Posted in General

I’ve had some additional email correspondence with Tonto’s adopter and boy did he get into a great home. Good for him. Apparently she has hired a dog walker and the dog walker called her to let her know that Tonto threw up in his crate. She took him to the Vet who ran some blood work and found that T has high cholesterol. I don’t think th… read more

Posted in Adoptions

I just received an email from Tonto’s adopter last night. I love hearing from her and getting reports about how big “T” is doing. Personally I find it very satisfying to hear about the good life that a pup is having especially when it is one that I know and had a very special relationship with. Tonto’s adopter said that he is doing gre… read more

Posted in Behavior & Training

I’ve been putting this journal entry and the accompanying action off for some time now. Not because I’ve had better things to write about, but because I’ve been wanting to avoid it. I put Tonto on my pick list when he was LHS hoping to get him more press and increase his chances of adoption. Today I took him off. He’s no longer availa… read more

Posted in Adoptions

Sorry but I don’t agree that some first time dog owners should not adopt from a shelter. Some people believe this because “Shelter dogs have issues, or at least may have issues.” Personally with all of the shelter dogs there are, and many of them being magnificent dogs, I can’t understand why anyone would spend thousands of dollars on a do… read more

Posted in Adoptions

I wrote a comment on someone’s journal entry on adopting a shelter dog. They basically said that shelter dogs may not be a good choice for first time owners and not everyone should adopt a shelter dog. I don’t’ agree. In fact I don’t’ agree so strongly that I wrote a rather lengthy response. You probably could describe it as POINT/CO… read more