A squeaking collie-corgi has landed

[bunn]

He is being rehomed because his previous owners have a baby now :-( 

He is quite little, seems very healthy & playful (and at the moment not very oldie, but probably he will calm down a bit once he's had a chance to settle in).   He's only 9 though, and being part collie and so diddy, might have as much as another 9 years ahead.   I'll need to get him neutered but once that is done I imagine it won't take long to find him a home. 

He's very squeaky. He squeaks when he sees a cat, he squeaks when he wants his tummy rubbed, he squeaks when he's hoping you will throw his ball, he squeaks if he's not sure what's happening next and wants reassurance... I think he may be a bit spoilt!

Philmophlegm's foster dog review: "He looks really freaky because his head's out of all proportion with his body. But he can do stuff.  Mostly your foster dogs are useless".  By this he means that Tommy was prepared to play football with him ... 

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[bunn.livejournal.com]

Oh no! More practice needed... I remember that so much from when I was fostering Duke O'lurcher my big Irish boy, the worry: you want to let them get offlead time and practice, but can't let them use other dogs for target practice. And sighthound target practice is so FAST. Well done for having a muzzle on: I made that mistake once, won't be doing it again. Sighthound fosters wear muzzles offlead till I am REALLY sure!

Strangely Mollydog has never shown any desire to do that, she is a racer, not a hunter...

Duke is doing really well now, has mostly got the other-dog thing down. Fingers crossed your foster will get there too!

Victorian Bulldog! Now there's a chunky lump of dog to be chased by!

[mcmurphy79.livejournal.com]

I only foster Lurchers but this one is very very confused. He bares his teeth when he plays. He's all over the place. But he's a cutie. I won't do owt without a muzzle now. Just to be sure. He barked at some horses today. He just seems like a scared little pup. It was a weird dog to attack her seemed so calm and passive.

My own Lurcher Penny (see icon)we had from 9 months and she was wonderful. She might chase but that's all.

My greyhounds can't go off lead :( and have to always be muzzled :( hence why they were still in re-homing kennels at 8. The people in my village must think I am mental or a very bad dog owner.

Yeah I think he just wanted to make friends. Willow (the foster) went nuts but he only seemed interested in Sal.

Love the icon

[bunn.livejournal.com]

That's interesting - I found that Duke was actually worst with calm, well behaved dogs, he seemed to take their good behaviour as a sign that he could bully them, whereas if they greeted him with a snarl and posturing he'd back down and be fine. As you say, confused!

I remember I met a pair of tiny dachshunds once who had the measure of him, he tried to rush them and they stood up on their hind legs like little serpents and went RAR! And he backed down and sniffed bums like a lamb. Strange dog.