Savingdogs-Saving the chickens

[Shiloh Acres]

Haven't had much time to be on SS, but I enjoyed reading some of your rescue stories and I love seeing the pics of everyone's dogs!

Here's my guy. He's just turned a year old. Snow was so exciting for him that I can't believe he actually stood still long enough for me to get a photo. He was scoping out the tree out front that he ALWAYS checks for squirrels when he goes outside.

He has some issues because I was busy training him, socializing him to farm animals, noises, normal household stuff, etc. so he's a GREAT dog about all of that ... but I forgot that I never get company and I rarely go anywhere, and so he really didn't get to see many other PEOPLE while he was young, so we need to work on that.

He wasn't a rescue ... my first new dog in quite a while. I rescue kitties though.

 

[murphysranch]

All Rescues. This is what I look like when I'm sitting at my desk.

This is what it looks like when I'm cooking in the kitchen.

 

[Denim Deb]

Right now, I don't have a dog. I lost my dog, Patches, 2 years ago, and my son's dog, Shadow, last year. This is the longest I've gone w/out a dog for quite some time. I'm hoping that next year I can get a puppy. Right now, I just don't have the time to work w/one. But, I'm enjoying looking at everyone elses pics.

 

[abifae]

ROFL i love them all snoozing together under the desk

 

[savingdogs]

murphysranch, that is about what it looks like at my feet, as well. I bet your bunch does some herding for you.

Shiloh Acres, what a gorgeous GSD. I just love watching them work.....smart dogs!

Damummis, that is so cute with your dog and cat together! Mine all tolerate each other well enough but nobody gets snuggly like that.

Deb, the hardest years for Hubby and I were the two years we could not have a dog. We will hopefully never do that again. It was too hard for us. I would literally cry whenever I went past the dog and cat food aisle in the grocery store when we were petless.

Our goal is to end petlessness.

 

[framing fowl]

Hey SD! Here is a picture of Miss Annie (sitting) and Miss Julie (lying down). Miss Julie is a pit mix that we got from a free ad in the newspaper 8 years ago. She is the one we rely on to check people out to make sure they are good. Realtors, handymen, repair people etc. all have to pass the 'Julie Test' before we will work with them. She has protected us several times in this capacity. Miss Annie is possibly Aust. Shep. mix or border collie mix? We got her as a pup from the humane society. She loves everyone and will welcome you with wagging tail and goofy grin. She's always ready to hop in the car or go adventuring!

 

[BarredBuff]

Pretty pooches, FF!

 

[savingdogs]

Wow!

One of the dogs I really really wished I kept was named Julie and she was lab pit. I love that mix. I rescued several litters (I think around five) of lab pits from our local humane, mostly black. For awhile, I "specialized" in lab pit puppies. I had a litter named after cars (Jeep, Hemi, Chassy), a litter named after candy bars (Snickers, Cocoa, Fudge), a biblical litter (Rebekkah, Rachel, Noah), one named after the last names of other volunteers, a Disney litter (Ron Burgundy, Tiger Lily, Tinkerbell) and one that was named people names..Kathy Jane, and JULIE. Each litter was about eight pups though. Sometimes we would split a litter with another volunteer. The disney litter was actually pit/terrier.

It was always harder to place half-pits because they have to be handled like full pit bulls but they are not. I love pit bulls but they are not for everyone. I insist that they go to fenced yards, homeowners, no one under five and experience with harder dogs (even though I know many will be fine under those conditions). I'm talking about the pit bull type dogs that I personally place.

But one of our own first personal dogs was lab/pit and we always liked that mix.

Julie was the BEST dog.....her littermates were all her twins and I kept holding her back when the others were getting adopted. I toyed with keeping her but really didn't need another dog. She was the calmest puppy I ever met and one of the smartest. Finally a family adopted her and I have NEVER really been happy about giving that one away. I lost contact with them but would take that dog back in a heartbeat. I saw one from her litter a couple years ago and she looked much like your Julie.

I truly love your dog FF!

 

[framing fowl]

Thanks SD! She truly is special to us. She was out of a mixed litter. Everything else was really shepherdy but she looked more like a lab. If I had to describe her in one word it would be steadfast. Miss Annie is a hoot and a half but it is Julie that we rely on.

 

[savingdogs]

Steadfast would be very good! That is like our golden retriever. Calm, cool and collected..steady.

I didn't realize she was shepherdy---that black coat always makes me tend to think of lab.