Part German Shepherd?
We have no idea. All we know from the pet rescue organization that we adopt him from is that he's about 2-3 years old, and that he was abused by previous owners - he was very traumatized and thin when he got there. After my parents and sister picked him (their quote: "he looked like the unhappiest dog that no one would pick. So we took him."), we sent him to professional training, and he's home ever since (where we're training him again to trust humans and being an awesome doggie).
He's very, very friendly, considering everything that he went through. He also started regressing to puppylike behavior (crying to get attention), but that's given - we think he never really had the chance being a puppy.
Other than that, he's a doggie. He also gives kisses on the first human contact.
The NY Times Magazine has a nice article this week (a bit overwrought in the writing style, to my taste, but interesting) about training dogs to be service dogs for kids. They mostly use golden retrievers. Those really are pretty dogs.
What a pretty dog! What's his name?
What's his name?
Shooky. That's the name the pet rescue center gave him.
I call him "cat" (in Hebrew: hatul). Or asking him "who's a pretty cat?". And then he looks at me like I'm a very stupid person, but it's OK. I prefer cats, he has a silly name, I taunt him, he looks down on me. It's a vicious circle.
Doggie!! Thank you to Shir and family for rescuing him!!
Shir, he's so cute!
I call him "cat" (in Hebrew: hatul). Or asking him "who's a pretty cat?". And then he looks at me like I'm a very stupid person, but it's OK. I prefer cats, he has a silly name, I taunt him, he looks down on me. It's a vicious circle.
I had a friend whose dog had an "official" name (Hannah, or a similar girl's name), but the whole family nicknamed her "Bird." It always made me laugh, because I would ask them, "Doesn't she think you're dumb humans, calling her a bird when she's a dog?"
PUPPY!!!!!
Why'd he run away?? I was just saying hi.
Cute pix Shir.
Hey, omnis, did you get my sound designer e-mail? I realize now I sent it your UCI address, not your profile address.
