The RIP Thread...
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FireFighterZero
Captain Zero!
I see you wrote that Rusty was the best dog you ever had.
Good people have good dogs. I bet he felt the same way.
Sorry Dave. Hell of a thing.
Good people have good dogs. I bet he felt the same way.
Sorry Dave. Hell of a thing.
Burnham
Woods walker
What a bunch of simpering softies we are...gods above and below, love us and our dogs please 
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I did read your other post and was touched deeply Burnham.
Thanks for all the thoughts everyone...have been thinking this might be my last dog for a couple years now. We'll see how being alone in this big house works through the Winter...Then decide if I want to be a pet owner again...
Thanks for all the thoughts everyone...have been thinking this might be my last dog for a couple years now. We'll see how being alone in this big house works through the Winter...Then decide if I want to be a pet owner again...
squisher
THE CALM ONE!!!!
RIP Rusty.
I hate losing a best friend, my condolences Dave.
I hate losing a best friend, my condolences Dave.
treebilly
Student of the Jedi. OH-7106A
Sorry to hear Dave. My condolences.
MasterBlaster
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It's fence time.
FireFighterZero
Captain Zero!
Thats the way I feel too Dave. It will be spring time before I think about it again.
Hell of a hole they leave in your heart when they are gone.
Hell of a hole they leave in your heart when they are gone.
Butch, we are fenced here...he made it to the end of the road where there is no fencing for some reason and tried crossing there. surprised he made it that far, as he wasn't getting around all that well since the cold weather has started coming in..
Altissimus
TreeHouser
Looked an English Shepherd ... Sad for your loss.
Altissimus
TreeHouser
Had one , I know ...when I lost her I did the no Dog thing for awhile. Understood.
Steve Mack
Life Member.
Sorry to hear Dave.
Bodean
Cali dreamer
Dang Dave,
Sorry to hear. Dogs the best friend ever.
Sorry to hear. Dogs the best friend ever.
thanks for the thoughts everyone...been a bit strange being alone here, but I'll get more used to it with some time. Kinda glad I'm not working right now...been spending a lot of time working on music...sort of therapeutic and keeps me from dwelling on things.
FireFighterZero
Captain Zero!
Yep, good to have a diversion. Helps even more to have a positive diversion.
I still miss Biscuit, but having a couple of horrible cats in the house ins't bad.
RIP Rusty.
I still miss Biscuit, but having a couple of horrible cats in the house ins't bad.
RIP Rusty.
Altissimus
TreeHouser
The English Shepherds are quite special ...root breed of the Border Collie. Mine kept all wildlife at appropriate distances from the house including Black Bear , the Ermin was the only one she couldn't catch or run off.
FireFighterZero
Captain Zero!
We might have the chance to get an English Sheppard in the spring.
A fellow that we have sold hay to breeds English Sheppards. His Father imported a breeding pair seventy years ago and got the breed started here. His dogs still retain some of the original bloodline and genetics.
He runs sheep and cattle and figures that one dog is equal to two hired men. We might look into it. He wants to give us a pup for selling hay to him when no one else would.
A fellow that we have sold hay to breeds English Sheppards. His Father imported a breeding pair seventy years ago and got the breed started here. His dogs still retain some of the original bloodline and genetics.
He runs sheep and cattle and figures that one dog is equal to two hired men. We might look into it. He wants to give us a pup for selling hay to him when no one else would.
FireFighterZero
Captain Zero!
Okay, I just looked it up and he must not have imported them from England as the breed started here I guess.
He did bring them in from somewhere though!
He did bring them in from somewhere though!
Rusty came from a reputable breeder here in town and a few of his siblings are around here too. If I go that route again, I'll go to the same folks he came from.
Story...the kid I took him from said he was a purebred and had papers, but I didn't believe him and thought I was taking a mutt. Years later I run into a guy at the local store who come to find out raises them and his place was where this dog came from originally. He had asked who's English Shepherd was in the truck outside.
Story...the kid I took him from said he was a purebred and had papers, but I didn't believe him and thought I was taking a mutt. Years later I run into a guy at the local store who come to find out raises them and his place was where this dog came from originally. He had asked who's English Shepherd was in the truck outside.
Burnham
Woods walker
I've always liked a phrase turned by my grandfather, something along the lines of..."the papers don't make the dog worth anything, but the dog can make the papers worth quite a lot".
MasterBlaster
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For sure!
Burnham
Woods walker
He told me that after running his hands all over my then 6 month old non-papered but purebred German shorthaired pointer. Smiled a big old smile and played with that pup for an hour.
Grandfather was often "not there" at that point, dementia...but he knew a good dog when he saw one, even then. He was a nice man.
Grandfather was often "not there" at that point, dementia...but he knew a good dog when he saw one, even then. He was a nice man.
