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  • glennie19
    glennie19 Member Posts: 4,833
    edited February 2016

    Thanks, Ducky.

  • spookiesmom
    spookiesmom Member Posts: 8,178
    edited February 2016

    image

  • gmafoley
    gmafoley Member Posts: 5,978
    edited February 2016

    Dozer wanted in the picture this morning - spring is coming.

    image

  • SlowDeepBreaths
    SlowDeepBreaths Member Posts: 6,702
    edited February 2016

    Love that Spookie!!

    GMA, Dozer is a ham!!

  • footprintsangel
    footprintsangel Member Posts: 35,657
    edited March 2016

    Hugs to all the dogs here, I miss my dog

    Oh yea and hugs to those that have a dog

  • gmafoley
    gmafoley Member Posts: 5,978
    edited March 2016

    i think I need a buddy for Dozer. Wiuld he accept a smaller dog though?

  • spookiesmom
    spookiesmom Member Posts: 8,178
    edited March 2016

    can you take him where other dogs are to see his reaction? Dog park, pet stores?

  • glennie19
    glennie19 Member Posts: 4,833
    edited March 2016

    Gma: you might want to consult a trainer. Dozer is high energy,, so seems like you would want a dog that could match his energy level. Doesn't have to be the same size,, but you would want a rough and tumble kind of dog, that could match his energy and not get squashed if play is rough.

  • gmafoley
    gmafoley Member Posts: 5,978
    edited March 2016

    Thanks - he just needs someone to play with, being my energy level can't keep up with him. I think we are going to Fix and expand the back fence on our property to give him enough room to run and play without going out front on the pulley cable. Hoping we can get enough money to do it.

  • spookiesmom
    spookiesmom Member Posts: 8,178
    edited March 2016

    I had hopes my two would play. They don't. They may chase a squirrel together but this is much more imagetypical.

  • gmafoley
    gmafoley Member Posts: 5,978
    edited March 2016

    Dozer used to play tug with another dog after he was rescued. So I have hopes but he will be involved with the decision.

  • glennie19
    glennie19 Member Posts: 4,833
    edited March 2016

    Yes, Gma,, you want to get a dog that will play with Dozer, and work off that energy! When I watch Pit Bulls and Parolees, I see how they match up one of their dogs to the owners' existing dogs,, to make sure they will be a good fit. So try to find a group, that will work with you that way. Foster for a weekend,,, see how they get along,, a trial period with the understanding that you can bring the dog back if they really don't get along.

  • SlowDeepBreaths
    SlowDeepBreaths Member Posts: 6,702
    edited March 2016

    Glennie, I love that show!!

    GMA, I got a friend for my dog Jax. They didn't like each other at the beginning, but now they are inseparable. They play all day like a bunch of kids. It's been really good for Jax and the rescue, Murphy.

    Spookie, Chillaxing dogs. Too cute!!

  • Curlyq1974
    Curlyq1974 Member Posts: 87
    edited March 2016

    After the chemo, the rads, multiple surgeries, etc... I went into a slump. On a whim, I found this little guy at the local mall pet store. I couldn't leave him. BEST mid-life crisis EVER!!! I don't know what I would do without him. He makes me laugh and smile all the time. BEST BEST best cure for a down day!!image

    And here he is now - all grown up and so big in his car seat :)

    image

    And of course, snuggling with his Mommy:

    image

    I am one lucky puppy-mom!

  • spookiesmom
    spookiesmom Member Posts: 8,178
    edited March 2016

    awwwww yes so true. I was in chemo, didn't feel up to giving Spookie a bath. DH wouldn't do it. Took her to groomer, who asked if I'd seen her foster. Three days later we had Kris. I did wonder WHAT WAS I THINKING to get another dog when I felt sooooo crappy. I had to focus more on him than how I felt. It really helped me. He is a very good boy.

    Love your car seat btw. Spookie has one. imageHe really had fun that day. That's Spookie, she didn't play with him.

  • Curlyq1974
    Curlyq1974 Member Posts: 87
    edited March 2016

    Spookiesmom - oh my! I bet that was a good time indeed for him but cleaning him up - YIKES!!

  • SlowDeepBreaths
    SlowDeepBreaths Member Posts: 6,702
    edited March 2016

    hahaha Spookiesmom!!

    I love how Spookie didn't have a spot of dirt on her.

    Curlyq, What a sweetie pie!!

  • gmafoley
    gmafoley Member Posts: 5,978
    edited March 2016

    I miss Tigger so much, it was hard to let Dozer take one of Tigger's old toys but when I found him in the same position with the same toy, it was a precious, bittersweet moment. First stuffed animal he hasn't torn to shreds!

    image Tigger

    image Dozer

  • glennie19
    glennie19 Member Posts: 4,833
    edited March 2016

    ahhhhh, so sweet.

  • gmafoley
    gmafoley Member Posts: 5,978
    edited March 2016

    In some way, Dozer not tearing up the toy tells me that some part of Tigger told him not to.. I don't believe in that type of thought, but this seems real spooky.. Any stuffed animal given to Dozer has been shredded within 2 minutes.. And then finding him bringing it to bed and laying almost exactly like Tigger did with that toy...... hmmm.

  • m0mmyof3
    m0mmyof3 Member Posts: 9,751
    edited March 2016

    Might have been Tigger's way of telling Dozer that it's his turn to watch over you

  • susan3
    susan3 Member Posts: 2,631
    edited March 2016

    image

  • spookiesmom
    spookiesmom Member Posts: 8,178
    edited March 2016

    Nice pic!!! 😍😍.

  • susan3
    susan3 Member Posts: 2,631
    edited March 2016

    thanks...she just doesn't look 15 to me....until she starts limping :(. But we got good meds. Just started 2 xs a day now. Now she hardly limps. Just a little when she gets up....just like hubby and I Singing

  • m0mmyof3
    m0mmyof3 Member Posts: 9,751
    edited March 2016

    Princess has become a bit of an oddball recently. She has taken to laying on the cast iron radiator in the living room whether it has clothes drying on it or not. Never seen a cat do this before.

  • duckyb1
    duckyb1 Member Posts: 9,646
    edited March 2016

    imageMy new boarder.......I had a choice........take care of Snickers, or go on a 5 day cruise with my son.....I chose Snickers........not going on any ship in the middle of nowhere.....LOLimage

  • glennie19
    glennie19 Member Posts: 4,833
    edited March 2016

    awwww, you got Snickers!! How nice!!! Ava likes to stare out the screen door too.

  • duckyb1
    duckyb1 Member Posts: 9,646
    edited March 2016
    She is a sweetheart............I had a sweet Boston terrier that I rescued.....as she got older she became blind, deaf, and had dementia......I kept her as long as I could......and so wish I had her today.

    The only reason I don''t get my own dog is it would be a problem with going to the shore homes of my kids.....some already have dogs, some say "no dogs", so I decided it was not a good idea.....plus at 80......it could outlive me......LOL..........but Snicker's is sweet, and I do enjoy her...........
  • glennie19
    glennie19 Member Posts: 4,833
    edited March 2016

    I'm glad you get to dog-sit!

  • SlowDeepBreaths
    SlowDeepBreaths Member Posts: 6,702
    edited March 2016

    ((((((GMA))))))

    Ducky, Snickers is a cute little sausage.

    Susan, Your furbaby is adorable. No way she looks 15.

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