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Last night, this morning rather, at 2am my sister called me saying she was on her way over. I thought it was a bit odd, but she gets off from work at a little after midnight, so I didn't think too much of it. Well, when she arrived she called me to meet her at the car. She stepped out of the car and told me to take a look inside...what do you suppose was sitting calmly in the back seat?...
A massive fawn doberman.
She had found him wandering the streets by her work, and she eventually persuaded him to come to her. Naturally, once she got him into the car, she thought of me. She's putting up some flyers today, but I'm honestly hoping no one responds, lol.
The first thing we did was to give him a nice flea bath. Then I set him up in one of Apollo's crates (He has one in the living room and one in the bedroom), where he peacefully slept the night through. He's very quiet but he does not seem afraid or cautious at all. He's curious, and will trot right over to you and give your face a nice big lick. He's an extremely friendly boy, and gorgeous, even though he looks a little under weight.
I also think he may be mixed because his face looks kind of like the face of a pit, and his coat is a bit more rough than Apollo's (but that could just be because it was dirty and not taken very good care of). When I post pics you can give me your opinions. As I said, he is fawn, and has the normal dobie rust markings, and has a docked tail, cropped ears and has his dew claws removed. He let me take a look at his teeth and they're all there, and the gums look very healthy and the teeth are very white.
I believe he is housetrained (he kept trying to get my attention but I wasn't sure what he wanted...which ended in a nice big puddle on the floor) although he appears as though he was an outside dog. He has scratches on his nose and face, and his coat loks very weathered and deffinitely needs a lot of TLC. The tub was absolutely FILTHY after his bath, so I can immagine he was outside a lot.
He is an absolute terror to walk (and I thought Apollo was bad)! I added some links to Apollo's prong and even with that he is still walking ME, but I imagine he was just tossed in someone's back yard and never really walked much. I have discovered so far that he does not have food agression, nor is he agressive towards people...although he goes INSANE at the sight of a squirell.
He's going to the vet first thing tomorrow morning, so I've been keeping Apollo in the bedroom until we know if he's healthy and whatnot. He has poopied, and it looks normal and he has gone through two bowls of food and about a million bowls of water...including some dirty bathwater, yuck! He likes to sit with his head on my lap, and he's very playful...although he doesn't quite understand fetch. He also understands "NO" and "sit" although I'm thinking he's possibly just sitting because he's wondering what the hell it is I want him to do.
I have a few questions before we visit the vet tomorrow!
1) How will I know if he's properly vaccinated?
2) What is the best way to introduce him to Apollo? They have seen each other when I took Apollo out for a walk, but they have not actually met.
3) Is it really going to be a big problem having two males?
Thanks so much for reading my novel of a post!! And thanks in advance for any advice/comments!
A massive fawn doberman.
She had found him wandering the streets by her work, and she eventually persuaded him to come to her. Naturally, once she got him into the car, she thought of me. She's putting up some flyers today, but I'm honestly hoping no one responds, lol.
The first thing we did was to give him a nice flea bath. Then I set him up in one of Apollo's crates (He has one in the living room and one in the bedroom), where he peacefully slept the night through. He's very quiet but he does not seem afraid or cautious at all. He's curious, and will trot right over to you and give your face a nice big lick. He's an extremely friendly boy, and gorgeous, even though he looks a little under weight.
I also think he may be mixed because his face looks kind of like the face of a pit, and his coat is a bit more rough than Apollo's (but that could just be because it was dirty and not taken very good care of). When I post pics you can give me your opinions. As I said, he is fawn, and has the normal dobie rust markings, and has a docked tail, cropped ears and has his dew claws removed. He let me take a look at his teeth and they're all there, and the gums look very healthy and the teeth are very white.
I believe he is housetrained (he kept trying to get my attention but I wasn't sure what he wanted...which ended in a nice big puddle on the floor) although he appears as though he was an outside dog. He has scratches on his nose and face, and his coat loks very weathered and deffinitely needs a lot of TLC. The tub was absolutely FILTHY after his bath, so I can immagine he was outside a lot.
He is an absolute terror to walk (and I thought Apollo was bad)! I added some links to Apollo's prong and even with that he is still walking ME, but I imagine he was just tossed in someone's back yard and never really walked much. I have discovered so far that he does not have food agression, nor is he agressive towards people...although he goes INSANE at the sight of a squirell.
He's going to the vet first thing tomorrow morning, so I've been keeping Apollo in the bedroom until we know if he's healthy and whatnot. He has poopied, and it looks normal and he has gone through two bowls of food and about a million bowls of water...including some dirty bathwater, yuck! He likes to sit with his head on my lap, and he's very playful...although he doesn't quite understand fetch. He also understands "NO" and "sit" although I'm thinking he's possibly just sitting because he's wondering what the hell it is I want him to do.
I have a few questions before we visit the vet tomorrow!
1) How will I know if he's properly vaccinated?
2) What is the best way to introduce him to Apollo? They have seen each other when I took Apollo out for a walk, but they have not actually met.
3) Is it really going to be a big problem having two males?
Thanks so much for reading my novel of a post!! And thanks in advance for any advice/comments!