About Rascal |
- Status: Adopted!
- Species: Dog
- General Color: Yellow
- Eye Color: Brown
- Ear Type: Droopy
- Tail Type: Long
- Current Age: 11 Years (best estimate)
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- Fence Required: Yes
- Exercise Needs: Moderate
- Grooming Needs: Low
- Shedding Amount: Moderate
- Owner Experience Needed: Species
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Rascal is from the Stop the Madness group – Operation Sunday Labs ~
Rascal is a 1 year old male
2/14/15 Happy Valentines Day from Rascal! He's loving life and hanging with his foster brothers. I had to take one of my dogs to the Vet, and I brought him along to see how much he weighed. Much to my surprise, he has gained almost 10 pounds since we got him! He's almost 39 pounds now! I think maybe I'll have to cut back a little on his food. Don't want a chubby puppy. He loves going to the dog park and playing HARD with his good friends Henry, a 7 month old Visla/Shepard mix and Tooney, a 1 year old Bull Terrier. By the time we leave the park, his head is covered in dog slobber, and he's ready for nap time.
He is such a snuggler. When he first came into our home he was a little jealous. When he was snuggling on the couch with his foster dad, and our dogs would come in and ask for attention, he started to growl at them. He quickly learned that wasn't acceptable behavior, and now he will actually get up and move to the other side of the couch when our guys come to hang out. He was also a little toy possessive, but now he tries to get our guys to take the toys from him. He's come a long way and is just a total love!
12/7/14 After 3 weeks to the day, I'm happy to say....Rascal has finally mastered SIT!!! He has been so stubborn with only this!!! So funny.
He is so well-adjusted; it amazes me every day. We live in Chicago, with all of the traffic and noise that goes along with it. At first, he was a little nervous with the cars and noise, but after three or four days he was oblivious to it. He goes to the dog park every day and doesn't care that there is an EL train that goes by every few minutes...although he was excited to see the Santa train wiz by all decked out in lights.
I haven't been able to attach any videos of him due to the size of the files, but he's pretty darn cute. I wonder if Miss Claudia is his mom because he also makes these really cute grunting noises and parades around with toys in his mouth when he's excited. He's up to about 34 pounds now, but he still looks thin. I don't know where he puts it, but he's a very good eater.
He's a great little dog and one of our easiest fosters.
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11/18/14 Rascal has adapted beautifully. He has been neutered and tested for heartworm ....negative on that, which is great news. However, he tested positive for exposure to Lyme's ...very mild. He is on antibiotics for that so it doesn't turn into a full blown case. Remarkably, he has no parasites!!! He must be the most outgoing of all the Operation Sunday Labs because, although sometimes he's afraid of certain things, for the most part he's pretty outgoing. Getting him up and down the stairs of our home has been a challenge, but he's getting use to them.
Also, he has not had any accidents (knock wood) in the house at all. Although he hasn't learned to tell us he needs to go out, he really doesn't want to go out that much. He's not a marker. When he has to go, he goes, and then he's good for at least 6 hours. If we take him out before that he just wants to go back in the house. He loves to play ball and retrieves very well, although releasing it is another story. He pushes my guys around, which is hilarious, since he is a third their size. When I turned my back for a second this morning, he was eating Ollie's food while Ollie was trying to eat. Napoleon complex I think. All in all, he's a spunky little guy, and so far, has been a pretty easy foster.
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11/20/14
I have to share how cute Rascal is. This morning when I was taking the boys for their walk, he found one of those ad flyers wrapped in plastic that looks like a newspaper. He picked it up and strutted around the block with it in his mouth like he had the BEST toy in the world. He literally struts with his head and tail up when he has something in his mouth. Everyone was laughing at how cute he was.
He's also going down the bare wood stairs beautifully, but still not happy about going up them. I've been carrying him only because he was just neutered and I don't want him to strain too much but in a couple of days, no more carrying.
He really is a cutey.
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11/23/14 I realized the other day Rascal LOVES to walk with a something in his mouth when he picked up a newspaper and walked all the way around the block with it. When we come home or when we get up in the morning, he grabs the first thing he sees, usually one of my slippers, and parades around with it.
He's completely mastered the stairs, too. Up and down. He's very smart. When I'm in the shower, I keep him in the bathroom with me by sliding a baby gate between the door and the cabinets. He quickly learned that he can push the gate to the side and make his escape. . .jumping is just too much work.
He loves to be petted and loved. When we walk down the street and someone comes up to him, at first he's cautious, but as soon as he realizes he's going to be petted, he wiggles like crazy and tries to get as close to them as possible. I can't wait to get him to the dog park because he really likes playing with our dogs and the neighbor's dogs. He's cute as a button.
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As of 12/2/14, Rascal is now up to about 32 pounds with an abundance of high quality food, and a strong desire to finish it as soon as possible. He loves meal time!
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If you think you might be interested in meeting/adopting Rascal, please fill out an adoption application and have a Home Visit first. www.labadoption.org/info/adoption – If you have already done these things, please email labmatch@labadoption.org and let them know you would like to be on his potential family list.
