That blanket.... LMAO.... :thumb:

My See-and-Say dog, Bailey.

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Here are my two pups. German Shepherd female and a Goldendoodle male. The Goldendoodle doesn't mind having to wear hats etc. The German Shepherd, however, hates it when my wife or daughter put hats and stuff on her, makes her soooo sad.

Some days she's just about chillin. http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/2016...cbdd9c8249.jpg

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Barring any unforeseen difficulties this will be our new addition.

Driving four hours each way to get her. Whole family kids have no clue. Already opened all their presents.
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http://i.imgur.com/A9KDMJC.jpg her daddy

http://i.imgur.com/RWWciPN.jpg momma

http://i.imgur.com/jhllwyk.jpg same parents last litter, just a little over a year old

http://i.imgur.com/kD7O1Aw.jpg great great grand pa

Nice... You're going to need to budget for food. And that ain't bad!

We've got two boxers already, it's only money.She's gonna be a beautiful dog. And the boxers are a little too hyper for our disabled daughter, we've met several of this lines dogs and they are pretty laid back. And big, which is good for her she can reach her from the bed or wheelchair.

She's seven weeks old in that picture

That's very cool, and you're right, it's only money and a dog is worth lots of it. Especially with a special needs kid too. I'm not sure what her special need is, but I know that dogs and kids, especially kids with disabilities, are a match made in heaven.

Great job dad, I love to hear it. Merry Christmas to you, and the entire family...

Nice looking pup.
I love Rots. I miss mine, Stumppy. I took his name as my user name.

Merry Christmas to you too buddy

So the new puppy is going to be named jett von kalte harte Hundin.

To go with my boxers crazy mya Tyson and Rocky Bal Beaux a.
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:eek:

We call them ty, beaux, and jett. Lol

Future Leader dog Bryla

I can't say he's a pet, but we do feed him and house him...
 

Native Blue Tongue!

Beautiful creatures

:D

I am trying to get picks of our two dogs and four cats (all rescues) at once, but ...

We know how that goes.

This is Wade. He helps conserve the Earth's water supply by tongue bathing himself.

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85 lbs at a year and a half now.

Looks ready for Meow day at the K...

This is Casey.

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We got him in May of '14, so he's nearly three now.

We already had three cats, and no desire whatsoever to have a fourth. Went to the pet store to get food one day, and as we always do, the wife and I stopped to check out the adoption cats. There was this little black kitten in one of the cages. Unbeknownst to me, he was part of a three kitten litter, and shortly before we arrived his two siblings had been adopted, leaving him alone for the first time. So I start petting him, and when I start to walk away, he started crying, so I went back and petted him some more. Well, the sneaky pet store lady saw this. So eventually I go to get the food, and while I'm doing that she takes the kitten out of his cage and brings him up to the register, and they're waiting for me as I approach. The second I dropped the bag of food on the counter, she sits the kitten down, and he immediately runs up my arm and perches himself on my shoulder. "Shit," I said. She got me. After $130 for the adoption fee and the price of a new cat carrier, he was ours. She totally played me, but I don't mind.

He's a great cat. Grew faster than any pet I've ever owned. He was a small kitten in the middle of May, and by the beginning of July he was pretty much fully grown. For a while I thought he was part panther, but he did stop growing soon after that. Unlike our other cats, he still loves people, and at this point I don't think he'll ever grow out of that. Always keeps our guests entertained. Runs down to greet me every night when I get home from work, still sits on my shoulder, although he really doesn't fit.

That $130 was definitely well spent. :thumb:

Awesome. We rescued Ashley for $150 on July 2nd, and she's amazing. I telework a ton and she's got a calming effect like no other. Awesome is only the first word I'd use to describe her. We had to put our last one down about 18 months ago, and the energy level difference is amazing. But hey, Misty was 15...

And yes, $150 is the best money ever spent since the last dog that was $150. Pets are awesome!

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Agreed. All of mine are rescues.

Tessie guilting the wife.

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Here is my Lab at right around 7 months.

My buddy, Max

We had a Rot, she was the best dog we ever had. I named her Alabama. (The main female character in my favorite movie) She used to get in bed with us and put her feet on my back and try to push my wife out of the bed.

ROFL
If mine somehow made his way onto the bed long enough to get comfortable he was a pain. If I moved enough to disturb his sleep he'd sound like he was going to chew my face off. :D The big bastard.

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My girl Raydin

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And my other girl Dinkie


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Our German Shepherd turned five today! In this pic my daughter was "having a spa day" with her. I got bit by a dog as a kid and hated all dogs until five years ago. Karlee is amazing!

The last dog we had did spa days with the girls across the street. So far new dog hasn't been subjected to spa days... But I love it..

Here's Dodger with a big grin on his face while waiting for the ball to be thrown.

Dodger has been able to communicate with me better than any dog I've ever had or been around. It amazes me how smart he is.

Mine has clearly perfected the, "food dumbass, food..." communication..

:D
Had a few of those over the years. Dodger knows somewhere between 2O to 25 different words/phrases. I think the one I regret the most is teaching to respond to "Show me". The bastard has walked me through the house, out the back door, all the way to the back fence to get his damn ball that was stuck between the shop and fence.

ICR.. If I say, "if the buss here" (when the younger son gets home), she knows what to do! Anymore we're renamed her "Rolex" because she knows when it's 4:15! Say "drive", and she's packing a lunch because she loves rides. Say "zap" (even though she's only been zapped once", and sh gets that guilty, "I di-int do nuffin" look.

Dogs are awesome!

ROFL
Yea, they are. That guilty look with the slight tail wag usually gets mine out of trouble be cause I can't help but crack up when he does it.

Thinking of getting a Gerberian Shepsky this fall.

Seems hard to find a breeder. Might have to road trip?

You mean like this pretty girl ? She was running loose in the neighborhood last fall while she was in heat. After about the 3rd trip by the house and Dodger about to go crazy I let her in the back yard.:D She stayed for 3 days then jumped the fence and left one morning.:D
About 2 weeks later seen her being carried by her owner back to their house. Said she was the biggest escape artist he'd ever seen. You might keep that in mind. The Siberian Husky in them makes the hard to keep at home.

No matter how long I live, I'll never understand two things(in no particular order)

1. How a person couldn't like sports

2. How a person couldn't love dogs.


I legitimately feel like someone is missing out on a part of life if they go without a good dog.

Nice. I love Shepherds man.

Well said.

I will never be able to understand how anyone could abuse a dog. Well, any animal at all but dogs especially. I've stepped in on more than one occasion to put a stop to someone mistreating an animal. Hell, that's how I ended up with Dodger. I took him away from a neighbor family that had a history of treating all animals horribly. One of the best things I've ever done. Best dog I could ever ask for.

Good job man. **** people who abuse animals! They all need to be beaten ruthlessly in a public setting.

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Yes they do. I think the one that gets me the most is a dog with an embedded collar. I want to stomp someones ass when I see anything like that. I mean a person has to sit there and watch it happen day by day without doing anything about it.

Yeah, the collar we got was tough enough. She's been shocked once accidentally, and that made me feel bad enough. The vibrate and tone work just fine for off-leash training...

And like I told my down the street neighbor who though shocking them was NBD, he should try it (and I knew he had), and when he said OK, I said "around the neck"! He declined!

That's not what he's talking about.

So I dont have a pic of her and she's running around with the little one and my boxers but she's 18 weeks old and weighs 52.7 pounds. ROFL and she's a GREAT dog.

Now I'm half assed looking for a good male pup to go with her.

Oh, just Bing Image'd it. Yeah, **** people! Just **** PEOPLE!!!

Yea, I read your reply and it was a ????? moment. Meant to get back to you on it but forgot to.

Honestly, if I saw somebody who did that to a dog, I don't know if I could stop myself from beating them to death. I'm getting old, but I'd sure try!

The guy who was my boss here at work retired about thee years ago and passed away last Friday. He lived alone, and has a cat named Cosmo. A lady I worked with here who left about two years ago drove all the way up from Tulsa to adopt Cosmo. I thought that was pretty cool. Otherwise Cosmo was headed to the Pet Shelter.

Cross-posting from another thread (from 2008...shit I got old).

Poor old Rommel is giving up the ghost on me. We figured last spring that he probably had one more winter in him because he's just aged so much faster than his brother. I always said I wanted 12 healthy years from my labs and that's pretty much exactly what I got; he turned 12 in October and was still as willing as ever to run and play; just couldn't do it as long.

In December he started panting pretty hard and by January he picked up a cough. We took him to the University vet, had some abdominal scans and ultrasounds - no luck. Best they can tell is that he's aspirating likely on account of laryngeal paralysis. They were surprised that his gait was still good because it can be a sign of neurological breakdown. Sadly, over the last month or so his hind legs have started to fade as well so it sure has the look of just a gradual neurological fade. Fortunately he's learned to change how he drinks and I don't think he's stressed out by the 'newness' of the cough so by staying calmer, he's pretty much self-regulating it; I hear him hack maybe once or twice a day now (as opposed to hourly when it first surfaced).

Doesn't seem to be hurting, still a happy old lab. But things are slow-going for him and he mostly just hangs out with us on the couch now. All told, it's what we expected and probably not a bad way to go but it still kinda sucks. I'm hoping he can get some nice spring days on the screened in porch before we have to make the call but summer may be tough on him with the heat and the breathing issues.

Been a good run...

That's tough man. I have always struggled with when is the right time to make the call. I have a pretty selfish streak in me that wants to keep them around as long as possible, but in the end if you know they aren't living a quality existence that's even harder than letting them go.

That sucks, man.

We've got a 11 year old lab beagle mix that is getting up there. She's blind in one eye and has a heart murmur. She pretty much likes to be left alone for the most part, so I'm dreading the day that I wake up in the morning and find her done in the living room.

My chocolate lab is 9.

Barkley still goes ok, but he's had hip dysplasIA since he was little. We had 1 hip replaced at the vet school at MU when he was 2.

Sadly, he's slowing down.

She's a cutie. I'd just like to post this here for your consideration.


HELP WANTED. For a friend
Who goes by the code name of Dodger.
Mans best friend for life, a virgin in strife
I'd like to find him some bitches to Rodger.

A boarder collie he might be of mix
no papers to certify his breed
but a playdate with your she-dog
will take care of his needs.

Dodger won't care if she's short, fat or bald
or if her pedigree is top billing
as long as her tail is up
and her back side he's drilling.

I'll rep her if she joins CP. In the mean time I'll rep you...

Ugh, sorry to hear it...

I saw a story yesterday or the day before where some POS sewed a 4-week-old kitten's eyes, nose, and ears closed and left it in an alley.

Dogs, cats, fish, lizards, whatever. People that abuse animals are terrible people.

Not rehabable.. They need to die...

Thought Sauto might be interested in how big Boone is getting. :D

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It's your dad's dog dude.

And it's tiny. My 5.5 month rott just weighed in at 67.5 pounds

It's still growing.

And it's the family's dog. Thank you.

That's what losers say.

"it"

ROFL

You're so mad. I do love that dog though. He's a sweetheart. Can't you see how much love I have for him in that photo?

Show us the Shih Tzu, Clay....

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We had these old junk yard dumb **** dogs that were strong ate anything and were a bit mean. Our new one is smarter but don't quite bite as hard.

Working on some stuff, Meesh Meesh and Neighbor Cat (the big grey lump of fur) hanging out under the fan playing it cool.

Now show us one of you eating that pizza....topped with a big, fat juicy bug

Not worth a pic, but here's one anyway.

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what do you call a zoo with no animals? :D

Not my pet, but saw this video and just wanted to share. Kind of a feel-good video. Short, but sweet.

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Well he rallied pretty well. By the end of March he'd either shaken off a little pneumonia or maybe he's just figured out how to stop aspirating. He still coughs when he drinks every now and then but not at random intervals anymore and nowhere near as rough. It isn't stressing him out either anymore so he's sleeping and just feeling a lot better. I really think he's kinda re-learned how to drink/eat and is managing it all pretty well at this point.

I also wonder if the combination of no sleep and perhaps just soreness from the coughing was taking a physical toll on him. He's moving much better now as well. He still won't be running anymore but hell that's just age. He'll go into a solid canter and grab a ball to bring back to me still. And he'll do stairs again even though we put him out the front door now (he'll follow us upstairs or down to the basement again now).

So I'm not expecting any miracles; there was fluid in his abdomen for a reason, afterall. And that swollen sternal node means something even if nobody knows what. But he's doing pretty well. Think we may get him through to the fall afterall. Wouldn't mind seeing him hit that 13th birthday at least.

That's great to hear, sucks when the pups are sick.

^