# New Dog in the House! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 2, 2018, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-dog-in-the-house/825430 "2018-12-02T03:38:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![GaryM](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garym/32/241_2.png) [@GaryM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GaryM)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2018, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-dog-in-the-house/825430/1 "2018-12-02T03:38:13Z")
My wife and I lost or dog to cancer about a month ago and miss him terribly. We’ve been looking on the rescue sites and visiting adoption events within 50 miles searching for a successor. We’ve also had friends on the look out. Well today I went to the local thrift shop to take photos of kids with Santa Claus and the fellow who plays Santa said “You need to call Mrs. XXXX because she has to give up her dog because of her husbands illness”. So we’re said about her situation, but now have a new canine companion. He’s a black and white Aussie Shepard who’s 14 months old. We kind of wanted a slightly older dog, but I guess we’ll all have to adjust. So here’s the obligatory Photo: [2018-12-01 17.17.26 | Tuxedo the Aussie Shephard | Gary Meissner | Flickr](https://flic.kr/p/2di6vWc) ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2018, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-dog-in-the-house/825430/2 "2018-12-02T03:46:36Z")
What a good-looking dog! ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2018, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-dog-in-the-house/825430/3 "2018-12-02T03:50:42Z")
Aww. He’s just adorable. He looks smart too. Good luck with him. What his name? ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2018, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-dog-in-the-house/825430/4 "2018-12-02T04:06:55Z")
Good God, don’t let my wife see this! 🙂 Extremely handsome. Congrats! It’s a boy! ---
**Author:** ![GaryM](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garym/32/241_2.png) [@GaryM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GaryM)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2018, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-dog-in-the-house/825430/5 "2018-12-02T04:20:31Z")
His name is Tuxedo, which we’re shortening to Tux. He has papers from the breeder, which we’ve not received yet, but I don’t see any Aussies that are black/white. GaryM ---
**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:** [December 2, 2018, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-dog-in-the-house/825430/6 "2018-12-02T04:52:11Z")
What a cutie! Congratulations to your family and to Tux! StG ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2018, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-dog-in-the-house/825430/7 "2018-12-02T05:11:35Z")
He’s a very handsome boy. Congratulations on your newest family member! ---
**Author:** ![SmartAleq](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smartaleq/32/163_2.png) [@SmartAleq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmartAleq)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2018, 8:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-dog-in-the-house/825430/8 "2018-12-02T08:02:13Z")
I had an AKC registered Aussie who was black and white, her name was Shayneh and she was smart and hilarious and just about the most athletic dog I’ve ever known. That’s a very handsome Tux indeed, 'grats! He has a kind eye–I love a herding dog’s gaze. Are you familiar with herding breeds? ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2018, 8:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-dog-in-the-house/825430/9 "2018-12-02T08:08:12Z")
> [@beowulff](#): > > What a good-looking dog! > [@Beckdawrek](#): > > Aww. He’s just adorable. He looks smart too. > [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > Extremely handsome. Congrats! Aye; all of that ---
**Author:** ![GaryM](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garym/32/241_2.png) [@GaryM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GaryM)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2018, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-dog-in-the-house/825430/10 "2018-12-02T13:13:46Z")
> [@SmartAleq](#): > > He has a kind eye–I love a herding dog’s gaze. Are you familiar with herding breeds? The boy we just lost was supposed to have been a Border mix of some kind. When we first got him, another rescue, he’d park himself in front of you and try to get you do move where he wanted. Kind of lunge at your shoes and bare his teeth a little. Never bite, but kind of let you know you weren’t going where he thought you should be going. He hops up on the bed at night and cuddles for about 20 minutes or so then leaves to sleep. We’re fine with that. I’ve never understood folks who demand that dogs stay outside. I want my dogs where I can interact with them. An animal guard dog like a Great Pyrenees, sure, that their job. Or a pack of 15 hunting dogs. ---
**Author:** ![Baal\_Houtham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baal_houtham/32/13604_2.png) [@Baal\_Houtham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baal_Houtham)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2018, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-dog-in-the-house/825430/11 "2018-12-02T14:21:28Z")
That IS a handsome animal. And while his eyes have the typical look of total attentiviness, they lack the common hint of derangement. It’s a very appealing thing. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2018, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-dog-in-the-house/825430/12 "2018-12-02T14:34:04Z")
That’s great. Beautiful dog. Looks a bit like our Jax. Short for Jackson (we live on Jackson Rd) ---
**Author:** ![GaryM](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garym/32/241_2.png) [@GaryM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GaryM)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2018, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-dog-in-the-house/825430/13 "2018-12-02T14:41:41Z")
He’s a licker! Any exposed skin is fair game at this point. Any ideas on gentile discouragement? Some liking is OK with us, just not down one side of my leg and up the other. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2018, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-dog-in-the-house/825430/14 "2018-12-02T15:43:57Z")
Hey! We’re almost twins! ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2018, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-dog-in-the-house/825430/15 "2018-12-02T15:48:26Z")
He’s a beauty! May you have many happy times together. ---
**Author:** ![Patx2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/73ab20/32.png) [@Patx2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patx2)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2018, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-dog-in-the-house/825430/16 "2018-12-02T16:21:05Z")
Congratulations to you, your wife, and Tuxedo! I’m thrilled for all three of you. Tuxedo is gorgeous! ---
**Author:** ![GusNSpot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gusnspot/32/436_2.png) [@GusNSpot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GusNSpot)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2018, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-dog-in-the-house/825430/17 "2018-12-02T17:05:14Z")
Great looking pup. Going to need a lot of exercise and jobs to do? ---
**Author:** ![SmartAleq](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smartaleq/32/163_2.png) [@SmartAleq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmartAleq)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2018, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-dog-in-the-house/825430/18 "2018-12-02T18:17:31Z")
> [@GaryM](#): > > He’s a licker! Any exposed skin is fair game at this point. > > Any ideas on gentile discouragement? Some liking is OK with us, just not down one side of my leg and up the other. “No lick!” and removing the body part that’s being assaulted while shaking a “no-no” finger. Repeat about 80 million times. He’s young yet, he’ll probably get over most of that. Using a “tssst!” sound to draw attention away from what he’s doing at the moment is also good, then deflect into a different behavior like fetching you a toy. That’s what I do with my heeler mix, who’s also young and sometimes gets too busy with her mouth–she play nibbles, grabs feet and licks a bit too. Herding dogs tend to be mouthy, not as bad as retrievers but right up there. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2018, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-dog-in-the-house/825430/19 "2018-12-02T20:56:47Z")
> [@GaryM](#): > > He’s a licker! Any exposed skin is fair game at this point. > > Any ideas on gentile discouragement? Some liking is OK with us, just not down one side of my leg and up the other. > [@SmartAleq](#): > > “No lick!” and removing the body part that’s being assaulted while shaking a “no-no” finger. Repeat about 80 million times. He’s young yet, he’ll probably get over most of that. Using a “tssst!” sound to draw attention away from what he’s doing at the moment is also good, then deflect into a different behavior like fetching you a toy. That’s what I do with my heeler mix, who’s also young and sometimes gets too busy with her mouth–she play nibbles, grabs feet and licks a bit too. Herding dogs tend to be mouthy, not as bad as retrievers but right up there. I read that one way to discourage this behavior is to coat exposed skin with peanut butter and let the dog have at it. 😃 No; not really. Don’t do this unless you have a lot of free time and love having your dog lick you. ---
**Author:** ![Avarie537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/48db29/32.png) [@Avarie537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Avarie537)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2018, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-dog-in-the-house/825430/20 "2018-12-03T00:04:13Z")
He looks a lot like a Sheltie. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-dog-in-the-house/825430.md?page=2)