Coming to Prairie House on November 9

Meet Thor.


He was found skinny, skittish, obviously abandoned and wandering from campsite to campsite at Bonnie Dam hoping for food or attention .  The ranger didn't have the heart to shoot him because he was basically a pretty nice puppy.  With porky-pine quills still stuck in the pups face from an unfortunate adventure, the ranger carted him off to our local vet's office.  He has been getting socialized there for a couple of weeks while undergoing treatment and observation.  The vet had heard I was looking for a dog to help with the chores around Prairie House and called to see if I would take him and give him a loving home.  He wasn't what I expected to see, but he won my heart anyway.  His feet are about the size of baseballs and Judy (the vet) thinks he is probably only about 5 months old.  The paws are webbed so there are a limited number of breeds he could be mixed with but one of them is apparently a Spaniel of  some kind.  If he grows into his feet he will be a huge dog.  He hasn't had any formal obedience training, but is very smart and really wants to please.  (He is so smart that when his food bowl was empty he looked right at the vet and stared.  Getting no results from that, he stared at the secretary.  Still no results, so he picked up his bowl in his mouth and dropped it directly in front of the vet who took the hint and refilled it.  I hope that wasn't negative reinforcement!)



I will be gone Sunday and Monday nights so he will stay at the vets office until I get back to town.  It didn't seem fair to take him and then immediately send him back...too confusing for the poor guy.  I will pick him up when I get back and bring him here to see how he gets along with the creatures who already reside here.  He has gotten along well with all the creatures who have come into the vets office, so there is hope.  I will be gone again over Thanksgiving so he will go back to the vet then and be neutered while I'm gone.  Once I pick him up after that he should be at Prairie House to stay unless he is a goat, cat or chicken chaser.