Hmmm..Should I keep it?

[Flopper]

i was minding my own business when my spouse gets home from work, gets out of the car and sets this...

on the ground. My very old dog is within weeks of no longer being with me and i had already told my family not to show up with a new dog so what does he do?

Give the dog a try, at least a week maybe more. Just don't expect the new dog to replace the old dog. If the dog is a stray, keep in doors as much as you can until he bonds.

Of course I kept her. I just updated this thread with a recent picture. She's been with me since April.

Glad hear it. You have a fine looking dog.

 

[Kooshdakhaa]

Thanks. I think she's beautiful too. She's a good girl but still as headstrong as they come. I'm glad she's finally old enough for a formal obedience class.

I have a very headstrong dog, and I think it's because she is so intelligent. : ) I took her to almost a year of classes when I got her...Puppy Class, Advanced Puppy, Puppy Agility, Begininning Obedience, Advanced Obedience, Beginning Agility...

She was a challenge. In Puppy Class, all the other puppies ran through the agility tunnel, but not my girl. She wouldn't do it, prompting me to order online and spend a bunch of money getting practice agility equipment, including a tunnel. You know, so I could give her the "extra effort" she "apparently" required? Well, before the practice tunnel ever arrived the instructor had some baked chicken one day...Greta really liked it. So to get the chicken she started blazing through the agility tunnel like a freaking bullet. LOL She was capable all along. She just needed the right motivation.

And that's how she was throughout her training. You'd think she wasn't getting it. For example, she wouldn't sit stay, she'd start breaking when they'd do stuff to distract the dogs. But one day there was a contest...who would remain in a sit stay the longest. Much to my astonishment, we won. I think she sensed that I really, really wanted her to stay. And she did!!!

When she got a little older, by about two years old, she was very obedient and responsive to commands. She just had to grow up a bit.

Anyway, the point of my long-winded comment, is never underestimate a headstrong dog. They may be some of the smartest ones in the end. : )

P.S. Your dog is very beautiful!

It sounds as if you and your dog have a great relationship. I really enjoy training and hope that my puppy will enjoy it too. She's already very good with basic commands, but we haven't spent much time on a leash yet. And so far, this puppy seems to be super smart. She's just very high spirited and truthfully, I wouldn't want it any other way.

I agree...I love high-spirited dogs. I love it when they get big doggy grins on their faces and wag their tails so hard their whole body is involved in it. And play bow at me and charge me only to veer away at the last moment, grinning all the while.

Many a day I have started in a mediocre mood only to have my dogs get me laughing before I even hit the shower. Of course, sometimes they have me pulling out my hair, but the good times far outweigh the bad! : )

 

[Jackson]

name her 'love' that is what your man showed you.....he knows your in for a hard time when your older dog passes plus it such a compliment to your older dog.....that your family knows the void that will be in your heart....and brought this fur ball....so when you are mourning....she will nudge you with her nose.....you will suddenly find yourself pushing her off and then slowly petting her....then she will be comforting her mistress....

You have a good heart, strollingbones.