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Saxywildcat
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05-30-2005

Monday, November 28, 2005 - 5:13 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Saxywildcat a private message Print Post    
Awww, Jbean, Lola and I have the same birthday! I'll be 24 though, this year, not 1. hehehe

WONDERFUL photos, kstme! Those dogs are SOOO beautiful... the color is just amazing. :-)

SG, it's cold here too!

Sillycalimomma
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11-13-2003

Monday, November 28, 2005 - 6:04 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Sillycalimomma a private message Print Post    
It's been raining here all day.Poor buddy has been hiding under the covers all day because he has been so cold. I finally found an old shirt of dd's to put on him and started a fire. This has pretty much been his hang out ever since.



Saxywildcat
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05-30-2005

Monday, November 28, 2005 - 7:21 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Saxywildcat a private message Print Post    
OMG.. HOW CUTE!!! That is so adorable... Buddy is such a cutie.. Ok.. how many ways can I say awww? LOL That looks like a christmas card!! And OMG! I just saw the carebear stocking! AWESOME!! I was a care bear kid and I love that they are coming back!

Rosie
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11-12-2003

Monday, November 28, 2005 - 7:24 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Rosie a private message Print Post    
That Buddy sure has a rough life. lol. He looks so cute.

I agree that is a Christmas card!

Beachcomber
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08-26-2003

Monday, November 28, 2005 - 8:43 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Beachcomber a private message Print Post    
Jbean, Gracie is about that long and I have a devil of a time finding sweaters that fit good. They are either too big around or too long in the body. She is 14 months old, weighs about 6 lbs. and is a spoiled rotten baby. But isn't that why we get them?

I need to learn how to post pictures, but she tucks her tail between her legs when I try to take pictures of her in her sweater! Does Lola have an apple shaped head or a deer shaped head? Gracie has a deer shaped head and, personally, I think that is much prettier. I was surprised to read that a deer shaped head is not the AKC standard.

Bandit
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07-29-2001

Tuesday, November 29, 2005 - 2:35 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Bandit a private message Print Post    
Buddy is adorable!!!!!! And SuperG, thanks for posting that link. Those little pups were too cute for words!

Landi
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07-29-2002

Wednesday, November 30, 2005 - 1:34 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Landi a private message Print Post    
i'm not usually in the dog lover's thread, as i no longer have any dogs, just cats. but i finally got to reading a bunch of emails, mainly chicken soups for the souls. and this one touched me very much, so i thought i'd share with all of you.

Just an Old Golden Retriever
By Audrey Thomasson

She was just an old golden retriever. Her name was Brandy, and for eleven years she was the sole companion of an elderly woman who lived in a bungalow colony in the country. Neighbors often saw the two of them together in the garden. The woman would be hunched over picking flowers and there was that old dog, close at her heels or lying in the middle of the grass watching her pull weeds. When the woman died, some relatives came and collected anything they thought was valuable and put a "For Sale" sign on the front lawn. Then they locked the dog out and drove away.

Some of the neighbors left food out for Brandy, but mostly the dog stayed near the house that she knew and waited for her owner to come back. A young mother who lived next door noticed the old retriever, but she had never been around animals before and while she thought the dog was friendly enough, she didn't feel it was any of her concern.

However, when the dog wandered into her yard and began playing with eighteen-month-old Adam, she wanted to shoo the dirty thing away. Adam was her only child and the light of her life. But he was having so much fun feeding Brandy cookies she decided to let her stay. After that, whenever Adam had cookies Brandy came by to visit.

One afternoon, the boy's mother left Adam in the soft grassy yard to play while she answered the phone. When she returned he was gone. Just gone. The mother was frantic. Neighbors came over to help in the search. Police arrived and looked for three hours before calling in the state police and helicopters to do an extensive aerial search. But no one could find the child, and as the sun set over the horizon, whispers of abduction, injury or even death crept into conversations.

The search had been going on for six hours when a neighbor, who'd just returned home, wondered where Brandy was. Adam's mother, hysterical with worry, didn't understand why anyone was asking about the old dog at a time like this.

When someone suggested she might be with Adam, a trooper recalled hearing a dog barking deep in the woods when they were doing a foot search. Suddenly, everybody started calling for Brandy.

They heard faint barking and followed the sound until they found the toddler, standing up fast asleep, pressed against the trunk of a tree. That old dog was holding him there with one shoulder as one of her own legs dangled over a thirty-five-foot drop to a stream below.

Brandy had followed Adam when he wandered off. When she saw danger, she'd pushed him out of harm's way and held him safe for all those hours, even as the child struggled to get free.

As soon as the rescue team picked up Adam, the old dog collapsed. A trooper carried Adam back home, while his mother, sobbing with relief, carried Brandy. She was so grateful to the old golden retriever that Brandy spent the rest of her days with them. Brandy lived to the ripe old age of seventeen.

But this story doesn't end with just one life saved. In Brandy's honor, Adam's mother, Sara Whalen, founded Pets Alive, a rescue sanctuary in New York that takes in unwanted animals, including those designated to be euthanized because they are old, blind, incontinent or perhaps not cute enough to be adopted. While she can't save them all, Sara feels comforted that she can help at least some of them. She knows that if someone had put that old retriever to sleep, she could have easily lost the light of her life: her son.

Today, thirty years later, there are more than three hundred animals in her care, including birds, potbellied pigs, old horses retired from the carriage business and unadoptable pets from rescue groups across the country. The woman who used to think an old, abandoned dog wasn't any of her concern found that every life has value and has become a beacon for thousands of animals in need.


Supergranny
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02-03-2005

Wednesday, November 30, 2005 - 4:30 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Supergranny a private message Print Post    
Okay..that made me grab the kleenex.

Yankee_in_ca
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08-01-2000

Wednesday, November 30, 2005 - 4:37 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Yankee_in_ca a private message Print Post    
I haven't been in here in a while, but man oh man is that Lola ever cute in that sweater!!!

And Kstme, the babies are adorable as always... Comfort seekers...

And Buddy ... what can I say about Buddy?! He's obviously a dog after my own heart. What a character!!!

Finnegan refuses to wear anything on his body -- coat or shirt or anything. He acts like he's in pain or paralyzed if one goes on him. He even hates a harness, and will run if he sees me get it out. But he also has a very sensitive back (meaning, if you touch him on his back, he will writhe and twitch and/or scratch -- it's been that way since he was a pup).

Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Wednesday, November 30, 2005 - 7:16 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seamonkey a private message Print Post    
Silly, Buddy is simply adorable, not to mention photogenic!!

Kearie
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07-21-2005

Friday, December 02, 2005 - 11:41 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Kearie a private message Print Post    
Thought I would post a picture of my long-haired Chihuahua, Gizmo. He's one and a half years old.
He's looking over my shoulder and likes to perch there when we go in the car.



Supergranny
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02-03-2005

Friday, December 02, 2005 - 11:51 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Supergranny a private message Print Post    
Ohhh how cute!! Hi Gizmo

Escapee
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06-15-2004

Friday, December 02, 2005 - 4:05 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Escapee a private message Print Post    
Silly: I really want to get a beagle. My husband wants a hunting dog and I want a house dog, this would be the compromise, IMO. Tell me about his temperment etc.

Sillycalimomma
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11-13-2003

Friday, December 02, 2005 - 4:22 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Sillycalimomma a private message Print Post    
Oh well...I don't think they can be both Escapee. But I could be totally wrong. I just know that if you are going to use a Beagle for hunting you have to train it a certain way. Little love.
Our buddy gets overwhelmed with love. Lol. He is such a mommas boy! I have a few books about Beagles if you want I can send them your way. Your only right up the road and with media mail it wouldn't cost a thing.
I should have read up on them a bit more before I got him...but he just kind of came along one day and needed a home so there I was!

Escapee
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06-15-2004

Friday, December 02, 2005 - 4:25 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Escapee a private message Print Post    
We have had many hunting dogs that were just as good as pets as they were at hunting. It was just like having a job for them. ONce they loaded up in the truck, they knew they were going to work, once they got home, it was all fun and games.

My two dogs at home are not hunting dogs. We got one too late in life to be trained and the other we didn't bother training to hunt. They are just my babies, although I haven't been out to see them other than to feed and give them water in a few weeks. Bad momma. It's been too wet and rainy and with me being big and pregnant it isn't feasable. DH took them out to run the other day at the bypass. They came home very tired out. Speaking of which, I better pick up some dog chow tonight.

Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Friday, December 02, 2005 - 10:05 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seamonkey a private message Print Post    
Many hunting labradors are also excellent pets.

There ARE hunters who restrict their dogs from being pets but that isn't necessary at all.

Sillycalimomma
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11-13-2003

Friday, December 02, 2005 - 10:15 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Sillycalimomma a private message Print Post    
We have a friend who has a beagle that he has trained for hunting. His dog and my buddy live two very different lifes. Lol. I think it obviously depends on the owner I guess. I think beagles are great though. Buddy has always been wonderful with any kids that are around him. He has never even growled at them even if they pull his ears! Lol

Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Friday, December 02, 2005 - 11:28 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seamonkey a private message Print Post    
Yes that certainly does happen, but it isn't necessary.

Slinkydog
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11-30-2005

Saturday, December 03, 2005 - 12:41 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Slinkydog a private message Print Post    
Ah, this is the thread I belong on. I currently have 5 yard dogs. I had six but one died this past summer. I also had a sweet little weenie dog (house dog, of course) who died last month at the age of 19. I'd had her since birth, and since I was a youngster of 22. It was hard to lose her, and I miss her, but I realize it really was time. Although she was mostly blind and deaf by that point, and certainly had some health issues, she remained relatively active until the end. I've decided not to get another house dog for now. This surprises most that know me.

My yard dogs consist of a mama (Sheba) who is almost 14, 2 of her babies (Bobby and Roxy), who are 12, and a couple others who are younger and not blood related (Rock and Shadow). One of these days when I learn how, I'll post some pictures.

I love dogs!

Saxywildcat
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05-30-2005

Saturday, December 03, 2005 - 6:32 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Saxywildcat a private message Print Post    
Alrighty! Some of you may have been waiting for these... Or maybe not.. LOL Here's updated pics of my puppies! We weighed them today. Mocha is about 53/54 lbs and Sandy is about 48/49 lbs. They turned 6 months last week. We hope they're slowing down growing!!

Here you go! Some of the pics include them playing with their tennis stick. They love that thing.















Supergranny
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02-03-2005

Saturday, December 03, 2005 - 7:17 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Supergranny a private message Print Post    
You can sure tell they are happy well-loved dogs. You are a good mama Saxy!

Ophiliasgrandma
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09-04-2001

Saturday, December 03, 2005 - 7:34 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Ophiliasgrandma a private message Print Post    
Lovely girls!

Jagger
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08-07-2002

Sunday, December 04, 2005 - 5:06 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jagger a private message Print Post    
Saxy those are some beautiful dogs, and I think they are going to be monsters if they are already 50 pounds and over. It looks like they have a nice big play area.

Jagger
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08-07-2002

Sunday, December 04, 2005 - 5:18 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jagger a private message Print Post    
Here's pictures of my dogs, Jagger (the black dog) is getting pretty old so he pretty much just lays around a lot. His latest thing is to want to play tug of war with my blanket, that is how he gets his exercise.

Max, is younger, but just as lazy, although if you get him going he can get a bit wild, just watch your fingers and toes.










Slinkydog
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11-30-2005

Sunday, December 04, 2005 - 5:48 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Slinkydog a private message Print Post    
Precious, one and all! I had to laugh when I saw the names of Saxy's babies. I had 5 littermates at one time, 2 of which were named Sandy and Mocha.