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11-29-2006, 01:40 PM
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Adopting a buddy :)
Hey all, I just finished filling out the adoption forms and I should hear back soon but this may be my new buddy
 :  I initially wanted to get a brand new puppy but they are so damn expensive. Plus I rather save a dog that doesnt have much of a chance. Hopefully I will have him within the next week.
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11-29-2006, 01:59 PM
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Thanks!
Yea my mom breeds mini dacshunds and has been trying to give me one for a few months. I told her I am like look...can you see me, a pretty built 215lb guy jogging in the summer with an 8lb dog?! I dont think so lol. So I started looking around and I decided on a dobe I like him a lot. The adoption process is kind of cumbersome...they have to inspect my house to make sure I am not houseing a dog fighting ring in my basement lol.But when its all said and done it should be pretty cool. He has all his shots and its 250 out the door for me.
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11-29-2006, 02:10 PM
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thats cool man but i recommend getting female one to for him! you know he gonna wanna knock something up every now and then.....unless you like watching him hump stuffed animals and other sh1t around the house.
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11-29-2006, 02:11 PM
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11-29-2006, 02:40 PM
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The adoption process is tough. I was involved with GSD rescue for quite a while. I fostered dogs, did transportation and house inspections. But in the end I'm sure you'll find it was worth the effort.
He'll be neutered, so he shouldn't have 'issues'...all rescues neuter/spay if they are worth their 'salt'. No intact dogs are adopted out.
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11-29-2006, 02:47 PM
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Just out of curiosity does neutering a male stop them from growing? I want him to get big and muscular
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11-29-2006, 03:58 PM
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It actually depends more on the breed and age of neuter.
I neutered my male GSD too early. He took after his grandsire and not his sire and went to 29 inches at the withers. He should have stopped by 27 inches. From the pic of your buddy...he's well developed and proportioned now. Neutering him won't affect him filling out. The rescue won't be apt to give you the option to hold off though. Too many people renig on promises of a neuter/spay and then the dogs or the dogs and their pups end up back in rescue. So spay/neuters are almost always done prior to placement. I had one foster come in as an emergency and we had to wait for an appointment for her spay. All mine at the time were spayed/neutered so I took her until her appointment. If anyone had wanted to adopt her during that time they would have had to wait until after her spay to take possession. The rescue I worked with won't budge on that one.
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11-29-2006, 04:06 PM
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you have a very cool dog comign your way, when i get my own flat or home i cant wait to get a dog!
name him tyson, and give him a proper studded dog collar.
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11-30-2006, 07:39 AM
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Yea I dont know if I could change his name...he may be to old for it. If I did I think I would change it to Diesel. If this doesnt work out I just talked to a good friend of mine and her brother is having a litter of champion papered pitbulls. I think that they may be outlawed in the city I live in...but if they are not I am going to get a good deal on them.
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11-30-2006, 07:43 AM
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My emergency rescue came from a kill shelter. We had no idea what her name had been as she was scooped off the street in the bad section of Springfield.
She was a little over two years old. We named her Mandy. It took her a bit, but she did learn to respond to her name. You can change a dogs name if they are older. Just takes patience.
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11-30-2006, 12:27 PM
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awesome dog mate!
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12-01-2006, 12:42 PM
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Thanks! I just got the approval email! I get to go see him on Sunday and if I want him hes all mine
Now I just need to go to the bank
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12-01-2006, 03:38 PM
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 you should feed your dog protein bars.
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