~:~:~:The Doggie Thread!!:~:~:~

Who Princess

imalive wrote:

PJaddicted wrote:

We rarely get the dog we wanted, but we always get the dog we need. Petey is by far the biggest handful I've ever owned. He is also the smartest and he has pushed me to step up to the plate and become a very responsible dog owner. I have always been a very lazy owner, and have never trained any of my dogs, Petey has not let me get away with that attitude. At 2.5 years old today.....he is turning in to a awesome dog, my favorite ever! We are still going to OB classes and start Agility next weekend!

Finally, PJaddicted, I knew you'd have good advice. Yes, she does get off the lead and runs. She's actually quite a good frisbee catcher (not so good about giving it up, tho ). Hiking trails? Not so many of those in my concrete jungle . Hey, little Miss Gracie just wandered in. She's being sweet this morning. I'll try to "step up" my responsibility. I guess nothing worth having ever comes easy .

PJaddicted has given you some great advice and I agree (and Penny just trotted in here to agree too)! I've been training in Obedience for years and I love it. I started with one class, had so much fun that I took another, and now I belong to an Obedience Dog Club! Fun people who love their dogs!

Penny is my rescue dog and she is very smart but didn't have much discipline when we got her. She has been going to class for a couple of months and she loves it! She acts like it's her Big Night Out. She is still a Wild Child but has come a long way and really wants to please. I've never trained in Agility but friends who have tell me that she would be a natural so I'm pretty sure I'll give it a try.

Another great thing about going to training classes is that you meet lots of other people who are working with their dogs and trying to solve problems. You learn from them and they learn from you. You meet great people that you wouldn't meet otherwise.

PJaddicted

Glad I could help.....next time you and I both want lazy mans/womens dogs.....what breed would work for us???

Everyone wish my sweetie Petey a happy 2 1/2 Birthday today.....another milestone surviving Doberteens!!!

PJaddicted

One more hint....get two Frisbees, this way she will drop one when you throw the second one. Or....you can have a pocket full of tine soft treats(I like Zukes), tell her to drop it, and give her a treat, repeat a couple hundred times....and you will have a Retriever!!

norm

HAPPY 2.5 PETEY!!!

decides2dream

DrockNJ wrote:

Fat Boy Rosco.....

OMG!!!
:shock: :shock: :shock:


*LOVE* your dog!!!




fantastic! he is sooo awesome looking! and farting? i bet he SNORES even worse!
hahahahahaha....soooo worth it tho!
our little igby - a pug - he snores so LOUD sometimes it's hysterical!



pjaddicted - happy 2.5 birthday to petey!
*big doggie hugs!*




excellent advice too. we are also pretty lazy dog owners, and we do ok. i know we could have much better behaved dogs if we really applied ourselves, but yea.....see *lazy*....hahaha. the smarter the dog, the MORe you need to stimulate/engage him or her, absolutely! they are smart, they will *get it*....but they will also test, test, and test! dogs want what they want too! we are very, very lucky with chloe. she is extrmely intelligent, but she is also very compliant, b/c her main goal is to be pleasing/obedient. not to say she's perfect, b/c she isn't...but she is a damn fine dog, so well behaved, especially with such minimal effort on our behalf. now igby, FAr more challenging. he definitely isn't as intelligent, but also his breed....it's all about him and his wants! dogs are worth it ALL tho!

CROJAM95

DrockNJ wrote:

Fat Boy Rosco.....

SENROCK! wants to wish Petey a happy 2.5 birthday!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

~~~~~~ and~~~~~~~
She wants to say(about this bulldog).......

i absolutely LOVVVVVVE that doggie!!!! its my new fave in here!!!!

Wobbie

PJaddicted wrote:

One more hint....get two Frisbees, this way she will drop one when you throw the second one. Or....you can have a pocket full of tine soft treats(I like Zukes), tell her to drop it, and give her a treat, repeat a couple hundred times....and you will have a Retriever!!

I try stuff like that...she'll try to get the treat AND beat me back to the friz. :shock:

She knew I was talking bad about her and was a little hurt...



Happy Birthday, Big Pete!!!

norm

imalive wrote:

wow! gracie needs to stop drinking


i've got a similar picture of me on new year's eve :shock:

totaledhead

Roxy had her puppies!!!

They are so tiny and adorable She had a rocky start though, she started off being really anxious and panting and shivering a lot and that went on for about ten hours. Then she went into 3 hours of labour before the first pup came out. Sadly this fella was stillborn, which was really upsetting. She had three more healthy pups after that and we're not sure if there are any more coming!

Thought I'd fill ye in, pictures to follow when they're less sticky :P

PJ_ROCKS

As requested, this is the start of the snow storm in Montana.




This was taken this morning, 9 inches of snow fell. And snowed all day today

She was trying to eat the snow, and she did, i was a second too soon in taking the pic! She had a hard time running around in all the snow, so she stayed by the bushes.

Wobbie

My dog needs snow!! I have no doubt she would go crazy, until the point of exhaustion.

Wow....snow in Montana and pushing 90 where I'm at.

norm

PJ_ROCKS wrote:

As requested, this is the start of the snow storm in Montana.




This was taken this morning, 9 inches of snow fell. And snowed all day today

She was trying to eat the snow, and she did, i was a second too soon in taking the pic! She had a hard time running around in all the snow, so she stayed by the bushes.

snow???it's almost may!!! :shock:


here's norm in the only good pic i have of him in the snow

http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k16/c ... G_0373.jpg

Phantom Pain

I finally uploaded some new pics of Bailey and Chloe !

St. Patty's Day Scarf (My Wife of course does this)






Bailey doing the Elvis Lip




Snow Pics






We put a scarf on Chloe and she just left it on

decides2dream

ahhhhh...that dalmatian is a beauty! what memories. the first dog in my life, princess, was a dalmatian.


and phantom pain, i too have a 'chloe.'
it's been awhile, i think, since i've shared some pics of our babies......here's a few:

here's chloe:


igby:



here's a pic from probably last year, but i don't think i ever posted it...and it's a *rare* pic of them being kinda cuddly :

Wobbie

Phantom Pain wrote:

I finally uploaded some new pics of Bailey and Chloe !

St. Patty's Day Scarf (My Wife of course does this)

Gracie had a bandana...........ONCE.........chewed it up. :roll:

Phantom Pain wrote:

Bailey doing the Elvis Lip

LOVE IT!!!

Phantom Pain wrote:

We put a scarf on Chloe and she just left it on

AWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!!!!

decides2dream wrote:

here's a pic from probably last year, but i don't think i ever posted it...and it's a *rare* pic of them being kinda cuddly :

Double AWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!!!

P.S. Gracie made a new friend at the park, this morning. A sweet, sweet 8 year-old Golden. A glimpse of the future, I hope!

MayDay10

all these pictures are great. Dogs are amazing. I never had one as a kid growing up, only cats. My Jack Russell Scooter is really my first dog, and I have learned how awesome dogs are with their personalities. Its amazing to see these pictures and think that each one of these pups has their own personalities/routines/etc...

Isnt it the greatest when you come home each day and you get greeted as if you walking in the room is the greatest thing ever? No matter how bad a day is, that is the greatest pick-me-up out there.

norm

Phantom Pain wrote:

Bailey doing the Elvis Lip

love it!!!

norm

decides2dream wrote:

here's a pic from probably last year, but i don't think i ever posted it...and it's a *rare* pic of them being kinda cuddly :

decides2dream

one of my fave igby pics...but there are many b/c he just loves the camera!


hmmm...ok, wtf?
Your images may only be up to 480 pixels high.

what does this actully MEAN? i am linking to a pic in photobucket....how can i change it to conform for this board? i've never had this problem before.


does chloe work?

Your images may only be up to 640 pixels wide.
ugh......nope.
guess i had my camera set at too high of a resolution for this board?
i thought photobucket sized em down for their site....you mean THIs site needs em even smaller? sheesh.....

norm

decides2dream wrote:

one of my fave igby pics...but there are many b/c he just loves the camera!


hmmm...ok, wtf?
Your images may only be up to 480 pixels high.

what does this actully MEAN? i am linking to a pic in photobucket....how can i change it to conform for this board? i've never had this problem before.


does chloe work?

Your images may only be up to 640 pixels wide.
ugh......nope.
guess i had my camera set at too high of a resolution for this board?
i thought photobucket sized em down for their site....you mean THIs site needs em even smaller? sheesh.....

10c wonderful web people have put a limit on the size of an image that is embedded :roll:

just post the link...it's too much trouble to copy the photo and resize