Super User Sam Posted October 20, 2019 Super User Posted October 20, 2019 For anyone living on a farm in the greater Richmond, Virginia, area, my son has to give his Australian/Dutch Shepherd mix 16 month old puppy away. The dog needs lots of room to run, safely. Great with kids and very loving animal. Please PM me if you are interested and have a place he can run and be safe. Thanks Quote
Super User Sam Posted October 20, 2019 Author Super User Posted October 20, 2019 4 hours ago, detroit1 said: What a beautiful dog... Yes, and a lot of fun. Breaks my heart they have to get rid of him. With both working and no fenced yard it is not fair to the puppy to be locked up all day until they return in the evening. Quote
Super User Sam Posted October 21, 2019 Author Super User Posted October 21, 2019 Looks like my wife and I will keep the dog and maybe take it to dog obedience school to train me on how to handle him. Will bring him to Richmond the week of November 4th. But if anyone is interested in him let me know. Thanks. 1 Quote
Super User Hammer 4 Posted October 21, 2019 Super User Posted October 21, 2019 Good on ya Sam..Hope you find a good home for him.. 1 1 Quote
Super User Oregon Native Posted October 25, 2019 Super User Posted October 25, 2019 Best of Luck 1 Quote
Super User Sam Posted November 13, 2019 Author Super User Posted November 13, 2019 10 hours ago, detroit1 said: Need an update Sam... Still have Rudy. My efforts to find a farm failed so the family has to discuss putting him with an Aussie adoption service or taking him to the pound. Will continue to try to find him a good home where he can run and chase everything around in a safe environment. We will decide what to do after Thanksgiving. Quote
Super User Sam Posted November 15, 2019 Author Super User Posted November 15, 2019 39 minutes ago, detroit1 said: Good luck Sam... We found a 200+ acre far north of Charlottesville for Rudy. Taking him to the farm on Saturday, tomorrow. Hopefully the people will like him along with his three-month old Aussie. Will let all know. Thanks for asking. 2 Quote
Super User Hammer 4 Posted November 16, 2019 Super User Posted November 16, 2019 That's Great news Sam... Quote
Super User FishTank Posted November 16, 2019 Super User Posted November 16, 2019 16 hours ago, Sam said: We found a 200+ acre far north of Charlottesville for Rudy. Taking him to the farm on Saturday, tomorrow. Hopefully the people will like him along with his three-month old Aussie. Will let all know. Thanks for asking. Hope things workout. Sure is a good looking dog. We had a husky aussie mix and it was high energy, all go and no stop, athletic dog. We trained her to go on a leash next to me when I road my bike since our daily 5 mile walk would just get her warmed up. The long bike ride at good pace and a weighted vest was needed to wear her out. Quote
Super User Sam Posted November 17, 2019 Author Super User Posted November 17, 2019 On 11/15/2019 at 6:06 PM, detroit1 said: Good luck Sam... We found a 200+ acre far north of Charlottesville for Rudy. Taking him to the farm on Saturday, tomorrow. Hopefully the people will like him Hey guys, well, I have some great news. We took Rudy to a 200+ acre plantation north of Charlottesville this Saturday and he met Alex, the farm manager and Dixie, a three month old Aussie. Rudy took to Alex and Dixie like long lost friends. Alex is going to take both dogs to herding school as the plantation has chickens, beef cattle, and sheep and they will need both dogs to control the cattle and sheep. Only sad part is that we did not see any ponds on the plantation but of course it is over 200 acres so maybe a pound is hidden somewhere so I can go fishing when I visit with them in the future. Our family is very happy for Rudy as he was frustrated living in a city and could not run around. An Aussie needs a "goal" and "specific work responsibilities" to be happy. Sincerely appreciate everyone's concern and comments. We will miss Rudy but we know he is extremely happy on the farm. 2 Quote
Super User Sam Posted December 3, 2019 Author Super User Posted December 3, 2019 As a follow up, Rudy and Dixie did not get along as Dixie was very territorial and aggressive to Rudy so I got a call to pick him up. I contacted #2 on my list as they have 3 acres and have sheep. But they called me on a Friday to come and get him as he was nipping at the adults while protecting the three year old. I took Rudy to a beautiful 20 acre estate where there were sheep, black angus, and chickens. He was in heaven when he got out of the car. He looked towards the fence where about 60 sheep were standing and looking at him. He started his "secret crawl" towards them, took off running, and ran directly into the fence. He was OK but seemed to be wondering what a fence is. They will teach Rudy to herd the sheep. Hopefully Rudy will live out his days on this estate in northwest Virginia doing what Aussies are supposed to do. And yes, I miss him. But it is better for him to be on a farm than in a city. 3 Quote
detroit1 Posted December 4, 2019 Posted December 4, 2019 Good luck to Rudy and thanks Sam for the effort to find him his new home. ? 1 Quote
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