I got a dog I got dog!!!!  

I agree. We took her to the pet store to get some more supplies and she got so nervous. She hasn't done that anywhere else. She heard other dogs barking and got really scared. I think she might have thought we were sending her away. She has heard other dogs in our neighborhood and has been fine. With breeders its about the money, but the pound its about life and death.

My oldest daughter had a fancy rat and she was wonderful with my kids, but she belonged to my oldest daughter who just moved. So we are gonna get another one for my 5 year old. She is begging and crying. But I didn't think at all Sally, our puppy's name, could jump that high. She jumps on the couch, the recliner, and where she wants to get. She needs help getting down. Anyway, we have been saving money to get a doberman pincher. My parents raised them when I was growing up. I think we are going to put that on for awhile. I guess I got a dobie that is short. lol I will get a dobie sometime in my life time, but right now it is all about Sally. By the way, my 2 year old name her. She refused any other name, and our puppy answered to it and no other name. So Sally it is. :)

Aww, Sally is a sweet name! The Dachy names my friends have chosen are Chubs and Shorty, lol.

Our dog has really short legs. She hasn't barked yet. She has wined when we leave her in a room alone. And she loves being any where we are. She for such a young pup realizes that my 9 month is a baby. She will climb on us jump and play but she won't jump on baby. She just will lick him or lay next to him. It's kind of neat that I didn't have to train her to be cautious around him. Now of course the baby and dog are never left alone together. But even my two year old she doesn't jump up on. The older kids and me she can get so excited and jump up in our lap and such. I think it is really great that you got your dog from the pound. I am a believer now. And thank you for the response.

I got our new family member from a country pound. They don't have alot of resources for people to adopt pets. The county I live in has the pets in pet stores, malls, adopt fairs, etc. But the other county has a very small shelter, no perks like the other one. I had to drive 45 minutes away close to mountains and I am scared of mountains. lol I think people in general need to be more responsable for their animals. It isn't animals fault how and why they became into being. And my kids have a sense of pride, because they know that they saved our dogs life. There were three other siblings of our dog still there. Not to mention the other dogs their that need new homes before being put down.

We have 30 days to get her spayed by adoption law. It is so funny but sad, but 2 people ask me to breed her for puppies. If she were adopted or not I would say no. I adopted her because I felt she would fit easily in my family and would be a family member. I don't want to breed her. My stepfather and mother bred dobermans and I saw what our female dog went thru over and over and over. She will be spayed in 3 weeks.

30 days is reasonable if they do early spay/neuter in your area. Not ever vet does it.

It must be done before she can get pregnant to prevent more births and consequently more deaths.

I'm trying to convince my vet to start doing it on very young animals.

It's amazing people ask you to breed her. Don't they know how many dogs get killed in shelters due to lack of homes? Even pure bred dogs get killed because there are no homes.

I have a problem with 99.99% of people who breed. The only one I have met in my town who maybe should breed is my groomer. She has a room full of best in show ribbons and trophies. Her dogs are proven to spectacular specimens and yet she might only breed one of her dogs once every few years. I have never seen her with a pregnant dog.