I lost two big dogs that were standard poodles within 30 day about three years ago and made up my mind at the time that I was done for a while! The oldest one was 16 yrs. of age and arthritis so bad she couldn't even squat to do her business the last few days, I finally had to make the decision to put her down and then convinced the wife it was the only human option. Standard poodles usual lifespan is only 12 yrs. of age, so she had a good long life.
The younger standard poodle was only 3 yrs. of age and he had been having seizures since about 1 1/2 yrs of age. At about age 3 he had been having them two and three times a day the week he had a massive seizure. In fact he had been to the vet that morning and was scheduled to go back that next afternoon as they were going to try a different seizure medication, to control his seizures better. That night he had a massive seizure and never came out of that one. My wife and I sit with him for nearly three hours that night and though he was still breathing at daylight he would never recover from the seizure. I called the vet the next morning and had him meet me at his office just about daybreak and had him put down.
I just couldn't bring myself to get attached again. Then two years ago my wife became very ill. We don't get out and around much anymore. Se decided she just had to have another dog within a few months of losing the others. She asked me if I cared or not, well of course not but it's your dog! She got her a small poodle and the dog has just been great for her. It was rescued from a kennel that was using her as a breeder. She had been abused by some man and she never has warmed up too me much, she just plain don't like men! She is my wife's heart and she even alerted me one night when my wife passed out and fell in the middle of the night. So I really don't care if she likes me or not. She has a place in my heart and will always be loved by me even if she don't love me!
Well I have been talking about another dog and so the other night I decided it was time and I would rescue this dog from a pound. I started looking at the online site our local pound has and after several photo's I spot what appears to be a young puppy. I told my wife the dog has eyes that I swear can talk to you. I decided this was too be the dog. I told her that night that I was going to see if they still had him in the morning but figured he was probably gone by now! I walked in the pound and told them I was interested in adopting a dog and this is the picture of the dog I would like too see if you still have him. The lady looked it up on her computer and she yes he is still here. She told me where to go see him at and well to make a long story short.
This is Boo he is a lab cross.
What he is crossed with the vet said he wasn't sure the traits may come out as he gets older. I am thinking he may have a little hound in him. The only thing they know for sure is someone put him in the drop box as a puppy and the he had worms when they first got him. They said if he hadn't have been sick when they got him and that if hadn't been a puppy they would have already put him down. There facility tries to place all dogs but they only have so much space and limited funding! They told me normally as sick as he was in the beginning he would have been put down. However one of the techs made the decision to take him to the vet and once he was treated he became part of the system. Once treated they make ever effort to save the animal and place them. So it was like fate had been put into motion for Boo at the time!!!
So he has to be fixed but since he is a pup they will wait for a while on that. He was confirmed by the vet as being 4 months of age and they need to be at least 5 months old before they can neuter them.
I had to prepay for the neuter and a rabies shot before they would let me have him. Oh and adoption fee, plus lab work at the vets that wasn't covered under the prepay, a collar and a lead, ID tag, dog food and a kennel until he out of the puppy stage so I can sleep at night without having to sleep with one eye open. Gee I had almost forgot the expense side of dog's!
He is all puppy you can take him out and his attention span is very short.
I like to think of it like this, Boo says, going to the bathroom, oh a bug, oh I need to try and catch the bug,
Boo we are out here to go to the bathroom, Boo says, oh yeah I forgot ,going to the ............... oh an ant.............oh, can I chew on that......spit, spit that tastes bad............:biggrin:
He is smart though I have only had him three days now and he thinks he has to go everywhere I go and he is sitting, shakes, and high fives,.............most of the time!:3: He is going to be a great shop dog I just will have to get him through the puppy stage!
