Back For A Second Time

As I pulled up for my second visit, I had a slightly differnet feeling about coming to the Center...I don't know if it was more business-like and less idealistic because I was aware of the reality of Pets, Inc., or just that the first visit may have been more important to me than the dogs with whom I spent time.

The process of checking in was much more simple than my grouping with the juvies on my first visit, so I just signed in, said hello to the people at the desk and walked into the kennel to say hello to the tens of dogs barking at me. The lady that was in control of the kennel in week one wasn't there, so I just asked the young lad that cleans and stocks the pens if I could just grab a leash, which he said I could. I wasn't quite sure who needed to go out, so I went back to the medium dog room, opened the door and Vicious Tim was there looking at me.

As much as I wanted to take Vicious Tim out again, I felt a bit guilty picking favorites from a group where I hope to make everyone feel like a favorite, so I took out a yellow Lab I dubbed Pee Peein' Tom. I am sure many people have had many a male dog that can pee hundreds of times (one of which I have), but this guy was on fire. Letting him pee all over the play area probably wasn't the most constructive activity, however it made him happy and between dominating tree trunks, he came over and got some scratching from me.

After putting Pee Peein' Tom back in the medium dog room I couldn't resist taking Vicious Tim out again. He was just as good as last time and when I was walking him out a couple of the people that work at the Center came over and gave him and scratch and said hello and mentioned how good of a dog he was. I started to think how amazing it was that (even with the moon shaking howl) he was still at the Center. We did the usual out at the play area and had just as much fun as last time as I though how much fun he would be for a family. I found Vicious on the Pets, Inc. website if you want to read some of his story.

http://www.petsinc.org/availabledogs.php?showpets=1&pettype=1&petid=755&startpage=4

Back in the medium dog room there was a new little guy that managed to jump up and land a perfect poo footprint on my chest, so with that I decided that he deserved a walk too. When we got to the play area Richard Kimble was on the run again. Whomever was to take on Richard would need plenty of space, or plenty of energy, because he spent all but a few minutes running around as fast as he could. Most of my pictures of Dr. Kimble are blurs of him running by me at full speed, which he wholeheartedly enjoyed.

Nervous Ned was was the last of the four in the medium dog room, however she seemed a bit more nervous than usual, so I decided to venture out and take a few of the 'Lab + something' mixes for a short walk around the wooded area for a sniff, which they all seemed to enjoy. I also took out Lucky (clearly not my naming) who is a Catahoula Leopard Dog. I had never seen one before, so I figured I might as well take him out. http://www.petsinc.org/availabledogs.php?showpets=1&pettype=1&petid=758&startpage=2

- Nervous Ned, not exactly the picture of confidence

While the sun was now down, I came inside to say hello to the puppies. It was much colder than last week, so the pups were inside in their pens and there were a few knock out additions to the Center. The boxer pups were very young and hilarious. A family was adopting one of the white pups while I was inside.

I left thinking I didn't remember seeing anyone missing from the prior week, just more additions, which is how it goes I assumed...then again, I wasn't really that familiar with everyone that was there.