Mother-in-law, 6 year old and Fuzzy Puppy
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We lost our White Shepherd, Suzy April 16. She was a Rescue. Had a really tough life down South. We gave her six good years. Last week, we went to our local shelter to look at 6 puppies they had just received. Gone in days after they came in. So, here we have Pheobe. She's listed as a Retriever mix. As you can see from the picture, she's having a hard time adjusting to our home.
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I've stayed out of this thread until now because it just hurt too much, seeing all these wonderful furry friends. But time heals, and it's now been right on 2 years since we lost Kira, our high content wolf-dog due to a rare autoimmune condition right in the prime of her life. Lord, that was one loving and super intelligent girl and just captured our hearts and souls.
I haven't hurt so bad losing a furry buddy since I lost my first Rott, Elke to her breaking out through our gate while in heat and getting hit by a car in the fog back in the later 80's.
Anyways, the first up is Jazzmine. She was a runaway and my daughter found her nosing around the house. We took her in the back yard and had her around a month when a guy drove up claiming she was his dog. By that time we had taken her in as one of the family. The guy lived a few blocks away, but evidently she wasn't too well wanted by the guy's wife. She wouldn't let the dog come in the house and they had it on a cable attached to the dog house, which she broke. The guy saw that Jazzie was happy at our house, so he gave her to us and offered to sell her dog house to us for $50, which I accepted. Jazzie was about 6 months old when we found her. She lived to around 15 years old and raised the following 2 dogs below. She was a Golden Retriever/Lab mix.
This one was the one that broke my heart to lose. My daughter bought her from a local wolf-dog breeder and when she turned 5 weeks old she came home to our house. She was roughly 80% timber wolf and the rest was GSD and Husky I believe. I don't know if any of you have experience with hybrids, but they need a whole different set of parameters when raising them up as compared to a domestic breed, especially at the higher contents, and early and intense human interaction is extremely important to have a dog that can live with a human "pack". Kira turned out to be a great ambassador dog for hybrids and she got along with other animals famously well. We lost her when she was just about 5 years old right on 2 years ago.
Kira as a pup
This pic probably 10-12 months old
This pic is Kira about 8 months before we had to put her down.
And now we come to the dog we share with my daughter and her husband. About 12 months before we had to put Jazzie down from cancer, my daughter went looking for a new friend to share with Kira, as hybrids get along much better in a pack. She found this crazy boy, Reno, at the Parish dog pound. She picked him up and paid the neuter and shot fees and brought him home. He turned out to be just the kind of dog that Kira needed for a pack buddy as he is like a live wire and strong and bouncy.
After Jazzie passed, he and Kira were darn near inseparable. Like us, he also mourned Kira's passing but got past it a lot faster than us. He's still doing great and we share him with our SIL and daughter, who bring Reno on the road with them as long haul truckers.
Here is Reno, Kira and the cat Sox sharing the bed. Sox was also part of the wolf pack too.
Reno as a pup shortly after being adopted.
Reno about a year old.
I haven't hurt so bad losing a furry buddy since I lost my first Rott, Elke to her breaking out through our gate while in heat and getting hit by a car in the fog back in the later 80's.Anyways, the first up is Jazzmine. She was a runaway and my daughter found her nosing around the house. We took her in the back yard and had her around a month when a guy drove up claiming she was his dog. By that time we had taken her in as one of the family. The guy lived a few blocks away, but evidently she wasn't too well wanted by the guy's wife. She wouldn't let the dog come in the house and they had it on a cable attached to the dog house, which she broke. The guy saw that Jazzie was happy at our house, so he gave her to us and offered to sell her dog house to us for $50, which I accepted. Jazzie was about 6 months old when we found her. She lived to around 15 years old and raised the following 2 dogs below. She was a Golden Retriever/Lab mix.
This one was the one that broke my heart to lose. My daughter bought her from a local wolf-dog breeder and when she turned 5 weeks old she came home to our house. She was roughly 80% timber wolf and the rest was GSD and Husky I believe. I don't know if any of you have experience with hybrids, but they need a whole different set of parameters when raising them up as compared to a domestic breed, especially at the higher contents, and early and intense human interaction is extremely important to have a dog that can live with a human "pack". Kira turned out to be a great ambassador dog for hybrids and she got along with other animals famously well. We lost her when she was just about 5 years old right on 2 years ago.
Kira as a pup
This pic probably 10-12 months old
This pic is Kira about 8 months before we had to put her down.
And now we come to the dog we share with my daughter and her husband. About 12 months before we had to put Jazzie down from cancer, my daughter went looking for a new friend to share with Kira, as hybrids get along much better in a pack. She found this crazy boy, Reno, at the Parish dog pound. She picked him up and paid the neuter and shot fees and brought him home. He turned out to be just the kind of dog that Kira needed for a pack buddy as he is like a live wire and strong and bouncy.
After Jazzie passed, he and Kira were darn near inseparable. Like us, he also mourned Kira's passing but got past it a lot faster than us. He's still doing great and we share him with our SIL and daughter, who bring Reno on the road with them as long haul truckers.Here is Reno, Kira and the cat Sox sharing the bed. Sox was also part of the wolf pack too.
Reno as a pup shortly after being adopted.
Reno about a year old.
Some Unlucky Dogs
I stopped at our local Animal Welfare League today to drop off some blankets and towels for the dogs. While there, I walked through the area where the dogs were caged. Each cage had a card describing the dog.
Of the twenty dogs up for adoption, about fifteen of them were marked:
Good with children No
Good with other dogs No
Good with cats No
Some of these dogs barked, growled, and charged the cage as I walked by and certainly not playfully. I don't see any chance of any of these poor dogs getting adopted. They must have suffered terrible experiences along the way.
I stopped at our local Animal Welfare League today to drop off some blankets and towels for the dogs. While there, I walked through the area where the dogs were caged. Each cage had a card describing the dog.
Of the twenty dogs up for adoption, about fifteen of them were marked:
Good with children No
Good with other dogs No
Good with cats No
Some of these dogs barked, growled, and charged the cage as I walked by and certainly not playfully. I don't see any chance of any of these poor dogs getting adopted. They must have suffered terrible experiences along the way.
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That's heartbreaking. They'll almost certainly be euthanized because someone mistreated them.
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We lost our White Shepherd, Suzy April 16. She was a Rescue. Had a really tough life down South. We gave her six good years. Last week, we went to our local shelter to look at 6 puppies they had just received. Gone in days after they came in. So, here we have Pheobe. She's listed as a Retriever mix. As you can see from the picture, she's having a hard time adjusting to our home.
So sorry for your loss of Suzy, but I'm sure you made her life infinitely better in the years she lived with you.
Phoebe seems to have settled right in to her new life and home. And the retreiver part of her mix is obvious. She's just recently been spayed, hasn't she? Is she having to wear that special collar to prevent her from licking or scratching at the incision?
No collar. The shelter she came from had no history as far a medical. She was an owner surrender. They shaved her in preparation to spay her, only to find she already had the operation.
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Left to right: Daisey, Jack, Dexter & Winnie
They have that okay-we'll-behave-for-a-minute look on their faces. They look extremely content and well taken care of. What a crew!
Not my dog, but she belongs to a close friend and I wish I owned her. Her name is Bailey and these pictures were taken when she was only 5 months old! She is in training to be a special needs service dog. We have only small yappy dogs...4 of them, various Bichon-Maltese-Poodle-Shih Tzu mixes...never stop barking! Bailey is so mild mannered and only lets out an occasional "Woof". I've always wanted a Shepard, never owned one. I guess I'll have to own one vicariously through Bailey, but my buddy let's me spend a lot of time with her.
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Stuck inside on a rainy day.
Wonderful picture. The expression tells the whole story.
akoda
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I love the rottie photos, I have had a couple.
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Greg-home-from-hospital-3 — imgbb.com
End of March, I fell and broke my kneecap and shin. Spent ALL of April in a convalescent home and returned about May 2nd or so. Here's a photo the wife took of my grand entry at home. Pictured are my two pointers: Pasha, a geriatric German Shorthair and Faith, our puppy Pointing Griffon Still a puppy at one year old. Missing is our Terrier/Whippet, Shiloh!.
End of March, I fell and broke my kneecap and shin. Spent ALL of April in a convalescent home and returned about May 2nd or so. Here's a photo the wife took of my grand entry at home. Pictured are my two pointers: Pasha, a geriatric German Shorthair and Faith, our puppy Pointing Griffon Still a puppy at one year old. Missing is our Terrier/Whippet, Shiloh!.
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End of March, I fell and broke my kneecap and shin. Spent ALL of April in a convalescent home and returned about May 2nd or so. Here's a photo the wife took of my grand entry at home. Pictured are my two pointers: Pasha, a geriatric German Shorthair and Faith, our puppy Pointing Griffon Still a puppy at one year old. Missing is our Terrier/Whippet, Shiloh!
Hopefully, you are well down the road to recovery. I know it's good to be home. I'm sure the healing power of your dogs will speed your return to normalcy.
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After almost a full week of rain in the Denver area things cleared up on Friday. The grass is still a bit on the damp side but today it warmed up nicely. Ziva never misses a chance to cool her belly LOL.
She hates the rain, it's a struggle to get her out when it does. Loves the snow and of course nice warm days.
She hates the rain, it's a struggle to get her out when it does. Loves the snow and of course nice warm days.
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Hopefully, you are well down the road to recovery. I know it's good to be home. I'm sure the healing power of your dogs will speed your return to normalcy.
Better pictures of Faith, our Griffon!
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