I'm adopting a dog...

[CFMopar]

So I'm in the process of adopting my first dog!. I've owned 2 while living with my parents but not while on my own.

I've been browsing for a while now trying to find a dog that fit my criteria (an older athletic dog thats well mannered)

I found this guy here and its almost a done deal.

http://www.petfinder.com/petnote/displaypet.cgi?petid=13581029

All thats left is the home inspection to make sure I'm not lying bout my fenced yard and such and then the meet and greet

[captnsim]

Nice looking dog  Wish ya luck and hope it works out 

[Sublime/Sixpack]

Good luck with the adoption, hope it all goes well.  Gotta' love dogs, they're great!

[bk72]

there is only one thing i can say.... be careful by cars. my dog tried to jump on my yellow charger after we got it. thank god it was not painted yet

[Foreman72]

man o man i wish i could get a dog...congrats dude

[Silver R/T]

Good thing youre doing.

[devilgear]

Awesome...Very cool that you are adopting an older dog...He seems very cool...

[69bronzeT5]

Very nice of you to adopt! Good luck with everything

[Khyron]

who the hell is Jack Layton?

800+ posts and this is the first ive seen your screen name

[CFMopar]

who the hell is Jack Layton?

800+ posts and this is the first ive seen your screen name

Haha I used to be around a lot... Disapeared for awhile

[CFMopar]

Haha I actually joined the same day asyou 5 hours after you

[Khyron]

thats great. Well, welcome back and ..... so who it Jack Layton? heheh

[Mopar440+6]

Good luck with the adoption. I've been thinking about adopting another dog but because my dog is a 5 year old female, I have to adopt a male that's under 6 months. So far I haven't had much luck, even on PetFinder.com. All of the "shelters" around here seem to want pet store prices for any dog under a year...

[Tilar]

All thats left is the home inspection to make sure I'm not lying bout my fenced yard and such and then the meet and greet

Say what? They want to make sure you are good enough to take care of a dog?

Congrats... I think.

[mikepmcs]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Layton

I looked it up the first time I saw his username.

[Troy]

All thats left is the home inspection to make sure I'm not lying bout my fenced yard and such and then the meet and greet

Say what? They want to make sure you are good enough to take care of a dog?

Congrats... I think.

Depends on the shelter. They want to make sure the pet - who may have already been abused or in a bad environment - doesn't end up in a worse situation. Most will also have a clause stating that if you decide not to keep the pet that you will return it to their shelter. I had a minor problem in that many places will only adopt larger dogs if you have a fenced yard (which I don't). I spoke to one German Shepherd rescue who agreed that our setup was perfectly fine and they'd relax the rules.

Good luck with the adoption! I hope you both are happy.

Troy

[Tilar]

Maybe they should have rules like that for people that want to have kids.