Thread: Do you have a pet and what type.

hey guys im tryign to post a poll and id love to hear what type of pets you guys have. i have a dog named lady shes a german shepard/lab mix just got her december 5th she was abandoned as a pup and left to die for 2months in a wooded patch the local spca took her and had her for 3 weeks untill she found a good home with my family. shes now my spoiled rotten pup she even sleeps with me in my bed.

Ive always wanted a racoon or a squrill. i have traped many coons but never got one as a pet one day i will have one.

We have two dogs, a 7 month old Boxer pup (my avatar is him the day we brought him home), and a 7 year old Black Lab mix. The lab was my wife's dog before we got together, and the boxer is a pup from her sister's two Boxers. Both are spoiled, but they are fantastic dogs for the most part.

I have two Dachshunds (aka weener dogs); Griffey (male) and Sophie (female). They are one litter apart, same parents so they are brother and sister. Both are the black and tan short haired Dachshunds. They are a blast!

Four-legged child #1, found 2 blocks from Yankee Stadium

This goof ball has been with me for the past 8 years. I'd like to say he's still my best friend, but the reality is that ever since SWMBO got pregnant with our 1st child he has never left HER side.



Four legged child #2 can be seen in my avatar

Two horses, if I didn't have to study so much I'd probably spend all my time riding.

we have 2 chocolate Labs...Jack and Louie.. They are brothers, and had them since they were 12 weeks old,they will be 2 in April and yes both 85 lb dogs sleep in my sons bed. A cat that lives in the barn and gets no lovin ,but does an excellent job at pest control.And 14 oxford sheep ,all with names,and now that lambing season is here,we can plan on feeding about 12-14 baby lambs

yup nessmuck you will have to keep me posted more often on how your boys doign with his sheep shows im sure the wall is full of ribbons by now.

Wife and I have pretty much been dog people over the years. All have made it to old age. Shepherds, labs, australian cattle dog (wacko). Our last annimal was a 90% wolf that we rescued as a pup. When the air force base was here a couple raised wolves. It was still legal in Cali then. The wolf was an amazing annimal and rarely let my wife out of his sight. He could be intimidating but was never an issue. Didn't really like to do dog things.
You could throw a tennis ball or a frisbee and he would sit down with a look at you that said what the hell are you doing. He was extremely well trained, never bothered visitors, would endure some petting from strangers and would go lay down and just keep an eye on things. He lived 14 years. Current dog is an akc golden who is
11 but still getting around pretty good. Has hip displasia and the wife takes him to a vet clinic once a week
for hydrotherapy and it works wonders for him. Treadmill in water.

My dog​​, "Pamacs" (Shaving Brush)



...and my parrot, "Cicero"

Originally Posted by lz6

Wife and I have pretty much been dog people over the years. All have made it to old age. Shepherds, labs, australian cattle dog (wacko).
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Over a thirty year period in my life, I had nothing but Aussie cattle dogs AKA "heelers". I drove cattle trucks and worked around cattle pretty much all of the 80's. The first three didn't get to live exceedingly long lives for one reason or another. My last one was 16 when he passed on. ALL of those dogs were the the grittiest, smartest, SOB's I've ever been around in my life. My last dog had a 50 some odd word vocabulary. He was a clown and my "velcro" dog. Never needed a leash. Used to take him to the bars with me and he'd lay right beside me and follow me back and forth the restroom. NOBODY ever got in a vehicle I left him in and my wife was the only one that could come in the bedroom and wake me up if I was sleeping. He wouldn't even let the kid in. He'd bark and raise HELL but he never bit anyone to my knowledge. That old dog and I trucked together for ten years before I got married.

I was pretty heartbroken when he died. Told the wife that was it. NO MORE DOGS. The basset hound is hers from before we were married and she took the knot headed Corgi from some folks that knew nothing about dogs and were scared of him hurting their kids. I taught him some manners pretty quick. He's smart, he's cute but he ain't "my dog".

Heelers will challenge you every day in some way or another. IF you don't give 'em a mission, they'll find their own and it more often than not is something you'd rather they didn't do.

I love 'em but probably won't ever have another. I doubt that I could find one that would be a better dog than my old buddy and I don't think it would be fair to another dog to ask him to try to measure up.

Willie