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Cathie
Member

08-16-2000

Wednesday, October 06, 2004 - 7:27 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Can anyone help identify what breeed of dog this is--or it it a mixed breed? She came into our yard over the weekend and doesn't show any signs of leaving. I want to post a "found" ad in the newspaper but not sure what to call her in the limited free space for found pet ads. From the front she resembles a collie, but is very small and dainty. We think she's full grown, and from the searches I have done on the web for "looks like miniature collie" it brings up shelties, aka Shetland sheepdog, but they all look a lot larger and furrier than her.

Poochie

Julieboo
Member

02-05-2002

Wednesday, October 06, 2004 - 7:39 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Collie for sure. How much does she weigh? Cuz she looks larger than a sheltie. Also looks like she might have golden retriever in her (from her fur). Maybe german shepard (coloring). A mix for sure.

You can also call look up local shelter via petfinder.org and see if they can help. I'd try not to bring her to any type of animal control. They put them to sleep if they don't find a home within a certain time...

Good luck!

Cathie
Member

08-16-2000

Wednesday, October 06, 2004 - 10:23 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Thanks, Julie. She does look large in this photo but she is about half as tall as our 70 pound golden retriever, maybe about 14-15" tall, and under all of that fur is a very skin and bones dog, maybe about 25 pounds.

Her fur is strange to us--she has a really dense undercoat and a coarse outer coat from the mid point to the back. She had a ton of matted fur when she arrived in our yard and I have brushed every day, resulting in at least a grocery bag of fur removed. Some of the matted areas were so bad I had to clip them out, so her fur is a bit blotchy now.

I have called all of the vets in our part of town, and placed a 10 day "found" ad in the paper, but that won't start until tomorrow. If nobody claims her I will contact a collie/sheltie/whatever rescue organization. She is the sweetest dog, never once flinched or pulled away during all of our brushing sessions, and even licked me a thank you when we were finished...

Moondance
Member

07-30-2000

Wednesday, October 06, 2004 - 10:26 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I would call her a golden collie mix. It is always good not to give too much information anyway and let the caller completely describe her to make sure it is theirs... She is so sweet and very pretty

Julieboo
Member

02-05-2002

Wednesday, October 06, 2004 - 10:32 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Oh, she sounds great. You can't keep her?

Cathie
Member

08-16-2000

Wednesday, October 06, 2004 - 10:47 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Deep down I would love to keep her, so I am kind of hoping there won't be any responses. However, because she is soooooo sweet I would hate for her owner to lose her (kind of thinking how I would feel if our Bear was lost.)

She does have a problem, a large marble size cyst under her left ear, which doesn't seem to bother her, but makes me wonder if the owner has been negligent.

I have withheld most information from the ad, so they will have to really identify her to get her back. If she is not claimed by a concerned owner we will probably keep her, and have her added to our running bill at the vet's, lol. Just have to convince hubby that one more's not that much trouble... :-)

Moondance
Member

07-30-2000

Wednesday, October 06, 2004 - 10:48 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Cathie you are great and have big heart!

Idolworship
Member

05-07-2003

Wednesday, October 06, 2004 - 11:36 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Has anyone found a better/cheaper place, for dog meds, than entirelypets.com? After a $900. visit to the vet, yesterday, I'm looking for Zubrin, and Lubrichon, for less than the vet's price. Boy! Rescued dogs can be expensive.

Lostintheglades
Member

07-10-2000

Wednesday, October 06, 2004 - 1:24 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
http://www.1800petmeds.com

I see their ads on TV all the time.

Ophiliasgrandma
Member

09-04-2001

Wednesday, October 06, 2004 - 1:33 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Cathy, I had a sheltie. They do have a very, very dense undercoat beneath the longer hair. From the looks and size I'd guess that one of her parents was a sheltie.

Julieboo
Member

02-05-2002

Wednesday, October 06, 2004 - 1:50 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Cathie, you are wonderful. That dog is so lucky to have wandered into your yard...

Idolworship
Member

05-07-2003

Wednesday, October 06, 2004 - 7:44 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Thanks, Lost, but entirelypets.com is even cheaper than petmeds...at least, whatever I've checked is cheaper. I just wondered if anyone had a favorite (cheapest) site:-)

Calamity
Member

10-18-2001

Thursday, October 07, 2004 - 8:13 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Cathie: What a beautiful doggie! I wish a dog would just show up in my yard but it seems like there's only cats around here, lol. Most of my family's animals were strays and they were all wonderful. In contrast to my upsetting experience with the Humane Society this spring.

Still, I keep thinking about how October is Adopt a Shelter Dog month!

Tabbyking
Member

03-11-2002

Thursday, October 07, 2004 - 6:53 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
i'd guess sheltie and retriever mix or collie and retriever mix. maybe you'll just end up keeping it........:-)

Cathie
Member

08-16-2000

Friday, October 08, 2004 - 1:08 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Thanks for the suggestions. We are on day two of the ad and only one response, looking for a lost male dog. Poochie has started displaying some bad habits, like peeing on the carpet the minute she enters the house. It even seems like she is saving it until we let her in, instead of the other way around. And now that I am leaving her out most of the day since it's cooler she has started waves of barking just for the heck of it. She rarely leaves the patio, but will lay there barking if she hears someone mowing their lawn three houses away, or a flock of birds fly by, or sometimes for no reason we can see. I guess we have been spoiled because Bear is such a good boy and only barks at the mailman or delivery people. :-)

Maybe the barking is a collie/sheltie thing? She also does a lot of "circling", looks like she is chasing her tail but she isn't, if that makes sense. I think the circling is a trait of shepherding dogs, does anyone know about the excessive barking? Funny thing, the first three days we had her she never barked at all, and I wondered if she was even capable of it--guess I have my answer, lol.

Whoami
Member

08-03-2001

Saturday, October 09, 2004 - 1:33 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Please send some healthy healing vibes to my baby boy Boomer. He is off his feed, and seeming a bit down. Hasn't had his regular meal since Thursday, but has eaten a couple of things like hamburger/rice, doggie treats, etc. He's not as enthusiastic about that stuff, but at least he's getting something in his system.

Vet isn't open again till Tuesday. I just talked to her, and she gave me a couple of words of advice (what to look for in changes of mood/behavior) for the next couple of days. She also suggested yogurt (if its some sort of digestive bug). Emergency clinic number is standing by just in case.


Herckleperckle
Member

11-20-2003

Saturday, October 09, 2004 - 2:11 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
{{{Boomerbaby}}} Healing vibes coming your way from Herc and HP!! Let him eat some grass outside. I'm hoping he's better by the time Tuesday rolls around.

Herckleperckle
Member

11-20-2003

Saturday, October 09, 2004 - 2:13 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Cathie, think she might be sick?

Yankee_in_ca
Member

08-01-2000

Saturday, October 09, 2004 - 4:23 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Best vibes going out to Boomer, Who. I hope he feels like himself soon.

I am in Los Angeles right now (been here since Weds.), and I just got an email from my dog's breeder (he stays on her farm whenever I need to board him). She told me that my JRT somehow pulled a nail completely out of his nail bed last night -- said her back porch looked like a warzone with all the blood -- and that he's fine (she took him to her vet) but will have a very very sore foot for a while.

OK, I'm a complete SUCK and I admit that I treat my Finnegan like my baby ... but I almost physically ache to think of him in pain! Poor baby...

(I should add that while I hate to hear he's in pain, I also feel bad for the breeder cause I know he's got a low pain threshold and I'm sure he's been screaming and whining bloody murder since it happened ... and I'm sure she hasn't gotten a moment's rest since!)

Ophiliasgrandma
Member

09-04-2001

Saturday, October 09, 2004 - 5:11 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Don't you just hate it when our innocents get sick or injured? Yankee, I'm sure your baby is pretty sore right now, but it will pass. I'm so glad our cats and dog live in the moment and don't dwell on the past.

Herckleperckle
Member

11-20-2003

Saturday, October 09, 2004 - 6:06 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Yankee, poor Finnegan!!

Herc did that jumping off a radiator cover one day, years ago when we lived in Delaware. It was a pitiful scene when it happened, but the vet prescribed some pain meds that helped during recuperation. He actually did very well. (Or it was so long ago that I've forgotten it, like childbirth! LOL!!)

Graceunderfyre
Member

01-22-2004

Saturday, October 09, 2004 - 7:00 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Yankee I know how you feel. . .I felt like the worst parent in the world for not noticing my baby's toenail a few weeks ago. But after hearing many theories on what happened from every person that looked at her, I've come to the conclusion that it happened and I took care of it as soon as I could. She healed fast too. . .

You know, I boarded my 3 ferrets at the shelter where we got them from. Last year, after the birth of my son, I went to pick them up a few weeks later and one of them got hurt the first night back so I took them back for medical care and the lady said, you know I'll just watch her to make sure she's ok, but you can come by at lunch and get her tomorrow. . . lo and behold, Sparky died. The next time we took them there was Columbus Day weekend when we came out here to IL for a wedding and I could have picked them up the night we got in, but decided to wait til the next day. Spud died that night. I always feel very guilty for boarding them as much as I did because I think they wouldn't have given up on me like they did. :-(

HP why is it that we forget the pain of childbirth so fast? I feel like the day after I couldn't remember. . .

Herckleperckle
Member

11-20-2003

Saturday, October 09, 2004 - 7:10 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Hi, Grace. Sorry about your ferret babies! Well, I think that is the brain's only way of surviving INTENSE PAIN!!!!!

Graceunderfyre
Member

01-22-2004

Saturday, October 09, 2004 - 7:13 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
HP must be - I was contemplating lots more a month later (and that's after years of telling DH that I would only go through it twice)

Herckleperckle
Member

11-20-2003

Saturday, October 09, 2004 - 7:16 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Ha!!!! That's all I did. Twice. That was it. No more. Course I didn't have my first til I was 30. Ollllld momma compared to our parent's time! To tell you the truth, I wasn't really ready before then, anyway. (Too immature.) I was super ready for both when we did have them. Loved every moment, and, in retrospect, even the very heartbreaking moments.