scrubbedexpat091

Thanks for the links. I haven't come across any of those in my searches, google is failing me. I don't know what I am doing wrong when searching, but I have had one heck of a time finding info on google.

I've noticed on some of the rescue sites they want a vet reference, not having a pet in a long time, I haven't needed a vet, and have no relationship with one.

They really make it hard to adopt, it probably ends up hurting them in the end with people going elsewhere.

Mikeypm

These rescues are smaller ones, not sure if spca asks for a vet reference. My girlfriend has communicated with the owners of two of the rescues and knows of people who have adopted from these rescues and all the feedback is positive.

scrubbedexpat091

Sorry, I should have spaced my post better. I saw the vet reference on petfinder for a couple of other rescues, not the ones in the links provided. Sorry if I made it seem otherwise.

I am going to contact a couple of the rescues, and go from there. Not sure what the SPCA requires, the local branch only has cats but they just have you fill out a form, pay the fee and send you off with the cat, not sure how they do dogs. I did search other branches province wide, but so far mostly large breeds and not suitable for an apartment.

We are not in a hurry and will wait for the right match with the right rescue.

Piff Poff

We got our 2nd dog from an ad on Kijiji as the prior owner could no longer keep her. We ummed and ahhed for about 5 years about getting a second and I looked on kijiji every now and then just in case there was one (chow) that we liked the sound of, over the years there had been some but something held us back, then Daisy Pig arrived

scrubbedexpat091

Thank you everyone for your help and all the links. Much appreciated. It's been a long day, drove nearly 1,000km round trip into Southern Washington to a rescue there who contacted me early this morning as they had several dachshunds who had come in pregnant back in November and the pups were ready and invited us to come down.

We were not sure this morning after the call as it was a long trip, but we decided to go and meet the pups and mom.

The mom was the most well behaved dog, very friendly and happy, as were the pups, we spent a few hours there, talked to the rescue people, and went to lunch and went back to see the pups again.

In the end we did choose one, a female, red hair dachshund.

Shard

Brilliant! Well done. Was it fairly straight forward to bring the hound back in to Canada?

Of course, you know, we all now are expecting to see some pictures.

Woof!

Mikeypm

Congrats and as shard said we now expect photos

Piff Poff

Oooh Congratulations on your puppy

scrubbedexpat091

Very easy to bring her back. The CBSA officer just asked where we had found out about her, where we got her, how much we paid (there was an adoption fee) and she sent us on our way.

I had checked the CBSA website before going across, and printed out the info just in case there were issue at the border, but it wasn't anymore difficult then a normal border crossing.

Photos will be coming soon.

scrubbedexpat091

Charlee is the name we decided on. I'll try and get a better photo, she wasn't too interesting in being photographed tonight and wanted to play.

caretaker

Ugly little brute isn't she? Just kidding - awwwwwww.

Shard

What a sweetie!

This may be a good time for "here's my hound" type BE thread, where those of you lucky enough to own one or two post their pictures. Hoping to get a dog again one day, myself.

Almost Canadian

Here you go

Shard

Wow, what big eyes you have! (Amazing actually).

scrubbedexpat091

We have had puppy (Charlee) for a month now, and she has turned into a mostly good puppy, 95% good, 5% little terror, but she is teething so I am sure she isn't having fun there, but she doesn't do anything bad, just annoying at times.

She did eat through my GF's apple power cord, I had warned her more then once to keep the cord out of reach....lol... Now she had a useless computer with no power....

Picked up house breaking pretty quick, first week was iffy, now she lets us know 90% of the time when she needs to go, although we try to take her out once per hour. Most accidents are middle of the night, but she now sleeps through until 6 or 7am, and improving by the day.

She has showed no bad traits towards other people or animals, she loves everyone she see's, and just wants to play when she see's another dog or cat, she really wants to play with cats but they always run away.

Still working on separation anxiety she has, but it's getting better, we practice everyday increasing the time we are gone by a few minutes, she screams for the first 2-3 minutes, then seems to settle down, but still flips out during the time we are gone off an on, so she isn't quite there feeling comfortable alone yet, but she does better when music video's are on TV, so may need to get a DVD of music videos, especially likes rap and videos with lots of movement, but they keep her attention well.

She goes to puppy school once a week for the next 6 weeks so should also help.

She has doubled in weight since we got her, just shy of 6 pounds now, she was just shy of 3 when we brought her home.

We had to buy and experiment with a few brands of dog food before we found one she would eat and not let it sit there all day.

She seems to have settled on Merrick dry food, mixed with 1/2 tea spoon of salmon wet food.

Vet gave her a clean bill of health, she gets 3rd and last round of puppy shots next week, and then all that is left is her spay and rabies at the 5 to 6 month mark. Vet says it's best to let her get to nearly adult size before spaying but before the first heat.

We have no desire to breed her.

I'll post a recent photo soon.