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Theowl
Member
09-28-2000
| Saturday, February 07, 2004 - 12:52 pm
Hi All!! I brought Toby home Wed. I got him all settled in his pen, and I took my dogs out of the house, one at a time to meet him. They mostly looked at him, barked alittle, and walked away. Then when I let all 5 out at once, all 6 barked for about 10 minutes, then went about their business. Stucky, the Choc. Lab just sits and watches him now. The rest bark alittle, but usually don't bother with him. The last 3 days, it has rained so hard here!! We got about 5-6 inches of rain, and his pen is muddy, but I've been putting hay down and in his dog house. He seems to be really happy!! The day after I brought him home, I went in to talk to him. He jumped up and I told him to SIT. And guess what!! HE SAT!! I stooped down and talked to him and he was looking me straight in the eyes, like he understood me. Then I said "do you realize I saved your life?" and he licked me!! I almost cried!! Today it's SNOWING in Tennessee!! In between snow showers, I took him for a walk through our fields and to the pond. I wanted to let him off of the leash so bad so he could run, but I didn't. I let him sniff the cow poop (but not eat it) and just explore the ground. I know he hasn't done that in almost a year. He is such a good dog!! Thanks again for your interest, and I'll keep you posted.
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Pamy
Member
01-02-2002
| Saturday, February 07, 2004 - 1:08 pm
YAAHHH Owl!!! I truly believe animals know when we save them! Toby will love you more than you will ever know!
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Whoami
Member
08-03-2001
| Saturday, February 07, 2004 - 1:47 pm
Awww crap, now I have to go find a tissue! Of course they understand us! I think they understand a lot more than they really let on. I really do. In fact, when Bomba tries to play "dopey dog" I always call him on it. I know he's brilliant! God bless you MsOwl. You are truly a blessed spirit!
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Urgrace
Member
08-19-2000
| Saturday, February 07, 2004 - 10:51 pm
Toby has the best new mommy! I'm very excited that the other family dogs will have a new brother. Give Tom a great big hug from me for suggesting and allowing you to add to your family. I am looking forward to meeting them all one day. Give Toby a snuggle for me too!
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Urgrace
Member
08-19-2000
| Saturday, February 07, 2004 - 10:54 pm

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Lucy
Member
10-08-2002
| Saturday, February 07, 2004 - 11:02 pm
Yay, Toby!!
 
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Retired
Member
07-11-2001
| Sunday, February 08, 2004 - 11:38 am
GREAT news, Miss Owl! Very happy for you and Toby! Bless you for saving his life. Benny says hello.
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Jagger
Member
08-07-2002
| Sunday, February 08, 2004 - 12:33 pm
That is great news Owl, it is always good when you hear of a poor animal being saved. I only wish I lived in the country so I could save all kinds of them from the local shelter. God Bless you for doing such a great thing for Toby. Hopefully he will adjust to your other dogs as well as them adjusting to him. It may take awhile for them all to get along but I think in time they will.
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Julieboo
Member
02-05-2002
| Monday, February 09, 2004 - 7:06 am
That is a great wish, but you do know there are things you can do without living on a lot of land in the country... volunteer at the shelter or even just donate food or toys to the shelter. Make sure your pet is neutered, etc...
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Kstme
Member
08-14-2000
| Thursday, March 04, 2004 - 10:23 am
a bump for Ms. Owl! 
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Theowl
Member
09-28-2000
| Thursday, March 04, 2004 - 1:16 pm
Thanks for the bump, Kstme!! I needed that!! Sorry I haven't been back here for a while, but this thread was so far down, I couldn't get to it. It needed a little bump for me, so thanks Kstme!! Toby is doing GREAT!! He really is such a good dog. He stays in his pen, except when we take him for his daily walk. We have to put our 5 dogs in the house first, because I don't know how they will handle it. He loves his walks, and Hates the cows!! He gets fed when he gets back, so he doesn't object to going back in his pen. I'm probably going to look into the cell dogs idea for him. I don't want to give him away, but I don't like the thought of a dog living in a pen with only daily walks. He deserves a better life than that. He would make a wonderful dog for someone without kids or other dogs. He's very selfish and spoiled (who did that to him!?!?) but is really loving (I did that to him!!). Thanks everyone for your interest in Toby. I'll continue to keep you posted, as long as I can get to this thread!!
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Kstme
Member
08-14-2000
| Tuesday, March 16, 2004 - 10:44 am
Here is a pic of Owl's beautiful Toby!
Oh shoot, the file's too big. hmmm, I will be back!
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Theowl
Member
09-28-2000
| Tuesday, March 16, 2004 - 10:59 am
Oh well, thanks for trying Kstme!! 
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Tess
Member
04-13-2001
| Tuesday, March 16, 2004 - 2:12 pm
How about this, Owl....

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Kstme
Member
08-14-2000
| Tuesday, March 16, 2004 - 5:32 pm
Tess! THANK YOU! I'm so computer stupid! Unless I scan the pic, I can't reduce it!
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Tess
Member
04-13-2001
| Wednesday, March 17, 2004 - 1:21 am
You're welcome. He's a good looking dog.
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Theowl
Member
09-28-2000
| Wednesday, March 17, 2004 - 9:35 am
Thank you so much Tess!! (I just got here, sorry I'm so late!!) I'll be sending a picture of Spirit to you soon that I'd like posted also, but not in the shelter dogs area. Maybe in a "Babies" area.LOL!! 
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Way2prissy
Member
07-21-2002
| Wednesday, March 17, 2004 - 4:48 pm
My husband and I adopted a beautiful blind Rottweiler named Kimo in September. We had lost our dog Thor to surgery complications unexpectedly and were absolutely devastated. Before he died, we were visiting him in the hospital and there was this dog named Yoda that was just barking up a storm. I asked the vet why he was so upset and he told me that Yoda loved visitors but couldn't get up because he was paralyzed! His personality was so animated and we were touched that his owner saw he could live a full existence and didn't need to be euthanized. Then after Thor died one of my neighbors said to me, "When one door closes another one opens..." We remembered how cool Yoda was and decided we wanted a disabled dog. We visited Petfinder.com and found Kimo. His owner had died and the family turned him into Seattle Animal Control. The Rottweiler Rescue group found a foster home for him and six months later he became ours! He is the sweetest dog. He loves to play fetch and just lay at your feet. It was the ideal match for us because we didn't want to replace our dog but rather to enjoy the companionship of a special dog! Everyone who meets him just loves him and most people don't even realize he's blind!
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Julieboo
Member
02-05-2002
| Wednesday, March 17, 2004 - 8:19 pm
That is wonderful. Yay for you and yay for Kimo!!!
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Retired
Member
07-11-2001
| Friday, March 19, 2004 - 8:59 am
Ms. Owl - Toby is a fine looking boy! Bet he's glad you saved him.
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Theowl
Member
09-28-2000
| Wednesday, March 24, 2004 - 7:28 am
Way2Prissy, it takes a special person to adopt a blind dog. You are an angel and Kimo is such a lucky dog!! How does he play fetch? Does he have a musical ball? We have a 13 year old blind, almost deaf Black and Tan (Bloodhound) at the shelter. He is so lovable. Tom and I found him on the side of the road a few months ago just laying there. We took him to the shelter and then he went to the vet. He had an ear infection (Boy, did he STINK) and so after we got the infection cleared up, he had surgery for polups (sp) removed and he can hear alittle. He is being adopted by a lady that has another blind dog next week. Then we found out it was our neighbors dog, and he said "That darn dog keeps running away"!! HUH?!?!?! Stupid people!! Give Kimo a kiss-kiss for me!! 
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Rosie
Member
11-12-2003
| Wednesday, March 24, 2004 - 8:40 am
Question Owl: Who will get the dog now that you discovered it belongs to the neighbor? I vote that the neighbor not get the dog back!
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Theowl
Member
09-28-2000
| Wednesday, March 24, 2004 - 8:55 am
Rosie, Stephen doesn't want the dog back!! He has other bloodhounds, so Tom asked him about BoBo, and he said it was his, but doesn't want him back because he keeps running away. The dog is old, blind and he was weak and 20 lbs. underweight when we found him!! He did NOT run away!! I'm 99% sure he DUMPED him!! The lady that wants him will be really great with him because she knows how to care for special need dogs. We were just waiting for the ear infection to be completely gone. Now that he doesn't stink from the infection, he is a cuddler!! I think this weekend she will get him. He has cataracts so bad, but the surgery is expensive and he is up there in age. He'll be with another blind bloodhound, and I'd LOVE to see that!!
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Rosie
Member
11-12-2003
| Wednesday, March 24, 2004 - 9:00 am
Thank you Owl. That is indeed great news -- someone that will love the baby properly. What an awful neighbor. Ugh.
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Theowl
Member
09-28-2000
| Wednesday, March 24, 2004 - 9:20 am
Rosie, I think Stephen might have done the right thing, though. He's the type that would just take the dog out in the woods and shoot it to put it out of it's misery. At least this way, BoBo got a second chance at life. Also, his "sniffer" REALLY works, because he can smell when I open his can of dog food. He starts his "Wooooooof, Wooooooof!! You know, the deep bloodhound language!!LOL!! 
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Rosie
Member
11-12-2003
| Wednesday, March 24, 2004 - 9:25 am
I must have mis-read your post Owl. Thought you said that the owner dumped him?
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Theowl
Member
09-28-2000
| Wednesday, March 24, 2004 - 9:36 am
We think he dumped him because he's too old to have "broke out" of his pen like Stephen said he did. As far as me saying he might have shot him, that's just me being mean and not really happy with him. Sorry for any confusion. 
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Rosie
Member
11-12-2003
| Wednesday, March 24, 2004 - 9:42 am
Well things are looking up for him now. A new home with a caring person and a sibling to boot. Thanks Owl. Have a great day.

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Pamy
Member
01-02-2002
| Wednesday, March 24, 2004 - 7:40 pm
((((OWL)))
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Theowl
Member
09-28-2000
| Thursday, March 25, 2004 - 9:46 am
Great news from our shelter!! Wigums is looking really great and we don't think he'll be affected by the parvo. He had his first 2 puppy shots and his 3 was suppose to be on Sat. but I talked Jill into doing it early, to be sure. He is such a bouncy little pup, but I'm sure he misses his roommate. We are going to have an adoption day on Sat. and hope to adopt out alot of dogs and puppies because they are starting to pour the CEMENT today!!! It's going to be rough moving all the dogs around so we can cement their pens, but it's a rough time we can gladly handle!! BoBo's new mommy picked him up yesterday, too!! She is an older woman that adopts older special dogs that no one else would want. He's going to be with another blind bloodhound and a couple other older dogs on a farm. She likes older dogs because they don't leave the yard and only bark when someone comes in the yard. That's what she said, so I hope she's happy. I know BoBo will be!!
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Way2prissy
Member
07-21-2002
| Friday, March 26, 2004 - 3:51 pm
Thank you for the compliment Theowl! I love animals and am a total sucker for the underdog--no pun intended. However, the real angels are people like you that work at/with animal shelters. I don't know how you do it. I would be crying all day. In Seattle a few weeks ago, some idiot threw his two labs out of his truck while he was driving on Interstate 5! Obviously they were both hit several times. One dog died and they managed to save the other one but he is going to need a few surgeries. I hope they throw the book at the guy but he'll probably just get probation or something. The fetch thing: When I take Kimo for a walk, we always bring his ball and stop at the neighborhood park. I tell him to "listen" and as soon as he hears his ball bounce he quickly walks around smelling for it. It usually only takes 30 seconds for him to find it. It's so cute because it's the closest he ever gets to running anywhere. He has the CUTEST walk--like a giant pomeranian. His foster family said he LOVES to swim so we can't wait for the weather to warm up a bit. I'll have to get a super long leash for him so he doesn't swim away! My sister in law is living with us and she has become SO attached to him. She just adores him and hugs him all the time. I will pass your kisses onto Kimo! God Bless!
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