Meet Rooney...

7 years ago I got my first dog, Scamp, an Alaskan Malamute mix that fit his name perfectly. He was the kind of puppy that loved to bite when...well, whenever. Mostly play, but at some points, aggression. It didn't take us long to break that behavior. He was a quick learner, for the most part. Got basic commands down, learned to proper way to walk on a leash, and plus a trick or two. And recently I had noticed that he was just slowing down. Just would lay around in the yard, waiting for someone to play. So I, who had been wanting another dog for 5 years, started looking online for another pet.

I went to the local shelters web site and saw this little puppy. Johnny, his name at the time, was a small 5 month old (until the vet verified he was 4 months) German Shepherd mix. Now me being a HUGE German Shepherd lover, I wanted this dog....BAD! So I begged, and begged, and begged. And after days of asking, plus the five years before, I finally got my second dog.

September 10, 2010 was the day we brought Rooney (his new name) home.


Scamp, at first, was like "Oh, yeah I got a new friend!" now, some days, I think he looks at me like "Why? Why did you bring this home?" The reason I say this, is because we soon found out, not only does Rooney have German Shepherd in him, but possibly Shetland Sheepdog "Sheltie". First of all, that makes determining his size harder than usual. You look at a Sheltie next to a GSD and it's like, "Yeah, I don't know..." So picking out the right size crate, has been a challenge.

And since he's been with us he's been through 4 collars, in 5 months. The first one (an ajustable snap kind), the plastic clip broke. The second one (a plain nylon), he chewed up. The third (choke chain), he out grew. And number four (another plain nylon), he chewed up...again. How he managed to chew those two up is unknown, because he was wearing them... Plus, not to mention, he chewed a dog tag, ON his collar, up. So now, he's on collar number 5, and has managed not to chew it up...

And for about 3 months now, I'm pretty sure he's planing an escape route out of the dog lot. He is always jumping on the doghouses, let me remind you, these are igloo houses. Not that it's not impossible, but how he does it when it's iced over, I don't get. Plus he's made several attempts to jump the fence too.

And when he eats, I can guarantee you, he can eat a whole bowl of dog food in 2 minutes or less. He's a speed eater. Not aggressive, you can take the food from him, but he just wont slow down. No matter how many times he's fed a day, either.

It is nearly impossible to drain his energy. I ride my bike with him, where he is running, and when we are done he's like he's been pinned up all day. I road my bike around a mile and a half with him, and it hardly did anything...

So other than all of that, he's a pretty good dog. Weird, but good.