There's your high energy, water-loving dog. A/k/a Psycho Ruby. She has a thing about mallards.
Posted on 12/20/2010 4:31:04 AM PST by jsmith4u07
Many pups need a home and you have a big heart.
A human for Christmas is the greatest present a dog can get!
True but my cats have always owned me. :)
Wow, we went 20 something replys and nobody did the comparison of dogs to wives thing.
There's your high energy, water-loving dog. A/k/a Psycho Ruby. She has a thing about mallards.
My Lab was a retriever....she lived to retrieve. She would break the ice at the river’s edge to go get a downed duck and would frown mightily if you missed.
During dove season, she would run around so anxious to go fetch doves that she would lose control and dribble pee the excitement was so great. Just getting the shotgun out of the closet would set her off.
Her name was Windigo de Makati, of Australian parents moved to Manila. We called her Windy for short.
My 10 year old Choc, Shelley, rides on the truck to keep the younger girls company. She has her HR title but she came to the game late (she was already an agility and obedience dog) so I retired her.
But the youngest dog was running in AKC Junior Hunter and they needed a test dog - so I got the Shell out of the truck and brought her up to the line. She saw the gunners pulling a live flapping mallard out of the crate at the winger and just went NUTS. She remained at heel, but she was bouncing vertically like a pogo stick and whining to beat the band. I usually don't bother with a lead bringing her to the line since she's generally steady, but she was SO worked up to be back in harness again that I threw a check cord on her quick.
She did two perfect retrieves of course, even though the live flier landed in heavy cover. And her baby sister did fine too:
I've a cat at home (used to have three...but two gave up the ghost just recently).
Now I'm working well away from home and living in a little crappy apartment. I miss having pets around.
So . . . I volunteered my time at the local animal shelter. Let me tell you....if your heart breaks at the thought of having to put down a loved pet....you'd never make it in one of these shelters.
Yes...they need the help...desperately! But it is absolutely heart rending to see the number of fully healthy, loving...and sometimes a bit crazy animals that are put down simply because there is no one to take them home! Yes, I know there are "no kill" animal shelters, but not in the area I am. When you work with these unfortunates, you know...you absolutely know...that they are "aware" of the fate that awaits them...and they will do anything to try to please you to avoid it.
It is heart breaking...I was not able to stand it, so I had to stop volunteering. I still give $$, but that seems such a minor thing to do.
I always enjoy the picture of your girls.....I am now going to take my 14 yo yellow lab (Icon) out for a meander......we don’t walk,we meander where ever he wants to go......
Bet he perks up when he sees a squirrel though. Snow on the muzzle but still some fire in the furnace . . .
Give Ike a pat from me.
There is an invisible sign in our front yard that says “Limp up this driveway to a life of luxury.”
So far our Beagle Buddy with a bum leg and our beautiful little Chihuahua Coco have read the sign. They are our best little pals.
Yes, they wake up every morning with a look like, “Yay! I’m alive!”
I learned something new about my dog this weekend. She was five when I got her (shelter) and demands constant attention. Until I started knitting a pair of socks this weekend. Apparently she has seen knitting before, and knows not to approach. She lay down quietly by my feet and didn’t ask for attention except when I took breaks to rest my hands. As soon as I put the work down, she was right there, but when I picked it up again, she lay back down.
I read that a couple of months ago too! I considered it a pleasant and sweet read.
Regarding dogs, my little guy taught me about forgiveness. A former member of my household was less than kind to him when I’d leave for work, but if we happen to cross paths, the dog is wholly overjoyed to see her.
He carries no grudge.
I wish I was half as good a person as he is an obedient, faithful, loving pet.
Awesome! I have been looking for this for awhile.....and a Kipling poem too! Whoo, hoo!
Merry Christmas and Woof from Molly O~!
I agree with almost everything you said, except the word “replacement”.
The one you lose is never replaced, you just expand your heart a little to take in the new one. :)
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