For all the *actual* dog lovers out there...

Rosco Moose (7 Y.O Labrador) is my best bud! Well him and his sister Chantilly (3 Y.O Cocker Spaniel)!

You will never see him without a tennis ball. Seriously. Never. I kid you not.
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Looks like he's got two in is mouth!

My Lily when she first found us:

I love my pugs!!

I have 2 boys Dexter and Milton - they make me so happy!

I am also pug rescue for our town and take in fosters and adopt them out all the time - just placed 5 dogs a few weeks ago!

Dogs make everything better!!

You will never see him without a tennis ball. Seriously. Never. I kid you not.

Looks like he's got two in is mouth!

Actually, he does. He's always got at least one, but usually has two. My first Golden, Dave, was Eric's grandfather's brother, and he could hold three in his mouth at once. He'd stack the first two vertically, then push down on another ball on the floor, pushing the bottom one in the two-ball stack to the back of his mouth so the third one could get in there.

<---- Yellow lab here! Just under three years old (and so still a yellow tornado). We rescued her.

Best. Decision. Ever!!

I love all dogs, but have a special place in my heart for Golden Retrievers. About the most gentle, smart, playful and sweet woofers on the planet. I'm on my third now. Boys and girls: meet Eric:



You will never see him without a tennis ball. Seriously. Never. I kid you not.

Beautiful dog!!

We have two pugs, a male and a female, and I don't know what I owuld do without them!! My hubby is in the military and they keep his side of the bed warm when he's gone.

I have 3 puppies...well none of them are puppies, but I call them my puppies. LOL

We have a Staffordshire Terrier - she's a 75 lb pillow to my 10 year old. My husband made me get her, when our previous dog had been poisoned. I didn't want another dog and he picked her up (she was 6 weeks old at the time) and boy was I pissed at him. After about 20 seconds I was in love...and still am. I've spent A LOT of time socializing, training, etc... due to her size & breed.

Our Boston is a recuse (his owner left him in the garage in a kennel). And my daughter has a Chihuahua/Maltese/Lhasa Apso mix - I got that one for free, she came from an "oopsie" litter. My Staffy loves the other two dogs like they are her babies and they love her too.

I spend a great deal of time working, playing, walking, grooming, and basically taking care of my dogs. I was on vacation for 9 days during the holidays and I spent 2 days just on bathing, grooming, nail clipping, cleaning bedding, doggy cot, kennels, dog pillows, etc.... I could just let them "live" outside, but that's not how I roll!

I also like the security my dogs provide, particularly my Staffy. If someone is near the house we know about it! LOL

The only negative is that when my staffy sleeps in my daughters room, she ends up on the bed with my daughter....or my daughter ends up on the floor w/ the dog.

Rescued mutt out of a high kill shelter here. He was said to be a Labmix, but he is actually Chow chow with Jack Russell. An absolute mama dog. I am also on the "dog-diet": give about a quarter of your food to your dog, and you cut your calories also down 25 % :laugh:

I really hate to see parvo being so much around here. Dexter got ill the day before we were supposed to drive to north carolina to get him. Of course we paid the 700 for the treatment - we had already fallen in love with him. He made it, but there are plenty who don't. .

This is our dog, Lucas (the Golden), and his best friend, Annie (the Pitt).



There is no such thing as life without massive dog hair and muddy paw prints on that white kitchen floor. *sigh*

**SPAY AND NEUTER YOUR PETS**

Lucas is an example of a beautiful purebred dog with zero issues that was pulled from the pound (in Mexico!!) by a rescue. Unless you are a tireless protector of a certain breed and incredibly knowledgeable about bloodlines and congenital defects you have no business breeding animals.

I LOVE dogs!! We used to have 4 big dogs (Lucy, Bosco, Gretta and Lucky), but they have all passed way the past year and a half D': It's so hard losing an animal, some may not understand, but they are LITERALLY a part of you family and heart. We recently acquired a new pup named Rosie and she is such a bundle of joy! She's a fluffy little girl that loves giving loads of kisses! lol She has been such a tremendous help in our grieving of our late pups.

I have also adopted my bf's dogs as my own Two pugs, Bazooka (the mama) and Munson (her baby), and Shadow, a Siberian Husky who just loves giving me dog hair present all over my clothes right before I head to work. :P

I can go on forever about dogs, but quite frankly I really need to get ready for work (and find my lint roller lol). Love this thread!

Dogs are wonderful they make the world a much nicer place to live, and if there are no dogs in heaven, I don't want to go there. The people that love, cherish, care for, rescue them are my favorite people in the world!

Ditto.

.......no outfit is complete without dog hair.



Isn't that the truth?!?! lol

I wouldn't have it any other way!!!

I love all animals. Sadly i am down to one dog right now. Parents aren't too keen on getting another one when our 14ish year old golden retriever goes. His name is bear and he is the most loving dog in the world. My mother owns a dog kennel and he was one of the dogs that use to board with us and then the family's daughter had a baby that was allergic to all animal hair so they had to give him up and my family instantly sad we would take him. Once you start petting him he doesn't let you get away from him very easily! I love him! I also have cats but they are outside ones. I love playing with them though. I can't live without pets, especially dogs!