them first.  Hmm.

She does very well in the house otherwise.  She lays quietly out of the way (in fact, we haven't heard her bark at all, just a yelp or two while wrestling with Murphy), wants to be near us but not under our feet.  She goes to the door when she wants out and again when she's ready to come back in.

We did shop around a little yesterday.  The nearest animal shelter charges a $100 adoption fee.  Ouch.  There was a female black and tan hound type there that we liked, but...    I dunno.  I would still like to wait for another one of those "we're moving from the country to the city and can't take our 2yr old spayed female dog with us" type dogs.  But we're all so very impatient...  

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Posted by gabbie427

She is beautiful!!! I hope you decide to keep her!!

God's Blessings,
Amy Jo

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Posted by dukygurl

hey that is a nice lookin' critter. I hope she works out well for you guys!! If she doesn't you will find a fab pet!!

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