Where are the BIG dogs,? Little dogs have their place but doesn't anyone here have aBIG boy or girl?
I have a Doberman, and consider hir a medium...others may disagree, but let's see the giants.
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Where are the BIG dogs,? Little dogs have their place but doesn't anyone here have aBIG boy or girl?
I have a Doberman, and consider hir a medium...others may disagree, but let's see the giants.
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Here's Max. Actually his whole name is Int. Ch. Kengali's Boreas Maximus de Magna Villa. He's a champion Rhodesian Ridgeback and he is a big boy.
125.4 lbs of big and scary/ giant lap dog.
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Now that's a big boy, I love big dogs,. When I bought mine I asked for the girl with feet like pancakes,
Scarlett is 113 lbs of solid muscle. These are DOGS ! No offense intended to everyone with the little tappers, they have there place too. And no not as bait...
We have both. One that is 125 lbs and one that's 11 lbs.
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...and one in between at 27 lbs but the point being we cover both ends of the spectrum. Although I am a big dog guy I have to admit that little guy is really cute.
Still, if I had to choose, it would be a big guy. My next one will be a Dane. At least that's what I tell the wife to make her make "that face."
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My buddy Dave’s Mastif Major, 175 lbs of love and fury.
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And major as a wee lad with his dad Zeus, over 180 lbs of brindle majesty.
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If my buddy finds the right mare, I’m promised one of the pups .
My wife has no idea how much I hope we get one.
He’ll out weight me, but that what training is for..
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A friend of mine has a pair of Dogue de Bordeauxes at about 165 lbs.
I'll tell what a big badass dog is is a Boerboel. That's the South African Mastiff. They're another near 200 pounder.
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Picture courtesy of the internet
When a dog like that says "I want to go for a walk" you better just say sir yes sir.
Our local BassPro has doggie days in which folks can bring their well behaved and friendly dogs into the store for walkabouts. On one of these I met a 65 pound mastiff/Bernese mix with the biggest paws I’ve ever seen. He was only 5 months old.
He was a lovely dog and quite obedient already. Obviously, these folks knew how to manage a large pup.
I’d love to meet him when he’s full grown. His dad, the mastiff, was 160 pounds and his mom was 110, so I expect he’ll be a big boy.
My brother has a Rottweiler, the stupid thing sits straight up on his lap and he has to look around it to see the TV.
The dog is not huge like some of those giants but it still seems to take up the whole room somehow and when that baby decides it's bedtime my brother has to race to get in bed and covered up before the dog arrives.
At the dog shows you see a lot of different dogs, big and small. The biggest one I've ever seen was this guy. An Irish Wolfhound. I don't know how much he weighed but the woman walking with him is about 5'7" for perspective. She was dog watching and got locked out so the owner called me to come out.
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The door I was picking had a full length window. I was kneeling on one knee and the dog was eye to eye with me.
I love the Irish Wolfhound. Like many of the giant breeds they have a short lifespan, average is about 5 years. Would break my heart if I had one.
Yeah, Bernese Mountain Dogs also have a short lifespan. 6-8 years
Here are my two Bedlington Terrier Boys Father & Son, including Oscar's Daughter she's the one with a Squirrel in her mouth, all of them happen to be lethal Squirrel killers, Bedlingtons have a very high prey drive and you can't really trust them around small critters. The owner of Oscars Daughter lives in London close to Wimbledon common, she is such a hardcore hunter he has her fitted with a tracking system on her harness, so he can track her via an app on his phone, he told me she is always hunting Deer and all of a sudden disappears and that's the reason and the need for the app.
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Here is my boy Jack …aka ..Handsome Man . Just turned 12 …
He's a handsome boy for certain. Here's my handsome boy when he got his championship
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You clean up quite well Paul and your quite handsome I suppose but i wouldn't enter a championship if I was you - or are we talking about the dog :roflmao
That remindse of a Jeff Foxworthy bit I saw about how guys trash talk to other men they like and how woman would be crushed. Boy isn't that the truth!
Men see other guys they know. "Hey fatass! Careful there you're leaving footprints in the concrete! Love the shirt. Do they make it in men's?" (Turns to his wife) "God, I love that guy!"
Women see other gals they know. "Oh Hiiii!!! You look great! I love that dress it looks SOOOO good on you! Let's have lunch some day soon!" (Turns to her husband). "Ugh! That fat cow! I hate her!"
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A very sad day today….We had to put down our Mr. Handsome…. Aka Jack was 12 years old….this doesn’t get any easier..Jacks been my sons dog since he was 19… my son is a mess.
My son and DiL put down their cat, Maggie yesterday.
Maggie was 22 and the DiL's first pet.
We have 3 cats, Billy, Tommy and Mikey. They're all 15, we got them as rescues when they were kittens.
Billie stopped eating a few weeks ago and went down to a skeleton covered in fur. We took him to the vet and after a blood test said that although not too bad yet he was stating to have liver problems and at his age, well you know.
I don't get upset very often, especially in front of strangers and to be honest I have never been a cat person but I had moist eyes and it showed.
I told the vet he could forget it, Billie was not going to be written off so easily, my wife told me that I had to be sensible but I was not feeling sensible, I was upset.
The vet gave hime some liver pills, some pills to make him hungry and some pain killers to see if it would help but warned me the Billie would probably need to be put down.
My wife and I have spent $600 so far, we fed Billie with a spoon and held his water up to him so he didn't have to bend down to drink.
It's been almost 2 weeks now , he is eating soft food and drinking a lot, he is starting to fill out and weighs a lot more.
I know he's old and will go soon but not yet, he's defininately looking up.
Jack was a beautiful boy. Feel for you msn. It always hurts.
Ah man. That just breaks my heart for you. That is the one really bad part of having dogs. Unless you are really old and they are really young you can bet you'll out live them. Plus it is so great when you have one you really love but the other side of that is that when they go the pain is so much greater also.
My condolences.
Man. It has been going around. I got this text from my brother today about my neice in Hawaii.
Sarah is devastated. Her dog Jake died yesterday from lung cancer. He died in her arms. He was her best friend for 12 years. She is so's upset that she can hardly talk.
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Ah man, so sorry for your niece and family's loss.
RIP Jake
It makes no difference whether it's a person you loved or a beloved pet, the pain is indescribable.
Please give my condolences to your niece Paul and let her know that we are all thinking of her.
Yes, it tough, very tough. My Husky passed suddenly just about a year ago and every time I look at her picture on the wall it still saddens me.
I feel for you.
It has been a while since I have caught up on this thread. Just wanted to pass on my condolences to all of you whose families have suffered losses or who are dealing with their pets' illnesses. It is such a rough thing to go through, but it's a price we pay to have these great presences in our lives. Not a day goes by that I don't think of my old guy Tobi, and it has been over a year since we said goodbye to him. I have finally arrived at the point where thinking of him brings more smiles than grief. I hope you all get to the point soon.
I'm sorry for all those who have just learned that walking down the Green mile never gets easier.
Hopefully thier at Rainbow bridge.
Sorry for your losses gents, and Paul’s niece too. It’s a tough row to hoe for certain.
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Ive had Dobermans for 67 years, and every girl Ive lost is packaged and going in the box with me. We'll be together for ever.