Mans Best Friend show us yours!

[eldubb440]

Rebel has a friend like that........ this is Pippy

 

[Moparfiend]

Threads like this always make me tear up. My first dog got run over out in front of my house early one morning and a neighbor saw it happen. He said they went out of their way to get her but wouldn't say anymore about it. Mixed emotions to put it lightly....pissed off to the max but then felt she was now in a better place since she was getting up in years and had some health issues but really pissed off at the neighbor for even saying anything since he had no intention of saying more. Had a fenced in area out back but she got out that morning....

That sucks. Sorry man. Some dogs are escape artists and some like Ella never want to leave home lol. We lost an escape artist once. Wife opened the front door and bang she bolted. Never saw her again.

 

[Moparfiend]

Amazing how so many of us love dogs. And why shouldn’t we? After all they are mans best friend! Lots of you commented that these threads are difficult to read because of lost beloved dogs but think how much happiness and peace those dogs brought you and how well of a home and life they had!
Our dog Ella is a rescue. She was left to die out in the Phoenix outskirts all desert. Amazing how anybody could do that. That she could mean that little. She means so much to me and has a great life and is well appreciated and cared for now!!

 

[33 IMP]

Feind, your Ella looks just like a larger, more elderly version of my Mopar! Beautiful dog, great on ya for the rescue!
My girl a while ago, with her best friend Bullet, my best friends dog, waiting for me to throw a ball.

 

[Budnicks]

I'll play, but there is a great thread with all these already

again

Lord Budnicks RIP

Bubba the rescue

Elvis as a pup

Elvis 3 y/o, he's 5+ now
he's a happy Boy

 

[gary h]

Here is Bella,A Rescue dog just over a year ago. (Ger.Shepard mix)

 

[copper67sat]

My first dog, Charlie, found me when I was in college. One of my roommates found him wandering on the street in the middle of Jan. in MO and brought him home. We couldn't find the owner so I kept him. Don't know his heritage, but definitely a Golden Retriever. One of the smartest dogs I've ever known and followed me everywhere - even up an extension ladder to the roof! He was an 85-90 lb dog at his peak and died of old age just shy of 15.

Charlie was about 6 or 7 when we got Cisco (didn't name her) at 10-12 weeks from some friends who were going to take her to the pound because she was chewing up everything. She was a Border Collie mix and very energetic. She'd chase a tennis ball down the block all day long. She and Charlie were best buds until he passed. Sadly, we found out that she had advanced stage bone cancer that had eaten her humerus at 10 and we had to put her down.

Our house was so empty after loosing Cisco that we made the rounds to all of the local animal shelters the next day looking for another dog, but couldn't find one that bonded with us. We ended up purchasing a Golden Retriever puppy from one of the pet stores. We took him to our vet for a checkup the next day and were told he had a heart murmur and likely wouldn't live past 3 so we took him back. We wanted another Golden so our vet connected us with some local breeders and one had a female that was close to having her litter. We signed up for a male. The dog had a litter of 8 pups - 3 male, 5 female so we were lucky to get a male. Before the pups went home, we learned that one of the females was still available so we decided to get her as well.

Daisy and Dakota became our next dogs. Interesting how 2 dogs from the same litter, raised in the same household could have such different personalities. Dakota was a lover and just wanted to please while his sister was a feisty, independent bitch, and I mean that literally and figuratively. We lost Daisy to cancer at 13 and Dakota just 2 months later. He'd had a peripheral stroke ("old dog's disease") and then developed laryngeal paralysis which made it very difficult for him to breathe.

I wasn't sure whether we'd get another dog after losing Daisy & Dakota so close together, but my wife had just retired for medical reasons and hated being alone in the house all day. The breeder we had gotten Daisy & Dakota from had become a close friend and was breeding one last litter before retiring so my wife talked me into getting Bella. She's almost 4 now and is very smart and loving, but she has stubborn streak too - kind of a combination of Daisy & Dakota

Every one of our dogs has been like a kid to us. Losing one still hurts badly, but they give us so much love during their life and so many great memories afterwards.

 

[Outlaw525]

This is my fishing, camping, shop companion Koda

 

[Moparfiend]

My first dog, Charlie, found me when I was in college. One of my roommates found him wandering on the street in the middle of Jan. in MO and brought him home. We couldn't find the owner so I kept him. Don't know his heritage, but definitely a Golden Retriever. One of the smartest dogs I've ever known and followed me everywhere - even up an extension ladder to the roof! He was an 85-90 lb dog at his peak and died of old age just shy of 15.
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Charlie was about 6 or 7 when we got Cisco (didn't name her) at 10-12 weeks from some friends who were going to take her to the pound because she was chewing up everything. She was a Border Collie mix and very energetic. She'd chase a tennis ball down the block all day long. She and Charlie were best buds until he passed. Sadly, we found out that she had advanced stage bone cancer that had eaten her humerus at 10 and we had to put her down.
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Our house was so empty after loosing Cisco that we made the rounds to all of the local animal shelters the next day looking for another dog, but couldn't find one that bonded with us. We ended up purchasing a Golden Retriever puppy from one of the pet stores. We took him to our vet for a checkup the next day and were told he had a heart murmur and likely wouldn't live past 3 so we took him back. We wanted another Golden so our vet connected us with some local breeders and one had a female that was close to having her litter. We signed up for a male. The dog had a litter of 8 pups - 3 male, 5 female so we were lucky to get a male. Before the pups went home, we learned that one of the females was still available so we decided to get her as well.

Daisy and Dakota became our next dogs. Interesting how 2 dogs from the same litter, raised in the same household could have such different personalities. Dakota was a lover and just wanted to please while his sister was a feisty, independent bitch, and I mean that literally and figuratively. We lost Daisy to cancer at 13 and Dakota just 2 months later. He'd had a peripheral stroke ("old dog's disease") and then developed laryngeal paralysis which made it very difficult for him to breathe.
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I wasn't sure whether we'd get another dog after losing Daisy & Dakota so close together, but my wife had just retired for medical reasons and hated being alone in the house all day. The breeder we had gotten Daisy & Dakota from had become a close friend and was breeding one last litter before retiring so my wife talked me into getting Bella. She's almost 4 now and is very smart and loving, but she has stubborn streak too - kind of a combination of Daisy & Dakota

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Every one of our dogs has been like a kid to us. Losing one still hurts badly, but they give us so much love during their life and so many great memories afterwards.

Great stories, dogs are awesome!

 

[theman440]

Daisy Dozer!

 

[Chargered]

I”l start. Meet Ella she helps me by placing all my orders with Summit Racing. She prefers Summit over Jegs.

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[YY1]

OK, from a die hard for 47 years cat guy......

We are taking Lily for a test drive.

Our kids have a new baby and the barking is getting on their nerves.

She has papers. Very smart and quite sweet.
Barking has not been too bad. Hopefully that continues as she gets more comfortable.

So far our crew of cats range from totally unfazed to completely terrorized and everywhere in between. Everything I've read says Corgi's are good with cats. I hope it's just a matter of time. I'm rooting for her.

She's also WAY stronger than I thought she'd be. After my wife's Chihuahua that came with her, I wanted to wait and get a bigger dog that could maybe help discourage people F'n with us as we progress in years.

I tell ya, she can just about pull me over at tug of war. If she latched on to an ankle, the offender would think twice about continuing their behavior.

Pardon my wife's knee.

Lil is also smart enough to offer the "dumb" end of that pull toy and keep the "smart" end for herself.

 

[B Body Newbie]

Bentley, our 6 year old rescue: a beagle, min-pin mix with a touch of meerkat!

 

[soupguy]

These are my three boys, the giant white Malamute is Niko, King is the mutt and the Shepard is Thor. I'm not sure how much more time I have with Niko, he's 11 now and having trouble with mobility, but I do feel blessed to have him. We almost lost him 4 years ago to a bad case of pneumonia. Fortunately we have a great animal hospital here who pulled him through.

 

[snakeyes]

thought this was a nice pose someones dog named Bear

 

[33 IMP]

My new step-puppy! She belongs to my best friend, but I babysat her to make sure the new dog and the old dog get along. We got her from an old racing buddy that has been raising shepherds for 20 years, at least. (He's a LOT faster than me, now.Lol)
Edit: I Really wish that last photo was in focus!

 

[71dodgechargerrt]

She has some ears and paws to grow into.

 

[HD539]

My 2 pups. The male is 9 and the female is 2.

 

[Hikin Mike]

Ninja

 

[Scott Engelhardt]

Titan got a new ball