[kassie]

MM, she was rude. And arrogant. You did nothing wrong.

Is Shadow a male? Our dogs fought a lot at the beginning. The roles have changed with age. The male was once dominate, now the female is. And every once in awhile it's a draw. They have fought until blood is drawn. Our female is a lab mix with the male a Rhodesian Ridge back. He is much larger than her, but she has so much more fight in her. She was abused and thrown away as a just barely weened puppy. Left out in our pasture to survive with the cyotes. :( I just love her so much. She is not a pretty dog, and she doesn't have the best personality, but she'd give her life for the 3 of us.

[gulfcoast6]

I will soon be looking (I hope) for some good chicken herding dogs, any suggestions? S-i-l suggested a pit bull dog but I don't know.

[Holding Our Breath]

Pretty is in the eyes of the beholder. Protecting the three of you goes way farther than a beautiful coat.

Panda has a wonderfully thick and beautiful long, black coat(She's a Shih Tzu). But Brandi didn't (she was also a Shih Tzu) and I love(d) them both like children. They were and are truly loving members of the family.

Any dog who shows protective instincts for his family is beaautiful to me.

i wonder how illstillbe's "pups" are? I miss those stories!

[Mr. Mulliner]

Shadow is a male lab, probably a mix because he's small. He does have a good temperament usually and the vet commented on that. Maggie is a female great pyrenees and also seems very calm most of the time. But both dogs are adoptions and that leaves a question about what they've been through and how that impacts on them now. They do seem very jealous of each other. It may take time having them look at each other on opposite sides of the fence until they start wanting to be together.

It was funny yesterday when I played fetch with Shadow which he LOVES. She tried to play, but really can't run as fast and can't get the ball very well. When she did get the ball, she ran off and kept it away from us until I caught her and took it away. It drove Shadow nuts that she did that.

He, on the other hand, would retrieve the ball and run straight for the door, trying to convince me that I should let him out of the pasture so he could go back in the house.