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How much fun?
Honestly, would not want to own one, but my word, what a delightful 48 hours.
An elderly German Short Haired Pointer, a crazy Sprocker and a beautiful Brittany pup.
Plus a little, elderly, wobbly Maltese today. Beautiful.
10 pages, 2 flounces and a ban. Any advance?
A good dog is a wonderful companion 🙂
Love mine, he's bloody great
Getting stuck into his Christmas present 😀
Honestly, would not want to own one, but my word, what a delightful 48 hours.
Yup. Had my brothers dog attach itself to me from xmas eve to midafternnon (I deny any accusations of bribery with treats). It makes me think about signing up for some dogwalking aside from I would need to be with someone else to pick up its turds.
I would need to be with someone else to pick up its turds.
Great in the winter for keeping your hands warm, but don't cheap out on the bags 😀
Great in the winter for keeping your hands warm, but don’t cheap out on the bags 😀
Nah I will stick my hands in my pockets and delegate that to someone else!
If only we were back when I was a kid I would definitely sign up to walk someones dog without those tedious responsibilities.
This guy. The Best!
Weird.....
I've always been very negative despite my youngest daughter being a wonderful dog owner.
We’ve never had dogs. Mrs Binners has always been after having a dog, which I have absolutely refused to even consider for all manner of reasons
We recently looked after a mates dogs for a couple of weeks
She no longer wants a dog
I do love going out walking and riding with my mate Rob and his trail dog Barney, who’s ace, but I’m not having to pick up his eggs or have him chew all my possessions. Result! 😃
I do have a dog, and he's unhinged, annoying, brilliant and amazing. But generally my feelings towards mutts everywhere aligns with Ricky's....
https://twitter.com/ProtectWldlife/status/1653710554035367940
I grew up with dogs in the house. As a result, the last thing I want is a dog in the house. Especially now I live on my own.
I'm definitely an animal person, preferably cats, but a good dog is awesome. No way could I have one of my own as my lifestyle is just not conducive to one, out all day and the tie of having to work life around it's needs would be too much but do enjoy caring for my mum's dog when I go to see her. Just walks and stuff but he has a calming effect on me even if he is a stubborn daft sod at times.
This is him after a solid head rubbing session while waiting for the dog groomer to arrive for his 8 week trim. He's the first dog we've had a s family since I was born, always had cats before, and he thinks he is one as he grew up with out last two. Yes also friends with a few of the local cats too so has a hard time understanding why all cats aren't friendly to him! He is 13 now so starting to slow down, still demands I walk him within seconds of me walking in the door though.
As a first time dog owner, I'd say part time ownership/sitting is the way.
Fulltime is hard, expensive and binding.
I do love my dog though, she's generally amazing, best with her own house and her accepted dog friends. She bloody hates my mother-in-law though and 50% of cockapoos.
This is Peggy. Our almost 3 year old Labrador. We had her after our rescue Greyhound (RIP Clyde) passed suddenly and the hole of NOT having a dog in the house was too big. She was the unwanted last of a litter (yes, seriously! One couple had picked her out but as she wasn’t a deep red fox colour, they then pulled their offer) and I’d always wanted a Labrador so she turned up in April 2021 and cause carnage in our house.
Despite making my Wife cry everyday as a pup (and I mean EVERY day), she has matured into a wonderful, loving companion who is pretty well rounded. I’d not be without her and would take her everywhere if i could. Explorergirl and I both work from home the majority of the time and worried about her seperation anxiety but putting the right work in resulted in the big lazy lump soending her time sofa surfing if we do go out during the day… not that we’d leave her anymore than 4 hrs and making sure she gets a big walk either side of being left.
She loves: a walk, treats, a cuddle, rough play, chasing after bikes on trails, rolling in other animals shit and, licking the baby as much as possible.
She hates: baths, the hoover
dog ownership is ace. It’s all about finding the right breed for you!
For anyone wanting a part time canine fix without the commitment of full time ownership, I can recommend volunteering for the Cinnamon trust. It's walking dogs for elderly or very ill people who can no longer manage themselves. Mrs Bloke has walked a few wonderful dogs for them. Be warned though, it can be pretty tough when the dogs or their owners pass 😔
Over at my Dad's yesterday with my sister and her kids. She, despite being warned got a boy cocker 2 years ago - he was manic but now has mainly calmed down. Still has moments of excitement such as when they arrived (he'd stayed at my Dad's on Christmas night) when he gets the zooms and then it's a case of get behind something or someone, or press yourself against the walls and wait for it to die down because he's heavy and fast and terrifying while still crying tears of laughter.
He's an absolute delight for all that, once the zooms are over happy to lie down and have his massive dog ears rubbed.
I'd love to have him, he's not badly trained but with a bit more persistence could be very well trained i think - recall particularly......
Our dog is in the main far more chilled (10yo Cockapoo bitch) but she's not that keen on dogs she doesn't really know and prone to warning off growling and a nip if they are too persistent. Apollo's very persistent, particularly when he was a puppy and so they need careful monitoring to keep them from kicking off.
Walking them together is another matter - she trots along sniffing and investigating stuff, he just runs in circles around her which he thinks is great, and they seem to just tolerate each others different needs to do their thing perfectly well.
Anyone in brogues and a waistcoat got any ideas?
Great thread! My lovely lady has 2 extremely well behaved dogs, so unbelievably friendly and easy going. And I love taking them for walks with her (it's how we met 🥰 ) But it's also great that they don't live in my house and I don't have to clear up after them! 😆
I drew them for her for Christmas and she was chuffed with it 🙂
10 pages, 2 flounces and a ban.
I think I can help with that...
Dog, off the lead, being exercised by a bloke who's apparently given up on life and rides an ebike...
I did have a bag of dog eggs in my pocket at this point, I'm not a complete monster.
Other people dogs are ace.
But your own dog is the absolute best thing in the world.
Honestly, would not want to own one, but my word, what a delightful 48 hours.
That's exactly how I feel about kids...
Dog ownership is ace. It’s all about finding the right breed for you!
This is so true.
People have a perception that dogs are non-stop, need constant attention, loads of walks and if they don't get that they become very destructive.
But pick the right breed and they're none of those things.
Our greyhound sleeps 22 hours per day and would happily never go for a walk again. Give him the odd bit if chicken, an ear scratch and a sofa and he's happy as Larry. chasing things is just to much like hard work...
Grew up with dogs in the house, so the last thing I want is a house without a dog.
Oscar is great for me when I’m not myself, it’s what he was bought for.
Here's our 2 1/2 year old Labradoodle Ralph.
He's a big lump of cuddly teddy bear. I couldn't imagine life or the house without him.
Dogs? Here's some that weren't mine, spent some time fostering for the Blue Cross when I was in a static role, CO was a legend and allowed me to bring them to work to aid in the socialisation:
Then there's the dogs that became my first adopted hounds, pair of old boys, sadly no longer with us:
Then another foster, who we adopted at 12, sadly had to do what was right by him just over a year later. The arthritis caught up:
And the current centre of our universe:
We've been looking after a friend's cockerpoo over Christmas. It's very well behaved and we've all enjoyed having him here but we're all agreed we don't have time for a dog full time!
Our neighbour has a cockerpoo that has the joyous habit of rolling on his back and pissing over himself with excitement so it’s a no from me.
My girlfriend has a Maltese dog that I am looking after as she works as live-in care for 3 months at a time.
He's brilliant, loads of energy but doesn't require walking every day, and he loves coming out with me on walks round the hills and valleys of the Rhondda, which I normally keep to around 10 miles - the 15 yesterday was maybe a bit too long but he was still pulling hard on the 10m lead at the end, just looked a bit knackered when we were in the house. Last year I took him on 5 consecutive days of 10 mile-ish walks, although I was a bit worried that I had broken him a bit afterwards.
A friends daughter volunteered with the Cinnamon Trust for her DofE - seriously considering it as and when I ever retire.
The joy of walking other peoples dogs in storm Gerrit 🫤
This little maniac hasn't left my cold stuffed self all day. Won't be dragged out for a walk. And sleeping off of three days of big pulled pushed and prodded by three small boys with absolute patience.
@bruneep
Top work sir.
I was out in that horizontal rain earlier with son#2s dog.
She is an excellent mutt, but it will good to see them go tonight,4 days is enough canine time for me.
The things you do for family,etc, etc 😆 🤣
Chewie is an idiot, but he’s my idiot and I love him. Plus I can get petty revenge for all the things he chews, scratches and destroys by having the groomer give him helmet head! Here he is sat with my FiL after keeping everyone awake all night. He was crying because we wouldn’t let him hassle my in-laws older dog.
As it’s a dog thread, happy Christmas from Jazz.