Detroit area abandoned pup needs a home!

[bain_sidhe]

If anybody's looking for a new four-footed furry friend, my vet has a stray on her last reprieve, and is hoping to find a new home for her. She's about a year old, 50 lbs (about knee high on an average height middle-aged woman (that would be me) and a real sweetheart. She looks to have some german sheperd and possibly husky (going by the face markings), but not as large as either, so there's something smaller in there too.

Take a look at this cutie!



My vet functions as the city pound, and they euthanize unclaimed strays after two weeks - well, supposedly two weeks... me and the clinic staff sometimes get a week or so "reprieve" for a special one. She's one of the special ones. I'd take her, but my senior citizen dogs are kind of set in their ways, and don't like new critters coming to live with us (I know, because I already tried with another dog.)

PM me if you're interested, I'll send you my phone number.

[bain_sidhe]

1. Kick for the puppy!

:kick:

[5thGenDemocrat]

2. Heck, Polly and I will take her if we can figure how to get her here

I mean, we've already got eight cats -- what's one dog? Alas, we don't have a functioning car right now -- so we'd have to figure out the transportation. Keep us posted -- she looks like a good doggie.
John (and Polly)
It is now 45 days, ten hours and 38 minutes to FUNDAY. You going to make it this year?

[bain_sidhe]

3. I could probably do the transport

If you really want her. The vet staff says she pretty much ignores cats (they have an "office" cat plus a boarding area).

Now, about Funday... is that Father's Day weekend?

[bain_sidhe]

4. We're gettin' thunderboomers!

So I'm going to sign off. I'll check back in the AM (or later tonight if the storm passes over).

[5thGenDemocrat]

5. If you can do the transporting

Then we have ourselves a deal! Does she have a name or do we get to make one up for her?
John (and Polly)
We got our thunderstorms at Saginaw about an hour ago.
ON EDIT: Yes, FUNDAY is the day before Father's Day. Does your dad live anywhere near the Tri-Cities?

[bain_sidhe]

6. To Do list

(Storm was short, but welcome. The shrubs and trees and lawn needed the water!)

I'd like to bring her here and make *sure* she gets along with cats, (and also see if she's housebroken, so I can let you know) before we finalize. The last thing I want is to bring her up and *then* find out she attacks cats when she's not on a leash! I'll call the vet tomorrow and see if they'll let her come for a "visit." I'll find out about the shots and all too.

No, they haven't named her. They don't do it because it's so much harder if they have to put them down. And it's part of the deal with the city - they only get reimbursed for kennel expenses for two weeks.

Oh, the irony... my folks live right between Flint and Saginaw, in Millington (where I grew up!). But, they're coming HERE for Father's Day. It's a regular thing for us, because I'm right between them and my other sister, in Monroe (whose kids have to go to their dad's for part of the day, at least). I think that's why we didn't make it last year, come to think of it. Either that or my father in law was up from Florida... (Don't remember when it was last year.)

Anyway, I'm signing off again and will get in touch tomorrow, on way or t'other.

[bain_sidhe]

7. Uh Oh. Not looking so good...

Well, a little more information, and I'm having second thoughts.

First, she's apparently not housebroken (according to the kennel staff, that is - it's possible her urinating/defecating inside is stress, but she doesn't seem to be concerned by it the way a dog who knew it was wrong would), and she's not fixed. Add to that, she's never actually been in the same physical space as the clinic's cat... the cat sometimes walks through the kennel area where she's housed, and the dog ignores the cat when it does that. I suggested they put them both in the same room (with a leash on the dog, of course) and I'm waiting to hear how that went. But even if it goes well, there are other reasons for my second thoughts...

(First, I have to say that I've never actually adopted from them, so I didn't know this - the dog I'd tried to adopt recently was a friend's, and the pup I got from them several years ago was an older dog that had been brought in by its owner's daughter to be put down. The mom was a very senior citizen who had fallen down and broken her hip, and had to move in with her daughter. The daughter basically told her she (the mom) could stay, but her beloved companion of 12 years would have to be put down. I suspect daughter dearest had "issues" with mom. At any rate, Rambeau was never put through the "processing" as a pound intake.)

Anyway. It turns out that there's a $160 adoption fee, and this would have to be paid before I could take her out of the building. It pays for shots and a microchip, which is required by the city to adopt out strays from the pound.

I'm sorry, but it's not looking too good, right now. I can't leave with the dog unless I officially adopt her, and if it doesn't work out, I'm stuck... and I can't keep her. (Not to mention two hours in a car with a dog that isn't housebroken could leave ... er ... a lingering memory. **edited to add that I'd risk it anyway, if you still want to go forward. I'm just saying there's a real problem for me if it doesn't work out.)