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Dog Days/Afternoons...

Packed Tickle and Raphael up to go get bird seed, the Greyhound adoption group was there so Raphael got to visit all his old friends. He also got to show them all up 'cause he got to go back home. One was going to his new home so that's cool but there was one there that had been 'returned'. An elderly lady got him 1 1/2 years ago and can no longer keep him. It's so sad that they just get bounced around like that. Hopefully that won't happen with my pups though.
 
One of mine, Gertrude, will be getting hip surgery soon. Seems that the socket part of the ball and socket joint didn't grow properly. Been busy getting things ready so I can keep her seperated from the other one while she heals. Will have to do the other side in a few months.
 
Don't trust hoodie dog.
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Today's lesson is that frozen solid ground/dirt acts just like a super hard surface causing tennis balls to bounce really high. That causes them to go over the fence into the woods. I don't even see it back there, it was a big bounce. Sorry Tickle, we'll get another one.
 
Dngrsone said:
Nothing wakes you up in the morning like stepping barefoot on a large 'deposit' left in your hallway overnight.

...particularly when you don't normally have dogs in the house.
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That will teach you to ignore the midnight "scratch scratch, whimper whimper". :eek::rolleyes:

Clementine_3 said:
Sorry Tickle, we'll get another one.
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In our house, tennis balls are like potato chips ... can't have just one. :D
 
I want to have one of these furries but sadly because of my work I can't.
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My 1st dog was a German Shepard Charlie a gift to me when I was little. He was always my companion. Until I left to attend high school in a other city 10hrs away from home. I would come home every vacation and he would come running from our house to greet me when I turned the corner going to our home. He passed on while I was in college. My 2nd dog was another gift by a neighbor a doberman Riley given to me when I was in grade school he was the essential guard dog. I mean nobody could enter and exit the house until he saw me. His main enemies were the stray cats in the neighborhood. I once found a dead snake in the yard with its head ripped off because of Riley. He even caught a bird that was trying to fly away in mid air because it was in his fave spot. I also once caught a cat that fell from our wall, he was waiting for it below and I was able to get him off the cat but was too late. Poor cat never stood a chance. He also passed on when I was in college because of a disease.

Never got a dog since.
 
Kaizuroge said:
I want to have one of these furries but sadly because of my work I can't. View attachment 114963

My 1st dog was a German Shepard Charlie a gift to me when I was little. He was always my companion. Until I left to attend high school in a other city 10hrs away from home. I would come home every vacation and he would come running from our house to greet me when I turned the corner going to our home. He passed on while I was in college. My 2nd dog was another gift by a neighbor a doberman Riley given to me when I was in grade school he was the essential guard dog. I mean nobody could enter and exit the house until he saw me. His main enemies were the stray cats in the neighborhood. I once found a dead snake in the yard with its head ripped off because of Riley. He even caught a bird that was trying to fly away in mid air because it was in his fave spot. I also once caught a cat that fell from our wall, he was waiting for it below and I was able to get him off the cat but was too late. Poor cat never stood a chance. He also passed on when I was in college because of a disease.

Never got a dog since.
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Are they Siberian Husky? Those dogs need a lot of exercise. Very majestic animals though.
 
Kaizuroge said:
I would love to have one in the future though.
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Huskies are a LOT of work. And large purebred dogs tend to have health issues and live shorter lives. Plus, they are very social, so if you can't give them a lot of attention, they need to be part of a pack (ie. another animal).

This was our first dog.

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He was around 90 lbs. and lived to 11 when spinal paralysis forced us to make that hardest of decisions for pet owners. :(

They also are triple coated which comes in handy if you're competing at the Iditarod , but if you like to wear black sweaters or have a thing against tumbleweeds in your kitchen, then not so much. ;)

And they need exercise, not just a walk around the block. We did at least 3 miles a day, every day, the colder the better. If you don't exercise a Husky, it will not be happy and have behavioral problems.
 
shalemail said:
One would have to assume it was not "naturally occurring" :eek:
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What would seem to be an unnatural union is a Great Chihuahua.

I hate yappers, but out here your choice of dog is pretty much limited to Chihuahuas or Pit-bulls. Or in my case, whatever a family-member dumps in my back yard... Which are Chihuahuas.

I love animals, but as someone else pointed out, a lot of dogs require exercise which I can't provide, having a full-time job and lazy-ass kids.

Not to mention allergies, which is why there are four dogs in the back yard and not a one in the house except on rare occasion.

Some day I will find a hypo-allergenic lapdog for my wife, but I need to rid myself of a bunch of freeloaders first.
 
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