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All the dogs are wonderful...I'm sure I'm not alone when I say thanks to all the dog owners/lovers that upload their pics...keep them coming...love every one...!
Very smart dog! Congrats on the award too.![]()
Farm Dog of the Year runner-up – Bree!
THORP, Wis. – Where do we start with our sweet little Bree? We picked out Bree five years ago almost to the day – Jan. 22, 2018 – from awww.agupdate.com
Sorry for your loss, losing such a good friend at such an early age.This is our lab Sadie, that dog couldn't speak English but she understood it.
The first pic was taken right after we got her, the 2nd on the last day of her life, she was 10
She had cancer on her leg, we removed it twice, the 3rd time it worked its way up her leg and into her stomach. On her last day I took her to our farm and wore her out and then took her to the vet and put her to sleep. It was a really hard day for me, she was in great shape except for the cancer. She is now buried on our farm by my gate waiting for me to come and visit.

She's the opposite actually. Getting it on her sux bigtime, she fights it. But once it's on she seems alright with it. Still, she's already tore it twice just by snagging it on stuff.We had to cover a Great Pyr once to avoid licking, she calmly let us "dress" her without complaint for 10 minutes. Once the hands were off she removed everything in .5 seconds quite violently.
Sounds like she had a hard life before you came along. Good on you, man.I can't get anything like that vest on my stumpy tail cattle dog (rescued street dog), she fear bites. She also bites at the vet. About all I can do is get a cone over her head by putting her dog dish inside and under the cone. When she sticks her head into the cone to eat, I pull the drawstring tight. I have been doing this every day for a few weeks to desensitize her to the cone so I can get her back to the vet for shots. No way I can get a bloody (literally) muzzle on. The drugs the vet gave me to sedate her only help a little. Too many bad experiences happened to her while on the street in regards to restraining/capturing her.
Our cattle dog was a rescue too, but probably a bit younger than yours when we got him. Plus he never exhibited fear to my wife and I, just other people. I don't know why though. I felt we were really lucky to get him acclimated to touch and people, though it took almost 3 years before he finally got out of his shell. My hats off to you goeduck.I can't get anything like that vest on my stumpy tail cattle dog (rescued street dog), she fear bites. She also bites at the vet. About all I can do is get a cone over her head by putting her dog dish inside and under the cone. When she sticks her head into the cone to eat, I pull the drawstring tight. I have been doing this every day for a few weeks to desensitize her to the cone so I can get her back to the vet for shots. No way I can get a bloody (literally) muzzle on. The drugs the vet gave me to sedate her only help a little. Too many bad experiences happened to her while on the street in regards to restraining/capturing her.
Ha - We sometimes learn the hard way. I have always had Brittany dogs. In past years, I have lost a brand new $500 tablet (chewed on it), a $300 I iPod, My Favorite hat (2 times), a $300 Sage fly rod, All before I figured better to get them their own toys than have them play with my toys. Really makes you angry when it happens, but just have to smile and think "I should have know better!" When we got our current Brittany, Lulu, we kept the sewing room door closed and kept shoes in there. When we had company, we told them "If you like those shoes, maybe you better put them in the sewing room.2 pictures taken 1 hour apart.
I call picture #1 'double trouble'...
and pic #2 'I told you so'
My shepherd helps my mom knit when she visits or dog sits for usWhen my now aging Healer was a puppy he hung out in my shipping room (in home business) keeping me entertained chasing and chewing harmless odd stuff. One day he watched me pull a few stickers off a reel and then in a flash - I didn't know he could jump that high but he got the end of the stickers and without hesitation wheeled and flew out the dog door pulling 500 stickers off the reel behind him. we stood there and howled until he returned soaking wet head to toe with the same streamer of labels in tow. OMG we laughed...so much mischief.
Good times.







Mom learned pretty quick to watch her with her bag of yarn. Gypsy got a hold of a ball of yarn and had it strung through the living room, into the dining room, and through the kitchen 









