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I have a seven-years-old Rat Terrier and she is a great dog. The only problem is I can never get a second one because she doesn't get along with any other dogs. We rescued her from a pound and I think she had a hard run there. SHe is very smart and has never bitten me or my kids, even though my son probbaly deserved one a few times.

Dogs of the AMS...

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My wife and I pick up our airedale terrier 3 weeks from today. It's costing me a grand, and better live for 20 years.

Fact: People who don't or can't have kids have dogs.

Originally Posted by nasum I think I may have bitten off more than I can chew with this foster gig. http://www.petfinder.com/petdetail/17971762 This is the dog that I have right now, but my lab mix is not a fan. She hasn't outright attacked yet, but it's very tense at times. As of right now I think I'm an idiot for attempting this and it isn't fair to Merriam to be stuck with such an asshole of another dog. It's weird since my dog is 95% cool with other dogs (only hates the little yelp bastards since she got attacked by one as a pup in the shelter, or so they tell me) and even after reading all sorts of info on how to introduce dogs this just isn't going well. Then again it hasn't even been a full day yet so perhaps I'm just jumping the gun.

Classic shelter move. That friend, is a pit. Trust me I've worked in a shelter for four + years. We try to avoid putting pit down for the dogs but that's what you got. A generic pit mix. Despite what everyone in rainbows and cookies land wants to say, pits are very often bad dogs when they grow up in shelters. If you aren't on top of them they become dangerous. If you get on them early they can be great dogs.

Ya, definitely a pit. I'd dump that dog the second I could.

@slickkilll77 Here come the rainbows and cookies: I'd have to imagine any dog growing up in shelters will be riddled with problems. Yet, most aren't strong as pits and pit mixes. Also, how much of your opinion is influenced by the much high numbers of pits remaining for longer durations than other breeds?

@nasum Sounds like your dog and the one you're fostering have yet to establish rank. Maybe try to do it for them. Feed the foster dog after you feed your dog, ect.

Things have gotten better since then. They wrestle together but foster pup is a bit more bite-y than I'd like her to be. Basic obedience is coming along nicely and they tolerate each other enough that I can have them both sleep in the bedroom with me without fights.

Still though, having two dogs is WAY more difficult than I thought it would be.

Originally Posted by perdition(troy My wife and I pick up our airedale terrier 3 weeks from today. It's costing me a grand, and better live for 20 years.

An acquaintance of mine has an all black one. Very cute, fun & playful dogs. If you don't want it to jump on people start right away on that. Almost every Airedale I've ever met has been a jumper. Other than that they always seem like great dogs.

Originally Posted by nasum Things have gotten better since then. They wrestle together but foster pup is a bit more bite-y than I'd like her to be. Basic obedience is coming along nicely and they tolerate each other enough that I can have them both sleep in the bedroom with me without fights. Still though, having two dogs is WAY more difficult than I thought it would be.

Glad to read that. With those cases I tend to leave a short leash on the offender even in the house so it's easy to make quit corrections before things escalate. My dog sounds like yours. He likes to play, but won't bite other dogs to the point of breaking their skin even when the other dog gets too rough. It's great because he's so gentle but sometimes I wish he was more like my buddy's dog who will pin the offending dog to show rank and that's the end of it forever. Next time you foster make sure convey to them exactly the type of dog you can home and make them allow you an intro to your dog before you commit. You're doing them a favor so this shouldn't be too much to ask.

Good news on my latest foster. She's going to be delivered to her forever home this week. She and I went on a home visit over the weekend and a wonderful family fell in love with her. Married couple with four kids ranging from 14-21 years of age. Their last family dog passed last Summer and they've been searching for the right dog since Christmas. Chynna blew them away with her affection and obedience.

I have 4(!) dogs. 2 chihuahuas, a jack russell, and a min pin. All were rescues thanks to my fiancee's work as an LVT. They're very nice to us, sort of wild outside/with others outside the pack. Thankfully their combined weight is maybe 40 lbs so I can haul them around pretty easily.

of course the organization gets an enormous male lab that's as cool as my female lab. Would I look like an asshole if I requested a trade? Then again my foster pup had a repeat visitor and two fairly interested parties at the last adoption event so maybe it's a possibility that she'll be gone before long.

Originally Posted by nasum of course the organization gets an enormous male lab that's as cool as my female lab. Would I look like an asshole if I requested a trade? Then again my foster pup had a repeat visitor and two fairly interested parties at the last adoption event so maybe it's a possibility that she'll be gone before long.

If things are too stressful on you then yes you should request a swap. Your more important as someone happy who will continue fostering dogs in the future instead of someone who had a bad experience and doesn't want to be involved going forward.

1st foster pup has been adopted!
http://www.petfinder.com/petdetail/19662340
I'm picking up this guy tonight as long as he gets along with the existing Lab. Hopefully he'll be more of a couch potato than the puppy who raced the halls all night long for something to do...

Originally Posted by nasum 1st foster pup has been adopted! http://www.petfinder.com/petdetail/19662340 I'm picking up this guy tonight as long as he gets along with the existing Lab. Hopefully he'll be more of a couch potato than the puppy who raced the halls all night long for something to do...

Great work! Weezy looks pretty cool. Usually the bigger they are the more laid back so hopefully that's the case.

This is my current foster Trina. She was given up by her family after five years. I'm the short term foster in this case though. After July 4th she's going to another home until adoption. I stepped in and took her after her spaying because the other home wasn't quite ready. She's pretty cool and should get adopted quickly.

I had a family dog growing up, which I loved very much. A huge golden lab that was great with strangers, friendly, fun, but I quote Ron White when I say:

"I'm a dog lover <applause>, that's a lie. I love my dog, I don't give a shit about yours."

Originally Posted by Survivalism The other night I sat down to dinner and my dog got in the chair next to me like this: "oh hai foods"

I know this is old, but that looks a lot like my dog when I was younger. She was a brittany spaniel mix. Lots of energy as a young dog.

I have five dogs

An 11 year old female bichon frise mix
A 2 yr old female siberian husky
A 2 year old female yellow lab mix (most like Jack Russell I'm told)
A 1.5 year old femle bluenose American pit bull terrier
A 1 year old female Rottweiler/Doberman mix.

Having all of them together would be chaotic so I keep the bichon frise, pit bull and lab mix with me, while the husky and rottie stay at my fiancé's.

3 dogs here all 3 rescue dogs.

Blossom is my baby girl. We got her after she had been a breeder dog for 2 or 3 years. When we adopted her she had only been out of her Kennel for a week or two and was in complete shock. We had to teach her how to be a dog.
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Then we adopted Razz our pug. My wife was jelous because Blossom bonded to me 10x stronger then her(she has since come around and loves my wife equally)and we had always wanted a pug. So we went to get this old guy that was missing an eye and had some other issues. However when we went to the adoption day that pug was not there that day....but Razz was and he was only a month or so old. He fit in the palm of my hand and started chewing on my beard...it was over! We decided he could be our one selfish adoption for a long time. Hes like 3 now and is a typical pug that always demands attention and wants to play every last second of the day.
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Loiue is the newest edition to the family and is a pain in the damned ass. He is an 8/9(exact age unknown)Newfoundland Golden Retriever mix. We got him a few months ago and we are still happy we gave a very old dog a good home....but as I said pain in the ass. He pisses on everything, came with worms, digs holes in our yard, does not listen to commands easily and the cherry on top was his fight with a raccoon(if you can call him picking up a Raccoon and shaking the shit out of it a fight). Not a bright dog and def not our best dog, but he still tries to be a good dog...hes just too damn stubborn and stupid to understand
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So thats my family!
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I have these, well they're my Mums but I guess they're the family dogs.

The one upright is called Cookie and she's around 2.5 years old, the one lying is Tink and she's about a year less.



They're pretty funny dogs, never really liked chihuahuas before but I guess it was because of the image they've got as a breed.

We also had a King Charles Spaniel called Sammy from 1993 as a puppy, but she was really sick and aging badly so she was put down earlier on in the year... She was a very good dog though Maybe when I get dogs of my own in the future I will name one Sammy in her memory.



This was the last photo taken of her before she was put down...

I've always always wanted a Siberian Husky though, and will definitely get one some point in the future, probably called Indy (based on George Lucas' dog being called Indiana and the character was named after his dog!)



My girlfriend also wanted a Dalmatian when we're older so these two will probably we our first future dogs together!