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Newbie here: Help identifying mixed breed rescued dog (Muttley)
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From: "Paul" <pst...@smart.net>
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Subject: Re: Newbie here: Help identifying mixed breed rescued dog (Muttley)
Date: 27 Jun 2006 12:46:13 -0700
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Janet B wrote:
> On Tue, 27 Jun 2006 13:42:13 -0500, diddy <di...@diddy.net>, clicked
> their heels and said:
>
> >I think he looks very much like a Leonberger.
> >First Leonberger I ever saw, I thought was a mutt, and was surprised that
> >it was actually a breed.
> >But it was such a handsome breed, even if it was a mutt, it SHOULD be a
> >breed!
> >That sounds confusing... but i guess i know what I meant
>
> Can't say that I think he looks like a Leo, but I sure do like those
> dogs. There are actually TWO running flyball in our region! We made
> friends with some in Italy a few summers ago. They're really lovely
> dogs.
>
>
> --
> Janet Boss
> www.bestfriendsdogobedience.com
He does look a lot like one picture of a Leonberger at 10 months.
Especially his black mask, and description of his kind brown eyes,
intelligence, and powerful build. Older dogs seem to have longer hair,
and his purple tongue is supposedly a non-Leonberger trait. I have
contacted the local Leonberger rescue to see if they can identify (and
maybe find a better home).
We were working partially with a local rescue group (Fallston Animal
Rescue Mission), but it was an independent effort on the part of my
friend Helene that resulted in his survival. He was one of two dogs
that had been picked up by the City Animal Control, and I went there to
"bail them out". He was taken several places, and I picked him up at a
vets just after his castration. He was so cute and clumsy with that
huge cone collar! I stopped at my place on the way downtown and walked
him around my 2.5 acre property, and we seemed to get along. Helene had
made arrangements for him to be taken for adoption at the SPCA, so I
took him on down there. However, they had just received a large
shipment of animals who were displaced by Katrina, and they were
overloaded. A large dog like this Mutt would most certainly have been
put down. When he put his big paws on the counter and looked at me with
those big brown eyes, I knew I could not let that happen. That was
around Valentines day. I guess he became my sweetheart...
Thanks,
Paul
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