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Help! Need to find a home/rescue

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#1 ·
So, we found a puppy. He was dumped at the dog park by my house. He’s roughly 6 months old and some form of German Shepherd mix. About 45 pounds. Won't know for sure until a vet check.
We’re talking him to the vet tomorrow. Get him an exam and probably some shots. He’s already been neutered.
Regardless, we can’t keep him. I don’t want to run the risk of SSA with my doberman. We just don’t have space for a third dog.
I’m completely open to caring for him until we find him a home. I’ll drive him as far as necessary for the right home. But I need help finding him one. For now, his name is Blitz.


 
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#3 ·
We checked for a chip (our petsmart has a reader) and no luck. I'll take him the the vet tomorrow. I might just get him chipped myself. He's gonna get shots just in case. He desperately needs a bath. Poor guy.
 
#8 ·
He's so sweet. He became a whole new puppy once he got all the mud off of him. We gave him a good combing (he hated it) to check for fleas/ticks and we seem to be in the clear. He has a hell of a limp on his back legs and humps a lot but those seem to be his only issues. I'll know more after the vet tomorrow morning. I'll keep you guys posted! Hopefully this home pans out and I'm not driving 400+ miles round trip on my only day off for nothing! If he gets a good home, it's all worth it.
 
#10 ·
10 hours of driving. Just under 500 miles over $300 in gas and vet bills.

Blitz has been placed in his loving new home and seems pretty happy. He's curled up with the kids asleep. It's been one hell of a long day, and I totally teared up as we said goodbye, but it was all 100% worth it.
 
#12 ·
"Playing too rough" is a very trainable, very fixable, very manageable, very avoidable issue and I wouldn't jump to saying the home is a bad fit yet. Slow introductions are best anyway so why not have them separate the two for a while til they're more used to each other. (Which dog is being too rough, resident or new guy? What are the relative sizes of the dogs?)
 
#13 ·
Blitz is being rough. I just think he's been through a lot for a young pup. It's normal for him to be stressed and try to act out. He hasn't been given and fair shot and whoever dumped him obviously never taught him manners. She and I had discussed that but I don't think she realized how serious I was.

He's 47.4 pounds, her current dog is 7 years old and right around 100 pounds.
 
#14 ·
On the plus side, she and her kids really have fallen in love with him. She's going to try to stick it out and train him to play well. We both think that whoever dumped him never realized you have to train a dog to behave so he just doesn't know any better.

Right now the only issues are that he's playing rough aND he's started humping. Fortunately, whoever had him before had him neutered.

I told her I'd basically put him in time out when he got to be too much, treat him when he was playing right.

She really wants to stick it out and make it work. Imy happy about that.

Do you guys have any advice about that?
 
#15 ·
Hi Strife. How fabulous of you to make such a time consuming and expensive attempt to find this pup his forever home.

Personally, since rough play is a real issue with many Dobermans and has been discussed here often, you should steer her here to DT. Have her introduce herself and then ask away!

John
Portland OR
 
#18 ·
Text I just got from her with a couple photos attached:

After several hours of sit, stay training, look at whose behaving!? Look at how close he is to Cleo and no humping or biting. He tried, but the kids and I have been on him. I came home early to walk and train. My son came in and took him for a run, then we all took turns reinforcing sit, stay while we ate dinner. For awhile he was really amped up, penis out, humping, whining and sliding into things. But we stuck with it. He is sitting on command like a champ! Walked great and is now learning boundaries.



I almost cried. I'm so glad they're sticking it out for him. He deserves it.
 
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