# New dog **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 16, 2015, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-dog/731504 "2015-09-16T19:57:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**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:** [September 16, 2015, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-dog/731504/1 "2015-09-16T19:57:15Z")
Welcome to the family [Quinn](http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j127/StG61/362e31ef-9867-47ef-a9d7-47899b4826d7_zpsh45gygut.jpg), a 6 month old doberman mix. Quinn joins fellow dobermans Drago and Annie and standard poodle Maggie, giant schnauzer Sophie and German shepherd Andy. [Getting to know](http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j127/StG61/59cc8c54-e6ae-4586-a7c7-09f40200fa73_zpsoentm7rc.jpg) [the other dogs.](http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j127/StG61/42c5459f-518c-4648-a4a8-23c1458428de_zpsiuqcoqm8.jpg) StG ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2015, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-dog/731504/2 "2015-09-16T20:07:47Z")
Yay, I hoped it was going to be another Dobie! Congratulations! ETA: Where did you get him? ---
**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:** [September 16, 2015, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-dog/731504/3 "2015-09-16T20:15:03Z")
**Dung Beetle** - I got her off Craigslist. Another person with “not enough time”. I think people forget that puppies are puppies for quite a long time! But she’s very sweet, good in the house, good with the other dogs and the cats. I couldn’t ask for a better dog. She goes in for her spay next week, and she has a skin issue that looks maybe like allergies, which can be hard to manage. StG ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2015, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-dog/731504/4 "2015-09-16T20:28:50Z")
It looks like she’s about to start on a great new life. That’s awesome. ---
**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:** [September 16, 2015, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-dog/731504/5 "2015-09-16T20:41:00Z")
Wow! Not only in to a loving home but a loving home with lots of playmates! Cute dog 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Kropotkin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kropotkin/32/18045_2.png) [@Kropotkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kropotkin)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2015, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-dog/731504/6 "2015-09-17T03:01:01Z")
> [@Dung\_Beetle](#): > > It looks like she’s about to start on a great new life. That’s awesome. A new leash on life! Lovely! ---
**Author:** ![davida03801](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b5e925/32.png) [@davida03801](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davida03801)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2015, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-dog/731504/7 "2015-09-17T12:19:13Z")
It is amazing how they become a part of the family so quick. We always had two dogs for about 25 years. When one pass on to doggy heaven we had another within a week or two. Then when the last died have not gotten another. I miss having a dog in the home. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2015, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-dog/731504/8 "2015-09-17T12:35:31Z")
Beautiful pack! ---
**Author:** ![brainstall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/35a633/32.png) [@brainstall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brainstall)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2015, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-dog/731504/9 "2015-09-17T13:14:21Z")
She’s a cutie! ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2015, 10:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-dog/731504/10 "2015-09-19T10:15:36Z")
That’s a whole lot of big dogs! Wonderful to see a dog get a great new home. ---
**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:** [September 19, 2015, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-dog/731504/11 "2015-09-19T22:45:22Z")
She’s settling in so well! She hasn’t had a single accident in the house. She’s getting along well with all the other dogs and they with her. She’s a happy girl, glad to be laying beside me when I watch TV or I’m on the computer. I couldn’t ask for a better addition to the family. She goes in next week for her spay and to have the vet advise me about her skin. StG ---
**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:** [September 20, 2015, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-dog/731504/12 "2015-09-20T04:19:04Z")
Good news… ---
**Author:** ![Truman\_Burbank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecc23a/32.png) [@Truman\_Burbank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Truman_Burbank)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2015, 8:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-dog/731504/13 "2015-09-20T08:26:41Z")
That’s a lot of lucky dogs. But I have to ask, I was scrolling your photos, and I came across the picture of a big snake. Story on that? ---
**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:** [September 20, 2015, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-dog/731504/14 "2015-09-20T14:35:22Z")
**Truman Burbank** - Which big snake? The one being held in front of the guy? Killed a couple hundred feet away from my property. The coiled rattlesnake? Killed in my yard. The two corn snakes mating on the tree? On the tree by my gate. Snakes aplenty in Tennessee. StG ---
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2015, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-dog/731504/15 "2015-09-20T14:46:08Z")
Looks like they have a great yard to play in too! Congrats. ---
**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:** [September 20, 2015, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-dog/731504/16 "2015-09-20T15:02:01Z")
**Morgernstern** - My fenced yard is a bit under an acre, with another 3/4 acre behind it fenced as a dry lot for my mini horse. When Peanut is out, I let the dogs in there, too. I have about acres, but most of it’s fenced for horses, not dogs. It’s a good place to be a dog, snakes not withstanding. StG ---
**Author:** ![Truman\_Burbank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecc23a/32.png) [@Truman\_Burbank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Truman_Burbank)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2015, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-dog/731504/17 "2015-09-20T23:43:00Z")
I was asking about the big 6-footer being held at the end of the pole. What kind of snake is that? And how do you let the dogs out without undue worry with poisonous snakes around? When i visited a Texas ranch with my Golden I worried aobut it quite a bit (there were rattlers and cottonmouths in the pond, so I was told). ---
**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:** [September 21, 2015, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-dog/731504/18 "2015-09-21T02:05:04Z")
> [@Truman\_Burbank](#): > > I was asking about the big 6-footer being held at the end of the pole. What kind of snake is that? And how do you let the dogs out without undue worry with poisonous snakes around? When i visited a Texas ranch with my Golden I worried aobut it quite a bit (there were rattlers and cottonmouths in the pond, so I was told). I’m not sure what kind of snake, the pic resolution isn’t very good and I didn’t see it myself, my neighbor sent me the picture. I think it’s a rattler, though. I’d been walking in the brush were that snake was just a week before it was killed. I keep my yard mowed pretty short, so snakes are more visible. I just do the best I can to keep us safe. I carry my phone when I walk down to the barn, and I keep that mowed, too. StG ---
**Author:** ![j666](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de0a6/32.png) [@j666](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/j666)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2015, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-dog/731504/19 "2015-09-21T02:29:02Z")
Beautiful dog. Stress can cause skin rashes. I’d try a bath with a very gentle soap with no dye or perfume, maybe tea tree only on the spots if she tolerates it, followed by lots of reassurance. Of course, it could also be fleas. ---
**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:** [September 21, 2015, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-dog/731504/20 "2015-09-21T03:20:28Z")
> [@j666](#): > > Beautiful dog. > > Stress can cause skin rashes. I’d try a bath with a very gentle soap with no dye or perfume, maybe tea tree only on the spots if she tolerates it, followed by lots of reassurance. Of course, it could also be fleas. I haven’t seen a flea on her. She came to me like this a week ago, and it does seem to me she’s scratching less now. The girl who had her was working 6 days a week, 11 hours a day, so she was being left alone a lot. I work from home two days a week and don’t work those long hours, plus she has the other dogs for company, so I think she’s happier. I’ll see what the vet says on Thursday when she goes in for her spay. StG [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-dog/731504.md?page=2)