Giz/Emma and everyones pets on the board

Mother is Rotti, Father Black Lab. Shares the Lab disposition. Has an exceptional nose and is excelling at scent detection work. She was at a cadaver training exercise today and made very fast find of the "murder weapon" which was randomly concealed outside in a unknown location. Instructors were very impressed.

 

That is true. They are very smart and can get in trouble if they are bored.

Fencing them in is hard since they will climb a 6 footer and dig/crawl underneath it too (ask me how I know). Heck, we watched our pups' mother, a purebred husky, charge a fence at a run and then slide on her side to get underneath - just like she was stealing third base. All the pups who got a chance was a chicken killer - for the fun of it. They lived in different states, so they didn't learn it from each other. All were smart enough to figure out if they wiggled their toes, the chickens would get curious. One pup was chomping off heads as the bird stuck her neck out of the chicken wire - drove the owners nuts trying to figure out what was getting inside the pen. The headless chicken body would keep walking around the pen for a while, so it appeared it was dying from an attack inside until they caught him in the act. Our dog was on a cable and just waited for the chickens to get within reach (only caught the male doing it, not our female).

We did have great fun with them though doing some sledding and they are great walking/hiking companions (on leash). Great with other dogs, kids and people. They got along well with cats too.

 

My cat is on break from her killing spree.

This is Jack, the oversized lap dog. He only gets up on a lap on occasion but he loves it.

 

You must have held him in your lap when it was a pup, (or someone may have) That is why I would pet my dog, rub her belly etc. But didn't hold her when she was a puppy. She is over 100 lbs now. Her father is a big dog, mother average size for a lab. My Molly isn't a glutton like most labs can be. I put her food down, but she eats it when she feels like it. She eats some or all of it. Depends on her mood.

 

Thanks for the tip. It worked for me.

 

Our Malamutes sure were tough till they turned 3ish. The Floyd on the other hand is a laid back couch tater.Even if he takes up 3/4's of it

 

Beautiful dog,but I'm over the inside walls of your house. I grew up in a log sided home. with the quarter siding inside on the exterior walls.

 

Great pic, OhioStihl!

 

Thought she might be a Standard Poodle, but sometimes it is hard to tell. Glad she is fitting right in!

 

I changed my Avatar. Feeling melancholy as holidays are near and my first ones in many years without Max. Still feeling guilt about letting him go. So many "but what ifs" that need to resolve. The Avatar show Max mentoring Molly 5 years ago.

 

Thanks Thor. Log home living is nice till you have to dust or want to run new electrical wire.

 

Yup! But I draw the line to cats on tables and counters.......

 

Floyd is 4 years old today.







He's pretty excited about his taco.

 

Lady and her play date.. Chocolate lab, Gracie, eating dinner 1 piece of kibble at a time, taking turns..