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11-01-2016, 03:46 AM
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Bus Crazy
Join Date: May 2015
Location: Oklahoma aka "God's blind spot"
Posts: 2,347
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Coachwork: 1853FC International/Navistar
Chassis: 35' Retired Air Force Ambulance
Engine: DT466, MT643
Rated Cap: 6 souls and a driver
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Full timer & pet adoption...
I miss my buddies bad!!! Super bad!
I need to adopt a poodle, I've never adopted before, so I don't know the process...
I've located a silver poodle in Memphis and I emailed the organization. Waiting on response.
Does anyone have any feedback from previous experiences?
Do shelters frown on full timers because we're "not stable sticks and mortar folks"?
Shelby & Goldie
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11-01-2016, 04:08 AM
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Bus Nut
Join Date: Oct 2013
Location: Music City USA
Posts: 737
Year: 2005
Coachwork: Thomas
Chassis: Freightliner
Engine: Detroit MBE906
Rated Cap: 72
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I'm more the pit bull type myself..... Brandy is a pit bull/chocolate lab mix.
If you can provide a good home for a dog I can't see why they would turn you down... my adoption experience when I adopted my dog was pretty good, though I wasn't fulltiming then so I can't say if it would really make a difference or not.
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11-01-2016, 05:12 AM
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Bus Crazy
Join Date: May 2015
Location: Oklahoma aka "God's blind spot"
Posts: 2,347
Year: 1989
Coachwork: 1853FC International/Navistar
Chassis: 35' Retired Air Force Ambulance
Engine: DT466, MT643
Rated Cap: 6 souls and a driver
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Never thought I'd be a poodle guy, it just turned out that way with the divorce, kids got too busy, etc...
After the divorce, we became inseparable. Zero shedding is a bonus.
I had a really tough time walking away from this little guy at the end of June/first of July... But, I had just bought the bus and was needing to focus on making it livable and being in it within a month! I felt I couldn't devote time to training a puppy at the time, and the window would close on me.
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11-01-2016, 05:25 AM
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Bus Nut
Join Date: Oct 2013
Location: Music City USA
Posts: 737
Year: 2005
Coachwork: Thomas
Chassis: Freightliner
Engine: Detroit MBE906
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Ohhh that face..... how can you say no to that face?
That said, I got Brandy when she was 11 months old because I just don't have the patience to go through housebreaking. She'll be 3 in April and we're inseparable.
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11-01-2016, 05:31 AM
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Bus Crazy
Join Date: May 2015
Location: Oklahoma aka "God's blind spot"
Posts: 2,347
Year: 1989
Coachwork: 1853FC International/Navistar
Chassis: 35' Retired Air Force Ambulance
Engine: DT466, MT643
Rated Cap: 6 souls and a driver
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The owner was a guy I'd bough a kayak from, we've stayed in contact for the coming up litters... Both parents were on site, and I spent a lot of time with the father. Mother was heavy pregnant and not very active.
It was tough walking away, I tell ya! But I wasn't stable enough at the time, and it's not fair to the dog/puppy. I had to set instant gratification aside and be reasonable.
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11-01-2016, 05:46 AM
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Bus Nut
Join Date: Oct 2013
Location: Music City USA
Posts: 737
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Coachwork: Thomas
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Yea I get that.... wasn't saying I didn't understand it, but THAT FACE.....
I just wonder how Brandy will take to fulltiming. Will be a bit of an adjustment, for both of us.
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11-01-2016, 06:54 AM
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Bus Geek
Join Date: Sep 2014
Location: Eustis FLORIDA
Posts: 16,601
Year: 1999
Coachwork: Thomas
Chassis: Freighliner FS65
Engine: Cat 3126
Rated Cap: 15
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Dixie has been helping us work on the bus, and in her free time she climbs trees.
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11-01-2016, 10:33 AM
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Bus Geek
Join Date: May 2009
Location: Columbus Ohio
Posts: 10,799
Year: 1991
Coachwork: Carpenter
Chassis: International 3800
Engine: DTA360 / MT643
Rated Cap: 7 Row Handicap
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when you are full-timing what do you do for climate for a pup? I realize some type of Heat is a must for your plumbing and such, but it seems alot of people are off the grid and not using A/C and such all day when they are gone... even with insulation it gets quite hot for a pup inside on a hot day...hotter than what a simple fan vent is going to make comfortable...
-Christopher
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11-01-2016, 07:29 PM
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Bus Crazy
Join Date: Apr 2013
Location: Colorado
Posts: 1,565
Year: 1993
Coachwork: bluebird
Engine: 5.9 Cummins, Allison AT1545
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nice! i have a standard poodle mutt. and the first time i came home from the groomers after getting the "full poodle" done, i was hooked. i never could imagine myself being a poodle guy, but now i have standards.
i have a tiny yorkie and the standard poodle. no one knows i have the poodle when camping, he's a homebody and doesn't venture out. the yorkie on the other hand is very social and i have to tie her up.
after my former dog passed, i had a hard time adopting a dog. there are all kinds of "dog rescues" and i applied with a number of them and was always turned down. i live on 5 acres, in the country, and was turned down for a number of reasons. no fence, no family..... i tried a number of different rescue places. they weren't very anxious to place their dogs. the fees were high and the rejection was real.
i found my poodle mutt for free on craigslist. had to drive a 100 miles for him but that was ok.
we've been happy since.
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11-01-2016, 08:55 PM
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Bus Crazy
Join Date: May 2015
Location: Oklahoma aka "God's blind spot"
Posts: 2,347
Year: 1989
Coachwork: 1853FC International/Navistar
Chassis: 35' Retired Air Force Ambulance
Engine: DT466, MT643
Rated Cap: 6 souls and a driver
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Good news!
After reviewing my application, they emailed me back to see if I was interested in taking 2 silver poodles... Of court I said "absolutely" but added the disclaimer that I'd like the terms to be reviewed as I didn't intend spending twice the money. We'll see where this process takes me, I've never adopted before.
Having 2 poodles, I picked up a very expensive pair of Andis clippers and several sets of blades... And it proved to be money well spent as I prefer a "sheep cut" over a "poodle cut"
I've got some early pictures of Shelby & Goldie.... Shelby looks exactly like Izzy below.
Izzy, 5 y/o female

Sophie
4.5 y/o female
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