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6 weeks ago some lame ass eejit dumped 4 female rottweiler pups from a litter on the doorstep of a vet clinic. 4 weeks old and alone in a box. Well, at least he wasn't so lame as to bag them and dumpster toss.
The SPCA being rather asinine about large dogs and making pet adoption harder than friggin child adoption, one of the clinic workers took the pups home. She and her husband have a couple rotties and decided to get them up to speed and adopt them out privately.
So here I am grabbing a cup of coffee downtown and suddenly I see this sign about rottweiler puppies. I'd been debating a puppy for a while, we'd just had a 2 day stray housegues who we found the owner for (lives 2 blocks away.) and Leif the 5 year old wunderkid suddenly started crying the day before while we were throwing hawks out back. Because the neighbor college kid who has been dog sitting his parents burrito (a burrito is a dog that is so small that if you just pull the bones out and wrap it in a tortilla it's perfect burrito size) is taking her back at end of week.
So I call the guy, turns out he owns the shoe store downtown. I go in to talk, he asks me about the home environment. I start with the 2 family household of 9, the yard, the reason we want a rottie for the kids (big, gentle, totally dependable) and he just beams and puts her in my arms straight away. $40 later and I'm on my way home with-
Victoria, the 10 week old kitchen cleaner.
I'm so BUSY. I forgot this meant I had to train 8other people, much more work than the dog.
And Victoria is a major distraction. Training the kids to interact with a rottweiler puppy is enough, but she needs attention, and is still small enough to be invisible underfoot. And you have to be near her right now because of potty training.
And it's all so much fun and SO worth it.
The SPCA being rather asinine about large dogs and making pet adoption harder than friggin child adoption, one of the clinic workers took the pups home. She and her husband have a couple rotties and decided to get them up to speed and adopt them out privately.
So here I am grabbing a cup of coffee downtown and suddenly I see this sign about rottweiler puppies. I'd been debating a puppy for a while, we'd just had a 2 day stray housegues who we found the owner for (lives 2 blocks away.) and Leif the 5 year old wunderkid suddenly started crying the day before while we were throwing hawks out back. Because the neighbor college kid who has been dog sitting his parents burrito (a burrito is a dog that is so small that if you just pull the bones out and wrap it in a tortilla it's perfect burrito size) is taking her back at end of week.
So I call the guy, turns out he owns the shoe store downtown. I go in to talk, he asks me about the home environment. I start with the 2 family household of 9, the yard, the reason we want a rottie for the kids (big, gentle, totally dependable) and he just beams and puts her in my arms straight away. $40 later and I'm on my way home with-
Victoria, the 10 week old kitchen cleaner.
I'm so BUSY. I forgot this meant I had to train 8other people, much more work than the dog.
And Victoria is a major distraction. Training the kids to interact with a rottweiler puppy is enough, but she needs attention, and is still small enough to be invisible underfoot. And you have to be near her right now because of potty training.
And it's all so much fun and SO worth it.
