Watson and I say hi

H_and_D · #1 02-12-2007, 09:15 AM

Hi all!
I am a new dog owner and new member. I just adopted a 2 year old field bred English Springer Spaniel from a local humane society last weekend. I renamed him Watson. He is a very sweet boy but I am looking for some help with him so I am hoping I can find some here. There seem to be a lot of knowledgeable people here.

Besides my new dog I have one cat and the other money pit in my life, a 5 year old horse (mare). She keeps me pretty busy and does a good job of eating up (literally) all my spare money.

I live in a smallish town in Minnesota (which is super cold right now) in the US.

Not sure what else to ad, please ask!

Aussie Red · #2 02-12-2007, 10:12 AM

Hello and welcome. We have others here who have horses too as well as cats.
Good for you that you decided to adopt a pet from the shelter. We would love a pic of your lucky dog. I am very pro shelter dogs.
P.S. Minnesota ??? Oh that is way too cold for me.

Kase · #3 02-12-2007, 10:55 AM

Hi and welcome to Chaz

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H_and_D · #4 02-12-2007, 11:00 AM

Thanks for the welcome!

I put a pic of Watson in my avatar for all to see. I don't have very many good pics of him yet. I took that one on my cell phone, I need to join the digital age and get a new camera.

Watson had been at the shelter for 3 weeks before I took him home. He is high energy (at least he was at the shelter) and he is a barker which I think turned people off. I did want a high energy dog so I can be motivated to take him out and get exercise (and it is working).

Although honestly he seems just fine hanging out with me, taking naps and being a couch potato (as long as he is supplied with a tasty thing to chew on course). His previous owner had to surrender him due to military deployment which is sad.