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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Saturday, January 26, 2008 - 11:29 pm
Oh my gosh, Dixie has her own tree house! And she gets herself up there! That is hysterical Eggie! I wanna pick up Harley and just hold him, he's so little.
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Ophiliasgrandma
Member
09-04-2001
| Sunday, January 27, 2008 - 9:38 am
Just look at that face, that fabulous face.
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Vacanick
Member
07-12-2004
| Sunday, January 27, 2008 - 9:53 am
Oh my goodness Eggie ... Harley is just beautiful!!! And what a good man Egbob is to give Dixie her tree house! Dixie can still do what she needs to do and yet be safe doing it. Great pictures!! 
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Mocha
Member
08-12-2001
| Sunday, January 27, 2008 - 10:19 am
Aww that is sooo cute Eggie! Who knew dogs could climb trees. I love that Egbob built her a lil house like that.
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Ophiliasgrandma
Member
09-04-2001
| Sunday, January 27, 2008 - 11:52 am
Mocha, do a search on 'Cody the tree climbing dog'. In fact I got lots of hits on various dogs who love to climb trees. Odd, huh?
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Sunday, January 27, 2008 - 8:23 pm
I knew coonhounds and such climb trees, but never would have thought of a doxie.. lol.. they are hounds but built to "go to ground", often down tunnels.. Dixie has style!! Harley is adorable!
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Supergranny
Member
02-03-2005
| Sunday, January 27, 2008 - 8:41 pm
I love the pictures...who would have thought that you had a tree climbing Doxie!! Harley was really watching to get pointers on tree climbing. He is absolutely precious.
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Monday, January 28, 2008 - 2:54 am
We ended up cancelling PJ's beauty appointment because of the rain. I didn't want to get her all prettied up just so she could run out back and get muddy. She's so funny. Harvey refuses to go out if it's raining (or cold, windy, hot, lol) but when I opened the door she shot right out and was frolicking in the puddles. After the first time we learned real quick to stand there with a towel and catch her before she gets all the way in because she's been soaking wet and filthy. Harv just looks at her when she comes back in (looking just like a soaking wet mop, lol) and then puts his head back down. You can almost hear him say, "silly puppy!" Oh, lol! Darren and I were laying in bed about 4 this morning talking when we heard the oddest sound and then the puppy whimpering. We got up to look and she had somehow, from inside!, knocked her crate over onto its side. It hit Caleb's little table and knocked one of his lego structures off onto the floor. We can't figure out how the heck she did it, lol, she's so tiny she shouldn't have been able to do that!
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Calamity
Member
10-18-2001
| Monday, January 28, 2008 - 12:51 pm
Such great photos, everyone! Smiles and prayers to all your furry friends. Okay, so not only is Kiwi not the 25-lb border collie mix she was listed to be on Pet Finder (she's actually a 50-lb German shepherd mix, possibly a little collie in there, which sorta surprised me when they showed up with her - but I got over it), today I find out that she's also not spayed - at least the vet suspects she isn't - even though the rescue gave me records saying they had had her fixed. So now Kiwi seems to be in heat and I'm concerned whether any of the health info the rescue gave me is accurate. (They also didn't tell me about a digestion problem she has.) When I get home I'm going to fax the rescue records to my vet because she wants to talk to them. I'm kinda upset about all this, to say the least. Although relieved that the blood I found is not likely a sign of something serious.
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Jasper
Member
09-14-2000
| Monday, January 28, 2008 - 3:29 pm
Great pics, Harley is so sweet, I just want to put him in my pocket. Oscar's perfect day.

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Ophiliasgrandma
Member
09-04-2001
| Monday, January 28, 2008 - 3:34 pm
Now, there is a pooch in seventh heaven if I ever saw one.
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Monday, January 28, 2008 - 6:11 pm
Oscar: "Cold? What's that?"
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Biscottiii
Member
05-29-2004
| Monday, January 28, 2008 - 10:24 pm
Loving the pics! Oscar has such beautiful coloring! What a tree house for Dixie and Harley, fun. Especially the Dixie shaped windows so that it's personalized and she can see out! Calamity, I don't blame you for being upset. Could have found yourself with a litter of puppies unexpectedly, not to mention the cost of spaying that you're now facing. Not good! Maybe they got their dogs mixed up somehow. It just seems strange. Wargod, don't know if this might be helpful to you. But, one of the dog walking ladies across the street at the park has one of those LapsoApso, or the kind with white fur & black eyes. Similar fur, like my Sis's Shitzus or PJ. When she walks her dog, for a good 10 yrs that I've seen them, she dresses him in an infant fleecy 'onesy'. She has several, all different colors. You know, like babies wear with the snaps or zipper running up the leg and up the front but made out of the heavier fleece for wearing outside? She chopped off the feet so his legs are covered, and then cut a hole in the right area for his tail. Since it's fleece, it doesn't ravel so she doesn't even sew it. I asked her about that one day. She said she lets him out in her yard to 'do-the-deed' first thing, then puts on his onesy for his walk around the park. She said after his trimming, this keeps him warmer, fewer weeds in his fur, and a little less muddy. Then, when they get home she just tosses into the washer. I don't know if you ever go to thrift/2nd hand stores or perhaps your nephew might have outgrown some. It might not help much now, with her fondness for puddles but when the weather clears it might help. Silly puppy, it's COLD out there in the wet!
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Monday, January 28, 2008 - 10:44 pm
That is a great idea! All of nephews clothes went to my sister for her baby and I know sis has bagged teh smaller sizes up now. I know she has to have some that will be stained. Calamity, if the rescue said she was spayed and gave you the papers stating she was, and she's not, aren't they responsible now for covering it? I would be pretty mad about it. Oscar looks like he's having a great time, lol!
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Serate
Member
08-21-2001
| Tuesday, January 29, 2008 - 1:48 pm
War is PJ yours officially now? I say officially because all of us knew from the beginning she was yours., Jack doesn't mind the weather - rain, snow, sleet, haven't had hail yet tho - one bit. We got him some boots for when the ground is really cold, but all that does is make him want to stay outside more while we freeze are patooites off waiting for him to do his business. *L* If we got him a coat he'd never want to come inside.
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Saxywildcat
Member
05-30-2005
| Wednesday, January 30, 2008 - 3:12 am
Okay everyone, bissel is doing this contest where the cutest dogs can win their owners a nice pet hair vacuum. Sandy is entered in this week's voting, so go vote for her. There are 201 pages of pictures. Sandy is on page 51 and is picture 1011. Follow this link and it may take you directly to page 51. Sandy's bissel page <25> Pass the word too. We could so use a decent vacuum!
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Dahli
Member
11-27-2000
| Wednesday, January 30, 2008 - 11:43 am
This link is cute. I'm not sure if it's a small whippet or an IG but at any rate, my two get very close to doing this when the temps are low! http://mittklipp.aftonbladet.se/app/viewMovie.action?id=15912
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Calamity
Member
10-18-2001
| Thursday, January 31, 2008 - 4:33 pm
Thanks, guys. The rescue says their records are Kiwi was spayed but the shelter they got her from may have had that wrong if the people who turned her in there didn't tell them the truth. You'd think they'd verify though, wouldn't you? Anyway, they're going to help me with arrangements to get Kiwi fixed if it turns out that she really wasn't. I felt like such a moron, paying $52.00 only to have the vet to tell me my dog is probably in heat.
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Saxywildcat
Member
05-30-2005
| Thursday, January 31, 2008 - 11:33 pm
Thank you to the mod who shortened the above link.. Well guess what, the link above no longer works, but this one will.. HTTP://www.BISSELL.com/Redirect.asp?RP_id=50881 And it's a shorter link. The above post I wrote at 4 am after having cleaned up Sandy's puke and I couldn't remember how to do links the right way.. LOL Not that I can right now either. Thanks ya'll!
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Serate
Member
08-21-2001
| Friday, February 01, 2008 - 8:34 am
I need help. I don't know what to do. Jack just bit me. Not a playful bite. A mean bite. He almost drew blood. It took every bit of me deep down to my toes not to way lay on him. Had Zippy cornered, and I made him back away. Zippy ran downstairs, I went back to the love seat. He sat and stared at me for a minute then jumped up on the couch, growled, and bit me, then ran off. It was deliberate. At the moment I'm totally ignoring him. My heart is just completely broken. I will NOT have a mean dog. I know some will say one bite does not make a mean dog, but he sat and stared at me first, then jumped up and bit me. Very deliberate. Very thought through. We've never yelled at him, never hit him. We get firm with him when we are correcting him. I actually did not know what to do, how to correct him. So I just went downstairs and did laundry. Basically ignored him when I came back upstairs. He tried to lick my tears but I wouldn't let him. So he went and put himself in the cage we have in the living room AND shut the door, and is sleeping. I've never seen him shut the door before. Any ideas?
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Mocha
Member
08-12-2001
| Friday, February 01, 2008 - 8:50 am
I would've smacked Jack on the nose or his ass and growled back at him. There's only one alpha in my house and I am she.
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Ophiliasgrandma
Member
09-04-2001
| Friday, February 01, 2008 - 8:56 am
Mocha is right, Serate. You have to be the pack leader. Cesar would had taken him by the back of the neck and forced him to the ground until he submitted, just like an alpha wolf would do to a subordinate. However, I don't believe he would have 'smacked' the dog.
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Mocha
Member
08-12-2001
| Friday, February 01, 2008 - 9:01 am
True Caesar wouldn't smack him lol.
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Serate
Member
08-21-2001
| Friday, February 01, 2008 - 9:02 am
That was my first instinct Mocha but I am ashamed to say I wasn't sure I would have stopped at just one smack.
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Dahli
Member
11-27-2000
| Friday, February 01, 2008 - 9:05 am
Oh dear that is not good... how old is Jack and what breed is he? I went back a bit and couldn't find any specifics. How long have you had him? It would seem he sensed some weak energy as Cesar would say and took advantage of it. How were you feeling as you refereed the situation and how do these two behave together as a rule? I am so sorry, I know how hard this must be to digest...
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