#markicksass

mar-kicksass theblondeamazon fortheloveofcows

I decided not to adopt the puppy. He was super sweet, and I hope they find him a good home. He was just too big for us. Remember how I said he was "1/2 Scottie, 1/2 miniature Schnauzer"? Yeah, well, I added that 'miniature' part in there, it wasn't part of the actual description. So I was expecting him to be Banky sized, maybe a little bigger, like 20-25 lbs. Nope.   He was probably 35-45 lbs.  Which is not huge, just more medium than I would prefer. I feel like, at this point, if I bring another dog into the house, he should be the same size or smaller than Banky at that time. Even if he's going to grow, I think having a new dog be relatively the same size at first would work out best. And, honestly, I'd prefer a small dog. Thanks for the suggestions for introducing the dogs! We met in a church parking lot that had a lot of grassy areas. After the first couple minutes, they didn't really give a shit about each other. Huge thank you to Mar for taking the time to write me back with suggestions and ideas on how best to integrate a new dog into the family. It was very helpful and I'll be saving it for if/when the times comes to bring another pup into the mix.

snapthistiger:  yeh; my niece's named their tough cattle dogs, Princess and Lily.  not exactly tough names, but the dogs have to be tough to survive my nieces.  :-)

snapthistiger:  definitely not as lean as when she was younger

snapthistiger: I am unaware of any such activity or operation - nor would I be disposed to discuss such an operation if it did in fact exist.  :-P

snapthistiger:  exercising in the green shirt at least 3 times this week.  :-\

snapthistiger:  the one that is in California.  :-p      i'm hopeful that i will get to go to that one.  project work will be very busy at that time, but so far, they have let me leave the project to go to these conferences.

snapthistiger:  yes ma'am.  i had my bones confused.  he had a broken femur.  compound fracture.  lost some blood.  also a broken vertebrae in his lower back and some swelling in his neck.