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So as some of you know, I adopted a chihuahua x min pin from the shelter almost a year ago. My county shelter had no info on him whatsoever which means he was likely a stray. They did note that he was ultra shy and severely fearful of men (he was a flirt with the ladies though.) My personal theory was that he was thrown out of a house by a boyfriend...he would not let my boyfriend or any of the male shelter staff touch him without quivering and yelping. On top of that, he was born with small eye and his vision was impaired (we now believe he is 90-100% blind in that eye.)
With the help of my old man Spyro, we got Loki to become the perfect dog...except
1) He HATES having his ears cleaned. You'd swear we were murdering him when we did it
2) He snaps at anything that moves too fast and/or that comes up on his left side...usually when focused on something else.
We were considering another dog and I had one set in my mind...(not telling anyone about him because thats bad luck for me) which IS an abuse case dog. He was taken from a home where he was kicked and thrown because he piddled in the house.
Loki LOVES to play but, in all honesty, Spyro is showing some grey. He gets tired after walks and would rather sleep all day after. Loki only gets to play with my mother in law's dogs...especially her 4 year old rat terrier. If she weren't such a jerk, I'd bring him over there for play sessions.
So just curious, anyone have TWO "special needs" dogs? I mean Loki has no problem showing the ropes. How did it go?
With the help of my old man Spyro, we got Loki to become the perfect dog...except
1) He HATES having his ears cleaned. You'd swear we were murdering him when we did it
2) He snaps at anything that moves too fast and/or that comes up on his left side...usually when focused on something else.
We were considering another dog and I had one set in my mind...(not telling anyone about him because thats bad luck for me) which IS an abuse case dog. He was taken from a home where he was kicked and thrown because he piddled in the house.
Loki LOVES to play but, in all honesty, Spyro is showing some grey. He gets tired after walks and would rather sleep all day after. Loki only gets to play with my mother in law's dogs...especially her 4 year old rat terrier. If she weren't such a jerk, I'd bring him over there for play sessions.
So just curious, anyone have TWO "special needs" dogs? I mean Loki has no problem showing the ropes. How did it go?