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Yes ladies, you heard me right.  I added a new member to my "family".  He's almost 10 months old.  When he was between 3-6 months old, he was on the list to be euthinized (sorry about the bad spelling) - well this rescue Austin Pets Alive, rescues dogs on a "dead-dog walking" list and puts them in foster homes to be eventually rescued.

This guy is quite unique.  The rescue said he was an Australian Cattle Dog and Catahoula Leopard Dog mix.  I think he's just a Catahoula, but anything is that he certainly has a unique coloring.  And he's quite intelligent.  In less than 2 hours he had managed to escape an airplane approved pet carrier (it's his sleeping/ traveling kennel).  The carrier was/ is still in perfect condition, no bite marks are visible, no clasps were broken, there was no blood or any signs of broken entry.  When I returned home, I just found the door open.

I've had him for only a week and I've taught him his new name Outback (for short) Digger de Outback is his full name = Soldier of the Outback/ back-country.  I've taught him to come to me, fetch/ drop a toy, not to pull on a leash, laydown, stay, and I'm working on him to roll-over.

Yah, I finally could get the photos uploaded.  He really has some neat colorings.

Also, a neat trick that I'm teaching him is a unique way for him to tell me he needs to go outside.

It's a collar with bells on it that is hanging on the doorknob to go outside.  I have him ring it (or I show him to ring it) in order to go outside (everytime I let him out).  So far he's only ringed it a few times, it's a little harder trick to teach, but it's getting there. 

The purpose of this is so he doesn't  1) bark to tell me he wants outside  or 2) he doesn't scratch on the door.  Because he rings it with is nose.

He's adorable! 

So, Here's an interesting twist, while I was feeding my dog outside, he got really excited and was looking at something across the yard that was out of my vision.  When I looked over, I found a loose dog; I figured it was a neighbors dog.  Then I saw how skinny she is; well I finally got her to come to me (with the leftover food), and took her to a place that checks to see if dogs have microchips: and well she does, but apparently her owner gave her to somone else and doesn't know the name.

So, temporarily I have a second dog.  My dog-sitter, is interested in taking her if I don't a) find her true owner or b) don't decide to keep her for myself.

I don't anticipate there to be a real owner, I figure she was abandoned, but I have to be optimistic that she has a caring owner out there (in case I get too attached).

Her name on her microchip is Eimberland.