I have never paid for a dog in my 67 years, all have been mutts. My dog I have now is a Great Pyrenes/Lab (Ace) is the best. In March we were taking our daily walk down a dirt road in East Texas and a hog that had been chased by dogs came out of the woods and attacked me. The hog knocked me down and was on top of me and I thought I was going to die, but Ace grabbed the hog by the side of the head and pulled him off of me. If it wasn't for that mutt I would surely be dead.
All adoption fees here at the local shelter are being picked up by a local car dealership … seems a whole lotta dopes bought Covid dogs they don’t want anymore .. place is jam packed
Every dog we’ve had has been a pound hound. The chihuahua we have now (got him in 2008) was on doggie death row 3 times. Kids thought that little ‘purse dogs’ were cute until they realized that they are living, breathing animals that need care. Had a bunch and they were all good. The Rudy is getting old but still hangs in there. Little guy was chasing a rabbit around the yard last night. Didn’t know he could run that fast anymore. Looked funny because the rabbit was bigger than him.
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Yes.. get a pup if possible, so it acclimated to your family, surrounding, schedule and so on. Mutts make a good reliable companion.. one of my favorite dogs ever was a mutt..although I am particularly partial to more hated breeds.
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Yes...I do.. get a puppy.. a free to low cost animal. A pup will acclimate quickly to you, your loved ones, your house, property boundaries, schedule and so on. One of the best dogs I ever owned was a mutt..although I own and favor the “hated” breeds.. to each is own on breed..show your dog love, and respect, and kindness.. ( lots ) and it will be your best dog ever.. I would look through the local county classifieds ( the free paper version by the newspaper stand if you are rural)..good luck in your search.. ( the dog I spoke of was lab/pit mix.. it was one of the keenest animals I ever owned.. and still to this day my eldest sons favorite.. this particular animal made him a true dog lover. ( who also loves /own/and breeds the hated).. her name was Onyx.. she will be missed.
Where does he take them to a Chinese restaurant!
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https://bunnysbuddies.org
These are great people, who do a great thing. A few of my friends got their dogs via them. These are dogs rescued from the Korean and Chinese dog meat markets and exported to the US. Don't feed into the puppy mills...give a deserving dog a home whether its via this or a local shelter.
I have a Red Bone that cost $50 almost 11 years ago. I got lucky. Great dog and yes when he gets a whiff of something he gets fired up. Love hounds but you have to exercise em.
Another rescue vote. Bail one out of jail and he will forever love you.
Around here it depends on the location. We were looking in New York state at some highly recommended breeders. They were priced for the NYC market. Then we searched Pennsylvania. More reasonable but too much travel time. Now we have some local breeders getting into the game and the prices are much lower. After Covid the prices spiked because of the popularity. It's leveled off some.
Either a Rescue or go to the local shelter. The local Shelter has so many dogs that one County lady has 3 in Her office living. We just got a German Shorthair Pointer from the Weimaraner Rescue which makes it our 4th dog from them..
Shorty and Mama: Jasmine (mama) was 13 at the time; She lived another 10 months.
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And of course "MagWai" AffenPinscher who was taken out of a PitBull Fighting ring out of Ocala. MagWai was a hermaphrodite (peed like a male and female; two tubes) 24 toes; 4 rows of teeth. He was the King of the Dog Park and dogs would drop toys off in front of Herm. MagWai tuned up a WolfHound who would mess w/Shorty..
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I paid NOTHING!!!! for my Lab/Chessie mix. Absolutely the best and smartest dog I have owned in my 81 years !!!!!!!!!!! He is 13 now and we are in a race to see who goes down first !!!
If you don't want a rescue or shelter dog, here's a couple steps.
Decide what dog breed you want. Go onto AKC website. That has information on all dog breeds. They also list the AKC specific breeds website. Those will have a list of breeders that are in compliance with them. Contact the breeders. There are still good breeders and great breeders on that list so ask for references.
I have had rescue dogs, and craigslist dogs and one terrier pup found eating out of a dumpster. Once I decided I wanted to try a different approach, I found some of the best breeders of Shih Tzu's in the USA. One thing I was surprised. Shih Tzus are not supposed to bark. The first breeder I visited had 17 Shih Tzus and when you rang the doorbell, no barking at all. Not one bark, just waging tails and 34 curious eyes at the front door.
Another thing I learned. The breeder I use is based in Ohio. I used one of their airline transporter people to bring my dog to Florida. They only fly in the cabin.
I asked the woman who I met at the airport is this common and she told me that year in 2014 she took over 200 flights, and only a small percentage is for dogs being sold. Most flights for shows or breeding.
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Where does he take them to a Chinese restaurant!
Highly doubtful. Up here lots of people go to rescues for dogs. They move them so quick that if you see a puppy at a shelter on petfinder its most likely gone if you don't respond with an hour or two. Adults don't seem to last either.
My two are both shelter dogs, and they are both great dogs. The black one we got from a shelter in Maine and the tan one from a rescue in Mass. Both are originally from Tennessee. The tan one we feel lucky to have got him when we did. We had been searching for months and as soon as we say him jumped on it and were able to bring him home. When we got to the foster home there wee 5 other people there picking up his siblings. By them time we left all 6 puppies were adopted and had only been at the foster for a day.
My sister also got two of hers from down south. The orange one from Tennessee and the yellow lab in the foreground from Alabama. He was an adult dog when they got him. Im her case both dogs were already adopted by her before they ever came up on the truck. They picked them off directly off the truck in a wal mart parking lot.
I truly believe animals know when you save them. Speaking of which I have this damn cat that wont stay out of my lap. Saved it as a kitten from under a bush beside my house. Follows me like a puppy dog. Spent the first month of its life sleeping in the hood of the hoodie I was wearing LOL.
Never a more true statement! They want to play with everyone, people and other dogs, so you really have to keep control of them. It’s not for others safety, it’s for their own.
I got mine as a pup after I lost my wife, she has been a constant companion, which has helped me through some rough times. She rarely barks, but she is a digger😀, she loves to chew, but I’ve trained her to not destroy certain things, but I’ve still got to watch her. They must have attention, and do not like it at all to be left alone, which I rarely have to do with her, I kinda like her too. The most difficult thing I’ve encountered is house training her, but I think it’s on me, not her. She will ring a bell to go outside, but has not quite got that it’s bathroom time, not play time.
They are very intelligent animals, and it’s sometimes not a good thing, they can figure out work arounds to things they don’t like, and are pretty sneaky.
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