This is from the book
"If you have a dominant, high-energy cat, the cat will take care of itself in almost every situation. On more occasions than I can count, I have been called in to help humans with an "uncontrollable" dog - only to find that the family cat has had no problem at all giving the dog rules, boundaries, and limitations."
After reading his book this is what we are looking for in a young dog or puppy.
- Low to medium energy (The beans are rather lazy).
- A member of The Herding Group, hopefully with long hair as Mommy would love to have a doggie with long hair. These are the breeds we are looking for Australian Shepherd (with tail; we do not approve of docking a doggies tail), Belgian Sheepdog, Belgian Tervuren, Border Collie, Rough Collie (honestly until recently we didn't know there was any other kind), and a Shetland Sheepdog (aka a Sheltie)
- Or The Working Group - Specific breeds Great Pyrenees, Kuvasz or Samoyed.
- Or The Non-Sporting Group - Specific breed -American Eskimo Dog.
We are avoiding the Sporting Group, Hounds, and Terriers because their instinct is to hunt and they might mistake us kitties for prey. And while Mommy would love a doggie from the Toy Group she thinks the guys would prefer something bigger. We knows there are some doggies in the groups we aren't looking at that do get along with kitties; but we are trying our best to make sure the doggie we rescue fits into our home smoothly.
Unfortunately it is hard to find these breeds locally GULF COAST SHELTIE AND COLLIE RESCUE, INC. has plenty of doggies we would love to have. But they won't even talk to us.
IF YOU LIVE OUTSIDE OF OUR ADOPTION AREA, DO NOT CONTACT US ABOUT ADOPTING A DOG. OUR ADOPTIONS ARE LIMITED TO THE MOBILE TO PANAMA CITY AREA. THIS IS IN THE FAR WESTERN END OF THE PANHANDLE OF FLORIDA. THERE ARE NO EXCEPTIONS TO THIS.
We think it is very sad that some poor doggie will not have a chance to live with us because we live ONE HOUR from Mobile in Jackson County, MS on the MS GULF COAST. We thinks they need to change their name if they are unwilling to serve the WHOLE GULF COAST. If we could adopt from them we likes Scout. Isn't he pretty? Some rescues that do have doggies we are interested in are out of our price range. We would love to meet Vicki and see if she would be right for us but she lives too far away and cost too much. We could get a Mini Aussie from a local breeder for the same price. The Great Pyrenees we liked has been reserved, we are happy she found a home, we are just sorry Daddy didn't finish the fence in time for her to live with us. We have our fingers crossed Daddy will finish the fence this weekend. Most of the doggies we likes live too far away, but we shall keep searching for the purrfect doggie. We wants to get it right cause we want the doggie to be happy, we cats want to be happy and we want our beans to be happy.
If you know of a doggie feel free to email the beans at osso(at)cableone(dot)net. The doggie doesn't have to be a purebred, we are purrfectly fine with mutts as us cats are the feline version of mutts. We do want a puppy or a young dog 2 years old are younger.
We feels bad about not considering a dog from Rainsville but the doggies Carrol had that we did consider have already found new homes. The eight that are left might not be good choices for us and Cesar warns about adopting a doggie because you feel sorry for it, we are trying to stick to his advice. We needs a dog that would fit in right away or at least fairly soon. Also our fence may not be finished by February 1st, with Daddy you can never tell and a lot will depend on the weather.
~Socks, Scylla & Charybdis
11 comments:
I think you cats are very wise to study up on dogs and determine the right one for you...stick to your guns!
Oh, and yes, mom has read the Silmarillion, although not annually. She's working on Children of Huron but the going is slow, mostly due to time constraints.
We likes the Children of Huron. Eldest boy bean is a huge Tolkien fan so Mommy bought him all the books and then she reads them.
Getting a doggie is a lot harder then we thought it would be. Our neighbor's grandson got a cute lab puppy and brought it over for us to meet. And we may get one of the puppies for a neighbor. Our neighbor already has rat terriers, they do not like us. When we sit by the fence and study them they bark up a storm. ~S,S & C
This is so exciting! I'm glad you are doing your research so you know just what sort of doggie to pick. It seems a little silly that rescue group won't work outside of that area, and you can't even contact them!
We thought so too. Especially as we would be willing to drive to them. It's not that far. We thinks it is a 2 hour drive maybe 3 from our house and we meet all their other requirements.
We really, really want this to be a happy experience for everyone so we are doing our best to gather as much info as possible.~S,S & C
Mommeh saz her LOVES scout! An, her saz dat all woofies haf a chance ta hunts.
Collies are a nice breed if yoo wants bigger ones wif long hairs.
Medium- eskies! yay! we haz one! Isis can teach yoo a fing or toos bout eskies!
Mommy is used to herding breeds, she grew up on a farm so she is more sure of their temperament. She had a Border Collie growing up then the grandparents got Collies and Great Pyrenees. Mommy loves the Great Pyrenees she takes Little bit for a walk when they are visiting.
We loves Isis. We visit her blog every once in awhile. Tesla introduced us. We needs to put her blog in our blog list thanks for reminding us. ~S,S & C
MY Dog was a lovely Siberian Husky mix and she was No Trouble. Gave me a sniff and never bothered me again, let me play with her tail too!
Hope you find a great pooch.
I think you awe doing a wondewful job thinking and weseawching what tipe of woofie will be wight fow all of you. too often Woofie's get wetuwned ow dumped because stoopid hoomans don't know what to expect and then can't cope..I hope you find the pawfect woofie and he ow she will be vewy lucky to have a fuwwevew home wif you..I'm suwe you'll find one..
smoochie kisses to all of you
love
ASTA
Thanks Asta & Fin, we get discouraged sometimes but we shall preserve. We found out yesterday the fence will probably take longer then we estimated. Daddy wants to paint the fence post white???? Daddy beans are strange. We thinks another tail to play with would be WONDERFUL. ~S,S & C
The right pooch will come soon! It is so great that you guys are being so thorough and thinking it through! Too bad that rescue league has such strict guidelines!
I just love the Dog Whisperer! Sounds like he is pretty smart when it comes to kitties.
Good luck on finding just the right woofie. My mom loves the herding group, too. She grew up with a collie and said if her lifestyle were a little more settled, she would get one again.
I can't believe a rescue group is being that restrictive and I never knew they charged so much! I would think they would be happy a woofie was going to a great home where it is wanted. Go figure . . .
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