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The Perfect Weimaraner

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This entry was posted on 8/26/2007 8:59 PM and is filed under Stories.


As a foster of many Weimaraners in the last 5 years I have yet to run across the "Perfect Weim."  Oh, don't get me wrong, there have been some extra special ones, ones that tug at my heart, very lovable ones, extra smart ones, fun ones, etc.  But I have yet to find the Perfect Weim.

Why is that?  I think I know why.  Because in fact there are no Perfect Weimaraners.  Nor are there any Perfect Families. 

When I see a Weim returned to rescue because he or she is too big, too tall, too active, too out of control, doesn't like his or her crate, didn't like all the relatives I introduced him or her too in the 2 days I had them (we always ask that you not over do it with introductions until the dog is settled into your home), chewed the chair, put his head through the screen, gets our carpet dirty when he comes in with his big paws, chewed my fancy rug etc. it makes me think who's fault is this really?  The dog's?  Is the dog suppose to know all your rules in a short period of time? 
   

These and others are all the problems you may face adopting a dog.  But this is where COMMITMENT comes in.  When you adopt you are committing to this dog that you will work with them through their good times and their not so good times.  The rewards are a great Weim who will be devoted to you for the rest of his or her life.

 

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    • 9/15/2007 5:27 AM Julie wrote:
      You are so very correct. There is no perfect dog, there is no perfect person. What's perfect, is the companionship between the two. but, like so many things in this world, it's missed by people who are in a hurry, unwilling to compromise and have thoughts only for themselves. It is NOT a perfect world.
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    • 11/29/2007 4:43 AM Druiel wrote:
      Hi there,
      You are so very right. Saddly many dog owners do not realised that a Weimaraner is not a dog for everyone.

      I have two Weims, a female with one year and a male with 7 months. Believe it or not they live in a flat. No outside area for them and they spent around 10 hrs at home.
      Do you I have problems?
      Of course, here now and than I forget to close the bedrooms doors with the key and I can get home and have toilet paper all over the house.

      Even so, everymorning before I go to work they have a one hour walk, when I get home I take them for hour and a half to a huge park where they run, run, run and play fecth with other dogs. Than in the evening before going to bed I take them to a nearby park for about 20 minutes.
      This everyday during the week.

      On the weekend ... both days, I take them to HUGE walks on the countryside, or to the beach.

      No need to say, that the harmony is as good as it can get.
      A Weimaraner is not a dog for a stroll on the park and surelly is not a dog for a lazzy owner!

      Thanks for your great website
      Druiel
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    • 2/27/2008 5:43 PM Jenny wrote:
      There is no such thing as *perfect* although people like to think there is! You can say and think some one is perfect but in reality no one is. But there is one dog that no matter how mess she can get I will always love her! Her name is Ditto. I am her companian. I am 12 years old and never got a say in if i wanted her to leave. I miss her and hope she gets adopted into a loving family that loves her as much as I loved and still love her! I LOVE YOU DITTO!
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      1. 6/9/2008 6:57 PM Holly wrote:
        I agree with you Jenny. If you truly love someone or some creatures like I do you see past everything else they become family. I saw Ditto photo last night and called about her this morning and now I just read this maybe with some luck she could be part of my forever home in the country.
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    • 4/2/2008 9:27 PM Kym wrote:
      15 months ago my daughters and I went to Grand Rapids to pick out a Weim to adopt.We came back with two, and my oldest daughter and her husband went back two weeks later to pick up Wylie, who had adopted her on that first trip! We call them the liberators-just this past Sunday they liberated a plate of brownies from what I thought was a high enough spot. Rather than be upset when they pull their stunts, I look at it as a challenge, and refuse to be outsmarted by the dogs! It breaks my heart to see people give up pets because they have become inconvenient.How do you give up a friend that lays at the foot of the bed to protect you when you're sick? I personally tell people that the distressed look is in, and that a few nose prints on the patio door just goes to show that they were loooking out for me(or one was the lookout while the other two liberated the pan of lasagna from the back of the stove).When I first brought the dogs home and stopped at the vets office to drop off their records, she told me I would be sorry because they were crazy hyper! When I took them in for their first check-up,she told me I'd converted her, as they sat quietly until they were called(Sargent in the chair next to me, but quietly). The vets assistant wanted to know what I had them on, as she had an 8 month old Weim (she actually thought I might have drugged them). I told her that the more excercise they get, the less they get into, plus I think that they actually think that they're excercising me!All in all, I'm not sure who rescued whom!The companionship and devotion that they demonstrate everyday far outweigh the inconvenience of a few overturned wastebaskets, or tassels pulled off of pillows.The memories that they've made in just 15 months make me smile every time that I look at them.And as an added bonus, I probably have the cleanest counters in the county!
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      1. 8/8/2008 6:17 PM leigh golder wrote:
        Yes because of their curosity determined natures they provide a lot of fun & companionship. Of course you have to like dogs and accept that like most humans they will do exactly what they like. Very loyal and sweet dogs.
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