TomSeller
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Beautiful dog.
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Beautiful dog.
Sigarms
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Trial run to the mail box with a new to us "dog carrier".
This girls the oldest, and is going blind and doesn't like to leave the cement parking lot at the end of our driveway. We wanted to take her on walks with us out back with the other dogs, and trying this way out.
It's always hard to know when to take a dreaded visit to the vets, but with this girl, when she stops dancing on her hind legs when it's dinner time we know it will be soon. It's also hard to tell exactly how much sight she's losing because she knows the house so well. It's only when she gets outside we can tell she's really losing it.
This girls the oldest, and is going blind and doesn't like to leave the cement parking lot at the end of our driveway. We wanted to take her on walks with us out back with the other dogs, and trying this way out.
It's always hard to know when to take a dreaded visit to the vets, but with this girl, when she stops dancing on her hind legs when it's dinner time we know it will be soon. It's also hard to tell exactly how much sight she's losing because she knows the house so well. It's only when she gets outside we can tell she's really losing it.
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Looks like you are providing the best possible life for her! We have an old guy, similar situation where we can tell he doesn't see all that well, and doesn't hear some stuff, but it is difficult to tell how bad it is. He does great on all the walks within about a mile of our house, but twice recently when we were in thick timber he became separated from us and even though we could occasionally catch a glimpse of him, he seemed unable to hear us calling. This guy is my favorite dog (ever) so it feels pretty tough.
Kyle_in_Tex
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This.
I told my 12 year old daughter that when she gets old enough to date (like around 24
), to find a guy who loves his golden retriever.Or most any other kind of doggy....
Kyle_in_Tex
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Tom, I hope your new friend is already like "an old friend" by now. How's he doing?
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This.
I told my 12 year old daughter that when she gets old enough to date (like around 24
Or most any other kind of doggy....
No better advice could be given. Dog lover are generally nice people.
Let me know how the age 24 part works out...
Kyle_in_Tex
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So we ended up with a female abandoned chihuahua.
A man drove past our church about 2 months ago, opened the door of his truck, tossed her into the grass, and drove off.
She must've just gotten over a batch of puppies, and was pregnant again. She went to the shelter vet for a week or so, and we adopted her. She is fitting in just fine. I'm a large dog man, with no large dog at the moment, and I have to admit, there are advantages to having a dog that only eats about a 1/2 cup of food a day.
She is fitting in fine now that we have gotten her 98% housebroken. She is really bringing a lot of joy and laughs to our family with her "chihuahua-ness" You should see her lightning fast reflexes playing with a small grasshopper.
If you had told me a few months ago that I would have a chihuahua, I'd have called you a bald face liar...
Now it's me that has to have a little come-upence.
A man drove past our church about 2 months ago, opened the door of his truck, tossed her into the grass, and drove off.
She must've just gotten over a batch of puppies, and was pregnant again. She went to the shelter vet for a week or so, and we adopted her. She is fitting in just fine. I'm a large dog man, with no large dog at the moment, and I have to admit, there are advantages to having a dog that only eats about a 1/2 cup of food a day.
She is fitting in fine now that we have gotten her 98% housebroken. She is really bringing a lot of joy and laughs to our family with her "chihuahua-ness" You should see her lightning fast reflexes playing with a small grasshopper.
If you had told me a few months ago that I would have a chihuahua, I'd have called you a bald face liar...
Now it's me that has to have a little come-upence.
Sigarms
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This.
I told my 12 year old daughter that when she gets old enough to date (like around 24
Or most any other kind of doggy....
LOL
That's one reason why my wife fell in love with me.
On our first date, I was on the ground playing with her yellow lab. I was always a dog person, but I had moved around too often and was on the road for work that I couldn't responsibly care for a dog of my own.
After we got married, at our old place in the suburbs...
The aussie mix on the right came in as a stray about 3 months after we got married, and the beagle mix about a month after that. All 3 are no longer with us. The girl (jack mix) in the "carrier" per my previous pic is our last dog that connects back to all of our orignial dogs. Not looking forward to that last vets "ride". Kind of an end to an era.
He is a really good dog. As well behaved as a 1 year old can be expected. I still miss my other guy all the time, especially when I see pictures of him. As I type this, the new guy is by my side on the couch. Probably not knowing how much he has helped me over the past few months since we got him.