DumDog
Posted : 6/7/2007 5:17:50 PM
i like them. my sisters had two, male and female - brother and sister, and a friend of the family had a little male.
they were active and loved to play, which is normal for a puppy. my sisters dogs were always called lazy or little long haired pigs because they did love their food, snorted, and once they grew up werent nearly as active and playful. the female was more vocal than the male. she would bark when people came over or knocked on the door, and she would "Speak" on command. the male would sit up and beg.. and if you wiggled your toes he would run over to you and flop over on his back and rub it over your feet.
my only concern is they have skin and eye problems among other things. my sisters male developed cancer at age 8 or 9 and was PTS.
the female is still alive but i dont know why. she has a skin problem i cant remember the name of. her back and rear look like a disaster area. she's blind, either from the steroid treatments for her skin problem or just because it was gonna happen anyway. she only goes outside to potty and when she comes back in she lays in one spot on one rug in one corner of the kitchen. she gets up to eat but only a bite or two before going to lay back down. she doesnt bark or show any interest in anything anymore...... she also smells dreadful and when she scratches her itches she whines and whimpers the whole time.
if i thought my husband would let me, and if my sister would let me i would take her into my home and try to clean her up and make her healthy and lively again. my step moms house reeks of this dog.. and because of that i dont think my hubby will even consider me taking her.
everyone else has given up on her, but not so much that they want to put her to sleep.... so i dont understand their logic.
anyway didnt say all that to scare you off. i think what you did is wonderful and i think they stand a better chance with you than anyone else. but the problems i listed are something to think about. not all of them have these issues, and my step mom and her daughters didnt even think they would happen. i guess what i'm trying to say is, do you think you could still love them if they were blind, hairless and smelly?