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Yankee_in_ca
Member
08-01-2000
| Wednesday, June 01, 2005 - 7:52 am
Thanks, Kstme. Interestingly, Finnegan doesn't usually have a problem with pups (only when they try to dominate him does he get pissy). In fact, the same morning, he was wrestling in the park with a golden retriever pup. HOWEVER, one thing to note is that my friends also have cats -- though they were "put away" upstairs while we visited, I'm sure he could smell them and I could tell he wanted to sniff around and investigate. I'm thinking maybe the pup was just getting in his way of investigating or something... We'll try the park, keep him close, and see what happens. Thanks!
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Cher
Member
08-18-2004
| Wednesday, June 01, 2005 - 8:14 am
What great pictures everyone! Dogs are so very special! I know mine is so very special to me, and spoiled rotten too!
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Wednesday, June 01, 2005 - 8:29 am
Great dog racing pic, Yankee.
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Kstme
Member
08-14-2000
| Wednesday, June 01, 2005 - 8:46 am
Yankee, Finnegan wrestles with pup in park...doesn't like pup in confined area. Hhhmmm, makes sense. The neutral territory over someone's confined territory. If Finnegan has visited the home before and the new pup wasn't there, he 'may' feel this is 'his' territory. Don't think the cats were playing into this. You 'all' may have to take both dogs back to your friends' home, all together, after the meeting in the park. This will neutralize their home for Finnegan. <i hope> Aren't dogs fun??
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Seamonkey
Member
09-07-2000
| Wednesday, June 01, 2005 - 9:39 am
Well I had labs and all of mine got along. I really didn't mix them with other dogs since I didn't know vaccination status and such. At dog shows and field events playing wasn't on the agenda too much.. but they had each other to play with at home. I suspect that cat scent had a influence.
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Jasper
Member
09-14-2000
| Wednesday, June 01, 2005 - 10:02 am
I love the racing picture, and his name, makes me think of Mr Dressup and Casey. There is a lovely little JRT up the street named Olive that was introduced to Oscar the other day, what a contrast in size, I think Oscar was sweet on her by the time we resumed our walk. Yankee, we went to my mom's a few weeks ago and she has three Cairns, two of which are male and were there. We intro'd them on the street and the one was just a pissy old bully for a couple of hours, posturing, snapping and growling everytime he deemed Oscar to have stepped over the line. The other, Angus just wanted to play. By the time we left all was well in their world. I am going back to spend a few days there, fingers crossed all will be fine. For your little guy is does sound like the park would be a good place to start over.
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Eeyoreslament
Member
07-20-2003
| Wednesday, June 01, 2005 - 4:10 pm
Yankee - You take the most AMAZING pics. Was it you taking them, or hubby? Absolutely beautiful!
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Jagger
Member
08-07-2002
| Wednesday, June 01, 2005 - 4:24 pm
I just love coming in here reading all the stories about everyones dogs and seeing their pictures. Makes me wish I could have about a dozen of them.
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Jedisan
Member
01-11-2002
| Wednesday, June 01, 2005 - 4:34 pm
Does anyone out there have a Boston Terrier? I read once that French Bulldogs don't swim, and that is one of the reasons we did not go for that breed. DH and I took Samson (our one year old - today - boston) to the doggie beach to learn to swim, and later someone told us that dogs with the "pushed in faces" (ie frenchies, pugs and bulldogs) are not swimmers. It sure looked like Sam could swim to us (aren;t ALL dogs swimmers? hence - the doggie paddle?) I am confused, and don't want to take Sam back to the beach unless i know for sure i am not doing him harm. Any thoughts or advice?
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Katbee
Member
09-15-2001
| Wednesday, June 01, 2005 - 7:18 pm
Kstme, unfortunately the poodle (I called her Puppy) didn't make it. I suspect her kidneys were failing because she never went to the bathroom. At least her last 3 days were fairly pleasant.
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Graceunderfyre
Member
01-22-2004
| Wednesday, June 01, 2005 - 8:03 pm
Yankee the smiles on the faces of those dogs is priceless! Jed I assumed all dogs could swim too. I pushed mine into the pool when she was a little under a year and she now refuses to go near water. Esp, if I am near the source.
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Kstme
Member
08-14-2000
| Wednesday, June 01, 2005 - 8:22 pm
Oh Kat, I am so sorry!! What a tragedy. Again, I am so glad she found her way to you. Jed, dogs with pushed-in faces have problems swimming and flying. Many airlines won't fly them because of the inability to breath properly. It the same with swimming...sometimes they just can't do it 'well' through their nose. Yours could be the exception to the rule. I'd just watch him when he's in the water.
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Yankee_in_ca
Member
08-01-2000
| Wednesday, June 01, 2005 - 8:38 pm
Katbee, I'm so sorry to hear that.
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Seamonkey
Member
09-07-2000
| Wednesday, June 01, 2005 - 8:44 pm
Brachycephalic dogs have trouble just breathing in extreme cases. I know sometimes they have to be packed in ice in hot weather. I don't think the Boston Terrier is an extreme example, but they still may not want to swim. I've also seen dogs with extremely heavy coats get bogged down. And some with no thick undercoat are reluctant to go into cold water. I remember someone insisting on running a Weimeraner in one of our Labrador field tests and it really didn't want to to the swimming parts. Labs have a coat tailor made for very cold water, they also have webs between their toes to help them swim and their tails should go straight off the back and are used as rudders. The standard poodle, however, is actually a retriever, or was originally. and of courst the Labrador Retriever, the Golden Retriever, the Flat-coated Retriever, the Curly-Coated Retreiver, the Chesapeake Bay Retriever and the Irish Water Spaniel. Other sporting breeds are pointers or setters or spaniels. A newly accepted breed since my day is the Italiano Spinone and I glanced at the standard and an article.. that dog retrieves but is a descendant of the wirehaired pointing griffon, so I'm not sure if they lump it into retrievers or what. But, it appears to be an excellent swimmer.
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Eeyoreslament
Member
07-20-2003
| Thursday, June 02, 2005 - 11:45 am
I love Pugs and I know they are not allowed to swim. Remember BB1 when Pugita jumped into the pool and Eddie had to jump in fully clothed to save her? So yeah, I think those small punched in faced doggies can't swim.
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Jedisan
Member
01-11-2002
| Thursday, June 02, 2005 - 4:49 pm
Oh my. Thanks for the advice from all of you. Sea - thanks too for the proper term for the "squishy face". LOL! Sam has unusually long legs for a boston, so I think that helped him - and yes the water was chilly, so that may have influenced his frightened demeanor. We are willing to try one more time at the beach, but we are also looking into a water vest for him so we all can enjoy the beach without worrying too much. Thanks again to all of you - no google in the world can give you the info and detail that our "clubbers" can give. I salute you.
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Yankee_in_ca
Member
08-01-2000
| Thursday, June 02, 2005 - 5:39 pm
Finnegan/Brittany puppy update: My friend brought her puppy over today (last minute decision -- I was on my 2nd-floor patio and she was on the block with the pup, so I invited them up to "try again"). She brought him up to my house. Put Finnegan on the leash and met them in the common area in front of the house first. Long story short -- Finnegan was great. His usual self. Kissy and submissive, and the Brittany (whose name is Finley) gradually warmed up, too, after being understandably shy at first. So we moved it into my place, and out on the patio -- no toys, all food put away ahead of time. Ended up being able to take them off their leashes. They had a GREAT short visit (about 10 minutes) -- played together, even a little wrestling. It's still going to take some cautious meetings, I think, but this was a MUCH better day than the other day!

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Kstme
Member
08-14-2000
| Thursday, June 02, 2005 - 8:31 pm
WHOOHOO and CONGRATULATIONS, Yankee! This is terrific news! Finnegan is such a poser! TOO CUTE!
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Yankee_in_ca
Member
08-01-2000
| Sunday, June 05, 2005 - 11:32 am
Just for fun, here are a few more pictures my dh and I took at the Jack Russell Fun Day races! Fat, skinny, tall, short, fluffy, smooth -- we had 'em all! I think the pup in the middle of the last photo must have some corgi in her -- or else she's just very ... ummm ... voluptuous

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Beachcomber
Member
08-26-2003
| Sunday, June 05, 2005 - 12:06 pm
Yank, those are fantastic pictures! Yes the last one is a little stout lol
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Sunday, June 05, 2005 - 2:29 pm
Awwwww, one of the little doggies had to run with a snoot boot on.
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Rosie
Member
11-12-2003
| Sunday, June 05, 2005 - 2:34 pm
Good eye Juju2bigdog. I was concentrating on the one in the middle and completely missed that boot. They don't wear blinders too, do they?
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Yankee_in_ca
Member
08-01-2000
| Sunday, June 05, 2005 - 2:39 pm
I'm not sure in "real" races -- this was a "fun day" and not too competitive. Many of these dogs had never done this before. The rule was, if you knew your dog is aggressive -- or if your dog showed any signs of aggression before, during, or after a race -- they had to wear a soft muzzle. Out of maybe 60 or so races, there were NO fights that I saw. P.S. -- I love the pose of the one in the first photo, second from the left! DH took that photo (I know, cause I'm actually one of the ppl in the background, helping my dog's breeder give her one-year-old pup have some fun while she organized the day!)
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Herckleperckle
Member
11-20-2003
| Sunday, June 05, 2005 - 2:44 pm
How adorable! I love 'em all! Is it true that, by nature, most JRT's are a little snippy? (I've heard that they're biters--not enough to do real damage, though.) Think it's cuz they are one-person dogs or because they are so independent?
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Ophiliasgrandma
Member
09-04-2001
| Sunday, June 05, 2005 - 2:44 pm
I like the top pix, left side dog. Reminds me of my Trinket who went to the Rainbow Bridge 4 years ago.
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