Originally Posted by braingonebad

Yes - that's Millie. She was my Christmas present, sort of. We adopted her a few days after xmas last year, just shy of 9 yrs at the time. Gosh I love that dog! We adopted her *sister* Holly just before xmas, and Mills needed a home.

Holly is also 9, but thin, blond, looks like a puppy. Really friendly. While Mills was 17 lbs, had just had surgery (6 in incision on shoulder, half her fur shaved off) and half her teeth had to be removed due to dental disease.

Also on her record, said she could not walk on leash, NO kids or other pets, will not groom or ride in car, etc, etc.

Looked awful, bad rep.

So the rescue could not find anyone who would take her, and hated separating from holly after all their lives together. Asked me if I could, ???possibly??? deal with 4 dogs???


I asked dh and how could he say no to that mug?

I told my mom "I got a fur coat for Christmas!" then showed her my dog. LOL. Actually, Millie is a very good girl for me - even nice to the little 3yr old kids that come over. Never had a problem with her.

Fur grew back, too.


I have another also, Ozzy, a black one. They are about addictive, aren't they? Can't have just one!

The fourth dog is a papillion - and I can walk them all at one time.

Originally Posted by braingonebad

Ozzy is the only one we got as a pup - from a rescue in Indiana. I cannot believe he was dumped at a shelter! He was smaller than a soda can when we adopted him at 9 wks old in '05.

We drove 2.5 hrs to see him.

Then the papillon, he was 2, got him in '06 - Rudy.

That's the nice thing about tiny dogs, there's always room for one more.



I will probably be looking for a big dog for protection though - don't tell Ozzy, he thinks that's his job.



The girls needed a home when their owner developed alzhiemer's and couldn't care for them anymore. Good thing about older dogs, they are potty trained and know all the house rules. For a low adoption fee, you get a *move in ready* best friend. Puppies are cute, but nothing wrong with not having to potty train.

Originally Posted by slskckjebw

Mickey was 6 months old and out of that whiny baby stage so that was really nice. I have asked about buying one of the breeders older dogs that are done with breeding.

The lady we got Mickey from raises show dogs. And retires her dogs when they are around4-5 years old. That is not that old. I will NOT take another male dog though. Learned my lession there.
I would like to have a protection dog too but our yard is way too small for a larger dog.

I am in Indiana.

LA

Originally Posted by braingonebad

Oy... Yep, Ozzy was a real something to train, and he thinks he rules. We did get him fixed, but he was so tiny we had to wait until he was 9 months for the surgery. But when Millie came, she totally took over and told him what.

Ozzy is really layed back now. Millie treats him like her baby boy now, and she never had her own pups, but she took a shine to him. He is a grumpy old man, even at his age, but he puts up with her lovin' lol.

It is funny though, how diff the boys are from the girls. I will say this though, if you get a papillon and you want a huggy lovey dog, get a male. The females tend to be less huggy than the males. Rudy is the momma's boy of the whole group.