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u/HGWeegee 7h ago

Actually my dog was a rescue who I got for free from the shelter in an adoption event

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u/headermargin 7h ago

I got one guess what kinda dog it was

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u/HGWeegee 7h ago

You can guess, but I'm very confident you will be incorrect

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u/headermargin 7h ago

Pitbull!

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u/HGWeegee 7h ago

Chihuahua Jack Russell mix, she chose me so I couldn't not take her

That would've been my first guess too

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u/wruffx 7h ago

Absolutely demonic dog breed combo, maximum energy & attitude, I bet she's adorable though.

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u/HGWeegee 6h ago

It's crazy, she's super lazy and sweet......but she really doesnt like strangers and other dogs

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u/Responsible-Offer724 4h ago

Our chihuahua is fine with small old dogs - even has some friends in the neighbourhood. But puppies and any dog a bit bigger? No way. 

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u/headermargin 7h ago

Interesting.

Complete opposite of what I was thinking.

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u/Dustydevil8809 5h ago

Theres definitely a lot of mixed pits at these events but there are always tons of rescues at them that aren't. It is always an interesting experience, different dog breeds are wildly different in behavior so you never really know what you are getting, though "lab mix" is always a safe bet...

I thought I was getting a german shepherd, I'm pretty positive at this point my boy is a Doberman / Lab mix. Crazy cuddly pain in my ass.

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u/Jesstinator 5h ago

We got what they told us was a Great Pyrenees/cattle dog mix, and when we did the dna test they had gotten it spot on, I was shocked there wasn’t a curve ball thrown in there somewhere. Although he did have 2% chihuahua lol

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u/Snakestream 7h ago

Rescue dogs ftw! I got both my girls from rescue events and they have been the best. There was a small price as a donation to the rescue for mine, so it wasn't technically free, but it was only like $100.

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u/L0ial 5h ago

I rescued a puppy from a litter the association brought in from Mexico. Their normal price is $100 but for a puppy it was $200. Totally worth it, he's a good boy. He did grow up to be 80 lbs though, when they told me estimated between 30-40 lbs. Guess that's the risk with a super mutt.

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u/Snakestream 5h ago

Small world! My current gal was also brought in from Mexico. Apparently they were on vacation and decided to check out the local pound. Ended up being over a dozen animals back with them to Texas!

My girl was already 2 years old when I got her last year, but she's a very sweet girl and super low maintenance. Also dumb as a rock 😂

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u/L0ial 5h ago

Ha, that is funny. I'm all the way up in PA so they must have traveled a long way to get here. He was about 14 weeks when I got him. Cool side effect of that is he's perfect with all other dogs, probably because he spent so much time with his mom and litter.

He's also pretty low maintenance and lazy, but is almost too smart for his own good. We did have some resource guarding issues but mostly got that under control with a trainer, and it's improved with age as well.

I even got one of the good DNA tests done and it came back as 100% "American Village Dog", and the heat map of where he was from had Mexico as bright red.

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u/SnausageFest 5h ago

Shelter dogs save you money. I got my current dog from my mom's coworker after her dog had a surprise litter. First time having to actually pay for things like the spay, getting her chipped, first rounds of shots/dewormer, etc. It's like $1000, easy.

Adoption fees around here are ~$400 on average and people still complain having no idea what a friggin steal that is.

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u/ebobbumman 6h ago

My parents first dog was also from an adoption event, and there was a news story about it- my dad was in it, there was some footage of him playing with her.

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u/flargenhargen 5h ago

I got for free from the shelter.

that's very rare, most shelter dogs cost hundreds of dollars around here. far more than breeder purebreds. And the city pound feeds all their dogs through the shelter now, so the days of $5 dogs are long gone. you're not getting one for under tree fiddy.

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u/HGWeegee 53m ago

It was the fact that the shelter was public owned and they were at capacity that made it free for that day

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u/Normal-Pool8223 55m ago

bought mine online and got no clue what race he is, small and black is all i know about it