Britt's entry -
Ladies and gentlemen, friends and family, we are pleased to introduce... Roscoe!
Yup! He is a two-year old, 55-pound dog! We went to the Everett shelter because when we looked online it was the one with the most dogs that interested us. Roscoe was surrendered by his family two days before, along with all of his gear, like a brush, bowls, crate, huge dog bed, etc., and there were even all of his past vet visits and immunization records! We think he must have come from a Navy family because of the proximity and his original papers showed he was adopted in Texas.
We chose him because he met the qualities we were looking for age, size, temperament, etc., and when we went into his kennel he walked right past Sean and leaned up against me and put his head on my lap. That sold Sean right there. I thought it was a sign that he has my great-grandpa T's name - Roscoe.
He is house-trained and crate-trained and responds to his name, sit, stay, bed, toy, etc. He does really well in the car and walks to the back door when he has to go potty, then turns right back around and comes back in when he's done! He loves to chew on his toys, but hasn't touched anything else, and when we play with him, his grip on the toys is really gentle - my fingers got in the way a few times and he barely touched me, so I feel very safe with him. He has no aggressive tendencies whatsoever, we've been testing him at random times to see how he'll react and he always surprises us with how mellow he is.
He is mostly lab but we think he has at least part Boxer because of his narrow waist and the way he leaps when he runs. He has a white chest and one white paw and is very muscular - someone was taking excellent care of him.
The first night he had some awe-inducing gas, possibly the shelter diet or stress, but he's been fine ever since. The cats are not fond of the idea, but I think in time they'll all settle in ok. He's still a little on edge with separation anxiety, so when we leave a room he'll stay by our side at all times, but pretty soon I'm sure he won't even notice! : )
4 years ago