The New Offical Mutts of the House thread

[Dave Shepard]

My sister's cattle dog liked to bark at little dogs on the sidewalk. Until he saw a pitbull, then he hid below the window.

 

[stig]

The smaller the territory is, the fiercer it'll be defended in my experience.
Which is why many dogs will be agressive to strangers when in a car.

Lots of people ask if they can pet mine, when they see them standing on the truck bed, but I always let them out of the car first.

My wife got pulled over by the police once, and the officer for some ( illegal) reason opened the back door in the van.
Big mistake, he just got it shut before old Lef tore his face off.

 

[woodworkingboy]

Odd that you don't see many people driving around with a 'Beware of dog' sign on their car.

 

[stig]

Our neighbour just got a female border collie pup.
She was introduced to the big dogs today.

 

[vharrison]

That last picture show such gentleness in your dogs eyes.

 

[stig]

Thais is a gentle dog, alright.
He is everybody's best friend, be they human or canine.

Sam is the tough one, but he is very gentle around puppies.
He lets Tchaka, Richard's pup that are staying with us, get away with the most amazing stuff.

Both of them are real good with kids as well, except for knocking them over.

 

[CurSedVoyce]

Very sweet! Nice pics of them Stig

 

[inztrees]

What are your dogs Stig

 

[stig]

White german shepherd and white shepherd/ pyreneean cross.

The lab is Richard's dog. Just stays with me while He is in New Zealand.

 

[inztrees]

They are nice looking dogs Stig.

 

[stig]

Thais really like raw carrots.
So he was happy to find that the gamekeeper had put a pile of them out for the deer to eat.

 

[Bounce]

HA! At the recommendation of our vet, I give raw carrots to my dog Ursa as treats. She will occasionally turn up her nose at jerky or mutton, but never the carrots. She would lose her mind if she saw a pile of carrots like that!

 

[SoonerFan]

Thais is trying to figure out "how can I keep all these for myself".

 

[MasterBlaster]

I've never seen a dog eat carrots. That reminds me of a joke; this city slicker sees this old man feeding his dog mustard greens, and the dog was chowing down on them. To the old man he says "I've never seen a dog eat greens before! And the old man responds "Well, for the first thirty days or so, he wouldn't touch em!"

 

[stig]

 

[Tucker943]

Stig what species of deer lives in your area?

 

[stig]

Roe deer, fallow deer and elk.

The roe deer population has exploded since mange killed off most of the foxes.

The carrots are on a game ranch/ hunting estate, whatever you call it.

A fenced in peninsula where they have a lot of fallow deer and sika deer plus some wild muflon sheep.

I take care of the forest there.

 

[Tucker943]

Stig man, I am intrigued by your part of the world.

 

[Bodean]

Penny loves the ball.

 

[woodworkingboy]

Penny is a cool dog, kind of unique looking too.

 

[Burnham]

Che was asking how Jasper was doing these days...here's a couple of shots from our trip to Bandon by the Sea about a month ago.

He's doing great.

I wish Scout the best during the time he has remaining, Che. I know you'll make that happen as well as anyone could.

 

[MasterBlaster]

 

[Che]

Jasper looks wonderful, Burnham!

Thanks, I'm feeling pretty optimistic about Scout right now....I talked to a UPS worker today who had a rescue GS dog that developed DM....the dog lasted almost FIVE years after diagnosis before it was time. We are definitely thinking positive right now.

 

[Burnham]

Positive vibes added, from this end of the country .

 

[MasterBlaster]

Mucho MOJO to both cool dogs!!!