Man's Best Friend

Pruitt · Post by **Pruitt** » Mon Aug 15, 2016 10:35 am

sancarlos wrote:Looks like a great dog. Our mutt has some border collie in her, and all I can say is that you should give her jobs and keep her busy. Border collies are the smartest. And, if that intelligence (and energy) isn't put to good use and they get bored, you will suffer for it!

Ours loves getting the paper every morning, going to look for squirrels/rats int the garden, chasing the tennis ball, doing tricks, etc. Have fun!

Unbelievably sweet-natured. HAs already made friends with a number of neighbourhood dogs as well as the neighbouring humans. Not yappy, and is adapting quickly to us.

She's been home for 24 hours and has had 5 walks. I am used to a stumpy terrier's pace, and am not used to coming home from a hort walk all sweaty. Even at half-speed, this girl lopes. We ran in the park a bit, and jeez, it's another world.

So, their will be some agility training for her - to keep her mind working and to give her the exercise she'll need. I'm used to walking a dog for 30-40 minutes a day. I think Izzy will be getting me and my family into shape, as we will be spending a lot of time at the park. There's a great fenced-in off leash area there too. When she's a bit more settled, we will be moving in there.

She looks awesome. Enjoy not sleeping tonight.

I didn't. But when I did wake up, my office was coated in dog shit. May be a smart breed... but still a pup.

rass · Post by **rass** » Mon Aug 15, 2016 10:38 am

I wish I had been able to get the "congrats" in before the poopening. But congrats.

Pruitt · Post by **Pruitt** » Mon Aug 15, 2016 10:41 am

Thanks.

Fully expected. Not pleasant, but at least it wasn't baboon sized.

BSF21 · Post by **BSF21** » Mon Aug 15, 2016 11:06 am

I love when this thread gets bumped for good reason.

Congrats on the new pup and your impending weight loss.

Pruitt · Post by **Pruitt** » Mon Aug 15, 2016 12:07 pm

BSF21 wrote:I love when this thread gets bumped for good reason.

Congrats on the new pup and your impending weight loss.

Just back from a walk with the neighbour and her poodles. She let go of one of the leashes just to scoop up the poodle's crap. He took a step away and she yelled at him to stop. Izzy (my pup) bounced over a step and used her chest to push the poodle back towards my neighbour.

The herding instinct is ingrained deeply. This is a different type of dog for me. I just wish that there was a flock of sheep in the nearby park for her to work with!

sancarlos · Post by **sancarlos** » Mon Aug 15, 2016 12:14 pm

Let your dog go to a birthday party of 5 year olds. Hilarious to watch the dog herding the kids.

The Sybian · Post by **The Sybian** » Mon Aug 15, 2016 12:51 pm

sancarlos wrote:Let your dog go to a birthday party of 5 year olds. Hilarious to watch the dog herding the kids.

And your dog will never be happier.

Pruitt · Post by **Pruitt** » Mon Aug 15, 2016 2:24 pm

sancarlos wrote:Let your dog go to a birthday party of 5 year olds. Hilarious to watch the dog herding the kids.

That sounds awesome.

Pruitt · Post by **Pruitt** » Sun Aug 28, 2016 4:06 pm

Upon further review, it would appear that while my new dog Izzy definitely has border collie in her, and probably has some lab, she could be defiuned as a "Potcake" dog.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potcake_dog

The proud mutts of the Caribbean! And so much fun to say.

Post by **brian** » Sun Aug 28, 2016 6:40 pm

When my beloved Sydney goes (she won't -- she's 12 and gonna live forever) I should get a crazy border collie or cattle dog again and have someone to run with.

Pruitt · Post by **Pruitt** » Sun Aug 28, 2016 9:22 pm

brian wrote:When my beloved Sydney goes (she won't -- she's 12 and gonna live forever) I should get a crazy border collie or cattle dog again and have someone to run with.

Here's my Izzy - love these potcakes, and man, do they run!

BSF21 · Post by **BSF21** » Mon Aug 29, 2016 7:22 am

Myself, Pruitt, and Moreta now all have siblingdogs.

Pruitt · Post by **Pruitt** » Mon Aug 29, 2016 7:32 am

BSF21 wrote:Myself, Pruitt, and Moreta now all have siblingdogs.

So you take 45-60 minute walks every morning? This dog is like a four legged fitness trainer.

BSF21 · Post by **BSF21** » Mon Aug 29, 2016 8:38 am

Pruitt wrote:
BSF21 wrote:Myself, Pruitt, and Moreta now all have siblingdogs.
So you take 45-60 minute walks every morning? This dog is like a four legged fitness trainer.

Meg trains for marathons with ours (not runs of that length obviously, but training). She's been a lot less walky with the cancer, but she's springing back OK.

Pruitt · Post by **Pruitt** » Mon Aug 29, 2016 10:22 am

Now that's a good dog!

Moreta · Post by **Moreta** » Mon Aug 29, 2016 12:33 pm

Mine apparently got more of the lazy lab DNA. She's content with a half hour walk in the evening and a half hour of racing around the yard with her adopted puppy sister in the morning.

sancarlos · Post by **sancarlos** » Tue Sep 27, 2016 1:22 pm

Cat story here, instead of a dog one. But, it seemed like the closest to an appropriate location.

Right now, we are in the middle of a three day project where a crew works under our home, in the crawl space (don't ask). We have three indoor cats, in addition to our dog. We noticed last evening that we hadn't seen one of the cats since the morning - odd since that one is the friendliest and most outgoing. We knew that the workers were going in and out of the house, often not closing the door, so we figured the cat had gotten out and was exploring. We looked everywhere in the house, in the yard, in the neighborhood, and in the crawl space to the extent we could, to no avail. So, after much hand-wringing by my wife and daughter, we put up flyers around the neighborhood and posted on Nextdoor. More time spent looking all over the neighborhood...

Today, the workers came back, and we asked them to look hard for the cat under the house. Sure enough, after working down there in the crawl space for over an hour, one of the guys noticed the cat, hiding in a corner behind some piping. Everyone finally exhales! Now, the next job will be to coax the cat out of there!

BSF21 · Post by **BSF21** » Tue Sep 27, 2016 2:19 pm

You should have started a "Man's most inconvenient nuisance" thread.

Pruitt · Post by **Pruitt** » Sat Nov 05, 2016 10:36 pm

No Izzy. Just no.

rass · Post by **rass** » Mon Nov 07, 2016 7:44 am

Ha. I took this Saturday night, too:

Pruitt · Post by **Pruitt** » Mon Nov 07, 2016 8:30 am

Ummm, you seem to eat better than me!

(Actually that was my son's dinner)

rass · Post by **rass** » Fri Dec 02, 2016 8:29 am

govmentchedda · Post by **govmentchedda** » Fri Dec 02, 2016 10:43 am

The man's worst friend thread is thattaway...

Post by **brian** » Fri Dec 02, 2016 11:02 am

In the dog's defense if anyone dressed me like that I'd be pissed too.

The Sybian · Post by **The Sybian** » Wed Dec 07, 2016 4:57 pm

The dog playing free safety in the GIF thread led me to a great reddit, https://www.reddit.com/r/Dogberg/. Mostly dogs plowing into kids, but some other good stuff, too.

Apparently named after the wrestler Goldberg's move, the spear, as shown after throwing out the first pitch.

Personally, I'm more of a Superfly Snuka guy.

The Sybian · Post by **The Sybian** » Wed Dec 07, 2016 4:59 pm

Don't try to stretch a triple on this outfielder.

Post by **Shirley** » Wed Dec 07, 2016 6:32 pm

Sabo shot a wolf.

rass · Post by **rass** » Wed Dec 07, 2016 6:45 pm

I hope Marshmallow is in better place.

Where he no longer has to hear sabo.

sancarlos · Post by **sancarlos** » Wed Dec 07, 2016 6:59 pm

Well, if you are sad about Sabo and what he did, maybe this will cheer you up. (Man's second-best friend).

Pruitt · Post by **Pruitt** » Wed Dec 07, 2016 6:59 pm

The Sybian wrote:Don't try to stretch a triple on this outfielder.

Best dog ever?

sancarlos · Post by **sancarlos** » Wed Jan 18, 2017 3:47 pm

Pruitt · Post by **Pruitt** » Thu Feb 23, 2017 7:18 am

My beast has kennel cough. Apparently the bordatella vaccine is like the flu vaccine for humans - it doesn't immunize against all strains.

It really sucks - and makes sleeping really difficult.

Pruitt · Post by **Pruitt** » Thu Mar 16, 2017 6:17 am

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A4N7G29GWQI

rass · Post by **rass** » Thu Mar 16, 2017 6:52 am

That dog must have been sniffing some potcakes prior to that run.

The Sybian · Post by **The Sybian** » Thu Mar 16, 2017 9:04 am

rass wrote:That dog must have been sniffing some potcakes prior to that run.

Crackerjack! The dog sucked, but nobody had more fun competing.

Pruitt · Post by **Pruitt** » Thu Mar 16, 2017 9:33 am

Discovered that the nearby municipal golf course masquerades as the world's best dog park in the winter. Hills, streams, trails into the woods, wide open spaces...

Best way to wear out my Izzy.

wlu_lax6 · Post by **wlu_lax6** » Thu Mar 16, 2017 9:33 am

Jack Russel racing is one of those things that makes me laugh. They shoot out of the box for the fox tail. The race is about 5 seconds and then owners chase them around trying to get them back for 2 minutes. Also fun when the dog just locks on and won't let go off the tail. Just hanging down as they lift him and shake.
Similarly when a dog gets distracted mid race and shoots off to the right or left. Just good fun

Pruitt · Post by **Pruitt** » Fri Apr 07, 2017 11:12 pm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NbiNOn2 ... e=youtu.be

Post by **Shirley** » Mon Apr 17, 2017 1:05 pm

Just got a call from the vet. My 9-year-old lab, Lucy, has lymphoma.

She's the one in the front.

I now have an appointment with an oncologist for tomorrow morning. Googling it, the prognosis is iffy. It sounds like we're going to be doing chemo. I guess we'll see what the doc says though.

BSF21 · Post by **BSF21** » Mon Apr 17, 2017 1:23 pm

Shirley wrote:Just got a call from the vet. My 9-year-old lab, Lucy, has lymphoma.

She's the one in the front.

I now have an appointment with an oncologist for tomorrow morning. Googling it, the prognosis is iffy. It sounds like we're going to be doing chemo. I guess we'll see what the doc says though.

Went through this last year with Kaylee. Let me know if I can offer any help. Sorry to hear this buddy.