Dogs
 

The fact that a lot of us here have dogs comes up from time to time, often enough so that it's very clear just how much these critters mean to us. Accordingly, I thought it would be a good idea for us to post pictures of our muts here for our mutual enjoyment.

I'll start. This is Chuk, my whippet. He's 9 1/2 now. The photo was taken when he was 2 or 3 and having a blast on the race track.

http://www.nawra.com/pedigrees/images/chuk.jpg

John

PS: Chas, glad your little rat face ir doing better.

Was he really having a blast on the race track???? I doubt it. I'm sure he is a lucky dog, one of the few to have found loving homes after the racetrack sucks all the joie de vivre out of them.

This was taken some years back as I still had hair. My buddy here is Randi, the Sheltie/Spitz mix we got from the pound when he was five, he died of cancer just a week before his seventeenth birthday.

Thank you.

That mask kinda makes your hound look like Hannibal Lecter once he got loose from the dolly.

Will attempt to post Rat Face in due time, but I always fall short on posting, or even emailing pictures. Never can shrink the bandwidth enough.

Chas

What a handsome looking beast, and the dog looks pretty good, too.

Chas

Thanks but things have changed quite a bit, my hair went white and is slowly turning pink.:rolleyes:

I can relate to that.

Take care,

Chas

Hey John,

Chuk looks like a body-builder. I don't think I have ever seen an animal with muscles ripped quite like that. What an athlete.

Regards,

D-Ray

Here's my two.
 

Dalmatians.

Spot and Sadie. These pics were taken about four years ago.
Both dogs are getting quite old now. Spot has arthritis, trouble controlling his bowels and I believe he is going blind. He is also losing weight, because he will only eat when I am present, (This is something new.) I fear he may not have much longer.:(

Sadie is about 11-12, Spot is about 14.

Dave

Dave, those dogs have faces that only a human could love. ;)

Isn't it nice to look into their faces and see no malice, no judgment - only affection and trust. Before mine got so deaf she doesn't hear the garage door open anymore, she would always be at the top of the stairs leading up from the garage, and I sweah to Gawd, she was grinning at me. :)

Regards,


D-Ray

Rob, I'm pretty sure that John didn't mean to be chauvinistic. We'd love to see pics of your fair felines as well.

Regards,

D-Ray

Hey, Weirdtastes!

I think you're confusing whippets like Chuk with greyhounds. Whippets are pets that are sometimes raced by their owners (like me) on an amateur basis. They live with their owners, not in cages in racing kennels. Plus, racing isn't what's bad about being a racing greyhound. They love it. It's the rest of their lives that sucks.

John

Yeah, they're pretty amazing. I think, pound for pound, whippets are the the fastest land animal. Typically they weigh 35 to 45 pounds and can run about 35 mph.

John

Absolutely. Sorry for the oversight. Cats most definitely welcome.

John

By the way, if you live near Brea or Orange, I can direct you to a place where you can see for yourself just how positive a thing racing is for the dogs.

John

Well here you have a pot full of cats, all five were there, sadly the orange tabby went walkabout two weeks ago and we have not seen her since.

Some dogs literally do grin. It's pretty wild. At first I thought it was learned but now I'm not so sure. Most of the grinners I've encountered were the same breed (borzois) so it may be genetic.

John

Your post makes me want to post a picture of Nancy Pelosi, but discretion is the better part of valor.;)

Dalmatians have this trait. I was told it's a "nervous tic".

Dave

We had a dog when I was just a boy and she would do that, she would talk to you as well, making noises deep in her throat, mostly a mixed breed but a lot of spaniel in her.

I've always wanted a grinner. Went through 3 borzois trying to find one. ;)

By the way, Dave, your dalmatians are great looking.

Here's Chuk's favorite pastime these days.

John

Beautiful dog, John. And YES they do love to run. A friend of mine has an Italian Greyhound, the compact version. That dog is incredibly high strung. I thought my Dals were hyper until I met "Vinny the Rocket", Good God!

Dave

Yeah, Dalmatians are real athletes too. Running mile after mile beside the master's carriage takes a hell of a dog. I've always liked them but sighthounds like whippets, greyhounds, borzois and the like are pretty special to me.

IGs are wound pretty tight. Race bred whippets and greyhounds, on the other hand, are very laid back unless there's something to chase. Then all bets are off.

When Chuk was racing I used to take him and the rest (I had 5 dogs then) out to a disused naval station here, (Skaggs Island, old ULF comm site and monitoring station for whatever the Pacific counterpart to the SOSUS net was). Acres and acres of nothing but weeds and jackrabbits.

One spot was a huge field surrounded by tidal sloughs (which made it escape proof. Chuk would take off running full speed, tearing all over the place, veering left and right chasing imaginary animals (or birds) until he got all the way to the far end, well over a mile away. Then he would spin around on his hind legs four, five, six times and run all the way back. It was more a less a ritual. The look on his face when he got back was priceless.

That naval base was a dog freak's dream. The dogs could range across hundreds and hundreds of acres but were still confined. I used to take my 12x binocs with me just so I could keep track of him and the rest of the pack. It was good for me too since I'd go out 3 or 4 times a week. I'd end up walking 3, 4, 10 miles each day. Great for the old waist line!

John

So, is this a sneaky way to get the rest of us to post pictures of ourselves? No way, pal! ;)

John

Did you grow them yourself?

Hope the tabby comes home.

John

Man, I love to see it when old people are still smoking cigs. Gives me hope ya know.:D

I have some hounds, but they are all camera shy.

Well this old people quit about four years ago.

You do know I was just pullin your leg? :D

Rat Face
 

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I can't believe I pulled this off.

Chas

Cool! Cute dog. Is she an America Eskimo? No wonder you like Sarah Belle!

John

Very cute dog, Chas. Also, congrats on the demonstrated computer savvy. You gonna end up putting those folks in Bangalore out of a job.

Plees press now 1 for speekee Inglis.

Just practicing for my new job.

And thanks,

Chas

Well, that's a happy lookin' dog, Chas.

Dave

I have The World's Most Meanest, Nastiest, Most Unreasonable Chihuahua-Gomez. 7 lbs of pure whoop-ass. Loves to stand in the window right behind me, which faces down the street, & cast his steely gaze upon all the Miscreants & Interlopers out there. If no Interlopers are to be seen, the wayward cat or dog will do, & he launches into a torrent of squeaky-toy voiced threats...It must work, too, for in the 5 years he's been on duty guarding me & Casa De Sandy, nobody's tried to attack us...Of course, nobody did before, either, but we'll not tell HIM that...He's joined by his daughter, Curlylocks, who's more Lauriann's dog, & is primarilly interested in finding a lap to curl up on, & be scratched...I believe you could scratch a hole in that little dog, & it'd be OK by her. They LOVE to get up on the bed w/us, & its AMAZING how much room in a queen-sized bed 2 dogs, 10-12 lbs max, can take up. I guess y'all can tell, though, that I really don't care much about 'em, in fact am making plans to load 'em up in a sack & toss 'em out in the boonies somewhere...Yeah, right...Lauriann would load ME up in a sack & toss me out in the middle of nowhere, too...(grin)

Very nice, I would swear she looks like a miniature Spitz, darn smart breed.

Our Randi had been put in the pound, adopted out and returned to the pound again, people said he was a compulsive wetter. Well yeah, if you yell at a dog enough it will pee its pants. I swear that one of his previous owners beat his wife and drove a UPS truck. Randi would not let any man near Florence and whenever the UPS truck came into the court he would go nuts. One day Florence had him out for a walk and UPS delivered a parcel. In the end she had the driver set the parcel on the step and get back in his seat, then she picked up the parcel.

Miniature American Eskimo, which is nothing more than a reflagged Spitz.

My wife's dog actually.

Chas

Chas, she looks too cute to draw blood.

Regards,

D-Ray

Try reaching under the bed while she's hiding there, knowing that she has screwed up. Or she's in no mood for a bath.

Chas