Pet Photos..

phrannie51 said:

I LOVE this thread.....

Joe....Sophie and Lola would make spectacular friends....they're both girls of French desent....and they are nearly the same age....ha!!  Matt, the first playmate Lola met when I got her was a big collie like your Oregon....what a gentle guy, and so patient with a youngster.  This is Lola....my first venture into a different breed other than GSD's....she's just as sassy as she looks....

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John posted a pic of my MoJo....I lost him in July....he was the best boy.....

http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k293/phrannie51/toybox.jpg

...and not to leave the large animals out.....this is my Waylon....he's a Tennesee Walker who's been in our family now for nearly 27 years.....

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I give up....these are the direct links....I have no idea why I'm having so much trouble today when I was able to do this the first day they upgraded.

Phrannie,

You posted that first night John told us how, remember the dog laying upside down in chair?

You mean if I come see you right now I get to meet Lola?  How cool.  Bless Mojo and bring a sugar cube for Waylon.

Matt

phrannie51 said:

He LOOKS smart....

I've heard that parrots are highly intellegent....and anytime I've seen one on TV, I'm amazed at how much language they seem to understand....so is it true?  Are they as intellegent as they appear to be?  (I've never been around one in person, so I have to ask).

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Google “alex and irene pepperberg” and you’ll be surprised how intelligent they are (same goes for corvids like crows and ravens – just that they don’t have the ability to “speak”). Mine is a quaker parrot. He (was DNA’d to determine the sex, as both sexes look the same) is 4 years old (they live around 20 years) learned around 30 words or phrases and sings Alouette (a popular French Canadian children's song). More importantly, he uses most of the words in context, not just mimicry. He says good morning, good night, hello, good bye only in context. He also uses other words or phrases more or less in the right context. He likes the women voices (and shouts when any male in the room is speaking). He also enjoys opera – soprano voices, evidently. His favorite is Queen of the Night aria (from Magic Flute). He is very funny when I turn on dance music; he says “dance!” and moves sideways in the music’s rhythm.

ToBeGolden said:

Peanut Pic

Well, Penut was quite a dog. She was the second Golden who taught herself to dive. She actually saw others dog dive at the off-leash park. The park had the river (stream) running thru it. Not the best of photos. I photoshoppe the ball, making it more yellow. Otherwise the photo is untouched.

It's amazing how they can retreive off the bottom of a lake or river....I had a GSD back in the 70's who would bring me back the same rock....over and over and over....How'd she know??

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Love everyone's pets! I wish I could have one. We have allergies on our end....so no pets.

My mom has an Affenpinscher and I visit her often so I get my share of the pet loving. Some day I'm hoping to have a horse (outside pet is best)....after the kids are through college and I have some money....LOL.

Thanks for sharing your special friends....they are lovely.

~Cris

P.S. Kreg has a Harley Davidson that he claims is his love and break away from it all.....does that count as a pet?...lol

Skiffin16 said:

Fur Covered Tank...

Only if he covers the tank with fur..., LOL...

John...

He claims it is his ironhorse .....LOL. So, technically it is an animal!!!

cureitall66 said:

Got me curious now....

Joe....

You've got me curious now....so doing a little reseach on the idea.... : )

 

 

Labradoodle History Labradoodles are a relatively new breed of dogs that were first bred by Wally Cochran in 1988. Wally Cochran, of The Royal Guide Dogs in Victoria Australia, was prompted to breed the Labradoodle after receiving a request from a blind woman living in Hawaii. She needed a guide dog that wouldn’t aggravate her husband’s allergies. Hair and saliva samples from 33 different poodles in Hawaii were sent to the couple to see if the dogs would cause an allergic reaction in the husband; they all did. Wally then asked the manager of The Royal Guide Dogs about crossing one of their Labrador Retrievers with a Standard Poodle. He agreed, and so the first Labradoodles were bred. There were only three puppies in the first litter; only one of which didn’t bother the husband’s allergies. The other two puppies also lived useful lives, one as a Remedial Dog, and the other as a Guide Dog. There was a waiting list of people wanting to puppy walk Guide Dogs, but when these new cross breeds needed homes no one wanted to take them in. Wally knew it was important that these puppies socialize with a family, so he aired a story on Channel 9 in Melbourne about “the new breed of Guide Dog. In the show he first coined the word “Labradoodle”. Soon the phone rang incessantly with people wanting to puppy walk the amazing new “breed” of Guide Dogs. Wally bred Labradoodles to other Labradoodles, calling the new puppies “Double Doodles”. He then bred Double Doodles to Double Doodles and called the offspring “Tri Doodles”. Out of the 31 Labradoodles that were bred at Royal Guide Dogs, 29 made it as Guide Dogs. People fell in love with the new breed, and soon there was an overwhelming demand for them that was not being met. Because of their immense rise in popularity, people began crossing any Labrador with any poodle without any regard to genetics, bloodline, or temperament and calling the puppies “Labradoodles. The result was an unpredictable variety of puppies with various physical characteristics. The evident need for breeders to develop a standard for this fascinating dog gave rise to the establishment of two Breeding and Research Centers for Labradoodles in Australia. In 1989, Rutland Manor Labradoodle Breeding and Research Center was organized in Darnum, Victoria. They used only health tested Labradors, Poodles, and 3rd generation Labradoodles. The Tegan Park Labradoodle Breeding and Research Centre located in Seaspray, Victoria was established at the same time. It also carefully controlled its breeding program, using only the finest genetically healthy dogs. In 1998, Tegan Park introduced the “Miniature” Labradoodle to the public. When these were crossed with the standard Labradoodle, the medium Labradoodle resulted. Thus three sizes are currently distinguished; the miniatures are 14 – 17 inches tall, the mediums are 18 – 21 inches, and the standards are 23 – 26 inches. Labradoodles from the early generations had a large diversity in coat types. Some of the curlier coated puppies grew up to be low allergy, while others started out low allergy but by 8 months had shed their coats, which was replaced by a coat that was not low allergy. Some puppies grew up to look like Golden Retrievers with a thinner coat, and others looked similar to a Labrador. speech service book report writing case study help The breeding centers selectively bred away from the shedding coat and now, shedding coats are rare. Labradoodles are now bred to have either the truly Fleece coat or the Wool Curly coat. The fleece coat has a distinctly soft fleecy feel unlike any other dog coat. It hangs in loose loopy spirals like that of the Angora goat. The Wool Curly coat resembles that of a poodle and feels like a soft woolly sweater. Both coat types are non-shedding and allergy friendly. The coats come in a variety of colors including: Black, Silver, Cream, Apricot Cream, Chalk, Gold, Red, Apricot, Chocolate, and Café. Labradoodles are sociable, friendly, non aggressive, and extremely intuitive. Their intelligence and high trainability make them well suited for guide dogs, therapy dogs, and other assistance dogs. Their non allergic coats make them popular among people who have not been able to enjoy pets because of their allergies. This new breed is bound to become even more popular as more people learn about the lovable Labradoodles.

Laralyn said:

Abby & Sam!

I see an insert image button, so let's see if this works! Here are Abby (tabby) and Sam, our two cats. Abby was putting on weight so we got a second cat so she would get some exercise. Now she's slimmed down... and the new cat, Sam, is ridiculously fat! Don't go by the picture--black is a slimming color on him, and he has strategically hidden his bulk behind Abby. :-)

 

Say hi to Dennis. He is cute and so sweet. Then again he lives up to his name and can be quite the menace too :-)

jcortney said:

We have a medium

Sofie weighs in at 35 lbs and is a perfect size for us.  Small enough to sit in your lap and big enough to really be a dog.  Coming from probably the two smartest breeds out there she was a joy to train.  We got her at 8 weeks and at 10 weeks she was, except for the really rare accident, house trained.  Leash trained by two weeks later and heel trained by six months.  She just wants to please (just like a golden).

 

I found her breeder on the internet, they are all over the country, and since she was local I got to sit and play with the puppies to pick out the one I wanted.

 

Good luck, you won't be disapointed.

 

Joe Cortney

Dallas, TX

jcortney said:

Our 1 Year old Goldendoodle Sophie