The home that the dogs are staying at for now has this to say about them.
"Both dogs are very lovable.
The female is very submissive, and will crawl up to you and sit or lay down by your side.
She'll give hugs, or bury her head in your lap.
She's very soft spoken, and loves for you to stroke her head. It's soothing for her..
She'll also curl up in a little ball when she's scared!
But she's a different dog when she's outside. I'm guessing that her previous owner put both dogs together, so she could train her mate for hunting. He seems to follow her moves.
The male is very friendly too. He is a little bit more awkward and clumsy than her, but that's probably because he's younger. He sometimes acts like a puppy!
He loves affection too, but seems to bounce around a lot more.
He's a fast learner, and seems to listen and watch the female.
He is not completely housebroken.
He doesn't go in the house because he has to.
In fact,he'll wait by the door when he has to go out to eliminate.
But there's been a few times that he's hiked up his leg in our house. It's been in places where our other dogs have previously urinated, so I think he's just marking his territory.
I think that this can be corrected quickly in a new home, and it will help after he's been neutered.
Outside, he still squats down to tinkle like a puppy sometimes.
Not always.. But it looks funny when he does this because he's so big!
Both dogs really loved being with my nieces while they were here.
The girls slept with the dogs in our basement, and they all curled up together on a big blanket. My nieces left this morning, and they were crying because they didn't want to leave them.
They told my sister that they would make her bed for a week if they could keep the dogs, and they wouldn't eat any more candy!
Needless to say- my sister is gone, and the dogs are still here with me..
I'm guessing that the male is about 1 year old, and weighs about 55 lbs.
The female appears to be about 2 years old, and weighs about 45lbs.
This is just a guess, and needs to be confirmed by a vet.
In the week that I've had them, the dogs have seen all different types of weather here.
Wind, cold, sun, rain, mud, and snow. They haven't had any problems with any of it, and always want to go outside!
Even though I have a fenced in yard, I still go outside with them and watch them.
Once they hear a bird or squirrel on the other side of the fence, they go nuts!
Their hunting instincts kick in, and they focus on whatever they are looking at.
They point with their tails out, and they look like they could be in an advertisement for a hunting magazine!
They get so excited, that I worry about them jumping over our fence!
It's never happened before, but these dogs have a lot of spring to them... I worry!
This is something that needs to be considered when adopting them to a new family.
They will run off quickly if they spot something in the woods, and they'll need to be contained in their new home."
Come back soon, we'll have more pictures of each of us.
