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| gramadinah |
Posted - Nov 09 2011 : 4:41:51 PM
I really want a couple of new dogs what kind do you suggest?
Diana
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| FebruaryViolet |
Posted - Nov 14 2011 : 1:47:33 PM
I love seeing everyone's pictures of their dogs! I guess I'll add my shelter dogs, too. I have a picture with all four (just the head of my dear Finnigan--white pittie--though) but at least you see them in their clan pecking order :)
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"Hey, I've got nothing to do today but smile..."
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| Apache Lady |
Posted - Nov 14 2011 : 1:33:34 PM
I say shelter dog too, save a life and you will be rewarded with unconditional love. I actually have two dogs, a purebred Labrador and a shelter German Shepherd. I've had my lab since she was a pup, she's my hunting partner and her favorite sport is dock diving. The Shepherd is more my moms dog, a companion and watch dog. He's very smart, but still a knucklehead.
This is Kylie
And this is Troy after playing in his tub. |
| Dorinda |
Posted - Nov 14 2011 : 10:46:25 AM
We have a queens bulldog, a beagle and I just got a new little boston terrier. He is brown and white. I named him Baxter. I love him to pieces!!! Our bulldog is old and so is our beagle. My bulldog is the outside watch dog and my beagle and boston are inside pets! I would recommend a queens bulldog to anyone looking for a good outside watch dog. Nothing gets on our property with out her knowing it. But to family and children she is very sweet and protective over. She keeps a good watchout for any preditors that is messing with the cows. She is also a good snake killer. She has killed 9 big moccasins. She has been bitten numerous occasions from snakes. Had to have surgery one time for a moccasin bite that bite her in the chest area. I love her dearly! Awesome dog!
Seize The Day!
Dorinda |
| violetrose |
Posted - Nov 13 2011 : 6:35:42 PM
I was thinking today, that your local Vet's office is a good place to find a pet. That is where our Hunter Kitty came from They usually have bulletin boards with pets needing homes for one reason or another.
I wish you the best finding you "new best friend"
Farmgirl Sister # 1738
God loves each one of us as if there were only one of us!
St. Augustine |
| Dusky Beauty |
Posted - Nov 13 2011 : 2:59:24 PM
Diana, here is your local craigslist page for "pets"
http://lewiston.craigslist.org/pet/
You never know what you might find.
"The greatness of a nation and it's moral progress can be judged by the way it's animals are treated." ~Gandhi
http://silvermoonfarm.blogspot.com/
"After eating an entire bull, a mountain lion felt so good he started roaring. He kept it up until a hunter came along and shot him. The moral: When you're full of bull, keep your mouth shut.” ~Will Rogers |
| violetrose |
Posted - Nov 12 2011 : 5:33:19 PM
oops, I didn't get GracieBelle in the photo's -
The white doggie is TaffyAnn (14) w/HunterBoy rescue kitty
BarneyBoy - WalMart rescue
GracieBelle doing what she does best - killing a toy :)!
Farmgirl Sister # 1738
God loves each one of us as if there were only one of us!
St. Augustine |
| violetrose |
Posted - Nov 12 2011 : 5:27:05 PM
I'm all for rescue, how ever it happens! My last dog came from the WalMart parking lot, a lady was giving away puppies and I could not resist his precious face, and also felt like if I didn't take him, where he might end up. He had mange, but is all better now. He's two years old and a great boy! We also have a 14 year old we rescued from a farm in south GA, she was eatten up with fleas. Our other beautiful girl was purchased, she is a mini Aussie, and full of herself. She loves our WalMart rescue, best thing I ever did for Gracie (Aussie)!
.JPG)  GracieBelle our Aussie, and BarneyBoy <a href=) http://www.maryjanesfarm.org/Snitz/Images/004(39).JPG" border="0">.JPG)
Farmgirl Sister # 1738
God loves each one of us as if there were only one of us!
St. Augustine |
| Annika |
Posted - Nov 12 2011 : 1:17:59 PM
I love all dogs. If you ever just want unconditional love, your dog is there for you. I have an ancient basset named Teak and a scrappy pom named Pook. My Catahoula died very suddenly of heart cancer and I'm still missing my boy. I really want a brindled mastiff, but need much better fences first. I am hoping to pick up a couple of shelter dogs as well. I truly am a large dog person who falls in love with all sorts of other sized dogs, cats, birds, snakes, llamas, cows, chickens, ducks, horses..... 
Get a dog that you feel would suit your personality and life style best. And you can usually find ads for pets that need new homes and puppies in most newspapers.
Annika
Farmgirl & sister #13
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| Betty J. |
Posted - Nov 12 2011 : 11:25:17 AM
This is my pride and joy, Penny the Pooch. She is 14 years old and much more white than she used to be. I wouldn't trade her for anything.
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| princesspatches |
Posted - Nov 12 2011 : 09:26:36 AM
We were babysitting another puppy. And he brought his own toys with him for the weekend. She took it away and hid it, then dragged it back out when he went home. She is so funny. It is actually a cat toy. She has such a wonderful personality and with 5 kids in the house she stays pretty active. |
| njaw09 |
Posted - Nov 12 2011 : 09:24:16 AM
Arttie-
your Shih Tzu is soooooo cute. I notice they love small ball. My coworker she has one similar like yours and she wouldn't let go of the ball. |
| princesspatches |
Posted - Nov 12 2011 : 09:20:27 AM
I love all the pictures of everyones puppies. Mine is a sh**-zu. she was the runt of the litter and the breeder was going to dispose of her. She is the love of our lives. She goes everywhere with us. In the picture....she is pretty shaggy. But she goes to the groomers quie often.
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| njaw09 |
Posted - Nov 12 2011 : 09:15:55 AM
ahhhh look at all the doggies...they are sooooo cute.
Do you know I used to have a big big fear of dogs until I met my pitbull and my cairn terrier? I fell in love with the cairn terrier and that's how the pitbull fall in love with me also. She almost bit my hand the first time I met her.
Everytime I see a dog from the distance I use to walk across the street. It doesn't matter if it is a small dog or whatsoever.
After I move into my husband's place that's when I start loving dogs. Starting to understand and etc.
I even have a parrot and she bites. hahaha. Only my husband can touch her though. |
| MEWolf |
Posted - Nov 12 2011 : 08:07:21 AM
What about a retired racing Greyhound? They are not called 40 mile an hour couch potatoes for nothing! They are very low key once retired. We have had four over the years, and they make absolutely wonderful dogs. They do need a walk a couple times a day if you do not have a fenced yard, but you will never meet a more grateful animal, as one who has been rescued from the jaws of the racing industry (that applies to horses and dogs!)
There are many wonderful rescues all over the country. Here are pics of our two current Greyfaces <3 "Festus" who is 10 and "Willow" who is our Old Gal at 15!
Margaret
“Kind hearts are the gardens, kind thoughts are the roots, kind words are the flowers, kind deeds are the fruits. Take care of your garden and keep out the weeds, fill it with sunshine, kind words and kind deeds.” ~Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1808-1882)
Farmgirl #3020
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| Dusky Beauty |
Posted - Nov 11 2011 : 08:34:27 AM
My great loves are for Great pyrs for livestock guards, german shepherds for personal protection, and beagles for "small dogs" and doxies for lap dogs!
I've currently got a couple pyr hybrids and a welsh corgi and the corgi has a napoleonic complex!! He's also a cowardly little sissy yappy dog, but he is excessively cute.
If I were to go out and look for a dog I would visit some shelters and also look at independent rescue/foster groups. When you adopt a puppy from either of those sources you're doing good because at the very least you are freeing up resources they can use to help other needy animals.
"The greatness of a nation and it's moral progress can be judged by the way it's animals are treated." ~Gandhi
http://silvermoonfarm.blogspot.com/
"After eating an entire bull, a mountain lion felt so good he started roaring. He kept it up until a hunter came along and shot him. The moral: When you're full of bull, keep your mouth shut.” ~Will Rogers |
| acairnsmom |
Posted - Nov 11 2011 : 07:20:55 AM
We never had kids so I really don't have any experience with mine. All my nieces and nephews were a bit older when we got him (I think the youngest was 5). All the Cairn Terrier groups advise if you are going to adopt one that you not have children in the home that are under 10. I think that is for full time members of the home and not just occassional vistors. I'm one of those that was always super paranoid that my dog would bite one of the kids so I was always hyper-vigilant. Nothing ever happened thank God but one of my nieces was bit at a family reunion by a cousins dog and I never wanted that to be my dog. The Cairn is reputed to be one of the calmer terriers, he was my first and only so I can't compare. We called him a couch potatoe but when people came to visit he was very active and involved so people thought he was more hyper than he actually was.
Audrey
Good boy Hobbs! I love and miss you. |
| oldbittyhen |
Posted - Nov 10 2011 : 3:12:12 PM
Diana,the "white" scotty dogs are actualy "West Highland Terriers", commanly called Westies, they are great with all, and very good mousers, work well with livestock, and love going for walks...
"Knowlege is knowing that a tomato is a fruit, Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad" |
| StrawHouseRanch |
Posted - Nov 10 2011 : 12:06:23 PM
This is a good way to find a specific type of dog, or the closest dog of your choice to your area. http://www.petfinder.com/index.html
Paula
Farmgirl Sister #3090
Yesterday is History, Tomorrow is a Mystery, and Today is a Gift.
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| gramadinah |
Posted - Nov 10 2011 : 11:24:38 AM
How are Cairns with little kids? I have always wanted a terrier and am really looking seriously at a Cairn. I have wanted white and black Scotty dogs too. I will have to look on line. I have really no other access as to dogs for sale or adoption.
Thanks for the information.
Diana
Farmgirl Sister #273 |
| acairnsmom |
Posted - Nov 10 2011 : 10:04:35 AM
Cairns are known as non shedding and non-allerginic. Sounds like you need one that would be a guardian to your Spitz. How about the local paper? Lot's of people put in ads for free dogs that are older and for what ever reason they need to go to a new home. We found a stray a couple of weeks ago, just came right up to us as we were out on our property. It was a beautiful young G shepard I put her in our dog run we got for Hobbs which he never used. I asked her if she were to stay with us if she would guard Hobbs from the coyotes and she wagged her tail yes. Found out one of our neighbors was dog sitting her and she took off looking for her real dad. All was well since we lost Hobbs shortly thereafter.
Keep us posted on your quest.
Audrey
Good boy Hobbs! I love and miss you. |
| gramadinah |
Posted - Nov 10 2011 : 07:22:02 AM
So I love all the advice I have LOTS of room 30+ acres and no other large critters just the odd deer that come thorough and the turkeys.
I had always wanted a Newfoundland and had 2 of the best. Both have since passed on I do have a Spitz who is deaf and I feel that he is a target waiting to get eaten. He is 13+years old and I really don't trust him around the grand kids if they startle him which is all too easy.
I have no shelters that would allow me to adopt as they will not allow if you don't have a completely fenced in yard and that is not doable or wanted.
So my only way is through a breeder. But I just wanted some incite as to what everybody has. I really like the idea of a non shedding and nonallergic. Both my daughters are some what sensitive to pet hair.
Thanks Ladies
Diana
Farmgirl Sister #273 |
| one_dog_per_acre |
Posted - Nov 10 2011 : 07:08:03 AM
Sorry it's so huge, I'm in a fight with Photobucket.
She had rings on her fingers and bells on her shoes.
And I knew without asking she was into the blues.
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| one_dog_per_acre |
Posted - Nov 10 2011 : 07:06:48 AM
I want a Corgi too.
here are my dogs that no one wanted, but me.
Jasper had 9 days to live. His Petfinder ad was scary looking, and when we met him, we figured out why. They took the profile pics in a room full of cats in cages, and some are wandering free.
Tina was a phantom poop and peer. We got her from friends that said she was house broken. Accidents are few and far between now. Mainly, I forget to put her out after she gets excited.
Wouldn't you know these people, who spent $700 on Tina. from a pet shop, have a new dog to replace her. I'm not into Irish setter types, so they'll have to find someone else.
She had rings on her fingers and bells on her shoes.
And I knew without asking she was into the blues.
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| FebruaryViolet |
Posted - Nov 10 2011 : 06:59:24 AM
Yeah, I'm all about shelter dogs, though, like Trish, in my dreams there is a Pembroke Welsh Corgi, a Siberian Husky like my Lily-girl, who passed several years back and a Airedale Terrier...
"Hey, I've got nothing to do today but smile..."
The Only Living Boy in New York, Paul Simon |
| sherrye |
Posted - Nov 10 2011 : 06:56:47 AM
oh melody, you made me laugh. yes like getting a puppy and forgetting its a long time growing up. i just spent night hours a while back looking for my yorkie. if he smells skunk at dusk---GONE-- soooo all the ideas and questions here are great to ponder. keep us all posted. happy days sherrye
the learn as we go silk purse farm
farm girl #1014
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