THE PAJAMA PUPPIES LITTERATI OF THE SCRATCH 'N SNIFF SALOON INVITE YOU TO JOIN THEM.

[TASMANIANRED]

It is a beautiful Sunday afternoon and I am tired of politics and my ulcer. I'd like to have some fun talking dogs.

Topic of the day is: funny , touching or embarrassing dog stories.

[TASMANIANRED]

I had some thoughts about introducting a cat into my family . My friend Sandy has successfully blended cats and dogs for many years. Her dogs are on the small size though.

My girls are 55 and 70 lbs. I'm not sure it would be fair.

[mlmr]

Here is a story from the past:

My grandparents had giant cockerspanials, black. One named Nickie was the mascot in my grandfather's advertising throughout the city of Hartford, CT back in the late thirties and early forties. Nickie used to see my father and his brother off to school, then he would trot over two blocks and catch the trolly to my grandfather's store. He would wait at the stop. The trolly would stop and pick him up and he would get off at the store.

Every business morning...

Those were more innocent days.

[BabsC]

I was fortunate I have an old, mean as all get out, except to me, small 5 lb. Persian cat. The large 80 lb. male Siberian showed up when the cat was about 12 years old. She popped him on the nose first thing and established seniority.

When my husband got the female Siberian who now weighs in at 44 lb. the cat set her straight too.

Then 2 years ago we had a pitiful injured black lab show up under our porch. She's a bit over weight but healthy at about 90 lb.

The little Persian cat has adopted the lab as her own puppy and loves on her constantly.

Go figure.

[TASMANIANRED]

"Then 2 years ago we had a pitiful injured black lab show up under our porch. She's a bit over weight but healthy at about 90 lb."

What kind of injuries and did she get better?

[Darksheare]

I'm here!
I just got myself lost for a few minutes!

[TASMANIANRED]

Howdy Darksheare.

How ya doing.

[Darksheare]

Got myself lost as mentioned.
Wandered aimlessly, and seeing double due to a headache.
*chuckle*

Makes typing almost as fun as being landed upon by a 24 pound cat!
(Or trampled upon by a 75 pound dog!)

LOL!
At least I can laugh about it somewhat.
(And bring laughter to others with it hopefully, that will lighten it somewhat.)

[TASMANIANRED]

My problem child Jackie is about 52-55 lbs. She's an adopted orphan. I met her mom and she was definitely a Lab, he sire was a kangaroo, or maybe a terrier.

She has jumpitis. She jumps when she is happy, she jumps when she has to go out. She jumps before she gets a drink, she jumps before sitting when I give her a command.

The happier she is the more she jumps. It is straight up, Jack Russel style.

When she wants attention she runs and bounces off me. A 55 lb dog doing this can be pretty potent. I have tried every method known to man to break her but they won't take. It's just Jackie.

We have practiced COME/SIT a million times and she comes and she jumps straight up before her fanny goes into the sit.

She also is a pincher. Not to be confused with a pinscher.

She will snug in for a pat and bury her head in a body curve and pinch with her front teeth. It's just a love bite but it can sure hurt.

One day I was standing at the kitchen sink washing dishes and she pinched me in the behind. I was grateful that I had jeans on it could have really been painful.

She is sweet as a peach but she has her peculiarities.

[Darksheare]

Friend of mine had a pit bull named Daz.
Daz was what should have been fatally stupid.
He jumped like you described.
Only he'd do that under anything whether it was solid or not.
Listening to Daz thud his noggin on teh underside of a table was full time entertainment.
To get him to do it, you merely had to look at him and he'd get excited.
"Oh boy! Oh boy! People! people! People! people!"
(Underscored with "thud, thud, thud, thud." of course.)

To get him to stop, you merely had to look away.


My cat does the love nip thing.
I'm the only person she does that to.
She nails me on the achilles tendon as if she's legging a deer.

[TASMANIANRED]

At least Jackie doesn't jump under the coffee table. She might if she could stand under it, but she is too tall.

My girls love to slide. They occasionally get to playing grab a$$ in the house. Most of the house is hardwood or tile. When they pick up speed they will put the brakes on and slide all the way across a room.

When it really gets funny is ducking their heads to slide under the coffee table to my husband sitting on the couch.

They will do it repeatedly just because then can.

[Darksheare]

LOL!!!

Th eworst I saw Daz do was thud his head into teh bottom of a big frying pan.
His mommy turned with the frying pan and asked me a question, so I looked..
Daz thought I was looking at him, so he jumped in excitement.
Meanwhile, we're all hearing "ping! ping! ping! ping!"
And we were too busy laughing to stop the poor dog from bashing his head into the pan for a few seconds.
I finally hauled him into the living room and gave him tummy rubs to calm him down..
For being a pit bull, he was lovey cuddly and dense as a rock.
(He also loved roughhousing a bit and getting his ears scratched... and he didn't mind cats, even if they rode pon his back as if he were a horse. Though the cats did hate getting slobbery love kisses.)

[TASMANIANRED]

Daz may have been dumb as a brick but he sounds awfully lovable.

[DJ MacWoW]

My story is more of a cat & dog story. We had a 50lb dog named Tiny. She was a shelter dog and we were her 4th family. She was a sweet and perfect dog. She used to sleep on our back deck. A stray Mommy cat brought her newborn kittens on the porch. At first they were terrified of Tiny but discovered that she'd just lay there and look at them. We found homes for all the kitties but Nimh. Tiny was Nimhs pet. If we walked the dog, Nimh walked too. He'd weave in & out of the poor dogs legs and trip her or lean on her and make it hard to walk. Tiny would just snort him. We lost Tiny 2 years ago but Nimh hasn't forgotten her. He still begs us to go for walks and he leads going the same route we'd walk with Tiny. He stops at the small field and turns around and comes home just as if he was walking beside her.

[TASMANIANRED]

How about a dog and chicken story.

When I was a kid we had a German Shepard named Schatzi.

When I was about 10, I did one of those stupid kid things and bought 10 fuzzy little cute chicks for Easter.

I kept them in a box in my bedroom until they started fledging their wings and then my mom made me put them out in the back yard.

One by one the chickens croaked except 1. This big white hen was huge. She was a good 3 foot tall and had to weigh 30-35 lbs. She used to lay brown eggs that were crimped in the middle. Every one was a double yolk.

Schatzi and the hen were pals. In the summer heat the chicken would roost on the top of the dog house, In the winter the chicken got in with Schatzi. You'd look out and see this mammoth dog curled around Chickenzilla.

It went on for years.

[BabsC]

Her injuries appeared to have been from being hit by a car or jumping from a moving truck. She had abrasions that were almost to the bone on her left side and down her chest. Her paws were damaged also. She weighed about 35 lb. was feverish and dehydrated. We have no idea how long she was like that but we almost lost her to the fever.

She still has anxieties when she hears loud booming noises and she has a tendency to over eat. Other than those issues she is healthy and has a 20 acre lot to run around on though she's pretty much my shadow.

I guess you could say she found the right porch to crawl under.

[ladyinred]

Your story really hit home with me. I have a 9 year old Maltese, Lambchop who is my baby. Thinking he needed a companion in his old age, I just got a 10 week old female Bichon, Misty. Well, needless to say I was WRONG too, and he detests her. She attacks him constantly with her sharp teeth, he goes crazy trying to get away from her, and I am going nuts trying to protect my poor little boy from this little she devil! I can't give her up either, but she is by far the meanest little girl ever!!!!

[TASMANIANRED]

Poor baby. You did good saving her. Sounds like she is a fine dog. My favorite part of dog life is having a shadow.