Wednesday, November 26, 2014

Meet Snarky Dog

This is the SnarkyDog. 


 He is the hairiest member of my family. He is also currently the loudest and most annoying. But I love him. His best trick is ringing the bell when he wants to go out. If he wants to play with the laser pointer he barks and nudges the drawer where we keep it.  He found us through the Animal Foundation. We were "just looking" that day but there were other people circling to take what I very quickly saw as "our dog" home. So we made an executive decision, paid the people and brought home a very happy six month old "boxer scottie bassett mix"

It took me a few days to figure out there was no boxer in our puppy.

The vet mentioned it when we took him in for his "well puppy" check up. 

There was some "Scottish Terrier" and likely some Bassett hound, but the big surprise was the third part of his party.

An American Pit Bull Terrier.

The very breed I had been determined to avoid. 

Not because I had anything against them personally but I know what a pain in the patatootie other people can be about the breed. I didn't need the aggravation.  Besides I wanted a smaller size dog. 


What I got was a 35 to 40 lb. short legged, long bodied, brindle haired baby. He grows eyebrows and backhair like a Scottie. He has the legs and length of the bassett. The rest is all pit bull.

He can jump almost as high as I am tall. For a person that's not saying much but for the dog that's pretty freaking high. He has a piercingly loud bark when he wants to get your attention. He arrived home housebroke, wearing a space collar and happily used that to herd the small children around the front room. He is bow legged and sheds hair worse than I do. 

Mr. Snarky is trying to talk me into getting the dog a puppy friend. 

But he already has this friend. Our almost year old granddaughter who learned to crawl by chasing after his chew toys. Then there is the four year old grand and we have two more currently one the way. I think Snarky Dog will have plenty of play mates in the years to come and when they go home. 

Please let them have homes to go to and not all have to live with us. 
But when they go home, he can kick back and lay around like he does now.