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Edith:
--- Quote from: nekowafer on 12 Jan 2011, 14:09 ---
--- Quote from: Edith on 12 Jan 2011, 13:17 ---I definitely am getting my doggie! I will pick her up on Sunday afternoon!
Basenji!
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Yaaaaaay doggie!
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Okay, so "definitely" was incorrect.
The dog was advertised as crate-trained. I need a crate-trained dog because I can't sleep in the bed with a dog; my allergies are too severe for that. Also, my landlady has the house for sale, and if the dog isn't crate-trained, then I can't shut her away on days that a realtor will come show the place.
Saturday morning I got an SMS from the dog's current foster home: "We have a crate for her but she hated it so we never used it." Well, okay, I thought...they have 3 other dogs, and no dog wants to be confined while the other three are free to roam. So I contacted the adoption agency, who contacted the previous foster home, who confirmed that she hates her crate and will try to break out of it within 4-5 hours.
Long story short, I'm totally committed to getting a dog, but it looks like it won't be this dog. Although I met her yesterday and she is amazing - sweet and beautiful and confident. She's slimmed down since the photos I'd seen before, so she looks more like the breed-standard should, with the wrinkly face and all. If anybody wants to adopt her, let me know and I'll put you in touch with the agency; she's a really cool dog.
Barmymoo:
That is such a shame :( Is there any way she could be retrained? Or perhaps a different type of crate would work? None of my dogs sleep in crates, but they do all voluntarily sleep in their own little beds.
JD:
Since I'm too lazy to take a new picture, here's an old one
On the right is Layla, our dog, and looks basically the same here as she does now. On the left is Elvis our sometimes dog who came over on weekends and stuff. Our neighbor lent him to us partially because he tended to be away alot, mostly because my brother loved him to death.
Sorry to hear about your dog troubles Edith! Allergies are such a pain.
Edith:
Layla's beautiful. Lookit that face! Elvis looks a lot like my friend's dog Oliver.
May, it seems like she's just not a good fit for where I live right now. Someone will adopt her, she's a sweetie...just not me. :-(
nekowafer:
Bella had to be put to sleep this weekend. She was in too much pain for us to make her keep going.
I am now down to one ferret, Pedro. Thankfully he is a happy-go-lucky little butthead who seems perfectly capable of being alone for now. I am worried that he'll soon realize that his Bella isn't coming home and stop eating. He's certainly enjoying having his gigantic cage to himself for the moment.
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