SHOW US YOUR PETS!!!

[Quick Steel]

Good to see him surrounded by family. Peace. QS

[Salernoslim]

Thanks everyone. Old dogs like that are few and far between for sure. Definitely grateful for the thirteen years. A good pet surely enriches life.

[knifetime]

Good looking lab cutty. Here's a pic of my old dog that passed on last week. He was 13 years old and I'd had since four weeks old. Best dog I ever had.

To bad man he was in great shape. I have a bitch that looks alot like him,red nose and all. Great dogs.

[Quick Steel]

Bad news for pets. There is yet again a major recall of dog treats affecting half a dozen brands. About 500 have lost their lives to these damn imported chew treats.

[Salernoslim]

Good looking lab cutty. Here's a pic of my old dog that passed on last week. He was 13 years old and I'd had since four weeks old. Best dog I ever had.

To bad man he was in great shape. I have a bitch that looks alot like him,red nose and all. Great dogs.

Chocolate/red surely makes a fine looking dog. It could be a coincidence but all the reds I've had were fairly calm and good temperaments.




I saw about the Chinese dog treats killing dogs. Unbelievable! Chinese dog treats?......really?!

[Cutty]

I check all dog treat's now. If there not made in America my dogs do with out.

Not like they need treats to survive anyway.

[knife7knut]

Here is a picture of my great grandson and what may be our new puppy.Jules is a 5 year old Pit Bull that my daughter rescued when she was a year old.She loves little kids and has never shown any inclination to bite and she's been tested more than a few times.
My daughter is moving to a place where pets are not allowed and she is having difficulty finding a home for Jules. My only problem is the fact that my wife is starting radiation therapy in a week which will require us to be gone a good portion of the day five days a week for five weeks.The other is my son's Jack Russell(Buddy) who is extremely protective of my wife. I fear that Buddy will try to protect her and Jules will not react well. They are not strangers to one another but living under one roof may prove to be less than perfect.
Jules also does not like squirrels or cats;both of which we have plenty of in the neighborhood.

[Salernoslim]

Sure is a fine looking dog k7k. Good luck working out the living situation and God bless you and your wife. Good luck with the treatment.

[junebug]

great pic!
good lookin dog ,ray

could ya possible build a kennel type cage....for lack of better words.......with scrap materials for the new pup in the back yard????

i ran into a similar situation once...........4 -2x4's ,a bag of quickrete,and a roll of chicken wire type mesh was good enough for the week or so, i was in an out to hospital for my wife.
i was all materials but roll of mesh wire($30 at home depot)
i took it all out when tiff was done with all her heart testing was done and that crazy week and a half was over..........
it was HOKEY and FUGLY .......but it worked

[wazu013]

WAZ- them cats look like some TOUGH dudes...hehehe prolly from hangin with all them BIKERS and such

That's funny. All the people that come over to share the shop are required to donate some cat food
Everybody loves the amazing "Gifts" my kitty's bring me from the treeline

[WoodenChicken]

We got Bodhi from the pound when he was 6 months, he had been abandoned--tied to a tree in a nearby park. He is now almost 3 years old and you could not ask for a better dog. He has quite a personality. Mostly pit bull, and a good representative of how the breed should behave.

[gino]

Great looking dog WC!

I haven't taken a pic of my buddy in a few months but here is one from about a year ago.

Blitz doing what he does best, just hangin out and watching my property

[WoodenChicken]

Blitz is a very stately dog--looks like he knows he is a handsome guy!

[Quick Steel]

Bodhi & Blitz. Handsome dogs seem to get names beginning with B. If it worked for humans I'd change my name to......Basil.

[Cutty]

Blitz is awesome Gino

[CobraBill]

Bodhi & Blitz. Handsome dogs seem to get names beginning with B. If it worked for humans I'd change my name to......Basil.

Oh it's true it works for humans!

[tendots]

QS,perhaps then you'd wind up with Sybil :lol:and a crappy hotel to go with.

[Quick Steel]

Sorry ten dots, I don't catch the allusion. probably because I haven't made coffee yet. I'll go do that right now. Then my old brain may engage and all will come clear.

[tendots]

QS,never saw 'Fawlty Towers'.It is a British comedy serie poduced in the late seventies or early eighties starring John Cleese(Monty Python) as Basil Fawlty. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=td5ztwxOkoU

[Quick Steel]

tendots thank you for the kick start. Fawlty Towers was about the funniest sit-com I ever saw. It was absolutely do not miss on my schedule.

[Jethro Bodine]

Here's a few pics of Sadie during a session of high-speed ball fetch'n / squirrel patrol.

[gino]

Great looking dog!

[junebug]

GOOD LOOKIN DOG

[zp4ja]

Good looking dog Jethro and Gino! Nice critters All!

Unfortunately, it was a bad week for critters around my place! I have 1-1/2 acres currently unfenced due to shear cost. My mother in law has some adjacent acreage with home as does my wife's aunt. Both are either widowed or divorced so I try to help out as much as I can with things including their critters, critter pens, etc. The pens are built solid but obviously not impenetrable.
Last Monday, I am at work and some irresponsibile owner's dog comes along and slaughters 20 chickens in 2 separate coups and a pet goat my Mother in law had for 14 years. Killed the goat and ate his face off. These animals were pet therapy for her in addition to churning out lots of eggs. Suspect dog still in pen with dead goat when Animal control arrived. The owner was fined $1100 for destruction of livestock. Based on description, I have seen this dog on my property several times and instructed my dog to kick his ass, which he happily did, several times.
This is the third time in ten years this has happened by various dogs. Once two goats killed and the other 20 chickens slaughtered.
Each time this has occurred I have not been home. Each time the Animal Control Officer arrives, they say "Next time you see that dog, shoot it". That is a qoute and not some implied message. I am legally within my right to do so but as an animal lover, especially dogs, would hate to do so as it is the owners fault. I used the phrase "irresponsibile owner's dog" due to the fact when this has happened on all 3 occasions, I tell Animal Control to tell the owner, "I will follow thru on your suggestion next time I see that dog" and miraculously they finally get around to fixing their fence and I never see the dog again. I literally would like to slap the owners like this.

I have a 5 year old Grandson that stays with us during the week when his parents are at work. We have to watch him like a hawk. Even if I drop 10,000 bucks or so into a fence, no guarantee.

Sorry to be a dark cloud on an otherwise uplifting thread. Not looking for sympathy, just venting as I am pretty pissed off at the moment even a week later. I don't belong to any other forums, knife or otherwise and just needed to let off some steam. Sorry about that. I realize things like this happen, but still.

Jerry

[Quick Steel]

Years ago I experienced about the same thing. Lost ducks and goats that were pets. Very sad. Condolences.