Wanted: more puppies

Dog parks are not enough.

Poor Jack got his face boxed by my boy cat (Puppy --- I know, it's confusing.) the other day; he may be fast enough to pin a mynah bird, but he's no match for a pissed off cat. Fortunately Puppy's smackdowns are more educational than murderous or Jack would be missing an eye by now.

He's got a huge crush on Honeygirl --- & who wouldn't? --- but she doesn't like being jumped on. She's game enough for a little nose-sniffing, but Jack consistently loses his cool & tries to jump on her, causing her to hiss & run away... & then Puppy comes over & lays down the law.

While Jack is being raised with cats, my cats were not raised with anyone else except me. Jack will probably have a rough time fitting in with them, although he's already gotten the knack of breaking eye contact when Puppy gets in his face.

What we need are more dogs. Yes. Jack needs a brother or a sister --- preferably a sister --- & they can jump on eachother. That didn't sound right. They can play together, make dog friendliness together, chase mynah birds together. Right now Jack relies exclusively on me for company since he's not popular in the feline club & my grandparents don't really go out into the yard. Thing is, sometimes I sleep. And there's poor Jack, waiting all morning just for someone to say hello to him.

I've been back & forth to the Humane Society, checked Craigslist, the Advertiser classifieds, & even Kijiji. If I wanted a pit bull or some chihuahua mix I could have an entire pack of dogs by now. Apparently chihuahuas have a lot of sex. Ideally I'd like an Akita or a Chow (as with Basenjis, Chows are one of the breeds I've determined I will own one of in this lifetime.), & was saddened to hear of Henry Kapali's retirement from Akitas; damn his neighbors.

My vet gave me a list of breeders. I've got to remember this some time during daytime hours so I can make some phone calls.