Zen, are they fighting over the pink toy? ;)
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Zen, are they fighting over the pink toy? ;)
Nah, they're really not much into toys at all. The just get excited and rough house once in a while, especially when I egg them on :D
We adopted Abby yesterday. She's a 2-year-old American Eskimo dog who had been siezed from a puppy mill. She was one of the moms and she hadn't gotten much attention or training, so she's needing lots of TLC now. She's a real sweetheart, though. Leia, our 13-year-old Siberian Husky, passed away last summer and we really missed her, so we're ready for Abby - and we already love her to bits!
Abby is just gorgeous!!
Max
Abby is beautiful. In a few months, she'll be at home and comfortable, thanks to you.
If Abby were here, you'd need to put a bright collar on her to find her in the piles of snow! She's gorgeous. May you have many happy years with her.
Mick - she's beautiful! I sure have a soft spot for long haired dogs. Please keep us posted on her progress as you get acquainted.
Sammy is loving his first winter, and it's a doozy!
The snow is taller than he is, but he manages to run anyway.
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Playing in the branches of the limb that fell in the back yard.
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Isn't he adorable?
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Awwww :)
YesQuote:
Originally Posted by divingbiker
I concur: Sammy is adorable. Glad someone is enjoying the snow.
Pam
What would you do if your new neighbor has a cocker spaniel that obviously needs to be groomed? This dog is a ball of mats, and has not been groomed in a long time. It's old, too. I've never met the neighbor--they've only lived there a few months. I'm trying to decide whether to call animal control or go knock on the door. :(
Karen
Since they're new in town, or at least to the neighborhood, maybe take a plate of cookies over and tell them you know of a good dog groomer and give them a note with the name, address, and number. Not very subtle, but they'd know that the dog's condition was being noticed.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tuckervill
Grooming is expensive, and some people don't have the money for it. But then they shouldn't have a dog that requires grooming, or they should learn to do it themselves...
I used to shave my old dog. Note I did not say groom.
He sometimes earned the nickname "Patches"
I thought about offering to do it myself. I have clippers and a place to do it. But what if the old dog is mean or something? I haven't "met" the dog, yet, because it's been so cold. They have a Chihuahua, too. The dogs stay in most of the time, but when it's time to go out they just let both dogs out the front door...there is no fence. I really hate that. My dogs go and greet the cocker through the fence but it's not like they're buds. The Chi doesn't come near the fence. I should probably take a picture of the dog and bring it in.
They know me by name at animal control. I'm not sure how much calling I should do (I call about and pick up strays a lot). :::conflicted:::
Karen
Maybe the plate of cookies, groomers referral, will allow you to chat. At which point, find if they can or can't afford grooming, and then you could offer, just this once.
I'm finding on my dog (Aussie shepard mix) I have to watch for mats behind her ears, and now my old long haired cat is getting mats. I tell Bonnie that she letting herself go, and she used to be such a beautiful cat. Bonnie just meows. She's become a "patches" where I've cut the mats out.
Fiona and Margot, fresh from a romp in the blizzard.
"Please, can we have a cookie? See how nicely we sit for you and are such polite girls?"
this is quite sad, but a couple of weeks ago when I was at the spca hospital doing my volunteering, the vet tech was shaving a very badly matted himalayan. She was so matted that they literally shaved her fur off like an orange peel. They kept the fur and weighed it: it was over a pound! The poor thing must have been so happy to finally be able to breathe through her skin.
They are so gorgeous who could deny them anything.:)Quote:
Originally Posted by mickchick
Trust me, denial is not something they experience very often!Quote:
Originally Posted by Trekhawk
I once saw this when I was applying for a vet asst. job. I don't know how someone could let a pet get in such a condition let alone have the nerve to take them to the vet. I would be so ashamed.Quote:
Originally Posted by badger
Amelia got up from a perfectly good nap to come check on me. I'm sure she thought I'd let some new/stupid cat in the house!Quote:
Originally Posted by NoNo
Cooper catching snow balls.
His first snow experience at 4 1/2!
What kind of terror, er...terrier is Cooper? Jack, maybe?
Cooper is a rough-coat Jack Russell.
He is not a terror but he is active and athletic.
He has a tennis ball addiction.
Weeks will go by without a bark out of him.
We also have Agatha, a 14 1/2 year old JRT.
We used to have four JRTs but country living got the best of two.
Lilly was hit by a car and her daughter Daisy was mauled by a coyote.
I have a mini zoo going on at my house, so bear with me as I post their pictures!
The first picture is of my oldest cat Shiva, she is almost 6 years old and a purebred Snow Bengal that we got at a shelter.
The second picture is my 2nd oldest kitty whose name is Brahma, he's almost 5 years old and a purebred Bengal.
The third picture is my youngest kitty, his name is Colbert (he's the black one, and that's Brahma off to the side), he'll be 4 years old on my birthday (we got him from a shelter, he was born sometime in May, but we didn't know the exact date, so we gave him my birthday!).
The last picture is of my dog Megatron with his brother. Megatron is the one on the right (we don't own his brother). He's almost 10 months old and a purebred Great Dane, He's 3 feet tall at the shoulder and 120 pounds currently with a little over a year more of growth to do.
I've really enjoyed looking at all of your guys' pets, keep 'em coming!
-Jessica
Megatron is the most awesom-est name I've ever heard for a Great Dane! LOL!
I totally agree! Love it!Quote:
Originally Posted by oxysback
These are the newest editions to our family:
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We had five of these girls born on Valentines day or the day after (or overnight...). The one picutured here is Una since she was the first born. She's only a few hours old in this photo.
A few more -
This is Maggie - the supermutt:
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And Cooper - he's growing like a weed!
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))) Yes Megatron sounds awesome:DQuote:
Originally Posted by oxysback
Hi! I'm Nala, I turned 15 in January, and I'm currently driving my Mom crazy with my finicky eating.
Nala is beautiful.
She's had a long wonderful life! I only hope that I can give my guy's the same.
I'm going to be fostering this guy (hopefully, anyways, I don't have him yet and things never seem to come through for me with dogs lately). His name's Jake, he's got bad genes with his hips and knees and had an operation on one of his hips.
If all goes as planned, I'll have him next week.
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Two more new additions to our ever-growing family -
This is Skylark and Pepper (Pepper is the all black one). They are Nigerian Dwarf girls who are as sweet as they look!
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ooh! my dream one day is to have a property large enough to have a hobby farm and first on the list would be a goat (or two!)
do you milk them, or do you keep them as pets? I've read a little bit on the amazing benefits of goat's milk but apparently it has to be raw, as in unpasteurized. I doubt I'll be able to find anything unpasteurized here. And I honestly can't stand the taste of goat's milk *sigh*
Oh, we milk them. Well, we milked our Alpine doe, these two have not yet been bred for the season. Our goal is to time the birth of goat babies to be end of August, so we will be breeding Skylark at the end of March. We will have fresh milk for our consumption about two weeks after that. Pepper will get bred about the time that Skylark births so that we can enjoy fresh milk year round.
Yes, raw milk is wonderful. And raw goat milk is delicious as long as it's fresh and processed correctly. When it ages, it gets 'goaty' and I agree...that is some nasty stuff! ;) When it's fresh, it tastes pretty much the same as cow's milk. In fact, it tastes better and to be honest, I'm not really a milk drinker and yet, I will drink this. Goat's milk can also taste 'goaty' when fresh if there is a buck in close residence or if super clean procedures were not used in processing.
Alpine's have a milk that is about 2.5 - 3% butterfat. Nigerian Dwarfs have a much higher butterfat content that can be as high as 7%!! (for comparison, whole cow's milk is 4%). We will be making cheese, butter, icecream and of course, milk (that has been skimmed - I can't drink 'thick' milk ;)). Plus, I can't wait to have babies on the farm again!
talk about ignorant, here I'm thinking you can milk a goat without her being pregnant :p How long will they milk for? And how do you process the raw milk for consumption? Is there a site or a book that will answer all my questions? ;)
Badger if you were in the U.S. and indeed were fostering Jake....I would take him. What a cutie pie. What is the prognosis for him given his genes and joints?Quote:
I'm going to be fostering this guy (hopefully, anyways, I don't have him yet and things never seem to come through for me with dogs lately). His name's Jake, he's got bad genes with his hips and knees and had an operation on one of his hips.
If all goes as planned, I'll have him next week.
They usually stay in milk until it's time to kid again and then you'd want to give them a couple of months off before birth to build up their strength. The Nigerian Dwarfs will give milk almost all year if you don't dry them off for kidding (or so we've been told).Quote:
Originally Posted by badger
Actually, there is a great site for goat info - www.fiascofarm.com We learned a lot from Molly and a lot from both trial and error and from frantic google searches in the middle of the night. ;)
The book Natural Goat Care by Pat Coleby is also highly recommended. We have it and have read it - great stuff.
What a cute dog. What kind is it? It almost has a Dane like face.Quote:
Originally Posted by badger
I haven't met him yet, but I'm fostering for a pit bull rescue so he's at the very least a pit bull cross. His personality sounds very much like the dog I used to have (a big goofball who loves everyone and everything he meets) :D
I'm not really sure what his prognosis is. He got his one hip done, and in a couple of years he'll likely need to get his other hip done. I'd imagine he'll be on glucosamine and chondritin and anything else (hyaluronic acid, maybe?) to help his other joints.
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thanks for the info on the goats, GLC!