dumped dog

Thank you Kittykat.......... I'll check out Cairo right now...

OH my god............that do look just alike. EXACTLY..... "Naturally she is very beautiful"......hehe She looks mighty comfortable in her bed...

You sure you haven't taken a pic of my Felix??? wow..........

Ok........I have just registered for Catster. All my cats will soon have a webpage......hehe How fun!!

It's cool isn't it? There's a dogster, too, just fyi

I think Charlie has already found his forever home .... God bless you!! (of course I knew the very first post you wrote you were gonna keep him )

My favorite pic is the one where Charlie and Molly?(the black one) are hamming it up with each other, mouths wide open. Those are 2 dogs that BELONG together!

Jenn...
I just caught up with Charley's story.
Your heart is as big as the world.
((((hugs))))

okay hope this works...

this is one of Gizzy's kitties getting warm next to Siku's butt!...Cat's may rule but dogs love 'em anyway

Originally Posted by jcribbs

Those corgi's are soooooooo cute!! Oh lordy.. I love it. He might be part corgi. The legs look the same actually except charlie has short hair. The chest also sits low like Charlie. But I also think he is mixed with terrier. Charlie has a big head with a long face. It's hard to really see it in a picture but his head looks too large for his body. It is the head for a much larger dog or so it appears.

and Butter bean is very cute....... that's a great name!!

Charlie is very smart. He catches on quickly to things too.

I was looking at your dogs feet. charlie's feet turn out exactly like that. Does he look part corgi to you? He also has no tail. He was born that way. There is no nub there.

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Thanks! You should see Cardi (or Pembroke, for that matter, but Cardis are my favorites ) puppies! Oh my- they melt my heart !

And thanks about Butterbean- she thinks we should call her "Royal Highness", though, LOL !

If he has no tail, and it wasn't docked,then I would say part Pembroke (who naturally have no tail- Cardis have tails, but sometimes they are docked if someone doesn't know the difference ) and the other part a terrier sounds pretty good to me, too. .

He really does look part Corgi to me- mine had a nonshow coat (long), but the show dogs have a short coat (not like a lab, more like a cat ) and pembrokes are shorthaired, but both are slightly fuzzy around the fringes. Lots of the pictures you posted had me saying "Oh, Clint! Hee, look at that, that's probably Corgi"!

If I thought for a minute that my DH would go for it, I would be there in a heartbeat! But first I would have to convince him how much we need a second dog, and then to drive up there with a 3 yr old ... the more you talk about him, the more he sounds like my Clint! ! Clint would also try to "herd" the cats- they convinced him he'd better just stick to his tennis balls ! Oh how I wish I could...not kidding, I guess, just wishful thinking .

There is a Corgi rescue that takes both kinds, and I think that they do mixes too- alot of the dog rescue sites also do courtesy posts on their websites...I can see if I can find it again, if you'd like to have it. And I understand about everything you want from someone who wanted to take him home- my kitten fosters' prospective parents got the 3rd degree about vet references, etc.! .

This is better. I can't get the sizing right for photobucket....

Here is my dog, Max. The vet did say part corgi or maybe basset hound, but as he got older everyone says corgi. He's part chow too (black spots on his tounge and that tail used to curl up over his back.) But his build it alot like Charlie. Short legs and big deep chest.

Originally Posted by LSULOVER

I found that poem that I was talking about, it is very sad though

A Dog sits Waiting

A dog sits waiting in the cold autumn sun.
Too faithful to leave, to frightened to run.

He's been here for days now with nothing to do.
But sit by the road waiting for you.

He can't understand why you left him that day.
He thought you and he were stopping to play.

He's sure you'll come back, and thats why he stays.
How long will he suffer? How many days?

His legs have grown weak, his throat is parched dry.
He's sick now from hunger and falls, with a sigh.

He lays down his head and closes his eyes.
I wish you could see how a waiting dog dies.

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oh geeze, that gave me chills down my spine. I am glad Charlie is one of the lucky ones out there that gets saved. to the OP you are an angel for saving him.

First,........that picture of that little grey kitten wrapped up in that dog tail is just about the cutest thing I have ever seen!!!!! That is so adorable. What a good dog!!! That would be a great destop picture.....hehe Emma [the black one] loves the cats. Molly [the white one] can take them or leave them but they love her. Pebbles sleeps with her head on Molly feet. She uses them for a pillow. Molly looks at her and groans.... "ugh.....a cat.." haha

And Telynn, Max looks just like the other two corgi's that were posted... He is very cute!! He's a happy little dog... You can tell that. I love black dogs.. There is something about their hair coat that is so special.

And I suspect [pending the cats approval] we will keep Charlie. He, at this time, is very interested in the cats.. Not like he wants to hurt them but I need to watch him to make sure he doesn't get rough.

Tink kept cornering him earlier. He would back up and try to go around her. She was not being mean but he is a little intimidated becasue of Felix swatting him. Tink loves dogs. She lays on Emmy all the time. And she wanted to rub against charlie so she was meowing at him and it freaked him out. He has not had cat experience. So I am crating him at night while I sleep. Just to be on the safe side.

And reading that poem again, makes me cry. That was Charlie. we just found him early on in the process. I suspect he had been out there not longer than 24 hrs. He looks well fed. That's what upsets me so. Someone was feeding him good and then dumped him. Or maybe someone stole him from a good owner. The reason that makes sense to me is because he looks good and healthy. But he had a cheap collar on that was extremely tight. Nearly to the choking level. The collar did not fit the dog healthiness. Does that make sense?

I am thinking he might have been dumped by someone who stole him.. IN this area, there is a rash of dog thefts going on and it is believed it is for experimental purposes... Which is sick....! I am going to contact the sheriff's office in the county where we found him and see if anyone has reported missing a dog with his description.. I told my husband based on the thefts in the area, I am NOT running an ad in the paper...

Jenn

Originally Posted by Graciecat

Oh God look at that sweet little face.
How on earth could someone throw him out like he was trash?
There has to be a special place in hell for the people...if you can call them that....who dumped him.

I know for sure that there's a special place in Heaven for people like you and your Husband.
You both should feel so good about yourselves for saving his life, because that's what you did.

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I agree with you, I think they are angels

That all sounds like a good idea - and makes sense, too. However, I'm hoping in my heart that you get to keep him because even if he was well fed, the collar sounds odd, as does the total lack of training and him not knowing how to play. I know if it was me I would want my dog back, but I treat my dogs well (lol) and I kind of feel like this little guys happiness is starting to shine with you, when it probably wasn't before.

It'll take some time to get him used to the cats - you're lucky that they are very experienced with dogs, though, because that really helps if they're not freaking out all over the place. That just revs dogs up. Felix, I think, will settle down, too. He's probably just asserting his supremacy!

Most of the cats are very calm around him. Just checking him out basically. Only a handful are trying to act territorial....

When my 3-legged JJ came through, I put poor Charlie back in the crate. I don't want JJ attacking him. JJ is a dog hater. My dogs are scared to death of him. They are relaxed now because he hasn't attacked them in a couple months but for a while he lay in the bedroom door at night and would not let Molly and Emma come close to the bedroom. He growled like a dog. And those big 90 lb dogs respected him and still do.

JJ is the dominate male and he takes his "pride work" seriously......hehe

Originally Posted by KitEKats4Eva!

That all sounds like a good idea - and makes sense, too. However, I'm hoping in my heart that you get to keep him because even if he was well fed, the collar sounds odd, as does the total lack of training and him not knowing how to play. I know if it was me I would want my dog back, but I treat my dogs well (lol) and I kind of feel like this little guys happiness is starting to shine with you, when it probably wasn't before.

It'll take some time to get him used to the cats - you're lucky that they are very experienced with dogs, though, because that really helps if they're not freaking out all over the place. That just revs dogs up. Felix, I think, will settle down, too. He's probably just asserting his supremacy!

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I feel the same way, I think even if he was stolen from somebody, I think that somebody didn't take care of him anyways.

The first time I read the post about Charlie it made me so sad, and that is when I remembered that poem about a dog waiting for its owners to come and get him.

So I searched for the poem and found it, and while I was so sad I found some more that I posted in this section.

It just breaks my heart that someone could do that to an animal. I would give everything I own just to have my beloved Sambo back, and then you have people like that who could just dump a dog out somewheres where it is cold. I can't say what I would ever do if I ever found the person who did that. And the sad thing is Charlie woulda probably went right back to them, just so he could have a home.

I am hopeing we get to keep him too. Him and Emma are just adorable playing. And the cat thing will just take time. I'm not sure how old Charlie is but he is not an old dog. So, it will just take patience and time. The cats will get used to him and he will get used to them.

I have so many that he is overwhelmed. He hasn't even seen them all!!

Yall are right. No one really took care of the little guy. The collar, the lack of knowing how to play. The house being a new experience. Being a little cowed at first. The first day I threw a stick for him and he just sat there. He did not even go toward it to smell it. Emma is my stick girl. She carries trees, 2x4's, rocks, cat toys, shoes, socks, my gown, my cover, and her glow ball. She only chews trees and 2x4's. She can carry a small cedar tree in her mouth. Charlie is learning fast however. Him and Emmy are the best of friends and she will be a good role model for him to learn from. She is very smart too. Charlie feels secure in her presence. He lays by her side to side. He is starting to learn his name too...

I have high hopes for Charlie....

Me too, and I really wish I could just hug you in person for all that you are doing for Charlie. It just breaks my heart to think that this is the first time in his life that he might be happy for what you are doing for him.

I think you'll find that he might capture your heart and be the one dog that will give you more than any other, despite how much you love your other babies. Just have that feeling.