Cityratt
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Brian and I have been looking to add another set of paws to the family, and earlier this week...we did! Meet Blue:
The shelter picked him up as a stray, and we were told that he is a year old (obviously by their estimation) however I would say there's no chance he's over 8 months.
He must've been someones dog at some point, as he rides well in the car, can sit and shake a paw and is completely crate trained
so we're just working away on manners and other basic things like that (pulling, jumping, mouthing just a bit when he gets SUPER excited) and then introducing Boo Boo to the cat (Poor Hawkeye is a little spooked, we keep Blue on leash as to restrict chasing, and he doesn't seem to have intense focus on him, so I think once the novelty wears off we'll be all good ) and Hawk isnt THAT spooked, he'll still sleep in the same room as him at night so I'm sure we'll get there...
This summer my work schedule is a little wacky, but we plan to go places with this guy! With his keen attention and drive I hope he takes to some sort of dogsport (Agility? Disc dog? Flyball? Dock Diving? Rally? Herding maybe???) and then Radar can tag along and not be "pushed" by my desire to have a dog that I can compete with (as Ray has hip-dysplasia, so I know we need to try and take it lower impact with him).
Right now he is sleeping on the dog bed after going for a walk with my friend, we went down to the clinic and got some nummy cookies and met some new people - trying to ramp up the socialization to new things and he seems to be doing well
He's settling in well and him and Radar are getting more comfortable:
"umm 'scuse me - dats ma leg in yer mouth"
Crazy Ears! :heart:
The shelter picked him up as a stray, and we were told that he is a year old (obviously by their estimation) however I would say there's no chance he's over 8 months.
He must've been someones dog at some point, as he rides well in the car, can sit and shake a paw and is completely crate trained
so we're just working away on manners and other basic things like that (pulling, jumping, mouthing just a bit when he gets SUPER excited) and then introducing Boo Boo to the cat (Poor Hawkeye is a little spooked, we keep Blue on leash as to restrict chasing, and he doesn't seem to have intense focus on him, so I think once the novelty wears off we'll be all good ) and Hawk isnt THAT spooked, he'll still sleep in the same room as him at night so I'm sure we'll get there...This summer my work schedule is a little wacky, but we plan to go places with this guy! With his keen attention and drive I hope he takes to some sort of dogsport (Agility? Disc dog? Flyball? Dock Diving? Rally? Herding maybe???) and then Radar can tag along and not be "pushed" by my desire to have a dog that I can compete with (as Ray has hip-dysplasia, so I know we need to try and take it lower impact with him).
Right now he is sleeping on the dog bed after going for a walk with my friend, we went down to the clinic and got some nummy cookies and met some new people - trying to ramp up the socialization to new things and he seems to be doing well
He's settling in well and him and Radar are getting more comfortable:
"umm 'scuse me - dats ma leg in yer mouth"
Crazy Ears! :heart:
