Well, my husband and I have been thinking about getting Blue a little sister for sometime now. So last night we took our first step. We have been looking at the local animal shelters and humane society since there are over 200 dogs and puppies at the Humane Society we went there first. We were hoping that we could help out a dog in need rather than buying a puppy. Well, I don't think it worked out in our favor. Almost all the dogs we picked out in the book, had some pit bull in them. Now since the wonderful Michael Vick case a lot cities and towns here around Cleveland have an ABSOLUTE ban on pit bulls, even if the dog is only 1% pit. Anyway.... Because of that it narrowed our search down to 4 beautiful little girls. The first one was less than 1% pit, but looked like a miniture pit bull, so we figured we couldn't get that past the neighbors. The second one was a shepard mix and while visiting her she had 4 accidents in adoption room. The third was an absolute beautiful cattle dog mix, and the fourth was a white puppy mix (they had no idea about any of the breeds in her). So we decided to introduce Blue to the last two. They took us to a private house where it would just be Dave, Blue, Kristen (Adoption Counsler), Annabel(white puppy), and Me. Blue wanted absolutely no part of this! After they greeted each other and I was petting Annabel, Blue went after her. So we figured she wouldn't work. So Kristen brought in Halle (cattle dog mix), and Blue's reaction was the exact same.
We really would like to get another dog, but we don't understand what's going on with Blue. He has never acted like that. We have him in obedience classes every Saturday with other dogs, and he loves playing with them. We take him to the dog park weekly and we spend a couple hours each time we go. He has NEVER acted like he did last night. I have told Dave that I think we would be better off trying to introduce a puppy to Blue rather than a dog. We were in the pet store once and a woman with a french bulldog puppy wanted to play with Blue. Blue laid down and allowed to puppy to crawl all over him, even nibble at his ears without barking or nibbling back. What do you think we should do?
I know I ask alot of questions on here and I truly appreciate all the help and advice I get from this website. Without you guys I don't know if Blue would be as good as he normally is! Thanks again for everything..... ^
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We really would like to get another dog, but we don't understand what's going on with Blue. He has never acted like that. We have him in obedience classes every Saturday with other dogs, and he loves playing with them. We take him to the dog park weekly and we spend a couple hours each time we go. He has NEVER acted like he did last night. I have told Dave that I think we would be better off trying to introduce a puppy to Blue rather than a dog. We were in the pet store once and a woman with a french bulldog puppy wanted to play with Blue. Blue laid down and allowed to puppy to crawl all over him, even nibble at his ears without barking or nibbling back. What do you think we should do?
I know I ask alot of questions on here and I truly appreciate all the help and advice I get from this website. Without you guys I don't know if Blue would be as good as he normally is! Thanks again for everything..... ^