# How much is that doggie in the window? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 17, 2009, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-is-that-doggie-in-the-window/517939 "2009-11-17T18:30:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![truthbot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e9bcb4/32.png) [@truthbot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/truthbot)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2009, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-is-that-doggie-in-the-window/517939/21 "2009-11-19T01:33:08Z")
The scan was negative! We now offically own a scruffy little Westie-Cairn terrier girl. She was negative for heartworm and Lymes, and has been treated with Advantix. She goes to the groomer next Tuesday. She got her shots, and will have boosters in four weeks when she goes in for her spay. Everyone at the vet’s office fell in love with her, at one point I had to pry widdle doggie from the vet tech; who had her in a Ninja-style love grip. We have named her Toto, because she looks like a white Toto from Wizard of Oz, one of my favorite films. Will post pics tomorrow. Thanks for the support, everyone! Oh, and the cost of that doggie in the window? So far, $135.00. ---
**Author:** ![StGermain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stgermain/32/2868_2.png) [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2009, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-is-that-doggie-in-the-window/517939/22 "2009-11-19T01:39:04Z")
Yay!!! Congratulations on your new pup. StG ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2009, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-is-that-doggie-in-the-window/517939/23 "2009-11-19T01:43:49Z")
Glad it worked out, and Toto has a wonderful home. Can’t wait for pics!! ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2009, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-is-that-doggie-in-the-window/517939/24 "2009-11-19T01:48:58Z")
Enjoy your new pet! ---
**Author:** ![Ruby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/13edae/32.png) [@Ruby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruby)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2009, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-is-that-doggie-in-the-window/517939/25 "2009-11-19T01:51:45Z")
WOOT! Congrats on your new addition! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2009, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-is-that-doggie-in-the-window/517939/26 "2009-11-19T02:00:55Z")
Why pay for a chip scan? Give your border collie the manual, and it’ll do the job for ya 😃 Yeah, ya did good. Karana smiles on those who protect his creatures. ---
**Author:** ![shantih](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f6c823/32.png) [@shantih](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shantih)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2009, 10:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-is-that-doggie-in-the-window/517939/27 "2009-11-19T10:05:14Z")
What great news! Congratulations to you on a wonderful new pet, and congratulations to her on a wonderful new home! ---
**Author:** ![Contrapuntal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e274bd/32.png) [@Contrapuntal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Contrapuntal)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2009, 11:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-is-that-doggie-in-the-window/517939/28 "2009-11-19T11:20:35Z")
Yeee-haaaa! ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2009, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-is-that-doggie-in-the-window/517939/29 "2009-11-19T14:10:29Z")
Really glad to hear it worked out! Really sad to hear there aren’t any pictures up yet. ---
**Author:** ![Poysyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Poysyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Poysyn)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2009, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-is-that-doggie-in-the-window/517939/30 "2009-11-19T16:02:54Z")
I have been watching this thread - YAY! ---
**Author:** ![kapri](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/4491bb/32.png) [@kapri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kapri)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2009, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-is-that-doggie-in-the-window/517939/31 "2009-11-19T17:00:57Z")
> [@truthbot](#): > > The scan was negative! We now offically own a scruffy little Westie-Cairn terrier girl. She was negative for heartworm and Lymes, and has been treated with Advantix. She goes to the groomer next Tuesday. She got her shots, and will have boosters in four weeks when she goes in for her spay. > > Everyone at the vet’s office fell in love with her, at one point I had to pry widdle doggie from the vet tech; who had her in a Ninja-style love grip. We have named her Toto, because she looks like a white Toto from Wizard of Oz, one of my favorite films. > > Will post pics tomorrow. Thanks for the support, everyone! > > Oh, and the cost of that doggie in the window? So far, $135.00. Very happy about this outcome! I have a Westie who will be 10 soon and is the best dog ever. EVER. When I read your first post I was almost ready to hop in my car and drive from FL to CA to get your cute little gal. ---
**Author:** ![hellpaso](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ecae2f/32.png) [@hellpaso](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hellpaso)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2009, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-is-that-doggie-in-the-window/517939/32 "2009-11-19T17:03:42Z")
Yay!!! You did things the right way–instant karma! ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2009, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-is-that-doggie-in-the-window/517939/33 "2009-11-19T17:14:35Z")
I miss my Westie - Haplo was 16 when he died last February. They can live a loooong time. Congrats! ---
**Author:** ![Heart\_of\_Dorkness](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/4bbf92/32.png) [@Heart\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heart_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2009, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-is-that-doggie-in-the-window/517939/34 "2009-11-19T18:12:33Z")
> [@truthbot](#): > > Will post pics tomorrow. **Ahem** ---
**Author:** ![Sailboat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sailboat/32/461_2.png) [@Sailboat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sailboat)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2009, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-is-that-doggie-in-the-window/517939/35 "2009-11-19T18:57:00Z")
> [@truthbot](#): > > The scan was negative! We now offically own a scruffy little Westie-Cairn terrier girl. Sometimes found love is the best love of all. > [@Rushgeekgirl](#): > > About a month ago there was a pit mix puppy (youth, already pretty large) with no tags, very skinny, running around in our neighborhood. I’m terrified of big dogs but my Mig brought it into the back yard and asked around. You’re terrified of big dogs, and took in a large pit mix? Thank you for your kindness; the need is so great for all breeds, but probably pits and pit mixes have it worst these days. I’m not surprised she won you over; our two girls (pit mix and straight-up American Pit Bull Terrier) did the same to us. ---
**Author:** ![truthbot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e9bcb4/32.png) [@truthbot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/truthbot)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2009, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-is-that-doggie-in-the-window/517939/36 "2009-11-19T23:42:32Z")
I have managed to get one decent shot of the pup. Whenever I get close with the camera, she wants to jump in my lap. Naughty doggie! [http://picasaweb.google.com/AgnesFlamethrower/Toto?authkey=Gv1sRgCMSuwMq4xIjnpQE#5405960853585463490](http://picasaweb.google.com/AgnesFlamethrower/Toto?authkey=Gv1sRgCMSuwMq4xIjnpQE#5405960853585463490) I apologize for the ugly-foo-ness of my link, but I’ve been very ill with pnumonia this past week. The cough medicine is making me stoopid. ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2009, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-is-that-doggie-in-the-window/517939/37 "2009-11-19T23:51:26Z")
She’s tiny! Who abandons that much cuteness?! ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2009, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-is-that-doggie-in-the-window/517939/38 "2009-11-19T23:58:01Z")
She is just as cute as can be!! YAY!! About 3 years ago, we took in a raggedy, scrawny, matted, pathetic little black dog. We’d seen her wandering our street for at least a month, and it was January, so we couldn’t just leave her out there. Our free little stray cost us $600 in vet bills - her belly was covered in tumors and she hadn’t been spayed. Then another chunk of change for the groomers, and we discovered we had a poodle/wiener dog mix. She’s deaf, stubborn, and my shadow. She bullies our border collie and both cats, and she’s never had it better, I tell ya! I hope Toto gives you half the joy that [Scruffy](http://s72.photobucket.com/albums/i178/fairychatmom/?action=view¤t=fluffyscruffy.jpg) has given us! ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2009, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-is-that-doggie-in-the-window/517939/39 "2009-11-20T00:02:50Z")
Pardon a stupid question, but how can you tell if a dog has been spayed if you’re not a vet? (Neutering’s pretty easy to determine.) And congrats to you and the Westie! ---
**Author:** ![truthbot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e9bcb4/32.png) [@truthbot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/truthbot)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2009, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-is-that-doggie-in-the-window/517939/40 "2009-11-20T00:03:43Z")
Munch, she is a tiny dog; but the cat to her right is my 22-pound Ragdoll, **Merci**. Toto is **half** of Merci’s size, but I got a bad perpective in my photo. But they’re both adorable, and I’m good with that! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-is-that-doggie-in-the-window/517939.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-is-that-doggie-in-the-window/517939.md?page=3)