In which we add the sad part...

[jesshartley]

As an addendum to my last post...

We're going to have to find new homes for Kodi and Lobo. While Anubis is older and slower and doesn't mind being home all day on his own, the puppies really need/want/deserve more attention than that. Plus, the sheer destruction level of two lab-mix puppies and a sprightly shepherd home alone all day is... well, too much for one person to deal with alone.

So, if you know of someone who is looking for a wonderful, sweet, 4-5 month old lab mix* let us know. We're willing (happily) to pay for their neutering (which should be done here in the next month or so) and to send them off with collar/lead/bowl/bag of food/toys, etc.  Ideally an adoptive home would have a fenced yard, but not for leaving them out in all the time, as they're used to being indoor dogs. Both are sweetly demeanored and playful, good with kids, cats and other dogs (might be a bit big for a toddler household, just out of sheer energy and the body mass they will quickly put on.) Neither have any health issues and are learning basic commands ("sit", "kitchen", "cookie", "get busy", "outside", "put down my sock", "quit stealing my sock","where did you hide my sock you little monster...")

We definitely won't be returning them to the pound, as we feel it is our responsiblity to find them a good forever home when we couldn't provide it ourselves. I'll post updated pictures of them tomorrow, but here's their early months pictures:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/28344810@N06/sets/72157611117543826/

*Despite being told they were husky/shepherd mixes, we think Lobo's probably lab/beagle from his awesome "talkativeness" (not barking, he just makes all kinds of awesome noises) and Kodi may be Lab-chow from his curled tail and the little bit of ripple in his coat.

Comments

[tradarcher.livejournal.com]

I am so sorry that you have give up your two dogs. They sound like they would make a wonderful addition to a family with children.

HUGS to all.

[arimenthe.livejournal.com]

Oh, that sucks, I am so sorry :(

[ladyfox7oaks.livejournal.com]

If my parent's didn't already have 6 dogs out at the ranch... (Well, OK- THREE are herd-guard dogs and stay out with the herds 24/7... and two are my sisters dogs so TECHNICALLY they only have one... ) Still, a pair of new puppies could be a little too chaotic.
I will ask them, anyway! >:D

[winnett.livejournal.com]

Oh, that is really hard. I'm sorry to hear it.

[bluecrazi-angel.livejournal.com]

Awww. sweetie that sucks. I'll see what I can do to help.

[rowanarha.livejournal.com]

Gosh, what a terrible situation! I'm so sorry you, the Viking and the Valkyrie are having to deal with all this. Josh and I are thinking of you and hope that things look up soon!

*big hugs*

[anderale.livejournal.com]

Aw poop! I'm sorry you can't keep them. I wish I had a yard! Are they good with cats? Most people I know have cats as well.

[anderale.livejournal.com]

by the way, I can post pictures of them on hte BAR mailing list if you have more recent ones. email me whatever info you'd be comfortable having in such an email (phone number or whatever)

[(Anonymous)]

Our family dog is not a good fit for us either, to put it mildly. But we adopted him and he's great with the kids and he's staying. Four years down, eight to go.

[shetala.livejournal.com]

Ack, I did not mean to make that anonymous.