Next up? Hobbs!

Arriving soon in our home will be Hobbs, our next foster dog. This laid back, sweet boy is estimated to be about 3 years old and he weighs approximately 12 pounds. Isn't he chocolaty delicious?!

Hobbs was originally in the Lodi City Shelter in Lodi, California. One of the California State Coordinators got a call about him because the shelter was over capacity and they were going to be euthanizing dogs like Hobbs who had been there awhile. Diane emailed me about him and we got everything set up to get him evaluated and then pulled from the shelter. He was then transported down to Fresno where he hung out with Lynn for a week, waiting for a foster opening. We had a spot for him but that fell through. But then Kiva was adopted so we could add him to the list of new dogs.

When he went into the Central California SPCA to be neutered and get his Rabies vaccination, we had the vet look at his right hip, which seems like it had been broken at some point. The vet agreed that there had been some kind of trauma to the hip/leg but that it was fully healed at this point and didn't seem to cause him pain when manipulated. It is really obvious when he walks since that leg is shorter than the others. His leg also sticks out to the side when he sits due to a small range of motion in the hip joint. Once he's up here I'll take him in for some radiographs so we really know what's going on in there and make sure that there's no pain from the healed fractures.

Happily for us, he gets along great with other dogs and miracle of miracles he appears to be house-trained. Yay!  This will be our first male foster dog since we had Samish back in November. We decided to try again with an easy going boy in hopes that Langley will be able to handle introductions better. If not, Hobbs can always hang out with our resident dog Tilly who is fine with other dogs as long as they don't mess with her bed or interrupt her naps too much.

Hobbs was named after a town in the Southeast corner of New Mexico, just four miles west of the Texas border and is best known for its rich oil deposits and Old West history. Oil was discovered there in 1928 and has continued to be the main industry of the town to the present day.