Pet picture thread...Part 2
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Koko-Nut relaxing on her concrete likeness.......too funny.......
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My wife and I had always had at least one dog most all of our 40 years of marriage. We lost Bear at age 12 in January of 2022 to bladder cancer and Kelso at age 14 to tracheal paralysis about 6 months later. With my in-laws living with us since March of 2020, it would not be wise to induce a puppy in a home with two 90+ year olds, one in a wheelchair and the other on a walker.
My FIL passed in April and my MIL now lives with my wife’s sister. So three weeks ago we “took the plunge” and adopted a rescue pup.
So meet my boy, Elroy!
13 weeks old
20 lbs
14.5 inches in height
My FIL passed in April and my MIL now lives with my wife’s sister. So three weeks ago we “took the plunge” and adopted a rescue pup.
So meet my boy, Elroy!
13 weeks old
20 lbs
14.5 inches in height
Thanks Bazza!Now that is a great photo.....look at that boy!"Elroy" is a cool name too.
Thanks for sharing and wishing you both all the best, my friend!
We are in week 4 of his “foster to adoption” phase. Looking at his siblings, we were pretty sure about some Aussie in him. He has a really good breed mix. The herding and retrieving traits definitely stand out. And Elroy is Getty more vocal the past week.
Smart, smart dog.
Lord, Lab and Aussie--that's a hyper combination.
An old neighbor of ours got a purebred Aussie pup. She brought it into the front yard--it saw me, and I swear to god, bounced across the lawn to say hi.Barney is mainly Assie and pit bull. He's a rescue dog as well. Came from a very bad situation.
When he's calm, he just wants to be the bestest dog ever. When he gets excited, it's like he drops down to one functioning brain cell and he starts bouncing all over the place.
When I let him out to pee, all he does is go to the side of the house, pee, and come back. But he bounds, bounces, and tears around like he's having the time of his life.
Yep Elroy is 14 weeks and 22 lbs. now and has the bounding, bouncing thing down to a science.Lord, Lab and Aussie--that's a hyper combination.
Barney is mainly Assie and pit bull. He's a rescue dog as well. Came from a very bad situation.
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When he's calm, he just wants to be the bestest dog ever. When he gets excited, it's like he drops down to one functioning brain cell and he starts bouncing all over the place.
When I let him out to pee, all he does is go to the side of the house, pee, and come back. But he bounds, bounces, and tears around like he's having the time of his life.
I’ve got time to spend with him since I’ve retired. I do my best during the course of the day to “wear him out” with chasing tennis balls and sticks. But that Pitt Bull stubbornness is evident.
He is really rather smart. Taken to house and crate training very well.
@jthomas666 quick question for you. How is Barney on eating? This dog is a “grazer”. Elroy eats but it is one continuous meal from 6 am to 8 pm. He’ll nibble from 6 am to about 1 pm on his morning food until he finishes. Then I’ll give him his afternoon food at about 3 pm. He’ll graze on it until it’s gone about 8 pm.
Funny thing is this dog is not motivated by food or treats. He seems much more motivated by praise than a “treat” as a reward.
Just wonder if this is an Aussie trait kind of thing.
Funny thing is this dog is not motivated by food or treats. He seems much more motivated by praise than a “treat” as a reward.
Just wonder if this is an Aussie trait kind of thing.
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Barney may be part goat; he wolfs down anything he thinks might be food. Hell, we have to keep the garbage can in the laundry room to keep him from getting into it.
We use one of those funky food dishes that force him to slow down, or he'd make himself sick. Show him some food and you instantly have his undivided attention. Of course, his early life probably had something to do with that.
Oddly, despite all that, if you hand feed him, he's gentle as can be. He's a total doof, but he's a sweetie.
Now Luke, our previous dog, was more of a grazer. He was a terrier mix.
