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Not Afraid
07-28-2009, 08:57 PM
This is my temporary foster, Hannah. (Who Chris insists in calling Kimchi.)

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3563/3768029032_d2c3dcfc7d.jpg

She flew in from South Korea today with another pug and a terrier mix. They all arrived in excellent shape after flying in a temperature-controlled cargo area of Asiana Air. The other two dogs went to their forever homes. Hannah is going to stay with me for a while until she find her forever home and while she recuperates from her LP Surgery. She is probably 3 years old and has had at least one litter of puppies (probably more). I suspect she was a puppy mill dog that raised dogs for meat.

The first thing she did (after going potty - ahhhhhhhh) was roll around in the ivy. FREEDOM!

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2474/3768028544_4a00964bf8.jpg
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3578/3768028280_8757d384cb.jpg

We then got in the car and drove to the vet for a check-up.
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3478/3768029310_667021d120.jpg

She has a slight ear infection and I need to do some PT on her LP leg to help her heal better. Otherwise, she's in decent shape - all 14 pounds of her. Her fur is much more coarse than Thurston's and she is a bit on the thin side but a couple of weeks of Auntie Lisa's Raw Food Extravaganza should fix that!

The one thing I did notice about her tonight is that she doesn't seem to have a voice. She both makes barking and howling motions but very little sound comes out. I'm not sure what's going on there and I fear she has had her bark removed. (Although, instead of barking noises she was making "barking spider" noises which made me laugh so hard I almost choked).

The cats are all completely fine with her (weird) and Thurston thinks her butt smells good. :roll:
Not Afraid
07-28-2009, 08:59 PM
Oh, and Chris has been trying to learn Korean dog commands from the internet.:D
flippyshark
07-28-2009, 09:48 PM
I bet her first day here was already the best day of her life - what a sweetie
€uroMeinke
07-28-2009, 09:53 PM
and tasty too!
Not Afraid
07-28-2009, 10:04 PM
Chris, upon being email a pic of her at the airport, replied - "She's adorable! And tiny too - appetizer sized."

I just found out that she was de-barked in Korea.:(
wendybeth
07-28-2009, 10:19 PM
What a cruel thing to do to an animal, but I'm so glad she's with you guys right now!!!! I hope she gets a wonderful family- she deserves it.
BarTopDancer
07-28-2009, 10:41 PM
She's adorable!
Chernabog
07-28-2009, 11:21 PM
She is soooooo cute!!!!!
Morrigoon
07-29-2009, 01:14 AM
Truly Scrumptious!

(In the adorable, worthy-of-Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang-reference way, not the Korean, edible kind of way)
lashbear
07-29-2009, 07:14 AM
She's gorgeous - lucky family that gets her, I say.

Soooo, when she barks, does it sound like Heen: Madame Suliman's cute doggy henchman in Howl's Moving Castle? (I can't type what it sounds like, but here's a pic of Heen, which is basically the sound he makes, as well as his name.)

http://www.onlineghibli.com/howls_castle/char/heen.gif
Not Afraid
07-29-2009, 07:16 AM
Her bark and howl is mostly motions. There is really no sound except some snorting (and farting).

She had me awake by 6. Chris says she has jet lag. I'm going to have jet lag!
3894
07-29-2009, 07:18 AM
It is good work you do, Lisa and Chris.
Betty
07-29-2009, 07:55 AM
Squeee! She is soooo cute! I would so love to have another little doggie but I'm afraid that Rocky wouldn't go for it. He seems to hate every other dog he sees.
blueerica
07-29-2009, 08:16 AM
SO CUTE!!!
Cadaverous Pallor
07-29-2009, 08:30 AM
Cute girl! She's lucky to have you.
katiesue
07-29-2009, 09:14 AM
So cute and lucky to have found a wonderful foster family.
JWBear
07-29-2009, 09:35 AM
Damn our landlord! We'd take her in a second!
Not Afraid
07-29-2009, 10:39 AM
More pics:

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2550/3768918037_55e664dab5.jpg
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3429/3768920943_2d85abffc5.jpg
Betty
07-29-2009, 10:45 AM
awwww... she looks a little sad.
alphabassettgrrl
07-29-2009, 08:32 PM
She's cute! And so lucky that she is fostered in such grand style and I hope she finds her forever home soon!

Barking spider? I can't even imagine what that might sound like.
Cadaverous Pallor
07-29-2009, 09:18 PM
She's cute! And so lucky that she is fostered in such grand style and I hope she finds her forever home soon!

Barking spider? I can't even imagine what that might sound like. "Barking spider" is a term for fart. As in, no, that wasn't me, this place is full of barking spiders. :)
lashbear
07-29-2009, 09:22 PM
Lucky for all of us I can't find any video of the sound of barking spiders.
alphabassettgrrl
07-29-2009, 09:39 PM
Ok, now I'm giggling. :)
Not Afraid
07-29-2009, 09:44 PM
I believe "barking spider" is a Cricketism.
BarTopDancer
07-29-2009, 09:49 PM
Please put a BTD warning for all actual spiders. PLEASE. Pretty please.


kthxbai

Oh and I love the name Kimchi.
Cadaverous Pallor
07-30-2009, 08:37 AM
I believe "barking spider" is a Cricketism.I think you're right in that GC brought it to us, but it's in the Urban Dictionary (http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=barking+spider).
Ghoulish Delight
07-30-2009, 08:41 AM
I'd heard the term long before I met GC.
Snowflake
07-30-2009, 09:07 AM
More pics:

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2550/3768918037_55e664dab5.jpg
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3429/3768920943_2d85abffc5.jpg

OMG, she's so pretty and cute! If only, if only, I would! As said by JW damned landlord.
Not Afraid
07-30-2009, 09:50 AM
Her potential forever Mommy is going to met her on Monday. Hopefully she will fall in love with her.
Snowflake
07-30-2009, 10:17 AM
Her potential forever Mommy is going to met her on Monday. Hopefully she will fall in love with her.

I hope she does, my God she's adorable! I've fallen in love with the photos, IRL she has to be a killer.
Disneyphile
07-30-2009, 10:32 AM
Considering she's debarked, we could have snuck her at our place, but there's no way we could take her outside regularly. Otherwise, she'd have already been taken. She is just so adorable!
~MS~
07-30-2009, 11:30 AM
OH MAN, I'm in love...too bad I already had the one pet limit here :(
Not Afraid
07-31-2009, 11:09 AM
These two! Kimchi is intent on being dominate and poor Thurston is so patient. But, they've been playing like little banshees. I got a few good pics out of the 41 I took. Action shots are not my forte.

MOM! What have you done to me?

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2458/3774889239_4b84052790.jpg
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3138/3775695840_06f5c1b1ec.jpg

Double head tilt.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3450/3774890569_849c47b8f0.jpg

Full on wrestling.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3464/3775699600_a1d67fa199.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2668/3774895143_d1c467b556.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3424/3774894243_2ee7f7a7d7.jpg
Betty
07-31-2009, 11:11 AM
Oh my they are cute!
alphabassettgrrl
07-31-2009, 04:08 PM
They're so cute together! I love the double head-tilt. I had a female basset hound that used to mount my male when they played.
Snowflake
07-31-2009, 04:14 PM
So has Thurston shared his martini olive? My God, they're both cute, the double tilt photo is teh kyootness!
Cadaverous Pallor
07-31-2009, 04:26 PM
Thurston is still the cutest pug ever ;)
~MS~
07-31-2009, 05:50 PM
Adorable pics, but I agree...Thurson is the cuter pug!
lashbear
07-31-2009, 06:19 PM
Hehehehe Double Head Tilt !!

Is there a higher res version for those wanting wallpaper?
Morrigoon
07-31-2009, 09:23 PM
Females do tend to want to dominate, don't they?
alphabassettgrrl
08-02-2009, 07:47 AM
More than "want" - they do dominate! :)