Those who know our current dog line-up may have noticed an unfamiliar face in yesterday’s car photo. Let me explain.
All of our inside dogs are girls, as are Mama Dog and Blue. My husband had been seriously considering the idea of keeping one of the little boy pups from MD’s recent litter. I think he felt the need for some additional testosterone around here. I didn’t mind keeping one, but….how to pick just one from the precious four little boys?! They’re ALL so cute and different! My second concern was where to keep him until he was old enough to be out safely with the big dogs. I hated the thought of keeping him in the run all alone (once the others were parceled out) and I knew Blue and MD wouldn’t want to be locked up with him.
The problem was solved for us. A couple of weekends ago we heard a major barking ruckus outside. I found a young, skinny white dog cowering in our flower bed. He didn’t look to be any more than six months old and was covered in ticks and fleas. My husband took one look at him, made a comment I won’t repeat here about folks that dump dogs, and said we might as well keep him rather than one of the puppies. Over the next couple of days we fed him, treated him for ticks, fleas & earmites, and gave him some much needed love. He went for a vet checkup when we carried Blue in to have her stitches out and has since settled in and made himself right at home.
All of our inside dogs are girls, as are Mama Dog and Blue. My husband had been seriously considering the idea of keeping one of the little boy pups from MD’s recent litter. I think he felt the need for some additional testosterone around here. I didn’t mind keeping one, but….how to pick just one from the precious four little boys?! They’re ALL so cute and different! My second concern was where to keep him until he was old enough to be out safely with the big dogs. I hated the thought of keeping him in the run all alone (once the others were parceled out) and I knew Blue and MD wouldn’t want to be locked up with him.
The problem was solved for us. A couple of weekends ago we heard a major barking ruckus outside. I found a young, skinny white dog cowering in our flower bed. He didn’t look to be any more than six months old and was covered in ticks and fleas. My husband took one look at him, made a comment I won’t repeat here about folks that dump dogs, and said we might as well keep him rather than one of the puppies. Over the next couple of days we fed him, treated him for ticks, fleas & earmites, and gave him some much needed love. He went for a vet checkup when we carried Blue in to have her stitches out and has since settled in and made himself right at home.
6 comments:
Met him, bonded and think he's a real winner! What a sweet boy!
But, then, I'm awfully partial to boy dogs!
Love the photo!
I had a couple of misspellings...you'd better stock up on dog food because I hear Curella De Vil may be on her way looking for a bunch of dalmations.
That's one smart dog who made himself at home at your house!!!
:-) He will get great treatment there!
Someone is on to you like they're on to me about cats. I have strange cats showing up weekly around here!! He's a beauty, though, Kelly! Blessings!
ANOTHER!!! You've got a heart as big as the outdoors, Kel. We'll call this, the year of the dog(s). Love his name.
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