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When I had to put my GSD down I had no idea how bad it would affect me. I was a blubbering mess for 3 days. I still get emotional thinking about his demise.
Oh, man... I can't even think about it. I keep telling Lily that she has to live forever so I hope she's learned to do that by now.
Big country
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ROGER4314
Been Called "Flash" Since I Was A Kid!
Here's my Jake, the Toy Fox Terrier. He's two years old and can talk. Yes....that's right, he can talk!
Jake rings a small cow bell when he wants to go outside in our fenced back yard. I hang the bell from a string and he flips it until it rings.
When Jake wants something, he will stare at me right in the eyes and not look away. Finally I realize that he wants something so I ask him questions. He stays motionless until I ask the RIGHT question, then he jumps around. The boy is scary smart!
Jake likes to be tucked in at bedtime. He'll come to get me from my room, he hops up in his chair, I'll pet him and tell him that he's a good boy then say goodnight. He likes that so much that he'll repeat the process several times before he's finally ready to sack out. One tucking in should be enough but since we both enjoy it, we're working on it a little.....but not much.
Jake eats like a cat. He just nibbles when he's hungry then leaves the food alone. I fill up his bowl and he just eats a bit when he feels like it. He also licks his fur and grooms himself like a cat.
He never barks unless someone is coming close to the house and his Radar ears somehow identify the neighbors and the UPS driver as they approach and he doesn't bark at them.
I've never seen a dog like Jake.
He's my little man.
Flash
Jake rings a small cow bell when he wants to go outside in our fenced back yard. I hang the bell from a string and he flips it until it rings.
When Jake wants something, he will stare at me right in the eyes and not look away. Finally I realize that he wants something so I ask him questions. He stays motionless until I ask the RIGHT question, then he jumps around. The boy is scary smart!
Jake likes to be tucked in at bedtime. He'll come to get me from my room, he hops up in his chair, I'll pet him and tell him that he's a good boy then say goodnight. He likes that so much that he'll repeat the process several times before he's finally ready to sack out. One tucking in should be enough but since we both enjoy it, we're working on it a little.....but not much.
Jake eats like a cat. He just nibbles when he's hungry then leaves the food alone. I fill up his bowl and he just eats a bit when he feels like it. He also licks his fur and grooms himself like a cat.
He never barks unless someone is coming close to the house and his Radar ears somehow identify the neighbors and the UPS driver as they approach and he doesn't bark at them.
I've never seen a dog like Jake.
He's my little man.
Flash
Big country
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We had a little terrier for a while showed up at the house with two pit bulls. The pits had collars with a phone number the little Guy didn't, when the owner got there I tried to hand her the little Guy and she said no petted him on the head and said he wasn't hers. We never found an owner so we kept him. He lost the use of the back half and had to be put down around 3 years latter. He was an awesome dog.
tap talked from a phone yeah im on my phone! it's crazy!
tap talked from a phone yeah im on my phone! it's crazy!
Ok, I'll play... Our two Dogo Argentino's... No, they're not pits nor do they have any pit in them. I don't have anything against pits, I just wanted to point it out. These were bred to hunt wild hogs and mountain lions and have 10 breeds in them to complete the final Dogo breed. (Great Pyrenees, Irish Wolfhound, Pointer, Great Dane, Dogue de Bordeaux, Boxer, Spanish Mastiff, Bulldog, Bull Terrier and a now extinct mastiff-type Dog of Cordoba)
They're 4 months in these pictures...
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They're 4 months in these pictures...
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Big country
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Dogos are badass dogs. An old friend had a couple that he pig hunted with and a couple of curs (black mouth I think but I can't remember) I loved watching those dogs hunt so smooth and silent. And all business in the field, but at the house they would play with his little girl so gently. On a hunt you could get no reaction when you pet them, at home they would bounce like a tennis ball. They would even keep her in the house if the door was left open. She was about a year old at the time and she would poke eyes and pull skin trying to stand but they could care less, they both loved that little girl like she was their pup. And all the while they LOVED to hunt pigs. That one you've got there is a damn fine looking dog.
tap talked from a phone yeah im on my phone! it's crazy!
tap talked from a phone yeah im on my phone! it's crazy!
Thank you sir for the comment. Yes, and that is why we chose this breed. No matter how big they get or how intimidating they looked, when it came down to working and getting down to business out in the field, they're focused and do not stop. They don't feel pain and have no thoughts of quiting. Yet, when you get them home around the family, they're very docile and it's amazing how they know how gentle to be with kids and even new born babies. We have yet to see either one of them get mad or be threatening, although when they play with each other, I'd like to think most people would probably think they were fighting. They're just playing, but one of them always ends up causing the other one to bleed.
This is the video we saw that sold us on the breed. We were first looking at German Shepards, but then ran into the Dogos and never looked back.
Big country
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They are awesome dogs. A gamewarden once threatened to shoot one of his because it was growling at him. My friend explained things something along the line of if he shot that dog he'd have to shot him to. They truly were like family.
tap talked from a phone yeah im on my phone! it's crazy!
tap talked from a phone yeah im on my phone! it's crazy!
Interesting... they look an awful lot like my dog in the face. Do they ever come in a gray color? I'm always trying to figure out what kind of mutt my dog is
