Introducing Doone...
Introducing Doone...
Was: http://www.petfinder.org/shelters/LA82.html out in Skeptic's bailiwick... had been sent to Pontchartrain Humane Shelter about 3 weeks ago.
I will not have anything named "Duke" in my home, so I changed the pup's name to Doone before I saw him... short for "Doonesbury" ... if you're a Gary Trudeau fan as DS and I are, you'll get the inside joke - and if you aren't... well, I know not what to tell you
Doone is approx. 1 year of age. Son and I went to an adoption meeting in Slidell, LA (North Shore of Pontchartrain) Saturday afternoon... I had been in e-mail contact and everything was pre-arranged... an interesting, fulfilling experience all the way 'round, although a bit sad too, of course: so many cute doggies, so few people to take them.
Getting a companion dog for my companion dog was my idea. I'd feared DS would hit the ceiling, but he took to the plan right away, and then more so after he told his ladyfriend and found she also thought it was a great idea. Then, DS and the little dog liked each other immediately... that was nice too! ... all in all, it was a memorable day for DS and me and probably for the doggie too. More details later, but Doone makes it clear he is a people dog and things are going quite well for now.
First bath, on DS's patio (next door to me) Doone is still one dirty dog, and the blue Dawn dish soap did not get all his fleas - but he is going to have another bath and will be checked out by the vet and given Frontline etc. tomorrow.
Doone would like to be on my downstairs bed or in Win's next to it, but he has taken to the futon in the back room (which used to be a kitchen, very pleasant room opening onto the back patio.)
He has his eyes closed in this but I wanted to show how he keeps rearranging the large bath towel I spread out for him - so cute - the first night he got into the unwashed laundry and drug towels, washcloths etc. up onto the futon to add to his "nest"
As I say - more to follow - I'm like a den mother ATM - it's great fun but a bit frantic at times...
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You know you're on the Louisiana/Mississippi/Alabama Gulf Coast when you ask the shelter lady how much chow to feed the new dog and she replies tersely, "One Mardi Gras cup mornings, one evenings, that's it!" ... and you nod without comment, understanding just what she means... Doone's at present is a 50th anniversary 1989 Kinghts of Babylon cup, black with gold lettering...
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I will not have anything named "Duke" in my home, so I changed the pup's name to Doone before I saw him... short for "Doonesbury" ... if you're a Gary Trudeau fan as DS and I are, you'll get the inside joke - and if you aren't... well, I know not what to tell you
Doone is approx. 1 year of age. Son and I went to an adoption meeting in Slidell, LA (North Shore of Pontchartrain) Saturday afternoon... I had been in e-mail contact and everything was pre-arranged... an interesting, fulfilling experience all the way 'round, although a bit sad too, of course: so many cute doggies, so few people to take them.
Getting a companion dog for my companion dog was my idea. I'd feared DS would hit the ceiling, but he took to the plan right away, and then more so after he told his ladyfriend and found she also thought it was a great idea. Then, DS and the little dog liked each other immediately... that was nice too! ... all in all, it was a memorable day for DS and me and probably for the doggie too. More details later, but Doone makes it clear he is a people dog and things are going quite well for now.
First bath, on DS's patio (next door to me) Doone is still one dirty dog, and the blue Dawn dish soap did not get all his fleas - but he is going to have another bath and will be checked out by the vet and given Frontline etc. tomorrow.
Doone would like to be on my downstairs bed or in Win's next to it, but he has taken to the futon in the back room (which used to be a kitchen, very pleasant room opening onto the back patio.)
He has his eyes closed in this but I wanted to show how he keeps rearranging the large bath towel I spread out for him - so cute - the first night he got into the unwashed laundry and drug towels, washcloths etc. up onto the futon to add to his "nest"
As I say - more to follow - I'm like a den mother ATM - it's great fun but a bit frantic at times...
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You know you're on the Louisiana/Mississippi/Alabama Gulf Coast when you ask the shelter lady how much chow to feed the new dog and she replies tersely, "One Mardi Gras cup mornings, one evenings, that's it!" ... and you nod without comment, understanding just what she means... Doone's at present is a 50th anniversary 1989 Kinghts of Babylon cup, black with gold lettering...
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Re: Introducing Doone...
Wow, that's great!! Congratulations to the new baby!!
He's one lovely pretty fella! So cute with the towel nest!
Do you know his story? How he came to be in the shelter?
And how does your other dog like him?
He's one lovely pretty fella! So cute with the towel nest!
Do you know his story? How he came to be in the shelter?
And how does your other dog like him?
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The Pontchartrain folks listed Doone as mostly border collie, maybe with some lab - they didn't even mention Sheltie. Although small, he does seem very b.c. to us, but we're certainly not experts. Maybe I can get some pics showing him in motion... he curls his tail up over his back then - that's not b.c. or lab is it? All opinions appreciated!
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Looks mostly border collie to me (my favorite)...he's adorable!
..........Traci
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So far so good on the introductions. Winnie was not impressed at their first meeting on nextdoor patio, as Doone thought HE was boss dog! Growled at her and tried to mount... too funny: Win is about 3 times his size and such a lady... she just looked at him and then ignored him. But by today, one would think they had both been here all their lives. Dogs are amazing! And Winnie definitely is looking and feeling better. Doone has not been allowed upstairs yet - for his own safety: Q is a wonderful, smart, sweet cat... but he has claws and knows HE is number one pet in this menage So for now Doone is gated into the back kitchen/studio and Q can get to either litter box and the rest of the house just as he pleases... no bad confrontations so far, and I really think it's going to be all right: this rambling old cottage is a pain in lots of ways, but I gotta admit, it is a great place for the pets...
I still have to research the story - maybe Skeptic can tell more - the PHS listing showed him first as "baby" then said estimated DOB is July 2004, but the folks who were fostering him at their place in Mississippi - who are also the PHS adoption sponsers - said they got him only 3 weeks ago, and his papers say he was "pulled from LaPlace pound" at that time. He was neutered just a few days ago and has all his shots, including rabies... all we have to get is the New Orleans license. His folder shows he got a heartworm prevention pill 8/7 too, and we were present when he was given another Saturday. He eats well and seems quite happy and healthy - but he is VERY skinny... and this concerns me; he was so dirty - had obviously been staying outdoors (that's OK considering how many dogs these folks are caring for) and what with all the fleas DS got off him Saturday evening, it may well be tapeworm... I got a bowel sample this morning and as I said, Doone is going in to be checked out by a vet tomorrow.Do you know his story? How he came to be in the shelter?
And how does your other dog like him?
So far so good on the introductions. Winnie was not impressed at their first meeting on nextdoor patio, as Doone thought HE was boss dog! Growled at her and tried to mount... too funny: Win is about 3 times his size and such a lady... she just looked at him and then ignored him. But by today, one would think they had both been here all their lives. Dogs are amazing! And Winnie definitely is looking and feeling better. Doone has not been allowed upstairs yet - for his own safety: Q is a wonderful, smart, sweet cat... but he has claws and knows HE is number one pet in this menage So for now Doone is gated into the back kitchen/studio and Q can get to either litter box and the rest of the house just as he pleases... no bad confrontations so far, and I really think it's going to be all right: this rambling old cottage is a pain in lots of ways, but I gotta admit, it is a great place for the pets...
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YAHOO THAT's MY DUKE ( Short for Duke of Earl.) !!!!
He was one of the favorites from our shelter!
We had him for much longer than we are supposed to keep dogs, but I kept "adjusting" his paper work to save him. Finally Sam and Lyn found a space for him at the Pontchartrain Humane Society!
Haleluia!!!!!
I know he has gone to a great home now!!!
Here are some pictures from when he was with us. And I will tell what I know of his story.
Duke came to us scrawny and almost hairless from some type of allergy. Where he came from I cannot remember now. They were planning to put him down right away, but I talked them into letting him stay long enough to have some food and some comfortable nights in the shelter. I immediately bathed him and treated with frontline for all the flears. You could almost see the hair growing back.
For some reason the question of putting him down did not arise again until he had been there some time and had grown back all his hair, except for the edges of his ears.
He was very hard to take pictures of because of his dark, almost black color and because he kept running to me every time I tried to take a picture.
This last picture is an early one where he is still fairly bald on top of his head.
He was one of the favorites from our shelter!
We had him for much longer than we are supposed to keep dogs, but I kept "adjusting" his paper work to save him. Finally Sam and Lyn found a space for him at the Pontchartrain Humane Society!
Haleluia!!!!!
I know he has gone to a great home now!!!
Here are some pictures from when he was with us. And I will tell what I know of his story.
Duke came to us scrawny and almost hairless from some type of allergy. Where he came from I cannot remember now. They were planning to put him down right away, but I talked them into letting him stay long enough to have some food and some comfortable nights in the shelter. I immediately bathed him and treated with frontline for all the flears. You could almost see the hair growing back.
For some reason the question of putting him down did not arise again until he had been there some time and had grown back all his hair, except for the edges of his ears.
He was very hard to take pictures of because of his dark, almost black color and because he kept running to me every time I tried to take a picture.
This last picture is an early one where he is still fairly bald on top of his head.
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Congratulations! He sound like he will be a wonderful buddy for you all! He really doesn't look like a Sheltie to me either. Karen????
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Well, I have a border collie that looks very much like him. Some border collies stay thin, and that is what my CT is - thin and busy and almost three years old. Good luck and thanks for helping this character.
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With the many heart breaking stories posted here it is so good to witness a happy ending!
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Thanks all! Skeptic, thanks more than I can say for the history and pics - this helps us a lot!
[The "Duke of Earl" hey? Wow! I LOVED the Duke of Earl! (Although now I have his theme song stuck in my brain for who knows how many days.) Also, after I posted my acidic comment, got to thinking about a dearly-loved dog named Duke - the first bull terrier my parents got; they were stationed in D.C. then - 1956 - purchased the dog from a breeder in Philadelphia who lived on Rawnhurst street or drive or road - whatever - so his AKC name was The Duke of Rawnhurst; what a wonderful chracter! I'll have to post some pics.]
As to my Doone a.k.a. Duke/Earl - after I was so careful to choose a same-sounding call name, turns out that don't cut no ice with this dog anyhow: he responds more to hand signals... so I guess for him, it's like the old saying: "I don't care what you call me, as long as you don't call me late to breakfast!" Me, I say whatever name comes into my senior brain... sometimes find myself calling him "Dunebuggy".... which works about as well as anything...
Seriously, Skeptic, the information you've given explains a great deal and is thus doubly useful: I felt certain from the first that this pup had received some hands-on "people contact/training" other than running the streets and being kennel-fostered... the way he came right up to greet us (especially DS) and how he let DS lift him into the barriered seat in the minivan and how he rode calmly all the way home, including a half hour wait in the van with me (so we could keep the a/c on) at a WalMart while DS went in to buy the crate, the nail clippers, the Purina One lamb & rice etc. etc. ... And then, after Doone's bath and introduction to Winnie on the next door patio, the dog came inside my house and made himself right at home. Not to get gushy about it, but I really don't think I could have managed this big transition in my strange old homestead and with my current disabilities, if Doone had not had this prior conditioning as a 'people dog'...
We still have a ways to go... this morning at 6 Doone yelped once from behind his gate. Dutifully, Win and I left our beds and went back there... but Doone did not want to go outdoors; he would not do anything when we did go out; he did not want breakfast (never did eat it in fact )... what he wanted was to come into the front part of the house with us *sigh* ... Win ate her breakfast, which is good to see, and I did get a couple hours more sleep. Then I took my breakfast and coffee out to the back patio... whether Doone "went" somewhere in the yard I don't know and Win isn't saying... Then we came inside and Doone got his wish to be free in the house. I came upstairs without thinking, and suddenly all H[ouston] broke loose fulltilt boogie !!! black cat and black dawg charged up and down stairs, bounded up and off furniture... for a few moments I didn't know which was which or which making what angry noise... boy-o-boy these little b.c. type puppers are agile and fast!
But as soon as I got back down and yelled "No! Bad dog!" Doone obeyed... and no harm was done. ATM he is in the back room sleeping; Win and Q Cat are both lounging calmly here under the desk... and I have a jillion things to catch up with today. Thanks again for your support... tune in later for the next Thorn Castle update !
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"When he puts his mind to it, a dog can be as much trouble as a set and a half of triplets." - Beauregard Hound in Walt Kelly's "Pogo" comic strip ca. 1960
"So that means I now have virtual *beep*, right?!" - E's Hobbit ca. 2005
[The "Duke of Earl" hey? Wow! I LOVED the Duke of Earl! (Although now I have his theme song stuck in my brain for who knows how many days.) Also, after I posted my acidic comment, got to thinking about a dearly-loved dog named Duke - the first bull terrier my parents got; they were stationed in D.C. then - 1956 - purchased the dog from a breeder in Philadelphia who lived on Rawnhurst street or drive or road - whatever - so his AKC name was The Duke of Rawnhurst; what a wonderful chracter! I'll have to post some pics.]
As to my Doone a.k.a. Duke/Earl - after I was so careful to choose a same-sounding call name, turns out that don't cut no ice with this dog anyhow: he responds more to hand signals... so I guess for him, it's like the old saying: "I don't care what you call me, as long as you don't call me late to breakfast!" Me, I say whatever name comes into my senior brain... sometimes find myself calling him "Dunebuggy".... which works about as well as anything...
Seriously, Skeptic, the information you've given explains a great deal and is thus doubly useful: I felt certain from the first that this pup had received some hands-on "people contact/training" other than running the streets and being kennel-fostered... the way he came right up to greet us (especially DS) and how he let DS lift him into the barriered seat in the minivan and how he rode calmly all the way home, including a half hour wait in the van with me (so we could keep the a/c on) at a WalMart while DS went in to buy the crate, the nail clippers, the Purina One lamb & rice etc. etc. ... And then, after Doone's bath and introduction to Winnie on the next door patio, the dog came inside my house and made himself right at home. Not to get gushy about it, but I really don't think I could have managed this big transition in my strange old homestead and with my current disabilities, if Doone had not had this prior conditioning as a 'people dog'...
We still have a ways to go... this morning at 6 Doone yelped once from behind his gate. Dutifully, Win and I left our beds and went back there... but Doone did not want to go outdoors; he would not do anything when we did go out; he did not want breakfast (never did eat it in fact )... what he wanted was to come into the front part of the house with us *sigh* ... Win ate her breakfast, which is good to see, and I did get a couple hours more sleep. Then I took my breakfast and coffee out to the back patio... whether Doone "went" somewhere in the yard I don't know and Win isn't saying... Then we came inside and Doone got his wish to be free in the house. I came upstairs without thinking, and suddenly all H[ouston] broke loose fulltilt boogie !!! black cat and black dawg charged up and down stairs, bounded up and off furniture... for a few moments I didn't know which was which or which making what angry noise... boy-o-boy these little b.c. type puppers are agile and fast!
But as soon as I got back down and yelled "No! Bad dog!" Doone obeyed... and no harm was done. ATM he is in the back room sleeping; Win and Q Cat are both lounging calmly here under the desk... and I have a jillion things to catch up with today. Thanks again for your support... tune in later for the next Thorn Castle update !
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"When he puts his mind to it, a dog can be as much trouble as a set and a half of triplets." - Beauregard Hound in Walt Kelly's "Pogo" comic strip ca. 1960
"So that means I now have virtual *beep*, right?!" - E's Hobbit ca. 2005