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Dog dropped off by our house - meet Rosco

drobsdrobs Member Posts: 22,531 ✭✭✭✭
edited December 2011 in General Discussion
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He came up to the house yesterday, whined for attention, and finally got it.

Tried to ignore him hoping he would go elsewhere but I hate to hear an animal suffer.

He seems real gentle. Likes being petted and he let me pick the burs out of his fur.

Going to give him a flea bath and take him to the vet in the next day or so.

Broke down and bought some puppy food for him last night and fashioned a wind break for him.

Decided to name him Rosco.

So anyone know what kind of mutt he is?
Was thinking St. Benard with the coloring on his ears.

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    hdcolt51hdcolt51 Member Posts: 4,584 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Cute pup.Think you just got you a new best friend.Good on you sir!
    Sure wish we could have a dog.
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    gesshotsgesshots Member Posts: 15,679 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I am glad Rosco found a home!
    Please don't leave him out in the cold, he needs some TLC right now.

    You Did Good!!!!!!! [^]
    It's being willing. I found out early that most men, regardless of cause or need, aren't willing. They blink an eye or draw a breath before they pull the trigger. I won't. ~ J.B. Books
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    savage170savage170 Member Posts: 37,453 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    A lot of the times the dogs that pick you out make the best dogs congrulations to the addition of your family
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    mackcranemackcrane Member Posts: 1,869 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Looks like one, better get a bigger box.[:)] They are very loyal.
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    p3skykingp3skyking Member Posts: 25,750
    edited November -1
    Best thing I've read all day Drobs.
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    select-fireselect-fire Member Posts: 69,453 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I think Rosco hit the lottery.
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    ManygunsManyguns Member Posts: 3,837
    edited November -1
    He knew where to stop. Good on ya!
    Tom[:)]
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    Waco WaltzWaco Waltz Member Posts: 10,828 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Nice of his people to dump him off. With just a little effort they could have found him a home.

    I ended up with a cat the same way. He was a well cared for declawed cat. I theorize he was with a family in a motor home and got out and lost and they had to leave. Or he was just dmped who knows.

    Looks like he'll make you a good dog.
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    Alan RushingAlan Rushing Member Posts: 9,002 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Good and getting better ... all the way around! [:)] [;)] [^]

    Nice photos, thanks.
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    Marc1301Marc1301 Member Posts: 31,897 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Way to go Drobs![;)]
    I wish it was legal to shoot people that dump animals,......they are the scums of the earth IMHO.[xx(]
    "Beam me up Scotty, there's no intelligent life down here." - William Shatner
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    1911a1-fan1911a1-fan Member Posts: 51,193 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    where you live he is the first of many to come, for some reason people believe if the drop an animal off at a house in the country it will automatically be given a good home, i think this relieves them of guilt or something
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    MMOMEQ-55MMOMEQ-55 Member Posts: 13,134
    edited November -1
    A fine looking pup. I once had a dog named Rosco. If he is St Bernard you will know soon enough. Like when he gains 20# a week and grows another 5" tall.[:D]
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    whiteclouderwhiteclouder Member Posts: 10,574 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I'm so glad you offered him a home; you've warmed my heart today.

    Clouder..
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    JamesRKJamesRK Member Posts: 25,670 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Well done drobs! [:)]
    The road to hell is paved with COMPROMISE.
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    woodhogwoodhog Member Posts: 13,115 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    this post made my day. Thanks, Lucky you, lucky dog.
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    Laredo LeftyLaredo Lefty Member Posts: 13,451 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Now all the guys here know where to go if the wife kicks them out. [;)][;)]


    Good for you drobs. You got a big heart.
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    allen griggsallen griggs Member Posts: 35,229 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Good for you for rescuing this doggie.

    He is a real cutie and will make a great pet.
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    Marc1301Marc1301 Member Posts: 31,897 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by 1911a1fan
    where you live he is the first of many to come, for some reason people believe if the drop an animal off at a house in the country it will automatically be given a good home, i think this relieves them of guilt or something




    Ask me about the truth of what you just posted!

    I don't live anywhere close to as rural as Drobs does, but for here I am kind of in the boons per se.

    Another factor is the lake across from my house. People drop animals out here all the time, although I haven't seen any for a surprising amount of time.

    The people that border the lake are always having dumped animals show up on their property. So far I have been successful in finding homes for the ones that have showed up at my place.

    A couple of them I have had to take to our local Humane Society, but they were adopted out. It's a no-kill shelter, and I donate to them several times a year along with giving stuff to their thrift shop.

    Before anyone says it,......our local one has NO connection to the HSUS that is simply a front for anti-gun and hunting organizations.
    "Beam me up Scotty, there's no intelligent life down here." - William Shatner
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    TfloggerTflogger Member Posts: 3,285 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Very cool. He looks like a Bernese/Collie mutt a neighbor had.
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    john wjohn w Member Posts: 4,104
    edited November -1
    Way to go kind sir. God will love you for the kindness.
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    woodshed87woodshed87 Member Posts: 25,785
    edited November -1
    Dori Says Saint Bernard Too.
    He's A Lucky Dog Drobs
    Thanks[;)][^]
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    CrittergitterCrittergitter Member Posts: 2,554 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    What a cute little pup!

    I think you're both lucky.
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    we_dig_itwe_dig_it Member Posts: 6,614 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Good for you Drobs, looks like he will be a big one.[:)]
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    dongizmodongizmo Member Posts: 14,477 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    What kind of mutt is he? LOL..
    It looks like he is your kind.[;)]
    He will make a great driveway alarm
    [:D][:D][:D]
    Don
    The ultimate result of shielding men from the effects of folly, is to fill the world with fools.
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    machine gun moranmachine gun moran Member Posts: 5,198
    edited November -1
    A little cat turned up living near our place, last winter. She would not let anybody get close, and lived in the snow, fending for herself. We figured out where she was holed up and put food there for her, but other animals would get it. She was willing to fight for it, but she just wasn't big enough, so she was starving. But her weakness also slowed her down, and a neighbor girl finally got her hands on her. We got her inside, and then we couldn't find her for about a week. She was hiding out, but we bought a litter box and it would show usage, and the food in the bowl was getting eaten. We figured she was born about Christmastime, so we named her 'Noel'.

    She finally started to emerge.

    She's never gotten to more than half-size, she'll be forever little. So we gave her a second name, 'Fuzzmuffin'.

    Long story short, she gives everybody face-baths in the morning.


    The people who dump animals may one day find themselves being discarded.
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    CS8161CS8161 Member Posts: 13,595 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Fate has brought that little pup to your door, he may have found a forever home with you and that is a wonderful thing! He kind of looks like he has some mountain lion in his genetic background so be careful when he gets bigger, he's liable to tear your arm off![:D]
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    BeeramidBeeramid Member, Moderator Posts: 7,264 ******
    edited November -1
    Just seeing his picture made me smile, great story, he picked the right place to call home.
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    Marc1301Marc1301 Member Posts: 31,897 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by machine gun moran
    A little cat turned up living near our place, last winter. She would not let anybody get close, and lived in the snow, fending for herself. We figured out where she was holed up and put food there for her, but other animals would get it. She was willing to fight for it, but she just wasn't big enough, so she was starving. But her weakness also slowed her down, and a neighbor girl finally got her hands on her. We got her inside, and then we couldn't find her for about a week. She was hiding out, but we bought a litter box and it would show usage, and the food in the bowl was getting eaten. We figured she was born about Christmastime, so we named her 'Noel'.

    She finally started to emerge.

    She's never gotten to more than half-size, she'll be forever little. So we gave her a second name, 'Fuzzmuffin'.

    Long story short, she gives everybody face-baths in the morning.


    The people who dump animals may one day find themselves being discarded.

    +1[;)]
    "Beam me up Scotty, there's no intelligent life down here." - William Shatner
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    shilowarshilowar Member Posts: 38,815 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    got one of those!!! Buford Blue showed up May 30 and never left!!

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    NeoBlackdogNeoBlackdog Member Posts: 16,636 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Well done, drobs. Well done.[^]
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    tapwatertapwater Member Posts: 10,335 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    ...Well done, Dan. You're getting soft in your middle age..[:o)]
    We had a St. Bernard when I was a kid and yours looks like he has
    some in him. Prepare for loving slobber attacks...and huge dogfood bills. Ours would greet us by putting his front paws on the car roof and sticking his head in the window. Very loyal and docile.
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    River RatRiver Rat Member Posts: 9,022
    edited November -1
    I like the pictures of Rosco!

    If he truly is a St. Bernard, or mostly one, don't buy him any shoes that fit! He'll grow like crazy. I work in a small-town courthouse, and a lady here -- deputy County Attorney -- has a St. Bernard she brings to work most days. This fellow was a cute pup several months ago, and is about half-grown now. Still cute, but in a big way.
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    Marc1301Marc1301 Member Posts: 31,897 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by shilowar
    got one of those!!! Buford Blue showed up May 30 and never left!!


    Shilo,.....what caused the different color eyes, or is that just the pic?

    Good for you as well.
    Seems just about everyone here loves dogs![;)]
    "Beam me up Scotty, there's no intelligent life down here." - William Shatner
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    BHAVINBHAVIN Member Posts: 3,490 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Cute Pup! I bet he will return your love and kindness a hundred fold. Good Job.
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    shilowarshilowar Member Posts: 38,815 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by Marc1301
    quote:Originally posted by shilowar
    got one of those!!! Buford Blue showed up May 30 and never left!!


    Shilo,.....what caused the different color eyes, or is that just the pic?

    Good for you as well.
    Seems just about everyone here loves dogs![;)]


    Genetics I reckon...he has earth and sky eyes, one blue, one brown. We have a bull dog mix with one of each too

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    shilowarshilowar Member Posts: 38,815 ✭✭✭
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    What an adorable pup
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    KSUmarksmanKSUmarksman Member Posts: 10,705 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I know what kind he is: CUUUUTE! [:D]


    looks a little like the pup that Vladimir Putin got as a gift, I don't know the breed but looks like a St. Bernard but isnt and the pics were in the press a while ago (and in internet memes for a long while after)
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    mateomasfeomateomasfeo Member Posts: 27,143
    edited November -1
    Zup, Roscoe!!

    Welcome to the pack...
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    nutfinnnutfinn Member Posts: 12,804 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Unbelievable that somebody could just drop that little fellow off [:)]
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    cbxjeffcbxjeff Member Posts: 17,425 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    You 'da man, drobs. Looks like snow tomorrow. Give him a warm place. Housebreaking isn't as bad as some say. Most dogs will do everything they can to please their owner.
    It's too late for me, save yourself.
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