08/24/2026
Sid update! After this one, we’ll put the focus back on our other good catches until Sid is ready to go up for adoption.
This boy is a survivor!!! He’s healing wonderfully from surgery and has zero interest in his incision, so we’re officially past the “donut” stage. He’ll be on meds for another 10 days and, for now, is happily enjoying his canned food and soaked kibble diet.
He’s also starting to pick up on our routine, although bedtime is still a bit of an event. Sid causes quite the commotion when it’s time to head to the laundry room for the night. We’re slowly working on crate training by starting there, but this fella would much rather be by his person’s side 24/7. Crate training is really only necessary while he’s here so he’ll be prepared for possible transport if he isn’t adopted locally. Otherwise, Sid has done very well having free run of the house with his foster siblings. He simply doesn’t like being alone.
He’s not much of a toy guy. His favorite indoor activity is laying right beside you. Outside, though, he’s a busy boy checking every corner of the yard and investigating all the new smells.
His parrot mouth might be one of my favorite things about him. When he rolls onto his back and shows off those little teefers, you can’t help but smile. Eating can be a little tricky because he’s trying to scoop food with a shorter bottom jaw, so sometimes I’ll hold his bowl at an angle to help him get the job done.
He appears to be housetrained. He’s had a couple of accidents while wearing his belly bands, which I’ve kept on him while he heals, but I’m chalking those up to the two of us not being completely on the same schedule just yet.
Sid is definitely a dog for someone who has time to give him the companionship he craves. He’s not a latchkey kind of dog who will be happy waiting alone all day for his loving. He’d do well with other small dogs. He isn’t afraid of the big dogs, but their style of play just isn’t quite the same as his.
Cats are fine too, as long as they don’t pester him. He’ll give a little grunt if one gets too far into his personal space, (Carlos tested that theory), but otherwise, he’s completely unfazed.
At only 7 years old, Sid has many years ahead of him to serve as someone’s loyal shadow and personal heat source. He prefers sleeping under the covers if you’ll let him and once he’s tucked in, he’ll stay there all night without a peep.
We love Sid, and we already know his future forever person will too.
