Hey guys,
I just ran across this site and I thought I'd say hi to you all. I live in Fremont, CA (its in the San Francisco bay area) where I work doing computer stuff. I adopted a boxer mixed puppy, which I named 'Tuko', from a local animal shelter about a year or so ago. I named him from the Clint Eastwood flick "The Good, Bad, and the Ugly". Tuko was the ugly
Unfortunately only 2 days after I adopted him, he came down with Parvo. I was given the option to either treat him or take him back to the shelter and get a new dog. I really didn't see an option...he was my dog. After 3 or so days of treatment, he died. I couldn't believe how attached I got in that short of a period. The thing that I remember about Tuko, was that when he had Parvo, he was sitting with me on my couch. Suddenly he vomitted, but he stopped and then dragged himself off the couch to finish vomitting outside. Even though I could've cared less about the couch getting dirty, he still didn't want to disappoint me by getting it dirty. With all the discomfort he was in, he was still thinking about pleasing me...wow. I felt honored to know and love this dog. Of course, I now am in love with Boxers!
Sometime in July of last year I ran into this Boxer Rescue website and it said that they were in need of foster homes. I own my own place, so I thought I'd give it a try. Six dogs later I'm still doing it. So far I've seen Soma, Brittney, Alex, Mugsy, Bella, and Cleo go to great homes. Of course I want to keep them all! They're all great dogs, every single one of them. My current foster dog is Barry, which I hope to get some advise on in another Boxer World forum.
Tim
I just ran across this site and I thought I'd say hi to you all. I live in Fremont, CA (its in the San Francisco bay area) where I work doing computer stuff. I adopted a boxer mixed puppy, which I named 'Tuko', from a local animal shelter about a year or so ago. I named him from the Clint Eastwood flick "The Good, Bad, and the Ugly". Tuko was the ugly
Unfortunately only 2 days after I adopted him, he came down with Parvo. I was given the option to either treat him or take him back to the shelter and get a new dog. I really didn't see an option...he was my dog. After 3 or so days of treatment, he died. I couldn't believe how attached I got in that short of a period. The thing that I remember about Tuko, was that when he had Parvo, he was sitting with me on my couch. Suddenly he vomitted, but he stopped and then dragged himself off the couch to finish vomitting outside. Even though I could've cared less about the couch getting dirty, he still didn't want to disappoint me by getting it dirty. With all the discomfort he was in, he was still thinking about pleasing me...wow. I felt honored to know and love this dog. Of course, I now am in love with Boxers!Sometime in July of last year I ran into this Boxer Rescue website and it said that they were in need of foster homes. I own my own place, so I thought I'd give it a try. Six dogs later I'm still doing it. So far I've seen Soma, Brittney, Alex, Mugsy, Bella, and Cleo go to great homes. Of course I want to keep them all! They're all great dogs, every single one of them. My current foster dog is Barry, which I hope to get some advise on in another Boxer World forum.
Tim
