The New Addition

[kriadydragon]

Well, it happened. All my mom's talk about adopting a dog ended up being more than just talk. We have another dog (I'll post a picture of her when I have one). Her name is Sophie, a black Cocker Spaniel mix, and was impossible to resist.

It's one of those situations that you never see coming. In fact, we so not saw it coming I'm still rather reeling about it, especially considering who the dog is. She was one of my (as I like to call them) Iso dogs. I volunteer to clean and take care of the animals in the cat and dog isolation ward, where the sick animals are kept. Sophie, formerly known as Heartbreaker, I first encountered in iso. She only has three legs, and is the cutest, sweetest thing ever, but because she's a puppy, I couldn't take her for a walk (because puppies are so susceptible to illness, you can't walk them, you have to carry them, to keep them from contracting any illnesses from off the floor). Neither could I carry her around because iso was out of gowns (we have to wear protective gear in iso to keep from spreading any illnesses). I felt so bad about that, but was sure she would be adopted out quick.

One week later, she's still there. And because I told my mom about her last week, and my mom asked about her this week, I told my mom (who had to pick me up) that she was still around. My mom went in to look at her and, next thing we knew, we'd adopted her.

So much for not getting any more dogs :P But I think she will be a great dog for my mom. She's so sweet and friendly and playful (and social and obedient - and having only three legs isn't all that fast - which will make her an excellent dog to take on trips). Our only concern is our dog Jack who's acting really weird around her. I though that one of two things would happen with Jack when he met her; that he would feel nervous around her but eventually warm up, or nip at her until she left him alone. Instead, he starts whining and growling if she so much as walks around, and we're not sure what to make of it. Our other dog Annie loves her, and our other dog Lavi mostly ignores her (he's stuck up like that). But Jack... we don't know. Jack's a very nervous, needy dog who generally doesn't make a lot of sense and has to take pills whenever there's a thunderstorm or people are around. Maybe he just needs time to get used to her (or to realize that we aren't replacing him), but it's making us rather nervous as we really don't want to take her back because only one of our dogs has issues with her.

On the plus side, Sophie isn't all that interested in Jack, which will help make keeping an eye on them easier. But like I said, Jack gets weird if she's just walking around. He hasn't actually tried to attack her, but be that as it may we're going to have to be vigilant when these two are in the same room. We put Jack on his pills, so maybe that will help calm him down enough to realize that Sophie isn't anything to be afraid of.

Comments

[sholio]

Awwww. :) I'm glad she found a good home! The best dog I've ever had (my best friend when I was a teenager) was a three-legged dog. Hopefully Jack will settle down eventually, once he's had a chance to get used to her.

[kriadydragon.livejournal.com]

Jack is being so weird. It's like he can't decide how to deal with Sophie, whether to play with her, chase her off or establish dominance. He seems to get really upset whenever Sophie is playing.

Another issue is we have to carry Sophie up and down the stairs. She can use them, but we think she's afraid of them.

[abracah.livejournal.com]

Oh how wonderful she found you. I hope Jack relaxes soon. My sister has a toy poodle with 3 legs. She is the sweetest, fastest little dog. Good luck!

[kriadydragon.livejournal.com]

I think it was definitely meant to be. We both felt right about it, which is saying something as I'm not as big a dog person as I am a cat person. I think she's going to be a great dog for my mom, and a great dog to have all around. Now if Jack would just lighten up it would be perfect.

[ninja007.livejournal.com]

That's "kinda" how I got my dog. I walked into the pet store to buy cat food. The No Kill shelter was there and I saw Flynn. He was mine that day. And, he's my best buddy...

[kriadydragon.livejournal.com]

That's kind of the story with us and animals - we come across it and the next thing we know, it's ours. This is the first dog we've ever adopted from a shelter, though. Most of the time we find them in the Wal-Mart parking lot (I kid you not, it's where we got both Jewel and Annie).

PS

[ninja007.livejournal.com]

Congratulations on the new puppy!!

Re: PS

[kriadydragon.livejournal.com]

Thank you :D

[black-raven135.livejournal.com]

Those dogs are suppose to be very sweet in disposition.
I hope that everything works out well with the rescue
If anything like Lyca, it will be marvelous
:-)

[kriadydragon.livejournal.com]

She is very sweet and very smart. Now if Jack would just stop acting weird around her then everything would be perfect. He is such a neurotic dog :/

[black-raven135.livejournal.com]

I told Sandy about it this morning when we met for coffee, and she said it might take him a bit of time.......after all he was kingpin until she arrived eh??

[nefhiriel.livejournal.com]

Congratulations! She sound so sweet! And it's wonderful that you could give a dog-in-need a home. :) Hope all the dogs get acquainted quickly, and learn to get along well.

[kriadydragon.livejournal.com]

Thank you :D We managed to have a breakthrough with Jack when we got them both out into the big part of the yard. Once Jack realized Sophie wasn't a threat, they started playing together.

[karri-kln1671.livejournal.com]

Congrats! Looking foward to the photos.

[kriadydragon.livejournal.com]

Thank you :D I'm still trying to get a good picture of her but she's so wiggly it's been tricky.

[flingslass.livejournal.com]

You're so good to take in a pet in need. *pats Sophie*