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OMFG puppy
Jun. 27th, 2009 06:26 pm/climbs off cloud of bliss long enough to type coherently/
OK, so I have a new puppy. As of this afternoon. My pack is back up at 5 again. Yes, this was planned. Sort of. In the sense that I was at the 'looking around identifying breeders for a pup in a year or so' stage. I shouldn't even be allowed to look; of course, the right pup in the right place at the right price appeared, and as my ability to look after and enjoy a pack of five is established, well, there's a puppy. Slight imperfection in timing can be worked around. Hyperventilates
I'm pedaling on the deck, watching them all play, because if I don't ride to head off some of this excess energy, I am going to explode with glee or something.
Let me reiterate. Puppy. 8 weeks old.
You will note that no images append this journal posting. I didn't want his first baby pics to be either dirty or just after a bath, and he needed one. (I bathed/did light grooming in college, and partly as a result I have this fetish about clean dogs). Nor have I mentioned his breed, and I think it would be fun to see if any of you guess correctly. I'll give the hints that this was planned, (so the answer isn't a result of random chance), and he is not a wolfdog, a sheltie, or, for that matter, any breed I've ever had. Also, that he will need to grow into that snout.
If you're one of the two people who definitively knows, don't let on. I am actually really interested and curious about what you guess, so feel free to do so early and often.
The little fellow is already adjusting, and he and Coba are, well, playing like puppies. The degree of kindness with which Pryde and Jez greeted the newcomer was really heartwarming. Jez went all wolfy; very ritualistically submissive to me and the pup, wouldn't touch him, and she was about to regurgitate until I distracted her. She's still keeping a wide parameter of us, but it's a happy one. She is evolved to expect her alpha female to show up with puppies this time of year, after all.
The shelties greeted him adorably too (Coba's realization that he is no longer de facto bottom of the household pack hierarchy: priceless), but then shelties almost never quietly and immediately decide to eat other dogs on first meeting, so it's less impressive. Other than the fact that I like raising puppies (I know I'm crazy, yes), that's why any new addition should come to me in young puppyhood; there's no guarantee that Jez and Pryde will ever fully accept a new adult as pack. This is part of why my new pup is not a wolfdog; though it makes me sad in a lot of ways, I've decided to keep exactly one at a time in the future. I love how they are in groups, but I finally decided that I could better enjoy and care for an occasionally aggressive dog if I had only one of them. So there's another clue for you; this breed is more or less a pacifist.
What kind of dog did I get? The more guesses, the faster I'll get pics up...
OK, so I have a new puppy. As of this afternoon. My pack is back up at 5 again. Yes, this was planned. Sort of. In the sense that I was at the 'looking around identifying breeders for a pup in a year or so' stage. I shouldn't even be allowed to look; of course, the right pup in the right place at the right price appeared, and as my ability to look after and enjoy a pack of five is established, well, there's a puppy. Slight imperfection in timing can be worked around. Hyperventilates
I'm pedaling on the deck, watching them all play, because if I don't ride to head off some of this excess energy, I am going to explode with glee or something.
Let me reiterate. Puppy. 8 weeks old.
You will note that no images append this journal posting. I didn't want his first baby pics to be either dirty or just after a bath, and he needed one. (I bathed/did light grooming in college, and partly as a result I have this fetish about clean dogs). Nor have I mentioned his breed, and I think it would be fun to see if any of you guess correctly. I'll give the hints that this was planned, (so the answer isn't a result of random chance), and he is not a wolfdog, a sheltie, or, for that matter, any breed I've ever had. Also, that he will need to grow into that snout.
If you're one of the two people who definitively knows, don't let on. I am actually really interested and curious about what you guess, so feel free to do so early and often
The little fellow is already adjusting, and he and Coba are, well, playing like puppies. The degree of kindness with which Pryde and Jez greeted the newcomer was really heartwarming. Jez went all wolfy; very ritualistically submissive to me and the pup, wouldn't touch him, and she was about to regurgitate until I distracted her. She's still keeping a wide parameter of us, but it's a happy one. She is evolved to expect her alpha female to show up with puppies this time of year, after all.
The shelties greeted him adorably too (Coba's realization that he is no longer de facto bottom of the household pack hierarchy: priceless), but then shelties almost never quietly and immediately decide to eat other dogs on first meeting, so it's less impressive. Other than the fact that I like raising puppies (I know I'm crazy, yes), that's why any new addition should come to me in young puppyhood; there's no guarantee that Jez and Pryde will ever fully accept a new adult as pack. This is part of why my new pup is not a wolfdog; though it makes me sad in a lot of ways, I've decided to keep exactly one at a time in the future. I love how they are in groups, but I finally decided that I could better enjoy and care for an occasionally aggressive dog if I had only one of them. So there's another clue for you; this breed is more or less a pacifist.
What kind of dog did I get? The more guesses, the faster I'll get pics up...
