Hi

Are there any dog lovers on here?

Joy :)

Hi

Are there any dog lovers on here?

Joy :)

I ADORE dogs. I'd love to have one myself but because both me and Mr H work full-time it just wouldn't be fair. Poor thing would be on its own all day, and it wouldn't get walked until after one of us came home.

Maybe at some point in the future we'll get one if our circs. change, but for now, dog ownership just wouldn't suit our lifestyle.

Joy I adore my dogs - I have three, two labs and one lakeland/jack russell terrier [named Wooster, Bismarck and Fanny] - I want another soon!

I take the various combinations on various walks - depending on stamina and durability, you see Wooster [Choc lab] is actually a Walrus shaped Rug and doesn't like walks, and if he is ever persuaded to walk he HAS to carry his own lead. He never leaves my side ever.

Bismark is my gun dog and I take him shooting and he is just fabulous, but scared of men - hoorah!!

And Fanny is my husbands car dog - she is just that, a Fanny. She is moody, hormonal and hilariously huffy!!

I like dogs too Joy. But like karen I don't think it wuold be fair to have one as I'm out all day. I did tell my son that when he was 12 we'd get a dog and I was quite looking forward to it ... but after I kept telling him how much work they are he's changed his mind, which I'm quite relieved about, as I know a lot of the walking etc would have been left to me in the end, and I don't like walking very much, not that I'm lazy I hasten to add ... it's just not something I would ever do for pleasure!

I'm afraid I prefer cats - much easier to look after - especially when no one is at home all day!

I'm scared of cats since one attacked me..LOL

I have a 5-year-old German Shepherd and she's gorgeous. She loves everybody and is well behaved http://www.survivor-online.co.uk/forums/images/icons/icon10.gif

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I'm not a great dog lover and wouldn't want one myself but I do prefer them to cats.

Your dog looks gorgeous Joy, my uncle always used to have German Sheppard dogs and they were always lovely natured. What is her name?

I love dogs but do not have one for the same reason as others on here it's not fair to leave them all day while we are out at work. I sometimes look after my son's dog who like yours is a German Sheppard about the same age too.

Her name is Maddie and here she is with my grandson. We are looking after her today and as long as she has her ball she is happy. She is very gentle with children and a pleasure to look after.


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My family have a couple dogs.....and one happens to be sitting in my lap right now...glad that I am home from work to give her some attention.

Penny...which I got for my 10th birthday...is a cocker spaniel/golden retriever mix.

Jewel...which is my sister's dog...is a terrier/husky mix.

I can't imagine living in a house without dogs....i definitely plan to have one or two when I get my own place..

Your dog looks gorgeous Joy, my uncle always used to have German Sheppard dogs and they were always lovely natured. What is her name?

Her name is Lucy :)

She is like Maddie, as long as she has her ball she's very happy. She currently has six (burst) footballs up the garden and she just loves to play with them. Her favourite is a rubber gong on a rope that she likes to take to the park..LOL I'm at home all day and wherever I go Lucy comes too.

Oh Lucy is beatuiful, what a gorgeous dog she is [I would say bitch but ... you know?] - she really is a fine looking beast though. You must be very proud of her.


Here is Wooster - I am larfing like mad cos he looks like the killer dog out of that Stephen King film - Kujo, nothing could be further from the truth, my 6 year old rides him still, he is not only big enough, but daft enough to let him!!

[And no he doesn't sleep in that bed, that is Fanny's bed - him and Bismarck sleep in their kennel outside]

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I grew up with dogs, but have always been mad mad mad on cats. As soon as i left home and got married we bought 4 persian cats and love them like children - unfortunately poor Brucie died in Feb.

BUT earlier this year we bought a dog - a Spinger Spaniel called Bailey. He is a poppet, and completely mad (although i feel guilty this morning as i shouted at him earlier :unsure: ).

I love all my animals to death as we also have a rabbit (never again !!!), canaries and a tortoise. We could never go on a long holiday again as we would have to have someone house sit !!!

Lucy is beautiful Joy! If I had the room and a big garden I would seriously consider a dog, as I am at home all day but Mr B isn't a great dog lover.

We have a CID officer who lives next door and her friend brings her police dog who is just 7 and will be retiring this year. It can't cope with the shift work anymore! He is just gorgeous and the most placid, friendly dog.

I think if I was to choose a dog, it would have to be an Irish Red Setter, we pass one going for it's walk on Sundays when we are going church and it is just the most elegant dog ever.

Great name for your adorable pooch Joy! ;)

I have always wanted a Basset Hound and a German Shepard......Basset hound first as I am more likely to have room for a dog that size and then as I buy a place with a bit more land a German Shepard....love dogs to bits....

however

I work shifts and often like to nip away for the weekend and travel at every given oportunity that coupled with the amount of money required to keep a dog in good health means that I have two rats instead! :w00t:

I have a dog, a Jack Russell cross called Scamp &, contraversially am at work most of the day. I have always believed like everyone that to have a dog & not be home is not fair but Scamp is from the local pound & his home was the size of the average toilet cubicle. He got company when someone came in to feed him once a day - Jack Russells are supposed to be fed 1/2 a tin twice a day cos their tummies are only little - & the home was cleaned of poop in the morning which meant from about 5pm each night to about 9am each morning, he was in a poopy toilet cubicle with no company.

In my house, Scamp has the run of the garden every day with his toys & our company & utter adoration in the evening. He is walked at least twice per day.

In my eyes, full time job or not, he is better off with me. I've warned Dave, once I retire, I will be re-visiting the pound & bringing home most of it!!

I have a dog, a Jack Russell cross called Scamp &, contraversially am at work most of the day. I have always believed like everyone that to have a dog & not be home is not fair but Scamp is from the local pound & his home was the size of the average toilet cubicle. He got company when someone came in to feed him once a day - Jack Russells are supposed to be fed 1/2 a tin twice a day cos their tummies are only little - & the home was cleaned of poop in the morning which meant from about 5pm each night to about 9am each morning, he was in a poopy toilet cubicle with no company.

In my house, Scamp has the run of the garden every day with his toys & our company & utter adoration in the evening. He is walked at least twice per day.

In my eyes, full time job or not, he is better off with me. I've warned day, once I retire, I will be re-visiting the pound & bringing home most of it!!

Wow two posts...He's obviously very special to you Jaycee....

Sounds incredibly cute...is he mischevious? My Aunties JR George was a right one for getting into trouble?

my dad had a dog that stayed at home all day on his own. He was perfectly happy ... so was the dog!

i always think if I did get a dog it would be a jack russell. i think I'm influenced by the adorable Eddie on Frasier!

I grew up with dogs. My parent's had a lab when I was born, then we had a couple more, but the best was the Springer Spaniel. She was mad as a hatter and lived till she was 19 when we had to have her put down because she was becoming incontinent.

My mother was distraught (I was too, but not so much as I'd left home by then) so Mr FFA said he would do the deed with the vet and then give her a decent burial.

He told me much much later that he's slung her in the peat bog on the farm :shocking:. Oh well, she'll be preserved for years to come.

Like other people here, I couldn't juggle work and dog now, but I have compromised with Burmese Cats who are quite doglike (ie pay you a lot of attention :thumbsup: )

Right seeing as you have all ignored my Wooster the Walrus - I shall tell you a story about him.

He went to the vets today and Hilary the Vet told me his hips were stiff cos he is, and at this point she put her hands over his ears, OBESE!! There you go aren't you sad you ignored him now?? NOt only is he Kujo the Killer dog out of Stephen King, and therefore dreadfully ugly - but he is OBESE and has to go to for Hydrotherapy Sessions!!

So his 5 miles a day plus is not doing him any good, he eats too much [although I am not sure what?] and he is ugly too boot! But I care not one single jot - he is a poppet of the first order, who allows my children to climb and tease him, he allows Mrs HAmburger and the various chickens to climb on him, he allows Fanny to chew his legs and even Mary duck to nibble his ears.

I feel simply dreadful now Flip! Especially as I was very taken with his beautiful stance and majestic bearing.


I hope he manages to stick to his diet ... I wish I could stick to mine!

and he is ugly too boot!

He is not ..... i think all dogs are darned gorgeous, and i would nibble his ears same as Mary duck given half the chance ..... not that ive ever chewed a dogs ear, although i often nibble on the cats :huh:

I am very much a dog lover. I have a Jack Russell called Holly just now (who will be 9 on Christmas day) and she is doted upon by my whole family. I really couldn't imagine our house without her now.

Wow two posts...He's obviously very special to you Jaycee....

Sounds incredibly cute...is he mischevious? My Aunties JR George was a right one for getting into trouble?

He is mischevious as a cartload of monkeys Coastie & SO territorial. He is, at this present moment, barking his head off & growling at some poor individual who has had the blasted temerity to actually walk past the bottom of our drive! He also has to bark his head off & personally welcome every person who comes into the house & he barks & bounds round them until they notice him then he goes away happy. Unfortunately, we are one of those annoying families that find that unbearably cute so those entering the house have to put up with it :laugh:

I nearly lost my dog yesterday !!!

I look him for a walk, and he did his usual running off bit - but he never disappears from sight.

Anyway, we were walking home, and a fly got in my hair - so i looked away whilst brushing it off, and looked up and he had gone !!! I didnt know in what direction he had run in, and there was no sight nor sound of him. I called him name, whistled and generally ran around a lot ... and he didnt come back.

My god, my heart was hammering in my chest. I genuinely thought he had run so far away that he couldnt hear or smell me any more.

After about 5 mins (which felt like 30) he appeared completely out of breath and stinking. Gowd knows where he had been, but it must have been a mini adventure. I think he was relieved to see me too as he snogged me to death on him return :laugh:

Aw bons - scarey stuff - hate it when Jordan does his houdini act and dissapears for hours sometimes!! :cry:

here he is in a very unflattering 'don't you dare take a photo of me before my fur dries' shot!! down at the beach!!! :devil:





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Always had dogs as a kid, but never owned one. I am a real dog lover, but it wouldn't be fair to have one. We both work full time and also, they're very tying when it comes to holidays and stuff. It's a shame for the kids because they don't know what it's like to own a pet. I wouldn't get them any old pet just for the sake of it and they know plenty of people who do have pets.

Aw bons - scarey stuff - hate it when Jordan does his houdini act and dissapears for hours sometimes!! :cry:

here he is in a very unflattering 'don't you dare take a photo of me before my fur dries' shot!! down at the beach!!! :devil:





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God, he's really giving you the evil eye :laugh:

Great beach as well - where is it?

NOt only is he Kujo the Killer dog out of Stephen King, and therefore dreadfully ugly

How can you say that, he's gorgeous. Look at those chops! There's a lot to be said for having jowells and being obese. He doesn't do the ironing and drive a Peugeot too, does he?

I nearly lost my dog yesterday !!!


After about 5 mins (which felt like 30) he appeared completely out of breath and stinking. Gowd knows where he had been, but it must have been a mini adventure. I think he was relieved to see me too as he snogged me to death on him return :laugh:

aww Bonnie, I'm glad you were reunited in the end!

We almost lost a dog too. Many moons ago when I was about 14 we were on holiday in Tintagel and went for a long walk when we suddently realised the dog wasn't tracking us anymore. My dad (who never looses his cool) paniced totally (don't think he would have paniced so much if me or maxine had gone missing!). it was all up hill and down dale and there were quite a few other families walking aswell. After much much searching and shouting his name we eventually found him, he was a bit blind and had taken up the walk with anoher family! My dad was so releived to find him and the dog was hysterical (pehaps hysterical that he'd been discovered!!).

The question of a dog is a bone of contention here at the moment (lol).

When our little West Highland Terrier had to be put down at the grand old age of 16 we were both distraught. After we got over it, though, there were compensations, i.e. the house didn't smell of incontinent dog any more and no more dog hairs and guilt trips when we had to go out and leave him. Holidays abroad were also back on the cards.

When my mum was alive she always looked after him but after she passed away we bought a camper van and toured around, taking him with us. We tried kennels but he was getting too old and we had a couple of nasty experiences where he came back looking uncared for and miserable.

Mr. C is now getting "dog broody" again. He stops to stroke any that we meet and looks accusingly at me because I've said an emphatic "no".

I tried to head him off the other day by saying that the only dog I would entertain having would be one of those little "yorkies" and that as he is 6 ft tall he wouldn't want to walk that! Oh yes he would apparently. :bored:

I'm not going to be swayed though. We share this house (converted into 2 flats) with my son and grandson. Grandson is at that age when shutting doors isn't his forte. I can see the back gate being left open and the dog going missing and all sorts of rows ensuing.

This lady's not for turning!

Stick to your guns Critter. I make you right. You know the pitfalls because you've experienced them first hand. And yes, he would look ridiculous with a Yorkie, you're doing him a favour. :laugh:

Mr. C is now getting "dog broody" again. He stops to stroke any that we meet and looks accusingly at me because I've said an emphatic "no".


my dad was getting a bit "dog broody" the other day when we went to the RSPCA centre to look for a cat for me and my son. He saw a Alastian/Collie cross called Molly and he was very taken with her. He said he would get the dog, but it would be made to "not feel welcomed" .... obviously a shot at my mum, who wasn't going to let it pass without sticking up for herself. She would willingly have another dog if he REALLY wanted one, she said, then he shut up! It's always handy to have someone to pull you back to reality isn't it!

Deep down I think they would both like a dog, they've been dogless for about six years (they've always had a dog), but deep down they also think they've got out of the habit. And as I pointed out to my dad he hasn't got a another dog in him if they last for 15+ years at the tender age of 71 that he is! Bless, another slap round the face with the reality haddock for him! he is indeed surrounded with wicked women ... who talk alot of sense sometimes!!

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