(OT) Meet Annie

Most of you already know about our elderly dog's passing. Jeff (DH) has
always had a dog, except the years he was in the Navy, college, or living in
an apartment.

Se we "had" to have another dog. Sarah D., you've already met her, but at
the shelter she was known as Hazel when she was first there (we have no
knowledge of how she ended up at the shelter), then she was adopted out and
renamed Bianca. Her new owner ended up not having time for her (she is a
nurse at a local hospital, and the shelter was told that she was picking up
many extra shifts), so she was returned (in less than a month!) in order for
her to find a home (she came with a frilly pink collar, leash and harness)
with people who did have time for her. Hopefully, that will be us. and her
new name is Annie (for Queen Anne). She's about a year and a half old, so
she still has some energy to burn. When it gets light out, I'm taking her
for a long walk on Clear Creek Trail (nearby park).

They had her breed down as "whippet mix".. She does have greyhound/whippet
hind legs, and is rather skinny, but has some sort of hound face, and more
beagle-like fur. She weighs in at about than 25 lbs, which is no more than
our older dog did, but has much longer legs and body. We took her for a
long walk yesterday afternoon before we brought her home (and I think I'm
feeling it more than she is), and she appears to be crate trained (she took
to the crate right away), and wouldn't eat from her dish unless it was in
her crate. Here's a pic of her in her domain
http://pets.webshots.com/photo/21470...nZr?vhost=pets

But from then on she wouldn't hold still, and there are 5 more pictures. Me
scratching her chin:
http://pets.webshots.com/photo/29738...seb?vhost=pets

And I was trying to get a picture of the lightly off-center "part" that she
has on top of her head - a thin line of white just to the right of center,
but it's hard to see for the sheen of her coat, and it appears to our left
in the pictu
http://pets.webshots.com/photo/24964...VWK?vhost=pets
I love her brown 'eyebrows' - reminds me of the dog we had when I was little
(real little, under 5!), whose name was Tippy.

I did get a short video of her at "sit" - she knows that (if you have a
treat in your hand)! - this was actually supposed to be a picture, but my
camera sometimes refuses to turn over to camera mode from video mode when
you flip the switch (sometimes it makes you wait!).
http://pets.webshots.com/photo/21470...nZr?vhost=pets

We are going to sign her up for training at one of the local places, but the
next round of classes doesn't start until late February!

Wish us luck with Annie, and pray that she fits in my class schedule, and
Jeff's work!
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Magic Mood Jeep wrote:
Most of you already know about our elderly dog's passing. Jeff (DH) has
always had a dog, except the years he was in the Navy, college, or living in
an apartment.

Se we "had" to have another dog.

Ooh, what a nice-looking d*ggie. Congratulations to all of you, I hope
you'll be very happy together. But what do the cats say about having a
young energetic d*g around?

--
Marina, Miranda and Caliban. In loving memory of Frank and Nikki.

"Marina" wrote in message
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Magic Mood Jeep wrote:
Most of you already know about our elderly dog's passing. Jeff (DH) has
always had a dog, except the years he was in the Navy, college, or living
in an apartment.

Se we "had" to have another dog.

Ooh, what a nice-looking d*ggie. Congratulations to all of you, I hope
you'll be very happy together. But what do the cats say about having a
young energetic d*g around?

--
Marina, Miranda and Caliban. In loving memory of Frank and Nikki.


She's actually quite mellow. Some cats have braved meeting her through the
gat in the kitchen doorway, and some have gone into hiding! It'll take
sometime. So far Annie has only sniffed at them, but we're keeping a close
watch as whippets/greyhounds are 'sight' hounds, meaning that they like to
go after things that move.... and while several of our cats are sedentary
(as in they nap a lot) there are moments of kitty zoomies!

Yesterday Barney braved going into the kitchen with her, Annie was at the
gate and I saw Barney in there with her..... and While Anne was getting into
squirm mode because she saw me, Barney dashed past and over the gate - Anne
looked in his direction, but not in any kind of aggressive way, more of a
"huh, what was that?" way.

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On 2008-01-29 05:22:11 -0600, "Magic Mood Jeep" said:

Most of you already know about our elderly dog's passing. Jeff (DH)
has always had a dog, except the years he was in the Navy, college, or
living in an apartment.

Se we "had" to have another dog. Sarah D., you've already met her, but
at the shelter she was known as Hazel when she was first there (we have
no knowledge of how she ended up at the shelter), then she was adopted
out and renamed Bianca. Her new owner ended up not having time for her
(she is a nurse at a local hospital, and the shelter was told that she
was picking up many extra shifts), so she was returned (in less than a
month!) in order for her to find a home (she came with a frilly pink
collar, leash and harness) with people who did have time for her.
Hopefully, that will be us. and her new name is Annie (for Queen Anne).
She's about a year and a half old, so she still has some energy to
burn. When it gets light out, I'm taking her for a long walk on Clear
Creek Trail (nearby park).

They had her breed down as "whippet mix".. She does have
greyhound/whippet hind legs, and is rather skinny, but has some sort of
hound face, and more beagle-like fur. She weighs in at about than 25
lbs, which is no more than our older dog did, but has much longer legs
and body. We took her for a long walk yesterday afternoon before we
brought her home (and I think I'm feeling it more than she is), and she
appears to be crate trained (she took to the crate right away), and
wouldn't eat from her dish unless it was in her crate. Here's a pic of
her in her domain
http://pets.webshots.com/photo/21470...nZr?vhost=pets

But from then on she wouldn't hold still, and there are 5 more
pictures. Me scratching her chin:
http://pets.webshots.com/photo/29738...seb?vhost=pets

And I was trying to get a picture of the lightly off-center "part" that
she has on top of her head - a thin line of white just to the right of
center, but it's hard to see for the sheen of her coat, and it appears
to our left in the pictu
http://pets.webshots.com/photo/24964...VWK?vhost=pets
I love her brown 'eyebrows' - reminds me of the dog we had when I was
little (real little, under 5!), whose name was Tippy.

I did get a short video of her at "sit" - she knows that (if you have
a treat in your hand)! - this was actually supposed to be a picture,
but my camera sometimes refuses to turn over to camera mode from video
mode when you flip the switch (sometimes it makes you wait!).
http://pets.webshots.com/photo/21470...nZr?vhost=pets

We are going to sign her up for training at one of the local places,
but the next round of classes doesn't start until late February!

Wish us luck with Annie, and pray that she fits in my class schedule,
and Jeff's work!
--


Oh

Oh she is very cute! And looks quite sweet. Has she been around cats?

Magic Mood Jeep wrote:
Most of you already know about our elderly dog's passing. Jeff (DH) has
always had a dog, except the years he was in the Navy, college, or living in
an apartment.

Se we "had" to have another dog. Sarah D., you've already met her, but at
the shelter she was known as Hazel when she was first there (we have no
knowledge of how she ended up at the shelter), then she was adopted out and
renamed Bianca. Her new owner ended up not having time for her (she is a
nurse at a local hospital, and the shelter was told that she was picking up
many extra shifts), so she was returned (in less than a month!) in order for
her to find a home (she came with a frilly pink collar, leash and harness)
with people who did have time for her. Hopefully, that will be us. and her
new name is Annie (for Queen Anne). She's about a year and a half old, so
she still has some energy to burn. When it gets light out, I'm taking her
for a long walk on Clear Creek Trail (nearby park).

They had her breed down as "whippet mix".. She does have greyhound/whippet
hind legs, and is rather skinny, but has some sort of hound face, and more
beagle-like fur. She weighs in at about than 25 lbs, which is no more than
our older dog did, but has much longer legs and body. We took her for a
long walk yesterday afternoon before we brought her home (and I think I'm
feeling it more than she is), and she appears to be crate trained (she took
to the crate right away), and wouldn't eat from her dish unless it was in
her crate. Here's a pic of her in her domain
http://pets.webshots.com/photo/21470...nZr?vhost=pets

But from then on she wouldn't hold still, and there are 5 more pictures. Me
scratching her chin:
http://pets.webshots.com/photo/29738...seb?vhost=pets

And I was trying to get a picture of the lightly off-center "part" that she
has on top of her head - a thin line of white just to the right of center,
but it's hard to see for the sheen of her coat, and it appears to our left
in the pictu
http://pets.webshots.com/photo/24964...VWK?vhost=pets
I love her brown 'eyebrows' - reminds me of the dog we had when I was little
(real little, under 5!), whose name was Tippy.

I did get a short video of her at "sit" - she knows that (if you have a
treat in your hand)! - this was actually supposed to be a picture, but my
camera sometimes refuses to turn over to camera mode from video mode when
you flip the switch (sometimes it makes you wait!).
http://pets.webshots.com/photo/21470...nZr?vhost=pets

We are going to sign her up for training at one of the local places, but the
next round of classes doesn't start until late February!

Wish us luck with Annie, and pray that she fits in my class schedule, and
Jeff's work!
--
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wipe out Bunny's world domination.
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lefthanded-pathetic-paranoid-psychotic-sarcastic-wiseass-ditzy former-blonde
in Bloomington! (And proud of it, too)©
email me at nalee1964 (at) insightbb (dot) com
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Good luck, MMJ. Annie, methinks you've found a wonderful home!
Sam, supervised by Mistletoe