Lostintheglades | Wednesday, December 10, 2003 - 07:56 am     Sometimes she has to go to extremes to catch whatever she's flushed out.
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Lostintheglades | Wednesday, December 10, 2003 - 09:08 am     You guys are cracking me up. Sas, Jack may have bowed legs but he sounds like a really smart and fun dog so he's definitely a fine example of the breed |
Sasman | Wednesday, December 10, 2003 - 09:38 am     Lost, wouldn't trade him for any dog, straight legs or not. Also, his ears are completely wrong for a JR, he's too long & his legs are too short. And he has a white ring around the base of his tail. And one ear flops back and forth when he's walking cause it is kind of broken about a third of the way from the tip. In other words, he is completely beautiful. |
Lostintheglades | Wednesday, December 10, 2003 - 10:36 am     I think so too Sasman!! You need to post more picture of him though...hehe |
Yankee_In_Ca | Wednesday, December 10, 2003 - 10:52 am     Great stories, you guys! And Millie is pretty cute -- what a cutie!!! Little Finnegan is sleeping at my feet right now, snuggled in a blanket. |
Lostintheglades | Wednesday, December 10, 2003 - 11:49 am     I'm thinking Finnegan and Millie would make some pretty cute little puppies. I gotta get one of those stick balls for her. Maybe Santa will get her one. I got her and Ethel a bone today and she took hers and hid it under my pillow, yuck, then went and took Ethel's away from her and is chewing on it right now so I gave Ethel Millie's little bone..hehe |
Luvmyjrt | Thursday, December 11, 2003 - 09:12 am     All of these dogs are beautiful!!! Lost, Millie is a HOOT! |
Lostintheglades | Thursday, December 11, 2003 - 09:24 am     Hehe...she's a mess all right. The palm tree she is climbing has little nuts on it that not only the squirrels love but the fruit rats...I have a porch and sometimes I leave the screened door opened for the dogs to go in and out easily. We didn't have her a week before one of those darn rats came in the house. She caught it before it got half way across the room and she has been my hero ever since. |
Lostintheglades | Thursday, December 11, 2003 - 11:55 am     Hey Sasman...I just read in the 5 questions thread that Jack's a mouser too! They are just great dogs arent' they? Millie has even caught a snake trying to sneak into my house. God I love her. |
Sasman | Thursday, December 11, 2003 - 12:47 pm     Just in our yard, Jack has dispatched mice and rabbits and scared the shit out of cats, raccoons and other assorted creatures. He also gets a lot of his protein from ciccadas and other bugs. He'll eat just about anything he finds and believe me there is a lot of food out there. And what he hates most in life is when a fly gets in the house. He goes absolutely crazy until we get rid of it; at times we have knocked over lamps and pictures doing this since he practically froths at the mouth. |
Lostintheglades | Thursday, December 11, 2003 - 02:28 pm     LOL....that is so funny!!! I was gonna mention all the lizards that Millie snacks on now and then but I didn't want to make anyone gag. Hehe...I'm so happy to hear that Jack shares her appetite for the gamier foods. Millie has yet to eat my pasta though... |
Luvmyjrt | Thursday, December 11, 2003 - 04:47 pm     Maggie cannot STAND IT when a fly is in our house. Usually on the ceiling, she will bark and bark until DH kills it. Then it's lunchtime! I love all of our doggies! |
Yankee_In_Ca | Thursday, December 11, 2003 - 05:17 pm     All you have to say to my JRT is "buggy" and he looks up, spins around and checks all the ceilings in the house for bugs. Funny. |
Yankee_In_Ca | Thursday, December 11, 2003 - 05:19 pm     Here's a photo of a true spoiled city dog -- bottled water during his ball playing sessions!!!
He is a true ball-playing maniac. He jumps up to 5 feet in the air in anticipation of us throwing the ball. We use a ball chucker thing that makes the ball go VERY far and the only dogs in the park who can (or want to) beat him to it are the border collies and greyhounds. Most other dogs aren't as fast -- or don't care as much -- to beat him to the ball. People on the walking path around the park routinely stop to watch him play, he's so fast and bouncy! I'm hoping to start him on flyball after the new year. |
Yankee_In_Ca | Thursday, December 11, 2003 - 05:21 pm     Here's a shot taken of my dog on the same day -- notice the wet fur from the bottled water! Happy happy doggie!
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Sasman | Friday, December 12, 2003 - 01:28 pm     Yankee he is so beautiful!!! The first time Jack saw a fly in our house it was a tiny, tiny baby fly by the ceiling fan. We had to kill it of course but for weeks after that he would just suddenly stop what he was doing (and they are almost always doing something) and stare at the fan! What a hoot! |
Lostintheglades | Friday, December 12, 2003 - 03:57 pm     Yankee he is really georgeous!!! Millie is sitting on my lap drooling at this moment. I gotta get one of those ball chuckers.....what exactly is it called?? Sounds great as I am really bad at throwing....sometimes I take her to the tennis court and practice my serve....she'll bring all the balls back to my side and it's great but throwing...well, I suck at it. What a beautiful pose he is in when he's drinking that bottled water...and I confess, when we're at the tennis courts that's what Millie drinks because that's what I have with me. You're right Luv....I love all our doggies too. Although I had a Doberman for 15 years and she was my baby before the girls were born, I've always had a Jack because DH trained H&J's and you had to have a Jack to go on a fox hunt. Millie is the first Non-working Jack we've had. |
Yankee_In_Ca | Wednesday, December 17, 2003 - 04:13 pm     Lostintheglades -- I meant to answer your question days ago ... but I'll blame it on the holiday season! The ball thrower thing is called a Chuck-It. Here's a link to a description: http://www.caninehardware.com/products_chuckits.html If you go the main site (www.caninehardware.com) you can find links to sites that sell it. Looks like it's a Washington State product, so that might be why we can find them so easily here in Vancouver. It's GREAT -- everyone around here has one for their ball-playing maniacs. You can throw the ball REALLY far with it. The only thing is that Finnegan destroys tennis balls, so we replaced the ball with an orange (indestructable) street hockey ball. |
Lostintheglades | Thursday, December 18, 2003 - 08:46 am     Thanks for the link Yankee. I can't find one here...even in Pet Smart or Pet Depot. I may have to order one on line. I know what you mean about the tennis balls. Millie can kill one in a short amount of time but since we are all tennis players we always have used balls around for her. What's really funny is to take her out on the courts with us when we're just practice serves...lol...she has no idea which ball she wants to go get first. She'll pick one up and drop it as soon as another one hits the ground. It's a hoot. |
Yankee_In_Ca | Thursday, December 18, 2003 - 10:06 am     Lostintheglades -- I can always pick one up for you and send it to you. Let me know. If you want it, I'll give you my email address and we can share details off the board! (Leaving for NYC today, though, and might not be on the net regularly until 12/29... So we can talk about it then!) |
Lostintheglades | Thursday, December 18, 2003 - 10:12 am     Thank you so much Yankee!! I called the Pet Smart here and they are going to get some in next week. The had them but ran out just a few weeks ago. Can't wait to get it though....it should save my arm and my fingers...Millie tends to try to snatch the ball sometimes after she's laid it down for me...just waiting for me to pick it up...hehe. |
Sasman | Thursday, December 18, 2003 - 11:07 am     Jack isn't one for chewing on balls, but give him any toy that squeaks and has a face and watch him go. First thing he does is to rip the face off. If that kills the squeak, fine; that toy will then be his friend for life. If not, he will very deliberately examine the toy (shaking it violently every once in a while) to find where the noise is coming from. Then he'll 'extract' the squeak and it then becomes his friend. We love to watch him do this, usually he's all done within a 1/2 hr. |
Luvmyjrt | Friday, December 19, 2003 - 06:18 am     Sas --- Maggie is exactly the same way. Any new toy and I am GUARANTEED to have to wade through piles of stuffing from the toy and even when I think I have pulled all of the stuffing out, she finds more hidden in a toy armpit or a toy head. The only toys she does not do this with are "canvas". Same thing with balls, she will chew off all the plastic until she finds the source of the noise! Silly doggies! |
Sasman | Friday, December 19, 2003 - 06:23 am     Luv, they are something, aren't they? Every morning Jack waits patiently for dw to wake up. As soon as she does, he quickly goes to her and starts licking around her mouth while his tail is going a mile a minute. He will never stop this on his own only when dw gets at of bed does it end. He's been known to do this for 10 minutes; at times she has fallen back to sleep while he continues his kissing! |
Lostintheglades | Friday, December 19, 2003 - 11:30 am     lol Sas. I've often wondered how Millie knows I'm awake? I don't say anything and try real hard to make sure she doesn't see my eyes open for just that reason....as soon as she senses (I guess that's how she knows) I'm awake she's up in my face. I have no idea how your DH could possible fall back asleep through that unless she is really, really, really tired. Millie does not get any toys that she can tear up within an hour or two. I bought her a soft squeaky toy when I first got her and it was destroyed within minutes. |