I think it is shameful no one has adopted this fellow yet (click to enlarge):
My dad just sent over those pictures of Yogi, so I thought I would use some cute factor to calm everyone down a notch.
The backstory- last Monday, my dad was driving to town (we both live in a small town in the middle of nowhere- and no, I live down the street, not in their basement), and on his way he saw what looked like a dead dog lying almost on the road in the other lane. He couldn’t stop because there were cars behind him and this was a curvy country road, but he did slow down and the dog didn’t move. An hour or two later, after he had finished at the grocery, he was driving home, and the dog was still there, so he pulled over. He was just assuming the dog was dead and was trying to pull it away from the road in case it was someone’s pet, because it would be horrible for someone to find their beloved pet mutilated on the side of the road, run over repeatedly, because no one gave enough of a shit to help your loved one out.
As he was reaching down to move the dog, the dog lifted his head and looked at my dad. Dad was mortified, because he had thought it was dead and was really upset he had just left it there for an hour or so. He ran to the car, got a blanket, covered him up and rushed off to our vet (Harry, an old family friend, who is pictured holding Yogi). The dog had some injuries to his hind quarters and will take some time to recover, but basically he was ok.
Dad says he is a super sweet dog, and I think you can tell that just by the pictures. His hair is very silky, and he is not a shedder, and he is very well behaved according to all the cute veterinary assistants, who have been showering him with affection since he got there. Apparently, he has his own cage at the vets, but they just let him wander around, and he has had no problems with any of the other visiting patients the last two weeks, so that would suggest an even temper. Soooo, if any of you are looking for a for life friend, Yogi needs a good home.
And for those of you keeping count, that is now the third dog who has thrown him/herself in front of one of the Cole men on an abandoned road and been rescued in the last 6 months. They must see us suckers coming a mile away.
BTW- I thought he should have been named Possum because he was playing dead, but the girls liked Yogi. I love the Marx brothers mustache he is rocking…
slag
Can you trade Rosie in?
Delia
I don’t know about lackeys, but you sure have a lot of running dogs hanging around you.
John Cole
@slag: God I wish. Today Rosie pottied on the living room floor an hour after her morning walk, has whined at me all day, almost tripped me on a walk after lunch, and then, stopped in the middle of the road and took a shit on the fresh snow.
And it is only 4:45. The day is not done.
Lysana
ZOMG PUPPEH!
Definitely needed the dog dosage after everything else. Including my own writing about Santorum. Gods help me, but I’m avoiding the comments on that one for a bit. Getting snarky about the GOP in a teabagger enclave is painting myself in dead tuna carcasses and going for a swim in the Pacific.
Cat Lady
Maybe West Virginia has one of those barking telephone chains for woebegone unwanted dogs going on like in 101 Dalmations. The word has definitely gone out about the Coles.
blondie
Adorable!! That does remind me to ask, why no pics of the Tunch, Rosie or Lily lately??? These tough times mandate more pet pics!!!!
Loneoak
That is a kick ass mustache.
I would name him Charles Bronson.
Mark S.
When is the last time we had a picture of Lily? You know, the good dog?
BGinCHI
@Loneoak: Or dye it and go with Chuck Norris.
Depends on his machismo level.
Or if he licks his balls a lot. Then I’d go with Coulter.
Stephen1947
Hi, John – OT, but you haven’t had an open thread lately… I’m sure you will like this.
PurpleGirl
Cole – you and your family have such generous hearts. You all do good. Yogi is so cute.
As with people who just drop babies somewhere, it’s awful for people to just throw out a pet. It is shameful.
Echoing the calls for a picture or two of Lilly (and Tunch).
trollhattan
When DougJ was axin’ about maintaining BJ traffic and suggestions for interesting topics, one of my list was JC finds Dog #3. Just sayin’
Yes, he’s dang cute and big enough to qualify as a Real Dog. Good on dad for caring to stop–lots of FSM brownie points! (I see what you did there with the cute assistants reference.)
slag
@John Cole: Ouch. I’m impressed that you do this to yourself. Well…maybe “impressed” isn’t the right word…Intrigued. I’m intrigued that you do this to yourself.
Violet
Oh, he’s adorable! If I didn’t live so far away from you I’d be over in an instant to pick him up. He looks like a total sweetie.
@John Cole:
Did you ever look into Pr0zac or the like for Rosie? Someone suggested it in a Rosie thread here awhile ago and it does seem like she might be a good candidate for it. It’s not just people that need a little help occasionally.
I will also say that a friend’s dog was helped by doggie acupuncture, but that might not be as readily available in a small town in WV as it is in a big city.
Morbo
John, did you and Rosie take a trip to Ireland recently?
Bulworth
What a great, and at the same time sad, story. Hooray to your dad for rescuing Yogi. I hope he finds a great forever home soon.
Loneoak
@BGinCHI:
I thought about going the Norris route, but ole’ tight pants Chuckie is a little high strung and his eyes have that sleepier Bronson look.
Speaking of ball-breath Ann, what is the term for self-teabagging? Auto-bagging? Autoscrotophagia?
FoxinSocks
My tabby cats did something similar to a friend of mine. He was driving a deserted North Georgia road in the middle of the night, when something small and furry strutted into his lane. Luckily, he stopped the car and got out to check on the animal. He found a tiny tabby kitten, probably 8 weeks old, who promptly walked over to his car and got in, making herself at home in the back seat. He then noticed an orange tabby hiding in the bushes and grabbed him as well.
He then took the kittens and dropped them off at the local kill shelter. When I found out about it, I completely flipped out. I might’ve questioned his manhood. Being an ex-Marine, he did not take this well and promptly pulled the kittens out of the shelter, drove for several hundred miles and met me in North Carolina, where we made the handoff. The kittens were supposed to be adopted out, but I had just lost a cat and well…they’re still here. Though now they’re gigantic fat tabbies.
Shinobi
What a cute.
Your family makes me feel better about the frequency with which I find myself rescuing lost doggies.
WyldPirate
Hrrmphh. Damn dog looks like a Firebagger and a racist that would use the “n” word.
And Cole obviously supports this dog!. This dog, this Yogi, must have pictures of Cole! Pictures of Cole harassing the cute vet assistants.
BGinCHI
@Loneoak: Can’t top these suggestions.
It would be pretty fun to be able to yell “Ann Coulter, stop licking your balls!” at the dog park.
John - A Motley Moose
@John Cole: zomg! A dog took a dump outside! Whoocodanode?!?!!!
As for Yogi, I’d take him in a heartbeat if I wasn’t way up in Michigan. It’s been a month and a half since my dog had to be put down. This house feels awful empty without him. Hell, I’d be happy to take Rosie, if only…
I’m planning on volunteering as a dog-walker and cage cleaner at the local animal shelter once the weather breaks. I doubt it will take very long for me to fall in love with one of their guests. Probably on the first day.
BGinCHI
@WyldPirate: If that dog really is good with a camera, prolly Breitbart will hire him.
At least when this employee shits on his rug it’ll make sense.
Capri
@John Cole:
Could you expand a little on his back end issues – Issues like two fractured femurs or issues like a little road rash?
trollhattan
@BGinCHI:
And thus, a meme is given life.
I don’t hear too much from missah Ann lately. (S)he too middle-of-the-road for Republicans now?
TaMara (BHF)
If we could get that dog to Colorado he’d be welcome here. And I say that will all seriousness. And I think he looks like a Duke. No idea why. I’m sure he will find a good home…I was kind of surprised he was living at the vet and not at Sr. Cole’s.
Wasn’t your brother’s stray a silky type terrier, too?
Redshift
On a related note, there’s some news on the rabbit hoarding case that Anne Laurie kindly posted about for me a couple of days ago.
Animal Advocates of Howard County has offered to pay for spays and neuters and help to arrange transport for anyone looking to adopt from the shelter (or for rescue groups taking in fosters). So if you know anyone who was interested in adopting but not sure they could handle it, or out-of-state rescue groups that could help, please let them know. Animal Advocates’ email address is aadvocates at hotmail.
(Rescues have done some amazing transport chains in the past. Our local rescue group took in rabbits left homeless after Katrina, and others from a hoarding case in Tennessee.)
Loneoak
@BGinCHI:
Hell, I’m going to start doing this. And my dog is named Turnip.
KG
The President is saying that he’ll go to the Super Bowl if the Bears win this weekend. The security nightmare is not something I would even like to consider, even for a second.
JPL
Wish I didn’t live so far away. Miss Moxie loves company and I have a large fenced yard to romp in. Please keep us informed about Yogi.
Just Some Fuckhead
Dognappers don’t fall too far from the tree.
freelancer
@John Cole:
I love the careful word choice. Potty is what we do when we deficate indoors in the wrong place. Shit is just dumping outside in the street willy-nilly.
WereBear
Well, if we can get a dog chain going here to place some of these dogs who keep throwing themselves in front of the Coles’ cars, I’m in. I can pick up in Westchester and get to NH, for instance.
WyldPirate
@BGinCHI:
Breitbart? Somehow I imagine Breitbart has already payed people to take pictures of him gobbling up shit off the floor.
Yes, Breitbart as a scat gobbler. Something about that seems to suggest harmony and balance in our universe.
Tsulagi
Good on your dad. He earned some good karma.
demkat620
What a cute! If I had a way to get him here, I’d take him.
I love my JRT but that dog wears me out and needs a friend.
TaMara (BHF)
@TaMara (BHF): WITH all seriousness. Typing fail today.
Jager
@John Cole:
Mrs J slipped the dog some Italian sausage off her pizza last night. The result, I had a 85ib German Shepard in my face at 3:45am, I took him out and he sprayed shit out of his ass like a fire hose. Been awake since, he and Mrs j went right back to sleep. She came down at 7:30 this morning and said “when did you get up”? I almost threw my coffee in her face.
BTW, that’s a damn good looking dog!
Dan
Can you drive him to Long Island?
FoxinSocks
By the way, I’m totally up for participating in a rescue chain. I’ve done it before and it’s something I’d love to do again.
BGinCHI
@Loneoak: Let’s hold hands as a nation and do this.
jeffreyw
I saw that.
BGinCHI
@Jager: Trying to guess who’s in the doghouse because of all this, but I’m drawing a blank.
Steeplejack
@Morbo:
Oh, my God, that is hilarious! For people who haven’t watched it yet, check it from about 1:00 to 1:30, when the dog makes a really good play on the ball.
And the crowd boos when the dog is removed from the pitch.
slag
@KG: Well, if he does end up attending the SuperBowl, I expect him to balance it by attending a TED conference, or ballet performance, or even a ComicCon. I’m tired of my effete, elitist President attending in all these commonly primitive athletic activities.
I was promised an exotically alien President, and that’s what I expect to get!
Mike Kay
speaking of FDL fucking up.
Last August Christine Romer left the administration. No big deal, people come and go.
But Hamsher immediately ran to MSNBC and claimed Romer left because Obama is a sexist. Never mind that Hamsher offered no evidence supporting of her charge, never mind that if Obama was a sexist he wouldn’t have appointed Romer in the first place, as well as two women to the supreme court, and Hillary as secretary of state.
Hamsher has never let facts and logic get in the way of a smear.
Hamsher went so far to say Obama should be listening to people like Romer because she’s always right, but big sexist Obama won’t because he hates women. (cite/scroll down)
So guess what happen this weekend. Hamsher’s economic hero Christina Romer published a full-throated op-ed in The New York Times begging Obama to adopt the “catfood commission” – lock, stock, and barrel.
hahahahahhahahahahhahahahah
is there anything hamsher can’t fuck up.
vernon
Is someone—anyone—gonna comment on Freddie DeBoer’s (shorter:) “You’re All Libertarians Now” piece… or Tim Lee’s response… or AT LEAST Sully’s response to Tim Lee? Come ON, already! ! !
Jager
@BGinCHI:
Your first guess was correct. Any bad behavior on the part of Mrs J or the dog is always my fault, they are allied against me unless they need something from me.
When the dog is bored, he knows if he acts “nervous” around Mrs J, she’ll say to me “I think he needs to go out”, if I say “he shit an hour ago” she responds, “I don’t know, better take him just to make sure”, I’ll say “you take him out”, she’ll say, “I’m already in my pajamas (she puts them on as soon as she gets home) honey”. I have to get up from watching Top Gear, take the dog out, he always just fucks around, reading pee-mail, doing tall dog marking. I call him some names (ie, miserable prick, asshole, doggy jerk, etc) he just grins at me. When we get home, Mrs J (who has changed the channel) asks “did he poop”? I’ll answer, “Fuck no”! Then she says, “Don’t talk like that, you’re better than that”! Sometimes I wish she would turn into a guy for about 30 seconds, I’d kick his (her) ass!
BGinCHI
@Jager: A modern love story.
Cliff
Great Idea. Here is my entry:
mollymaesden.blogspot.com/2011/01/morning-walk-in-snow.html
Molly getting a chance to run in her first big snowstorm since I got her… (2 inches in SC, and here don’t count)
ps: the tires were easy to make, some mud tires and a few hundred sheet metal screws.
trollhattan
@Steeplejack:
Yup, that was brilliant. He didn’t seem to be favoring one side; they should have left him out there.
Sko Hayes
@BGinCHI: That’s what I was thinking.
I used to have a boyfriend like him, always complained about my dogs. While we were together, one of my dogs had to be euthanized (17 years old), and the guy cried like a baby. He was a good guy.
frosty
@WereBear: Interesting. I could make the run from South PA to Westchester. My brother lives around there and I haven’t seen him in awhile.
EEH
slag
@Cliff: Awesome! You should teach John how to ride a bike with his dog. That way, if he’s gonna keep her around, he can at least get some exercise out of the deal. Also, I’ve found riding in the snow–even with regular tires–to be easier than walking in the snow.
Linda
I live in west central NJ and can caravan from PHilly-ish to northern NJ. Cant board dog. Have cats.
Cliff
@slag:
Regular tires, when there is ice or snow, no way. Ive got a old BMX bike with sticky rubber knobbies for the merely sandy/cold days.
You can hear the ‘unhappy with being ridden on dry pavement’ screws grinding into the pavement. I can’t wait for the snow mobiles to get out there and turn the trails to ice, Then (…and days like the other day after the ice storm)the tires will be happy =)
Cliff
I say this after a very few, but overly dangerous, events with regular tires in a inch or so of fluffy snow. Its the hidden ice under the snow, or the packed bits of snow near stop signs that are as slippy as ice.
after those ‘events’ I won’t ride a bike with unstudded tires in minimal snow again.
wobblybits
@Cliff: sqeeeee Molly is adorable as usual. She reminds me of my Rot when she was a pup.
Cliff
@wobblybits:
Thanks, she is lovely and so smart. since she is only 45 pounds I think the doberman in her was miniature doberman, which I didn’t know existed till I saw ‘Chip” on a old episode of dog whisperer (s02e08)
josefina
@Morbo: ZOMG! That dog does look like a sawed-off Rosie!
Dumb question: What the hell are they playing?
JeannieBeej
So I finally check out your site today, and see this story. If we didn’t have 12 rescues, (6 dogs, four cats, two rabbits and soon, three chickens), I’d tell my out of town husband to check out your site. As it is, though, I’ll have to wait until you tell us the dog’s been adopted, or my dear hubby will get in his car and drive from our state to you. And people already think we’re crazy, so…
Freaking ADORABLE pooch! Freaking AWESOME dad you have!
Anne Laurie
@John Cole:
Since you are resisting the idea of medicating Rosie, you might try hand-feeding her. Taking 15 minutes every night to hand-feed kibble to our alpha-bitch rescue Gloria really made a difference in her level of attention-seeking behavior. This was a suggestion from my personal Dog Guru, and the crude behaviorist explanation goes “Dog is reminded every day who’s in charge of the supply line”. But Gloria was taken into rescue for ‘neglect’, and she’s very food-responsive, and yet right from the start our nightly ritual makes her visibly relax her usual tense vigilance — it really feels like “Okay, now I can trust you to guarantee that I’ll get what I need, so I can ease up a little on the continual hunt to find & protect anything that might be edible.”
Gina
@Jager: Whoa, for a second there I mistook you for my DH.
He also gets to find the barfed up mouse and vole remains the cats deposit on the stairs in the AM.
bookcat
werebere@WereBear: I’d be up for dog ferrying to south PA from WVA. I live in Baltimore and provided JC dad’s house isn’t too deep in the hollers I could do it.
asiangrrlMN
Cole, Yogi is adorable. Your dad did a good thing. I’d be willing to ferry him for a MN leg if he needs to be driven across the country.
@Morbo: That’s funny as hell. I was choking on my laughter. What a happy and exuberant dog. Good ‘baller, too.
@Cliff: Molly is so dang cute.
fordpowers
if he wants a brother and a sister and someone can ship him to the west coast – we would love him forever.
and we’d name him charles bronson. @Loneoak
cckids
I cannot join in any possible drive-a-thon to transport the cute pooch, but would be happy to throw some $$ towards people’s gas. What an adorable pup.
and Morbo? The soccer/rugby/WTF? sport JRT is great! Glad no one stepped on him.
Linda
@Jager:
Reading pee-mail!!
Can’t stop laughing!!