All About Pocket Knives

Our handsome killer, Oskar, letting me know he wants in.

Steve Warden wrote: ↑Fri Dec 18, 2020 12:36 am I remember as a Boy Scout, one of the Scout Masters brought his German Shephard to the summer jamboree.
The dog's name was Dee O Gee (D-O-G spells dog).

Years ago dad and I raised a litter of border collies out of my male and hoods female. My best friend got a male pup that turned out to be the best cow dog I’ve ever seen and one of the smartest dogs of any breed I’ve ever known of.

My friend called the dog T.D. When asked what it stood for he said, “the dog”.

Unfortunately we didn’t keep a single pup out of that litter. I wish we had. There were some good dogs from that one time pairing.

Colonel26 wrote: ↑Wed Dec 23, 2020 6:55 pm

Steve Warden wrote: ↑Fri Dec 18, 2020 12:36 am I remember as a Boy Scout, one of the Scout Masters brought his German Shephard to the summer jamboree.
The dog's name was Dee O Gee (D-O-G spells dog).

Years ago dad and I raised a litter of border collies out of my male and hoods female. My best friend got a male pup that turned out to be the best cow dog I’ve ever seen and one of the smartest dogs of any breed I’ve ever known of.

My friend called the dog T.D. When asked what it stood for he said, “the dog”.

Unfortunately we didn’t keep a single pup out of that litter. I wish we had. There were some good dogs from that one time pairing.

Nice! We had a feline we named TK. "The Kitten."
Came to find out, we're not cat people

Border collies are great dogs. Any of the hearding breeds are. We had a sheltie years ago. Smart as a whip.

My wife and I keep vacillating about getting another dog. Would love to, but... remember back in the day you would see the signs tacked to a phone pole -- FREE PUPPIES? We're waiting for God to give us one

bighomer wrote: ↑Fri Dec 18, 2020 4:55 pm Here our wildcat, I call IT bright eyes. Will not put up with us humans but will eat the groceries we provide.
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Just another critter at Homer's homestead

Fitting name!

Steve Warden wrote: ↑Wed Dec 23, 2020 7:13 pm

Colonel26 wrote: ↑Wed Dec 23, 2020 6:55 pm

Steve Warden wrote: ↑Fri Dec 18, 2020 12:36 am I remember as a Boy Scout, one of the Scout Masters brought his German Shephard to the summer jamboree.
The dog's name was Dee O Gee (D-O-G spells dog).

Years ago dad and I raised a litter of border collies out of my male and hoods female. My best friend got a male pup that turned out to be the best cow dog I’ve ever seen and one of the smartest dogs of any breed I’ve ever known of.

My friend called the dog T.D. When asked what it stood for he said, “the dog”.

Unfortunately we didn’t keep a single pup out of that litter. I wish we had. There were some good dogs from that one time pairing.

Nice! We had a feline we named TK. "The Kitten."
Came to find out, we're not cat people

Border collies are great dogs. Any of the hearding breeds are. We had a sheltie years ago. Smart as a whip.

My wife and I keep vacillating about getting another dog. Would love to, but... remember back in the day you would see the signs tacked to a phone pole -- FREE PUPPIES? We're waiting for God to give us one

Border Collies are the smartest dogs, but in order for their intelligence to be realized, the dog needs to be trained for many hours. An acquaintance of mine had a dog of this breed, but he almost did not raise a puppy. As a result, the dog was completely uncontrollable, and one day died under the wheels of a car. This is a very indicative moment that an animal, especially a dog, needs to be started responsibly, to devote time not only to feeding, but also to education.

Steve Warden wrote: ↑Wed Dec 23, 2020 7:13 pm

Colonel26 wrote: ↑Wed Dec 23, 2020 6:55 pm

Steve Warden wrote: ↑Fri Dec 18, 2020 12:36 am I remember as a Boy Scout, one of the Scout Masters brought his German Shephard to the summer jamboree.
The dog's name was Dee O Gee (D-O-G spells dog).

Years ago dad and I raised a litter of border collies out of my male and hoods female. My best friend got a male pup that turned out to be the best cow dog I’ve ever seen and one of the smartest dogs of any breed I’ve ever known of.

My friend called the dog T.D. When asked what it stood for he said, “the dog”.

Unfortunately we didn’t keep a single pup out of that litter. I wish we had. There were some good dogs from that one time pairing.

Nice! We had a feline we named TK. "The Kitten."
Came to find out, we're not cat people

Border collies are great dogs. Any of the hearding breeds are. We had a sheltie years ago. Smart as a whip.

My wife and I keep vacillating about getting another dog. Would love to, but... remember back in the day you would see the signs tacked to a phone pole -- FREE PUPPIES? We're waiting for God to give us one

The herding dogs (and of course our hunting dogs) have always been my favorites. For several years my wife and I have owned and raised English Shepherds. I describe them as Border Collies that aren’t neurotic. But my males have died and it’s getting crazy hard to find good working English Shepherd stock.

So enter Taco. I’ve shown him already, but he’s a 4 month old Australian Shepherd out of some non registered lines in TN. Smartest pup I’ve ever worked with too. A couple of weeks ago I put him in the pen with the bottle goats to see if he showed any interest, and boy howdy! In just a minute he moving them from one side of the barn to the other nipping them and barking softly if they wouldn’t move. He had no idea what he was doing, but just knew that he was supposed to move them. lol.

Here he is chewing his new toy last night.
“Hunting” in the field with me. When I first brought him home.

Love the Aussies, and Taco is a beautiful rep of the breed!

Challenger007 wrote: ↑Thu Dec 24, 2020 1:27 pm

Steve Warden wrote: ↑Wed Dec 23, 2020 7:13 pm

Colonel26 wrote: ↑Wed Dec 23, 2020 6:55 pm

Years ago dad and I raised a litter of border collies out of my male and hoods female. My best friend got a male pup that turned out to be the best cow dog I’ve ever seen and one of the smartest dogs of any breed I’ve ever known of.

My friend called the dog T.D. When asked what it stood for he said, “the dog”.

Unfortunately we didn’t keep a single pup out of that litter. I wish we had. There were some good dogs from that one time pairing.

Nice! We had a feline we named TK. "The Kitten."
Came to find out, we're not cat people

Border collies are great dogs. Any of the hearding breeds are. We had a sheltie years ago. Smart as a whip.

My wife and I keep vacillating about getting another dog. Would love to, but... remember back in the day you would see the signs tacked to a phone pole -- FREE PUPPIES? We're waiting for God to give us one

Border Collies are the smartest dogs, but in order for their intelligence to be realized, the dog needs to be trained for many hours. An acquaintance of mine had a dog of this breed, but he almost did not raise a puppy. As a result, the dog was completely uncontrollable, and one day died under the wheels of a car. This is a very indicative moment that an animal, especially a dog, needs to be started responsibly, to devote time not only to feeding, but also to education.

All pets need training. It irks me to no end when people will get a dog, a cat, whatever, then neglect it. Why get one? And "for the kids" is perhaps the worst reason in the world. We got a dog because I wanted a dog, not something for the kids. They did learn the responsibility of having a pet, but the care of the dog was ultimately up to me.

Great looking dog Wade!!!

Thanks Doc and Steve!

Fine looking pup neighbor x10.
This one seems to be saying "get up ole man I need to go pee."

bighomer wrote: ↑Fri Dec 25, 2020 1:26 am Fine looking pup neighbor x10.
This one seems to be saying "get up ole man I need to go pee."

Neighbor you're going to have to ease up some on that poor dog. She don’t look near hardly spoiled enough.

She seems really happy, but it makes me sad that she doesn't have her leg, she is definitely spoiled rotten.

She's a fine specimen of a healer! All our dogs, goats, even the donkey are absolutely spoiled rotten. As all critters should be.

This is Elizabeth, she’s kind of a pet. She’s in the throws of contractions here. With any luck there’ll be new babies soon.

bighomer wrote: ↑Fri Dec 25, 2020 1:26 am Fine looking pup neighbor x10.
This one seems to be saying "get up ole man I need to go pee."

Sissy is looking good Big H , she couldn’t have a better home and “ole man” to take care of and let her have a decent life. Give her a good old scratch around the ears for me would you . Kind of adopted her and Layla ,my old Max been gone for months ,and damn, still miss him. But not ready to go rescue another one yet ,maybe a while.
Take care down there,stay warm and safe.

Colonel26 wrote: ↑Sat Dec 26, 2020 1:40 am This is Elizabeth, she’s kind of a pet. She’s in the throws of contractions here. With any luck there’ll be new babies soon.

Great looking puppy Wade! And I look forward to seeing your little babies soon also!

bighomer wrote: ↑Fri Dec 25, 2020 1:26 am Fine looking pup neighbor x10.
This one seems to be saying "get up ole man I need to go pee."

She lost her leg Joe? I'm sorry Buddy! Looks like she hasn't given up on life though. What a sweety!

TPK wrote: ↑Sat Dec 26, 2020 5:41 am

bighomer wrote: ↑Fri Dec 25, 2020 1:26 am Fine looking pup neighbor x10.
This one seems to be saying "get up ole man I need to go pee."

She lost her leg Joe? I'm sorry Buddy! Looks like she hasn't given up on life though. What a sweety!

She rebroke her leg and the consensus was to amputate. Hated to do it but the way she is there was no guarantee that she'd ever get it well. She is doing great, , being without pain she seems to be a lot calmer.
Of course she gets no Santa Claus or spoiling around here.

BigH ,nope she’s not spoiled at all !

bighomer wrote: ↑Sat Dec 26, 2020 2:47 pm

TPK wrote: ↑Sat Dec 26, 2020 5:41 am

bighomer wrote: ↑Fri Dec 25, 2020 1:26 am Fine looking pup neighbor x10.
This one seems to be saying "get up ole man I need to go pee."

She lost her leg Joe? I'm sorry Buddy! Looks like she hasn't given up on life though. What a sweety!

She rebroke her leg and the consensus was to amputate. Hated to do it but the way she is there was no guarantee that she'd ever get it well. She is doing great, , being without pain she seems to be a lot calmer.
Of course she gets no Santa Claus or spoiling around here.

Oh of course not! How silly would that be?

Simon and Taco. I’m not sure who’s babysitting who.

Willie has found a spot under the tree.

Really nice picture, Greg.

Wade, you have Marie Laveau's dog!

..and Colonel, Taco is a fine looking pup.

Joshka turns 5 years old today. This dude is a character. (and no, I didn't give him any beer)