Your dog eats better than I do….
Where to get a puppy?
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Mad Mike
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That’s why I like Canadian Rez dogs. They can live off anything, they don’t get sick, and they’re not afraid to be outdoors.
My last Siberian (RIP) came from Brantford rez, got her at 8 weeks. She lasted 14 years, never saw a vet till her last week. Never bit anyone, socialized well either our cat and other dogs.
My FIFO buddy Hobo is a Rez dog. He’s homeless living life outdoors, when I’m there he’s always a whistle away. He feeds himself by being friendly and polite. He shows up at the camp kitchen door at mealtimes for a good feed of table scraps.
In the winter the boys build him an igloo as the temps average below -20 at night, can go to -35 for days at a time. He survives.
Some rez dogs are not safe to be around. I don't know whether that is due to nature or nurture (eg town punching bag). I'm glad you found a few nice ones.
A friend in med school was at conference where one of the papers being presented was about the risk to pedestrians of roving packs of wild dogs in Detroit. They had become feral and were happy to steal food from a baby.
Mad Mike
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I think a lot of people confuse feral dogs, rescue dogs, sled dogs, wild Mexican etc dogs as Rez dogs.
I’m talking about the dogs you find on Canadian indigenous reservations. My experience is they are robust and friendly. They play in packs, but feed, sleep and mostly exist solitary. They don’t roam and hunt in packs - in fact they don’t hunt at all, they don’t need to as they stay fed by being respectful of the community - they know not to bite the hand that feeds them.
Perhaps is the food dried up, they would revert to their basic survival instincts - but do would a Bichon Friese purse dog if they had to.
That’s a difficult question I have…how does one know a pup is, or isn’t, from a ‘puppy mill’?
Lots of Kijiji pups up for sale which I’m ok with. I just don’t want to support irresponsible breeding.
Wife convinced me of a sub 30lb pup
Go to an official rescue/adoption place. 99% of those Kijiji /facebook ads are backyard breeders. I don’t mind paying an adoption fee to an org that actively rescues dogs from a lifetime of breeding and poor conditions but I could never give cash to some yahoo that’s going to use it on whatever and keeping breeding the heck out of one or two dogs.
