Meet Odin, Dee's new puppy (!!!)
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Meet Odin (Odi for short).
Dee adopted a 4-month-old Lab/Border Collie puppy today. Adopting a puppy has been a long-time idle desire, and became a whirlwind plan of action while I was in Corvallis; she met Odi yesterday, and put a 24-hour hold on him; today I came in on the train and we went to the shelter immediately after and now, behold: dog.
Odi has the body of a leggy black Lab—he actually looks a lot like Jamie—including all-black fur; his muzzle is narrower and longer than a Lab and he has Border Collie half-floppy ears. He's missing one eye, and no we don't know how or why: he came to our local shelter without it, and there's no record of how it was lost in his file. It's all closed up and healed, and he seems to notice it not at all, so we don't imagine it'll do him any harm. Here is his original adoption page, not that it gives much more information! Dee's meet Odi post is here.
He's been here about five hours, which tells you not very much about a 4-month-old puppy except that puppies are energetic. He's teething like a beast and we have to do a lot of [body part and/or clothing] for toy substitutions, but he's smart. He's already picked up on "no" as a command word, and sometimes even obeys it; he's figured out that he's not allowed upstairs or on the couch (one or both are privileges he may earn in the future, but he'll be downstairs-only and crate trained for now). This mix purportedly gets the smarts of the Collie and the desire to please of a Lab, so I think he'll do pretty darn well.
But really, who cares! I know what we're here for, and what we're here for is puppy pictures. These are half-blurry snapshots because 1) I'm tired and 2) it's a puppy, but there ya go.
AAAH YOU GUYS WE HAVE A DOG
(August, in case you were curious, is very glad I'm home and very put out by this beast in her home, although she has already been downstairs and, however, unenthused she is so far, she's not particularly scared, bless her. She's grown so comfortable here; she knows this is her home, even if there are strangers or big black dogs. It's also worth noting she lived peaceably with a dog at her previous home; I expect she'll coexist fine with Odi once everyone has calmed down. Which ... may be a while.)
Meet Odin (Odi for short).
Dee adopted a 4-month-old Lab/Border Collie puppy today. Adopting a puppy has been a long-time idle desire, and became a whirlwind plan of action while I was in Corvallis; she met Odi yesterday, and put a 24-hour hold on him; today I came in on the train and we went to the shelter immediately after and now, behold: dog.
Odi has the body of a leggy black Lab—he actually looks a lot like Jamie—including all-black fur; his muzzle is narrower and longer than a Lab and he has Border Collie half-floppy ears. He's missing one eye, and no we don't know how or why: he came to our local shelter without it, and there's no record of how it was lost in his file. It's all closed up and healed, and he seems to notice it not at all, so we don't imagine it'll do him any harm. Here is his original adoption page, not that it gives much more information! Dee's meet Odi post is here.
He's been here about five hours, which tells you not very much about a 4-month-old puppy except that puppies are energetic. He's teething like a beast and we have to do a lot of [body part and/or clothing] for toy substitutions, but he's smart. He's already picked up on "no" as a command word, and sometimes even obeys it; he's figured out that he's not allowed upstairs or on the couch (one or both are privileges he may earn in the future, but he'll be downstairs-only and crate trained for now). This mix purportedly gets the smarts of the Collie and the desire to please of a Lab, so I think he'll do pretty darn well.
But really, who cares! I know what we're here for, and what we're here for is puppy pictures. These are half-blurry snapshots because 1) I'm tired and 2) it's a puppy, but there ya go.
AAAH YOU GUYS WE HAVE A DOG
(August, in case you were curious, is very glad I'm home and very put out by this beast in her home, although she has already been downstairs and, however, unenthused she is so far, she's not particularly scared, bless her. She's grown so comfortable here; she knows this is her home, even if there are strangers or big black dogs. It's also worth noting she lived peaceably with a dog at her previous home; I expect she'll coexist fine with Odi once everyone has calmed down. Which ... may be a while.)
