Go to the pound and see which dog adopts you!
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This! Exactly how we found ours. After weaving through 3 halls of mostly Pit Bulls, there she was ... in the very last kennel. Shivering like a leaf - until I walked up. She jumped up and was wagging her tail so much that I though she was going to dislocate a hip. Took her home that day.
Been there, done that! Great advice. My "Jerry" who passed in 2006 was such a dog. Golden Retriever/German Shepherd Mix (Retriever coloring, Shepherd hair length & texture) picked now ex-wife and I as we wandered the shelter after our "Sandy" passed a month prior.
Jerry was the last dog in the last run on the last row of the shelter and it was almost closing time. As the ex walked by his run he went to the front to greet her and stick his head out.
Three couples passed by after she'd gone by and he stayed in the back of the run.
He saw me approaching and came to the front of the run, stuck his head out and whimpered for me.
We brought him home that day. Six years later first son was born, and Jerry was his protector. When second son was born, Jerry was his protector too.
Smiling through the tears in my eyes right now. Great dog. Treasured every minute we had with him.
It took six months to get another when he passed in 2005. Yep, another rescue named "Teddy" a black labradoodle. Smart, great family dog and shed worse than any dog I'd ever had in my life. Had to vacuum every day. Still, what a beautiful, intelligent and loving dog.
Teddy's been gone almost 4 years now and this thread has me thinking it's time to get rescued again. They really do rescue us. Not the other way around.
Just damn' this blurry screen