As I mentioned before, we adopted a new family member! His name is Moose, he's a wirehaired dachshund, and he's been with us for almost a week. So far, he is a perfect fit!
He's definitely not what we started out looking for, but I guess God had other plans! Originally, I wanted a big, scary-looking and (most importantly) lazy dog to make us feel safe while Eric is gone. It was important to me not to have to start from scratch training a puppy (I do not have time!), so I was looking for an adult dog, at least 2 and preferably 3 or 4 years old. So I started watching Craigslist, the classifieds, and the Fairbanks shelter's website for dogs that might be a good match. And then I happened to scroll past a picture of Moose.
This looks like a big, scary guard dog, right? Right??
Ok, so not really. But no matter what other dogs I looked at, I just kept coming back to the picture of Moose. And eventually I decided to go check him out, because I just couldn't resist that sweet face. It was love at first sight. I met him at the shelter and I didn't even have to think about it that long. I signed the paperwork and Moose came home the next day, after being sent to the animal hospital to be neutered.
They have told us that he's about 2 years old. He is very friendly and happy, and appears to be house trained, except for the occasional submissive urination incident (do not scare Moose, please. At least not on the carpet). It was a little testy at first, introducing him to Baxter, but they are pretty good buddies now. They are pretty much always together. Moose loves the boys, and the boys love Moose. The shelter told me he would have to warm up to the small childen, but he seemed to take to them right away. They don't even make him pee. :)
He is pretty calm, and loves to play with squeaky toys. His favorite game is fetch, and he will sit up and beg you to throw his toy for as long as it takes. And he has the best dog eyebrows I've ever seen!
So, maybe not a guard dog, but that's ok! Welcome home, Moose!
And for anyone in Fairbanks who is looking for a dog, please go to the shelter! It is such a quick, easy process, not nearly as expensive as buying a purebred puppy, and they have so many sweet dogs!
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