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Lessons a Doberman taught me
Philippine Daily Inquirer ^ | December 3, 2011 | Maui R. Drilon

Posted on 12/05/2011 11:37:30 AM PST by Altariel

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1 posted on 12/05/2011 11:37:40 AM PST by Altariel
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To: Altariel

Correct link:

http://lifestyle.inquirer.net/25267/lessons-a-doberman-taught-me

Apologies.


2 posted on 12/05/2011 11:40:16 AM PST by Altariel (`)
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To: Joe 6-pack

doggie ping


3 posted on 12/05/2011 11:42:41 AM PST by Altariel (`)
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To: Altariel

Nice story


4 posted on 12/05/2011 11:44:21 AM PST by Kaslin (Acronym for OBAMA: One Big Ass Mistake America)
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To: Salamander

Dobie ping.


5 posted on 12/05/2011 11:46:16 AM PST by humblegunner (The kinder, gentler version...)
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To: Salamander

ping


6 posted on 12/05/2011 11:46:24 AM PST by null and void (This is day 1049 of America's ObamaVacation from reality.)
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To: humblegunner

eight stinkin’ seconds.


7 posted on 12/05/2011 11:47:15 AM PST by null and void (This is day 1049 of America's ObamaVacation from reality.)
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To: null and void
eight stinkin’ seconds.

That's how long it'll take one of those evil assault dogs
to savage a bus load of grannies and innocent little kids!

Oh heck, I was channeling Chet there...

8 posted on 12/05/2011 11:52:50 AM PST by humblegunner (The kinder, gentler version...)
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To: humblegunner

*dismissive sniff* If you’d actually read the article like I did, I would have beat you...


9 posted on 12/05/2011 11:55:28 AM PST by null and void (This is day 1049 of America's ObamaVacation from reality.)
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To: Altariel

Cute story... pro-dobie propaganda.. not all dogs are mean, not all dogs are nice..


10 posted on 12/05/2011 12:06:34 PM PST by hosepipe (This propaganda has been edited to include some fully orbed hyperbole...)
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To: Altariel

Thank you so much for posting that piece. Like the author, I had — and lost — a Doberman after many wonderful years of loving companionship. It has not been five years since Baron left, and I still tear up at the thought of losing him.

No friend could have been more loyal. No “son” more loving. No companion more faithful.

I often think that when I die, the first sight I want to see on Heaven’s celestial shores is Baron bounding toward me, tail wagging, eyes filled with love, his entire being resonating the unique bond I “have loved long since and lost a while.”


11 posted on 12/05/2011 12:10:26 PM PST by hampdenkid
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To: Altariel

Loveable doggy bump


12 posted on 12/05/2011 12:23:52 PM PST by garybob (More sweat in training, less blood in combat.)
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To: Altariel

Dog is God spelled backwards.....A dog is one of God’s greatest gifts to Mankind. I always have a brace of pointers about the house........They make any house... a home.


13 posted on 12/05/2011 1:10:15 PM PST by Forty-Niner (The barely bare, berry bear formerly known as..........Ursus Arctos Horribilis.)
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To: garybob

I am a pretty experienced dog owner, particularly the working breeds (3 dobermans, 2 german shepherds, currently a belgian malinois). These dog breeds are meant to be constant companions, protectors, work partners, etc. Sometimes I think the main contribution of pets is that they remind you that there is a cycle to life. My older German Shepherd recently left us after being weak enough that for a month I had to carry her outside to do her duty, then carry her to lie next to the bed at night. About a week before she died, we in the living room watching TV and looked up and she came staggering in, barely made it and lay down with her head on my feet. It was the first time she had walked on her own for about a week, and she just made a super effort to be with us. She left us and we now have an energetic Belgian Malinois puppy. The cycle of life makes another circle.


14 posted on 12/05/2011 1:19:17 PM PST by nobamanomore
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To: Altariel

We had our sons English Bulldog at the vet the other day and it dawned us that we had lost our beloved Dobie almost exactly a year ago in November. Same vet. We rescued her from a stake and chain when she was 1. She had never ridden in a car before. She howled almost the entire ride home in glee. We took her to obedience training and she became my wife’s best friend. For 10 years she was the best thing that ever happened in this house other than the birth of our son.

Last November we took her to the vet after running back and forth for a year trying to diagnose her weight loss. $700 later they found a huge malignant growth and it was inoperable. She died in my arms and those of my wife. We would not let her go alone. We owed her that. She was our only daughter.

She is missed. Keep a look out for a young female dobe that needs a fenced in yard for us. Thanks


15 posted on 12/05/2011 1:49:25 PM PST by halfright ("Peace is that brief glorious moment in history when everybody stands around reloading". --Thomas Je)
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To: hampdenkid; null and void; humblegunner

Thanks guys.

I’m sittin’ here bawlin’ like a damn fool, now.

When I die, I -pray- I will be knocked flat by about 15 of those dogs within 3 seconds of walking through the Pearly Gates.

[if I’m not, I just might turn around and walk out to find out where *they* went and go join them]


16 posted on 12/05/2011 2:04:41 PM PST by Salamander (I'm Wounded, Old And Treacherous.)
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To: arbooz
"When all other friends desert, he remains." *ping*


17 posted on 12/05/2011 2:09:37 PM PST by Salamander (I'm Wounded, Old And Treacherous.)
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To: humblegunner

“one of those evil assault dogs”

Odin’s fully automatic but I have an open carry permit.

[and boy, does my back ever hurt]...;]


18 posted on 12/05/2011 2:12:06 PM PST by Salamander (I'm Wounded, Old And Treacherous.)
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To: halfright

“She is missed. Keep a look out for a young female dobe that needs a fenced in yard for us. Thanks”

Have you tried petfinder? I was able to find 686 female dobes (all ages; some purebred, some mixed breeds) on their site.

http://www.petfinder.com/

You might try Petfinder or your state (or region’s) doberman rescue.

http://www.dprpa.org/


19 posted on 12/05/2011 2:34:29 PM PST by Altariel (`)
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To: Altariel

I have an unintentional cross of a Dobie and a Belgian Malinois who will be one year old next month. Absolutely every living, breathing creature is her best friend. But, oh my, the energy! It is impossible to wear her out.


20 posted on 12/05/2011 2:47:39 PM PST by Lando Lincoln (But that's just me.)
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