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Well, mostly good.
As you know we've been trying to rehome Pollux for some time now. We were never in a rush because he is a wonderful dog and we loved him but we also knew we could not give him what he fully needed and deserved. We've had potential homes but none were perfect for him. He had a very rocky past, one full of neglect and a bit of a trauma during his fear period so you can say he would need a lot of work. We've done a lot with him and I'm sure you've seen the videos of him doing schutzhund, he's made major improvement ssince we've had him.
Well, yesterday my wife got a call from a professional animal wrangler in California interested in him. (We confirmed with our talent agent who he is and she did confirm it). This person is one of the go-to people out there when movies and TV people want wolf-like dogs. He has several wolf hybrids but they're getting old and due to increasingly strict legislations across the country in regards to hybrids he's been looking at better alternatives and decided to go with vlcaks.
He got a female from a kennel (one I do not like but that's a different story) and was lookin for a very wolfy looking male so he could mate them for a litter of vlcaks to use for his kennel and work.
He ended up contacting us for Pollux. The wrangler, Pollux's owner, and my wife came up to an agreement this morning.
In related news - he was contacted by the King of Thrones people. Apparently they are having second thoughts over using Northern Inuit dogs as the dire wolves and wanted something different - they contacted him and want to use his dogs.
He intendes to use Pollux and the female as two of the dire wolves in season 2 of Game of Thrones along with some of his hybrids. (My stipulation is that they BETTER send us tons of pictures with him on the set!!).
The wrangler also lives on 1+ acres of property, has a staff, and several other dogs who Pollux will be able to run around and play with.
This is about as close to perfect as we can get and I am ecstatic for Pollux.
So, why the "bad" news? He made me his human. He loved to cuddle next to me when I am watching TV, he loved to go to schutzhund with me (he wouldn't work for anyone else), loved to go out and do service work training with me. He loved to be with me and the feeling was mutual. With Maiya getting old (she's 13 now) its getting to where I won't have "my own" dog in our pack in the next year or two. The right decision for him is a hard one for me.
I'm going to miss him. I don't even have the heart to tell my wife I had actually started to write a story about him and his endeavors.
As you know we've been trying to rehome Pollux for some time now. We were never in a rush because he is a wonderful dog and we loved him but we also knew we could not give him what he fully needed and deserved. We've had potential homes but none were perfect for him. He had a very rocky past, one full of neglect and a bit of a trauma during his fear period so you can say he would need a lot of work. We've done a lot with him and I'm sure you've seen the videos of him doing schutzhund, he's made major improvement ssince we've had him.
Well, yesterday my wife got a call from a professional animal wrangler in California interested in him. (We confirmed with our talent agent who he is and she did confirm it). This person is one of the go-to people out there when movies and TV people want wolf-like dogs. He has several wolf hybrids but they're getting old and due to increasingly strict legislations across the country in regards to hybrids he's been looking at better alternatives and decided to go with vlcaks.
He got a female from a kennel (one I do not like but that's a different story) and was lookin for a very wolfy looking male so he could mate them for a litter of vlcaks to use for his kennel and work.
He ended up contacting us for Pollux. The wrangler, Pollux's owner, and my wife came up to an agreement this morning.
In related news - he was contacted by the King of Thrones people. Apparently they are having second thoughts over using Northern Inuit dogs as the dire wolves and wanted something different - they contacted him and want to use his dogs.
He intendes to use Pollux and the female as two of the dire wolves in season 2 of Game of Thrones along with some of his hybrids. (My stipulation is that they BETTER send us tons of pictures with him on the set!!).
The wrangler also lives on 1+ acres of property, has a staff, and several other dogs who Pollux will be able to run around and play with.
This is about as close to perfect as we can get and I am ecstatic for Pollux.
So, why the "bad" news? He made me his human. He loved to cuddle next to me when I am watching TV, he loved to go to schutzhund with me (he wouldn't work for anyone else), loved to go out and do service work training with me. He loved to be with me and the feeling was mutual. With Maiya getting old (she's 13 now) its getting to where I won't have "my own" dog in our pack in the next year or two. The right decision for him is a hard one for me.
I'm going to miss him. I don't even have the heart to tell my wife I had actually started to write a story about him and his endeavors.
Your face is classical.
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