Comments on: Prof advises Obama to get southern dog http://www.ohmidog.com/2009/01/27/prof-advises-obama-to-get-southern-dog/ a site for dog lovers Fri, 19 Mar 2010 17:03:20 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Eighteenpaws http://www.ohmidog.com/2009/01/27/prof-advises-obama-to-get-southern-dog/comment-page-1/#comment-732 Eighteenpaws Tue, 27 Jan 2009 22:46:37 +0000 http://www.ohmidog.com/?p=5219#comment-732 Anne-n-Spencer, I loved your TALE! I too adopted a "Southern" pup brought to MD from an abandoned SC litter late last summer. She was gangly with poking ribs although highly spirited, obvious smart and very attracted to me on first sight. She is mostly bloodhound -- is that Southern or WHAT?! -- and despite my fears for how this strictly outdoor-raised pup would adapt to sofda-loving, multi-dog household, she just instantly trotted around my house on day one, trying out all the cushy spots and many toys. Her expression on Day One is memorable to this day, as in "You gotta be kidding me? I now live HERE?!" The Obamas seem newbie to dog worlds, but I hope that they adopt one, whatever breed or mix, with some unique history and personality. They will never regret that. Great story, JW...Thanks! Anne-n-Spencer, I loved your TALE! I too adopted a “Southern” pup brought to MD from an abandoned SC litter late last summer. She was gangly with poking ribs although highly spirited, obvious smart and very attracted to me on first sight. She is mostly bloodhound — is that Southern or WHAT?! — and despite my fears for how this strictly outdoor-raised pup would adapt to sofda-loving, multi-dog household, she just instantly trotted around my house on day one, trying out all the cushy spots and many toys. Her expression on Day One is memorable to this day, as in “You gotta be kidding me? I now live HERE?!” The Obamas seem newbie to dog worlds, but I hope that they adopt one, whatever breed or mix, with some unique history and personality. They will never regret that. Great story, JW…Thanks!

]]> By: Anne-n-Spencer http://www.ohmidog.com/2009/01/27/prof-advises-obama-to-get-southern-dog/comment-page-1/#comment-731 Anne-n-Spencer Tue, 27 Jan 2009 16:41:45 +0000 http://www.ohmidog.com/?p=5219#comment-731 Yep. Spencer is a Southern dog and a good ole boy. And he's certainly got a great personality. But here's what we think might have happened to him. We think he was somebody's field Beagle, based on the state of his ears and a few other traits and habits. He was found at the age of seven or eight wandering on a back road with two other dogs. He had heartworms, fleas, ticks, whipworms, and roundworms, and he had not been neutered. It took two months of treatment by a vet before he was ready to come North to his foster-home, and from there to us. You can almost bet that somebody let him out of their truck when he got too old to hunt as actively or developed some other problems related to all those parasites, or was just replaced by a younger dog. We love him dearly, and we're partial to hounds and hunting dogs in any case, but neither of his humans would be too happy to see the Obamas adopt a Beagle. We don't want them to grow any more popular than they already are, because far too many of them are abandoned to their fate in middle or old age. Yep. Spencer is a Southern dog and a good ole boy. And he’s certainly got a great personality. But here’s what we think might have happened to him. We think he was somebody’s field Beagle, based on the state of his ears and a few other traits and habits. He was found at the age of seven or eight wandering on a back road with two other dogs. He had heartworms, fleas, ticks, whipworms, and roundworms, and he had not been neutered. It took two months of treatment by a vet before he was ready to come North to his foster-home, and from there to us. You can almost bet that somebody let him out of their truck when he got too old to hunt as actively or developed some other problems related to all those parasites, or was just replaced by a younger dog.

We love him dearly, and we’re partial to hounds and hunting dogs in any case, but neither of his humans would be too happy to see the Obamas adopt a Beagle. We don’t want them to grow any more popular than they already are, because far too many of them are abandoned to their fate in middle or old age.

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