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Dogs I have known - rescues - new homes and friends
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It is always hard when we part ways with such a good friend
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border collies are smart. smarter than me. i'd have trouble keeping one occupied w/o them getting bored.
when i was checking out the local rescues a long while back looking for another greyhound to companion my male, i went to the local centre to see what they had. many nice dogs, but two stood out, a pair of sister border collies. they loved to play ball. if you threw it, only one would chase and catch it. the other would go half way. the first would give the ball to the second, who would bring it back to me for throwing. the next throw they switched. the first went halfway while the second retrieved, passing it to the first for return to me. they kept alternating until i was worn out. sadly they were fairly old dogs (which didn't matter to me) whose owner had died, and they could not be separated and i couldn't take them both for various reasons.
when i was checking out the local rescues a long while back looking for another greyhound to companion my male, i went to the local centre to see what they had. many nice dogs, but two stood out, a pair of sister border collies. they loved to play ball. if you threw it, only one would chase and catch it. the other would go half way. the first would give the ball to the second, who would bring it back to me for throwing. the next throw they switched. the first went halfway while the second retrieved, passing it to the first for return to me. they kept alternating until i was worn out. sadly they were fairly old dogs (which didn't matter to me) whose owner had died, and they could not be separated and i couldn't take them both for various reasons.
my pictures didn't post, but I have a new rescue dog myself. She is a mastiff mix. We did a DNA test solely for fun (my wife was like I can't ever buy you anything for Christmas, so I thought you might have fun with it). She was 75% Neapolitan Mastiff, 12.5% Bull Mastiff and 12.5% "mixed breed" of which the primary characteristic according to the laboratory was wire haired dachshund. As my sister said, "that was one brave dachshund."
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LMAO... that is one brave lil dog hahaha. I hope the male was the dachshund and not the other way around. OUCH!!!
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one of my uncles lived in secaucus, nj - home of the new jersey giants & jets football teams -
anyway, visiting them one day my cousins told me about the mean & nasty old lady lady next door who had a pedigreed poodle bitch, she was a bit stuck up & holier than thou, and talked to everyone else like they were beneath her. anyway, she was overheard saying she was going to breed the poodle and sell the pups for large sums of money, as her darling had such good breeding. she had her back yard fenced in with a seven foot solid board fence set in concrete footers and a net stretched out covering the whole top (yard wasn't all that big - it was in town) to prevent neighbourhood male dogs from getting at her virginal pup when she went into heat. she never took the dog outside the back yard so they wouldn't meet any stray dogs.
so, just before she was due to go into heat, she had her widdle snookums examined by the vet to make sure, the vet told her the little lady was already pregnant. she started on about how that was impossible because of her fence and precautions. anyway. she examined the fence top to bottom, side to side and the only opening was a small knot-hole that had come unplugged a foot or so higher than the poodles bum. the impossible virgin-birthed puppies arrived in due course. all mongrels of course. seems her little hussy had managed to back up to the knot hole to accommodate the unknown male don juan on the other side.
where there is a will, there is always a way!
anyway, visiting them one day my cousins told me about the mean & nasty old lady lady next door who had a pedigreed poodle bitch, she was a bit stuck up & holier than thou, and talked to everyone else like they were beneath her. anyway, she was overheard saying she was going to breed the poodle and sell the pups for large sums of money, as her darling had such good breeding. she had her back yard fenced in with a seven foot solid board fence set in concrete footers and a net stretched out covering the whole top (yard wasn't all that big - it was in town) to prevent neighbourhood male dogs from getting at her virginal pup when she went into heat. she never took the dog outside the back yard so they wouldn't meet any stray dogs.
so, just before she was due to go into heat, she had her widdle snookums examined by the vet to make sure, the vet told her the little lady was already pregnant. she started on about how that was impossible because of her fence and precautions. anyway. she examined the fence top to bottom, side to side and the only opening was a small knot-hole that had come unplugged a foot or so higher than the poodles bum. the impossible virgin-birthed puppies arrived in due course. all mongrels of course. seems her little hussy had managed to back up to the knot hole to accommodate the unknown male don juan on the other side.
where there is a will, there is always a way!
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I love the holier than though description. We had a neighbor years ago, kind of across the cul da sac down in a hole, never saw them much, places kind of spread apart.
I didn't even know it but she had 2 or 3 like mini gray hound looking dogs that like your holier than though were supposed to be VERY SPECIAL.
I was sitting on the front porch with my very old black lab who was asleep at my feet when 3 of her specials apparently got loose and ran up into the cul da sac. For no reason I could detect they suddenly diverted directly to my front porch full speed growling and snarling, lab still asleep, great guard dog she was. It's about 1000 ft from the porch to the road so I had plenty of time to take all this in and prepare for what I knew was the upcoming attack.
They hit the steps with the leader well centered in the front sight of my 1911 (we're talking safety off 3lbs pulled on a 3 1/2lb trigger) when the holier than though lady apparently must have said something I didn't hear, thankfully all 3 applied 4 wheel disc legs and 180'd and went back to her who then contained them.
The hilarious part was she immediately returned and scolded me for even thinking about harming her specials that were 100 times the dog my old lab was. I explained they were probably 1000 times the dog my old lab was but I liked my lab and she didn't go around attacking dogs or people, not sure to this day who they were after me or my lab who incidently woke up just when they hit the steps, yawned and then went back to sleep. Great dog that lab was.
Anyhow she had already called the sheriff to report my horrible transgressions on her special dogs.
After I explained the circumstances, we were on our own porch, my dog was asleep and I was just a settin watching the world go by prior to the attack he first explained to me to not let them get so close next time, shoot sooner so I don't get bit.
He then went and visited her and explained the common sense rules of being neighborly which I don't think she comprehended in the least. I don't recall seeing her or the dogs again which worked out just fine for me.
Last thing I wanted to do was shoot her dogs who were apparently very special but sorely lacking in social skills. But one does what one must ya know.
I didn't even know it but she had 2 or 3 like mini gray hound looking dogs that like your holier than though were supposed to be VERY SPECIAL.
I was sitting on the front porch with my very old black lab who was asleep at my feet when 3 of her specials apparently got loose and ran up into the cul da sac. For no reason I could detect they suddenly diverted directly to my front porch full speed growling and snarling, lab still asleep, great guard dog she was. It's about 1000 ft from the porch to the road so I had plenty of time to take all this in and prepare for what I knew was the upcoming attack.
They hit the steps with the leader well centered in the front sight of my 1911 (we're talking safety off 3lbs pulled on a 3 1/2lb trigger) when the holier than though lady apparently must have said something I didn't hear, thankfully all 3 applied 4 wheel disc legs and 180'd and went back to her who then contained them.
The hilarious part was she immediately returned and scolded me for even thinking about harming her specials that were 100 times the dog my old lab was. I explained they were probably 1000 times the dog my old lab was but I liked my lab and she didn't go around attacking dogs or people, not sure to this day who they were after me or my lab who incidently woke up just when they hit the steps, yawned and then went back to sleep. Great dog that lab was.
Anyhow she had already called the sheriff to report my horrible transgressions on her special dogs.
After I explained the circumstances, we were on our own porch, my dog was asleep and I was just a settin watching the world go by prior to the attack he first explained to me to not let them get so close next time, shoot sooner so I don't get bit.
He then went and visited her and explained the common sense rules of being neighborly which I don't think she comprehended in the least. I don't recall seeing her or the dogs again which worked out just fine for me.
Last thing I wanted to do was shoot her dogs who were apparently very special but sorely lacking in social skills. But one does what one must ya know.
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for comparison:
and with people for size reference.
they are of course all 'special' as was your black lab. lady, not so special. shoulda shot her in lieu of her dogs.
none are known for their agressiveness. they must not have been socialized very well. they can be a bit racist
if they have never associated with non-greyhoundy looking dogs.
it's all GWB's fault of course.
and with people for size reference.
they are of course all 'special' as was your black lab. lady, not so special. shoulda shot her in lieu of her dogs.
none are known for their agressiveness. they must not have been socialized very well. they can be a bit racist
if they have never associated with non-greyhoundy looking dogs.
it's all GWB's fault of course.
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greyhounds are one of the oldest hunting breeds known, there are pictures of them cut into egyptian royal tombs, the romans brought them to the UK where the nobility used them for hunting. killing a greyhound had the same penalty as killing a man. commoners were not allowed to own greyhounds.. general custer was an admirer and always had a few with him, including the end in his last campaign they were used in coursing rabbits, where a competing pair are released together after a released rabbit or hare, the winner the one who catches it. racing them in groups is relatively recent when the invented the mechanical lure that you see them chase around the track. that was in the early 19c. my last retired racing greyhound, millie (balto millenium) i could trace her ancestry back to a dog in the 1790's.
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that is pretty awesome kronk, making me want to get a greyhound! ( i have owned a group of 7 mastiffs before, but never a pure breed since them)-- they would lay around in my yard like lions, people still stay away from our house because they think the "demon dogs" will come running up out of the forest. can't even tell you how many stray dogs they murdered in the defense of territory. still kinda shocked they never got me into any trouble.
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These were about the size of the middle ones in the picture, closer to the color of the little one.
I to this day have no idea what their boggle was. I used to put up chain link fences for about 10 years, my first real job. Fenced a lot of dogs in and a lot more dogs out.
I recall we did one for a lady that raised grey hounds, usually she'd be out running them when we arrived in the morning. She'd take 2 or 3 with long leashes out the window of her car and just drive around. I thought it was rather risky myself.
I do love dogs and I played with a few everyday. One day I tried to kiss one right on the smackers and she said that was risky, dog might bite my face off, says the lady that drives her car to run her dogs.
Might want to think on the grey hound plan gehazi, I think they did to be exercised right regulary, everyone I've seen was walked nearly constantly. Maybe something they need. I don't know much about them.
I to this day have no idea what their boggle was. I used to put up chain link fences for about 10 years, my first real job. Fenced a lot of dogs in and a lot more dogs out.
I recall we did one for a lady that raised grey hounds, usually she'd be out running them when we arrived in the morning. She'd take 2 or 3 with long leashes out the window of her car and just drive around. I thought it was rather risky myself.
I do love dogs and I played with a few everyday. One day I tried to kiss one right on the smackers and she said that was risky, dog might bite my face off, says the lady that drives her car to run her dogs.
Might want to think on the grey hound plan gehazi, I think they did to be exercised right regulary, everyone I've seen was walked nearly constantly. Maybe something they need. I don't know much about them.
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amen!!!
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kissing a strange dog on the face is not proper adult doggy manners. the dog may think you are going to bite it. you are supposed to sniff their butts first and let them sniff yours (just joking, they do not expect that from humans). kissing & shlurping faces is a human/dog thing they reserve for their masters and close human friends. it's better to ignore the dog, ask the owner if it is OK to touch the dog, and if so, let it come to you, stroke them on the side, don't touch the head until you know you have been accepted. let the dog kiss you first before you kiss it. do not bend over it, if all looks promising, crouch next to it instead. less threatening. most bites are not aggression, they are a fear response, usually preceded by a warning growl best not ignored.
p.s. - face licking by a dog is an instinctive 'wolfy' thing a pup does to it's mother and other pack relatives when they return from a hunt to encourage them to regurgitate food. most humans are not going to do this, but they still try. i mean the dogs try, not the humans try to upchuck.
p.s. - whippets are in general a bit more frantic and energetic than greyhounds. individuals may vary tho. some greyhounds do not adapt to life away from the track if they have been treated indifferently and may be wary & skittish until they know you are not going to hurt them. most, luckily, love human interaction.
p.s. - face licking by a dog is an instinctive 'wolfy' thing a pup does to it's mother and other pack relatives when they return from a hunt to encourage them to regurgitate food. most humans are not going to do this, but they still try. i mean the dogs try, not the humans try to upchuck.
p.s. - whippets are in general a bit more frantic and energetic than greyhounds. individuals may vary tho. some greyhounds do not adapt to life away from the track if they have been treated indifferently and may be wary & skittish until they know you are not going to hurt them. most, luckily, love human interaction.
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Well I weren't gonna mention the butt sniffing thing but since you brung it up.
Actually the dog didn't seem to mind either. I think it accepted me.
I will remember the lesson in etiquette and refrain from direct kissing right on the smackers in the future.
Actually the dog didn't seem to mind either. I think it accepted me.
I will remember the lesson in etiquette and refrain from direct kissing right on the smackers in the future.