Dogs

[oldbee]

Got Grace home Friday evening. We are getting used to each other. She sticks by my wife mainly. She gets a little skidish and cowers a little sometimes with me, so we are wondering if something happened at the last house that tried to adopt her before us. Hopefully she'll learn that she is safe with us.

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She will, might take awhile. I think your guess is dead on.

 

[oldbee]

Here's a couple shots of the present and past dogs .Also our cat Mr jingles is great .
Bailey was a German Sheppard Lab cross looked like a Shepard but colored like a lab , We got her from the Humane society when we went looking we wanted a small dog they had a play area with lots of dog and she ran up to my wife and just stared up at her . Bailey was 40 lbs the last owner beat and starved her .In a short time she was 95 lbs. She loved us and new we would take care of her . I well up just thinking of her she was so well trained she didn't t need a leash and when we had kids was kind and played very softly with our kids but if any man went near Joanna or the kids she stared them down and wouldn't let them near them . She got a disease that affected her spine and when she was 12 started to fall over on her side .I knew it was time picked her up into the truck a while after that cried all the way to the vet to put her down ,
Jake is another rescue dog from a reserve way up North he's a 500 mix - husky ,lab , wolf etc and is 90 lbs of pure suck our kids laid on him pulled his tounge, tail and just kept wanting the affection he also plays stick , ball or what ever till your arm falls off .I've been very lucky with our dogs but truly believe they give you what you give them ,Jake's getting old he's 13 and I pick him up in the truck now ..dont want to think of that day ..

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Cry your eyes out, and then we do it all over again. Ya gotta luv em while they’re here though!

 

[biomedtechguy]

I have to say this, I'll be brief.
I am an only child. As a baby, had a Scottie and a Doberman, the Dobie was my age. Both dogs trained for shows. I vaguely remember the Scottie, I'm told she completely tolerated my little baby hands grabbing handfuls of hair, so bless her for that. Count, the Doberman, was my constant companion and in hindsight I wish I would have spent much much more time with him. He had a champion lineage 2 pages long. Very protective of our 5 person extended family. Ate from the hand of a neighbor on one side who fed him treats-barked viciously at the other who used to yell at him. Was always GREAT with me. He passed at 9 years old. :-(
I had a black Lab named Bud from 1990 to 2003. A friend gave him to me when Bud was about 6 months old. I was single and wild, working long hours and days and "playing" hard with what little time i had off. If not for Bud, i wouldn't have made it. I at least had to be responsible for him. His oak urn and ashes will go in my coffin when my dirt nap comes.
I was the last one in the room when we put down our chocolate Lab Cocoa. She was 13, and just walking was difficult for her after 4 years of pain and anti inflammatory meds. She yawned and licked my face when they put her to sleep. That was her kiss goodbye. I had never had to experience that, but as a trainer I had advised people that doing that for their dog that was suffering after all avenues of relief had been tried was the last and greatest act of love they could give their pet. As emotionally painful as it was, she gifted me with that last kiss for my being strong for her in staying behind.
Dogs-pack animals-loyalty and companionship are in their DNA. I love dogs more than I like a lot of people. They deserve more than most people can give, but they'll take what time you can give, and pay you back more than you can match.

 

[Riverdawg]

I have to say this, I'll be brief.
I am an only child. As a baby, had a Scottie and a Doberman, the Dobie was my age. Both dogs trained for shows. I vaguely remember the Scottie, I'm told she completely tolerated my little baby hands grabbing handfuls of hair, so bless her for that. Count, the Doberman, was my constant companion and in hindsight I wish I would have spent much much more time with him. He had a champion lineage 2 pages long. Very protective of our 5 person extended family. Ate from the hand of a neighbor on one side who fed him treats-barked viciously at the other who used to yell at him. Was always GREAT with me. He passed at 9 years old. :-(
I had a black Lab named Bud from 1990 to 2003. A friend gave him to me when Bud was about 6 months old. I was single and wild, working long hours and days and "playing" hard with what little time i had off. If not for Bud, i wouldn't have made it. I at least had to be responsible for him. His oak urn and ashes will go in my coffin when my dirt nap comes.
I was the last one in the room when we put down our chocolate Lab Cocoa. She was 13, and just walking was difficult for her after 4 years of pain and anti inflammatory meds. She yawned and licked my face when they put her to sleep. That was her kiss goodbye. I had never had to experience that, but as a trainer I had advised people that doing that for their dog that was suffering after all avenues of relief had been tried was the last and greatest act of love they could give their pet. As emotionally painful as it was, she gifted me with that last kiss for my being strong for her in staying behind.
Dogs-pack animals-loyalty and companionship are in their DNA. I love dogs more than I like a lot of people. They deserve more than most people can give, but they'll take what time you can give, and pay you back more than you can match.

Amen to that. Thanks for sharing. Sorry for the loss of the companions but it sounds like they were good for you and you for them.

 

[Pops1967GTX]

 

[1969CoronetR/T]

Geist is my third Weimaraner. Very affectionate and great with my daughters. They shed very little (single short coat) and their neutral color blends in with the house debris. The are very high energy dogs and have a high prey drive, so cats would become fodder.

 

[BeeKool]

white dogs can't jump
The black lab can jump into the back of the truck with the tailgate up!

 

[SteveSS]

I know everyone will vote for their dog breed so here goes. We have Newfoundlands. They are the number 1 dogs to have around kids. They are also couch potatoes and don't require walking. Not aggressive in fact they are kind of babies but if a dog jumps at it they have that dog pinned in seconds. Ours are about 135 pounds so cost of food is a consideration.

Our male was the stud for a litter here in Colorado so we got pick of the litter. We took a male that I need your help in naming. I think there are about 3 males left. Non registered they go for about $1000.

 

[oldbee]

Going off memory here- Rogue,Riley,Zachary or Laddie(my uncle's dog when I was 7or8)..

 

[Budnicks]

 

[BeeKool]

Brutus, (obvious reasons)
Andre, (the Giant dog)
Zeus, Apollo,

 

[SteveSS]

I've shown this before but it still makes me laugh,

https://video.search.yahoo.com/yhs/...=45674df9169173269720ec9a4cb66bb8&action=view