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Mocha
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08-12-2001

Tuesday, April 11, 2006 - 1:55 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mocha a private message Print Post    
But they do look so cute in the dog shows...

Yankee_in_ca
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08-01-2000

Tuesday, April 11, 2006 - 2:05 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Yankee_in_ca a private message Print Post    
I know a few people who have Chows. Basically they are beautiful dogs, but personality-wise are quite aloof -- the dog owners I know say they tend to bond with one person over others, and can get protective. They are not big "play-ers," I don't think, and their quiet natures are what make them not great with kids -- I don't think they can tolerate a lot of fuss.

Oh, and P.S. -- I posted a silly little "photo essay" of my JRT the day the board crashed, so it's gone. Should I re-post, or are you guys sick of my dog? LOL

Tabbyking
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03-11-2002

Tuesday, April 11, 2006 - 2:13 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Tabbyking a private message Print Post    
well, kendall is golden retriever, chow and possibly australian shepherd. i was really concerned when i heard them tell the kennel attendant, "get the chow out of kennel one!" i said, "i didn't adopt a chow! i hate chows!" well, the policeman who had brought him in had him listed as 'chow', so his adoption papers had to say that. we are fortunate that his main breed and one that seems to mostly dictate his behavior seem to be from the golden part.
i think owners must play a lot of part in a dog's actions. because we can be with kendall a good portion of the time and he is really a 'family pet', not just thrown outdoors to be a watch dog, he will be fine. also my kids are grown up.
there was a full blooded 'orange' chow down the street several years ago that terrified me. when the bounty hunters came after his owners for drugs and prostitution, i could understand this chow a little better: he had obviously been 'groomed' to be an attack dog.
i would never get a full-blooded chow because they do scare me (but so do dobermans and people love them). i would never get a pitbull, either.
i only went to look at kendall because he was listed online as an 'australian mix' and by the time i had paid and they were bringing him to the front office, i was too embarrassed to turn him back over. plus, he really needed us!
i never let anyone, young or old, approach him until he is not growling or, heaven forbid, baring his teeth, which he did at a big black lab that came to our front door to urinate on it!
if kendall had not been at least half golden retriever, i don't think i would have taken him once i heard 'chow'.
but he has turned out to be very loving and playful and is training well with little training treats. if i had little kids, i definitely would not get a full-blooded chow and would have to know a mixed chow's temperament really well before raising them together.

Whoami
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08-03-2001

Tuesday, April 11, 2006 - 2:13 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Whoami a private message Print Post    
Hey Lance. There's a great site HERE that tells you about all sorts of dog breeds. The page I linked to should go directly to the Chow.

And THIS site suggests his aggressive reputation is undeserved, though "he is a tenacious fighter if provoked."

Herckleperckle
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11-20-2003

Tuesday, April 11, 2006 - 2:14 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Herckleperckle a private message Print Post    
RE-POST, Yank!!!!! I can't get enough of jrt's! And yours has so much personality! One day we should have a get together where we all bring our pets. Wouldn't that be something!

Tabbyking
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03-11-2002

Tuesday, April 11, 2006 - 2:20 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Tabbyking a private message Print Post    
yankee posted: <<They are not big "play-ers," I don't think, and their quiet natures are what make them not great with kids -- I don't think they can tolerate a lot of fuss.>>

thankfully, kendall is a play-er and i have to toss his tennis ball 30 or 40 times before he gets exhausted. we do this at least once, usually twice a day. i really am thankful he seems to have the golden's 'playfulness' over the chow's temperament. again, it could be because we treat him as a family member and give him a lot of attention that he is not mean with us or to most people he comes in contact with. but he does HATE door to door sales people. i think he picks up my irritation with them :-) vito, even though he was purebred golden, also barked and growled at solicitors. i think a good, loved, trained dog will pick up on an owner's feelings, not just be an out and out mean attack dog.

and YES!!! please do post the pics that were lost the other night. i enjoy seeing all of our loves.

Landi
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07-29-2002

Tuesday, April 11, 2006 - 2:24 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Landi a private message Print Post    
Yankee, i love seeing and hearing about FINNEGAN! please please please post!

Tabbyking
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03-11-2002

Tuesday, April 11, 2006 - 2:24 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Tabbyking a private message Print Post    
oh, and yes, kendall has bonded more with me than the rest of the family. chows do usually relate closest to one person, while accepting the other family members. they like to have one person in charge, i guess. vito was also closer to me. probably a lot with both pets is that i am the main caretaker and spend the most time with them because i am around to do so...
kendall does obey both my dd and my dh, but if i am in the room, he sometimes looks to me to confirm the command...especially if it's something he doesn't want to do, like go outside for 30 seconds to pee if it's raining, or stay home when we go somewhere for 10 minutes.

Yankee_in_ca
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08-01-2000

Tuesday, April 11, 2006 - 2:27 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Yankee_in_ca a private message Print Post    
OK, I feel like I need to qualify my statements above about chows to say my comments are based on the experiences of the people I know ONLY -- and not to be taken as me talking about every chow.

I say that not because of anything anyone might have posted, but because after I thought about it, I felt like I needed to qualify that. My JRT certainly doesn't match all the "traits" of the dog, so I feel like I needed to say it :-)

Tabbyking
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03-11-2002

Tuesday, April 11, 2006 - 2:34 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Tabbyking a private message Print Post    
yank, i understood your post and only posted to say i was relieved kendall wasn't 'typical' of what most people associate when they hear the word, "chow"! (because that's exactly what i did when the kennel person was told to bring up 'the chow'! only i heard "THE CHOW...that evil, snarling, nasty beast that eats small children and attacks unprovoked." LOL)
but he does have some 'chow' tendencies, and one is that he really prefers one boss. it was interesting when i went to the links whoami posted above. i wasn't surprised at all to read not to leave them in the backyard! they really need to be a part of your family, or not in your family at all. they can't just be tossed in the yard to be an outdoor dog.
i think i am the right person for kendall and whatever chow 'parts' he has because i am fair to him and loving to him and count to ten so i don't get exasperated sometimes!! it's like having a willful child. and who with kids doesn't have a 'willful child' at some time or another?

okay, start posting puppy-pics!!

Mizinvanccouver
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02-22-2003

Tuesday, April 11, 2006 - 2:35 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mizinvanccouver a private message Print Post    
I'm not sick of your dog Yankee..<please repost!!

I dated a guy who owned a Chow. She was VERY possessive of him. When I was over he would have to put her on the opposite side of the house because she would get jealous if he payed any attention to me. She seemed really nice with him though. )She had a purplish-blue tongue.Kind of unique.)

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Tuesday, April 11, 2006 - 2:40 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
Hehe, sis' Athena is half pitt. Total sweetheart and at close to 13 or so now has never shown one ounce of agression towards another dog or person. But, you can sit there and watch first time visitors to the house and it will almost always happen. They will be sitting there petting her and talking about what a great, gentle dog she is, how friendly she is and what a people person she is and then they'll ask what kind of dog she is. Soon as someone says 1/2 pitt, you can watch these same people who 2 seconds before had been loving on her jump back about six feet in terror. LOL, I think Athena's totally used to the reaction too because by now all she'll do at that point is turn around, go find her bed and lay down for a nap!

Saxywildcat
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05-30-2005

Tuesday, April 11, 2006 - 2:57 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Saxywildcat a private message Print Post    
We think that at least Mocha, and possibly Sandy, are a little bit chow. They both have a little black on their tongues.. But, someone also said some lab's have black on their tongues, so who knows. Anywho, these two are pretty good dogs, so. :-) I am glad they are mostly other kinds of dogs.. And oh no, one of them farted.. YUCK

Yankee_in_ca
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08-01-2000

Tuesday, April 11, 2006 - 3:24 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Yankee_in_ca a private message Print Post    
My JRT In the Morning, A Photo Essay

OK, so the other day I woke up and my JRT was asleep on the pillow above my head. This happens all the time. Except this time, I happened to be able to reach my digital camera, which was on my dresser, before the sleepyhead woke up.

Here is the first picture I snapped. The indent on the lower pillow is where my head had just been:
sleepy1

This was the view from below...
sleepy2

And of course, I woke the sleeping beauty up...
yawn

Check out the dirty look I got...
dirty look

Still dazed and lazy, but he's awake now!
awake

The End.

Mocha
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08-12-2001

Tuesday, April 11, 2006 - 3:27 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mocha a private message Print Post    
Lol he's such a cutie. Angel sleeps in the same spot.

Lancecrossfire
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07-13-2000

Tuesday, April 11, 2006 - 3:29 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Lancecrossfire a private message Print Post    
Thanks everyone!!

Yankee, nice photo essay. :-)

Landi
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07-29-2002

Tuesday, April 11, 2006 - 3:40 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Landi a private message Print Post    
finnegan is so adorable! more photo essays! i love how expressive his face is! you totally know what he is thinking. thank you yankee.

Herckleperckle
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11-20-2003

Tuesday, April 11, 2006 - 3:45 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Herckleperckle a private message Print Post    
That was a great idea, Yank! I am in love with the second picture, but I like the dirty look one, too. Does he always sleep above your head--not moving? Herc is in and out of the covers all night. Drives me nuts!

Oh, and beautiful sheets and great assortment of pillows. Looks like House Beautiful!

Penguingirl
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01-26-2006

Tuesday, April 11, 2006 - 4:21 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Penguingirl a private message Print Post    
Now is a good time to slide this one in...I posted it on Sunday, but like many others, it went away.

I want to say a big Thank You to all you puppy posters. It's been 1 1/2 years since my 14 yo Golden passed on, and have since found various ways to get that "puppy fix". Coming in here to read and look at the pics is one of the things I do. It's just so enjoyable. So please, keep bragging and posting....I need my hit.

Tabbyking
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03-11-2002

Tuesday, April 11, 2006 - 9:50 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Tabbyking a private message Print Post    
wow, is he ever cute!! i'm glad you posted the picks, because i missed pics that you posted that were lost in last night's 'crash'. at least you didn't lose these when the board went down for all but moderators for 2 hours tonight!

penguin, are you getting another golden ever? they really are the most wonderful dogs. my kids used to lie on vito for a pillow when they watched movies. and he went on every 'camp out' with them, whether it was the real thing up at a lake or under the dining room table with a quilt thrown over the side! there would be 3 sleeping bags ina row. vito's had 101 dalmations on it LOL

Penguingirl
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01-26-2006

Tuesday, April 11, 2006 - 10:19 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Penguingirl a private message Print Post    
Probably not Tabby, although we love them. I called my dog "my third saddlebag" cuz she was always leaning on my thigh. My dh has developed allergies over the years (he learned to live with the headaches and would have had to sneeze his fool head off for us to have gotten rid of her), and I got really tired of the hair everywhere. There will be another dog in the future, but not for a while. Job assignments make our lives too unpredictable/unstable.

About 5-6 years ago I was researching different dogs...something that would work for us and I found out about Goldendoodles. I was convinced that was our next dog. Well, since then they've soared in popularity AND price. When I was looking they were about $400...now I've seen then go for as much as $2500...that's nuts in my opinion. Our next option might be a Portuguese Water Dog...time will tell.

But we'll probably forever believe that Goldens are the best dogs EVER!

Whoami
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08-03-2001

Wednesday, April 12, 2006 - 1:01 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Whoami a private message Print Post    
Love the Photo Essay! Especially love that dirty look! Such expression!

I tell ya, if I had have the memory and smarts Bomba has, I'd be considered brilliant.

I'll admit to letting Bomba sometimes ummm....shall we say "pre-wash" some of our dishes before we put them in the dishwasher. OK, so some of you will say gross, but oh well.

Anyway, one of the special treat pre-wash things is the gravy pan. Bomba can prewash that bugger better than any soaking in the sink or anything! LOL. Its the only pan I let him pre-wash, since its not a teflon pan, and there's no danger of him scraping any pan pieces up with his teeth.

I only make gravy maybe three times or so a year. I was stacking dishes up last night, and almost went to soak the pan, and decided maybe Bomba could have it this time, so I set it aside (Bomba was outside at the time), and I set it in a spot I normally wouldn't set the pan too.

Bomba comes back in and starts in on his "get me away from the computer" thing he does. I figure he wants me to get up and go play. So, I got up and he didn't lead me into the living room to play! OK. The other two things he does that for is if his water dish is empty, or he needs to go outside. Since he'd just been out, I went and checked his water bowl. Full. Hmmm.....ok, now just what does that silly fellow want? Back to the kitchen, and there's Bomba "pointing" at the gravy pan that's sitting up on the counter. He looks back at me with this big grin on his face. How can you resist that!

Supergranny
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02-03-2005

Wednesday, April 12, 2006 - 9:46 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Supergranny a private message Print Post    
Finnegan is such a doll!

Penguingirl..I laughed at the "saddlebag" description. I always say that Sophie is my "velcro" dog.

We had visitors yesterday and today Sophie is completely wore out. She can't use her right leg at all now but DH carries her. The pain pills are still working so I get to keep her until they don't work or she starts coughing blood. Right now our life is pretty much centered around her. She misses her walks and cries when DH takes Lucee so now he carries Sophie down the road for a little ways and back. Her head goes back and forth checking everything out. And then she is satisfied to sleep in her basket by me.

Also I highly recommend a little black pug if you want joy and laughter in your life! If it wasn't for Lucee our days would be bleak right now.

Tabbyking
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03-11-2002

Wednesday, April 12, 2006 - 3:01 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Tabbyking a private message Print Post    
who, dogs are smart!! it's probably such a treat for bomba he was waiting all evening for it.

goldendoodles are great because they don't shed and are a cross between two very good family dogs. but, the price really has soared. we were lucky when we got vito all those years ago. we could not afford a 600-dollar golden retriever. then the people who had him decided to move to a boat and they could only have one dog, so they wanted to keep the mother. vito was the one pup out of 8 they had kept for themselves. he was about 16 months when we got him. and they gave him to us for nothing!
pugs don't do well where i live. with over a month of days well over 100%, they can't take it. neighbors have one and they have to keep their AC running constantly once it's over 80 outside. when the power went off a couple of summers ago, they had to go to a neighboring town and stay in a motel for 2 days, so they'd have AC. the dog was snorting and hyperventilating like crazy within minutes of things heating up.
where do you live supergranny? we are one watering away from desert in our central california home. i can't wait til we're up north!!! no one even has AC where we're moving.

Supergranny
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02-03-2005

Wednesday, April 12, 2006 - 9:40 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Supergranny a private message Print Post    
Tabby...we live at the beach in Washington so it is cool for pugs here. French bulldogs have the same problem with the heat so when we were fulltimers(geritol gypsies), we did have to be very careful of Sophie overheating.

I was referring to the laughter that a pug brings in your life when I said I recommend a pug. Their whole goal in life is to entertain you. Such clowns.

And I wish you were closer, you enjoy your pets as much as we do.