UglyBear
Well-Known Member
Just thinking aloud, and looking for advice: i got myself into a bit of a bind, and appreciate any input.
So, I ran my big fat mouth and promised one of my kids a puppy.
It’s ok — I really wanted a dog myself, except ... the kid is fanatical about Marshall on PawPatrol, who is a Dalmatian, and will accept nothing else.
No way am I getting a purebred one — mostly out of principle, don’t want to encourage factory breeding when there’s so many dogs for adoption, secondary don’t want to have all the health problems that come with inbred purebreds.
Has to be a freshly weaned puppy — my house is all kinds of busy and crazy, so the dog has to grow up and adopt to our dynamic, plus the kids really want a puppy.
Recently we realized that kids are stupid, and it turns out that for my kid, basically any black and white dog is a “Marshal” — when @wharf rat had puppies, one of them was a “Marshal”. Sadly, back then we couldn’t get a dog, otherwise we would have gotten one from the litter .
so my three requirements are: 1) small puppy — freshly weaned, it needs to fit into my crazy home; 2) black and white — “Marshal”; 3) adoption around April-May 2021.
Would anyone know where to start looking?
@wharf rat , you would not be fostering any puppies come spring, would you?
p.s. we love our pets, and provide the best care for them — I just don’t really want to drag the kids through a shelter application process that I heard could be very excruciating and unpleasant, where they parade dogs that really don’t fit your needs but the shelter wants to get rid of
So, I ran my big fat mouth and promised one of my kids a puppy.
It’s ok — I really wanted a dog myself, except ... the kid is fanatical about Marshall on PawPatrol, who is a Dalmatian, and will accept nothing else.
No way am I getting a purebred one — mostly out of principle, don’t want to encourage factory breeding when there’s so many dogs for adoption, secondary don’t want to have all the health problems that come with inbred purebreds.
Has to be a freshly weaned puppy — my house is all kinds of busy and crazy, so the dog has to grow up and adopt to our dynamic, plus the kids really want a puppy.
Recently we realized that kids are stupid, and it turns out that for my kid, basically any black and white dog is a “Marshal” — when @wharf rat had puppies, one of them was a “Marshal”. Sadly, back then we couldn’t get a dog, otherwise we would have gotten one from the litter .
so my three requirements are: 1) small puppy — freshly weaned, it needs to fit into my crazy home; 2) black and white — “Marshal”; 3) adoption around April-May 2021.
Would anyone know where to start looking?
@wharf rat , you would not be fostering any puppies come spring, would you?
p.s. we love our pets, and provide the best care for them — I just don’t really want to drag the kids through a shelter application process that I heard could be very excruciating and unpleasant, where they parade dogs that really don’t fit your needs but the shelter wants to get rid of