I adopted Lisa ,she my new human and i now live in the great huge city of ATL..with my new sister Madison

I'm told i get a new home today. I'm getting a trial in Atlanta at cousin Madisons house.

Back with the little dogs again..

well last saturday was a busy day full of changes for me ... you see my foster mommy dound a little white shepard puppy that she liked and she called my old person who found me on kinda short notice and now i'm back at the other house with the fun little dogs..

any way i also gto to meet the SAVE-A -LIFE people at petsmart and they said i'm a pretty dog and i have a sweet face so there gonna help me find a forever home ..

any way .
Mary the lady that found me origannally stayed with me durrign adoptiogm day then when she had tro go home she stopped by the humane socity and they stuck this needle in my back and it kinda pinched but MAry says that now if i ever get out at least I can be traced back to her becuse there a little chip in my back, and that whom ever adopts me will now havea way to safely find me ,and it will keep them from stealing me .. any way ..


I', learned afew new commands i know sit now , and i can come to any of my names , although i se mto prefer distro , the old name mary used to call me ..
she also said something about this think called NILF and thinks i'd benefit from it ..

I'M a very active dog , and to make up for that MAry and Matthew have been runnnning me for a mile or so next to the golf cart , so i can burn off some of my energy ..

i like that ..

I still will play tag and catch me is a game if i ever get off leassh so who every takes me needs to understand that and keep a firm hold , or have a fenced yard.

any way here is my petfinder page and my care takers email..

paint.maryhill@gmail.com

http://www.petfinder. org/pet.cgi?action=2&pet=4452329&adTarget=468petsgeneral&Ses sionID=428ad0c801954fc3-app5&display=&preview=1&row=0&tmpl=& stat=

any way
BYD signing out.

my new mommy writes about me .

He's the happiest dog I know.
On the first night I crated him,and he was quiet after about five protest "woofs." (The only sound I've heard him make, so far.)
On Monday I left him outdoors, and barred the inner door to my bonus room with a large, assembled show crate. By the time I got home, he had learned how to use the doggy door, and either he or Huna had moved the crate aside, so they both had full run of the house.
Since there was no destruction anywhere, I have continued to give him complete liberty whether or not I'm home. At night he sleeps on his own dog bed, next to mine.
Yesterday he took to carrying my slippers around, which I find dangerously close to chewing, but he seems content to carry them.
I don't know whether he and Huna play. Several times I have witness play overtures, but he seems to shy away whenever I look directly at them. However, they both seem extremely happy (not anxious) when I get home.
Yesterday evening, he bolted when I opened the door. Fortunately, he was already leashed, and ran straight to a neighbor standing in his driveway. He appears to have what would in humans be labeled "DDD" (Defiance Disobediance Disorder). When given a command he heads straight away, and acts as if his intent is not to do anything he is asked BECAUSE he was asked.
This is a little strange, since he is also extremely submissive.
My best guess is that whoever raised him did a lot of yelling a punishing (he also flinches a lot), and very little useful training. I have tried rewards (food, praise, petting), inducing behavior before praising, ignoring except when commanding or praising, and just letting him be. None of it appears to affect his behavior which is basically bimodal -- seek affection or bolt.
I once had a Shepherd-Chow mix who had a similar defiance streak. She had been a neglected puppy up until the age of 5 or 6 months, and never lost that pure core of "runaway to freedom." (Sadly, it killed her when she left me to go play in traffic one afternoon.)
The good news was that Little Bear (the name she arrived with) loved to be trained with the choke collar, and once she "got" her lessons, she would perform extraordinary feats of obedience -- except when she felt like running away. You could measure the lateral and forward spacing of her "heel" to the millimeter. If I said she had to "leave" the deer guts she was sniffing in the woods, she would walk away and never look back. And I could virtually command her with any conversational gesture.
My hope is that Doodles-Distro-Marco-Macro will be similarly awakenable, and soon, because as you already noted, he will bolt. Yesterday when he took off, before he slowed down for my neighbor, I was afraid that was the last I was going to see of his cute little tail, halter and Flexilead and all....
As soon as I can find one, I will invest in a chain collar, and try it out on him. Don't worry, it is neither cruel nor painful, and before the invention of the Halti and Gentle Leader, was THE accepted way to train dogs, especially older ones. I am very experienced with the so-called "choke collar," and have only once encountered a dog that could not/would not learn with a swiftly applied and released correction.
If Doodles-Distro-Marco-Macro is another such, we will have to find him a home with a fence and a yard that he never leaves -- because having seen that tail in flight, I know he will be in danger whenever he gets out.
Meanwhile, he is healthy, happy, soft and cuddly, and an excellent addition to my household.
-- Sabra
PS: Regarding the name. On re-reading our correspondence, I noted that his original name was Doodles, which I think fits his face well, and makes a great name for a potential adoptee. However, when I tried calling him that, Huna came running. (The "oo" and "u" sounds being too closely related.) I sensed that you might be disappointed in my choice to rename him, and thus, in honor of his computer-related nomenclature, I am trying to morph his name from "Marco" to "Macro." I'm not sure if he can tell the difference, but the latter does not roll off my tongue smoothly yet, so we'll see.
PPS: I would almost think him deaf, he reacts so little to spoken commands. But, inside the house he comes when I quietly cluck my tongue. And, I once caught him drinking toilet water with my feces still swilling around. I yelled "NO!," and he stopped, and ever since then, whenever he's in my bathroom he lunges toward the toilet, then flinches and stops. This is a very good sign that when properly reached, he is educable.

New inbetween.

Today I left my Person who's been watching me for about a mounth to go with a new person with a nice big GSD.

The new person says she's gonna teach me Obediance, Like site stay and come . and i geta nice fenced yard .

so today i gota new foster mommy..

my other foster mommy gave me big hug and told me she loved me .

Now only time will tell how i'll do.

I'm a goood dog..my other mommy says she'll take me back . if i ever need to go elsewhere.

what has she done to me ????

yeasterday was a graet day even though mom says i'm a urgently IN NEED OF A NEW HOME . something aboput i bark toomuch and i poop and the neighbors complained... mom was mad becuse these are the same neighbors who play GWAR heavy metal at volume 20 when mom and dad are trying to run a bisness down stairs , and dad got yelled at by the other bisnesses because they though we were making noise... , ,, and the other people sayed i pooped on ther lawn .. but part of the lease stipulation says that we pay for that part of the yard it's our parking lot ... so no i pooped in my parking lot ... then chris who last time he talked to mom and dad said he wanted me but his place was too small .complained too... I was just talking to the train.it says OO0ooooo so i said oooo00000OOOOOO000o... and i'm only out side between 10:30 am and 5pm , and only when the weather is nice ..


any way yeasterda y
they took me to the dog park, and i got to play with other doggies ..
and then i got to sleep on the carpet..

but this morning mom took me for a ride . it was early and ok at first then they put me in a cage and a little latter the DRcame in and i was taken out ,and then gave me some stuff that made me fall asleep and whe ni got up , i was really tired and dopy..
then mom picked me up and we whent to the store so i could rest...

and around 7pm. i nooticed i itched and something seems wrong back the ,. the nmom wouldn't let me lick it but it itched .. so she whent to pet smart and got me this stupid plastic thing .. and i'm still doppy so i get stuck on the wall and i'm sleepy i can't itch becuse it's arounfd my head and the schunzera think i look funny zoe tryed to help me get it off but mom told her no ...

any way i need a home quickly .





my adoption fee is $200.00

i would like a home with a fenced in yard or i need a create if your going away for a few hours ...

but i come wit hthis nifty (stupid )cone head colar thing unless you want mom to donate it one of the rescues ..

i also have all my shots for the year not just the mandatory ones .. ($99.00 vet vist #1)
then i was "fixed " today 2-14-05 happy freaking valintines day .. i didn't know i was broke ................($99.00 vet visit #2)

all shots: vetted 1-25-05 at chatam animal hospital :
he gets free checkup at 6mos if you do use the same vet .
was vaccinated for
kennel cough
rabies vac
fecal exam
and checked for heart worm
was put on nemetabs , for hook worm has one treatment left to be given 2-15
then he has a clean bill of health




mom's even letting me keep my stainless steal dog bowl .. (9.99)
my collar...(8.99)
my harness(12.99)
my big dog bones ,( 8.99 and 7.99)
and the dog food ihavn't eaten yet
she got me the good stuff and would prefer i stayed on it or better ,
, nutro large breed ,, (20.00)
she wants to make sure i go to a good home but even if a foster can take me she'd be happy knowing I'm safe .

i'm a good boy ,

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lookie i'm on pet finder .