Welcome to Libby, newest family member at CasaSprots. I was really missing Annie, so SteelersFan kept an eye out and found Libby at the local shelter for me to meet and maybe adopt. I brought her home the day I met her.
The shelter claimed she's a border collie mix, but I don't see border collie traits. You can't see it in the avatar photo, but she has a docked tail which looks just like a boxer. She looks like the photos showing boxer-lab mixes, but neither of us has ever met a lab that wouldn't chase down anything you threw for it and bring it back to you. Libby will chase a thrown ball until she catches up to it, then leave it there and go on to something else. She is very playful and high energy, so I think she's mostly boxer, which is fine with me.
Welcome to the family
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SportsFan68
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Welcome to the family
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I see pit bull.SportsFan68 wrote: ↑Fri Aug 14, 2020 11:13 amWelcome to Libby, newest family member at CasaSprots. I was really missing Annie, so SteelersFan kept an eye out and found Libby at the local shelter for me to meet and maybe adopt. I brought her home the day I met her.
The shelter claimed she's a border collie mix, but I don't see border collie traits. You can't see it in the avatar photo, but she has a docked tail which looks just like a boxer. She looks like the photos showing boxer-lab mixes, but neither of us has ever met a lab that wouldn't chase down anything you threw for it and bring it back to you. Libby will chase a thrown ball until she catches up to it, then leave it there and go on to something else. She is very playful and high energy, so I think she's mostly boxer, which is fine with me.
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Si fractum non sit, noli id reficere.
Teach a child to be polite and courteous in the home and, when he grows up, he'll never be able to drive in New Jersey.
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ghostjmf
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Re: Welcome to the family
I can't get photo to enlarge, but color pattern sure looks like Buttons, the border collie *I* knew.
Does she like to roll in muck??
OK OK, I bet most dogs do.
Happy Puppy!
Does she like to roll in muck??
OK OK, I bet most dogs do.
Happy Puppy!
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Re: Welcome to the family
Welcome, Libby!
I don't care what Sprots says in her profile, I want to give you scritches!
I don't care what Sprots says in her profile, I want to give you scritches!
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Re: Welcome to the family
Beautiful, and lucky girl. Welcome Libby
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SportsFan68
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Re: Welcome to the family
Thanks, everybody! It was indeed a happy day when Libby came home with me.
I too wondered about pit bull and asked the shelter manager about it. He said he considered it unlikely because she doesn't have the drive and determination you usually see in a pit bull.
On the other hand, Libby is definitely at least part boxer, usually highly prized for keeping their families safe, but she is at the bottom of the scale for watchdog. Even my gentle bird dog Annie would raise the roof if she thought there was an intruder, but Libby looks up for a few seconds at an unusual noise and promptly goes back to sleep.
One of these days we'll do the ancestry DNA test and find out for sure.
I too wondered about pit bull and asked the shelter manager about it. He said he considered it unlikely because she doesn't have the drive and determination you usually see in a pit bull.
On the other hand, Libby is definitely at least part boxer, usually highly prized for keeping their families safe, but she is at the bottom of the scale for watchdog. Even my gentle bird dog Annie would raise the roof if she thought there was an intruder, but Libby looks up for a few seconds at an unusual noise and promptly goes back to sleep.
One of these days we'll do the ancestry DNA test and find out for sure.
-- In Iroquois society, leaders are encouraged to remember seven generations in the past and consider seven generations in the future when making decisions that affect the people.
-- America would be a better place if leaders would do more long-term thinking. -- Wilma Mankiller
-- America would be a better place if leaders would do more long-term thinking. -- Wilma Mankiller
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Re: Welcome to the family
Awww, I adore new furry family members! She's a lucky Libby!
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Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities. -Voltaire
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Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities. -Voltaire
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Evil Squirrel
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Re: Welcome to the family
Hi Libby! My name's Evil, and you'll find me at your back door if you ever want to play together. Me and your mom are such good friends! If you hang out with me, I'll bet she might even share my scritches with you!
Let's see, should Libby come before or after Lizzy in my little black book? Alphabetical order is so hard!
Let's see, should Libby come before or after Lizzy in my little black book? Alphabetical order is so hard!
Squirrels are the architects of forests, the planters of trees, nature's own acrobats and show a zest for life that can inspire us. Every day should be National Squirrel Appreciation Day!
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Many of these (squirrel) migrations were probably caused by food shortages as well as habitat overcrowding. We solved that for them. We not only reduced their habitat, we reduced the whole species by about 90%. The least we can do now is share a little birdseed with them.
--Richard E. Mallery
2008 Squirrel of the Year Award winner
--squirrelmama (10/3/07)
Many of these (squirrel) migrations were probably caused by food shortages as well as habitat overcrowding. We solved that for them. We not only reduced their habitat, we reduced the whole species by about 90%. The least we can do now is share a little birdseed with them.
--Richard E. Mallery
2008 Squirrel of the Year Award winner
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SportsFan68
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Re: Welcome to the family
Thanks for the additional welcomes, Mr. T and Ms. T!
As for mangy rodents, MissLibby does not hang out with any such riffraff. None! Zero!
She keeps trying to make friens with the next door neighbor kittycats (both sides), but they are having none of it. Maybe if she didn't approach them at 90 MPH . . .
As for mangy rodents, MissLibby does not hang out with any such riffraff. None! Zero!
She keeps trying to make friens with the next door neighbor kittycats (both sides), but they are having none of it. Maybe if she didn't approach them at 90 MPH . . .
-- In Iroquois society, leaders are encouraged to remember seven generations in the past and consider seven generations in the future when making decisions that affect the people.
-- America would be a better place if leaders would do more long-term thinking. -- Wilma Mankiller
-- America would be a better place if leaders would do more long-term thinking. -- Wilma Mankiller
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Re: Welcome to the family
LMAO!Evil Squirrel wrote: ↑Tue Aug 18, 2020 7:20 amHi Libby! My name's Evil, and you'll find me at your back door if you ever want to play together. Me and your mom are such good friends! If you hang out with me, I'll bet she might even share my scritches with you!
Let's see, should Libby come before or after Lizzy in my little black book? Alphabetical order is so hard!
To argue with a person who has renounced the use of reason is like administering medicine to the dead. -Thomas Paine
You can ignore reality, but you can't ignore the consequences of ignoring reality. -Ayn Rand
Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities. -Voltaire
You can ignore reality, but you can't ignore the consequences of ignoring reality. -Ayn Rand
Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities. -Voltaire