Who are you and what have you done with Tango?!?!

So I work from home and usually I have to grab Tango and lock him in his kennel to be able to get work done without worrying about what he's up to. Today, however, while my littlest dog is barking obnoxiously in the yard, and my own pointer is hunting who-knows-what in the woodpile, Tango is lying quietly on my office floor.

Ok - he was lying quietly, but the camera made a noise and he got up to check it out. Now he's lying back down again. Now I try to get a picture of him again, and he's back up... OK - I'll let sleeping dogs lie.

More pictures of Tango

Tango waiting to go to school.




Tango's handsome profile.





Tango giving a goofy smile for the camera.





Tango lying down quietly in my office while I work.

OK - long time no blog....

What can I say? I have been pretty busy and quite frankly, things weren't going all that well with Tango. He was really being a pain in the butt and pretty darn destructive. I was getting to the point where I didn't much like this guy.

However, I was convinced to take him to a beginning agility class and somehow, for some reason, it seems to be making a difference. A big difference. Maybe it's because he gets more attention, maybe it's because he likes agility, who knows?


All I know is that his behavior has improved SIGNIFICANTLY within the last couple of weeks. I think after bouncing around through several temporary living situations he is finally starting to settle down and be less anxious. His anxiety was being expressed in annoying and destructive behavior, and this is the behavior that has changed a lot.

Other than an odd sock or two, he has left non-dog-toys alone; he has been much quieter in his crate; he has even started to bark less when he plays with my dogs.

So, I am finally starting to think that this guy will actually be able to fit into a family somewhere. He needs lots of love, people to play with him, and regular exercise - but these things are all very possible.



Because he seems to be anxious about change, he'll need to go to a family that will be willing to crate him whenever he isn't directly supervised for probably a couple of months, and who will crate him whenever he is alone for the forseeable future. Some people think of it as "doggie jail" but not crating him when he's unsupervised is setting him up for failure.

Some of the good things about this guy are that he is loving, enthusiastic, VERY smart, very snuggly, eager to please, and he's really, really handsome and athletic.

Here's a video of him speaking for the camera.



I have been having a hard time getting good pictures of him because he gets very curious when I point the camera at him so he comes to investigate. Therefore, I have lots of up the nostrils shots of him which don't really show quite how handsome he is.