4 Legged Friends
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Thanks @bametals. She's beautiful and she knows it (and gets waayy too much attention anywhere we go). She has been an ambassador of the breed at various pet conventions, though that ended when I lost most of my vision.
We have a champion Great Dane in our neighborhood. On their walks, these two woof out their respective windows at one another. I love watching the GD on a walk, just so regal and graceful.
I'm picturing a really wrinkly lab, lol. Maybe we should start a thread for people to post pics of their pets!1 -
She is beautiful! That's about the size of Archer, the Pyrenees that's decided to make Miyuki his girlfriend. She's smaller but still massive!0
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Your Great Pyrenees is beautiful! I like big dogs. My brother & SIL had a Presa Canario. Her name was Suede (the kids named her that because her short hair was so soft & smooth - she was a great caramel red colour). We had a Rhodesian Ridgeback named Cobra. I think the smallest I'd get would be a Shiba Inu, they have such soft fur and very foxy looking faces. I'm not generally a small dog person, for some reason I feel like kicking them, and I really do like animals. They tend to have crap personalities & uptight dispositions from what I've experienced - maybe that's why I feel that way?0
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@canadjineh you read my mind on small dogs. I just can't do it. My smallest is medium sized and I don't want anything smaller. For a while we babysat a Chihuahua and it was cute but it was the rare mini dog that didn't carry on all the time yet he was always shaking like he was freezing to death...and I got to send him home eventually.0
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Update! I can already see Bagel slimming down a little and his disposition has been much better since we put him on a Keto diet! I took the suggestion from @Sarahb29 and made meatsicles for him to have at ice cream time. That's doing the trick. You guys are awesome.
So I was about a week away from taking Miuyki to the vet to be spayed and she went into heat first (of course). I'm quite sure she's pregnant now. The Great Pyrenees that was hanging around because mine was in heat? Well he now considers this his home away from home and every day he shows up at my house (and now their other dog is following). He comes in through the dog door, up to my desk, says hello to me, has some water, and slides back out through the dog door to play with my pups and snooze in the sun. His owner, Ashley, and I have become best buds. She has to drive out here every day to load him up and take him home. They live about 4 miles from me - it's a trek for these dogs.
I expect a Pyrenees litter in a few months. The upside will be these pups will be in high demand out here in the country because of their herding/guarding tendencies and I'll have no trouble finding good homes. Then, finally, the last dog will go to the vet. She's the only one we had left to have fixed. The problem is my kids will beg me to keep one...and as you can see from @suzqtme 's photos...they are beautiful, amazing dogs. The chances of me saying no to keeping one is very low. I'm a sucker for dogs. Because I need 6 dogs (and another snip/cut trip to the vet)....sigh...3 -
Awee I'm so glad that's working and he's happy! And omg puppies! I love puppies so much, I wish I could have one but we are in an apartment. You'll have no problem finding homes for them for sure. Thx for the update
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Hmmm, now you've got me thinking about possible bone brothsicles for the summer, for people...0
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canadjineh wrote: »Hmmm, now you've got me thinking about possible bone brothsicles for the summer, for people...
I love it. We make picklesicles with the juice all the time. So why not?0 -
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awww...I love dogs so much....Bagel has that white snout from age too.0
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I was always a big dog person-until one day working at the vets office JoJo the chihuahua came in. That totally did it for me!! I have 5 chihuahuas, 2 most recently from National Mill Dog Rescue in Colorado Springs. They are definitely a handful!! I also have a mini Aussie, 3 cats, 2 mini pigs, 3 goats and a sheep. I live in my fiances "other" house with about 20 horses also at the moment. He has an Australian Shepherd and a Karelian Bear Dog. I've totally gotten off subject-I think grain free food is definitely the way to go. Also, the AS had fallen out of a truck(that's how he came to live here) and has always been in pain. He was on Tramadol and Novox. He started having seizures and Phenobarbital was added. It has totally changed his personality. He acts like a puppy-running, jumping, spinning. He does get very snarky if he doesn't want to do something he's told to do. I weaned him off the Tramadol and Novox and haven't noticed any change. Not sure where all the snarkiness in these guys comes from. Probably just a pain thing.0
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I've been MIA for a few days. Back in action. What beautiful pet stories and pics, too. I'm definitely a big dog person and my current sweet Daisy (aka Miss Daisy; Miss Pushy, Pushy, Bossy; Sweet Girl, Bruce (actually what we think she calls herself, lol), Miss Naughty Dog (her personal favorite), is likely my last giant breed. I'm attaching a pic of our first Great Pyrenees who died after just 2 years (he was 6) from an angiosarcoma. I hadn't had enough time loving that gentle giant so I got another (except females are a whole different breed, I think). This was my male "Sam" or Sammy. He was trained as a pet therapy dog but died on the day I had gotten all his papers together to register him. He loved peak-a-boo. He was 130 pounds and was shaggy looking due to having been in a rescue for 3 months. He ended up shaved but his fur grew back beautifully. As a male, he had a large mane, like a lion.
Peak a boo, all of you!
I may be big, but there's just more of me to love (and hug and pet and pay attention to)...
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Sam looked like a sweet guy!0
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Archer (the Pyrenees that I"m sure got my Miuyki pregnant) was here again today. He's here every day now. When I texted his owner she said this: "We saw him going under the fence this morning and called him. Grimm (his pup trainee) came right back but Archer ignored us completely" Methinks unless they tie Archer up our home is his home. I'm not sure how they will ever get him to stay home now. He's supposed to be guarding their goats yet he's here lounging about... I'll try to get pics to post of them tomorrow.1
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Awe @ all the pupples!! I was totally a big dog person, grew up with bouviers. Love them to bits and pieces and fully intend on getting one. But as a young single person I knew a big dog wouldn't work for me. So I ended up getting a yorkie/maltese (I think) mix. She comes with me on the boat, rides with me on my harley, hunts with me. My parents still have a bouvier and the two of them are best friends it's awesome! I might see if I can convince my parents to give their dog a keto diet, she is overweight and ten years old now. She would love the food and if it could shed some weight I'm sure she would be a lot more mobile. She's currently 120 lbs and should be more like 100-105.
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Aww, a hot rodding dog!
@Rowdyslady, I don't think Archer will end his wandering ways. It is a Pyr trait, of course. If he hasn't bonded with his herd, he is likely to keep wandering. I'm sure you know that they are known to go for miles and miles when wandering.
Daisy is a hussy, too, BTW. Her "sweet baboo" lives kitty corner from us. She goes out in the front yard and stares him down, slowly swinging her tail. When he eventually inches up to the edge of his property, she turns around and sashays away. Oh yeah, I know what THAT's all about, lol. Poor Casey ends up in our yard and gets in trouble every time. But Daisy stays in her own yard and smiles. Fortunately, she is fixed. Otherwise, I can only imagine how many litters of Pyr/Golden retriever pups we might have ended up with.0 -
@szuqtme I texted Archer's owner this morning and it went like this: "he's back...and you'll love this - my dogs aren't even here". She said "I know this sounds awful, but that's kinda funny".
I'm just SO thankful that his owner is good hearted and good natured. Makes that text every single day much easier! Miyuki did that for a while too...wandered...but she eventually decided that she liked being at home more.0
Daisy in the daisies!
Snuggle time!
