what do you think of Dogs
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Fan4-45years:
Drove for 5 hrs. today. Brought home Clover. What a sweetheart! Will post pictures soon:
WooHoo! New dog in the house! Hope she works out for you! Does she like her new house?
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Meet Cupcake http://s1096.photobucket.com/user/Roccodebaco/media/5-17-12clover.jpg.html?filters[user]=112073410&filters[recent]=1&sort=1&o=2 How do I post the picture? Forgot how to do it.
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Fan4-45years:
Meet Cupcake http://s1096.photobucket.com/user/Roccodebaco/media/5-17-12clover.jpg.html?filters[user]=112073410&filters[recent]=1&sort=1&o=2 How do I post the picture? Forgot how to do it.
Hi Denise, Copy and paste the "IMG" link offered at Photobucket or click "Img" here, pasting the "Direct" link offered at Photobucket inside of the "Img" brackets. Cupcake is adorable, we hope she brings many years of joy to your family!
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Meet Cupcake Thanks Anita!!!!
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Fan4-45years:
Meet Cupcake Thanks Anita!!!!
BEAUTIFUL! What a sweetie! What is she...maybe 35#? Great eyebrows.
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About 13.8 lbs. She a mini schnauzer.
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Fan4-45years:
Meet Cupcake Thanks Anita!!!!
Alright good for your family and her Many happiness days together Thanks for sharing the pictures here .... a very nice looking dog
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The_Fool:
Fan4-45years:
Meet Cupcake Thanks Anita!!!!
Alright good for your family and her Many happiness days together Thanks for sharing the pictures here .... a very nice looking dog
Thanks! It's just me, hubs, and Cupcake in our family now. We're so happy to have her. She's precious.
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Was she kept with other dogs? She may be in shock too wondering where everyone is. 13.5 pounds? Oh my! What a little sweetie!
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oobu24:
Was she kept with other dogs? She may be in shock too wondering where everyone is. 13.5 pounds? Oh my! What a little sweetie!
Yes, she had puppies 8 wks. ago, but they were weaned. The owner is a breeder. She had lots of moms and puppies there. We don't know if any of her puppies were still there or not.
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Fan4-45years:
oobu24:
Was she kept with other dogs? She may be in shock too wondering where everyone is. 13.5 pounds? Oh my! What a little sweetie!
Yes, she had puppies 8 wks. ago, but they were weaned. The owner is a breeder. She had lots of moms and puppies there. We don't know if any of her puppies were still there or not.
aw poor thing is prolly in shock! Where are they all, she's thinking. Maybe try to take her for a walk at a dog park so she can see some other furry friends. Can you ask the previous people why she seems scared? I called up Lucy's foster mom & asked a few really dumb questions. : Lucy used to sit in the yard facing the tree & just shiver. The foster mom said she was having hunting "issues". LOL
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oobu24:
Fan4-45years:
oobu24:
Was she kept with other dogs? She may be in shock too wondering where everyone is. 13.5 pounds? Oh my! What a little sweetie!
Yes, she had puppies 8 wks. ago, but they were weaned. The owner is a breeder. She had lots of moms and puppies there. We don't know if any of her puppies were still there or not.
aw poor thing is prolly in shock! Where are they all, she's thinking. Maybe try to take her for a walk at a dog park so she can see some other furry friends. Can you ask the previous people why she seems scared? I called up Lucy's foster mom & asked a few really dumb questions. : Lucy used to sit in the yard facing the tree & just shiver. The foster mom said she was having hunting "issues". LOL
She told us that she got her from a place where the mom and dad yelled at each other and that is why she is afraid of people until she gets to know them. She seems fine with us, but when I took her for a walk this afternoon she was shivering and seemed scared.
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Not exactly the place to post this short article (author unknown) ... but ... ... I just realized that while children are dogs ... loyal and affectionate ... teenagers are cats. It's so easy to be a dog owner. You feed it, train it, boss it around. It puts its head on your knee and gazes at you as if you were a Rembrandt painting. It bounds indoors with enthusiasm when you call it. Then around age 13, your adoring little puppy turns into a big old cat. When you tell it to come inside, it looks amazed, as if wondering who died and made you emperor. Instead of dogging your doorstep, it disappears. You won't see it again until it gets hungry ... then it pauses on its sprint through the kitchen long enough to turn its nose up at whatever you're serving. When you reach out to ruffle its head, in that old affectionate gesture, it twists away from you then gives you a blank stare, as if trying to remember where it has seen you before. You, not realizing that the dog is now a cat, think something must be desperately wrong with it. It seems so antisocial, so distant, sort of depressed. It won't go on family outings. Since you're the one who raised it, taught it to fetch and stay and sit on command, you assume that you did something wrong. Flooded with guilt and fear, you redouble your efforts to make your pet behave. Only now you're dealing with a cat, so everything that worked before now produces the opposite of the desired result. Call it and it runs away. Tell it to sit and it jumps on the counter. The more you go toward it, wringing your hands, the more it moves away. Instead of continuing to act like a dog owner, you can learn to behave like a cat owner. Put a dish of food near the door and let it come to you. But remember that a cat needs your help and your affection too. Sit still and it will come, seeking that warm, comforting lap it has not entirely forgotten. Be there to open the door for it. One day your grown-up child will walk into the kitchen, give you a big kiss and say, "You've been on your feet all day. Let me get those dishes for you." Then you'll realize your cat is a dog again. http://www.matchdoctor.com/thread_13_33456_1/Kids_are_like_dogs_Teens_are_like_Cats.html
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^ LOL. My dog has gotten crazy just recently. I think it has to do with our recent trip to Az. I have no idea why but she is just so food crazy now. really weird.
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Fan4-45years:
oobu24:
Fan4-45years:
oobu24:
Was she kept with other dogs? She may be in shock too wondering where everyone is. 13.5 pounds? Oh my! What a little sweetie!
Yes, she had puppies 8 wks. ago, but they were weaned. The owner is a breeder. She had lots of moms and puppies there. We don't know if any of her puppies were still there or not.
aw poor thing is prolly in shock! Where are they all, she's thinking. Maybe try to take her for a walk at a dog park so she can see some other furry friends. Can you ask the previous people why she seems scared? I called up Lucy's foster mom & asked a few really dumb questions. : Lucy used to sit in the yard facing the tree & just shiver. The foster mom said she was having hunting "issues". LOL
She told us that she got her from a place where the mom and dad yelled at each other and that is why she is afraid of people until she gets to know them. She seems fine with us, but when I took her for a walk this afternoon she was shivering and seemed scared.
I run into dogs like that at the park. Hopefully she'll get better.
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Andy_Shofar:
Not exactly the place to post this short article (author unknown) ... but ... ... I just realized that while children are dogs ... loyal and affectionate ... teenagers are cats. It's so easy to be a dog owner. You feed it, train it, boss it around. It puts its head on your knee and gazes at you as if you were a Rembrandt painting. It bounds indoors with enthusiasm when you call it. Then around age 13, your adoring little puppy turns into a big old cat. When you tell it to come inside, it looks amazed, as if wondering who died and made you emperor. Instead of dogging your doorstep, it disappears. You won't see it again until it gets hungry ... then it pauses on its sprint through the kitchen long enough to turn its nose up at whatever you're serving. When you reach out to ruffle its head, in that old affectionate gesture, it twists away from you then gives you a blank stare, as if trying to remember where it has seen you before. You, not realizing that the dog is now a cat, think something must be desperately wrong with it. It seems so antisocial, so distant, sort of depressed. It won't go on family outings. Since you're the one who raised it, taught it to fetch and stay and sit on command, you assume that you did something wrong. Flooded with guilt and fear, you redouble your efforts to make your pet behave. Only now you're dealing with a cat, so everything that worked before now produces the opposite of the desired result. Call it and it runs away. Tell it to sit and it jumps on the counter. The more you go toward it, wringing your hands, the more it moves away. Instead of continuing to act like a dog owner, you can learn to behave like a cat owner. Put a dish of food near the door and let it come to you. But remember that a cat needs your help and your affection too. Sit still and it will come, seeking that warm, comforting lap it has not entirely forgotten. Be there to open the door for it. One day your grown-up child will walk into the kitchen, give you a big kiss and say, "You've been on your feet all day. Let me get those dishes for you." Then you'll realize your cat is a dog again. http://www.matchdoctor.com/thread_13_33456_1/Kids_are_like_dogs_Teens_are_like_Cats.html
Andy, that is a wonderful piece. Wow. And, so true.
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Fan4-45years:
Andy_Shofar:
Not exactly the place to post this short article (author unknown) ... but ... ... I just realized that while children are dogs ... loyal and affectionate ... teenagers are cats. It's so easy to be a dog owner. You feed it, train it, boss it around. It puts its head on your knee and gazes at you as if you were a Rembrandt painting. It bounds indoors with enthusiasm when you call it. Then around age 13, your adoring little puppy turns into a big old cat. When you tell it to come inside, it looks amazed, as if wondering who died and made you emperor. Instead of dogging your doorstep, it disappears. You won't see it again until it gets hungry ... then it pauses on its sprint through the kitchen long enough to turn its nose up at whatever you're serving. When you reach out to ruffle its head, in that old affectionate gesture, it twists away from you then gives you a blank stare, as if trying to remember where it has seen you before. You, not realizing that the dog is now a cat, think something must be desperately wrong with it. It seems so antisocial, so distant, sort of depressed. It won't go on family outings. Since you're the one who raised it, taught it to fetch and stay and sit on command, you assume that you did something wrong. Flooded with guilt and fear, you redouble your efforts to make your pet behave. Only now you're dealing with a cat, so everything that worked before now produces the opposite of the desired result. Call it and it runs away. Tell it to sit and it jumps on the counter. The more you go toward it, wringing your hands, the more it moves away. Instead of continuing to act like a dog owner, you can learn to behave like a cat owner. Put a dish of food near the door and let it come to you. But remember that a cat needs your help and your affection too. Sit still and it will come, seeking that warm, comforting lap it has not entirely forgotten. Be there to open the door for it. One day your grown-up child will walk into the kitchen, give you a big kiss and say, "You've been on your feet all day. Let me get those dishes for you." Then you'll realize your cat is a dog again. http://www.matchdoctor.com/thread_13_33456_1/Kids_are_like_dogs_Teens_are_like_Cats.html
Andy, that is a wonderful piece. Wow. And, so true.
Thanks I heard it read on the radio ... and decided to try & find a copy on the web (because I really liked it too).
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Andy_Shofar:
Fan4-45years:
Andy_Shofar:
Not exactly the place to post this short article (author unknown) ... but ... ... I just realized that while children are dogs ... loyal and affectionate ... teenagers are cats. It's so easy to be a dog owner. You feed it, train it, boss it around. It puts its head on your knee and gazes at you as if you were a Rembrandt painting. It bounds indoors with enthusiasm when you call it. Then around age 13, your adoring little puppy turns into a big old cat. When you tell it to come inside, it looks amazed, as if wondering who died and made you emperor. Instead of dogging your doorstep, it disappears. You won't see it again until it gets hungry ... then it pauses on its sprint through the kitchen long enough to turn its nose up at whatever you're serving. When you reach out to ruffle its head, in that old affectionate gesture, it twists away from you then gives you a blank stare, as if trying to remember where it has seen you before. You, not realizing that the dog is now a cat, think something must be desperately wrong with it. It seems so antisocial, so distant, sort of depressed. It won't go on family outings. Since you're the one who raised it, taught it to fetch and stay and sit on command, you assume that you did something wrong. Flooded with guilt and fear, you redouble your efforts to make your pet behave. Only now you're dealing with a cat, so everything that worked before now produces the opposite of the desired result. Call it and it runs away. Tell it to sit and it jumps on the counter. The more you go toward it, wringing your hands, the more it moves away. Instead of continuing to act like a dog owner, you can learn to behave like a cat owner. Put a dish of food near the door and let it come to you. But remember that a cat needs your help and your affection too. Sit still and it will come, seeking that warm, comforting lap it has not entirely forgotten. Be there to open the door for it. One day your grown-up child will walk into the kitchen, give you a big kiss and say, "You've been on your feet all day. Let me get those dishes for you." Then you'll realize your cat is a dog again. http://www.matchdoctor.com/thread_13_33456_1/Kids_are_like_dogs_Teens_are_like_Cats.html
Andy, that is a wonderful piece. Wow. And, so true.
Thanks I heard it read on the radio ... and decided to try & find a copy on the web (because I really liked it too).
I posted it on my fb page. Wonderful metaphors and analogies.
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Fan4-45years:
Andy_Shofar:
Fan4-45years:
Andy_Shofar:
Not exactly the place to post this short article (author unknown) ... but ... ... I just realized that while children are dogs ... loyal and affectionate ... teenagers are cats. It's so easy to be a dog owner. You feed it, train it, boss it around. It puts its head on your knee and gazes at you as if you were a Rembrandt painting. It bounds indoors with enthusiasm when you call it. Then around age 13, your adoring little puppy turns into a big old cat. When you tell it to come inside, it looks amazed, as if wondering who died and made you emperor. Instead of dogging your doorstep, it disappears. You won't see it again until it gets hungry ... then it pauses on its sprint through the kitchen long enough to turn its nose up at whatever you're serving. When you reach out to ruffle its head, in that old affectionate gesture, it twists away from you then gives you a blank stare, as if trying to remember where it has seen you before. You, not realizing that the dog is now a cat, think something must be desperately wrong with it. It seems so antisocial, so distant, sort of depressed. It won't go on family outings. Since you're the one who raised it, taught it to fetch and stay and sit on command, you assume that you did something wrong. Flooded with guilt and fear, you redouble your efforts to make your pet behave. Only now you're dealing with a cat, so everything that worked before now produces the opposite of the desired result. Call it and it runs away. Tell it to sit and it jumps on the counter. The more you go toward it, wringing your hands, the more it moves away. Instead of continuing to act like a dog owner, you can learn to behave like a cat owner. Put a dish of food near the door and let it come to you. But remember that a cat needs your help and your affection too. Sit still and it will come, seeking that warm, comforting lap it has not entirely forgotten. Be there to open the door for it. One day your grown-up child will walk into the kitchen, give you a big kiss and say, "You've been on your feet all day. Let me get those dishes for you." Then you'll realize your cat is a dog again. http://www.matchdoctor.com/thread_13_33456_1/Kids_are_like_dogs_Teens_are_like_Cats.html
Andy, that is a wonderful piece. Wow. And, so true.
Thanks I heard it read on the radio ... and decided to try & find a copy on the web (because I really liked it too).
I posted it on my fb page. Wonderful metaphors and analogies.
Cats & their owners might not totally agree - but teens could care less
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A long time ago a lady at my work place was having a tough time with her children at the time. A co-worker gave her that article. Soon she was laughing it off and calling them cats or dogs. She could not find the article to explain why she and the co-worker would talk about their children using the cat and dog analogy. (*I got the gist of it when they explained it). Now I see it in print on this thread ..... thanks for sharing it Andy