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Here's a few (slightly crappy) pictures of Gus the Great Dane. He was chilling with me while I was dicking around with my bike. 
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Jul 21, 2012 17:11
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I thought you guys might enjoy this picture of Sunday looking positively demonic at daycare the other day...
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Jul 22, 2012 04:26
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 Between her expression and that weird wall color scheme, the whole picture is very surreal!
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Jul 22, 2012 11:12
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This is Ava and DogDog. DogDog (who I think is a lab/pyrenees mix) showed up at my Tennessee home last summer with a badly swollen and infected leg. No collar, very thin, matted coat, flinched at random human movements...The usual for strays around here. He was still sweet and attention starved though, not snappy at all. I shaved the hair around the bad spot on his leg, cleaned it up and disinfected it. I couldn't tell what exactly caused it, small hole surrounded by necrotic tissue. Probably a brown recluse bite, possibly snake bite. Looked like the brown recluse bite I had a few years ago, though. After a couple days he showed no sign of going home, if he had one, so I took him in to the vet. At this point the leg was much better so he just told me to continue on with what I'd been doing. Got some Frontline and Heartguard and took him home with me at the end of summer. I think he might be partially deaf, and he only flinches now when something sneaks up behind him. Much happier, and everyone seems to love him. I did find out his history later, bad times. Very bad times. Ava is 6, almost 7. With the average lifespan of Danes being 7 has me thinking about her croaking too often these days. She still jumps and bounces around like a puppy with no stiffness or other signs of age so I bet she has several good years left in her. Howdy  Goofball  He knows when to sit still and shut up  Look at his new awesome hair  DogDog looks kinda small here, but he weighs 81 pounds. He weighed 60 when he showed up last year. He's still kinda skinny under all the fur though.  DogDog readying to pounce  Found some awesome grass  5 minutes after eating mouthful of awesome grass  Reflecting on the wisdom of eating grass 
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Jul 28, 2012 18:44
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You want hosses? I got you some hosses. St. Bernard and a Newfie, I loved them both to bits. Unfortunately my parents are terrible at the practical elements of dog ownership (such as proper training and not overfeeding), leading the Newfie to pass away at 4 of bloat complications, and the St. Bernard at 6 (maybe 7) due to crippling arthritis. You can see in that pic that both of them are pretty drat beefy, even for big breeds - they both topped out at ~150 pounds (if you go by height they should've been ~130 max). Did I mention they weren't trained properly (or at all really)? Every walk was an adventure (and full-body resistance training).
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Jul 29, 2012 14:45
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ChaoticSeven posted:Reflecting on the wisdom of eating grass "I ate a grass. Perhaps now I shall have a barf."
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Jul 31, 2012 00:11
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I don't have a big dog, but perhaps I can fit in here anyways, as I have... a big Newfie puppy!!! Shanti is 11 weeks old as of yesterday, and he is gigantic. Here are a few pics...  On the way home from getting picked up...  He loves the fan   Learning to sit  Being this cute is tiring!  Playing with my parents' Golden  Still playing... My parents' dog, Aussie, is AMAZING for tiring Shanti out  And finally... This is him today, giving me the "please let's go for a walk please please please" face. We went for a walk.
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Aug 1, 2012 18:41
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Oh my God he's SMILING! He is way too loving adorable.
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Aug 1, 2012 20:32
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uptown posted:
I want this dog you must send him to me. 
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Aug 3, 2012 00:55
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Love love love Newfie puppies. Pick him up as much as you can when he's little because they get big so quickly. I half jokingly tried to pick all 140 pounds of Neuman up yesterday and he just gave me a "seriously, are you loving kidding me?" look... which was almost worth it in itself.
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Aug 3, 2012 22:24
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Thanks for all the Shanti love, guys. I'm 22, and have been living in my own place for almost a year, and he's the first dog that's all mine. It's so much hard work and responsibility, but it really pays off when I see him all tired out after a walk, or when he obeys a command without a second thought. I got a Newf because they're supposed to be low energy, and so am I. A few 20-30 minute walks a day and we're all set to have some water, eat a few ice cubes, and nap. I'll edit some pictures into this post later. He's almost 12 weeks old now, and can make it quite a long time without peeing, as I learned last night by accident. I set my alarm for 3:30am to take him outside, and somehow managed to turn it off in my sleep. When I woke up at 5, he hadn't even cried, though he did pee right away when we got outside. What a good boy
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Aug 4, 2012 20:36
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Here's my big ole dog:   26" at the whither and 97 lbs. I've always been big into Dobermans, but after owning Flash I think I'll just buy Ridgebacks from here on out. They're a lot of effort and need a metric ton of exercise, but I've never had so much fun with a dog. I love his personality, he's so aloof sometimes and othertimes he's all up in my grill.
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Aug 4, 2012 21:20
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So good to remember that when my Ridgeback mix gives me this look like being outside is the WORST THING EVER... despite it never going below 45 degrees here, things could always be worse. She looks just like this. Ridgebacks and their floppy ears
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Aug 5, 2012 00:04
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vacation in merica posted:Here's my big ole dog: Can I covertly mail you my aunt-in-laws dog? They've done everything humanly possible to destroy that poor animal as a pet and he's just miserable. 
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Aug 5, 2012 00:42
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Gonktastic posted:So good to remember that when my Ridgeback mix gives me this look like being outside is the WORST THING EVER... despite it never going below 45 degrees here, things could always be worse. She looks just like this. I love those pitiful looks they give you. They're so hard to resist even when they're being total butts, haha. TVs Ian posted:Can I covertly mail you my aunt-in-laws dog? They've done everything humanly possible to destroy that poor animal as a pet and he's just miserable. I'm sorry to hear that  I think some people buy Ridgebacks for all of the wrong reasons. Here's Flash with his buddy in crime Kia: I actually didn't think I had a picture of her. She's an eight-year-old rescue (and considerably smaller than Flash), and the story we were told was that her old owners tried to put her down for getting into their kid's rabbit cage. If you're familiar with the breed you'd know leaving them around small, delicious animals is a horrible idea. The vet said no and found a rescue organization. We were trying to get a younger dog to pair with Flash, but we met her and couldn't refuse. We'd probably take your aunt-in-laws dog too because we're softies. Kia is a sweet dog, but next to Flash she is nearly feral. It's been a struggle to get her trained properly, her old owners didn't teach her anything as far as I can tell.
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Aug 5, 2012 00:49
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Ridgie (yes, that is his name) is un-neutered, never walked, on an invisible fence system that lets him pace right along the road where he menaces joggers and moms with strollers, he is completely un-socialised, un-trained and bordering on aggressive. They can't walk him easily so they don't walk him at all and he likes to chew on her kid still even though the dog is long past teething age. He came directly from an Amish puppy mill and they went with a Ridgeback because they liked the picture of one in the dog encyclopedia.
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Aug 5, 2012 01:05
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That newfie pup is an adorable ball of fur and I can't wait for adult pictures. They're an awesome dog, I just don't think I could keep up with the grooming. And yes. Yes, please, god, bring all the giant huge ridgies because they are my favorite breed next to danes, and they totally don't get enough love. TVs Ian posted:Ridgie (yes, that is his name) is un-neutered, never walked, on an invisible fence system that lets him pace right along the road where he menaces joggers and moms with strollers, he is completely un-socialised, un-trained and bordering on aggressive. They can't walk him easily so they don't walk him at all and he likes to chew on her kid still even though the dog is long past teething age. Like this one. I don't usually get worried about the way people keep their dogs, but an unaltered, unsocialized Ridgeback without a real fence might as well be loose. That dog is going to go over that invisible fence poo poo one day. That breed does not contain well in those at all. If he decides to be aggressive, he is going to gently caress somebody's day up.  What do you mean by chew on the kid? Playful mouthing, or is he bruising the kid up and getting vicious about it? Those people shouldn't be owning that breed if they want some lazy yard dog they don't have to do anything with. I hope he doesn't end up in trouble. He's a gorgeous boy.  He deserves better.
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Aug 5, 2012 02:50
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I don't see how an invisible fence could possibly hold a Ridgeback. They take off like they've been shot out of a bazooka if they see so much as a squirrel, their prey drive is insane. My boy is unaltered, and I can tell you that if he ever got in the vicinity of another unaltered male without me around it would be downright ugly. I've had to be super, super careful about having him at the dog park because the other males seem to attack him on sight and his response is not to run away. I can't even imagine how freaking neurotic an unexercised Ridgeback would be. I can't go more than a day or two without walking my dogs or else they are absolutely bouncing off the walls. And I try to take them out for an hour at a minimum because you don't wear them out, they really have to be satisfied with the amount of exercise they're getting.
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Aug 5, 2012 04:33
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vacation in merica posted:I don't see how an invisible fence could possibly hold a Ridgeback. They take off like they've been shot out of a bazooka if they see so much as a squirrel, their prey drive is insane. My boy is unaltered, and I can tell you that if he ever got in the vicinity of another unaltered male without me around it would be downright ugly. I've had to be super, super careful about having him at the dog park because the other males seem to attack him on sight and his response is not to run away. I'm genuinely curious (and please don't think I am attacking you!) but if his same sex aggression is that bad, why haven't you considered having him altered? Is he a conformation show dog or does he have a medical issue? I don't know many people who have the patience even for small unfixed males!
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Aug 5, 2012 05:10
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I'm a jackass who took my dog on a show contract. The woman I bought him from insisted he would be the best Ridgeback ever and kinda talked me into it. I regret it a lot now, but there isn't much I can do other than hope he fails his OFAs for some benign reason and have him fixed. The same sex aggression kinda sucks, but check out this sweet face:  You can also get a view of his massive coconuts.
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Aug 5, 2012 05:19
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Serious question, what would happen if you got him fixed anyway? I mean, are they going to take him back? If they wanted to breed him then he isn't of much use neutered. I guess I'm just wondering what the consequences the contract is binding you to if you don't follow it.
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Aug 5, 2012 06:06
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If I break any part of the contract they can just take him back. I mean, could they? I don't know. I doubt a lawyer ever looked it over, so I couldn't attest to their ability to legally enforce the contract. But I took him on the contract so I just have to live with it. I could have had him on a pet contract but I decided against it. When he's at home or pretty much anywhere other than a dog park he's awesome. And sometimes the other unaltered males don't pay him any mind, and other times we have big issues. He can't even be around altered male GSDs, Rottweilers, Labradors, Great Danes, or St. Bernards so I don't even know if neutering him would help the issue completely. And from what I've seen, barring some sort of body language I'm misreading, Flash isn't even the one instigating. Most of his tiffs have started with another dog biting him on the face. I've been taking him to the dog park since he was 4 months old and we haven't had any issues until the last month or so, I'm sorta hoping it gets better as he ages. He's not poorly socialized or anything.
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Aug 5, 2012 14:23
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vacation in merica posted:And sometimes the other unaltered males don't pay him any mind, and other times we have big issues. He can't even be around altered male GSDs, Rottweilers, Labradors, Great Danes, or St. Bernards so I don't even know if neutering him would help the issue completely. And from what I've seen, barring some sort of body language I'm misreading, Flash isn't even the one instigating. Most of his tiffs have started with another dog biting him on the face. I've been taking him to the dog park since he was 4 months old and we haven't had any issues until the last month or so, I'm sorta hoping it gets better as he ages. He's not poorly socialized or anything. A lot of male dogs have serious issues with being around intact dogs. It's not your ridgie's fault he gets jumped and fights back and now has learned to take the offensive first. A dog shouldn't be expected to just sit there and get mauled. That said, if it keeps happening it has become your fault for putting him in these situations over and over again. You should get him started in activities where intact animals are expected. Since he's fancy and registered you can do all sorts of sports with him and get titles and things that will make his breeder happy. Obedience would be good to get him more focused around other dogs but you can also do lure coursing, tracking, or nosework and really tap into his instincts.
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Aug 5, 2012 14:37
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Well I stopped taking him to the dog park and started to just take them on hikes, but we were camping a few weeks and I took our dogs on a 4 1/2 mile hike around a lake. As I'm coming back to the campsite an offleash Labrador just strolls on up and tries biting Flash on the face  He's been to a few shows already and done fine, other than the actual showing part. When the judges go to examine his grapes he just sits on their hands. When I was in Denver a couple of people commented on the fact that he was just sitting down calmly next to me surrounded by dogs, and how their Ridgeback would have been freaking out at that age. We've worked on the obedience stuff a little, and he's not 18 months yet and we were advised not to start any sort of lure coursing or other strenuous physical activity before then.
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Aug 5, 2012 14:53
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vacation in merica posted:Well I stopped taking him to the dog park and started to just take them on hikes, but we were camping a few weeks and I took our dogs on a 4 1/2 mile hike around a lake. As I'm coming back to the campsite an offleash Labrador just strolls on up and tries biting Flash on the face That's awesome! He seems like a good dog and good on you for being responsible with him. I mostly just was hoping for coursing ridgie pictures in the future.  Major is 28" at the shoulder which is 2 inches taller than the other large dog so I'm saying he counts as a big ol' dog. I was telling a friend that he isn't that big, he's about the same size as my sheep but she countered that if he can be compared to livestock he's pretty large. Flossing (with Alister not giving a gently caress in the background).  Begrudging sit/stay. 
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Aug 5, 2012 15:22
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Instant Jellyfish posted:Major is 28" at the shoulder which is 2 inches taller than the other large dog so I'm saying he counts as a big ol' dog. I was telling a friend that he isn't that big, he's about the same size as my sheep but she countered that if he can be compared to livestock he's pretty large. 28 inches at the shoulder is the minimum height for bitch danes to compete in conformation in the AKC show ring. Amy is 31". So Major (who is one of my favorite PI dogs) is like 3 inches shorter than Amy. He's a big boy. And he's an awesome boy that totally should have way more pictures posted of him.Vacation: Along with lure coursing, have you considered doing more in obedience with him? Just chilling out next to you while being mobbed is impressive, especially with an intact male.
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Aug 5, 2012 15:36
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vacation in merica posted:Well I stopped taking him to the dog park and started to just take them on hikes, but we were camping a few weeks and I took our dogs on a 4 1/2 mile hike around a lake. As I'm coming back to the campsite an offleash Labrador just strolls on up and tries biting Flash on the face Here's some lovely camera phone photos of her being a big sulky baby.  Cow bones are soooo boring.  And this crib mattress (Thanks big dog thread people for the idea!!) is a perfect platform for dramatic sighs. Gonktastic fucked around with this message at 20:31 on Aug 5, 2012 |
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Aug 5, 2012 20:26
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vacation in merica posted:I don't see how an invisible fence could possibly hold a Ridgeback. They take off like they've been shot out of a bazooka if they see so much as a squirrel, their prey drive is insane. My boy is unaltered, and I can tell you that if he ever got in the vicinity of another unaltered male without me around it would be downright ugly. I've had to be super, super careful about having him at the dog park because the other males seem to attack him on sight and his response is not to run away. They have the shock collar set to the absolute highest setting possible without actually scorching the dogs neck. The first thing he did when they moved was test the entire perimeter of the yard for a way out. He gets so frantic and worked up by any passersby or any new activity that he literally froths at the mouth. It is absolutely unpleasant to be around him and the rest of the family hates him- well, everyone agrees it isn't the dogs fault but my wife's stupid aunt. The woman is a study in obliviousness. She also let one of her cats become morbidly obese because he became indoor only and apparently monitoring his food intake is hard Fluffy Bunnies posted:Like this one. I don't usually get worried about the way people keep their dogs, but an unaltered, unsocialized Ridgeback without a real fence might as well be loose. That dog is going to go over that invisible fence poo poo one day. That breed does not contain well in those at all. If he decides to be aggressive, he is going to gently caress somebody's day up. He's already like 4 years old so it's not like this is still the puppy I pictured before. And so far the only thing he DOES listen to is the fence so lets keep our fingers crossed on that, shall we? And he drags the kid around like a rag, chomps on him like a tug toy, knocks him over and regularly knocks over/growls at/attempts to mouth my wife's grandparents who are 85 and 86, respectively. He has actually knocked Grandma over on the paved driveway more than once because the aunt lets the kid hold Ridgie's leash....like that would provide any control whatsoever....  He has also body blocked, postured and growled at Erica's dad when he was housesitting and he's known him since age 5 weeks. Oh YES OF COURSE he was weaned at five weeks, why not?!He has zero recall so if they take him to a park, he just runs amok and tries to hump every dog ever. He is not neutered because Erica's aunt thinks it would make him less 'manly'  Father's Day 2011, Ridgie had to be sequestered in the car because he would NOT stop trying to mount our dog, Quinn, and had covered her with slobber. His owner left in a huff because we were being preferential to my dog, who mostly was trying to lay down and relax and didn't make her wait in the car instead of Ridgie.Because how can we blame him when there is a female around, poor thing. Rape?  No. 
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Aug 6, 2012 00:19
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I used to have a monster Golden named Dougie- I think the last time we weighed him he was around 90lbs. Never measured his height, but he could (and did!) easily put his paws on my shoulders, and I'm 6'. He was supposed to be purebred, too- we got him from a breeder who claimed he came from an English line that was bred for seeing over tall grass during duck hunting. I'm not really sure- I was like 12 when we got him. Seems like he got way too big to be a purebred, but I don't really know that much about Golden breeding or standards or whatever. He was pretty stupid for a Golden, which I found really endearing. He got sweeter and lazier and dumber the older he got. His sister was a Welsh Corgi named Daisy we got a year after Dougie- she was really runty for a Corgi, but totally dominated her gigantic older brother. He'd lie on his back so she could play with him, and always let her win when they played tug-o-war. I'm convinced that she thought he was a cow that she could herd. Sadly, when my parents divorced and my mother moved away, my dad had to give them away- he travels too much to take care of them. Fortunately we found them wonderful homes, but I'm still sad that they got split up.  "I am filled with ennui."  Lazy lump. :3  "I JUST WANT TO SLEEP" If Dougie wasn't purebred, anyone here know what he might have been a mix of? Bonus Corgi pic:  Whenever we took Daisy to dog parks she'd always flirt with the Great Danes, too.
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Aug 7, 2012 00:04
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In my neighboorhood there is a giant Great Dane. I finally got to play with him yesterday. I am currently stationed in Hawaii and live a very mobile life style so its hard to have any animals. He was running around my apartment complex being chased by the girl that walks him. He saw me and just ran up to me and started playing with me. He just ran up and gave me the you gonna chase me too look. I had to grab him, but there was a small part of me that wanted to see him get away. I walked them both back to her house. Her father was kind of suprised the dog liked me. Apparently the dog does not like very many people. I am happy and sad at the same time. I am going to start running with her and dog but after I leave the poor guy is going to go back to mainly walks and the occassional run. I will post some pics when I get the chance.
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Aug 12, 2012 11:04
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So there will be an English Mastiff in my daycare at work tonight. She's very sweet, a pretty tan brindle. I will try and get pics.
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Aug 13, 2012 15:50
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Does anyone have a Dogo Argentino? (Argentine Mastiff). I love the breed and Big ole dogs in general but their prey instinct is so challenging, it would seem. Anybody have experience with them?
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Aug 13, 2012 23:44
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Shanti is 3 months old now. All legs! He gets taller every day.  Here he is compared to my parents' Golden. Getting huge!   I love his silly face 
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Aug 17, 2012 23:10
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So cute! And such giant paws! Wanna cuddle that bear
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Aug 18, 2012 05:52
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Not my big ol dog, but heres my Uncle's Irish Wolfhound meeting my little mutt:
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Aug 18, 2012 09:41
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  We gave Julka a bath over the weekend. The humidity and temperature were low enough so she wouldn't suffer as she dried. She looked so cute in her 'sweat suit'. A sweatshirt over the top half, and another over the bottom half. We need to replace the medium sized shirts we bought a year ago and get large or extra large.
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Aug 20, 2012 15:08
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Oh cool.  Is she a Komondor? Are the clothes to help with drying or for some other reason?
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Aug 20, 2012 15:30
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6-Ethyl Bearcat posted:Oh cool. Yes, I have two komondors, Mila and Julka. The sweatshirts solve two issues. First off, they stop dripping. Secondly, they keep them warm. When the sweatshirt gets sufficiently soaked, you just pull them off and replace them. It also lets them go outside without having to worry about them rolling in some dirt.  Julka is the one standing up. She just broke 100 pounds at the last checkup. Edit: If you let them outside, take off the bottom one! dexefiend fucked around with this message at 16:46 on Aug 20, 2012 |
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Aug 20, 2012 16:44
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I love Newfs at this age, they feel like baby alpacas...so soft! I can't help but run my hands through the fur of all the baby newfs at our club meetings. How long did it take for you to find a breeder? I've finally found one that will communicate with me regularly after over a year of searching. There are puppies due this week, and hopefully I've made it onto the list because I'm tired of waiting
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