Our New Shelter Dog!!!

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My boyfriend and i went to the animal shelter last weekend to "just look" at the dogs there and walk some of them for the day. After walking all of the adult dogs ( everyone wants to give attention to the puppies, so we purpousely walk the older dogs when we visit.) and taking them outside to the doggie runs, we fell in love with one dog called "Noah". He was found on a street called Noah Lane near my boyfriends house, so that's how he got his name. We left the shelter that day after spending several hours playing with and walking the dogs. I mentioned to Colin how much i liked Noah...and he didn't really respond, so i went about the next two days thinking he wasn't planning on adopting a dog for a while....boy was i happily mistaken! Last tuesday afternoon, he picked me up from work when my car was in the shop and we stopped by his house for a bit. When we got out of the truck, he told me he wanted to show me the new sprinkler system he had set up in his backyard....i thought nothing of it since he is the biggest Home Depot freak i know....but when Colin opened the fence, Noah was sitting right there wagging his tale at me!!! i was so excited to see him! Colin had pulled the best surprise on me and i couldn't be happier...We both have fallen in love with the him and we changed his name to Fosters since it sounded more Australian than Noah. He is already spoiled rotten and will enjoy a long happy life with us without ever having to worry about going to another animal shelter. I've been going to visit Fosters and Colin on my breaks from work and every chance i get ( we live at different homes). So he is already spoiled rotten. Colin's even planning on building a completely insulated ( heated, air conditioned) doggy house for him just to hang out in when he wants. And he sleeps in the bedroom at night already lol. here is a link to his webpage...i only have a few picks up there of him right now. I'll have to take my digital camera over to Colins to get some good pictures of our new furbaby. I'm so excited another shelter dog is going to have a happy ending, and best of all, it's with the man i love. hehe!!!

http://www.dogster.com/pet_page.php?i=306688&j=t
 
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Thanks momofmany we absolutely adore him- Fosters is such a gentle giant- and smart as a wip too- he can clear a 5 1/2 ft fence like it's nothing....hehe colin spent all weekend adding on to the fence in the dog run to make sure he's safe when he's outside. he's already sitting, staying, and working on other commands very well. We're so happy to have rescued him!!! I'm going to get some good picture of him this week so everyone can see them.
 

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I'm soo happy for you and Fosters
what a surprise for you
he looks like a happy boy
 

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such a hanndsome boy! he looks like he'll bring you both lots of joy! congrats!
 

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I'm so glad you found him in the shelter. He sounds like such a sweet dog. Congrats.
 

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That is so awesome! Congrats to you guys!!
He is such a pretty doggie
That is so sweet of your boyfriend to go get him for you guys.
 
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Thankyou for all the nice compliments everyone. Fosters is doing great! When i got over to my boyfriends house today, Fosters had just had his first bath and Colin was out back grooming him---it was too cute! right now he's actually sitting at my feet playing with his kong toy and watching Law and Order SVU with me- i Swear he's not spoiled!!! He is learning really fast too- he already knows what "bye bye " is now - everytime i say it he sits at the door and waits for me to put his leash on him before hopping in the car- it's too cute! He's such a great dog. Colin and I love him to death. I'll be taking some new pictures of him the next time i remember to bring my camera over to Colins. Hope everyone has a great day. fosters sends his love!
 

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Aww, that's wonderful. Shelter dogs really are the best! I adopted my Labrador and I can't tell you how great I think he is!
 

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aww what a sweety! Thank you both for giving that sweet boy his forever home. I'm sure he will give you both years of love in return!
 
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Just an update on Fosters,
lol he's actually in the floor as i speak playing with Colin....he's such a great boy!!! we love him a lot! Thankyou everyone for all your sweet comments....this little shelter boy will never see the insides of a pound again!
 
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And yet another update on our little pound puppy- Fosters has officially declared himself king of Colin's castle lol....i'd say he's pretty comfy in his new home now, what with all the new toys, attention and huge backyard to play in and all.. I took some new pictures over the weekend of him and updated his dogsters.com site....feel free to check it out. I got a few shots of him with his favorite green bone toy.

http://www.dogster.com/pet_page.php?i=306688&j=t
 

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He is soooo handsome
I'm soo glad he found you all, and vise-versa
he will be forever grateful
 

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What a sweety!! I love all the photos..I'm so glad he'll never see a pound again, he is way too sweet to be stuck in a cage all the time.
 

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Wow! What a looker!!!

I'm glad he found you guys... He looks very happy and quite pleased with himself for having found such a wonderful family.
 
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