Building a Home for “Happy Horse”

About two weeks ago, I adopted a huge dog from the Belleville Area Humane Society, that I like to call the “Happy Horse” because of his size, and his personality. I mentioned him briefly in my recent guest post on Mike Moore’s blog, Canadian Atheist.

He’s a Black Lab/hound mix, between 85-88 pounds (it’s hard to tell for sure, he wouldn’t hardly sit still on the scale at the vet’s office), and is 28 inches tall from the bottom of his front paws to the top of his head. He is a gentle, but hyper (and very strong) dog, despite the fact that he is 5 years old, and you can see grey specks in his black fur. From the information I had received from the Humane Society, apparently at some time, he had worked around, or lived with special needs children.

Whoever had owned him previously had apparently trained him well, he doesn’t even try to chase squirrels or cats (though most cats are terrified of his size), and he had apparently been taught not to be confrontational with other dogs.