Our new puppy!
11-07-2011, 11:36 PM
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We are crossing off the days on the calendar! And yes I will probably bore you all rigid with pics! I can't wait to have him meet our 'senior dog' Dougal who is 14 - I rescued him aged 1 so am not sure of his lineage but he looks like a dachsie - JRT cross! SO I will have a Little and a Large!
Originally Posted by Sunnie
He is gorgeous. I believe those two weeks will feel like 20. More photos please when he comes home to you.
11-07-2011, 11:38 PM
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I agree completely! We are lucky in that we are tenants of local landowners and have the right to roam over several hundred acres of fields, woods, ponds, etc. It is doggie heaven! And here in Somerset it's very much tradtitional English rural life - shooting, farming etc... All my friends have dogs so he'll have lots of doggie friends to go walking with too!
Originally Posted by earthwalker
Sirius is a handsome fellow, looks like quite a serious little chap. Nice that he will be worked as well as being a family member. Nothing worse than a working dog untrained and shut up in suburbia. Thanks for sharing him with us....keep us updated on his progress.
11-07-2011, 11:43 PM
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How wonderful that you met one! I have been reading the breed handbook and there is an article in there written by a man who shoots pheasant on the prairies of South Dakota with Munsters - so you do have them in the States but possibly as here in the UK, they are not very common. The breed was introduced here (from Germany where it originates) in the 70s and so is still fairly new. And they are very controlled in the breeding programme so as not to get inbreeding - the mother of our pup was imported from Germany and his father has German blood through his parents. The great thing about them is that the working and show stock are the same - no disctinction like with some breeds where you get 'ugly workers' and 'beautiful nutters'! 
Originally Posted by Kas
Oh my goodness! You are only the second person I have ever known who had one of these dogs. The other was a couple on exchange from the Royal Airforce with the USNavy. Well, the husband was on exchange and his wife and dogs came with! They were the sweetest and smartest dogs. Congrats on your new baby!
11-07-2011, 11:49 PM
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Oh do you have a pic of your little Sirius? Perhaps they could be doggy penfriends!
Originally Posted by Becca Bear
I love your new puppy! He is so cute!! I also have a Sirius. He's a 15 yr old Pekineses. He's so sweet and good natured. Just a wonderful dog. Enjoy your new puppy!
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