ChiKat

Does this dog bark a lot? I mean, is he a barker?

Well, all dogs bark, but he isn’t a super noisy dog.

But will he bark is people walk by? Like, if he’s inside my house, will he sit at the window all day barking at the people on the sidewalk?

Well, that’s a training issue. You need to train your dog not to bark at disturbances, if that’s what you want.

Does he bark a lot?

From what I can tell, he doesn’t bark a lot. But I only spend about 15 minutes a day with each dog, so I can’t say for sure.

Hey! He just barked!

Er…actually, that was a yelp. I think you stepped on his paw.

So he does bark a lot.

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Will this dog like my cat?

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Is this dog good with children?

All the dogs are evaluated by a vet before being put up for adoption. In this dog’s case, the vets found no behavioral problems with the dog, so he should be fine with kids.

So he won’t bother my kids?

Bother them?

I don’t want him messing with my kids.

He is a gentle dog, so he won’t try to hurt your kids, if that’s what you mean. But I’m sure he’d want to play with them.

No, I don’t want him doing that. He’s my dog, not my kids’ dog. I don’t want him playing with them

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He doesn’t sit when I tell him to sit.

He’s only 6 months old. He hasn’t learned “sit” and “stay” commands yet.

Ok, if you teach him that, I’ll come back and adopt him.

Uh...we don’t train dogs.

Well, I have to tell you, young lady, no one is going to adopt such a poorly behaved dog.

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Are you a volunteer here?

Yes.

So you walk the dogs?

Yep.

That's all you do, you just walk the dogs?

Er...right.

Well, my dog was here because he ran away, which WASN'T MY FAULT, and he was locked up in that cage all day and I don't think you walked him.

Er---

He was here a WEEK and during that entire time, he was just in that CAGE. LOCKED UP. He would have been better on the STREET where he could run around.

Actually, the street is really hard on dogs. Here, he was safe, well-fed--

You people never should have picked him up! This is the second time this happened and the poor dog just gets LOCKED up by you--

This is the second time we picked up your dog as a stray?

That's right! TWICE now he's been locked up in one of this cages! The poor thing!

Well, I'm glad you found your dog...

Oh, I knew where he was the whole time. You people always find my dog. You just love locking him up.