what do you think of Dogs
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Lovely photos
Here is my girl http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d91/ziegfeldgirl/millybw-1.jpg
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CaptainFantastic027:
Lovely photos
Here is my girl http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d91/ziegfeldgirl/millybw-1.jpg
Nice looking dog
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Great dog pics...all such sweeties! Here is a little story for you & for all the best dogs we will have in our lifes. Best Dog in the World By T'Mara Goodsell One's first love is always perfect until one meets one's second love. ~Elizabeth Aston Years ago, I owned the very best dog in the world. I was a child when we got her. She was a graceful brown hound, a foundling who taught me that our pets are not purchased, but ordained. She romped when I did and knew how to smile in that funny way that only some dogs have. She grew up with me, always there when I needed her. My grown hand still remembers the sleek bump on the top of her head and that gentle divot just past her nose that fit my index finger just perfectly. She passed away during one of my college vacations. My heart broke then, and I knew that there would never be another dog like her, and there hasn't been. I was sure that I could never love another dog as much as I'd loved her. Fortunately, I was wrong about that part. My next dog came into my life when I was married. My husband traveled for a living, and I was often lonely. This dog grew into a lumbering Wolfhound and Sheepdog mix who taught me patience. He was a large, grizzled sentry, that dog. He rarely left my side until the children were born, and then he became their guardian, too. I can still feel that swirl of fur along his back and the weight of his chin when it rested in my lap. When he passed away, my heart broke. As much as I had loved that childhood dog, I had been wrong. This was the very best dog in the world. There would never be another dog like him, and there hasn' t been. I was sure I would never love another dog as much as I'd loved him. I was wrong again. We got the next one, a loping black Lab-and-Terrier mix, when the children were little. He taught me the importance of adapting. He was everyone's dog from the beginning, and that was just as it should be. When he played tug of war with the children, he dragged them across the kitchen floor as they shrieked with laughter. He always seemed to sleep in the room of the child who needed his company the most.. These days his face is expressively gray, and he spends more time with me since the almost-grown children aren't around so much. The other day my oldest, home from college, played tug of war. We all laughed--just a little--as the dog was gently pulled across the kitchen floor. He is, of course, the very best dog in the world. I will never forget that exquisitely soft tuft of fur behind his ears or the tickly feel when he nuzzles. There won't be another dog like him. And that's okay, because we will never be at this point in our lives again. Sometimes I've wondered why two species that get along so well should have such different life spans. It just doesn't seem right. And then I wonder if that's part of the lesson: To teach us that love itself has a spirit that returns again and again and never really dies. It's amazing, in a way, how they bring to our ever-changing lives exactly what it is that we need at the moment. They make room for one another, this family of dogs who has never even met. And they fit--into our families, into our lives, into our memories, and into our hearts--because they always have been and always will be the best dogs in the world. _______________________________ To the world you are a rescue person To a rescued dog you are the world
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The_Fool:
thanks all for you kind words ....
Moggy - I can see how your dog can give you a smile or grin
Good to see these pictures.
thanks....shes still a character for 16/17
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I love dogs! We have cats & dogs. Cats are very independent & will curl up in your lap on their terms. But dogs love to curl up in your lap anytime! Every child should grow up with adog.
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What do I think of dogs?? I think they're pretty awesome... check this out!!
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that is so precious, Claudia!!! i am a rescuer - i think i've always rescued animals, but this economy made things especially challenging. in the mtns, animals are "dumped" by people who think they'll have such a better life up here...memo to people the coyotes get 'em every time, (unless those of us who rescue happen along at the right moment). (i have been known to follow the gathering sounds of coyotes at 200 a.m. in order to throw rocks and disperse them, because i know what they're about to do - and, believe me, nobody wants to hear it). i have four dogs, three cats and a cockatiel, all rescued. i wish i had a lot more property to allow them to run free; we're doing the best we can. yes, they mess up my house, especially in winter when we're all stuck inside!!! they are SweetPea, Sophie, Casey Jr. Train, and Cisco Kid (dogs), Esmeralda, Tortelline, and Charisma (cats), and Precious, the cockatiel.
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I want a puppy! Unfortunately, I live in an apartment that doesn't allow dogs.
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To say that I despise people who take animals off & dump them doesn't even begin to express my anger. All animals deserve to be treated with respect & love. Our dogs couldn't be any more spoiled & loved. Our little 4.5 Yorkie barks & growls whenever she sees another dog, esp the ones that are 20 times her size! She runs up to the gate & carries on so ferociusly & when the big dogs' owners see her, they can't help but smile!
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CaptainFantastic027:
Lovely photos
Here is my girl http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d91/ziegfeldgirl/millybw-1.jpg
lovely dog Captain! She is so cuddly looking!
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My dogs are very pampered.
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This is precious!! Patti...you're gonna love this one!!
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nah i dont get it,,, really i dont
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Our oldest dog was vewry naughty today. As I was bringing her back into the house from the yard & opened the gate, she spotted our neighbor going up the side of his ard, between our fence & his. She doesn't usually leave our yard but this time ran after him snapping & growling. When I scolded her & told her to come back, that she knew better, the old coot just laughed & said that she was just greeting him. I reminded said neighbor that our oldest dog is an alpha female & she'd just as soon take a chunk out of him & the twit still didn't take me seriously. He said "She's just being like a kid." I've got news for him, kids don't llook to sink their teeth into your leg.
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patpatpatti:
that is so precious, Claudia!!! i am a rescuer - i think i've always rescued animals, but this economy made things especially challenging. in the mtns, animals are "dumped" by people who think they'll have such a better life up here...memo to people: the coyotes get 'em every time, (unless those of us who rescue happen along at the right moment). (i have been known to follow the gathering sounds of coyotes at 2:00 a.m. in order to throw rocks and disperse them, because i know what they're about to do - and, believe me, nobody wants to hear it). i have four dogs, three cats and a cockatiel, all rescued. i wish i had a lot more property to allow them to run free; we're doing the best we can. yes, they mess up my house, especially in winter when we're all stuck inside!!! they are: SweetPea, Sophie, Casey Jr. Train, and Cisco Kid (dogs), Esmeralda, Tortelline, and Charisma (cats), and Precious, the cockatiel.
Patti.... you're a woman after my own heart. I am in awe of animal rescuers such as yourself....I would do the same, really, but I just couldn't bare to witness, first hand, the condition that some of these abused animals are in. Thank you for doing what you do ...glad to know you are out there for the defenseless animals, and I admire you greatly for it!!
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thank you, Claudia, and i'll bet you remember this story, too, after the tsunami http//petoftheday.com/talk/showthread.php?t=94458
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patpatpatti:
thank you, Claudia, and i'll bet you remember this story, too, after the tsunami: http://petoftheday.com/talk/showthread.php?t=94458
How do Patti!
.. That was SWEET! and no, I hadn't seen it! I get the biggest charge out of that for some reason...boggles me mind.
Hey, I just read somewhere else that you were dipping strawberries in white chocolate...fantastic idea!! I've become a white chocolate lover over milk chocolate lately, even though I do try and eat the dark for the for the antioxidant factor, and I do like the taste as well.
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Our youngest grand niece informed me today that she wants to one day become a vet tech & work with homeless animals. She wants to get them in good health & do everything she can to help them find good homes. 13 years old & a wonderful young lady
Dogs are the most loyal, loving companions
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i love all chocolate, Claudia, but lately i've been craving white...
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Our oldest dog enjoys swimming in our pool every now & then during the summer! When she gets tired, she heads to the steps & looks for someone to put her on the grass.