Friday, May 30, 2008

I like dogs just a little

I haven't made it to the humane society in a while because I've been wasting my time on crap like finals and being sick. When I first started going to the shelter I would come up with names for every pup I met, but I guess I've gotten lazy, because now I just call them by their breed or some defining characteristic (this method is usually foolproof, but can cause awkward nicknames, like for Cocker spaniels.)

To your right here is Poopy Feet, aka "Poopie." He's a happy fluffy wonderful puppy, but had been slipping around in his kennel in his own diarrhea for the better part of the afternoon. And to make it even yummier, he had bad manners about jumping all over you. My satin evening gown destroyed, des-troy-ed I tell you! (Lab/akita mix)

And below is "Long Jane." If I had to define "athletic" in a video, I would show you one of her in an extended trot. Gor-freakin-or-geous! If this girl was a horse, she'd be worth a million. A wonderful stride, but not very into people and very drooly. Like eww. (Lab/pointer mix)



Below is "Sneaky!" She likes to back out of collars and apparently harnesses too (i'm impressed). Luckily she's boy-crazy, and after escaping she ran over to a group of men and let me catch her while she was flirting. Strangely her official name is Akita, but she doesn't have a drop of akita in her; all pit bull, shar pei and shepherd. She's a great buddy once she figures out you've got a slip lead.










Below is "Weimie." She's a pretty ho-hum, tad chubby, middle-aged girl. She was delighted when I took that gentle leader off. They had it on way too tight, and apparently decided she should wear it 24-7. Ooo, she loved getting that face scratched. She's not even much of a puller (once she gets off some steam).













This yellow lab is Mr. Crazy. you can kinda see it in his eyes. Yeah, total nut ball, but pretty out of shape so it didn't take too long to get him behavin'. He wanted to go swimming! He's one of those leap off the banks regardless of depth types. He was soo proud of himself for fetching an old soda bottle. Just needed a job, this one. Well, and maybe a little bit of tranquilizer.

I cleverly knighted the fellow "Beaglie." He's kinda tubby, but oh so cute. It was hilarious when he'd get on a bunny scent because he'd start yowling. I got some wierd looks running behind a dog who was yowling at mysterious intervals. His sniffing noises brought to mind a very hungry Jabba the Hut eating borscht. This dude has more than a little hound dog in him. Gotta love him. (beagle/dachshund)

4 comments:

phutton said...

Died laughing at "Poopie Feet". Been there, Huh! Brings to mind a day in the truck. To this day I'm still not sure which end it came out of. EWWW
MOM

amy said...

That is a terrible thing to wonder about! shudder

Anonymous said...

Hey, Amy! If those Gentle Leaders are too tight, please let the staff know. Since it's something new we are trying, not everyone gets them on correctly.

And they only wear them for 5 hours a day-1 to 6 pm. so that when potential adopters and volunteers want to walk them they don't have to hassle with putting them one.

Thanks for caring about our dogs! We really appreciate you!

Staff of RCHS

amy said...

Hey, thanks for letting me know! I'm personally not crazy about gentle leaders, but I know they can do wonders for some dogs so I hope you guys have good luck with them. I love RCHS. Thanks for all the good you do!