Buster

After a few weeks of searching for a doggy on PetFinder.com I found one that really caught my eye and after having the adoption center send more pics, really caught my heart. His name, as from the blog header is Buster. He is a Sheltie/Shepherd mix and is 18weeks and 21lbs. After picking him up and loading him into the car into a pet taxi my friend let me borrow, the first 35 minutes of driving in the snow and rain was constant barking. After getting tired, the next 20 minutes was constant whining mixed up with some howling. Immediately after that, the little fellow was so exhausted and slept the remaining 3 hours until we parked at the apartment complex. I got him out and let him walk around to wake up and then introduced him to his new home.


This creature, which God blessed with a regular sized body, overly large head and no legs, did what it could to run around the apartment and smell all the rooms and check everything out. As he got more comfortable later in the day we played fetch with his toy raccoon head. He really enjoys that and even more now that he has found out how to make it squeak. We are currently working on house training and he is doing really well. During the day while I am at work he stays in his crate, I come home for lunch to let him out for a bit, put him back in and then we have dinner when I get back again, play for a while, watch a movie or play music, and then when he is tired he goes to his crate again and we start all over. All in all, Buster goes outside to potty twice in the morning, once during lunch, after dinner, and then one more time before it's time for bed. That many times a day, I think he is doing great considering we've only had one accident and that was my fault for not understanding his signals.

We are starting to learn each other's time schedules and act ivies which is great too. He is really smart and I think that is funny. He never goes into his crate as a form of punishment and he doesn't bother or chew on any of my belongings which is a great relief with all of my music equipment around. So, hopefully after a few months we can see how he does with his house training without having to be put into his crate.