Adopted a dog today

[TheDon]

My girlfriend has been searching for a Mini Schnauzer for the last 5 years and recently a friend of hers that works with shelters in central FL has been sending her listings of dogs she has found. I've had Megan fwd these to me since I am usually free to go check them out and see the dog and make calls since her job makes it difficult to do so.

She sent me a listing this morning from the orange county animal services of a 1 year old female mini schnauzer. I call and as I am backing out of the garage the lady on the phone said no one has put an application in for her. I get to the shelter in 20 minutes so I can check the dog out. I find its cage and whistle for it and it comes right to me with its tail wagging and a happy face.

I have it taken out to the interaction area so I can check her out. Now this dog has only been in the shelter for 12-24 hours so everything is new to her. the first 5 minutes or so there she is more interested smelling things and exploring but eventually she notices me and interacts a bit. Very calm and sweet.

I was approved to adopt her and $55 later she's mine. Now we wait until the 7 day holding period is up and then they spay, give her shots, and chip her and we can take her home.

Tomorrow we're going back so Megan can check the dog out herself and approve of it or not.

I've been reading a lot about this breed for some time now and I think the only reason why she was very calm and not super interactive while I had her outside is because its that breeds nature to be like that until the leader (the human) welcomes the guests and the dog then sees that the person is ok to interact with. Very intelligent breed I assume.

we'll see how tomorrow goes. I like the dog and think she's going to be a nice addition.



they cut all of her matted hair off.