Dog Adoption Discussion – Knowing What You Want
Have you given modern dog adoption processes much thought lately? I wonder what has changed since we adopted Lilly in October 2004. I am curious about one thing in particular.
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Dog Adoption Fantasy – What it Really Meant
A few weeks ago, a 3-month-old puppy appeared in my Facebook newsfeed. Cue instant yearning — even though I’m nowhere near ready and she was about 900 miles away. I squealed. I shared her pix. My friends encouraged me. Adopt. Adopt. ADOPT, they told me. Something about her face called to me. Something in her eyes beckoned. I convinced myself it meant something.
Funny Adoptable Dog Matching Tool
Huge thanks to Melanie @ Frugal Kiwi for alerting me to this online tool (by the Pedigree Adoption Drive in New Zealand). Doggelganger takes a photo of your face and matches you to an adoptable dog based on looks. Considering yesterday’s lament about breeds I hope to love some day, my results are pretty funny.
Fantasy Dog Adoption: Bazi
I fell in love with Bazi’s face, long before I knew he had some fear issues. Intel from a friend who has read his adoption file and from reading between the lines of his promo paragraph, it seems
sweet Bazi has some separation anxiety issues. That means he would do best in a home with other dogs — ideally several of them. Dogs with this particular fear do MUCH better in a group so that they
feel less alone. So, if you know anyone with a big group of dogs at home (hint … to some canyon friends …
Fantasy Dog Adoption: Callie or Al Dente
This weekend’s Fantasy Dog Adoption picks got my attention based on both breed-mixes and the looks on their faces. Plus, I cannot help but read into the likely story behind their arrival at the shelter. Meet Callie a young lab mix and Al Dente, a border collie mix. …
Adopt Poga Social Media Blitz
In the debut of our new Saturday blog series called Fantasy Dog
Adoption, I highlighted Poga (a 4-year-old, female, German Shepherd mix)
up for adoption at the Humane Society of Boulder Valley, in Boulder, Colorado. With the help of our friend and shelter
volunteer Hilary Lane (who was our adoption counselor with Lilly), the girls at Champion of My Heart can now offer even more …
Fantasy Dog Adoption: Mildred or Mickey
While I sometimes browse adoptable dog listings for myself, I also look for dogs for Tom’s mom. She has been without a dog for many years now. Her last, a sheltie
named Daisy, stood out as the ONLY dog I ever vicariously saved from the shelter where I volunteered. All those years seeing dogs pulled, euthanized, and cremated, and I only caved in once …
by convincing my mother-in-law to adopt her. Daisy was an older dog, full …
Fantasy Dog Adoption: Poga or Wendy
I’m starting a new feature on ye olde blog, I think.
Blame it on nutty midlife thinking, but I’m realizing that I’ll likely get the chance
to play Mom to only a handful of dogs (2-3) in the rest of my life. And, since browsing
adoptable dogs has already become a little escapist thing I do when I feel stressed, I
figure I might as well play fantasy
dog adoption. I’ve never really understood fantasy football,
but I’ll assume it’s kind of like that. So, if I was adopting a new dog this
weekend, here are …