We call him Sam
Last night my wife and I took the plunge after losing our Jack Russel 4 year ago! He is a supposed 2 year and 3 months old. He is a Shi-poo! We had to go 50 miles to get him and he was friendly fro...
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We got Sam his vaccinations on Thursday and on Friday we took him to the groomer!
He was reluctant to enter the vets office but complied and bravely got his shots and got messed wit ha little but left unchanged!
Took him to the Salon and we dropped him off for 4 hours and he got the treatment, Bath, air dry, trimmed, 15 minutes of a massaging brushing,
He was shy when we got there also, but he wnt with the ladies at the salon also reluctantly. We arrived back 3-1/2 hours later and got to see them finishing him up. My wife actually thought and I did too at first that he must be done because that did not look like our Sam on the table. We stayed out of site so they could finish!
When they called for Sams parents to report to the salon we went in and he was so happy to see us. The ladies at the salon said that he seemed to be free of fleas and dry skin but he did reek with cigarette smoke! Other than that he enjoyed himself once they started on him Although he warmed up to the groomers, he was excited to see us. They thought it was amazing how he has attached himself to us in the little time that we've had him!
We have stopped putting him on a walking leash to go do his job and get some fresh air! He stays with in the yard which is large and will run ahead of us only when he wants to get to his favorite spot to do hi thing and then return so excited! Last night we left his kennel unlocked and he went into it on his own when we shut off the lights and TV and I woke up to him sniffing my arm and face at around 7AM! I got up and we went outside, came back in and started our day! What a day we had!
At 4:30 the grandkids showed up and I kept him in the living room so they could all see him together. That might have been a mistake because when the g-daughter walked in with their parents and the grandson right after them, Sam was startled by all the people at one time like that! He barked and growled but with some talking and reassuring words, he calmed down and began to check them out!
Not 5 minutes had passed and they were playing ball with him! I told my son that this was the big test and that if he would not accept the kids that we would have to figure something out either classes, working with him for a few weeks or find him another home! He and his wife were not too concerned and felt that they would mesh and they did! Sam had a great time and didn't know who to take the ball to next and he did keep dropping it at our 4 year old GD's feet and she has a bit of a fear of larger dogs and my other son has 2 golden doodles who are big babies! She fell for Sam as they all did once there was a mutual trust and friendships were created!
He has more grand Kids to meet tomorrow but they are also young, they had a dog up until last year so they will be fine.
The neighbors dogs bark incessantly all day and all night! They need homes and I have made complaints in the past! Poor animals are outside 24/7! Between a family with 2 homes across from each other, they have 8 dogs that are in my opinion mistreated!
Sam goes out side and the barking begins and he will have nothing to do with it and heads to the front yard and I prefer the back but he doesn't like the barking and doesn't participate!
As far as my wife and I are concerned, Sam is home!
I took some photos but cant figure out how to load them from my MICRO SD card. I can get them on the computer but cant get them in the RV.NET post.
I will keep trying but I would say that if you have seen one ink spot on a photo, you've seen them all. He is just so dark that I did get some nice photos but in some bright light and still he looks like a ink spot on a photo!
When we lost out Jack Russel a few years ago, we never dreamed we would have another pet in the house that was ours, although all were welcome with they're families. We certainly never imagined adopting a 2 years and some 3 months old pet!
We still have to do something about motion sickness for traveling while camping this summer but as I said, we do most of our camping locally and a couple border state trips in the mid to late summer! If we cant help him with motion sickness we will stay home and camp locally all summer, this had been discussed and agreed on! He is part of the family and his well being is important also.
My health is in the toilet, so to speak so if Sams not up to a trip then we will do something we can all enjoy!
Through the years we raised 4 boys and we always had a dog or cat or both. We never had a purebred until the JACK and she was so very smart but head strong.We miss her something awful.
Sam is filling that loss that void that we thought could not be filled but still in memory of Lizzy. Fourteen years with her and then about 4 years later we thought we would like to have another, and along came Sam!
He was reluctant to enter the vets office but complied and bravely got his shots and got messed wit ha little but left unchanged!
Took him to the Salon and we dropped him off for 4 hours and he got the treatment, Bath, air dry, trimmed, 15 minutes of a massaging brushing,
He was shy when we got there also, but he wnt with the ladies at the salon also reluctantly. We arrived back 3-1/2 hours later and got to see them finishing him up. My wife actually thought and I did too at first that he must be done because that did not look like our Sam on the table. We stayed out of site so they could finish!
When they called for Sams parents to report to the salon we went in and he was so happy to see us. The ladies at the salon said that he seemed to be free of fleas and dry skin but he did reek with cigarette smoke! Other than that he enjoyed himself once they started on him Although he warmed up to the groomers, he was excited to see us. They thought it was amazing how he has attached himself to us in the little time that we've had him!
We have stopped putting him on a walking leash to go do his job and get some fresh air! He stays with in the yard which is large and will run ahead of us only when he wants to get to his favorite spot to do hi thing and then return so excited! Last night we left his kennel unlocked and he went into it on his own when we shut off the lights and TV and I woke up to him sniffing my arm and face at around 7AM! I got up and we went outside, came back in and started our day! What a day we had!
At 4:30 the grandkids showed up and I kept him in the living room so they could all see him together. That might have been a mistake because when the g-daughter walked in with their parents and the grandson right after them, Sam was startled by all the people at one time like that! He barked and growled but with some talking and reassuring words, he calmed down and began to check them out!
Not 5 minutes had passed and they were playing ball with him! I told my son that this was the big test and that if he would not accept the kids that we would have to figure something out either classes, working with him for a few weeks or find him another home! He and his wife were not too concerned and felt that they would mesh and they did! Sam had a great time and didn't know who to take the ball to next and he did keep dropping it at our 4 year old GD's feet and she has a bit of a fear of larger dogs and my other son has 2 golden doodles who are big babies! She fell for Sam as they all did once there was a mutual trust and friendships were created!
He has more grand Kids to meet tomorrow but they are also young, they had a dog up until last year so they will be fine.
The neighbors dogs bark incessantly all day and all night! They need homes and I have made complaints in the past! Poor animals are outside 24/7! Between a family with 2 homes across from each other, they have 8 dogs that are in my opinion mistreated!
Sam goes out side and the barking begins and he will have nothing to do with it and heads to the front yard and I prefer the back but he doesn't like the barking and doesn't participate!
As far as my wife and I are concerned, Sam is home!
I took some photos but cant figure out how to load them from my MICRO SD card. I can get them on the computer but cant get them in the RV.NET post.
I will keep trying but I would say that if you have seen one ink spot on a photo, you've seen them all. He is just so dark that I did get some nice photos but in some bright light and still he looks like a ink spot on a photo!
When we lost out Jack Russel a few years ago, we never dreamed we would have another pet in the house that was ours, although all were welcome with they're families. We certainly never imagined adopting a 2 years and some 3 months old pet!
We still have to do something about motion sickness for traveling while camping this summer but as I said, we do most of our camping locally and a couple border state trips in the mid to late summer! If we cant help him with motion sickness we will stay home and camp locally all summer, this had been discussed and agreed on! He is part of the family and his well being is important also.
My health is in the toilet, so to speak so if Sams not up to a trip then we will do something we can all enjoy!
Through the years we raised 4 boys and we always had a dog or cat or both. We never had a purebred until the JACK and she was so very smart but head strong.We miss her something awful.
Sam is filling that loss that void that we thought could not be filled but still in memory of Lizzy. Fourteen years with her and then about 4 years later we thought we would like to have another, and along came Sam!
