your pets.

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After our 2nd husky passed away, Feb. 2018, I said I wouldn't have another dog. The pain of loosing them hurts soooo much. Labor Day weekend of 2019, grand daughter comes here with a rescue puppy. Wife has always wanted a little house dog. Meet Gracie Mae. A Corkie is Cocker and Yorkie mix.
Whoever the member was that predicted I would have another dog... You were correct.

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It is always very painful to lose a companion. But it is also the opportunity to give a home and love and receive more than double.
 
I lost a German Shepard in 1994 and swore I’d never ever go through that again. Then December 22nd 2003 a woman was looking for a home for GS that someone dumped. I was her last attempt to home her before she went to the pound. So I took her.

She was my ride or die road dog. Went everywhere with me except work, and she went there if I had to work late.

I got married in early 2008 and my wife had a daschund that was her ride or die road dog and we had to put her down in December of 2008. Again, I said NO MORE OF THIS.

Then we rescued Chester.
And then we found Sophie the little schnauzer and brought her home. Now we had 3 rescues and my in laws had 2.

Then I found Buddy the Border Collie along side the road.

Then we found Rocky the Chihuahua in a parking lot. By that time Chester had gone so we were still at 4 dogs.

Then my German Shepard got cancer and we couldn’t save her.

Then came Roxie the little red dog, who was knocked up, living in the homeless camp across the street from where the wife worked. After she had the pups she came home.

Then we lost Sophie in April of 2017 and were we down to 3 dogs until July 3rd 2018 when we rescued Daisy, a little Jack Russell that was about 5 months old when she was attacked by a pit bull, and she was paralyzed from the middle of her back on back. And the shitty, worthless owners brought her to the vet to be put down, and of course I was at the vet when she came in. My vet refused to put her down without trying to save her. So the worthless owners signed her over to the vet. I told my vet if you can save her, the wife and I would take her.

Then Buddy died August 29th 2018. So we are back down to 3.

I’d say never again, but that would be a lie.
life is made of ups and downs. Sometimes we are so happy with life and sometimes it's very hard. For animals, for plants, for the world it's the same. My first dog I got it from street, I was 8 years old.
I love dogs, I can support the contempt of a person towards me, I do not support the contempt of a dog. it happens very rarely.
 
I am also into snakes, i have 7 now and will be getting a new hatchling in the fall. They are fantastic pets, and very social. Here are a few of them.

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I can not say why the I am so afraid of snakes. When I lived in Brazil I saw my father several times taking snakes with his hands. but I don't know if I can take or touch.
it really scares me.
how can you describe your relationship with your snake?
 
We are thinking seriously about getting a third dog. Sammy is 10 and healthy and Westies often live to 14 or 15 but Luna has never been alone and we don't want her to be when the inevitable happens. We're hoping we can rescue a Cairn terrier in a while to join the crew. We love the terrier personality and attitude.

We haven't lost a dog yet, Sammy being our first dog. We know from talking to friends that it is devastating. But even those friends who said "never again" have either gotten another or are about to.

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I am 54 years old, my nanny had a dog, I always lived with dogs. My first dog I save him from the street, after my first Great Dane, "my true love" a very long relationship, very deep. immense sadness when Xanta is gone forever. and after Amanda, ... Mercury, ... Tita, .... and many others with very different personalities.
no doubt, losing a company friend is very hard, but living without a dog, I am not myself.
if I have some positive qualities, I am convinced that it is a lot thanks to the dogs.
 
I am 54 years old, my nanny had a dog, I always lived with dogs. My first dog I save him from the street, after my first Great Dane, "my true love" a very long relationship, very deep. immense sadness when Xanta is gone forever. and after Amanda, ... Mercury, ... Tita, .... and many others with very different personalities.
no doubt, losing a company friend is very hard, but living without a dog, I am not myself.
if I have some positive qualities, I am convinced that it is a lot thanks to the dogs.
I wish That was the case with me. My Mom didn't want one when I was a kid and dad and I could never convince her. Of course, now she adores Sammy & Luna. My wife, Claudia did have a dog in Colombia but he ran off one day and they never found him. Now there are lots of dogs in their family. This is Ramona, belongs to my sister in law.
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I can not say why the I am so afraid of snakes. When I lived in Brazil I saw my father several times taking snakes with his hands. but I don't know if I can take or touch.
it really scares me.
how can you describe your relationship with your snake?
To be honest i was afraid of snakes as well, it wasnt until i started to handle them in the pet store that my confidence grew. It would appear i have an ability to calm fiesty snakes down?. A trick i learned was to blow into the snakes face, it tells them you are not food, and then just reach in like a boss and take them out, hold them to your chest and they calm right down.

It is about trust and respect. They are gentle like kittens, i have 3 that love to cuddle they will just chill. I wear a hoodie all the time, and it gives them a place to go when they have had enough. They will sit in the hood for hours while i work from home on the laptop or be outside. They sense fear and if you are nervous. To be honest they calm me down, its very therapeutic .
 
Buddy at 8 weeks and up, been a great friend for 12 years

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To be honest i was afraid of snakes as well, it wasnt until i started to handle them in the pet store that my confidence grew. It would appear i have an ability to calm fiesty snakes down?. A trick i learned was to blow into the snakes face, it tells them you are not food, and then just reach in like a boss and take them out, hold them to your chest and they calm right down.

It is about trust and respect. They are gentle like kittens, i have 3 that love to cuddle they will just chill. I wear a hoodie all the time, and it gives them a place to go when they have had enough. They will sit in the hood for hours while i work from home on the laptop or be outside. They sense fear and if you are nervous. To be honest they calm me down, its very therapeutic .

Been bitten by a lot more lizards than snakes, the non poisonous variety that is.
 
This is Scruff. Some of you may remember he was a rescue we got one night from our neighbors across the street. Some dogs had him cornered in their back yard. Come to find out, he was injured badly, but not from the dogs. He was only about 6 weeks old at the time. The best we and our vet could tell was someone threw Scruff out of a moving car. He had a very serious scrape from his nose all the way down his chin, throat and all the way down his stomach to his little wanker. He spent two days at the vet as they picked all of the asphalt out that was embedded in his skin. They really did not think Scruff would make it, but they didn't know all the love we can give a special needs cat. He came out with some chipped baby teeth, a split lower lip (you can see in this picture it's never grown in) and a temporary scar. Here is the thread from the night we got him.

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But look at him today! He has made a tremendous recovery! Scruff is a really sweet boy too.

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Starting at the top, our youngest Olive, rescued from the shelter Jan 2019. Next is the middle child Charlie, rescued in Nov 2014, and the old man Dunham, rescued as a 10 week old puppy in Mar 2009. Dunham is my wife's 100 pound lapdog, Charlie is dad's boy, and Olive is happy with either one of us, as long as she's getting attention. I've had dogs all of my life, could not see being without one in the house, be far too quiet and lonely.
 
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I do not know how my wife manages to have a siesta with Nougat and Julius the old Labrador on the same sofa, I am for falling.
although julius is gone forever, every week we talk about him. wonderful dog, extremely nice, extraordinary optimism. a real lesson in life
 
in truth I wanted to answer each of you, but I am surprised by the large number of beautiful photos and very beautiful stories.
 
Got 5 poop shooters. 2 female Redbone Coonhounds that are litter mates. A Blue Nose Pit Bull. And 2 male Redbones that are litter mates. This is Trump.....View attachment 1715558782 and his brother Lincoln.....View attachment 1715558783 The odd one out, Daisy...View attachment 1715558786 This is Azul View attachment 1715558788 ..and her sister Mita View attachment 1715558789
when we talk about PitBull it's always scary. a chen programmed to kill. what a fantastic dog breed, your affectionate, i shared many wonderful years with my tita "american staff".
 
eating is the favorite activity of most dogs. if I come into my kitchen at night I must be like a Ninja so as not to make noise.

the flour was from dredging the pork chops that we had for dinner that night. She is not usually a food hound, but something about the smell of pork chops makes her world go round, I guess
 
When the world seems crappy someone comes along and starts one of these threads..... It's no secret I am a prick in life however when it comes to animals, well they ain't the reason I prefer the to a human.... They bring out the best in anyone even during their worst time....

JW

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Does my profile photo say anything? I loss both of these guys, the golden mix on thanksgiving day then my shepherd on new years eve. Loved them both more then myself. I know everyone knows this. Very very hard.
 
Had a few cats and dogs over the decades....just got Smokey a month ago from a family wishing to rehome him, he’s 2...

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