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Dahli

Saturday, January 04, 2003 - 04:53 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Oh Riviere - they are so fabulous! It's hard to explain how much you can love dogs to people who don't have 'em...
One thing I do worry about tho is getting Max to eat, he truly looks like bones in a sac some days - he's the thinnest whippet I've ever seen. Do you have any problems getting your hounds to eat and if so, any tricks to suggest...?

Hippyt

Saturday, January 04, 2003 - 05:11 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Here's a photo of Lola and my son playing yesterday. Lola is still a pup,and I absolutely love her! She loves the kids,everything is a game to her,and she's just pure fun! She is sooo jealous of my cat Max,anytime I go to pet Max Lola whines and barks,and generally has a fit.She was named by a member of TVCH.

Hippyt

Saturday, January 04, 2003 - 05:14 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
lola

Mygetaway

Saturday, January 04, 2003 - 05:14 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
{{War, Kota and Riley}}

I'm glad all seems to have worked out alright.
But what a scary thing to happen. If someone came at me like that while I was asleep they might end up with a black eye or swollen lips too..

It's good that neither one of them seem scared of the other.. that's a good sign.

Riviere

Wednesday, January 08, 2003 - 12:09 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Dahli ~ once in awhile Blue (age 9) only picks at his breakfast (1.25 cup kibble spritzed with water) but through the day & evening he wants a bite of everyone's lunch and snacks. I usually can tell when he's in that picky mood so I mix tiny raw ground beef bits in his bowl and he eats everything then. He's got a high metabolism for his age. I have seen some retired racers who have morphed into real porkers by indulgent new owners but I think Blue's thing is to watch his own weight and get as much 'tasty' food as he can! He actually gives me a hurt look when he gets a 'kibble only' breakfast, so I guess he has me trained to add a little meat treat. Dinner the hounds get another 1.50 cup kibble with 1/2 can Alpo mixed in, 2 mins. later their bowls are spotless.. Good luck with Max! Not all dogs act like starved wolves, a few will turn down food when they're happy with their diet, hard as that is to believe, and Greyhounds & Whippets are so 'skeletal' looking anyway. Your vet can determine if his health & weight are in range at his 1yr old visit. :)

Wargod

Wednesday, January 08, 2003 - 12:47 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Dakota and Reily seemed to have come to some type of understanding. Reily follows her around everywhere she goes....even to take naps and go to bed. It seems to me, Dakota's been much more gentle with Reily and Reily seems to want to make up with her. It's been nice and quiet with them.

We were supposed to be taking Reily for walks starting today (me and Kota) but were rained out, so hopefully can start that tomorrow. Reily has really gotten chubby and I think the exercise will be good for her. She's not really lazy, but she doesn't seem inclined to go out and run the yard like Harvey does.

Dahli

Wednesday, January 08, 2003 - 01:42 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
That is so true Riviere... Max is a real skulker, and prefers to try and score something (anything) off the counter, tables or any other unattended area, than eat out of his bowl. I may try a couple of things added in to entice him as well thanks!

Mzzlissa

Wednesday, January 08, 2003 - 02:37 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Hello...I have been lurking for months on the BB and AR boards, but I could not pass up the opportunity to talk about my dog! Her name is Hallie and she is a six year-old purebred Beagle. Talk about spoiled (but that is a given right). One unique thing about her that I have never seen before is she has her own "boo". When she was a puppy for some odd reason she began sucking on my comforter. So we found her a nice used baby comforter at a yardsale and she has not parted with it since! It is dragged all over the house and goes to bed with her at night. If we are out in the family room watching TV she RUNS back to the bedroom and drags it out. I think it literally puts her to sleep because after she starts "booing," she falls over and goes to sleep. We have washed it multiple times but now it is black and falling apart! Has anyone else heard of this? Sometimes I think it might be because she was taken away from her mother when she was only four weeks old. I have a picture of her doing it, but no scanner, otherwise I would share. :)

Dahli

Wednesday, January 08, 2003 - 02:43 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
That is hilarious Mzz!! I can just picture her, I have not actually experienced this except with my daughter, sounds just about as cute tho!

Wargod

Wednesday, January 08, 2003 - 02:51 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Welcome Mzzlissa!!!!

Reily (also a Beagle) won't go to sleep without being covered with a blanket. She gets cold though, and doesn't really care what she's covered with. I've found her on Kota's bed, burrowed under the blankets. I'd be much happier if she chose just one though, LOL.

I swear pets are like kids...and like some kids develop their comfort items, so do they.

Riviere

Wednesday, January 08, 2003 - 03:53 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
These tales ring so true to me! My Alpha hound Romeo, he never refuses food but has that 'hunt' preference attitude, if it's forbidden, it just has to be better.. At age 22 months Romeo came to us, retired because he refused to race, he'd bark at the 'race pack' to stop. Stubborn and conniving, born to be pampered, was his opinion! I had some chewy toys for him and a huge crate for his first day in a house. Romeo carefully picked up each toy and lined his crate with them and took to the housetraining 100%, then he got it figured out we're pushovers so he'd hop on any bed and just wriggle happily. Spoiled, yep! Now he's 8 but besides the grey muzzle you'd never guess. When Daddy comes home he's as excited as a prancing puppy; Daddy encouraged Romeo to jump up and actually hug him, until the day he came home with his arms full and tried to beat Romeo to the kitchen table, but Greyhounds being fast, Romeo leapt at his back anyway and nailed him in the shoulderblades, so everything went flying. I wish I had that one on video! Good lesson about not teaching large dogs to stand up and give you a hug on sight..

Whoami

Sunday, January 12, 2003 - 03:44 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Yay! I finally have an electronic pic of my boys!

Da Boyz


The one on the left with the purple collar is Bomba. The one on the right with the blue collar is Boomer-Rang.

More pics will follow, once I get a picture editor software program, and crop out my horrible furniture and messy house!

Moondance

Sunday, January 12, 2003 - 03:50 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
What sweet babies!!!

Halfunit

Sunday, January 12, 2003 - 03:56 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
They are adorable! I'm glad you have different colored collars on them!!! If not, one might sneak a hot dog and try to blame it on the other.

Babyruth

Sunday, January 12, 2003 - 03:59 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
How cute!! I love their ears!

Whoami

Sunday, January 12, 2003 - 04:03 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Thanks Moonie and Half! (edited to say, and Babyruth!)

Hehee, they were a little hard to tell apart when we first got them (they are litter mates, BTW). But, Boomer has sleek shorter fur, and Bomba is just a bit fluffier.

I would really have to dispute that dogs are color blind. When they were just wee pups, I got a purple collar/leash, and a blue collar/leash and put each color set in a pile on the floor. Then I turned them loose to choose thier colors. Without hesitation, they each zeroed in on their colors. They've been blue and purple since. In fact, until thier personalities revealed thier names to me, we called them Blue and Purple!

When I get something blue or purple in the house, the color appropriate dog will zero in on it with a "that must be mine" attitude. Not to mention, the one with the other color will look at me like, where's the one in my color?

Whoami

Sunday, January 12, 2003 - 04:15 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
OK, I'm giddy. I can't resist showing off my boys...(just don't look at the background!)

Here is a picture of a "100 pound lap dog!" Boomer's predecessor Honey Bear came up with how to lay on a lap in a recliner. We called it a Bear Hug. She passed it on to Boomer, and the name has evolved into Chair Snuggles."

chair snuggle


And here is a favored sleeping position used by both (Bomba keeps jumping up and ruining the pose when we point the camera at him, so Boomer gets to be the subject here too!). We call this sleeping position "Upside Down Twisty Turny Tucky Toes."

sleeping

Moondance

Sunday, January 12, 2003 - 04:25 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
LOL they are too cute... I love how small and cuddley they are

Wargod

Sunday, January 12, 2003 - 04:31 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Who, Harvey has that same lap dog postition, LOL. Those are beautiful boys you got there!!

Webkitty

Sunday, January 12, 2003 - 04:31 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Boomer and Bomba are soooo beautiful! I love how Boomer is cocking his head in that pic.

Kaili

Sunday, January 12, 2003 - 04:39 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Whoami- very cute! I love big lap dogs! The white dog (Ole) is just like that- he's small but very heavy and muscular- he got himself into a bee hive when he was a puppy and it did something to his nervous system- he gets very insecure and shaky and likes to sit on people.

Ole

The other is the sweetest German Shephard in the world. Miss Hannah is almost 13 years old now and pretty arthretic but Rimadal every morning plus an asprin and she's pretty good. Just no more long runs or hard walks these days- She's also one of the most photogenic dogs I know. Every picture is so cute it's hard to pick which to post. There are ones of her laying in a field of flowers looking at the camera, in the woods, etc. When she was a puppy her right ear took a long time to stand up and we thought it would always be down. Then she became dumbo-ears!

Hannah

Halfunit

Sunday, January 12, 2003 - 04:46 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Such good looking dogs, and excellent photography angles!!!

Kaili

Sunday, January 12, 2003 - 04:52 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Now we need a horse thread so you all can see my mom's super big pregnant horse. She's a big horse anyway (not sure about hands, but her butt is a little taller than me and I'm 5'4".

Juju2bigdog

Sunday, January 12, 2003 - 06:21 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
What darling dawgs, Whoami. Do they date?

Whoami

Sunday, January 12, 2003 - 06:49 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
LOL Juju. My boys are quite handsome, arn't they? I'm betting they'd be quite honored to do a night on the town with a Juju on thier arm. Be advised though, they don't get out very often. And Bomba has a tendency to pee uncontrollably when he's nervous.