Welcome, Ollie!
Apparently "ask and you shall receive" works with dogs, too. We tried to get a yellow Lab from a semi-local shelter (three hours away) last Friday. Someone had already taken him out for a home visit, so we figured we had lost this one, too.
Yesterday they brought him back and said that he was just too much for them to handle. We said we would be there this morning. He is an approximately one to two year old pup who has had absolutely zero training. Just an out-of-control fireball.
By the time we loaded him into the back of our Jeep, he was already walking at heel. The people at the front desk were astonished. He rode well in the car, only fussing one time when he needed to use the rest stop. Once he was turned out in our yard, he was very curious and then reverted to the ball of fire.
He lounged in the baby pool and chased a ball and generally tried to get away with anything he could. He willingly drops something when told, but he doesn't understand his boundaries yet. After he ate supper, he went right into his kennel and went to sleep.
We will take him in to see our vet tomorrow and get a health checkup and rabies vaccination, plus a rattlesnake shot. We also will check into having him chipped and buying health insurance for him.
This is definitely a project, but we feel he is totally worth it. Absolutely love at first sight.
So, without further ado, here's Ollie! Hope this photo posts OK.
http://i899.photobucket.com/albums/ac200/Turbotailmurph/image.jpg1_zps1lbkgwtx.jpg
Yesterday they brought him back and said that he was just too much for them to handle. We said we would be there this morning. He is an approximately one to two year old pup who has had absolutely zero training. Just an out-of-control fireball.
By the time we loaded him into the back of our Jeep, he was already walking at heel. The people at the front desk were astonished. He rode well in the car, only fussing one time when he needed to use the rest stop. Once he was turned out in our yard, he was very curious and then reverted to the ball of fire.
He lounged in the baby pool and chased a ball and generally tried to get away with anything he could. He willingly drops something when told, but he doesn't understand his boundaries yet. After he ate supper, he went right into his kennel and went to sleep.
We will take him in to see our vet tomorrow and get a health checkup and rabies vaccination, plus a rattlesnake shot. We also will check into having him chipped and buying health insurance for him.
This is definitely a project, but we feel he is totally worth it. Absolutely love at first sight.
So, without further ado, here's Ollie! Hope this photo posts OK.
http://i899.photobucket.com/albums/ac200/Turbotailmurph/image.jpg1_zps1lbkgwtx.jpg
