Sad but true !

I decided to get another dog this year. It's been 20 years since my last one. I was going to get a rescue, but I failed the interviews because I live in the country and do not have a fenced yard. I would have gladly paid the adoption fees, but they wouldn't let me have a dog. I ended up buying a purebred Golden Retriever for big bucks. I have no doubt I could love a rescue, but this little, well medium now, is such a well behaved buddy and getting better all the time. I was disappointed not to qualify as an adopter, but this dog, now 6 months old, is a wonderful dog, and I have not one regret about the whole thing.
 

Della said:
Good Choice Dave. If angels ever disguise themselves as dogs, I expect they come around as Golden Retrievers.
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We've had goldens and golden mixes, but they're too much dog and require too much exercise for us at this point in our lives.

hollydolly said:
awwww... he looks like a smaller version of our late and much loved Scruffy... ( doodle ) sooo cute...🥰
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So funny that you say this, I wanted to name him Scruffy but DH thought it was a little insulting to the dog. We both had "Ozzy" on our potential name lists so that's how he wound up as Ozzy.
RadishRose said:
You got lucky the no shed trait in poodles came out in Ozzy. Mine is a Shi-Tzu and doesn't shed either.

So Ozzy doesn't bark? Give him time, hahaha. He's a lucky boy that you guys saved him. He's in the best hands a dog could be. You've got a winner, too!

When I got mine, she was very quiet, ate and went outside on a leash and just curled up on the end of the couch. Didn't want her toys. She liked to be petted, but other than that, she was too quiet. It took a few weeks, maybe even over a month until she finally felt at home.

I don't remember how old she is. I don't want to know, anyway. I've had her for some years, but I'm afraid to count them.

What does Ozzy like to eat? I wish many happy years for you and Ozzy!
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Our previous dog didn't shed. The dramatic reduction in vacuuming, sweeping, dusting, etc., with a non-shedder versus our previous heavy shedders made a believer out of me. I was only willing to consider dogs that don't shed, and gave all others a hard pass.

As long as Ozzy's bark doesn't sound like someone frantically yelling, "SHAAA-RUNNN", I'll be good with it.

Your words are comforting because I've been a little worried about how quiet he is. We're being patient and not pushing him too much. With an early life filled with some crowding trauma and then one resettlement after another, we expect it will take time for him to trust that ours will be a happy, forever home.

We're feeding him brown rice in chicken broth plus a homemade dog food containing cooked ground turkey, a little beef liver, and some sweet potatoes, carrots, kale and lentils. My DIL (the one with the baby) sometimes makes it for their dogs and whipped up a batch for Ozzy. 💕
Della said:
Oh Ozzy has my heart already! He looks just like my brother's dog, Rudy, also from a shelter and rather shy.

We would keep him every year while my brother and his wife went on vacation for a few weeks. My mini-dachshund fell in love with him. She would jump out of bed every morning and start pulling at his crate door with her teeth, then spend the whole day playing with him and leading him around by the beard.

He didn't seem to mind her total domination, in fact I think it helped him feel secure.
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This is so helpful. We want to introduce our daughter's chihuahua early - like this week - because our pattern with them is to bring our dogs to each other's homes at least once a week and to dog sit frequently. Our previous dogs and their very well-tempered, if a little barky (chihuahua = barky) dog got along very well.

Yesterday, Ozzy got a package from Amazon. Our son and (dog food making) DIL sent this along with a note welcoming him to the family:
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Gotta love that Ozzy's first chew toy is a bat!

I sure have great kids and kids-in-law!
 
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StarSong said:
Carbonated beverages were generically called soda or soft drinks where I grew up in the northeastern US. When I moved to Los Angeles in 1971, many people referred to it as pop, but that's pretty much died out in favor of "soda."

DH (who grew up here) sometimes will call it pop with the grandkids, but as a humorous throwback.
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British English is the original language. Americans have changed it. This makes their terms correct in America, but not in the rest of the world. Fizzy drinks are referred to as 'pop' in Britain...soda in America....no right or wrong, just different.
 
StarSong said:
We've had goldens and golden mixes, but they're too much dog and require too much exercise for us at this point in our lives.
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They are listed as high energy and needing lots of exercise. We hike a mile and a half every morning, and then we come home and he sleeps pretty hard. By late afternoon, he goes out in the yard and plays with his toy. I think some other breeds are twice the high energy. Cattle dogs, Huskies, Boxers, and Airedales, seem to have more energy. But he does demand a lot of attention.
 
I’d missed your update with photos, @StarSong Ozzy is a real little sweetie. He‘s a lucky boy and to have relatives who supply him with a bat.
 

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