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Kori Ellis

08-31-2005, 03:58 PM

As many people know ~80 pets were brought from a shelter in N.O. to the Bexar County Humane Society for adoption. So today, LJ and I went to get one.

We haven't had a dog in a few years -- we had to give ours up a few years ago when we were temporarily in apartment before getting this house.

Anyway, the pets at the humane society are terrific! They have every different kind you may want from puppies and kittens to elderly dogs and cats.

We picked a male black lab who is about 3 years old -- he's all black with some white around the feet. He's very skinny (ribs showing) but they said he weighs in nearly 65 pounds. He wasn't neutered, so we couldn't bring him home today. He's having the surgery on Friday morning and we'll pick him up on Friday afternoon.

I encourage anyone in San Antonio who doesn't have a pet and wants one to go take a look. They give you a discount is you pick one of the animals that were brought in from N.O. The price includes the adoption, spay/neuter if necessary, shots, etc. We are paying a little extra and getting full blood work and some other things to make sure he's okay.

His name is currently TANK but I think they just gave him that name when the took him in at the shelter in New Orleans.

We are thinking of giving him a new name. Suggestions?

j-6

08-31-2005, 03:59 PM

Congrats. How much is the donation I need to match?

tw05baller

08-31-2005, 04:00 PM

socks

Shelly

08-31-2005, 04:01 PM

I kinda like TANK!

Congrats on your dog!

tlongII

08-31-2005, 04:01 PM

Name him Cajun.

Kori Ellis

08-31-2005, 04:02 PM

Regular adoptions are $89. Hurricane pet adoptions are discounted to $45. But we actually only paid $25 to the humane society and we are also having a complete battery of tests run, etc to make sure he's in good shape -- the total of that was $77 (they didn't require this at all - we just wanted to do it).

So make your donation however you see fit - I'm sure they'd appreciate any amount.

timvp

08-31-2005, 04:02 PM

I added a poll.

:smokin

tlongII

08-31-2005, 04:02 PM

BTW, I love black labs!

tw05baller

08-31-2005, 04:02 PM

tank the ragin cajun

Ginofan

08-31-2005, 04:02 PM

:lmao @ the looter option

tw05baller

08-31-2005, 04:03 PM

:lmao @ the looter option

tlongII

08-31-2005, 04:03 PM

I think Cajun should be on the poll!

Shelly

08-31-2005, 04:04 PM

He'll come home with the cone on his head after he's fixed. Dogs with cones crack me up! When we got ours spayed, when the cone was on her head, she was all sad with her tail between her legs. As soon as I took it off, she perked up. It was the funniest thing.

tlongII

08-31-2005, 04:04 PM

I refuse to vote until Cajun is on the poll!

Clandestino

08-31-2005, 04:04 PM

L O O T E R ! especially after he raids your trash for the first time!

Shelly

08-31-2005, 04:04 PM

:lmao @ the looter option

:lmao x a gazillion

Kori Ellis

08-31-2005, 04:05 PM

Clandestino

08-31-2005, 04:08 PM

if he is used to being outside, he will probably be instantly potty trained! most outside dogs hate pissing shitting inside

Shelly

08-31-2005, 04:11 PM

I thought it was sad that he was 3 years old and not neutered already. I'm not sure if he was a street dog in N.O. or he was just taken to the shelter by a family who was escaping the hurricane. When we get him home, we should be able to see if he's used to being in a house.

When our dog found us, the vet guessed she was about 18 months old. She wasn't fixed either, so who knows if she's already had puppies or not. I just wanted to get her fixed before she went into heat. The funniest thing she did was get all my son's beenie babies and put them in her crate with her. Now she just tears them apart.

I'm pretty sure she was just an outside dog. I had to house train her also.

Now she's spoiled rotten! I'm sure your dog will be too! :)

cmc$purs

08-31-2005, 04:12 PM

Lucky

That Is A Great Thing You Did For That Dog...i'm Very Proud Of You

If I Did Not Already Have 6 Dogs, 3 Cats & A Bird I Would Get One Myself

samikeyp

08-31-2005, 04:14 PM

Very nice Kori and LJ.

Tremendously sweet of both of you.

Kori Ellis

08-31-2005, 04:18 PM

BTW, I love black labs!

Me too. Weirdly enough, they were the most common dog there. There was 1 black lab, 2 black lab mixes, another black lab/rotweiller, plus our dog that were brought in from N.O. Plus at least 3 or 4 other black lab mixes that were already there. And that doesn't even include the puppies - that's just the dogs over six months.

I didn't even go look at the puppies because I knew that I'd want them all and probably cry that I couldn't help them.

Shelly

08-31-2005, 04:21 PM

Kori, did you buy a crate yet? That worked wonders getting my dog to understand she wasn't allowed ot go in the house (She's only outside to do her bidnezz and when it's nice out). And she still sleeps in there on her own free will 2 years later.

Kori Ellis

08-31-2005, 04:24 PM

tlongII

08-31-2005, 04:24 PM

I gave up on waiting for Cajun to be added to the poll so I voted for Tank. He already has a name so why change it? Plus I like Tank.

Kori Ellis

08-31-2005, 04:25 PM

I gave up on waiting for Cajun to be added to the poll so I voted for Tank. He already has a name so why change it? Plus I like Tank.

If he responds to his name, then we might not change it. But I think that they just gave him that intake name at the place in N.O.

Shelly

08-31-2005, 04:25 PM

I'm going to wait to see if he's already housebroken. He might have been living in a house up until days before the hurricane or something - I'm not sure. He's really skinny, so if he was in a house recently then they weren't feeding him much.

If he's not housebroken, then I'll do the crating.

He may be housebroken, but I'm sure he'll try to mark his territory. When we took Blondie with us to CA, she tried to do that at my mom's house :lol

Shelly

08-31-2005, 04:26 PM

Yay! Tank's winning!

Horry For 3!

08-31-2005, 04:28 PM

I like...Tank. :tu

SpursWoman

08-31-2005, 04:30 PM

I voted for Looter too....that's awesome. :lmao

CosmicCowboy

08-31-2005, 04:31 PM

Having owned a few labs, I vote for "backhoe"

You will understand why in a few weeks when you see what he does to your back yard.

Samr

08-31-2005, 04:32 PM

I'm gonna go there today. I wonder if I can snag me a George Lynch.

whottt

08-31-2005, 04:34 PM

I like Looter too :D, and it's a unique name!

Other suggestions:

Gator(always a good name for a Louisiana dog, but some people might think he's from Florida)
Cane(short for Hurricane)
Cajun is a good choice too.

whottt

08-31-2005, 04:35 PM

Having owned a few labs, I vote for "backhoe"

.
:rollin

T Park

08-31-2005, 04:36 PM

i voted for looter, cause that is just beyond hilarious.

Who came up with that name?

timvp

08-31-2005, 05:19 PM

i voted for looter, cause that is just beyond hilarious.

Who came up with that name?
:nerd

MannyIsGod

08-31-2005, 05:55 PM

I voted for Tank, but godamnit if I don't want Looter to win. :lol

CharlieMac

08-31-2005, 06:02 PM

Tank is pretty kick ass.

I'd go with 'Cane though.

2Blonde

08-31-2005, 06:13 PM

You could always name him "Dunk". After all he did get all wet & now he will have to become a Basketball fan.

ShoogarBear

08-31-2005, 08:39 PM

Black labs are the schnitzus. :tu

I'd either go with Tank or Avery.

Shelly

08-31-2005, 08:49 PM

I see a resemblance

http://www.sinodefence.com/army/tank/type96_4a.jpg
http://cvri-server2.ucsf.edu/~bblack/blacklab.jpg

Horry For 3!

08-31-2005, 09:02 PM

If "Looter" wins, i'm going to feel sorry for that dog. :depressed

Aggie Hoopsfan

08-31-2005, 09:04 PM

I voted for Looter, that's hilarious.

If I may though, I have another suggestion....

Name him Jazz in honor of New Orleans.

Horry For 3!

08-31-2005, 09:09 PM

I voted for Looter, that's hilarious.

If I may though, I have another suggestion....

Name him Jazz in honor of New Orleans.
It might be funny but not for a dog name...its lame.

angel_luv

08-31-2005, 09:22 PM

Kori, you are wrong for the looter name.

:nope :nope :lol

Since he is from Lousiana you could just call him Louie.

Horry For 3!

08-31-2005, 09:29 PM

that's nothing

i adopted a real cajun

he's black. i'm calling him looter.
:spin

Horry For 3!

08-31-2005, 09:30 PM

Kori, you are wrong for the looter name.

:nope :nope :lol

Since he is from Lousiana you could just call him Louie.
Louie Armstrong?

NZHayden

08-31-2005, 09:35 PM

i have a black lab, by the name of Don, as in the don of the mafia, he sometimes act like he's in charge to lol. as for a name for your dog hurricane is pretty creative, looter is funny, and the other two are just lame. Tlongs idea of cajun was a good one too

Useruser666

08-31-2005, 09:45 PM

I'd say call him Mouse! But it might get confusing when he pees on the carpet! :lol

Old School Chic

08-31-2005, 09:57 PM

Congratulations!

I also voted for TANK! :elephant

Old School Chic

08-31-2005, 09:58 PM

I gave up on waiting for Cajun to be added to the poll so I voted for Tank. He already has a name so why change it? Plus I like Tank.

You might as well suggest Jambalaya

Horry For 3!

08-31-2005, 10:01 PM

Congratulations!

I also voted for TANK! :elephant
Good job :tu

E20

08-31-2005, 10:05 PM

Name him E20.

ObiwanGinobili

08-31-2005, 10:12 PM

I voted Looter because it;s just so freakin cool sounding! :smokin
but my 2nd coice would be Tank.... almost equally as cool.

Vashner

08-31-2005, 10:14 PM

"ez"

whottt

08-31-2005, 10:27 PM

I voted for Looter, that's hilarious.

If I may though, I have another suggestion....

Name him Jazz in honor of New Orleans.

That is kind of a cool name...but...

Do you really expect TimVP to name his dog Jazz?

As in New Orleans Jazz? As in before they were the Utah Jazz?

A Serbian Beast

08-31-2005, 11:16 PM

I voted Avery. Sounds like a dog name more than Tank, Hurricane, lol or "Looter".
Also consider, Parker Duncan Ginobili, as a name. I can't imagine what those people in NO are going through tho. Losin everything and there pets.
Anyways, thats cool that you did that.

Aggie Hoopsfan

08-31-2005, 11:30 PM

Do you really expect TimVP to name his dog Jazz?

As in New Orleans Jazz? As in before they were the Utah Jazz?

Yeah I thought about that but then I thought in this situation, such an enormity of disaster, we all have to make sacrifices...

j-6

09-01-2005, 02:38 AM

I liked Avery as a conversation piece name any time you have people over to your house.

Kori Ellis

09-01-2005, 02:41 AM

I like the name Avery too.
Avery is LJ's favorite former Spur.
Avery is from New Orleans.
Avery is black.

Makes sense to me. :drunk

TheWriter

09-01-2005, 02:50 AM

Frank the tank!

http://www.gazette.uwo.ca/.%2F2004%2FSeptember%2F23%2Fscans%2F08A%20Frank%20 the%20Tank.png

j-6

09-01-2005, 02:52 AM

I like the name Avery too.
Avery is LJ's favorite former Spur.
Avery is from New Orleans.
Avery is black.

Makes sense to me. :drunk

If he takes his first shit way outside by the fence, that name's no good. But if it's midrange, like somewhere near your porch (ie AJ's Finals jumper), it fits perfectly.

whottt

09-01-2005, 03:50 AM

I like the name Avery too.
Avery is LJ's favorite former Spur.
Avery is from New Orleans.
Avery is black.

Makes sense to me. :drunk

Euthanization would be more humane.

timvp

09-01-2005, 04:01 AM

Euthanization would be more humane.

:flipoff

If he barks a lot but won't bite, we'll name it Whottt.

:smokin

TheWriter

09-01-2005, 04:09 AM

:flipoff

If he barks a lot but won't bite, we'll name it Whottt.

:smokin

If it says:

Coyote > David Robinson

Then you can name it Whottt, or if by some chance the vet gives it a vagina, then you can truly call the dog Whottt.

whottt

09-01-2005, 04:19 AM

:flipoff

If he barks a lot but won't bite, we'll name it Whottt.

:smokin

Would you want to be named Avery?

exstatic

09-01-2005, 10:32 PM

I like Lucky, Avery, and Looter in that order. :lol

exstatic

09-01-2005, 10:36 PM

On second thought, Looter-cris.

:elephant :elephant

midgetonadonkey

09-02-2005, 09:09 AM

How about Floodsy McDog?

Shelly

09-02-2005, 10:27 AM

On second thought, Looter-cris.

:elephant :elephant

:lol

We may have a winner!

mcornelio

09-02-2005, 10:44 AM

any pictures?

Kori Ellis

09-02-2005, 10:46 AM

We haven't picked him up yet. We are bringing him home this afternoon and we'll take pictures.

greywheel

09-02-2005, 11:35 AM

If he takes his first shit way outside by the fence, that name's no good. But if it's midrange, like somewhere near your porch (ie AJ's Finals jumper), it fits perfectly.

Along this line, you could let the dog's behaviour help pick his name.
He you find him plowing into things and breaking them go with Tank.
If he floods your house choose Hurricane.
If he keeps barking about stuff you have trouble understanding, Avery.
If he steals your socks and runs off with them, Looter.

BTW, :tu to Kori and LJ, never been so proud to lurk here.

Kori Ellis

09-02-2005, 02:00 PM

We are going now to go pick him up. :elephant :elephant :elephant

Johnny_Blaze_47

09-02-2005, 02:01 PM

One vote for Looter!

T Park

09-02-2005, 02:02 PM

YAY

GREAT KORI

Hey Kori, if you could ask, I have some friends wanting some dogs

could you ask if they have any stranded Basset Hounds please??? :)

SpursWoman

09-02-2005, 02:03 PM

See, it'd be fun saying:

"Heeeeerrrreeeeee LooterLooterLooterLooter!!!!"

:lol

Horry For 3!

09-02-2005, 02:04 PM

Do not name him Looter! :bang

Kori Ellis

09-02-2005, 02:05 PM

YAY

GREAT KORI

Hey Kori, if you could ask, I have some friends wanting some dogs

could you ask if they have any stranded Basset Hounds please??? :)

TPark, there weren't any basset hounds. They were mostly bigger dogs - lab, shepherd, rottweiler, and mixes of those types. There were a few border collie mixes too.

T Park

09-02-2005, 02:16 PM

Alright thanks.

ObiwanGinobili

09-02-2005, 02:47 PM

See, it'd be fun saying:

"Heeeeerrrreeeeee LooterLooterLooterLooter!!!!"

:lol

:lmao :lmao

you guys MUST name him LOOTER! :elephant

Horry For 3!

09-02-2005, 03:00 PM

:lmao :lmao

you guys MUST name him LOOTER! :elephant
Noooooo. I'd feel sorry for the dog.

Old School Chic

09-02-2005, 03:04 PM

Kori & LJ,

Say hi to Tank for me. Tank Is his name, right? :spin

Horry For 3!

09-02-2005, 04:25 PM

Kori & LJ,

Say hi to Tank for me. Tank Is his name, right? :spin
Yeah that is his original name.

Kori Ellis

09-02-2005, 04:25 PM

http://spurstalk.com/forums/showthread.php?p=473120#post473120

Spurminator

09-02-2005, 04:30 PM

What about Refugee?

"Fuji" for short.

picnroll

09-02-2005, 04:46 PM

Kat after his deliverer Katrina.

Boy named Sue. Dog named Kat.

Old School Chic

09-02-2005, 05:03 PM

http://spurstalk.com/forums/showthread.php?p=473120#post473120

He's adorable................ Welcome to SA Tank! :elephant

Kori Ellis

09-02-2005, 05:44 PM

Kat after his deliverer Katrina.

Boy named Sue. Dog named Kat.

If we got a girl dog, we were going to actually name it Kat. But, it doesn't really fit for this dog. We might call him Slim.

MiNuS

09-02-2005, 06:05 PM

If we got a girl dog, we were going to actually name it Kat. But, it doesn't really fit for this dog. We might call him Slim.
Call him "Spur". He's already wearing black.He just needs numbers painted on him. He can be the official Spurs Dog.

maxpower

09-02-2005, 06:26 PM

I'm late for this party...but my vote goes for
NOLA.

Sonia_TX

09-02-2005, 11:48 PM

Have you named him yet? If not...maybe Nola? Wait...that sounds like a girlie dog... dang... I'll vote for Tank.

Sonia_TX

09-02-2005, 11:52 PM

I'm late for this party...but my vote goes for
NOLA.

We had the same thought...

Kori Ellis

09-13-2005, 12:59 PM

By the way, his name is "Deuce".

MannyIsGod

09-13-2005, 01:02 PM

He'll always be looter to some of us. :lol

Hook Dem

09-13-2005, 01:12 PM

How bout "Gumbo"?

Sonia_TX

09-13-2005, 02:24 PM

Kori, why would you have a poll and then not even name your dog what the voters chose? I guess like Manny said...he'll always be Looter to some.

Why Deuce?

Kori Ellis

09-13-2005, 02:27 PM

:lol

I never said the poll results would be the dog's name. The thread and poll was for ideas/suggestions.

Deuce = Deuce McAllister, New Orleans Saints football player.

tlongII

09-13-2005, 02:29 PM

:lol

I never said the poll results would be the dog's name. The thread and poll was for ideas/suggestions.

Deuce = Deuce McAllister, New Orleans Saints football player.

Unbeavable! You posted a fake poll! You should be penalized in some manner.

Kori Ellis

09-13-2005, 02:31 PM

How is it a fake poll?

When did I say that the results of the poll would be the name of the dog?

You guys are weird.

Sonia_TX

09-13-2005, 02:32 PM

lol...well when you ask "what should his name be?" I thought you were really serious. haha

Kori Ellis

09-13-2005, 02:33 PM

Yeah I was serious. "What should his name be?" is asking your opinion what the name should be. It doesn't mean that whatever the poll results is the actual name. It's an opinion poll.

MannyIsGod

09-13-2005, 02:37 PM

:lol

I don't care about your poll, Kori. I just want to be racist torwards your dog.

ObiwanGinobili

09-13-2005, 02:51 PM

He'll always be looter to some of us. :lol

:tu

in my mind it's: "kori, lj, and thier dog..looter!" :lol

tlongII

09-13-2005, 02:51 PM

How is it a fake poll?

When did I say that the results of the poll would be the name of the dog?

You guys are weird.

The "implication" was that the poll results would be given great consideration toward naming your dog. You violated the trust of the forum populace. :nope

Kori Ellis

09-13-2005, 03:20 PM

The "implication" was that the poll results would be given great consideration toward naming your dog. You violated the trust of the forum populace. :nope
Well actually when I started the thread, there was no poll attached to it.

So you are stupid for assuming. :lol

Sportcamper

09-13-2005, 03:28 PM

Poor Dog...Endures famine & flood...Then gets shipped to San Antonio to be castrated...Life is a Biotch....
http://images.viacomlocalnetworks.com/images_sizedimage_252153556/xl

Sep 8, 2005 7:01 am US/Pacific
NEW ORLEANS (CBS) A black Labrador Retriever, who pulled a man from floodwaters in New Orleans, is safe after being rescued by KCAL 9’s David Jackson.

Kevin Williams, unable to swim, found himself stuck over his head in rising floodwaters on Tuesday outside his home near the French Quarter. Then a black Labrador Retriever came to Williams’ rescue, pulling him to shallower water.

Williams, in tears, reluctantly had to leave the dog, now named “Katrina,” behind while fleeing the city. Katrina would not be allowed to make the helicopter trip.

The following day, KCAL 9’s David Jackson went to the area where Katrina rescued Williams’ and found her standing watch on a front porch.

Jackson and crew brought her out of harm’s way.

“We run across the nicest dog in the whole world, what are the odds of that,” Jackson said. “The whole thing is a miracle.”

Kori Ellis

09-13-2005, 03:33 PM

:lol

That looks kind of like him. But he arrived in San Antonio on the 30th.

Sportcamper

09-13-2005, 03:35 PM

Congratulations on the new Lab...That dog hit the jack pot....

tlongII

09-13-2005, 03:54 PM

That is what I would expect of a Lab. She's a hero dog!

Sportcamper

09-13-2005, 04:22 PM

My yellow lab is a hero also...She eats tennis shoes, chews up wood fences, digs nice big holes and can open cans of cat food with her teeth...

http://espn.go.com/winnercomm/outdoors/sportingdogs/i/P2_sd_PC_Lab_yellow_grass.jpg

tlongII

09-13-2005, 04:24 PM

Sportcamper

09-13-2005, 04:33 PM

She is constantly raiding the avocado trees & my neighbors concord grapes...She never stops eating...She even raids the orange tree...She sneaks cans of cat food out of the cupboard when I am not looking & hides them in the backyard just to tick me off...