Man's Best Friend

pruitt2 · Post by **pruitt2** » Mon Jun 06, 2022 8:49 pm

sancarlos wrote: ↑Mon Jun 06, 2022 7:22 pm

I am beaming from ear to ear!

How wonderful

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Tue Jun 07, 2022 7:45 am

Sliding into your DMs. Your doggie memories.

govmentchedda · Post by **govmentchedda** » Tue Jun 07, 2022 8:19 am

It's that first dog that slides under the dalmatian/great Dane's legs that does it for me.

Nonlinear FC · Post by **Nonlinear FC** » Tue Jun 07, 2022 8:43 am

The first one going down tail first got me.

Brontoburglar · Post by **Brontoburglar** » Fri Jun 10, 2022 7:07 am

older dog loves to watch the deer out front and we always tell her when there's one across the street so she can watch it through the storm door

this morning, there was one on our sidewalk to the front door about 10 feet tops from the house. it froze when it saw me and just stood there. I opened the front door and told her there was a deer out front. she jumps off the couch and ambles over to the storm door. she realizes it's *right there* and punches the screen door open with her right front paw and takes off after the deer as fast as I've ever seen a dog with a repaired ACL run.

she chased it about 100 yards before it disappeared into the woods and she looped back to come back to the house. she was so proud of herself and immediately went back to the couch like "yeah, I did that."

what a goof

rass · Post by **rass** » Fri Aug 19, 2022 3:32 pm

The plan all along has been to get another dog. Probably two. But we were definitely going to be dog owners again, and maybe we'd figure it out this fall, after we spend the last two weeks of August away at the shore (in houses that are not dog friendly because we finalized everything after Gusto passed away), after the kids get settled at school, after I maybe have to take the rare work-related trip in September or October.

I think I've mentioned, not lamented, but mentioned, that my wife has gone full dog lady the last couple of years. Combination of pandemic-related work stress, the pandemic-related realization that most people suck, and the slow decline of Gus.

She saw some puppies on the feed of a rescue she follows. One of them was deaf. His rescue name was Loki. They were going to be available to meet a couple of Sundays ago. We fucking reiterated multiple times that we can't get a dog yet. Before I said yes (I said yes because see the previous paragraph). In the car on the way there. In the parking lot. In the lobby surrounded by puppies.

So yeah...

The words "foster to adopt" were barely out of the rescue representative's mouth before the paperwork was in my wife's hands. I either make a scene or give up.

So we went home with a four-month-old, non-house broken, non-leash trained, deaf puppy. With no notice and prep. Good thing we still had the crate that Gus refused to ever use. Good thing I work from home. I moved my workstation from the basement to the dining room table so I can keep an eye on him (easier than puppy-proofing the basement). I was pretty royally pissed at her that Sunday and Monday. It's receded to reserving the right to occasionally give her shit about how sleepy I am (he gets up at around 6AM).

His name is Biz (Markie). His eyes are blue. In the past 12 days he's learned to sit. He's learned to not be scared of the stairs off our back porch. He's learned to play fetch. I'm not sure if he's housebroken but if I'm diligent about getting him outside he goes outside (no accidents overnight). He likes laying on the floor next to me while I work. He's learned how to jump on the furniture. He chews everything. He's still scared of the leash.

Tonight we have to bring him back to his foster for two weeks while we're on vacation. She's going to handle his recovery from the most humane of sack tricks, and he'll be with his littermates (2 partially deaf sisters). I'm back to being sort of pissed because his well-being is something I'll legitimately worry about on my vacation.

Because it's not official yet, we haven't posted pictures anywhere. I'll do that when I get back. Worth the wait. I'm gonna miss him.

govmentchedda · Post by **govmentchedda** » Fri Aug 19, 2022 3:39 pm

Heck yeah! He's got what you need.

Steve of phpBB · Post by **Steve of phpBB** » Fri Aug 19, 2022 3:41 pm

That's fantastic.

duff · Post by **duff** » Fri Aug 19, 2022 4:11 pm

Sounds pretty diabolical to me.

wlu_lax6 · Post by **wlu_lax6** » Fri Aug 19, 2022 4:23 pm

So please listen to the message that I say
Don't ever talk to a dog who says it just has a friend

Congrats

rass · Post by **rass** » Fri Aug 19, 2022 4:53 pm

duff wrote: ↑Fri Aug 19, 2022 4:11 pm Sounds pretty diabolical to me.

In the way that half-heartedly hiding a rake, tines up, under a couple of leaves is diabolical, sure.

Pruitt3 · Post by **Pruitt3** » Fri Aug 19, 2022 5:14 pm

Bless you. Seriously.

Steve of phpBB · Post by **Steve of phpBB** » Fri Aug 19, 2022 5:14 pm

In case you wanted a little Friday evening dustiness ...

Pruitt3 · Post by **Pruitt3** » Fri Aug 19, 2022 6:14 pm

Oh good god...

Where's my kleenex?

sancarlos · Post by **sancarlos** » Fri Aug 19, 2022 7:30 pm

Good for you, Rass. And, good for Biz.

rass · Post by **rass** » Fri Aug 19, 2022 8:08 pm

That was a close thing.

Had to head south on the dreaded Garden State Parkway on one of the last Fridays of summer. Left that highway for a smaller highway and then left the smaller highway for a small road and turned into a nice neighborhood. We were looking for house 8, on the right side of the road, and stopped where Waze seemed to indicate we should go, which was a house with a huge IMPEACH BIDEN sign and various “we back the blue” type signs.

We looked at each other, she looked at the dog, and then I pulled ahead to check the next house and they had a big white van in the driveway like you might use to transport dogs and what looked like an 8 over the door. Phew.

Giff · Post by **Giff** » Mon Aug 22, 2022 10:26 am

That's awesome, rass! Good luck!

We put a hold on a pug we met yesterday, so we're going to scrounge up all we need and hopefully pick him up next weekend. His name is Adam and I won the battle to keep it.

Pruitt3 · Post by **Pruitt3** » Wed Aug 24, 2022 4:03 pm

Nice!

Pictures please.

Giff · Post by **Giff** » Thu Aug 25, 2022 8:04 am

You know it. I never thought I'd be excited about getting a dog again, but here we are!

GoodKarma · Post by **GoodKarma** » Thu Aug 25, 2022 8:35 am

Giff wrote: ↑Mon Aug 22, 2022 10:26 am That's awesome, rass! Good luck!

We put a hold on a pug we met yesterday, so we're going to scrounge up all we need and hopefully pick him up next weekend. His name is Adam and I won the battle to keep it.

At one time we had four of our own. I sure miss those days. All dogs are great but pugs are at another level.

Giff · Post by **Giff** » Thu Aug 25, 2022 9:20 am

I've heard so many people say that!

rass · Post by **rass** » Thu Aug 25, 2022 9:53 am

Our neighbors had a pug who habitually escaped their backyard and one Halloween I found him wandering around and they weren’t home so I took poor Gus back to the house and carried that little dude around under my arm all night.

I called him wheezie but his name was puggles.

He escaped once while we were on vacation and their pleas for help made it to FB where my wife saw them and I felt a little bad about not being around.

rass · Post by **rass** » Thu Aug 25, 2022 9:53 am

And good luck giffs

GoodKarma · Post by **GoodKarma** » Thu Aug 25, 2022 10:41 am

We got two as puppies and two as older rescues (one was three or four; the other about 10). The first puppy was the escape artist...we had a split rail fence with chicken wire and she found every gap she could. She never went far but it was nerve wracking each time.

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Thu Aug 25, 2022 11:25 am

I have a very strong anti-small dog bias but pugs and puggles are exempted.

Giff · Post by **Giff** » Thu Aug 25, 2022 11:32 am

mister d wrote: ↑Thu Aug 25, 2022 11:25 am I have a very strong anti-small dog bias but pugs and puggles are exempted.

Same until I bonded with my sister's family's small mutt during our California stay. That's also when my daughters proved they would be responsible enough for us to finally agree.

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Thu Aug 25, 2022 11:44 am

Let’s revisit that kid part in a few months.

Giff · Post by **Giff** » Thu Aug 25, 2022 11:45 am

How about weeks?

DSafetyGuy · Post by **DSafetyGuy** » Thu Aug 25, 2022 11:54 am

When asked "can we get a dog?", I was unaware I was actually answering "do you want a dog?"

rass · Post by **rass** » Sat Sep 03, 2022 1:57 pm

Biz (Markie)

Stopped to pick him up on the way back from the shore. His balls are gone and he packed on at least 5 or 6 pounds the past two weeks and looks bigger but he seems to remember us and picked up right where he left off in terms of behavior and mannerisms.

Still deaf. The foster demonstrated that she can get him to walk on a leash, so hopefully we have luck with that.

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Pruitt3 · Post by **Pruitt3** » Sat Sep 03, 2022 2:21 pm

Look at those ears!

Giff · Post by **Giff** » Sat Sep 03, 2022 2:47 pm

Love him!!

sancarlos · Post by **sancarlos** » Sat Sep 03, 2022 3:01 pm

Good dog!

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Sat Sep 03, 2022 3:08 pm

Might be a douche.

Pruitt3 · Post by **Pruitt3** » Sat Sep 03, 2022 6:13 pm

My son the Design School grad has made a collage of our Izzy girl.

This is now my computer's wallpaper and I see no reason to ever change it...

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Post by **Sabo** » Sat Sep 03, 2022 6:36 pm

You dog people are weird.

rass · Post by **rass** » Sun Sep 04, 2022 4:05 pm

Neighbors dog who needed let out this evening because they’re gonna be out late. Guess what his bark sounds like.

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(AB and s/cerrano excluded from the game)

The Sybian · Post by **The Sybian** » Sun Sep 04, 2022 6:18 pm

Is that the dog next door with the pool?

rass · Post by **rass** » Sun Sep 04, 2022 8:04 pm

The Sybian wrote: ↑Sun Sep 04, 2022 6:18 pm Is that the dog next door with the pool?

Yes sorry, didn’t realize you got to hear him too.

They told us we could use the pool today (we didn’t) and warned us he tries to climb the the stairs.

Nonlinear FC · Post by **Nonlinear FC** » Sat Sep 10, 2022 11:27 am

Those of you who are friends on Facebook will have seen, and sorry to be a bummer, but...

Had to put our 14 year old chocolate Labradoodle to sleep today. She was simply out of gas this last week. Had been hand feeding her boiled chicken for about a month and we knew things were winding down, but... You guys know the deal. Nothing easy about saying goodbye to a companion who loved us all unconditionally.

Hug your family, hug your pets...