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Where I keep my spare cats.
On 5/25/2017 6:37 PM, PeterN wrote:
On 5/24/2017 11:06 PM, gray_wolf wrote: On 5/24/2017 9:28 AM, PAS wrote: On 5/24/2017 7:42 AM, wrote: On Fri, 19 May 2017 14:19:44 -0400, PAS wrote: On 5/19/2017 1:29 PM, David B. wrote: On 5/19/2017 6:13 PM, PAS wrote: [....] My wife and I have been, thankfully, spared the loss of a child. But we have lost some dogs over the years. My wife was not always the dog lover I am. We got our first dog when our youngest of two sons was an infant so she had her priorities and it wasn't a new dog, that was mine. Fast forward about 26 years and we got a dog after going about five years without one. My wife named her Maya and she was an awesome dog. She was a bear-coat Shar Pei which you don't see often As a puppy: http://www.pete-the-greek.com/Pets/Maya/i-WNFH8Rd/A Full-grown: http://www.pete-the-greek.com/Pets/Maya/i-fp8xSGf/A Wow! :-) I've never seen such a dog! Thanks for sharing the photographs. Maya died two years ago at the age of 5 1/2. To say my wife was devastated is an understatement. She was attached to that dog in a way I had never seen. There are days where I still find her crying over Maya. I'm saddened to learn of your loss. I, too, have cried over the loss of my pets over the years. They do, as you know, become a part of you. They certainly do become part of us. We have two now, Bella and Bubba. Bubba is from the same litter as Maya was. Bella is six months younger from the same father but different mother. We haven't had Bubba since he was a pup, we only had Maya at the time. Bella came six months later. A family on Long Island not far from us bought Bubba. Three years ago they decided they had to give him up. The couple who bought him had a baby at the time and three years later had another one. Her mother was going to care for the two children while the mother went back to work but she was allergic to dogs so they gave him up. When you buy a dog from the breeder we got them from, you agree that if you decide to give up the dog for any reason then you must give the breeder first opportunity to take the dog. The breeder is in North Carolina, quite a distance from Long Island. The couple was being difficult and they were adamant that they would give the breeder one week to come and get the dog or else they would send him to a shelter. She was upset about this because she couldn't get to Long Island within a week - she has a family and a job and what-not to attend to. She asked us if we would take Bubba until a suitable place was found for him. We agreed immediately and after having him for a day, we decided we would keep him. He's a timid dog but a good boy. I wonder what causes him to be so timid because he avoids being pet most of the time, as if he is afraid. I wonder how he was treated by his other family. Stunning Shar Peis you have! I love the asian breeds Shar Pei, Akita and Chow Chow. I've had Chows for the past 30+ years A fellow hobbyist photog I know has a champion Chow-Chow he calls Gus-Gus and he's a beautiful dog. On a shot where we met for the first time, his wife came along and they brought the Chow-Chow they had at the time. Those dogs have a reputation for being nasty but their Chow-Chow was a friendly laid-back dog. Chow-Chows are on some insurance company lists of breeds that, if the home owner has one, the company will not provide homeowner's insurance for. I've met a few Chow-Chows and none of them were nasty. The name Gus-Gus sounds familiar. Do you recall the breeder's kennel name? There were some ill bred Chows in the '80s when they were very popular. They are not a dog for idiots. They need to be socialized from a very young age. At times they have been the 'bad dog' of the press along with the GSD, Rott, Dobe and the current Pitt Bull. They don't accept abuse willingly and demand respect. I never met one that was aggressively mean. Typically they weren't friendly to strangers if I wasn't around. They weren't generally fond of salesmen at the door either. One of my friends chow had the wanderlust. It barely knew me, but when he saw my car, he would happily jump right in, and bring him home. When I was around he was a sweeet as could be, to everybody. His owner was amazed, as with most others he was highly territorial. Go figger. A lady I know has a Pug. They're a friendly breed but her Pug is very wary of strangers and scared of them. The first time I went to her home her dog wouldn't leave me alone, he even tried jumping on my lap. |
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