I’ve had Sadie for a week now, and it’s going pretty well. She’s had some stand-offs with the cats, but no one seems in any danger. Mostly the cats are scared and letting Sadie know, but Sadie just wants to playyyyy!
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All is well.
Saturday, July 11th, 2009Sadie!
Saturday, July 4th, 2009
My new doggie Sadie. 1.5 yr old lab mix.
She’s really sweet. Needs some discipline work, but she’s pretty good. Wants soooo much to play with the cats! But the cats ain’t havin’ it. Last night she had a stand-off with Lewis (cat). Sadie’s tail wagging, trembling, whining. Pretty much saying “play with meeeee!” Lewis was poofed and arched and growling. Pretty much saying “GTFO”. Haha.
Dog gone.
Saturday, April 4th, 2009Unfortunately, I had to take the dog back to the shelter. With the cat situation, I worried about the safety of my pets. If the dog did harm any of the cats… that would also mean bad news for the dog herself. Dog was also getting increasingly aggressive about other dogs on our walks. I think she was starting to consider me her territory and was “protecting” me. I wouldn’t want to deal with the repercussions of her harming anyone else’s pets. I did warn the shelter when I returned her, and her profile is now much more descriptive of how she actually is. Really friendly and sweet with people, but she should go to a home with no other pets, especially cats. Maybe she’d be ok in a home that already had another bigger dog and she could settle into the hierarchy.
I may have to get a puppy, or a much younger dog. Which kind of bums me out, I was hoping to be able to save an older dog. But you never know. I think I’ll wait until after my NYC trip in May before seriously looking again. After that I should have the time to dedicate to finding and training a dog that will work better in my home.
I’m still bummed about the pitbull. The first 24 hours after taking her back were really rough. I felt more terrible for HER than myself missing her. Poor thing. I do hope someone adopts her soon. She really was very sweet. Loved to snuggle on the couch!
Dog status.
Saturday, March 21st, 2009She’s still charging at the cats. I brought the dog up to my bro’s to see how she is with my 2 yr old niece. She was great! My niece was a bit scared because she’s kind of a bigger dog, but she was cool after awhile. Dog was like, slurp!
My bro has 2 cats, and she charged at those cats too. They were at least younger and braver and more curious, so they tried getting closer than any of my cats. And the dog would be super super still until they get to a certain point and then she’d try to charge.It’s definitely not a playful thing. =\
So… I will give her a full week. See if she comes around at all. I’m not too hopeful. I did try to convince myself that I could make this work if I keep the dog in the crate when I can’t watch her (if I’m at work or sleeping, or doing stuff upstairs), and keep a close eye on her if I have her loose downstairs. But, I think no matter what, no one will be very happy living like that. Me having the stress of being aware of where the dog is at all times, the dog with being cooped up and restricted. The cats with their general dislike of the dog, and their safety if the dog was able to attack.
At any rate, I’ll do my best with her until Saturday. Give her lots of hugs and long walks and treats and love. When I bring her back, I’ll be sure to tell the shelter that she’s a GREAT dog, but cannot be with cats. And to make sure any potential adopters know that. Besides the cat thing, she really is perfect. But the cat thing is the most important thing to me.
The morning after.
Friday, March 20th, 2009I got a new dog yesterday. Of course the dog pulled the bandage off her paw last night, so I have to take her to a vet to get it replaced right away. First available appointment is 8:40, and I’m suppose to be at work at 8. She’ll probably be getting a cone, for at least the times I can’t keep an eye on her to stop her from bothering the bandage.
I’m not sure I even want to know how much this vet trip will cost… She’s already been a bit expensive, especially when I had to drop $140 on a crate for the house, when I hadn’t planned on having one. The dog was $160.
Other than the bandage, she was pretty good at night. I only heard her whine when I got up to go to the bathroom at one point, I’m sure she heard me get up and move around (she’s downstairs in the crate, bedroom and bathroom are upstairs). She whined earlier in the evening before I went to bed, but I didn’t talk to her or come see her, I don’t want to reward her whining. So I just went about my business. Hopefully it’ll become less and less. She generally seems to like the crate. Just now I had her next to me, but she opted to go in to her little bed.
Oh awesome, I could hear a dog barking outside, and she didnt even flinch! My family’s dog we had a few years ago would have flipped her shit at that. It was nice, my mom came over last night and knocked on the door, and she didn’t bark at all. Yayyyy not a barky dog!
She’s so good in so many ways, I hope the bad stuff (going for the cats, whining a bit much) get better soon. And her poor paw. It looks so pathetic, just the sight of it, and her trying to walk mostly on 3 legs.
