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<blockquote data-quote="Hound dog" data-source="post: 531066" data-attributes="member: 84"><p>Wouldn't work. There is a reason Rowdy is outside. </p><p></p><p>But Travis is going to have to be up and watching her tomorrow while I'm at easy child's because if I keep her in the crate that long and come home at 9:30 she's going to be bounding with energy.........and I won't be sleeping tomorrow night. </p><p></p><p>We just did a potty run. That was fun. Not. It was a royal pain in the rear. One, she's not so afraid of the many stray cats outside......and now tries to play with each one. Two my back yard is leterally pitch black, you can't see your hand in front of your face, so I can't tell when she's gone potty. And three she kept trying to play with Molly who was trying to do her own business. So i took Sadie to the front yard where I could see. Then it was Go Pee Sadie. No. Go Pee Sadie. No, Mommy doesn't want to play. No we're not here to play with the cats. Go Pee Sadie. Finally I told her she couldn't go back inside until she went.........finally she went, on the side of the house. I forgot she likes to do it "out of the way" of everything. </p><p></p><p>I fully appreciate the "special" dog that Sadie is. And I find it rather ironic that probably the one time in my life when I <strong>don't want </strong>a new dog........she appears, runs off, gets "resuced" by another neighbor, escapes her and runs back to me. Because I'm not joking. I <strong>don't want </strong>another dog right now. I've said before it's mostly because of Molly. And it is. But it's also a major PITA and I'm having issues feeding the ones I have now.......and I'm looking for work..........and good grief, I'm not quite in the state of mind to be training a puppy and bonding with a puppy, playing endless games of fetch to burn up the energy of a puppy (yes, we're doing that now). Those things are a bit hard to adjust to after having senior dogs when you <strong>plan</strong> to have a puppy. So I admit I feel a bit "put out" that I don't seem to have much choice in the matter. </p><p></p><p>I'm seeing no defensive/aggressive type behavior tonight.........even after playing with Sadie for the past lord knows how long now.........when I just let Molly out of the living room to take her again outside because Sadie distracted her to the point where she forgot to potty herself. Tonight she's all about playing with Molly. Molly is not all about playing with Sadie......but it's chilly and sort of damp out and her arthritis is probably acting up. (or it could be that Molly is miffed at her for running off, Molly is like that lol ) Sadie is behaving as if she's always lived here....... When I took her out to potty Sadie just had to run to Rowdy's kennel and take the time to greet him properly. wth?? She has within the short amount of time she's been "home" greeted each member of her "family" enthusiastically as if she's lived with them her whole life. What dog does that with animals they've known 2 days??</p><p></p><p>And here's another odd thing that came to mind. Rowdy does not take to new dogs. Puppies are ok, he's great with puppies. But new dogs, no. He'll bark and carrying on, especially at first. I don't think he'd hurt one on purpose that I introduced him to but he doesn't like the idea much and he makes a huge fuss over it. With Sadie........she got sniffed at and a tail wag, every time she's gone into the yard.</p><p></p><p>It's sort of weirding me out more than a little. I've never ever had a stray behave this way. Oh, I've had them adjust quickly and smoothly many times. But this is waaaaay beyond that. Sadie is behaving as if she's just always been here. </p><p></p><p>Currently Molly is in the kitchen with me and Sadie. So far.......all Sadie is doing is hoping to play (no jealousy going on) and sniffing every "bad" area on Molly. Molly is lying under the table and Sadie is at my feet. I want to see how they're going to interact together before I allow myself to bond with Sadie. I'm glad to see that Sadie did not push the playing or sniffing. And from our walk together the other day, I know Sadie has no real fear of other dogs, even ones that she should, she just seems to want to play with them all. So perhaps I mistook her stance that day and misread it due to my own nervousness of having a new strange dog around Molly. </p><p></p><p>I know I'm probably rambling a bit. But like I said.....it's weirding me out. </p><p></p><p>And I wish right now that Fate was an actually human being so that I could grab him by the collar and shake him until his teeth rattle.</p><p></p><p>Although I don't want a dog, I've thought about what sort of dog I might want to chose when Molly is no longer with me. (because I simply can not live without a dog) I came up with all sorts of breeds or breed mixes that I admire for various reasons and weighed the pros and cons of each type. I knew that I'd be super picky. It wouldn't be just any dog that could live up to my Molly girl's standard. So I thought maybe I'd watch for mixed shepard pups..........check them out slowly, take my time to make sure I got just the right one with the right intelligence and personality. I figured it might take quite a while, and I was ok with that. I even thought I'd probably attempt to rescue an older, but still young dog.....since there would be no other dogs competing for it's attention ect. </p><p></p><p>Then along comes Fate and basically drops Sadie into my lap. Young pup, but not itty bitty where you just can't take your eyes off them for a second. Shepard mix and female. Sweet through and through, playful, loving, and I think she's proven her loyalty now. Intelligence? I think she is as smart as Molly. I mean seriously, she recognized Travis in the dark and followed him home. She was only here 2 days, and trust me, she did not see much of him during that time. She acts as if she has always been a part of the family, eagerly accepting each member, recognizing each member, and greeting them when she returned wholeheartedly with great enthusiasm. She will sit, stay (if not distracted by cats) and come to her name.......a name I just gave her that is nothing like her former name. Two days ago she could not play fetch. I know, I tried. She couldn't catch on to the concept. Tonight she learned fetch in like 5 mins......and we played it for 45 mins. Yup. This little girl is smart. I can talk to her just like I talk to Molly and she <strong>listens</strong> and responds like Molly did at the same age. </p><p></p><p>And I want to shake the snot out of Fate because this was <strong>all that I wanted</strong> in the next dog I would have. More because of the accepting the other animals......when I didn't expect Molly and Rowdy to be here when I adopted. <img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/emoticons/sigh.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":sigh:" title="sigh :sigh:" data-shortname=":sigh:" /></p><p></p><p>But no one ever said Fate makes things easy. I certainly won't. Because this is going to be anything BUT easy. I really honestly, as fabulous as she is, <strong>don't want this dog</strong>.....because the timing is<strong> totally awful</strong>. Even if Molly stops being jumpy and stressed. I will have to train Sadie. I'll have to get sister in law onto redoing the front fencing of the back yard so it's a full 6 feet high with a new gate just as high that she can't jump. (I scanned the yard and didn't find a spot under the fence she could've gone through, she must have jumped it. Because she has to be in the yard when i watch the boys, at least for a few hours so she's not spending the whole time in her crate. I have to get her shots and give them to her. Take her to the vet for rabies and to be spayed. And tomorrow before work I have to give her a bath because she's dirty where she was once muddy, so I'll have to bathe Molly too.........and I don't have my wading pool yet so in the tub they both go........and then I have to clean the tub.........And while at easy child's I'll have to call Travis and remind him at least once to take her out to potty because I'm not sure how long she can hold it in the crate yet. And my neighbors are going to hate me because she is not crate trained and when she cries the whole world can hear her. I could go on but you get the idea. </p><p></p><p>And even as I say all that........and I know I'm going to grumble and complain (I'll probably wind up sounding like husband)........I'll do it as long as she does not become aggressive with Molly. And I'll be cursing Fate until I figure out why he picked <strong>NOW</strong> to bring her to me instead of <strong>later</strong> when it would've been much simpler to handle. </p><p></p><p>Because <strong>only a fool</strong> re-homes a dog that has known you for 2 measly days, runs off, gets herself rescued by someone else and escapes a lead in order to find your son and follow him home again. So as much of a PITA it will be, Miss Sadie has found her forever home...........all by herself, whether I like it or not. I'm not that much of a fool.</p><p></p><p>Now I have to take her potty again so I can put her into the crate and I can go to bed. ugh More No Sadie, don't play with the cats..........Go pee Sadie.......No, it's not playtime .....Go pee......... in the dark, in my nightgown..........</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Hound dog, post: 531066, member: 84"] Wouldn't work. There is a reason Rowdy is outside. But Travis is going to have to be up and watching her tomorrow while I'm at easy child's because if I keep her in the crate that long and come home at 9:30 she's going to be bounding with energy.........and I won't be sleeping tomorrow night. We just did a potty run. That was fun. Not. It was a royal pain in the rear. One, she's not so afraid of the many stray cats outside......and now tries to play with each one. Two my back yard is leterally pitch black, you can't see your hand in front of your face, so I can't tell when she's gone potty. And three she kept trying to play with Molly who was trying to do her own business. So i took Sadie to the front yard where I could see. Then it was Go Pee Sadie. No. Go Pee Sadie. No, Mommy doesn't want to play. No we're not here to play with the cats. Go Pee Sadie. Finally I told her she couldn't go back inside until she went.........finally she went, on the side of the house. I forgot she likes to do it "out of the way" of everything. I fully appreciate the "special" dog that Sadie is. And I find it rather ironic that probably the one time in my life when I [B]don't want [/B]a new dog........she appears, runs off, gets "resuced" by another neighbor, escapes her and runs back to me. Because I'm not joking. I [B]don't want [/B]another dog right now. I've said before it's mostly because of Molly. And it is. But it's also a major PITA and I'm having issues feeding the ones I have now.......and I'm looking for work..........and good grief, I'm not quite in the state of mind to be training a puppy and bonding with a puppy, playing endless games of fetch to burn up the energy of a puppy (yes, we're doing that now). Those things are a bit hard to adjust to after having senior dogs when you [B]plan[/B] to have a puppy. So I admit I feel a bit "put out" that I don't seem to have much choice in the matter. I'm seeing no defensive/aggressive type behavior tonight.........even after playing with Sadie for the past lord knows how long now.........when I just let Molly out of the living room to take her again outside because Sadie distracted her to the point where she forgot to potty herself. Tonight she's all about playing with Molly. Molly is not all about playing with Sadie......but it's chilly and sort of damp out and her arthritis is probably acting up. (or it could be that Molly is miffed at her for running off, Molly is like that lol ) Sadie is behaving as if she's always lived here....... When I took her out to potty Sadie just had to run to Rowdy's kennel and take the time to greet him properly. wth?? She has within the short amount of time she's been "home" greeted each member of her "family" enthusiastically as if she's lived with them her whole life. What dog does that with animals they've known 2 days?? And here's another odd thing that came to mind. Rowdy does not take to new dogs. Puppies are ok, he's great with puppies. But new dogs, no. He'll bark and carrying on, especially at first. I don't think he'd hurt one on purpose that I introduced him to but he doesn't like the idea much and he makes a huge fuss over it. With Sadie........she got sniffed at and a tail wag, every time she's gone into the yard. It's sort of weirding me out more than a little. I've never ever had a stray behave this way. Oh, I've had them adjust quickly and smoothly many times. But this is waaaaay beyond that. Sadie is behaving as if she's just always been here. Currently Molly is in the kitchen with me and Sadie. So far.......all Sadie is doing is hoping to play (no jealousy going on) and sniffing every "bad" area on Molly. Molly is lying under the table and Sadie is at my feet. I want to see how they're going to interact together before I allow myself to bond with Sadie. I'm glad to see that Sadie did not push the playing or sniffing. And from our walk together the other day, I know Sadie has no real fear of other dogs, even ones that she should, she just seems to want to play with them all. So perhaps I mistook her stance that day and misread it due to my own nervousness of having a new strange dog around Molly. I know I'm probably rambling a bit. But like I said.....it's weirding me out. And I wish right now that Fate was an actually human being so that I could grab him by the collar and shake him until his teeth rattle. Although I don't want a dog, I've thought about what sort of dog I might want to chose when Molly is no longer with me. (because I simply can not live without a dog) I came up with all sorts of breeds or breed mixes that I admire for various reasons and weighed the pros and cons of each type. I knew that I'd be super picky. It wouldn't be just any dog that could live up to my Molly girl's standard. So I thought maybe I'd watch for mixed shepard pups..........check them out slowly, take my time to make sure I got just the right one with the right intelligence and personality. I figured it might take quite a while, and I was ok with that. I even thought I'd probably attempt to rescue an older, but still young dog.....since there would be no other dogs competing for it's attention ect. Then along comes Fate and basically drops Sadie into my lap. Young pup, but not itty bitty where you just can't take your eyes off them for a second. Shepard mix and female. Sweet through and through, playful, loving, and I think she's proven her loyalty now. Intelligence? I think she is as smart as Molly. I mean seriously, she recognized Travis in the dark and followed him home. She was only here 2 days, and trust me, she did not see much of him during that time. She acts as if she has always been a part of the family, eagerly accepting each member, recognizing each member, and greeting them when she returned wholeheartedly with great enthusiasm. She will sit, stay (if not distracted by cats) and come to her name.......a name I just gave her that is nothing like her former name. Two days ago she could not play fetch. I know, I tried. She couldn't catch on to the concept. Tonight she learned fetch in like 5 mins......and we played it for 45 mins. Yup. This little girl is smart. I can talk to her just like I talk to Molly and she [B]listens[/B] and responds like Molly did at the same age. And I want to shake the snot out of Fate because this was [B]all that I wanted[/B] in the next dog I would have. More because of the accepting the other animals......when I didn't expect Molly and Rowdy to be here when I adopted. :sigh: But no one ever said Fate makes things easy. I certainly won't. Because this is going to be anything BUT easy. I really honestly, as fabulous as she is, [B]don't want this dog[/B].....because the timing is[B] totally awful[/B]. Even if Molly stops being jumpy and stressed. I will have to train Sadie. I'll have to get sister in law onto redoing the front fencing of the back yard so it's a full 6 feet high with a new gate just as high that she can't jump. (I scanned the yard and didn't find a spot under the fence she could've gone through, she must have jumped it. Because she has to be in the yard when i watch the boys, at least for a few hours so she's not spending the whole time in her crate. I have to get her shots and give them to her. Take her to the vet for rabies and to be spayed. And tomorrow before work I have to give her a bath because she's dirty where she was once muddy, so I'll have to bathe Molly too.........and I don't have my wading pool yet so in the tub they both go........and then I have to clean the tub.........And while at easy child's I'll have to call Travis and remind him at least once to take her out to potty because I'm not sure how long she can hold it in the crate yet. And my neighbors are going to hate me because she is not crate trained and when she cries the whole world can hear her. I could go on but you get the idea. And even as I say all that........and I know I'm going to grumble and complain (I'll probably wind up sounding like husband)........I'll do it as long as she does not become aggressive with Molly. And I'll be cursing Fate until I figure out why he picked [B]NOW[/B] to bring her to me instead of [B]later[/B] when it would've been much simpler to handle. Because [B]only a fool[/B] re-homes a dog that has known you for 2 measly days, runs off, gets herself rescued by someone else and escapes a lead in order to find your son and follow him home again. So as much of a PITA it will be, Miss Sadie has found her forever home...........all by herself, whether I like it or not. I'm not that much of a fool. Now I have to take her potty again so I can put her into the crate and I can go to bed. ugh More No Sadie, don't play with the cats..........Go pee Sadie.......No, it's not playtime .....Go pee......... in the dark, in my nightgown.......... [/QUOTE]
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