So, some of you may remember me posting about a Rottie we were going to adopt a while back in one of Mark's "Friday" posts. Well, a funny few things have happened since then.
I got a call last week from the dog catcher's wife (I was a little worried at first. My wife and the dog catcher didn't part on the best of terms due to a misunderstanding). Apparently, the dog we found had gotten out again and when they took him back, had some conversation with the owner. I was told that if we still wanted to adopt the dog that I should call the owner. She gave me the number and I thanked her and hung up the phone.
I talked to the owner. It seems that the dog belongs to his nephew (who is having some personal troubles at current) and was dropped off at his uncle's house a couple months ago. He hasn't been getting along well with the uncle's bulldog (at least 2 or 3 fights I know of) and he could either go to us or to a Rottie rescue. We asked if he could hold onto him for another week since I'm out of town this week. He agreed and said we could come visit him anytime we wanted to.
So, on Saturday we went to take him for a walk and let him play w/ our dog a bit. He was in pretty bad shape from fighting with the bulldog. He's got a large, oozing, infected lump on the back of his neck, a cut by one eye, a torn pad, the tip of one ear shredded, and various other little bumps, bruises, and bites. Needless to say we took him on Saturday and got him to an emergency vet that evening. He's on pain meds and antibiotics and is being very good natured in playing with our other dog despite his bad experiences, aches, and pains.
My wife has her hands full with the two of them while I'm away, which I feel pretty bad about, but neither of us could allow him to stay in the situation he was in. Haven't gotten any pics of him since we brought him home, but here's one from when we found him the first time.
Everybody say hello to "Judge"
-d
I got a call last week from the dog catcher's wife (I was a little worried at first. My wife and the dog catcher didn't part on the best of terms due to a misunderstanding). Apparently, the dog we found had gotten out again and when they took him back, had some conversation with the owner. I was told that if we still wanted to adopt the dog that I should call the owner. She gave me the number and I thanked her and hung up the phone.
I talked to the owner. It seems that the dog belongs to his nephew (who is having some personal troubles at current) and was dropped off at his uncle's house a couple months ago. He hasn't been getting along well with the uncle's bulldog (at least 2 or 3 fights I know of) and he could either go to us or to a Rottie rescue. We asked if he could hold onto him for another week since I'm out of town this week. He agreed and said we could come visit him anytime we wanted to.
So, on Saturday we went to take him for a walk and let him play w/ our dog a bit. He was in pretty bad shape from fighting with the bulldog. He's got a large, oozing, infected lump on the back of his neck, a cut by one eye, a torn pad, the tip of one ear shredded, and various other little bumps, bruises, and bites. Needless to say we took him on Saturday and got him to an emergency vet that evening. He's on pain meds and antibiotics and is being very good natured in playing with our other dog despite his bad experiences, aches, and pains.
My wife has her hands full with the two of them while I'm away, which I feel pretty bad about, but neither of us could allow him to stay in the situation he was in. Haven't gotten any pics of him since we brought him home, but here's one from when we found him the first time.
Everybody say hello to "Judge"
-d
. Looks like you found some good folks there,as I did here :thumbup: . Be sure to teach them right. Just remember that the big guy with the boots on owns the house but you can get away with about anything as long as you give him those big brown puppy-eyes.Call me anytime..........................
Our other dog, Justice, simply won't leave him alone. It's a constant struggle for dominance that they can't seem to work out. He's clearly stronger, but she just won't let up. It's to the point that I actually have to hold her down when I know she's tired to get her to lay off of him and go to sleep. I need some kind of miracle of dog psychology here to make it right. My wife is going to visit the in-laws today and taking him along so that everybody can get some rest (and I can get some shop time!).