Our lab. She is getting up there too. Went deaf this summer, doesent bother her at all and responds well to hand signals.
The flip side of that is, "Be the person your dog thinks you are". If we all focused on that, how nice would it be.I wish we all could love each other like we love our dogs.
Sorry for your loss. People who don't have a dog can't understand how they worm their way into your heart and become family.We lost our big guy this morning. He'd been having a lot of issues in the past few weeks and the vet found a mass on his shoulder and chest that would explain those issues. With his advice, I decided it was just best to have him put down before it got worse.
We gave him four good years after the first ones weren't the best. I feel good about that, but I'm going to miss the big goof.
Hanging out with me on a NAPA parts run a couple years ago....
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We lost our big guy this morning. He'd been having a lot of issues in the past few weeks and the vet found a mass on his shoulder and chest that would explain those issues. With his advice, I decided it was just best to have him put down before it got worse.
We gave him four good years after the first ones weren't the best. I feel good about that, but I'm going to miss the big goof.
Hanging out with me on a NAPA parts run a couple years ago....
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To add to the photos of dogs-bordering-on-livestock, here is my GF's dane. This girl is 180 pounds of unbridled energy, as you can see.
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That's a HUGE dog!! Not sure if our rescue is a dane or not. Looks like one in a lot of ways but he must be young, he's only 73 pounds.
Then of course I have a pair of knuckleheads of my own. Sometimes there is no explaining what dogs are thinking. My smaller one has used my larger one as a pillow forever, and I can't figure out why. The large dog is tolerant in the extreme...
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