I'm bored, so here it is
Well yea !!! You've seen them before but I never miss a chance to show em of--Sammy the wolf mix--and the Diggers a lab mix--View attachment 252909
We have a black lab named Milly and four cats....we live in a big old farmhouse so there's plenty of room inside and plenty of space outside. Sometimes it seems that it's Milly that really binds our family together. There's been a dog, sometimes two, in my life ever since I could walk. During my teenage years my family had an exceptionally large border collie and he was my faithful companion on many adventures....even searching for lost rockets. My life will never be without a dog and those that have passed from my life will never be forgotten.
Well yea !!! You've seen them before but I never miss a chance to show em of--Sammy the wolf mix--and the Diggers a lab mix--View attachment 252909
I'm allergic to cats. And I had Ferrel cats invade my home.
To me, cats have 2 purposes in life.
Torture, and target practice.
Sorry, that is just how I feel.
We have two spoiled stinking rotten Shetland Sheepdogs. Both are rescues (the best breed there is).
Here's a pic of my dog. She's a red Heeler. When she was younger, she would never try jumping very high. When she got into my car, she would jump in on the floor, then move to the seat. I was worried when I got my Mountaineer that she wouldn't jump into the back as planned, but a little treat training (once only, actually) and she pops right in. Now she goes with me everywhere she can. She absolutely loves riding in the tractors with me Here's a couple of pics. The tractor has three steps to get in, with the first being about two feet off the ground, so it's quite a climb in. The third pic is her in her other favorite pastime :grin:
Adrian
Ya know, they're just to sweet !! Sammy was a rescue too. When we got her she looked like a greyhound--just skin and bones-- the other folk had left her behind --in the middle of their separation-- in the garage and would stop by a couple time a week to feed her, maybe. She hated people-- it has pretty obvious she had been kicked in the head out of anger. They were both pretty ugly drunks. Anyway we took her in.It took almost a month before she would let us get near her. Long story short, We had a large back yard but I had to keep her on a run. I hated that !! Finally enough was enough, she would growl and snarl and foam at the mouth. As large as she was she is quite intimidating ! I backed her to the end of her run and she got around a tree. She never attacked me so I figured---ya know --your here to stay and so am I-- I PUT MY HAND OUT TO THAT SNARL--IT GOT WORSE--Then I put my hand in those jaws---nuttin-- she refused to bite- I took her off the run and a week later she got to come into the house . She's pretty high energy so a couple months later we got the Diggs as a pup. The rest is history. You can't separate the two. In the end,she made us her pack. She guards constantly. NO ONE COMES NEAR THE PLACE !! If she knows you then your OK !! She's great with kids from about 6 or 7 and younger. After that she's all about our territory . They both sleep near us at night--the Diggs sleeps in the bed with us and Sammy lays beside me at night on the floor--ever vigilante-After 6:30 am , Sammy gets up on the bed to let us know it's time to get our butts up and get going.As I'm typing this, Diggs is in the bed with mom and Sammy is under my feet waiting for me to go to bed. Ya can't ask for much more than that in life. I figure I'm pretty blessed to have these two...HMy 2 girls
The black and white one, Honey, is an American Staffordshire terrier. Abused and abandoned, she show up in our driveway about 18 months ago, covered in ticks and blood-crusted cuts. The vet said she had been used as a bait dog. Little by little, she is learning to trust people. The other one, Lilly, was a pound rescue we got about a month after Honey showed up. We think she is a mix of Rhodesian Ridgeback and Boxer. She is an 80 lb., goofy, bag-o-love.
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