Friday, March 6, 2009

Featured Rescue - Gatsby the Portugese Water Dog

As I'm sure we all know by now, the US presidential family is getting a dog. They are searching for a rescue dog to adopt from a shelter and the breed they have selected is the Portugese Water Dog. There are not too many of these guys in rescue right now - only 5 listed on Petfinder (not all rescue dogs are listed here, remember). Though I am not personally familiar with this breed, I have read that PWDs can be quite active dogs that require daily vigorous exercise. Here's the wiki about them, and here's the AKC breed standard.

Definitely not a dog to get without first researching and learning about the breed!

Gatsby is a cute guy - not much info about him up on petfinder. Looks like if you want to know more, you'll need to contact the rescue.

http://www.petfinder.com/petnote/displaypet.cgi?petid=13116876

We are all hoping this does not turn into another "101 Dalmations Syndrome" situation but you can bet that if the presidential family does get a PWD, there will be puppy mills popping up everywhere to provide the public with these dogs.

3 comments:

LuLu and LoLLy! said...

Thanks for this good post. Please keep up what you do! Love, your PaLs, LuLu and LoLLy!

mytwh said...

I need to post this to vent a little. This is an ad from a local newspaper/online thing called Uncle Henry's www.unclehenrys.com

Here's the ad:
Ruckous is looking to be a father again he has had two litters already w/his girl but just loves babies and wants more. He is a lab pit mix and pure black, looks just like a lab w/the big box head. His babies have his head and his loving personality, please help him be a father again. He is asking $50 for his services in giving you the pups of your dreams

SERIOUSLY!!!! I want to call them and tell them that they are complete asshats! He just loves babies and wants more? There is just so much wrong with this post that I can't even think coherently. Ad's like there are a dime a dozen at this place. Oh it makes me so mad!!!!

DogsDeserveFreedom said...

asshats.