In which we share pictures:

[jesshartley]

Lobo says "Don't you wanna help us find a good home?"

Pictures of the puppies we're looking for homes for from this morning.


The scoop here:
"After 6 years of being a one-dog household, we decided late last year to add another canine member to our family. We were very careful about it, screening what kind of pup would be a good addition to our home and a good companion for both the 2- and 4-footed members of our family. Just before Thanksgiving, we found an ad at a local shelter, looking for homes for these guys - Lobo and Kodi. They were barely weaned, and we just couldn't take one and leave the other alone, so we adopted both of them.  For the last 4 months, they've been our constant companions. They've had all their shots, have been raised on top-of-the-line puppy chow and we're having them fixed next week.

However, due to totally unrelated (and utterly unforseen) circumstances, our household is being spread all over the state between now and summertime. These little guys deserve more time and attention than we're going to be able to give them, so rather than deny them the attention they're used to (and so richly deserve) we're looking for a good home for them.

We believe they're lab mixes, Lobo maybe with a beagle and Kodi with a chow. They're both /incredibly/ sweet dogs and have been raised in a household full of love and affection, so they know nothing else. They're mostly indoor dogs, although they love running around outside, so a fenced yard with a mostly-inside family would be perfect for them. They've been exposed to cats and do fine with them, as well as older dogs. They're great with kids, although they are labs (and thus big and kind of clumsy) so they might not be the best choice for a family with easily-knocked-over toddlers. We don't need a "rehoming" fee, but a new family for them can expect to be carefully interviewed before we release these little guys into their care. We'd really appreciate their new family being willing to keep in contact with us as well, because our teen daughter is heart-broken to have to find new homes for them, so the potential to stop in and say hi to them in the future would be /gratefully/ appreciated.

Vet records available on request, and we're willing to accept homes for them seperately or as a pair. We will even give you a starter bag of the puppy food they're used to, so you can either continue with it or transition it gradually into whatever you'd like to feed them.

Please contact us if you know of any potential good homes for them? We really want to do right by these little guys.

Comments

[uncacreamy.livejournal.com]

I wish I could take that absolutely beautiful dog.

[cat333.livejournal.com]

would love to, darling...but we just adopted a Weimereiner named Boomer from one of my co-workers who just lost her house to foreclosure and she'd seen me with my dog, Gracie, and knew that I would take good care of Boom for her.

She cried when she asked me...I cried for her, too...because she loves him so much, but can't keep him at the moment. I did tell her, however, that when she gets settled again...if she wants him back, I will give him back...because, she's his mom, ya know?

[tonysalieri.livejournal.com]

Awwwww! Good luck finding them a new home!

[doctorcaligari.livejournal.com]

So sad.

I'm glad you're trying so hard to get them a worthy home, though, I hope some awesome dog parents make themselves known to you soon.

[atolnon.livejournal.com]

I'd take them in if I could, but I just can't manage a pet right now.