Junior is a 9 1/2 year old that was surrendered due to his owner's terminal illness.
He is getting used to being here and becoming a little attached to me, the sadness from his eyes is starting to leave, but the first couple days you could see how he just did not understand why he was here. He was with his owner all the time. It will take him a little adjusting to become himself again. He is a sweet boy so far and is easy to have here.
The first night he was here, at around 4am he started to moo-howl. I always find howling humorous whenever I am in earshot, but this sounded so sad. He has since done it during the day and it's just how he howls. It's so funny. I was mimicking him to a friend, with him right there, and he started to sing along with me. So cute. Then, before I knew it, there was a cacophony of singing from all 4 dogs. This also happens when I leave, by the time I get to my car the howling has begun, and I love that I can tell by their voices, which one is doing which pitch.
Junior is an excellent car rider, and is a good boy going into the vet's office. Yesterday he had some dental work done, the poor thing, he had an incisor removed and two molars. His teeth were worse than nasty, I wasn't surprised that a few were removed. Late yesterday afternoon and into evening, he was a bit groggy still, the anesthesia was still in his body, but today he's got some spring in his step and is getting back to normal.
Awww...poor thing. It must be so hard on the surrendering owner as well. I'm sure you'll find him an excellent home.
ReplyDeleteThanks Sue, the owner has called just about every day to see how he's doing. Family wouldn't let her bring him with her that she is staying with for a bit. I can't imagine...
DeleteSomeone will come along and look beyond his age and be happy to have a good loving boy.
What a cutie boy with that big black nose! I remember when I was a kid always being able to howl our schnauzers into a sing a long. Must be a breed trait. They love to bark and they also love to sing! xo, suzy
ReplyDeleteHi Suzy! Yes, it may just be a trait, whenever I leave the house there's a howl fest going on. Often times it's my Hanzie that starts it and it seems he does it more often when I have foster dogs, than when I don't. It always makes me smile.
DeleteIt takes someone special, and so often a bit longer wait for the animal in need. My daughter adopted 2 brother cats that were 9 years old. They were the best cats ever too. Many only appreciate the kitty/puppy stage and don't know what they're missing.
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