Meet Chipper, Kia's new brother!

[wolf_Q]

Congratulations Kimmy!! Chipper is a very handsome dog! He looks great with Kia, I'm glad they are getting along so well!

[GoldenLuv]

aawww he is a very handsome dog... so adoreable

[CathyBogart]

Congrats!! Welcome home Chipper!

[Giselle]

Congratulations!!! And I can definitely see a bit of Basenji in that little wrinkled forehead The bowed legs could be due to a bit of malnutrition which would make sense if he was a street rescue. At any rate, he is ADORABLE and we're expecting more pictures *wink* !

[Fett]

His legs are only bowed out in the front at the elbow joint. In back they don't do that. It also doesn't seem to happen with both legs at once, just on whatever direction he's leaning, that's the leg that does it. It gives him character.

Also, when we got home, Kim found his limited info on the Oakland County Animal Control page.....

http://search.petfinder.com/petnote/...?petid=7182411

Not a great pic of him, but at least we have an internet record. His admission date on our paper record was 9/23/06. We have no clue if he was a street stray or a surrendered pet. Kim may email them to find out.

A couple more pics!!!



....and his current state....

[Giselle]

My Peke has the same thing. I think it's cute, and you're right. It does give character

[Sevaede]

Do his legs bend laterally? I thought I saw Lundehund for a second!

He is so cute! I got LES looking at the first pic with the I AM ADOPTED sign. So sweet!

[DJFyrewolf36]

Aww congrats! Welcome home Chipper!

[Fett]

Now, not sure if this is just cause he's in a new environment or what, but we've had him here about 4-5 hours so far and he's pooped once and peed twice in the house. Once on the arm of the couch and again just on the bed when Kim went in to go to bed. She opened the bedroom door to let Kia and Chipper in, and he jumped up on the bed and just peed. She's never had to do potty training before because Kia was housebroken when she arrived, so any good tips on what to??? Please help!

He's also sat against the door to go outside and has peed outside at least 4 other times in that same 4-5 hour timeframe also. Kim thinks he's not fully emptying his bladder when he goes outside, but we really don't know. Other times, he still leans against the door and when we take him outside he just stands there or sits there and he doesn't go potty. So about half the time he does go and the other half he doesn't when we take him outside.

Thoughts?

[jazzcat]

He's adorable!!! Congratulations to all!

[K9karen]

Well! I'll be!! That's so awesome, Kimmy and Andy! I loved the "Gotcha" story too! Isn't it amazing when you find the perfect fit? Kind of reminds me of Mz. Logan's best behavior when I met her! How exciting that Kia likes her baby brother! Get used to the camera, Chipper! I have a feeling mom and dad are gonna be pointing it at ya all the time! Good girl, Kia! Good job Andy and Kimmy! I'm SO excited!!!

[Uabassoon]

I'm so excited for you! He is a very handsome boy

What do Zam and Logan think of their new brother?

[cloverfdx]

Oh wow what a wonderful suprise . Chipper is just gorgeous Kimmy and Andy, congratulations and thanks for adopting the sweet boy. Heres to many happy days ahead.

[dappledoxie]

Awwwwwwwwwwwwwww!!! Chipper is soooo cute!! Congrats on the new addition!

[BitsyNaceyDog]

Congratulations! I know how much you've been wanting a second dog.

He reminds me so much of Jake. We believe Jake has a lot of basenji in him, so maybe Chipper does too. Look at some of the basenji mixes on dogster, I bet a lot of them look similar to Chipper. When we got Jake the first thing I saw in him was basenji, but after I looked at some of the dogs on Dogster I was sure of it.