matt_s
05-03-2009, 12:15 PM
With my increased travel schedule because of my new position and my wife's physical limitations, my wife and I are slowly coming to the realization that it may be in the best interest of our dogs for us to find a family that is able to give them the attention that they deserve. I feel that currently they are spending too much time penned up waiting for one of us to get home for some quality back yard time. This has been a very hard decision for us to reach and I know that I will be sad to see them go, as will my son. But, I know that it is definitely in their best interests.
I've never been on this side of the adoption process before. I've always been on the receiving end. I want to find a good match for the puppies (ok, their aren't puppies anymore - haven't been for a while, but I always think of them as such). I'm assuming I'm not obligated to simply hand them over to the first comer. What are the criteria that some of you who have been in this position before, use to judge the best fit for your dogs?
If anybody here is interested or knows of anybody that would be interested, please PM me for contact info. Here are the specs on the dogs.
Alex - Collie Husky mix - 90 lbs of white fur and love. He is a very laid back dog. It probably comes with age as he is now coming up on 9 years old (human years). He is obedience trained for heel, come, sit, stay, etc. He is still fairly obedient unless he manages to escape the back yard, then selective hearing kicks in and he doesn't understand the come command. But in a controlled environment he is very well behaved.
Buster - Corgi - 20 lbs and doesn't realize he isn't the 90lb dog in the family (it's the herding dog in him I guess). Not formally trained but responds to being summoned fairly well when you can get his attention. Buster is also laid back, but has a ton of energy.
These are both very social animals. They like people and have been around babies so they are used to the tugging, pulling and poking. Buster used to herd my son around the living room when Ryan began to crawl. Other than each other, they haven't spent a lot of time around other animals in the last two years since our cat ran away. But when I have had them in the park and the report that I have gotten back from the kennel they stayed at when we have gone on vacation is that they got along with the other animals very well.
I'll get around to posting some photos when I get back home, though I think I have some old ones in my photo album on here (http://www.kpcnews.net/fence_post/album.php?albumid=4).
I've never been on this side of the adoption process before. I've always been on the receiving end. I want to find a good match for the puppies (ok, their aren't puppies anymore - haven't been for a while, but I always think of them as such). I'm assuming I'm not obligated to simply hand them over to the first comer. What are the criteria that some of you who have been in this position before, use to judge the best fit for your dogs?
If anybody here is interested or knows of anybody that would be interested, please PM me for contact info. Here are the specs on the dogs.
Alex - Collie Husky mix - 90 lbs of white fur and love. He is a very laid back dog. It probably comes with age as he is now coming up on 9 years old (human years). He is obedience trained for heel, come, sit, stay, etc. He is still fairly obedient unless he manages to escape the back yard, then selective hearing kicks in and he doesn't understand the come command. But in a controlled environment he is very well behaved.
Buster - Corgi - 20 lbs and doesn't realize he isn't the 90lb dog in the family (it's the herding dog in him I guess). Not formally trained but responds to being summoned fairly well when you can get his attention. Buster is also laid back, but has a ton of energy.
These are both very social animals. They like people and have been around babies so they are used to the tugging, pulling and poking. Buster used to herd my son around the living room when Ryan began to crawl. Other than each other, they haven't spent a lot of time around other animals in the last two years since our cat ran away. But when I have had them in the park and the report that I have gotten back from the kennel they stayed at when we have gone on vacation is that they got along with the other animals very well.
I'll get around to posting some photos when I get back home, though I think I have some old ones in my photo album on here (http://www.kpcnews.net/fence_post/album.php?albumid=4).