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looking for a mastiff / rottie mix? consider rescuing GROVER --
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Wow! He kinda has the same look in his eyes as this famous Grover.
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Wow! He kinda has the same look in his eyes as this famous Grover.
They do in fact look alike,GOOD one
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Great thing you have going there Eric. I'm not a potential adopter (at this time) because I already have four dogs and one pure white cat (who thinks he's a dog). We have a large place, around 200 acres, and I think we've had some dogs "dumped" on us because I'm an animal loving sucker. The only dog I actually purchased is "Dargo" (hmm, wonder where I got my screen name?), and he is an imported German Shepherd Dog. Being that I took the time to train Dargo further and he quickly learned not only dozens of 'tricks', but his "dos" and "don'ts", he has always been the alpha male of the pets.
When he is tired, or just in the mood, it's almost impossible to get him to come out of his cage. Interestingly enough, I'd never used a cage/kennel with a dog before I bought Dargo. I thought it was cruel. I had no idea that the dog identifies it as 'his place'. By no means is Dargo aggressive towards other family members if he doesn't want to come out of his cage, but there's no way they are going to be able to pull a very strong 90 pound dog out when he doesn't wanna come out! Towards the end of every day he heads right into his cage and even tries to close the door himself. It's definitely no punishment for him. Heck, he almost sees it as his 'reward' at the end of a hard day of playing outside!
We have an Invisible Fence around about 12 acres of land around our house and he has free rein within that area. Within that area is about a 1 1/2 acre pond. This is why I felt I needed to comment. After about 8 years of having German Shepherd Dogs now, I don't know how you can have one if you don't have a pond. Dar's 'perfect day' is to rise early and chase bugs around the property all day while taking constant trips into the lake. Heck, when it's really hot out he just makes the entire lake brown by chasing dragon flies around while he is in the lake shallow areas.
Since he's so large but well adjusted and none of our delivery people fear him, I got another German Shepherd Dog given to me. I couldn't say "no", could I? That was about 5 years ago. Now this last year my son found a black lab that had been dumped on our property. We called around and even ran an ad; nobody was looking. Unfortunately, it was clear that this lab had been badly beaten by whoever had him. He had the most severe cower to him and shook so badly when you approached that I didn't think there was much hope. Surprisingly, he never demonstrated any aggression at all. I've seen some dogs get aggressive after they've been beaten, but not "Kippy", as my son named him. Fast forward 6 months and Kippy is as happy as a clam! He's 'learned' to do what the German Shepherds do and has really come out of his shell. Still, at times, he instinctively flinches when you reach out to him too quickly. He's bonded with our German Shepherds and happily plays 3rd string, if you will, when they play; mostly in the lake!
Three months ago we got the wild kitten from 'you know where'. It was just a little white puffball of fur absolutely covered in fleas that would spit, hiss, bite and attack like crazy! After several flea baths (Oh, I assure you, they were all fight), and a trip to the vet my youngest daughter just had to keep him. But we have 3 large dogs! After slow introductions, the kitten is now much more tame and clearly thinks it's just a smaller dog. Pictured is a typical morning look of Kippy and Kitty.
It's great when animals have loving owners who want to and know how to take care of them. Although it's a lot of work, I'm convinced that you "get" more than you "give" when it comes to a loving pet. Great work you're doing there. Hopefully you can find a qualified home for him soon.
When he is tired, or just in the mood, it's almost impossible to get him to come out of his cage. Interestingly enough, I'd never used a cage/kennel with a dog before I bought Dargo. I thought it was cruel. I had no idea that the dog identifies it as 'his place'. By no means is Dargo aggressive towards other family members if he doesn't want to come out of his cage, but there's no way they are going to be able to pull a very strong 90 pound dog out when he doesn't wanna come out! Towards the end of every day he heads right into his cage and even tries to close the door himself. It's definitely no punishment for him. Heck, he almost sees it as his 'reward' at the end of a hard day of playing outside!
We have an Invisible Fence around about 12 acres of land around our house and he has free rein within that area. Within that area is about a 1 1/2 acre pond. This is why I felt I needed to comment. After about 8 years of having German Shepherd Dogs now, I don't know how you can have one if you don't have a pond. Dar's 'perfect day' is to rise early and chase bugs around the property all day while taking constant trips into the lake. Heck, when it's really hot out he just makes the entire lake brown by chasing dragon flies around while he is in the lake shallow areas.
Since he's so large but well adjusted and none of our delivery people fear him, I got another German Shepherd Dog given to me. I couldn't say "no", could I? That was about 5 years ago. Now this last year my son found a black lab that had been dumped on our property. We called around and even ran an ad; nobody was looking. Unfortunately, it was clear that this lab had been badly beaten by whoever had him. He had the most severe cower to him and shook so badly when you approached that I didn't think there was much hope. Surprisingly, he never demonstrated any aggression at all. I've seen some dogs get aggressive after they've been beaten, but not "Kippy", as my son named him. Fast forward 6 months and Kippy is as happy as a clam! He's 'learned' to do what the German Shepherds do and has really come out of his shell. Still, at times, he instinctively flinches when you reach out to him too quickly. He's bonded with our German Shepherds and happily plays 3rd string, if you will, when they play; mostly in the lake!
Three months ago we got the wild kitten from 'you know where'. It was just a little white puffball of fur absolutely covered in fleas that would spit, hiss, bite and attack like crazy! After several flea baths (Oh, I assure you, they were all fight), and a trip to the vet my youngest daughter just had to keep him. But we have 3 large dogs! After slow introductions, the kitten is now much more tame and clearly thinks it's just a smaller dog. Pictured is a typical morning look of Kippy and Kitty.
It's great when animals have loving owners who want to and know how to take care of them. Although it's a lot of work, I'm convinced that you "get" more than you "give" when it comes to a loving pet. Great work you're doing there. Hopefully you can find a qualified home for him soon.
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eric, my first thought was that Grover looks to be a dog loyal to his people but outsiders beware. The website implies other wise. I do see an open space but fenced in area but that more often than not means more than one dog. While your adoption fee is realistic, the economy is what it is. No argument with your mission statement though.
I would like to talk about an experiance when my wife and I tried to find a boxer for adoption. Having had six boxers and having help place quite a few unwanted ones in homes, I know a little about the breed. After a divorce and a number of years, my current wife suggested we look for another while looking for an addition to our "family".
We were turned down by a number of so called boxer rescues because we did not have a fenced in yard. Never mind that the closest house was some 2000 feet away, that we told them that we never let our dogs run free without supervision, that we did indeed train our dogs as needed, that I did take near daily walks with the dogs around our property that had no bordering homes only farmland, that we do feed our animals high quality food (do 31 and 33 year old horses in good health qualify).
I guess where I am going is to keep an open mind especially in this economy when trying to place an animal.
Dargo, crate training is a really good way to go as long as the crate is not a jail cell. With a puppy, you need only to let take the dog out a lot for bathroom breaks then some play followed by rest periods. Soon enough, as you said, the crate becomes a safe haven. Provide food, water and some safe toys and keep your shoes, etc. safe. We use crates to start our adult adoptive dogs as well overnight and while we run an errand, etc until we feel that they have settled in.
I would like to talk about an experiance when my wife and I tried to find a boxer for adoption. Having had six boxers and having help place quite a few unwanted ones in homes, I know a little about the breed. After a divorce and a number of years, my current wife suggested we look for another while looking for an addition to our "family".
We were turned down by a number of so called boxer rescues because we did not have a fenced in yard. Never mind that the closest house was some 2000 feet away, that we told them that we never let our dogs run free without supervision, that we did indeed train our dogs as needed, that I did take near daily walks with the dogs around our property that had no bordering homes only farmland, that we do feed our animals high quality food (do 31 and 33 year old horses in good health qualify).
I guess where I am going is to keep an open mind especially in this economy when trying to place an animal.
Dargo, crate training is a really good way to go as long as the crate is not a jail cell. With a puppy, you need only to let take the dog out a lot for bathroom breaks then some play followed by rest periods. Soon enough, as you said, the crate becomes a safe haven. Provide food, water and some safe toys and keep your shoes, etc. safe. We use crates to start our adult adoptive dogs as well overnight and while we run an errand, etc until we feel that they have settled in.