WEBVTT 1 00:00:02.319 --> 00:00:07.759 This is the Daily Dog podcast for Wednesday, February twelfth, twenty twenty. 2 00:00:07.799 --> 00:00:13.400 I'm your host Joel Lownes and today's dog is Nova Prime, a Dutch Shepherd 3 00:00:13.480 --> 00:00:18.519 Greyhound mix. Nova's owner, Marissa Stewart told me how a case adia brought 4 00:00:18.559 --> 00:00:28.679 them together. My dog and her name is Nova, full name Nova Prime. 5 00:00:29.960 --> 00:00:40.799 She is the best rescue story slash goofball dog that you could think of 6 00:00:41.039 --> 00:00:45.240 that came off the street. So I'm myself and I speak for my family, 7 00:00:45.320 --> 00:00:51.679 but we are so thankful that she decided to save herself with us because 8 00:00:51.759 --> 00:00:56.679 we couldn't have you been without her the past couple of years. She's so 9 00:00:56.759 --> 00:01:00.039 awesome. So I had been missing my previous dog for quite a few years. 10 00:01:00.719 --> 00:01:03.359 My old dogcar was with my ex and I kind of, you know, 11 00:01:03.480 --> 00:01:08.280 lost her in the separation. So I've been kind of missing a dog 12 00:01:08.319 --> 00:01:15.799 around and having depression and anxiety. Definitely having a pet would have been beneficial, 13 00:01:15.879 --> 00:01:19.159 but it just wasn't in the cards. But one day I was coming 14 00:01:19.159 --> 00:01:23.920 back from my niece's soccer game and I had been really craving some Chipotle, 15 00:01:23.120 --> 00:01:27.239 so I was super excited to grab my salad and a cheesecasadilla. So I 16 00:01:27.280 --> 00:01:30.760 was on the way back home because you know, those are coveted, so 17 00:01:30.799 --> 00:01:37.640 I'm super stoked about it. And I pulled into our driveway and as I'm 18 00:01:37.680 --> 00:01:42.519 getting out of the car, I just happened to glance up the street and 19 00:01:44.439 --> 00:01:51.480 there's this skinny brown hound like walking down the street towards me. And I 20 00:01:51.560 --> 00:01:55.319 was like, oh, oh my, I mean she's she's rather large. 21 00:01:55.319 --> 00:01:59.680 It was a little intimidating because there was this thing just like running towards the 22 00:01:59.719 --> 00:02:02.640 street towards me. But being a dog person, I'm like, oh, 23 00:02:02.640 --> 00:02:07.239 this does not look you know, good, Like this must be a stray. 24 00:02:07.400 --> 00:02:14.919 So she kind of paused about the next house down and I immediately just 25 00:02:14.960 --> 00:02:19.400 sat on the floor right behind my car, on the ground, and she 26 00:02:19.639 --> 00:02:22.960 was kind of eyeball in me, and I was trying to talk sweet to 27 00:02:23.000 --> 00:02:27.479 her, and she was very unsure, but was decided to like sit and 28 00:02:27.560 --> 00:02:31.159 kind of peer at me. And so I did the most selfless thing I 29 00:02:31.159 --> 00:02:36.639 could think of, and I started breaking off pieces of said Chipotle casidia, 30 00:02:38.560 --> 00:02:42.560 throwing them out to her just so she could, you know, get be 31 00:02:42.680 --> 00:02:47.400 more comfortable. And at the same time, I was texting my fiance in 32 00:02:47.400 --> 00:02:49.960 the house, and I was like, hey, can you bring out some 33 00:02:50.000 --> 00:02:53.520 water. There's a straight dog out here. She's really thirsty, you know. 34 00:02:53.560 --> 00:02:57.280 And I don't know where we'd be without technology too, because you know 35 00:02:57.520 --> 00:03:01.280 nowadays. But he also had seen me sit down in front of my car 36 00:03:01.319 --> 00:03:05.520 on our security cameras, so he was wondering what was going on. So 37 00:03:05.560 --> 00:03:10.560 it took about twenty minutes for her to get comfortable enough to come over and 38 00:03:10.639 --> 00:03:15.400 sniff me, and she let me pet her, and then she was like, 39 00:03:15.439 --> 00:03:17.240 oh, I think you're okay, and she kind of like sat down 40 00:03:17.319 --> 00:03:22.039 right next to me and put her head in my lap and like fell asleep. 41 00:03:22.199 --> 00:03:23.360 And so it was like, oh, my gosh, she is the 42 00:03:23.360 --> 00:03:28.120 cutest thing ever. I'm looking at her, and she's she's definitely a shepherd 43 00:03:28.159 --> 00:03:31.759 mix. To me, looked like a malonois, but she she is a 44 00:03:31.800 --> 00:03:38.960 beautiful cinnamon brown brindle. So yeah, I mean she's gorgeous. And I 45 00:03:39.080 --> 00:03:44.000 was like, oh, she's just skinny, and she's just exhausted, you 46 00:03:44.000 --> 00:03:46.039 know. I'm looking at her body and she's just skin and bones. Her 47 00:03:46.039 --> 00:03:52.479 little pads on her feet were like worn, like completely worn. Some of 48 00:03:52.479 --> 00:03:54.719 them are all skeps, so she'd been out, you know, for several 49 00:03:54.759 --> 00:04:01.199 weeks, it looked like. So I made the executive decision for the household 50 00:04:01.639 --> 00:04:05.960 into the backyard and I opened up our gate and she just like walked right 51 00:04:05.960 --> 00:04:13.439 past me into our backyard sniffing around. Um found this was late October, 52 00:04:13.520 --> 00:04:16.399 so I'm in Arizona. So here in Arizona was still you know, relatively 53 00:04:16.439 --> 00:04:21.079 warm, so um, you know, there were some old towels still out 54 00:04:21.079 --> 00:04:25.040 by the pool, and she decided that that was her new bed and just 55 00:04:25.120 --> 00:04:30.000 plopped herself right down, made herself comfortable, and you know, I was 56 00:04:30.040 --> 00:04:33.680 just giving her water and some extra snacks. Wanted to give her a little 57 00:04:33.759 --> 00:04:38.360 chance to rest. But new as a as a dog owner, Okay, 58 00:04:38.560 --> 00:04:41.600 we got a chipper, you know, see if she's got a chip, 59 00:04:41.639 --> 00:04:45.519 and we definitely am not set up to have a dog. So we got 60 00:04:45.519 --> 00:04:49.439 to get some food and I gotta make sure she's okay. So we went 61 00:04:49.480 --> 00:04:55.800 on a her first trip to pet Smart with us, and she she was 62 00:04:55.839 --> 00:05:00.519 so good. She so she was about I put her on the scale and 63 00:05:00.600 --> 00:05:04.199 she was about fifty one pounds, which sounds large, but she's I mean, 64 00:05:04.279 --> 00:05:09.439 she's a big like very tall German shepherd, so she should be yet 65 00:05:09.439 --> 00:05:13.199 about seventy pounds. Yeah that sounds kind of fifties, pretty light for a 66 00:05:13.480 --> 00:05:16.000 shepherd, Yeah, very much. So, So I was, I mean, 67 00:05:16.040 --> 00:05:18.240 I was, I was concerned about that. So I got some food 68 00:05:18.279 --> 00:05:23.639 for her. She decided to pick out a toy, which she was very 69 00:05:24.120 --> 00:05:28.279 you know, just thrilled, little squeaky, little little squeaky bear, and 70 00:05:28.680 --> 00:05:32.800 brought her back home. She was chipped, we found out to a gentleman 71 00:05:32.839 --> 00:05:40.800 in Las Vegas. Now Vegas to Phoenix is about six hours, so either 72 00:05:41.040 --> 00:05:45.439 I figured either somebody had just moved and she got out, or which is 73 00:05:45.800 --> 00:05:49.759 very typical here in Arizona, is people just like to dump their dogs. 74 00:05:49.759 --> 00:05:53.439 I mean, I think that's typical anywhere, but at least here in Arizona 75 00:05:53.480 --> 00:05:59.319 it's it's very common, which kind of angered me. Spent the night with 76 00:05:59.439 --> 00:06:03.480 us. She did spend it outside, just because we do have a roommate 77 00:06:03.480 --> 00:06:10.079 who is not a big fan of animals, which don't let's not get started 78 00:06:10.079 --> 00:06:13.879 on that subject. But we're like where she'll just be here for a day 79 00:06:13.920 --> 00:06:18.399 until we find her owner. We'll figure it out. Well about one o'clock 80 00:06:18.399 --> 00:06:24.720 on that morning, big old monsoon thunderstorm came in. So thunder just comes 81 00:06:24.759 --> 00:06:28.759 in, it's pouring rain. I wake up in a panic because I'm a 82 00:06:28.839 --> 00:06:30.040 light sleeper, and I'm like, oh my gosh, the poor dog, 83 00:06:30.480 --> 00:06:35.839 you know. So I read outside and she is scared to death as a 84 00:06:35.920 --> 00:06:42.319 thunder and just wet. And so I looked at my spouse. His name 85 00:06:42.360 --> 00:06:44.839 is Chris, and I was like, Chris, like, we have to 86 00:06:44.839 --> 00:06:46.519 bring her in, you know, like she she can't stay out here. 87 00:06:46.560 --> 00:06:48.560 It's not okay. And he's like, well, what are we gonna do? 88 00:06:48.600 --> 00:06:51.800 And I was like, okay, well it's going to be a two 89 00:06:51.800 --> 00:06:56.959 am bath. And so we brought her in the house, came for a 90 00:06:57.079 --> 00:07:00.639 bath. You know, she was not thrilled, she but she I mean 91 00:07:00.759 --> 00:07:03.720 enjoyed it too. She enjoyed the peanut butter I had smeared on the tub 92 00:07:03.800 --> 00:07:09.639 for her, so big, big shout out the peanut butter. Peanut butter 93 00:07:09.680 --> 00:07:15.519 tricks, that peanut butter yes exist. So she she was very sad. 94 00:07:15.639 --> 00:07:18.000 I don't know if she had had peanut butter previously, but um, she 95 00:07:18.079 --> 00:07:21.800 got all clean and you know, we I just hung out with her downstairs 96 00:07:21.800 --> 00:07:27.920 in the living room and she basically slept and ate the next two days. 97 00:07:28.279 --> 00:07:31.000 I mean, she was exhausted, which I understand from being out in the 98 00:07:31.040 --> 00:07:35.680 street. Surprisingly, we didn't hear from her owners, even though they had 99 00:07:35.720 --> 00:07:44.199 been contacted by the tip company for four days, which uh as a dog 100 00:07:44.240 --> 00:07:47.959 owner and a dog lover, it made me really upset. Yeah, I 101 00:07:48.160 --> 00:07:51.480 get something, you know, like in the next five minutes. Yeah, 102 00:07:51.519 --> 00:07:56.680 exactly. I'm like, oh, my god, from yeah, from wherever, 103 00:07:56.839 --> 00:07:58.759 you know, who knows what's going on, But my dog is found. 104 00:07:58.800 --> 00:08:01.079 I'm going to contact that person. So I get this weird phone call 105 00:08:01.240 --> 00:08:05.160 at a couple of days later, about like ten o'clock at night, and 106 00:08:05.759 --> 00:08:09.839 you know, the person was a gentleman and he was like, you have 107 00:08:09.959 --> 00:08:15.279 Jasmine. And I was like, excuse me, I'm sorry, what like 108 00:08:15.360 --> 00:08:18.920 identify yourself? And he was like, oh, I think you have my 109 00:08:20.000 --> 00:08:22.600 dog. Her name is Jasmine. And so I was like, yes, 110 00:08:22.879 --> 00:08:26.240 we found her a few days ago. We're in Arizona. What's going on? 111 00:08:26.360 --> 00:08:33.240 And he was launched into the story how he had this litter of puppies. 112 00:08:33.000 --> 00:08:37.200 So she was about just over a year old at this point. So, 113 00:08:37.200 --> 00:08:41.799 but he had a litter of puppies, and everybody was taken except her, 114 00:08:43.080 --> 00:08:48.120 but he didn't want her because they were having another baby of their own 115 00:08:48.200 --> 00:08:52.480 and he couldn't keep her, and how she was so aggressive and she was 116 00:08:52.519 --> 00:08:54.399 good with the babies, but just aggressive with everyone else in the house. 117 00:08:56.799 --> 00:09:00.320 He was saying that, I'm like looking at this dog who's curled up on 118 00:09:00.360 --> 00:09:05.559 the couch in between my two kids. And I was like, do do 119 00:09:05.759 --> 00:09:11.879 you know your dog? Like what? Like she hadn't shown any sort of 120 00:09:13.480 --> 00:09:18.360 behavior problem at all besides being scared of like thunder. So it was just 121 00:09:18.399 --> 00:09:22.399 really odd. And so he was just telling us how he really didn't want 122 00:09:22.440 --> 00:09:26.639 her, and so he had dropped her off at in front of his mother 123 00:09:26.679 --> 00:09:31.279 in law's house in northern Phoenix, and I was I asked him. I 124 00:09:31.320 --> 00:09:33.519 said, well, when you mean dropped off, like she was in the 125 00:09:33.559 --> 00:09:35.600 house and maybe got out, And he's like, oh, no, I 126 00:09:35.639 --> 00:09:39.039 just I just left her in front of the house. I thought my mom 127 00:09:39.080 --> 00:09:41.039 would would or you know, my mother in law would would pick her up 128 00:09:41.039 --> 00:09:46.639 and bring her in the house. Wow. Yeah, So um, okay, 129 00:09:48.480 --> 00:09:52.879 Like all right, well the thought process, critical thinking skills not not 130 00:09:54.000 --> 00:09:56.759 the best. So what you're saying is this, this is my dog now, 131 00:09:56.759 --> 00:10:01.240 Yes, exactly. And so I was like, well, can can 132 00:10:01.279 --> 00:10:03.679 we keep her? Because I mean, she's been here for four days and 133 00:10:03.879 --> 00:10:09.399 she's really attached already to my family. I would love to take ownership of 134 00:10:09.519 --> 00:10:11.120 her because I don't want to have to send her to the pound. She's 135 00:10:11.120 --> 00:10:15.720 already you know, been stressed out enough by being out for several weeks. 136 00:10:15.799 --> 00:10:18.159 Oh. He had said that she had probably only been out for a couple 137 00:10:18.240 --> 00:10:26.759 hours, which I definitely called that. That was not the truth on that 138 00:10:26.799 --> 00:10:31.840 one, because she she was so emaciated and you could tell that she was 139 00:10:31.919 --> 00:10:37.159 extremely dehydrated and had I mean she'd been out for weeks. That was really 140 00:10:37.879 --> 00:10:43.360 yeah, just treated her as his ownership, yeah either way. And I 141 00:10:43.399 --> 00:10:48.120 was like, well either way. Three hours. She got lucky because I 142 00:10:48.159 --> 00:10:50.840 took her in, So we're good. So he ended up relinquishing ownership. 143 00:10:50.919 --> 00:10:54.559 I was very smart and I had him he was doing the right thing. 144 00:10:54.600 --> 00:10:58.519 He sent me the name of the vet that she had gone and she was 145 00:10:58.600 --> 00:11:01.000 up to date on shots and that she was spayed. So he sent me 146 00:11:01.039 --> 00:11:05.039 the name of the vets, so I got contact info there. He sent 147 00:11:05.080 --> 00:11:09.519 me an email that had like RELINQ withhing ownership. Okay, So that which 148 00:11:09.600 --> 00:11:13.240 was so I appreciated that. So he wasn't, you know, a total 149 00:11:13.480 --> 00:11:18.919 buffoon. But and so, I mean I just jumped on that horn. 150 00:11:18.000 --> 00:11:22.879 We I scheduled an appointment for the vet like the next day, took her 151 00:11:22.879 --> 00:11:26.120 in, We got all of her shots, we decided to redo all her 152 00:11:26.159 --> 00:11:31.080 vaccinations and stuff. And she's just been like an integral part of our family. 153 00:11:31.240 --> 00:11:35.080 I mean, I don't she is a total goofball. She so she 154 00:11:35.159 --> 00:11:39.200 doesn't bark. I think she's only barked maybe five times in the two years 155 00:11:39.200 --> 00:11:43.600 that we've had her, so she's still relatively new. But she does this 156 00:11:43.679 --> 00:11:50.440 hilarious thing where she will snap her teeth together when she's like wanting to play 157 00:11:50.840 --> 00:11:56.519 or if she's frustrated, which is hilarious because like all you hear is just 158 00:11:56.840 --> 00:12:00.200 snap, snap, snap, and she's looking at you and wagging her ale 159 00:12:00.240 --> 00:12:05.759 and snapping. So she's like an alligator snapping shepherd. It's a very rare 160 00:12:05.840 --> 00:12:13.360 breed. Um she's I mean, she's just she's a great dog. We 161 00:12:13.559 --> 00:12:16.960 I've I've done all my training with her myself. Um, we are hoping 162 00:12:18.000 --> 00:12:22.080 to do some scent work coming up probably next year. Or later this year. 163 00:12:22.120 --> 00:12:24.840 I'm planning a wedding right now, so that's kind of taking all of 164 00:12:24.879 --> 00:12:31.960 my focus and budget. But she, um, she's just a very She's 165 00:12:31.000 --> 00:12:35.600 the best dog. She loves our family. I have friends come over um 166 00:12:35.679 --> 00:12:39.200 who have like little babies, and she just absolutely adores them, lets them 167 00:12:39.240 --> 00:12:46.639 like walk all over her, and she's I do have to say, um, 168 00:12:46.679 --> 00:12:52.080 she is extremely photogenic, so we love doing pictures um, and she's 169 00:12:52.120 --> 00:12:58.559 just she's just the best dog. I really can't imagine us not having her 170 00:12:58.039 --> 00:13:03.639 well awesome. And if our listeners would like to see pictures of Nova, 171 00:13:03.919 --> 00:13:07.120 there are some in the show notes. Just click, just click or swipe 172 00:13:07.240 --> 00:13:11.360 over the show notes and you should be able to see the episode artwork and 173 00:13:11.480 --> 00:13:15.919 that's a picture of Nova. So Marissa Stewart, thank you so much for 174 00:13:15.919 --> 00:13:18.679 telling me about Nova Prime today. It sounds like a wonderful dog. She 175 00:13:20.039 --> 00:13:22.759 is the best. And yeah, definitely set her up. I have set 176 00:13:22.840 --> 00:13:28.600 up on Instagram for her, so definitely can do some following at Nerdy Noodlehound 177 00:13:28.840 --> 00:13:35.639 Underscore Nova. I'm just excited to share your tail because we are excited to 178 00:13:35.639 --> 00:13:39.879 have her as our family and I'm just excited she decided to save herself. 179 00:13:39.080 --> 00:13:41.320 All right. Thanks for coming on the Daily Dog. I appreciate it. 180 00:13:41.840 --> 00:13:46.200 Thanks so much too, We'll have a great one you two bye. To 181 00:13:46.200 --> 00:13:50.320 suggest a dog for us to feature on the Daily Dog Podcast, just go 182 00:13:50.399 --> 00:13:56.399 to Daily Dog podcast dot com, slash appear or leave a voicemail at three 183 00:13:56.480 --> 00:14:00.720 two one four three zero four seven six three. 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