And cats!

Oh, what a face. He is really cute.

My dog is chipped. Every time I open the front door, there is he is, ready to make his move. When my mom visits, he always makes a break for it. He knows she's not quick and agile enough to cross the threshold fast and he takes full advantage of her arrivals and departures.

We adopted him through a rescue. Everything I'd read about Cavaliers made me want one, and the woman at the rescue said she'd never heard of a bad Cavalier. I should call her up.

and humans

But not dragons.

Just remember, if you do too good a job keeping your current pets alive and present, you won't get to experience the joy of new pets as often.

Is the trade-off really worth the effort?

Yep, I got my Jaxie chipped after Katrina. He's indoor only, I think he's 14 (I need to check) and I evacuate with him - but after all the horror stories of people trying to get their animals back, etc - it was cheap peace of mind for me.

One of the local shelters that feeds into Petfinders has some GREAT creative minds working there. Some of the animals' stories are a lot of fun to read (and usually written in first person).

The little Goldiedox looks cute. What an ODD combo for a dog - not to mention the mating procedure! Goldens can be great dogs and they are usually fairly chill (i've met a couple of odd ones, though). Doxies are pretty barky and opinionated but adorable. It would be interesting to see which of the personality traits this guy inherited. The rescue will probably put you through a pretty thorough test and set of questions before you are allowed to adopt. Just be aware of that.

Heh, I was thinking the same thing, but I don't know that much about it so I didn't say anything. To hear you say it, it really must be odd. Huh. I guess the Dachshund was the female?

And so true about the adoption procedure. I was thoroughly interviewed before we got our Cavalier.

I have seen some odd combos. Pom-Chow is one odd one and a Lab-Chi is another.

Labhuahua: the forbidden dog.