goeduck
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Looks like you have a new sweetie there ! Good for you to rescue her !
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EddieWalker
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Dog show that was supposed to be happening this weekend was cancelled, so Matsu got all cleaned up with nowhere to go. Next dog show for him is in two weeks.
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Show dogs always look so proud! I used to think it was kinda cruel but have since learned the dogs love all the attention.
If you get bored, search ....... painting pictures on Standard Poodles......or something.
I bumped into the photos on the web and they are amazing. Again, I thought it might be cruel. Nope, dogs love the attention.
If you get bored, search ....... painting pictures on Standard Poodles......or something.
I bumped into the photos on the web and they are amazing. Again, I thought it might be cruel. Nope, dogs love the attention.
EddieWalker
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Our first attempt at a show dog failed because he hated it. He was eager to go at first, they all seem to love road trips, but once he got there, he didn't like all the attention, or being in the ring. He still gets excited when he sees the van pull up to the gate, and he loves going to the groomer and the vet, but he was miserable at dog shows.
Then we got Kami, and she was a dog show diva!!! She loved to go to shows, she loved the attention, and she did fantastic in the ring. When the enjoy it, there is no denying it. She was always eager to go, and I honestly thing, she just loved to travel and see new places.
Matsu is the same, he loves to go. You cannot hardly hold onto his leash when trying to get him into the van, he wants into the van so badly. At the show, he enjoys the attention and he loves everyone. He is a different animal at a show compared to at home. Here, he is super protective and aggressive towards everything outside the fence. UPS, mail, meter readers, friends and even my parents. When they come down the driveway, he goes into full Akita attack mode. His bark is impressive. But at a show, anybody can approach him and pet on him. Night and day. In the ring, he is alert with a spring in his step. It's really amazing seeing the transformation!!!
When he comes home, we always wonder if he had fun, and if he wants to go again. So far, he is super eager to go, so we'll keep going until he doesn't want to anymore. He is already a Grand Champion, so there really isn't anything in it for him other then networking, and adding to his collection of ribbons. My wife also loves being at the dog shows and hanging out with the other dog owners. It's a competition, but it's not like sports when you are trying to beat each other, it's more along the lines of a car show where everyone brings their best and enjoys what each other has to show.
Then we got Kami, and she was a dog show diva!!! She loved to go to shows, she loved the attention, and she did fantastic in the ring. When the enjoy it, there is no denying it. She was always eager to go, and I honestly thing, she just loved to travel and see new places.
Matsu is the same, he loves to go. You cannot hardly hold onto his leash when trying to get him into the van, he wants into the van so badly. At the show, he enjoys the attention and he loves everyone. He is a different animal at a show compared to at home. Here, he is super protective and aggressive towards everything outside the fence. UPS, mail, meter readers, friends and even my parents. When they come down the driveway, he goes into full Akita attack mode. His bark is impressive. But at a show, anybody can approach him and pet on him. Night and day. In the ring, he is alert with a spring in his step. It's really amazing seeing the transformation!!!
When he comes home, we always wonder if he had fun, and if he wants to go again. So far, he is super eager to go, so we'll keep going until he doesn't want to anymore. He is already a Grand Champion, so there really isn't anything in it for him other then networking, and adding to his collection of ribbons. My wife also loves being at the dog shows and hanging out with the other dog owners. It's a competition, but it's not like sports when you are trying to beat each other, it's more along the lines of a car show where everyone brings their best and enjoys what each other has to show.
Sigarms
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Me and dad tonight after I went for takeout (the two 16 year olds can now drive to their part time jobs together now, and wife is away looking after her mom). Drop a piece of food, and it's gone LOL (two small white ones are my wifes parents dogs we took in).
Have to laugh, my dad about 15 years ago out on the front lawn (below). 3 of those dogs were ours (others fostering). No one left out of that group. Seems like my dad is always surrounded by dogs when he use to come down, and now that he's living here.
Have to laugh, my dad about 15 years ago out on the front lawn (below). 3 of those dogs were ours (others fostering). No one left out of that group. Seems like my dad is always surrounded by dogs when he use to come down, and now that he's living here.
goeduck
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^^^ dog-father. Nice pics!
Sigarms
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When my wife and I first got married, we did foster for the first 9 or 10 years of our years of our marriage. We ended up getting involved with our local humane society because our county was litterally using a gas box and just dumping 10-20 dogs at a time in the box to put them down at the county dump.
We've actually kept track of them all over the years as we have a bunch of these hanging on the wall. Some dogs were pretty easy to find homes for, others ended up with us for some long periods of time due to a host of variables with the dogs personality.
Honey (middle left above) and Jack (middle right above) came to us together. Still remember how they ended up in dog houses way behind our house, then moved them into a fenced area, then finally into our home. Jack actually had a couple of police departments looking at him for drug sniffing due to his personalty traits/drive (we found him a nice family instead), and Honey went to a nice family who had a couple of other GSD's.
Still remember finding this guy below as a pup. Middle pic was training him on commands for eating (food, not people LOL) and the bottom one was of his new owners sending us a picture of him graduating from dog training class LOL They renamed from my "peanut" (which he looked like at the time) to Sarge, after their one boy serving in Afgahnistan at the time.
After about 10 years of working with dogs, we ended up to start fostering children, which slowly took our time away from the animals to the point where we had to stop.
We're kind of like Frankenkubota. We always swear we are never taking another permanent pet in again, but it seems the future has other plans. We were actually down to 3 after it seemed like a bunch died of old age or other medical issues. The small black dog in the pic with my dad my wife found as a puppy on the side of the road with our one son in the car with her (I still remember the phone call from my wife when I was with our other boy), and the blue tick hound ended up being found by my father and son were hitting golf balls out back when my dad was down visiting. After my FIL died this past January, my MIL can't handle the dogs herself, so we we're kind of up in the air on finding them homes. Those two were a litter of 13 born in our garage, and we actually adopted those two out to my inlaws about 10 years ago. Thing is, those two dogs were litterally like my FIL's babies for all those years, and I told my wife I think her father would have prefered they stay with us instead of rehoming them. So, we went from 3 from about 5 years ago to 6 now.
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Sigarms
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Just remember...
Why Dogs Are Better Than Women
Dogs don’t cry.
Dogs love it when your friends come over.
Dogs don’t care if you use their shampoo.
Dogs think you sing great.
A dog’s time in the bathroom is confined to
a quick drink.
Dogs don’t expect you to call when you are
running late.
The later you are, the more excited dogs are
to see you.
Dogs will forgive you for playing with other
dogs.
Dogs don’t notice if you call them by another
dog’s name.
Dogs are excited by rough play.
Dogs don’t mind if you give their offspring away.
Dogs understand that flatulence is funny.
Dogs love red meat.
Dogs can appreciate excessive body hair.
Anyone can get a good looking dog.
If a dog is gorgeous, other dogs don’t hate it.
Dogs don’t shop.
Dogs like it when you leave a lot of things
on the floor.
A dog’s disposition stays the same all month
long.
Dogs never need to examine the relationship.
Dogs love long car trips.
Dogs understand that instincts are better than
asking for directions.
When a dog gets old and starts to snap at you
incessantly, you can shoot it.
Dogs like beer.
Dogs don’t hate their bodies.
No dog ever put on 100 pounds after reaching
adulthood.
Dogs never criticize.
Dogs agree that you have to raise your voice
to get your point across.
Dogs never expect gifts.
Dogs don’t worry about germs.
Dogs don’t want to know about every other dog
you ever had.
Dogs like to do their snooping outside as
opposed to in your wallet, desk and the
back of your sock drawer.
Dogs don’t let magazine articles guide their lives.
Dogs would rather have you buy them a hamburger
dinner than a lobster one.
You never have to wait for a dog. They’re ready
to go 24 hours a day.
Dogs have no use for flowers, cards, or jewelry.
Dogs don’t borrow your shirts.
Dogs never want foot rubs.
Sigarms
Super Member
Our "original" 3.
The yellow lab my wife owned when I met her. The beagle mix I found as a pup at a gas station on a hot August day covered in ticks. The aussie mix we "found" together at our vets as someone came in claiming to find her and couldn't keep her. Turns out the girl lied, just kept the dog chained outside 24/7 and couldn't stand her barking. Imagine that with that kind of breed personality.
Those three dogs actually helped us train a lot of dogs over a decade that came through our home.
I can still get misty thinking about each drive to the vet for their last visit. All 3 are in our garden with a host of other ashes.
The yellow lab my wife owned when I met her. The beagle mix I found as a pup at a gas station on a hot August day covered in ticks. The aussie mix we "found" together at our vets as someone came in claiming to find her and couldn't keep her. Turns out the girl lied, just kept the dog chained outside 24/7 and couldn't stand her barking. Imagine that with that kind of breed personality.
Those three dogs actually helped us train a lot of dogs over a decade that came through our home.
I can still get misty thinking about each drive to the vet for their last visit. All 3 are in our garden with a host of other ashes.
