New Puppy!

**Panache** · 16th February 12, 04:18 PM

Rob,

What a cutie, the girls must be in love with him. I swore we we never have a little dog and then Star and the girl fell in love with this scruffy little Chihuahua mix...

Angie says "hi" and is glad Chico found a loving home

Cheers

Jamie

**KiltedCodeWarrior** · 16th February 12, 05:07 PM

Originally Posted by auld argonian

...It's gotten so bad that the last one just showed up on the back porch one night thereby cutting out the middleman of the adoption agency.

...Skippy, our walk-on, is a miniature Poodle and seems to think that he's actually a micro-miniature Irish Wolfhound...

AA, that sounds like us, my wife was in school to become a veterinarian, and has worked as a vet tech for a number of years. And we also "cut out the middleman" on our last 5 cats and some of our fish (yes, we have a zoo, 7 cats total, 5 inside, and 2 outside in a run, plus a 55 gallon aquarium that has more fish than we can count and the 2 dogs).

One of the reasons we liked Chico is that he was comfortable with big dogs, and has a big dog personality. Some little dogs are so feisty and aggressive, they don't get along with other dogs at all. Chico just assumes he is as big as our other dog, Hannah, and so doesn't need to prove himself.

And yes, the kids are ecstatic!

**KiltedCodeWarrior** · 16th February 12, 05:08 PM

Originally Posted by seanachie

... and Fergus an Wi-Fi constantly remind us of that. The shelters are not nice places to be a dog so a sense of being part of a family and given lots of attention will do wonders.

I love it, a dog named Wi-Fi, that is awesome!

And no, shelters are not nice places.

**KiltedCodeWarrior** · 16th February 12, 05:10 PM

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Very cute ST. She is adorable. My wife mentioned today that Chico was too cute to be a boy, to which I replied, maybe we should have named him Justin Bieber! (For those who don't know, he is a currently popular young singer, but truly looks like a girl, IMO).

**KiltedCodeWarrior** · 16th February 12, 05:12 PM

Originally Posted by starbkjrus

Good for you Rob! He's a cutie. Are the girls fighting over who he gets to sleep with?

I was going to say "of course", but he seems to have really bonded quickly with my younger one, and the older one is OK with that. Tia, my younger one, wanted to have Chico sleep in bed with her last night, but we have said he first needs to be comfortable in his crate and accept that as his bed, before we allow the treat of sleeping on the bed with her. However, as you can see by the pictures, he is allowed on the furniture!