Found my forever dog
Posted: Tue Feb 02, 2016 11:18 pm
So, I'm hoping nobody hates on me for the previous posts. FWIW- the rescue from which I had a puppy on trial adoption was totally ok with taking the puppy back, as the agreement was a 2 week trial to see how things worked out, which unfortunately, they did not. However, they adopted out the puppy just days later.
Days later I found a puppy that I knew was the right dog for my family. She was advertised as a Dutch/GSD mix. I met both parents, and they both appeared to be as stated. Though honestly, I don't care if they are not. Grendel is a great puppy. She's 9 weeks old, and despite the filthy, flea-ridden state she was in when I got her, she appears quite healthy, amazingly cute and very, very smart.
A picture of her mom is here:
https://flic.kr/p/DiC87W
Her dad is definitely GSD:
https://flic.kr/p/CNma4F
And here's Grendel!:
https://flic.kr/s/aHsktEdCbW
If you can believe it (I barely can), I have had her for 3 days now and she has had only 1 accident in the house! I don't even know how that's possible. I do take her out once an hour, but within a day she was going to the front door when she had to go to the bathroom. I find that incredible. She is sleeping in a crate at night and has not used the bathroom in the crate, either. I think her bathroom practices at only 9 weeks is a sign of great things to come!
AND she is doing well with the cat (of course, she's hardly bigger than the cat at the moment!).
Very happy with my new family member!
Days later I found a puppy that I knew was the right dog for my family. She was advertised as a Dutch/GSD mix. I met both parents, and they both appeared to be as stated. Though honestly, I don't care if they are not. Grendel is a great puppy. She's 9 weeks old, and despite the filthy, flea-ridden state she was in when I got her, she appears quite healthy, amazingly cute and very, very smart.
A picture of her mom is here:
https://flic.kr/p/DiC87W
Her dad is definitely GSD:
https://flic.kr/p/CNma4F
And here's Grendel!:
https://flic.kr/s/aHsktEdCbW
If you can believe it (I barely can), I have had her for 3 days now and she has had only 1 accident in the house! I don't even know how that's possible. I do take her out once an hour, but within a day she was going to the front door when she had to go to the bathroom. I find that incredible. She is sleeping in a crate at night and has not used the bathroom in the crate, either. I think her bathroom practices at only 9 weeks is a sign of great things to come!
AND she is doing well with the cat (of course, she's hardly bigger than the cat at the moment!).
Very happy with my new family member!