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[sgtiger]

Awww SG she's beautiful! Congrats on the new addition - may you have many long years together.

Thank-you Mtbdarby. BTW every time I see your avatar, it reminds me of DD. She rides her bike in the same position.

[redrhodie]

Aw, Leela is beautiful! I've become a regular visitor to the website of our local shelter, and it makes me happy to no end to see when someone gets adopted!

Kermit, you guys look formidable!

[kermit]

10 weeks on a military base will do that too you. The guy that took that picture is really "old school" serious. I was scared to smile.

[Zen]

This past Saturday, we met a very sweet girl at the local shelter. Her name is Leela and she's a lab mix.

Her ears say she's not sure about things and may take a while to really open up to you. How's she doing so far?
Do you know anything about her past?

[PamNY]

Lloyd is seven years old. I adopted him when he was three, and he's a joy. The first picture is at Shenandoah River State Park. Lloyd wanted to cross the river, but never figured out how.

Pam

[emily_in_nc]

Awww, Lloyd is really cool. I love the way bulldogs stick their tongues out like that (first photo). Looks like he is enjoying the ice cream!

[tulip]

Lloyd is a perfect name for that dog! I like Lloyd!

[crazycanuck]

Kermit, "working" dogs are amazing to watch in action

While waiting for our flight in Auckland, we watched two officers & some type of drug or ?? dog sniff & sniff round.

The cutest ones are the biosecurity beagles at the NZ & Aust airports . They sniff out the banana in backpack yesterday smell in a zip!

So many doggieeeeeesss..I want them all

[kermit]

crazycanuck-down here Customs has the "beagle brigade". Thay actually "touch" the bag when they alert by putting a paw on it. Super cute.

[jesvetmed]

First, TULIP: Please apologize to Shilo for me for the "her" comment! I mean, OBVIOUSLY he's a he! HE is so HANDSOME!!!!

STIGER: Congrats on your new girl! And wonderful for adopting! She looks like she'll be a fabulous addition to the home -- does she love children? How old is she?

KERMIT: Wow -- your girl is very gorgeous. And she looks all business, too! Those ears are awesome.

WINDING: Yep --- Peanut definitely looks evil in that photo! Like she's daring you to say anything... just one thing.. about what she just did! You gotta love the cats!

LLOYD is fabulous! I have a client that has three bulldogs. They just brought their newest girl in the other day and we were all so thrilled to meet her. They are such characters -- very different from any other dog, that is for sure!

[sgtiger]

Her ears say she's not sure about things and may take a while to really open up to you. How's she doing so far?
Do you know anything about her past?

Not much other than she's been moved around a lot before we adopted her. The Oregon Humane Society didn't have a lot of information to give me. They received her from another shelter and was told she was with a foster family for awhile. There's evidence that she's had puppies pretty recently; that may be why she was being fostered.

She's pretty needy right now and wants constant reassurance. Yesterday was the first day that she felt confident enough to go eat on her own. Before that she'd take only two or three nibbles of her food while constantly looking up to make sure we weren't going anywhere. She follows basic commands very well and is fine being handled. She does so-so on leash but that may be due to the excitement of a new environment after shelter life. She's picking things up pretty quickly though and enjoys the walks so much that she shakes her tail so hard that the rest of her rump follows. She doesn't bark at all - just quiet vocalizations low in her throat, but not a growl, when she's very excited - which makes me wonder if at some point someone used a shock collar on her. She puts her paw in my lap and looks at me expectantly. I haven't figured out yet what she wants when she does that but it means something to her because she looks disappointed that I'm not responding. Any ideas?

She tries so hard to get our approval. I think maybe she's afraid we'll send her back or something. I hope that as she learns our ways and we hers that she will have more confidence.

[Zen]

I did notice those teats. Poor thing, she wants so much to be loved. I'm glad she's found her home.

[sgtiger]

STIGER: Congrats on your new girl! And wonderful for adopting! She looks like she'll be a fabulous addition to the home -- does she love children? How old is she?

She loves the kids and the kids love her. I wasn't sure how well DS would take to having a dog around because he's had a few bad experiences when younger that soured his love for dogs. He is now very skittish around dogs until he gets to know them well. Fortunately he took to Leela right away at the shelter and loves to throw her the ball or run around in the back yard with her. I think having a neighbor with three super friendly dogs has helped with that. It was so precious when the second night we had her, he came down to say good night to me and gave her a hug as well. She likes the attention she gets from DD, but I think DD confuses her sometimes. DD being four sends a lot of mixed messages so I'll have to do some work with her.

[Trekhawk]

I love checking this thread!
So many great stories and cute pics.

[divingbiker]

Ruby thinks she's Paris Hilton's dog now that she's got her fancy animal-print coat. But she's too big to fit in a pocketbook.