# We are looking to adopt a young Female dog and lost the first one we tried for. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 9, 2006, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-are-looking-to-adopt-a-young-female-dog-and-lost-the-first-one-we-tried-for/375805 "2006-10-09T15:37:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2006, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-are-looking-to-adopt-a-young-female-dog-and-lost-the-first-one-we-tried-for/375805/21 "2006-10-13T12:22:29Z")
[QUOTE=indecisive1] Heck, I usually take a whole week off when I get a new dog! (I’ll use any excuse I can think of to not work) I think it would be really nice for her to have you around more often while she gets used to her new home. I just love the name Becky, too. [/QUOTE] My Wife was able to go home around 2:30 and so far Becky has had no accidents. She did wipe out a window screen in our family room, I will need to repair it. She has been very good so far, I have to get her signed up for obedience training soon. ---
**Author:** ![chowder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/977dab/32.png) [@chowder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chowder)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2006, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-are-looking-to-adopt-a-young-female-dog-and-lost-the-first-one-we-tried-for/375805/22 "2006-10-13T13:45:44Z")
Dogs suck. Stick with cats, much better ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2006, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-are-looking-to-adopt-a-young-female-dog-and-lost-the-first-one-we-tried-for/375805/23 "2006-10-13T13:49:37Z")
[QUOTE=chowder] Dogs suck. Stick with cats, much better [/QUOTE] Too late, I already got the very nice dog. We have two cats already. That is plenty. ---
**Author:** ![Contrapuntal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e274bd/32.png) [@Contrapuntal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Contrapuntal)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2006, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-are-looking-to-adopt-a-young-female-dog-and-lost-the-first-one-we-tried-for/375805/24 "2006-10-13T13:57:03Z")
For future reference and just as general information, there are a lot of breed-specific rescue organizations that have dogs in need of a good home. Most, if not all of these dogs are in foster care rather then a shelter, so the transition to the home is easier. They will also take the dog back if it is not a good match, but they do proved a wealth of information prior to the adoption. **Chowder** , if that was a joke it wasn’t funny. If you just came in to shit in the thread, the bathroom is down the hall. ---
**Author:** ![indecisive1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/41988e/32.png) [@indecisive1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/indecisive1)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2006, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-are-looking-to-adopt-a-young-female-dog-and-lost-the-first-one-we-tried-for/375805/25 "2006-10-13T14:55:05Z")
[QUOTE=What Exit?] My Wife was able to go home around 2:30 and so far Becky has had no accidents. She did wipe out a window screen in our family room, I will need to repair it. She has been very good so far, I have to get her signed up for obedience training soon. [/QUOTE] She’ll have a blast going to school. Talk about your dog fun, all that sniffing. I love **chowder’s** comment. Dogs can be a real pain in the ass. So can cats. Doesn’t really matter – they just do what they do. 17 year old humans is another story. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-are-looking-to-adopt-a-young-female-dog-and-lost-the-first-one-we-tried-for/375805.md?page=1)