We adopted a dog today

[underpants]

First dog for the family. Our last cat passed Dec. 7 last year. The girl passed August 23 2017 - two days after the eclipse.

SPCA. $280 out the door. We bought everything we could at the SPCA shop and rounded up a bit. They don't sell food. Really really great people. My daughter has volunteered there.

I got there 15 minutes after my wife and daughter. They got to the SPCA when it opened at noon. They'd already looked at one dog but it was really high maintenance and not good with kids. Around the corner to our meeting room came this dog....and I KNEW we were going home with it. Mostly beagle and my wife LOVES beagles.

He was found in Hanover county north of Richmond. Transferred from Hanover to the Richmond SPCA on Monday.

About 3 years old. 28.6 pounds. Very well mannered. VERY quiet including walking. Seems to be housetrained. Understands "sit" but lays down. When I have gone into the downstairs 1/2 bath or into the garage he runs upstairs thinking I somehow MUST be upstairs. Hilarious.

We lucked out but then timing is everything.

[applegrove]

1. You have a new shadow. How sweet is that.

[elleng]

2. Yes, timing is everything!

Another friend also just adopted a dog, her first, after having parrots for many years.

Have FUN!!!

[Mike 03]

3. Congratulations. Heartwarming.

That dog has something to be thankful for. Enjoy these precious (and sometimes not so easy) first days.

[Skittles]

4. oh come on, underpants!

PICTURES, PLEASE!

[underpants]

14. Spreading these out between you and CatWoman and handmade

This is at the SPCA.

[Skittles]

22. OMG

TEH CUTE, IT BURNS!!!

[tblue37]

28. What a handsome boy! nt

[EveHammond13]

35. love!!!

[QED]

44. What a good looking pup!

Congratulations on your new baby.

[jberryhill]

46. That's a beauty right there

[Maraya1969]

69. OMG I am so happy for you and your family! But mostly for this little guy!

[calimary]

75. New forever-home ahead!

Sweet doggie! Beagles are cool. And they sing! I love Beagle barks!

[underpants]

76. Oh it HOWLED last night

When we put it in the crate and it was clear he was in for the night. I could hear it outside.

20 full minutes.

[calimary]

90. We were advised to get a crate for our dog when we first got her home.

I thought “on no! We can’t lock her in a cage all night!” But by Jove it did the trick. She barked and whined and scratched and scratched the woodwork until we broke down and tried it.

Amazing! She stepped inside and curled up on the bed we arranged in there, and seemed content. She stayed put all night with nary a whimper, and seemed happy the next morning. What a pleasant surprise! And she happily used it every night and whenever we had to run out or pick kids up or something. She readily went inside and curled up and took a nap. With no coaxing or anything!

I guess they feel safe in there.

[mahina]

98. Oh congratulations all around. That crate is going to come in real handy

Because beagles like to roam.

Such a happy day!

[busterbrown]

99. You can say that again..

beagles just love neighborhood garbage cans..

[CatWoman]

78. awwwwwww

[Polly Hennessey]

5. And his name is.......

[brer cat]

6. Congratulations on the new family member!

I'm sure he will bring joy to your lives.

[handmade34]

7. not real

until there are photos

[underpants]

17. Pic. Him on the new furniture

[handmade34]

23. congratulations!

give him a hug from all of us

[badhair77]

26. What a handsome lad. So happy for you all.

[EveHammond13]

36. I want to snuggle him!

[Jane Austin]

47. OH, he's beautiful!

Can't believe he was a stray!

Congratulations.

[WhiteTara]

60. That look on his face is precious

Sort of like, "really? For me? This might just work out."

[CatWoman]

80. he's so gorgeous

[CousinIT]

91. Awwww. Pretty sweet boy!

Congrats underpants!

[paleotn]

96. Oh Geez!

What a sweetie!

[Fla Dem]

8. What a wonderful Thanksgiving for the pup.

Hope you have a long and joyful life with him.

[Piasladic]

9. Happy for you(s) and pup

There's nothing like adopting a new family member before Thanksgiving. This definitely made me smile.

[DBoon]

10. You now have a friend for life

[CatWoman]

11. this thread is useless without pics

[underpants]

15. Here ya go 😆

[CatWoman]

81. LOL!!!!

[Zoonart]

30. Sweet.

[intheflow]

79. Awwww!

[CatWoman]

82. it's wet nose time

[badhair77]

12. It sounds as if you hit the jackpot.

Dogs truly are man’s best friend. It sounds as if your family and the pup are going to have a wonderful life. I hope you’re as happy as we are with our doodledog.

[MontanaMama]

13. What's this boy's name?

Congrats on the new addition to the family. Lucky dog.

[underpants]

20. Westley

Princess Bride

It started as Wesley Crusher (Star Trek) ...then it was Crusher (I didn't like that) ...then it went to WesTley and I was informed it was from Princess Bride. My daughter named him.

[MontanaMama]

21. Wonderful.

Perfect for a handsome beagle.

[intheflow]

83. Between the dog, Star Trek, and The Princess Bride,

you are obviously raising your daughter right!

[CottonBear]

18. Congratulations! You've a new member of your family!

We adopted an abandoned doggie 🐶 about 3 years ago. It was about December 5 and it was a surprise for my child. Our little rescue dog has been a joy to my son and to me.
I had a Beagle as a child. They do bay, so be prepared for some noise!
Happy Thanksgiving!

[secondwind]

19. Pics please!!!

[underpants]

38. See above.

[TeamPooka]

24. Congrats to your family and the dog!

[trueblue2007]

25. congratulations to you and your little boy doggie. I LOVE BEAGLES

WE HAVE 5 CATS. HUBBY cares for feral cats. 3 were feral babies and the 2 oldest girls were rescued from a recycling place.

happy thanksgiving.

[tblue37]

31. I have 4 cats. Three were ferals. nt

[IcyPeas]

27. lucky dog, lucky dog

happy thanksgiving

[Zoonart]

29. Great good luck.

Sounds like a lovely dog. Sometimes you can buy 💘.
Thanks for showing your love to the ASPCA.

[Johnny2X2X]

32. Thank you

Rescue should be everyone’s 1st option. So many great dogs who need a home.

[lunatica]

33. This makes me feel very good!

Congratulations!

[Omaha Steve]

34. We are adopting a new dog Friday

Congrats!

[underpants]

39. Good on ya

[Karadeniz]

40. Yay! Save some turkey for it! Congratulations!❤

[LakeArenal]

53. And you will post pictures, please?

[Omaha Steve]

64. Sure

Her name will be ZuZu.

[LakeArenal]

67. So exciting.

We adopted a rescue from the streets of Tilaran, Costa Rica on Oct 1st.

He’s Mailo (Milo). He’s the nicest boy. We are so happy.

Best wishes to Zuzu 🎰Everyone hits the jackpot!!

[cate94]

37. The best dogs

Are rescues! Good luck and thanks for rescuing him!

[underpants]

42. Love wins

I hate to think how this animal - or any animal - is cast away. Maybe he ran off. He clearly is housebroken. Suuuuper chill.

[Scarsdale]

41. Looks like that little dude

has made himself at home. So handsome. Lucky boy, lucky owners. My next door neighbor adopted a beagle, Dusty. I used to call her the Dust Buster. The first time I heard her baying, I thought she had ben hit by a car! Loveable doggies. Congratulations on becoming parents again. I bet he is happy to be in a home and out of the shelter.

[underpants]

45. 12 days

There's a 10 holding period for found dogs in Va. so he was probably found on the 14th. Transferred to the downtown SPCA on Monday. Fixed chipped and tested yesterday. As I said my family getting there AT noon was probably the key.

[Karadeniz]

43. You got a winner...at least in terms of looks! This guy is GORGEOUS! May you all have long and

Happy lives!❤

[More_Cowbell]

48. Congratulations, and good for you!

The best celebration of the holiday season.

[BigmanPigman]

49. You gave him a Thanksgiving that he will always be thankful for....

and so will you and your family. Keith Olbermann got his first dog not too long ago and ever since he has been a huge dog lover. He said emphatically, "Why didn't anyone tell me how GREAT they are?!?!".

40% of Americans have dogs now. They are everyone's best friend/fur baby. It has been chipped, right? Most animal places only allow chipped pets to be adopted.

[underpants]

59. Snoozy time

Long last few days

[BigmanPigman]

61. I love watching dogs sleep, mine is doing that right now.

I always feel so calm when I see how content and peaceful animals are while sleeping. My problem is that doggies look so cute sleeping that I simply HAVE to pick them up and hug them. Yours is going to sleep a lot now that it is safe, warm and has a real place to call home and can finally relax a bit.

[Freedomofspeech]

50. We have two rescues...

They love us so much and we love them, too. Congratulations on your beautiful new family member. Thanks for choosing to rescue!❤❤❤

[FM123]

51. Sending you and your dog much love and wishes for a long happy life together!

[democrank]

52. Loved this story

What a handsome boy!

[Botany]

54. Good Dog

Please pay attention because once a beagle gets onto a scent it will put its head down and follow it no matter what.

Until you find out if your dog has this trait watch out when you get outside and the dog is off leash.

Looks like your family has a winner

[blm]

55. ((underpantsdog))

[pamdb]

56. Dog

All of our dogs have been rescued dogs. You can’t go wrong. We are down to one dog now, 7 year old lab boxer mix and are looking at a 7 year old lab staffie mix who’s family had to giver her up because they lost their house. Kind of like just having on3 dog but can’t the thought of this poor dog spending the rest of her life in a cage.

[calimary]

74. Good stuff, pamdb!

Thank you for adopting that second dog! Sounds like she got a second good home.

[murielm99]

57. Good dog.

You are so lucky. We had to help our dog across the bridge just last week. I don't know if I want a dog again.

[StarryNite]

97. I hear you.

We had one of our dogs crossed 3 months ago and I still am not over it, never will be. I miss her dearly. I've been crying over her today.

[MichMan]

58. We have 3 rescues right now

One was an extremely obese Lab that was rescued from a puppy mill as a breeder. We adopted her 7 months ago and I have had her on a very regimented diet. So far she has lost 45 pounds.

[woodsprite]

62. Congrats on the adoption! Beagles are awesome! nt

[Niagara]

63. Welcome home, Westley

[TexasBushwhacker]

65. Beagles are the best

We had one and his dog house was like a real house, with wood siding and a shingle roof. He could scramble up on top and sit on it like Snoopy. I love those "Ah-roos"!

[underpants]

73. Oh man, last night about 9:30 when he went into the crate

20 straight minutes of baying at the moon. He'd been remarkably quiet until then. We had to let him get it out. It was tough to hear but that's just how it is for now.

[MustLoveBeagles]

66. Congratulations

Beagles are great dogs

[Wolf Frankula]

68. In a way I envy you

I like long eared doggies. I often say that if I had the time, money and energy to adopt a hound, I'd get a basset or a bagle. Beagles you will find, I have a neighbor who has one, are very much interested in aviation. Many times I've seen a beagle look up at an airplane and say "I can fly that plane." As for beagle ears, scratch early and often.

Wolf

[emmaverybo]

70. Congratulations new doggie mommy, daddy, family. You lucked out, so did your doggie, Expect

more personality and maybe less mild manners to emerge, but then you will know your new one is getting comfortable. Kudos to your daughter. Sounds like your doggie family member is socialized and already bonding and daughter is a wonderful girl. So sorry about your well loved and remembered cat. I don’t know much about souls except that they continue.

[underpants]

72. What a great saying. I'm using it.

I don’t know much about souls except that they continue.

[Rhiannon12866]

71. Awww! Sounds wonderful!

Good for you for adopting, sounds like a very sweet dog. Wishing you all a wonderful life together!

[MarianJack]

77. Mazel Tov.

I wish your family many years of happiness with your new doggie best friend.

RESIST!

[wendyb-NC]

84. Congratulations!

He sounds like a lot of fun. Blessings and thank you for choosing a rescue dog, all my pets are from shelters. They are the best.

[MyMission]

85. Congratulations! I have a similar story.

My beloved older cat died about a month after the 2017 eclipse. My friend had a kitten I was supposed to get for Christmas 2018, but it was sickly and it died Christmas Eve Eve. I was sad and went to the humane society, no kittens so I looked at the dogs and found my 4 year old beagle/dachshund mix. He'd been surrendered 4 days earlier, and they held him for 3 days. I got there at the right time too! But mine was "on sale" as they were running a holiday special, reduced adoption fee.

He'd been with a family with an autistic child who he started growling at. I suspect the kid pulled his ears because sometimes he squealed when we stroke them, anticipating a yank. But other than that he is as sweet as can be, rolls on his back for belly rubs, follows me around too.

Beware, a few times I've had him off leash in my yard ahnd he either caught a scent or saw something and went chasing and baying after it. He's trained me to keep him leashed til we are in the house or car!

As for bedtime, mine was crate trained but I give him treats in his crate at bedtime so he really looks forward to getting in his crate. I got several toys, a squirrel that has it's paws sewn together and tail tacked where I can put a chew stick or piece of jerkey, a Santa dog with scarf I can stick a treat through, so he reminds me it's bedtime. I keep water bowl in his crate overnight and he definitely drinks from it, after he has his snack.

And I don't give him food at the table; any scraps I might save and put in his food bowl. Don't want him to expect food whenever I eat. I limit his treats until bedtime, except for one after supper.

How is yours doing at bedtime? Have a wonderful Thanksgiving!

[shenmue]

86. Yiss

[Bayard]

87. What a Happy Thanksgiving for your family and the pupster!

[KPN]

88. Nice! Such a wonderful thing to do ... for the lucky dog and ... the two of you.

My wife and I can relate having just adopted a second dog 8 days ago ourselves. We got lucky too and actually feel like we scored, especially because we were quite ambivalent about doing it (adopting a second dog) at this stage in our lives. But our little miss Mia just seemed so beside herself the past 6 months since her older brother Isaac passed away. Now we have another male to keep her happy and she's responded well -- definitely more upbeat than she'd been for a while.

[lonely bird]

89. Congrats on your new buddy!

We have had three dogs that all came from what my wife calls “the used dog lot”. Even had a stray wonder up to our house many years ago that we took in and nursed back to health after discovering he had parvovirus. Then he ran away again. My wife said St. Francis sent him to us to get healed.

Our current little guy is Fuzzy, who is not fuzzy. As far as we can tell he is beagle, lab and husky. He is a runner and will be off if he gets out of the fence. He hates the feral cats in the area. He is the first that is truly a hunter although he also loves carrots. He is the first one that is “my” dog. The others all liked me but were my wife’s buds. This one loves his dad.

And, yes, he howls but only selectively. He howls when my wife plays the piano.

[dixiechiken1]

92. CONGRATS!!

There are a few very blessed souls in your home this Thanksgiving. May you all enjoy many years together of laughter and love.

[panader0]

93. You did a really good thing. For the dog and your family.

All the best.

[Demovictory9]

94. congrats!

[H2O Man]

95. Recommended.

Very nice!