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Welcome to the family
Posted: Fri Aug 14, 2020 11:13 am
by SportsFan68
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.
Re: Welcome to the family
Posted: Fri Aug 14, 2020 11:34 am
by Bob Juch
SportsFan68 wrote: ↑Fri Aug 14, 2020 11:13 am
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.
I see pit bull.
Re: Welcome to the family
Posted: Fri Aug 14, 2020 3:16 pm
by ghostjmf
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!
Re: Welcome to the family
Posted: Fri Aug 14, 2020 3:19 pm
by MarleysGh0st
Welcome, Libby!
I don't care what Sprots says in her profile, I want to give you scritches!
Re: Welcome to the family
Posted: Fri Aug 14, 2020 3:32 pm
by a1mamacat
Beautiful, and lucky girl. Welcome Libby
Re: Welcome to the family
Posted: Fri Aug 14, 2020 4:20 pm
by Beebs52
Yay puppy!
Re: Welcome to the family
Posted: Fri Aug 14, 2020 9:55 pm
by SportsFan68
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.
Re: Welcome to the family
Posted: Sat Aug 15, 2020 10:01 am
by T_Bone0806
Congratulations on your new very best fren!
Re: Welcome to the family
Posted: Mon Aug 17, 2020 8:25 am
by tlynn78
Awww, I adore new furry family members! She's a lucky Libby!
Re: Welcome to the family
Posted: Tue Aug 18, 2020 7:20 am
by Evil Squirrel
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!
Re: Welcome to the family
Posted: Sun Aug 23, 2020 8:52 pm
by SportsFan68
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 . . .
Re: Welcome to the family
Posted: Tue Aug 25, 2020 8:34 am
by tlynn78
Evil Squirrel wrote: ↑Tue Aug 18, 2020 7:20 am
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!
LMAO!