Running Commentary

Labradoodle-do August 21 2007

In Jan or Feb, our Boomer died.

On the kitchen floor. (we will NEVER do that again, next time I won’t feel guilty about letting the vet put her/him down…cause dude…that was NASTY)

And a few months later we tried to adopt a shephard cross (adorable! well behaved dog) But, OH RIGHT! Brendan was allergic to her. HORRIBLY. And we gave her back to the shelter.

About that time we started looking for a more allergy friendly dog. Our Dori is a mini poodle cross and doesn’t bother Bren’s allergies at all. Ever.

We decided on a labrad00dle, we like having a larger breed around (Dori is not our usual dog type but we love her anyway….Shut Feffie..be nice to her!) and they are good for chasing bears and racoons away.

I searched searched for a breeder in our area and somehow stumbled across a lady 8 hrs away, with a 1 yr old puppy that she could not keep any longer (divorce, carpel tunnel and moving to an apt). The only catch was that she was VERY particular as to who could have him.

After at least a month of email exchanges and phone calls. I sent her my flickr address so she could see pictures of my family in action.

She decided we were the family for her Sascha.

Chris drove down to meet him. He immediately fell in love and brought him home with the understanding that if it didn’t work out she would come and pick him up immediately.

So here he is the day he arrived.

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And I was a little concerned that there wasn’t so much a LAB in there but more of a rotweiller.

But he turned out to be lovable and goofy. He CLEARLY needs to be neutered because, man that is offensive!

All hangy and dangly…GOD…put on some pants or something.

Gross!

Anyway, all that hair was impeding his ability to swim. He was sinking, like a giant hairy stone. So we got him groomed.

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When he came home with the haircut I laughed and laughted and laughed because, hello? He doesn’t even look like the same dog.

But he does look like a lab.

A nearly bald lab.

Anyway, he’s decided we are his new family, even though we’re gonna get his nads cut off.

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Dori is becoming less and less irate with the idea.

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heh