Look Mom..........He Followed Me Home.........

[rabbitsfizz]

[SIZE=18pt]OOOOHHH!!!!! We want to know :new_multi: :new_multi: :new_multi: :new_multi: [/SIZE]

 

[Mercysmom]

: Oh, those eyes!

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I hope you get to keep him... he looks like a real sweetie. If someone dropped him off to fend for himself... :new_2gunsfiring_v1: :new_2gunsfiring_v1: Don't understand some people. :no:

It is so easy to spay and neuter...and there are low cost programs if folks can't afford to do it...having an unneutered male suffer from perianal adenoma or a female suffer from pyometra or mammary cancer...it isn't worth it! (I worked for a veterinarian in CT a long time ago and saw all of the above...and a lot of good dogs suffered and died - my own veterinarian said I should be breeding Bridget (our GSP) due to her outstanding conformation... but she is spayed (

: :aktion033: ) and her more outstanding sister is showing with her breeder/owner and will be bred some day - rather let the professional breeders handle that stuff.) Saw a lovely Collie almost lose her life and her six pups were born by C-section...only one made it out alive and ended up having to be put to sleep due to congenital defects and blindness....

I am an advocate of neutering and spaying, especially when poor puppies and kitties who didn't ask to be brought into the world end up dumped on the side of the road. Lots of cats get dumped in our neighborhood as we are in a very rural area. :no: Lots of coyotes around here...and I hate to think that those kitties are ending up as coyote feed. :no:

OK - I am off the soapbox. No tomatoes, please! :new_tomato:

Give that adorable pup a hug for me.

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I have a purebred GSP and he doesn't look like one, in my humble opinion. I think terrier or pit mix...and very, very hugable and worthy of lots of love for his lifetime.

Enjoy him!!!

Denise

Silversong Farm

 

[Danielle_E.]

I think he is adorable too and if I would have been the one to find him he would be a "keeper" :bgrin. As others have said please don't be put off by the "pit" breeding in him. A friend of my daughter's has 3 of them and they come to visit all the time. They are WONDERFUL dogs when brought up the way they should be. I have seen problem dogs in almost every breed but the problem with the pitbull is the owners who in the past purchased them as guard animals and raised them to be "mean". I don't care what breed of dog, if they are raised the wrong way they can turn in a blink of an eye, big or small. One of the worst I have ever seen was a scottish terrier so please don't be put off, love this little one and he will be the best dog and friend you have ever had

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[Warpony]

[SIZE=10pt] Warpony - no offense - your dog is a cutie, both now and when a pup - but who ever told you they saw a pitbull resemblance...well I dont see it. I see shepard mix. Nice looking dog though![/SIZE]

absolutely no offense taken, I didn't see it either, but I am terrible at guessing mixes when they are puppies, they all seem to have that big headed roundish faced look to me. That is why I ask other people for their opinions, lol. I just know when I posted her puppy pictures on the newsgroup i went to back then almost everyone started screaming "pit mix"... except for the few who said boxer mix, which I see even less then pit... and the handful that were asking everyone else what they were smoking since she was clearly a shepherd mix, lol. It may have been partially the brindle colour. No clue where that came from, to me everything about her screamed GSD mix, even though the shelter had her listed as a Lab mix. She has the happy Lab tail so there may be some of that in there as well. It never mattered to me what she was, my husband took one look at her and it was true love. We went in looking for a medium sized male lab mix and came home with her instead.... and we have not regretted it for a single moment since.

And I am dying to know how things have turned out, does the little guy have hubbys stamp of approval or no?

I never used to care for the look of adult pit bulls until i met a lovely girl at a gas station one day and she looked me in the eye and smiled the biggest dog smile I have ever seen. I was hooked from that point on. I won't have one myself simply because there are breeds I prefer to them, but i always go bonkers over the ones I meet. The co-leader of my daughters girlscout troop has two of them, mother and son, and they are just so much fun. At the last camp out we had at her house I talked her into letting Ginger sleep in my tent with my daughter and me. She is a very dangerous dog, though. She has killer licking skills. She can lick the hide off of your face in no time flat.

: If I didn;t already have three dogs and 6 cats I'd steal her in a heart beat.

 

[Little Wee Horse Farm]

Gerilynn -- Just in case you're waffling because it may be a pit or am staff or pit/amstaff mix with whatever, I have to show you these:

The first two are of my Ursa Minor, & the 2nd two are of my Dear Prudence. I have had this breed for about 15-16 years. I'd trust them with my life.............c'mon! he's realllly cute!

: (by the way, he looks to be a mixed breed to me, maybe one of those under discussion, maybe a little beagle/other type of terrier in there too.) Oh and BTW, ANY breed of dog needs a proper upbringing & education. We're all telling you to keep him, but you've got to learn dog, just like you know horse. - k

 

[PondlakeMinis]

Hi Geri, he is wonderful and soooooo CUTE. good thing you didn't have him on tuesday when I picked the boys up, I would have taken him also. He is just tooooooo darn cute.

cyndia

 

[Soggy Bottom Ranch]

Well, when hubby got home last night, he didn’t go as crazy for him as I thought he would. I think “the idea†of a puppy is more exciting to him than anything. We talked at great length about it, and made a decision as to whether the puppy would stay with us or not. Our decision was that we just don’t feel comfortable that we have the time or knowledge to dedicate to the proper training and socialization this little guy would need.

This morning when I woke up, I thought I was comfortable with our decision, which for Dave was, “I’ll leave it up to you.†He knows he works a lot of hours, and is away from home quite a bit. There are times when he’s out of town all week, so this decision would have a great deal to do with me as well, since I would be caring for the puppy most the time. I wanted to take today to think long and hard before I made up my mind permanently. I read a lot of your comments, and tried to think this through. The more I read, the more guilty I felt, because I’m beginning to see that I just don’t feel the same enthusiasm or excitement that you all do, when I look at this little puppy. Yesterday was exciting, and it’s so cute the way he’s so excited to see me, and snuggles in, and gives puppy kisses. But when I look at him, I also see a very long road with house training a new puppy.

I have two kitties in the house, and I just LOVE my little furry friends. I feel I know cats, and I love how independent they are, especially when I’m busy, and have a deadline to meet with an order. I certainly know how my minis make me feel when I am around them, just cleaning up pastures, or watching them from the window, and you all know I could watch that little leopard

: boy of mine all day!!! Am I a bad person because to me, cleaning up the pee he left me on the floor yesterday was more aggravating than exciting? Does it make me a bad person to have the willingness to say I’d be doing this puppy more harm than good by keeping him here? I would hope that people will understand that I might be a better person for admitting that, and giving him the chance to go to a great home where someone would have more “dog knowledgeâ€, and more time to dedicate to training him to be a great companion………..which I have no doubts he will be! Could the story here be that who ever dropped this little guy off in our yard, dropped him off because they knew I would care for him, make sure he was safe, and find him a better home where someone would appreciate him more than they did?

So, if anyone would love to have this little sweetie, feel free to p.m. me………I’d love to find him a caring and loving home. And thank you everyone, for taking the time to offer your help and suggestions! They did help, especially reguarding the feed. Hubby picked up an "all natural" feed that doesn't have corn in it, and he seems to be doing ok on it.

 

[laughingllama75]

I say, Kudos to you, to care enough about the puppy to realize you don't have the time or want to care for him properly. No need to feel bad about it.......you simply arent the right home for him long term. I am sure he appreciates you finding him and caring for him now, and will be even happier to finally be in the "right" home. And you will feel wonderful, seeing him in his forever home. Best of luck to you both.

Alicia

 

[rabbitsfizz]

IF he is lucky enough to find that home of course.

I have a feeling if you give it a week or so.............

 

[ChrystalPaths]

Soggy said:

Could the story here be that who ever dropped this little guy off in our yard, dropped him off because they knew I would care for him, make sure he was safe, and find him a better home where someone would appreciate him more than they did?

My answer is yes. Fate put him with you...only you can decide if he is "for you" or maybe he was left with you because fate knew you would find him a prper home and care for him in the mean time. Don't feel guilty..puppies are HUGE loads of work. The training and cleaning up are alot and if you aren't a dog person that doesn't make you bad...don't feel guilty. I am sure he will find a fine home with your help. Do tell the new folks...his name is Terrence. He is a really good boy inside and wants only to please.

 

[Little Wee Horse Farm]

Please don't feel guilty! There's only one person on here that knows if he is right for you, and that's you. We all, I believe, felt you would give him a good home. Perhaps you could try to find a pit/am staff rescue. They also could tell you if they believe the dog is that breed. If so, they are wonderful caring organizations. Go online. There's lots & some will help get the dog to where they are.

I got both of the dogs I posted above from rescues. I have also done pit/am staff fostering myself. I really loved those little ones, but I felt so good when they went to forever homes. I felt like I gave them the little lift they needed when their lives had become so bad. One was found under a car on a freezing night in the ghetto. Another was left at a gas well for my neighbor to discover as he is the guy who checks the wells around here. Yeah, he knew where to bring it (me).

Just when life gets so bad (I can see the little fellow's backbone in the pix you posted, so sad!), along can come an angel to help them on the journey to a forever home. Guess what?? YOU are that angel. It's your turn! You've been elected! Yay for you! On behalf of pit/am staff lovers, let me say "thank you" for that little dog because he can't.

I hope, when my retirement is complete, to work with animal rescue near here & especially to help with the breed that so few people really understand. Good luck to you.

 

[SunQuest]

Oh please don't feel guilty. You know if he is right for you and your home. Glad that you care enough to not let him freeze, and I am sure that you will find just the perfect home for him. Any way you look at it, you are his angel.

And yes, they take a great deal of time as puppies. And if you don't have time, then if will be difficult for you to raise him and house break him.

Some hints for you to help while you rehome him. Take him out as soon as his little eyes open after sleeping. You may have to carry him to the door when he wakes up as he isn't old enough to have good bladder control and often they sleep so soundly that they don't know they have to go until it is almos too late. Also, I would take him out just before you feed him and again about 5 minutes after he eats. All that food sitting on his bladder makes a young fellow have to go. And no rough playing in the house. When a puppy plays, the excitement makes them loose bladder control. Also, I crate train my dogs. Teaching them to sleep in crates at night when they are puppies helps to keep them from wondering and having accidents. But, I make sure to take them out once a night in the middle of the night.

And please let us know how he does and when you find him a good home.

(((Hugs))) and don't feel bad!

 

[minisaremighty]

Do NOT feel guilty! It's not so much THIS pup that is an issue, it's just YOU weren't prepared to raise any pup right now! I feel the same as Dimimore, that you possibly were chosen to just temporarily care for the little one and help him onto his new home.

I sooooo totally understand about the timing not being right. I have wanted to add another pup to our house for more than a year, but have had to keep putting it off because the timing hasn't been right. It takes a LOT of time and dedication to do justice to raising a puppy. If the timing is not right, you can end up with a dog that is far from what you dreamed of.

I have had a lost puppy (he was 6 months old so past the potty training stage) show up on our doorstep and it was a LOT of work even at that age! He was sweet as could be, but didn't quite conform into the family (he was a medium size dog and my other medium size dog didn't like him all that much). We cared for him for 7 months until we found his rightful owner. I loved him during that time, but I was surprised at how relieved I was when he finally went home.

So, again, do not feel guilty! This little guy will find the right family soon enough and you get to find out a little of what it is like to raise a puppy! It's awesome that you realized this NOW, rather than having him longer and then starting to resent him. It's one thing to bring a puppy home intentionally, it's another to have one just appear on your doorstep at a very busy time in your life!

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[Soggy Bottom Ranch]

Just an update. I've been in contact with a rescue group that specifically works with pit bulls/pit bull mixes. Initially, he was a real A** :new_argue: about it because I think he thought it was us who owned the puppy, and was trying just to "dump" it. We simply explained to him that the puppy was dropped off, and explained to him that he needs to be in the care of someone more knowledgable with training this breed, and puppies in general, than we are. Once he settled down, he gave us some very helpful tips as to what we can do to while he is with us looking for a new home. He said he would assist us in finding the right home for him, to make sure he doesn't get in the wrong hands, or somewhere down the line, end up at the Humane Shelter.

 

[laughingllama75]

HI,

Sorry the guy was a jerk, unfortunatly those of us involved in rescue can become burnt out and oftentimes are snappy to the wrong people. I do know from experience, some owners DO pretend they found the dog and try to get rid of it that way. I myself found and caught a cat that was dumped on one of our dirt roads, I called the SPCA and I know the woman didnt believe me. She kept asking, what is wrong with it, how old and things to try and "trip me up" like I was lying. She did finally get it, that I was trying to help. Very frustrating. I am glad he ended up being helpful, and I hope the right family comes along soon for you and puppy.

Alicia

 

[ClickMini]

I am glad you were in touch with a knowledgeable rescue. Let me explain just a bit about why shelter workers often seem like touchy a-holes. Day in, day out, the animals come, the owners with amazingly rotten reasons for not wanting to care for their pets. Things like I have a white couch and this black cat is shedding all over it. Bringing in entire litters of mutt pups because they just don't want to deal with the aftermath of letting little Suzie watch the miracle of birth. :new_2gunsfiring_v1: After a while, it gets to be nearly impossible to view ANYONE coming through the door as having good intentions. Even the adopters..."We need a replacement for our dog that was hit by a car in front of our house..." and on further investigation you find out that this was really the fourth dog they had be hit in front of their house and they have done nothing to ensure it wouldn't happen again... After a while, it gets a little hard to

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I managed an animal shelter for three years. I saw some of the best of humans and a lot of the worst during that time. I have a lot of sympathy for those on the front lines of animal rescue.

By the way, your little stray sure looks like the best dog in the whole world: http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a91/amylacy/****ooDog.jpg my Boo dog who is also a pit mix. I never ever wanted to own a larger dog again, but one way and another I ended up with two. I also have Willow, a nearly pure pit:

. They are awesome great dogs, and I love them both very much.

 

[Miniv]

Having a puppy is definitely a responsibility, and some breeds are more of one than others. I don't think you should feel guilty because you did NOT go out and SEEK this little guy.

If you do end up wanting a dog after all this, maybe you two would be perfect owners for adopting a young adult dog from a Shelter. More often than not, an older dog who is maybe a year or two old is already house broken and ready to truly appreciate the RESCUE.

Perhaps Terrence came into your life to teach you something? Something you can pass on to a future dog?

MA

 

[shane]

i think if more people were like you, and thought things out, rather than be caught u p in the cute puppy thing, that there wouldnt be as many unwanted dogs, fair play to you for thinking into the future rather than just today,good luck with finding trevor a new home, im sure you will, and when he goes dont feel guilty, go and look at your lepard spot knowing youve done your best.....

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[Soggy Bottom Ranch]

Thank you so much to Lori (luvmycritters) for stopping in to pick up the puppy today! :aktion033: :aktion033: :aktion033: It was so nice to meet you and your husband! I'm sure puppers will have a WONDERFUL home, and be loved

: and spoiled for a long time to come!!!! Please share some photos with us all as he gets settled in to his new home.

 

[lilhorseladie]

That isn't only a happy ending it is awesome! :aktion033: to both of you!