| | We have four rescue dogs. Three are beagles that come with my significant other and the fourth is a giant dufus Penny - approximately 14 years - Beagle - known issues revolve around food. She came from a very eldery gentleman that had to go into a nursing home. Apparently, since he wasn't able to care for himself, he also hadn't been able to feed Penny. Our best guess is that he had been forgetting to feed Penny for fairly extended periods of time. Penny is the grand old dame of the pack. Waldo - approximately 4 years - Beagle/Basset - Waldo has a lot of issues including dominance, dog-aggression, cat-aggression, attachment disorder, lack of social skills. Waldo is a bit of an outsider because of his issues. We've been working with him and he's better but still not fully integrated into the pack. Nellie - approximately 3 years - Pure Bred papered Beagle - issues include PTSD, territorial issues, and food issues. Nellie gets along well with the other dogs and with men but is absolutely terrified of females - even my 4'11" mother. She's so small that a lot of dogs regard her as a child and so aren't intimidated by her as they would normally be by an adult. Not Nelly. Even my mom sends her scurrying to hide. It makes trips to the vet a bit trying since all of his assistants are female. I've been working with her and she's finally to a point where I can hand feed her a bit. Daddy-O - approximately 2 years - Mixed Breed Dufus - appears to be mix of Rhodesian Ridge back, Shar Pei, and Dogue De Bordeaux. Has some dominance issues but very minor - thinks he owns his hoomans. Terrified of the cheezy plastic fly swatter he gets spanked with, which is quite amusing for a 70# + dog. HIs biggest issue is his ability to escape the back yard. If anyone has ideas on how to contain a dog that can jump nearly 6 vertical feet, I'd love to hear it. Daddy-O has been a really good influence on the pack. His presence has mellowed Waldo's aggression. He and Waldo have been playing together recently. Nellie seems quite taken with him and the two of them are regular playmates. Penny, however, has really enjoyed the big guy's arrival as she now has a regular playmate. He's quite willing to let Penny throw him around even though she's only able to gum him. She'll grab and ear and he'll obligingly flop onto his back and paddle his legs as Penny growls and pretends to be killing him.
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that we adopted together. This is their story. Vital stats on the dogs...