re: Stray Dog. Is She A Good Girl or a Murder Machine?

At most a quarter pibble so you should be good.

If she let you pick ticks off her for 4 hrs she is a legitimate good girl keeper.

My girlfriend (now wife) and I lived upstairs in an apt complex years ago. The wind was picking up one night and so I walked outside to see if it's about to start raining. A 3 month lab/golden retriever mix with tons of fleas was coming down the street and either smelled or heard me, and came walking up the steps to me. She was a lil little on the skinny side, but not bad. Figured she might have escaped a couple days before. I asked around the neighborhood/subdivision by us, posted on FB, and put flyers up. No one claimed her. 10 minutes after walking up to us, it started storming. We took her in the apartment and cleaned her up and gave her water. I slipped to the local dollar tree to get some puppy chow. She ate a serving well.

She never left our home for 13 years until she got sick and passed. She was the first thing my wife and I was responsible for together. She found us. And she loved both of our kids like they were her own. Her death shook us hard.

Might have her checked for a chip just to make sure a family isn't missing her.

I had an encounter with a sweet stray this week. I already have 3 dogs who are more than a handful. Sucks that I we can't save them all sometimes.

Older mutts are the best. Though I once had a senior border collie stray I adopted who was fabulous.

This thread has me in my feels tonight.

Keeper!!! Can't resist that bent ear

I've found that strays are some of the most well behaved, loyal dogs you can find. Looks like a keeper to me

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Might have some pit but not much.

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One drop rule.

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I worry about kids around a dog like that

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Nope. All three are 100% gentle with people and especially kids.

What’s with the DV. Our first two strays are 13 and 14yo and our boys have been with them nonstop since boys were born. And the new one is equally gentle and goofy with them even when tortured with “horseback” rides and aggressive play.

None of them has pit or if it does, it’s waaaay watered down by other mutt stuff. Goofy boxer/lab personalities and then the wolf is a shepherd who likes to swim. Onoz!