New Addition
June 29, 2008
Recently, my husband went to the dog pound. Austin has a friend whose mother works there. Kevin was picking up the friend. Well, Kevin picked up more than Austin’s friend. He picked up Brutus.
Kevin called me and asked if we could foster a dog. He had been at the pound too long and they would put him down soon. If we fostered him then we could give him a longer chance. Our town has a 5 pet limit and Brutus would have us exceed that but the pound knows us a little too well and they were willing to turn a blind eye to it.
An hour after we got Brutus home, Kevin called the pound to let them know that the Brutus had a home. Kevin just wanted to see how the three girl dogs would take to him. My daschund hates everyone but the other dogs loved him. So we have 4 dogs now.
Brutus is a basset hound, german shepherd mix. I’m sure there is more to him than that but those are the two most obvious breeds. We put him at about 3ish. He is not fixed but that is on the agenda. Luckily the girls are. He is a pretty good dog. He occasionally pees in the house. We are having a tough time with that. Hopefully once he is fixed that will diminish completely. He was also food agressive but that is diminishing as well. He will now easily take food out of our hand and he is getting much better at the dog bowl. And he is learning tricks and commands. If we tell him to show us his teeth he pulls his lips up and shows us his pearly whites. He is also doing pretty good with “sit” and “easy.”
So here is Mr. Brutus:
Brutus with Olive resting in the background…
Just chillin…
Guarding a chewy toy…
Checking out a spot where Matty was laying. He has learned quickly that Matty is the man with the food…
Laying under Laurens bed. Yep she is a typical sloppy teen…sigh…
Smiling 
. He loves it here…
Entry Filed under: Etc.. Tags: basset hound, Brutus, dogs, german shepherd, pet adoption, pets, pound puppy.
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lastcrazyhorn | June 29, 2008 at 10:58 pm
Ohhh. He’s beautiful.
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petmemorialworld | June 30, 2008 at 1:18 am
They look very happy – great to see you have supplied them with plenty of toys.
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Jennifer | June 30, 2008 at 6:26 am
When I heard the name, I was expecting a big, tough-looking dog. He looks so sweet—-I like those floppy ears!
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Rachel | June 30, 2008 at 8:39 pm
What a precious boy! You know those bassets…they will steal your heart for good. Hopefully you’ll be able to maintain some sense of decorum given that he’s got the nice shepherd to balance out the puppy dog eyes
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Marla | June 30, 2008 at 10:58 pm
Brutus is soooooooo cute! There was a dog at the dog park today that looked kinda like Brutus. I love the hounds.
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asdmommy | July 1, 2008 at 8:23 am
Dang, I’m such a sucker for dogs. This is why I can’t go to the pound – I’d either bring them all home with me (much to the thrill of Husband, I’m sure!) or spend the next week crying about them.
He’s adorable.
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Umma | July 1, 2008 at 9:15 am
Ack! So cute! Congrats to you all.
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beartwinsmom | July 1, 2008 at 9:00 pm
Awww…. how cute, cute, cute!!!
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Naomi | July 5, 2008 at 3:59 pm
He is so adorable!!! I’m glad he found a good home and its amazing that you guys took him in like you did.
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onemom | July 11, 2008 at 11:05 pm
I’m glad you posted pictures … I wondered what a basset/german shepherd would look like. He is adorable. My husband won’t let me go to any animal shelter, because he knows they would end up at our house.