ArizonaDave
Well-Known Member
Rainmax, I'd probably prefer your pet right now, can't handle many pets like Green monster any more, but so far I think he wins first prize for the sheer number of pets
Had these wild guys follow me around one day
Man's best friend, post a pic
Rainmax, I'd probably prefer your pet right now, can't handle many pets like Green monster any more, but so far I think he wins first prize for the sheer number of pets
Had these wild guys follow me around one day
Maks : beautifull picture of your dog !
Greenmonster : You can be proud of yourself helping these poor pets ! It's always sad to see how animals can suffer because of humans...
As for the pictures, here is our good dog "You", 13 years old, our companion for about 10 years now.
He choose us at a shelter, in his former life he has already been abandonned twice...
He is so afraid of being abandonned that when you fill your car with luggages, he jumps inside the car and refuse to go out
Even if your are not inside
There he is, in the last picture he his doing his favorite activity : sleeping in the grass
Greenmonster : You can be proud of yourself helping these poor pets ! It's always sad to see how animals can suffer because of humans...
As for the pictures, here is our good dog "You", 13 years old, our companion for about 10 years now.
He choose us at a shelter, in his former life he has already been abandonned twice...
He is so afraid of being abandonned that when you fill your car with luggages, he jumps inside the car and refuse to go out
Even if your are not inside
There he is, in the last picture he his doing his favorite activity : sleeping in the grass
greenmonster714
Well-Known Member
Its heartwarming to know he has found a good home. Getting a pet at the shelter is the way to go. That old grey face could probably tell some wild stories.
MichaelSanders
Active Member
Re: Man best friend, post a pic
My best friend cuddles.
I might add, she loves to watch tv and she'll lay her head on your chest when she wants attention.
My best friend cuddles.
I might add, she loves to watch tv and she'll lay her head on your chest when she wants attention.
Bex
Well-Known Member
Some years ago, when I was active in this forum, I was overwhelmed by the beauty and sensiitivity of Stogie’s post above - it was the photo and the caption ‘old man and his dog’ that really moved me. I remember it for all these years. I knew that there was a thread on the forum here about dogs - but I had forgotten that I had posted on it, as well. I was surprised to see that I had written about Tucker, when I came here to look at Stogie’s post once more.
Tucker passed away last week. It was a long journey together - I had her for about 15 years, and while I see that my post above said she was about 1 year old when I found her, I really never knew.....she was full grown at the time I found her. She was a curious little thing - she innately knew how to catch a ball or frisbee, and bring it back to me. She had a penchant for chasing birds, and would race up to one of my sheds to bark at the pigeons that roosted there. Whenever I was going out, she would get out of her bed, looking at me expectantly, hoping I would take her with me. Little stories pass through my mind as I write this - 15 years of little snapshots or videos, some of which I’d forgotten until now. But mostly I remember that wherever I was, when I looked down, there she was at my feet. I still look down, and it breaks my heart not to see her.
While she was fine this past summer, she began to slow down over the last couple of months. She was completely deaf, and her eyesight was going as well. But I didn’t realize how quickly the end would come. One night, last week, she began to have a seizure in her bed. It was around 11PM, and I rushed her to the vet. She was given an anti-seizure injection, but as the injection would begin to wear off, the seizure would begin again. Fortunately, she was unconscious for all of this, and I had to make the decision to put her to sleep.
In re-reading this, it really doesn’t reflect how empty everything feels right now. But I needed to eulogize her somewhere, so that sometime, I can come back and read this, and be reminded of how once upon a time, my life was graced with a special little dog named Tucker.
Tucker passed away last week. It was a long journey together - I had her for about 15 years, and while I see that my post above said she was about 1 year old when I found her, I really never knew.....she was full grown at the time I found her. She was a curious little thing - she innately knew how to catch a ball or frisbee, and bring it back to me. She had a penchant for chasing birds, and would race up to one of my sheds to bark at the pigeons that roosted there. Whenever I was going out, she would get out of her bed, looking at me expectantly, hoping I would take her with me. Little stories pass through my mind as I write this - 15 years of little snapshots or videos, some of which I’d forgotten until now. But mostly I remember that wherever I was, when I looked down, there she was at my feet. I still look down, and it breaks my heart not to see her.
While she was fine this past summer, she began to slow down over the last couple of months. She was completely deaf, and her eyesight was going as well. But I didn’t realize how quickly the end would come. One night, last week, she began to have a seizure in her bed. It was around 11PM, and I rushed her to the vet. She was given an anti-seizure injection, but as the injection would begin to wear off, the seizure would begin again. Fortunately, she was unconscious for all of this, and I had to make the decision to put her to sleep.
In re-reading this, it really doesn’t reflect how empty everything feels right now. But I needed to eulogize her somewhere, so that sometime, I can come back and read this, and be reminded of how once upon a time, my life was graced with a special little dog named Tucker.
There is nothing else in the world like a loving dog. And nothing else quite like losing one. Unalloyed love. I share your sorrow.
Bob
Bob
ChinaVoodoo
Moderator
What a cutie. I am sorry for your loss.
Thedbs999
Well-Known Member
Sorry for your loss. I feel your grief.
GreenDragon
Well-Known Member
So very sorry for your loss. Been there and know the pain, but time is a great healer. I had to put down one of my dogs a few years ago, and I was literally sitting on the floor at the Vet's snot crying like a baby. (I was 45)
Bex
Well-Known Member
Thank you all....
Quite the collection of pets here!
This is my family's pooch, his name is Nottarottie.
This pic shows he is waiting for me to sit in the office to start making cigars, he wants to nap in there and knows if I sit, he can get a good hour nap in...
In this one, he has his pizza toy while he waits for me to get dressed for work...
His name was a joke about 20 years ago before we had kids and pets. When my wife asked what kind of dog I'd like, I said I always wanted another Rottweiler. She immediately replied how scared she was of Rotties and then spoke about various other breeds. In the end she asked what we might name a dog and I said....Not-a-Rottie because no matter what it was, it would not be a Rottweiler. Fast forward to 2014 and we have two kids and a person selling pups on the side of the road...
We finally get a dog and the kids are so excited. About half way home they ask "What will we call him?" My wife replied without hesitation...Nottarottie.
This is my family's pooch, his name is Nottarottie.
This pic shows he is waiting for me to sit in the office to start making cigars, he wants to nap in there and knows if I sit, he can get a good hour nap in...
In this one, he has his pizza toy while he waits for me to get dressed for work...
His name was a joke about 20 years ago before we had kids and pets. When my wife asked what kind of dog I'd like, I said I always wanted another Rottweiler. She immediately replied how scared she was of Rotties and then spoke about various other breeds. In the end she asked what we might name a dog and I said....Not-a-Rottie because no matter what it was, it would not be a Rottweiler. Fast forward to 2014 and we have two kids and a person selling pups on the side of the road...
We finally get a dog and the kids are so excited. About half way home they ask "What will we call him?" My wife replied without hesitation...Nottarottie.
GreenDragon
Well-Known Member
These are my two canine fur babies. Mouse is the black lab, and Natasha is the merle Collie. And wife is in here somewhere...
I got the big guy a girlfriend for Valentine’s Day. We named her Serape and will call her Sera. Bruno with the attitude on the right. Sera is a short haired Mexican German Shepherd and Bruno is a long haired Mexican German Shepherd. He’s seven pounds of fury.
ChinaVoodoo
Moderator
I'm always surprised at dogs that weigh less than cats.
skychaser
Well-Known Member
If a cat can kill it and drag it home, it ain't a dog! lol
"Nottarottie" Now that's funny! hehe One of the best dogs I ever had was a Rot/Lab cross. She was pure black but otherwise looked all Rottweiler. She was a sweet and genital girl unless something threatened us. Then she was all business and would have taken on a grizzle to protect us. Been gone 15 years now, but damn, I still miss her. Dogs don't live long enough. Losing one is like losing a kid.
Mexican German Shepherd and Gulliver's hand. Beautiful.
