Funny story, me and my girlfriend had been going back and forth on getting a dog. We wanted one that was atleast about 5 months old so we wouldnt have to go through the house training phase. So yesterday we decided a puppy would be too big a responsibility to take on willingly. We're both young professionals busy with getting our careers started. Today I'm walking out to my truck in our Kingwood apartment complex, and I see a Coors light box placed in front of my truck. I walk up to it and see this little guy inside it, cold and scared. One of my neighbors had seen the box outside his window about 3 hours earlier, so I can only assume it was abandoned. Could anyone tell me what kind of puppy this is. It looks like a lab to me but it's paws dont seem large enough for that to be right. I'm sure it's just a mutt. How big do you think it might get? <a href="http://twitpic.com/3stkpb" title="Here&#039;s the puppy I found. Who could abandon this little ... on Twitpic"><img src="http://twitpic.com/show/thumb/3stkpb.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="Here&#039;s the puppy I found. Who could abandon this little ... on Twitpic"></a> We'll probably end up keeping him, it kind of seems like a sign since we had been seriously discussing getting a dog or not for the past few weeks. If anyone on here can provide a good home and family for him though send me a PM, because I'm not 100% on keeping him.
take him to the vet first hing to see if he has any illness signs etc, maybe there was a reason poor guy was abandoned; its not cheap to get him, but it is rewarding and dog's loyalty is 2nd to none. Gluck
yall were considering getting a dog and this cute puppy literally ends up on your doorstep? i think fate is trying to send you a message - KEEP IT!!! kind of looks like a lab, but its hard to tell at that age - that pooch cant be over 8 weeks.
No way to know at this stage. I've had dogs that I KNEW what mix they were but you couldn't see it in them at all until they were 4-5 months old.
Good point. Breed isn't important to me, but I really just need to know that he wont be a 15 lb chihuahua mix. Yappy dogs get on my nerves.
You should keep the dog. I had similar experience. A friend of mine was giving out puppies for free and we thought it would be nice to give one to our cousin who really wanted a puppy. Long story short, I go to pick up the puppy, the owner insists I take a SECOND puppy, which was not very cute. No one really wanted the other one and we couldnt just throw it away, so we kept it and we have been very happy with it ever since.
Yeah no telling what he is until a little further on. He looks like a keeper, though. Good luck with him. I got a puppy (total mutt) last March and they're definitely expensive for the first few months. But it's all worth it.
If you keep him or for as long as you have him make sure to try and socialize him with other dogs early on, so that he'll be well adjusted and not aggressive to other dogs later. The more people and dogs he can be around at an early stage the easier it will be for him later.
Good advice, my poor little dog is mean to other dogs. She's never going to get some with that attitude!
Good advice. Kingwood has a lot of nature trails so once he gets old enough we'll be taking him for jogs
Take him to East End Park at the end of Kingwood Drive, everyone takes their dogs there (great place to take your gf as well). When he gets a little bigger and you're sure he won't run away, you can walk him off the leash, it's sort of an unwritten rule there. If you walk him along greenbelts or in the park, you will need a tic treatment. He will definitely get them, they are rampant in this area. Ask the vet about them. Be very careful introducing him to other dogs, a traumatic experience as a puppy can scar them. It should be a controlled environment, make it a pleasant experience. If you really want to know the breed, you can send away for a DNA test. This is the one I used, it cost $80 (the more it costs the more breeds they test for). They send you a brush to take a cheek swab, you mail it back and they tell you the breed. They told me my dog was primarily Rotty with some secondary Doberman, I don't really see it.
Another picture. <a href="http://twitpic.com/3sw7y0" title="I think its a little girl. She&#039;s precious on Twitpic"><img src="http://twitpic.com/show/thumb/3sw7y0.jpg" width="150" height="150" alt="I think its a little girl. She&#039;s precious on Twitpic"></a> I kinda think it's a girl now. Taking it to the vet tomorrow morning to get it checked out.
