Little black furry dog. Perfect! We had a dog for 15 years. Meg went to the pet store for catnip, came back to tell me that I must go and see this little puppy. I saw the puppy, picked him up. Done deal. Enjoy your Prince! Stan
Sent from my iPad > On Aug 7, 2019, at 9:45 PM, John <jsessoms...@nc.rr.com> wrote: > > Well, I now have a little dog. > > His name is Prince and he's three years old. He just kind of fell into my lap > this afternoon. > > I went to the animal shelter to see what they might have and there was a sign > out front saying they were *FULL* & if you were there to surrender a pet, > please reconsider or at least wait a few days before trying again. > > They didn't really have anything but full grown pit bulls. I've nothing > against pit bulls, a friend of mine has one and she's the sweetest girl > you've ever met but too many of them have been mistreated to deliberately > make them aggressive and that's more than I can handle. I decided to check > back with them another day. > > On the way out, I met a guy coming in to surrender a little black furry dog. > He said his daughter was going away to college, so she couldn't keep him and > there was no else at home who would take care of him. He didn't know what he > was going to do if the shelter couldn't take him. We exchanged names & phone > numbers and Prince came home with me. > > He can call me if his daughter is inconsolable, and I may call him to find > out what time Prince expects to be fed in the morning. I've already been to > the store to buy food, a little harness for walkies and a bunch of the little > bags I'm going to need. > > I had to go to a club meeting for a couple of hours this evening and he was > kind of excited when I got home ... didn't know who that strange man was, > coming through his new front door. > > I gave him time to calm down before I approached him & then we went for a > walk. I think it will be good. Gives me a reason to do the exercise I've been > neglecting, and I won't be overdoing it keeping it gentle for him. > > I'll give him a little time to settle in before I start "tormenting" him with > the camera, but photos will follow. > >> On 8/7/2019 15:22:44, P. J. Alling wrote: >> He's an American Cocker Spaniel, I'm not sure that I can recommend one. >> The breed can be quite active, (kind of an understatement). On the other >> hand it is one of the breeds that you can find fairly easily as a rescue. >> He is a great friend, and now that he's older had mellowed quite a bit. He >> really needs to be groomed every three to four months to keep his fur >> relatively short, otherwise he'll be way to shaggy. >>> On 8/7/2019 1:41 PM, John wrote: >>> Glad to see some variety among the 4 legged ... >>> >>> Question for PJ: What breed of dog is that? >>> >>> I've been thinking about getting a small, shaggy dog and that looks like it >>> might be what I'm looking for ... the "shaggy" part anyway. Can't tell from >>> the photo how small (or large) it is. >>> >>> A small dog could ride with me when I go on photo safaris. I want to adopt >>> an older "shelter" dog, so I don't have to worry about who will take care >>> of it when I'm gone. >>> >>> I like the cats, especially Ralf's goofy "Zenobe". >>> >>> >>>> On 8/7/2019 02:59:24, Brian W wrote: >>>> ..here ya go, Cotty! >>>> >>>> View the August gallery here: >>>> >>>> http://pug.komkon.org/ >>>> >>>> (you may need to refresh your browser if you see the previous gallery >>>> there). >>>> >>>> Note: The automated submission process usually works well but it's not >>>> infallible. So, if you made a submission and you don't see it in the >>>> gallery, >>>> let me know. >>>> >>>> +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ >>>> >>>> Next up: 'Seascapes'. >>>> >>>> Full Submissions Guidelines here: >>>> >>>> http://pug.komkon.org/general/autosubmit.html >>>> >>>> You can submit here: >>>> >>>> http://pug.komkon.org/submit/ >>>> >>>> Cheers >>>> Brian >>>> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ >>>> Brian Walters >>>> Western Sydney Australia >>>> https://500px.com/supera1000 >>>> >>> >>> > > > -- > Science - Questions we may never find answers for. > Religion - Answers we must never question. > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
