Raggedyman
Res ipsa loquitur
Raggedyann and I rescued a pup yesterday. He's a 3 YO rott/dobie mix. Goes by the name of BEAR - wouldn't have been my first choice – but it is what it is.
Really sweet dog. His family had to give him up bc they lost their jobs to the COVID and then their house – and had to move to an apartment. This poor guy had to stay in a crate – and it was destroying him. They were smart enough to realize that and gave him up for adoption – but not before he completely wrecked 2 plastic crates, chewed himself up a bit due to the stress of it all, and came down with a rip roaring UTI – probably from being locked in the dang crate for who knows how long at a stretch.
He hit the Jackson Cty animal shelter Friday afternoon (7.24) and we went to meet him the very next day. On Monday (7.27) we brought our female Rottie (BO) to meet him . . . they liked each other right off. following a thorough check up with our vet – including xrays of his belly and blood work - we brought him home Monday afternoon. Got the report on his labs this afternoon and – other than that UTI (he's on Cephalexin for it) he's 110%.
Its taken him about 24 hrs to realize that he's got a forever home now – and that his people aren't going to run off and leave him again. He's very calm, incredibly well mannered and had been well trained – sits, stays, waits, down stays, rolls over, etc. We showed him his "place" and he goes there when you send him (well - MOST of the time – but that's "new" for him). All in all , he's a pretty bright pup. He's jumped up on the bed twice – a HUGE NO – in the Raggedy house hold – but other than that he's been a perfect gentleman.
Today we took BEAR and BO to the PetsFart to get him a decent collar and a name tag with our name and phone # on it. They each got to pick out a new toy and they each carried them to the register.
he reminds me of Moses in a lot of little ways; although he'll NEVER replace Mosie in my heart, he helps to ease that ache we all know so well – the one that dulls a bit from time to time – but is never gone for good.
introducing . . . Mr. H. Bearington Bear - (the "H" is for handsome)
Really sweet dog. His family had to give him up bc they lost their jobs to the COVID and then their house – and had to move to an apartment. This poor guy had to stay in a crate – and it was destroying him. They were smart enough to realize that and gave him up for adoption – but not before he completely wrecked 2 plastic crates, chewed himself up a bit due to the stress of it all, and came down with a rip roaring UTI – probably from being locked in the dang crate for who knows how long at a stretch.
He hit the Jackson Cty animal shelter Friday afternoon (7.24) and we went to meet him the very next day. On Monday (7.27) we brought our female Rottie (BO) to meet him . . . they liked each other right off. following a thorough check up with our vet – including xrays of his belly and blood work - we brought him home Monday afternoon. Got the report on his labs this afternoon and – other than that UTI (he's on Cephalexin for it) he's 110%.
Its taken him about 24 hrs to realize that he's got a forever home now – and that his people aren't going to run off and leave him again. He's very calm, incredibly well mannered and had been well trained – sits, stays, waits, down stays, rolls over, etc. We showed him his "place" and he goes there when you send him (well - MOST of the time – but that's "new" for him). All in all , he's a pretty bright pup. He's jumped up on the bed twice – a HUGE NO – in the Raggedy house hold – but other than that he's been a perfect gentleman.
Today we took BEAR and BO to the PetsFart to get him a decent collar and a name tag with our name and phone # on it. They each got to pick out a new toy and they each carried them to the register.
he reminds me of Moses in a lot of little ways; although he'll NEVER replace Mosie in my heart, he helps to ease that ache we all know so well – the one that dulls a bit from time to time – but is never gone for good.
introducing . . . Mr. H. Bearington Bear - (the "H" is for handsome)
