Dog pics

[Rock knocker]

Cardigan or Pembroke?
We had two over the years and found them to be loyal dogs and great defenders, they were bred as cattle dogs and have a natural instinct to round up animals.

My best friend is a wonderful little corgi. He's eleven now, and had a laminectomy this summer, but I hope he's around for a good long time. He has really recovered well from his spinal problems.

 

[Alien]

yours is a powder puff, we used to breed them until dad got killed, we now have one of the pups who is now four years old and is a hairless.
you need a powder puff and hairless to breed.
ours can be bad tempered but he probably got that from me.
you realise they are a very old breed that had its roots with the aztecs, good eating they said.

We have done quite a lot of research into them. I just don't normally mention Powder Puff especially when I'm talking to blokes.... LOL. We got ours from a registered breeder in Port McQuarie. I am amazed at how fast they can run. Possibly so they won't get eaten....

 

[hosspuller]

Dobermanns

Sadly, the dog on the left suffered bloat a few months after the photo...

 

[Alien]

It is one year ago today that we lost our Maremma. We miss him badly. 9 months later we suddenly lost Reno who was an amazing dog. He was also very close to our Pug and they went everywhere together. I did a video as a tribute to Reno. I had to change the music for youtube.

 

[bunyip]

We have done quite a lot of research into them. I just don't normally mention Powder Puff especially when I'm talking to blokes.... LOL. We got ours from a registered breeder in Port McQuarie. I am amazed at how fast they can run. Possibly so they won't get eaten....

I don't know how complete your research is but the Aztecs used them as bed warmers as well as food, they run about 1° warmer than other breeds too, they are very greyhound like in appearance and ours can certainly run, at night we let him out when we hear foxes on the move, he's never caught one but comes home looking very pleased with himself.
With their history of the Chinese using them on junks to keep the rodent population I thought we would be onto a winner, during winter the mouse population here moves out of the feed shed and into the house, you see the odd one darting across the floor and all he does is sit there and look at them, so much for natural rodent control, back to traps and baits in the roof.
I have read a lot of conflicting material on their origins but believe the Aztec history is accurate, have also read their origins are in South Africa but little to elaborate on this.
They don't seem to be prone to any disorders like some breeds apart from losing their tusks, ours is 4 and only has one, his father lost his, ours is also a very fussy eater, I don't know if this is common or because he is spoiled.

 

[Alien]

The hairless have fewer teeth to start with and tend to lose more teeth as they age. Not so much the full hair ones. The full hair are the original breed apparently. But anyway you will know all that.
Cheers

 

[bunyip]

Always willing to read and learn, we lost the female about 4 years ago not long after her last litter, we have decided not to breed any longer although my daughter breeds the shepherds and Tibetan Spaniels (which I don't like much, a bit like pekes).
Don Burke (Burkes Back Yard) did a write up on them some time ago and most of his 'expert' information was wrong.
Our stud dog was Cecil (not my choice), mother was Fluff and the one we have now is Socrates, known as Soc, strange names but we used to have a cat called Rasputin who was as mad as a cut snake.

 

[Sigarms]

Dobermanns

Sadly, the dog on the left suffered bloat a few months after the photo...

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Beautiful dogs.

 

[MoPops]

Had to put the old Setter down a month or so ago. He made it to 15. By far my oldest Setter. I tried a Drathaar, but that dog was the craziest dog I've ever seen, let alone, tried to train. I just got a real crazy one, bad luck. Well I went back to a Setter. Found this young lady down in Arkansas. She's already trained! I've never bought a trained dog, I've always bought pups at 7 weeks, and did all the training myself. We will see how she works out.
The trainer/breeder took me out and she found a covey, and some singles right off the bat. She's steady and has a good nose. Hopefully I won't ruin her. We are calling her Kate.

 

[PHPaul]

Been some time since I was here.

As I'm pretty sure I mentioned previously, I've always been a dog person but had to give up my last one when my wife developed serious allergies to pet dander/hair.

Well, I've found a "solution" to the problem. My daughter recently sold her house here in town and built a new one closer to her job. The plan for the new house included a large fenced in area for the dog she eventually planned to have. Dear Old Dad got to put up a couple of hundred feet of 6 foot chain link for that part.

She's been in the place since late Spring and has picked out the dog she wants, an Akita pup from a local breeder that she's known and groomed for for years. The breeder is very picky about who she'll sell a pup to and also chooses the pup for you based on the pup's personality and your needs. She also starts socializing the pup as soon as they open their eyes while still with Mom and the rest of the litter.

I made the mistake of riding up with her to visit her new pup a couple of weeks ago. Bad idea :laughing: We called to let her know I was coming and she met us at the door and explained to me how most Akitas are stand-offish and don't much care for strangers once they've bonded to their family. I've been around dogs long enough to know to let them approach me if they care to and not push things.

I got about three steps in the door and two BIG males (from her breeding stock) came right up to me, leaned up against my legs and demanded to be scratched and petted. She looked at me a little funny and I got down on one knee and a gorgeous young female came over and tried to climb up in my lap, licking my face and wiggling.

She said "I have NEVER seen her do that with anyone!" We left after spending some time with the pup my daughter was getting. All the way home I was thinking about what a sweetie that female was.

Now, my daughter had originally wanted a pair of them to keep each other company while she's at work, but at the price of AKC pups there was just no way that was gonna happen. She said she talked to the breeder later that evening and said the female was laying by the door and moping ever since we left.

I don't know if that was strictly true or just good salesmanship, but long story somewhat shorter, I wound up splitting the cost of the 8 month old female with my daughter. The dog will live with her as my wife is still allergic (and likely always will be) but it's "my" dog. Also a clever ploy on my daughter's part to get Dear Old Dad up to her place more often.

So, here's Fate (her AKC registered name is Black Jewel of Fate):

It does take a fairly long exposure or a buildup of hair and dander for my wife's allergies to kick in, so she is able to tolerate brief visits. Fate just met her today for the first time and it took her about 10 seconds to decide she had a new friend:

So far, it's working really well. Daughter has a dog to help train her new pup and keep each other company, and I get my minimum daily requirement of dog spit in my diet. :laughing:

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

Great deal Paul!

 

[kf4uda]

That is a beautiful dog Paul. Looks like she picked the master she wanted. I hope your wife is able to build up a tolerance to her.

 

[PHPaul]

"Mom, what are those? They look delici...uh...I mean, they look like they need protection!"

Daughter brought the pup down to our place. I still have between 3 and 4 acres fenced in from when I ran sheep, so it's the perfect place to exercise her and work on her off-leash voice commands.

Dang smart dog, did really well with "Come" and "No!" commands. Once we tore her away from the chicken pen that is...:licking:

 

[rekees4300]

"Mom, what are those? They look delici...uh...I mean, they look like they need protection!"

It's called a doggie buffet. :dog:

 

[PHPaul]

It's called a doggie buffet. :dog:

I've absolutely no doubt whatever that she would chase and kill one given the chance.

Dunno if she'd eat it or not, but I know where the smart money would go.

Just a training issue tho. The last dog I had before the wife developed her allergies would go right in the coop with me and never bat an eye at the chickens. In fact, when the %)(* starlings would get in there, I'd open the door, shoo the dog in, wait for the dust to settle and open the door. The Grump would trot out with 3 or 4 starlings in her mouth and a few that she was done playing with laying on the floor. Again, never touch a feather on a chicken.

 

[rekees4300]

Surprised the Grump would kill Starlings. I've tried to feed them to the cats but they will take one whiff of the scent and walk away.

 

[DABSGT]

Good looking dog Paul best of luck with her

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[PHPaul]

Surprised the Grump would kill Starlings. I've tried to feed them to the cats but they will take one whiff of the scent and walk away.

The Grumpasaurus was a seriously weird dog.

Ate them starlings, bones, beak and all.

LOVED June Bugs. Early Summer evening, turn on the back door light and she'd be out there catching and eating them all night if you'd let her.

She'd dig up grubs out of the lawn and eat them.

I even saw her devouring the remains of bluejays on several occasions. Never did figure out if she was catching them or finding dead ones.

Absolute death on rodents of any type. Rats, mice, chipmunks, ground squirrels, you name it, she'd catch it and eat it, or die trying.

 

[BrokeFarmerJohn]

 

[PHPaul]

Nice looking GSD, John!