Tucker has a visitor

Hi there! I'm so glad you came back to see me. I want to show you my yard some more, and I wanted to share what fun time I had with Cooper, who came to visit yesterday! Cooper is another English Pointer, who used to be fostered here at this foster home. When he lived here, his name was Jeremiah, but now that he has a forever home, his name is Cooper. He remembers our foster mom, and he remembers my foster sisters, too! He is SUCH a cool guy! I can't believe how much fun we had! Take a look at us playing in the yard. Even my foster sisters got in on the play. Cooper's dad was pretty cool, too. He thought I was a really handsome boy.

You know there are some things a guy can talk about with another guy, that he just can't share with his foster sisters. I told Cooper that I was afraid that I might never find a forever home. Cooper told me that there IS a home out there just waiting for me. I can hardly wait. I mean, I like it here, and all, but I really want a home of my own, where my family is MY family, and I can love and be loved. Cooper says that that's what HE has. He says that my foster mom will help me find just exactly the right place for me - the way she did for him. It sure is great having a friend in IBR to help me out. I'd be especially happy if I had a brother or sister in my new home. I don't mind if my new brother or sister has fur or skin. I just want to be a part of a forever family. Are you that forever family?

Come visit me again, soon. I'll be waiting right here!

Hi, I'm Tucker! I'm so glad you came to see me! I am a happy-go-lucky 2.5 year old English Pointer boy.

Although I am a little skinny right now, I am working on putting on a little weight. I eat well, and my foster mom says that I will put on some weight when I get more settled and comfortable. I've only been here for a few days, after all!


I like to hang out in the yard with my foster sisters. They are a little bossy, but I'm an easy-going kind of guy, and I find them pretty easy to live with.



I also like to sleep on the couch, or even on the bed, even though the kitties sometimes join us there. Kitties are ok, unless they hiss and scare me.


One of my very favorite things is to go to the dog park.

I'm interested in the other dogs - as long as they are nice. But what I really love to do there is run! It's so much fun to run away from my foster mom - and then run back! Here I am running back to my foster mom. I check in often, the way the other dogs do.

When we're all done at the dog park, we are cold and tired. So then we like to go home and snuggle up and rest.

Maybe you'd like to adopt me, and then we could go for walks at the dog park together, and we could snuggle on the couch or on the bed together. I would really like that.


I hope you come back to see me soon. I'll be here waiting.


Shy Pointer kisses, Tucker.

Introducing Tucker

Tucker is a HANDSOME 2.5 year old Lemonhead English Pointer. He and Shirley were owner-returns to IBR, due to divorce. Tucker is very camera shy. Just pointing the camera in his direction is enough to get him up looking for another place to be.

Don't take my picture!

If I'm distracted, I don't notice the camera.

In all other ways, though, he is a LOVE. He is cat safe, although he will chase them a bit. If they hiss at him, he will turn around and tip-toe away. This morning he was "trapped" in the bathroom, as one of the cats was sitting in the hallway outside the bathroom door. He wouldn't pass her until I stepped between them (scary, scary, scary). On the other hand, I decided to sit in bed and read for a while. He joined me and both resident dogs - and both cats - on the bed. He seemed pretty comfortable till he got bored with us.

Listening for noises in the neighborhood.

He is working on leash skills, but I've certainly had bigger challenges than he is. He knows "sit", and seems to know "stay" - a little. "Down" (as in lay down) seems to be new to him, but he's willing to learn. He might know it by a different command word. He is good at meal-time, waiting patiently for me to give him his food, and eating well. He is good at waiting for others to get their food first - or will be happy to take his first if that's what I do. I can take his bowl away from him without complaint (and then give it back, of course), but he doesn't want the other dogs to take it.

We're waiting for foster mom to be ready to go in.
We're cold - can we go in yet?

On the whole, he is a passive boy. If the girls jump on him, he lays down and says "anything you want".

What do you want me to do?

After you get past his initial shyness, he comes out of his shell, and has a really nice personality.

I think I might like my new yard.

See me run in the video below!

I took him to the dog park today, and he handled BEAUTIFULLY off-leash. He checked in a lot, and he was almost never out of sight. He was a joy to have there, and he had a really good time. We arranged to meet some friends there, so he was the only boy in a crowd of four girls (one Pointer and three Setters). He loved it! When it was time to go, he was completely ready to put on his leash and go back to the car. He's sleeping in the living room right now.

Tired boy.

Tucker arrives in Minnesota

Here he is - Tucker is the handsome Lemonhead facing the camera, posing next to his temporary foster mom.