Dog pics

[sixdogs]

This is Jerome...he's 8 weeks.

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Good looking dog. What kind is he?

 

[keegs]

He's an Airedale. This is our third over the years....So far they've all be great, fun loving dogs.

 

[dave1949]

He's an Airedale. This is our third over the years....So far they've all be great, fun loving dogs.

Nice puppy Keegs. Puppy breath, enjoy it.

 

[DABSGT]

Keegs, cute little guy have fun with your new pup

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

I had My Golden Retriever trained to pull me on my roller blades. Had him trained pretty good for stop, right, left and Go! We both loved it. He could get a 2 mile fast trot in and I could get some roller blade time.

 

[dave1949]

I had My Golden Retriever trained to pull me on my roller blades. Had him trained pretty good for stop, right, left and Go! We both loved it. He could get a 2 mile fast trot in and I could get some roller blade time.

Sounds like fun and good conditioning.

I think if a dog has a job now and then they are happier. It doesn't matter how useful the job is, just a job--sort of like our own lives in many respects. :laughing:

 

[300UGUY]

This is Jerome...he's 8 weeks.

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Hi Jerome!!!

 

[keegs]

Hi Jerome!!!

:laughing:

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

Not me, just the retirement account--munch, munch, munch. :laughing: I see Milos is drooling in that pic. He is showing his age, really weak in the hindquarters.

This is Sira at a "barn hunt" this past weekend. There is a live rat in the PVC tube, dogs have to find the tube with the live rat among hay bales. Pawing or chewing the tube is not allowed. Barking is allowed and well practiced. There are other identical tubes with no rat, but rats were in them to leave the trace of their scent.

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I asked Sharon why the rat doesn't die of fright. The rats are acclimated to being around dogs from birth for the purpose of using them in barn hunts. After 4-5 dogs, they switch out the rat for a fresh one. The "used" rat doesn't seem at all concerned. They eat, have a drink. Sharon says the terriers are amazing to watch barn hunt. I guess they still have the instincts they were bred for.

Dave, I'm sure you've posted it before, but what mix are your dogs?

 

[dave1949]

Dave, I'm sure you've posted it before, but what mix are your dogs?

The breed name is Leonberger named after the town Leonberg in Germany where they originated. There is no real certainty about the mix. Landseer, St Bernard and Great Pyrenees seem fairly certain. A Landseer is a black and white Newfoundland--sort of. Some now consider it a separate breed. The Leonberger breed almost died out in WWI which would be a genetic bottleneck. Here is an excerpt from the breed history:

[Heinrich] Essig eventually wrote that he crossbred a black-and-white female Landseer with a long-haired Saint Bernard that he had acquired from the Saint Bernard monastery in Switzerland. The puppies were, of course, black and white. He reportedly then crossbred these dogs for four generations, outcrossing with a yellow-and-white Saint Bernard and later a white Pyrenean Mountain Dog that he had in his kennels. He was striving at this early stage for an all-white dog, because they were very fashionable at the time. It seems likely that local farm and butcher dogs with relatively fixed genetic characteristics, but not identified as a breed, found their way into the developing breed lines. It wasn’t until Essig’s death that his nephew bred Leonbergers that were consistently representative of the tawny colors and black masks that characterize the breed today.

Breed History & Standard - Leonberger Club of America