dog acquisition mission successful

[firecat]

My parents decided they wanted another dog (their previous dog died about a year ago). They only like miniature schnauzers. http://petfinder.org came through for us and today they brought home a mini schnauzer from a "Toy Breed Rescue" foster parent. Here's his writeup and photo (it might not be up there for much longer):

http://search.petfinder.com/petnote/displaypet.cgi?petid=6972849

The writeup doesn't mention that he's a purebred AKC dog. His sire's name is "Sir Chomps a Lot". However, when I google on that name, I come up with an alligator, a text-based adventure game, ravioli in the shape of a dinosaur, and someone's pet venus flytrap.

Comments

[saluqi.livejournal.com]

Cute!

pawvillage.com doesn't have that name for mini-schnauzers but the AKC (https://www.akc.org/reg/pedigrees.cfm) seems to have a service where they could track it down if they wanted to.

[firecat]

Thanks!

[debbiethedogged.livejournal.com]

He's adorable.

Uh, what was his native language (ref his writeup which says "He is slowly adjusting to the English language which was very frightening for him when he first arrived.")?

[firecat]

His former owner is Vietnamese, but my parents said something about his knowing commands in German. I really don't know.

[pyrzqxgl.livejournal.com]

Cute! I hope they are very happy together!

[nitoda]

Hmmm - "This pet has been altered" - does that mean what I think it means? In which case, I wonder why the euphemism? Is it considered rude to say "Neutered"? Would "sterilised" or "castrated" be an acceptable alternative?

[aquaeri.livejournal.com]

Yes, I find "altered" a bit too much in the euphemism department. (It does mean what you think it means).

It's a lovely dog firecat, I'm always happy when otherwise homeless animals find humans who really want them.

[jinian.livejournal.com]

Some people think "neutered" refers only to the male, as "castrated" also does. (Females are correspondingly "spayed" -- the word comes from blade, "epee"!) "Sterilized" seems fine to me, but "altered" is the non-sex-specific boilerplate of choice for some reason.

[technomom]

What a darling baby!

[opalmirror.livejournal.com]

I was too late to be able to see the petfinder link to the doggy, but have my own minischnauzer story mentioned at flickr.com (http://flickr.com/photos/opalmirror/230144191/). I learned a bit about this breed and think that a minischnauzer would make a great companion. If I were not already overbrimming with cats and had a bit more time to give, then I would've given Wusky a permanent home.

[firecat]

aww, wusky is really cute! i'm glad he found a good home.