The Noble German Shepherd Dog - Page 10

kride123 · 12-11-2009, 12:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Todd S

Sometimes she'll even pull a mouth full of food out of the bowl, carry it to where we are, dump it on the floor, eat it all off the floor, and repeat as necessary.

She's a social eater, it seems.

-T

That just put an excellent image in my head.

How cute!

kride123 · 12-11-2009, 12:26 PM

OK - I don't know how "wrong" it is of me to post this, but I think if anyone would understand/appreciate it, it would be this group. That pic that Tina posted of the pup in post #157 immediately reminded me of my younger daughter!

okaugust · 12-11-2009, 12:46 PM

Yes, bright eyes! All about "what's going on here?!"

TappinZZ · 12-11-2009, 02:53 PM

Okaugust-you definitely should get the hub another (that little fellow in the picture is so handsome)
-honestly though we did think a bit about how mch less we'd be going on long MC rides. Ultimately the pooch is the best exercise partner I've ever had-rain-sleet-snow-hurricanes-he wants his daily 5 miles.

Todd-plleeease take a recent pic of Misha and post her up I want to see what she looks like as a "grown-up". Seems like her weight is true to the 6 month weight plus 25 percent. Lucas is about 5 pounds more than what the calculation was supposed to turn out to be. Lean is good for our GSD's-keeps those hips and elbows healthy. I'll bet Misha is gorgeous now.

FizzyFish · 12-11-2009, 02:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Todd S

For Misha, she prefers to eat when we're eating. Or if I'm doing the dishes in the kitchen, and standing near her food. Sometimes she'll even pull a mouth full of food out of the bowl, carry it to where we are, dump it on the floor, eat it all off the floor, and repeat as necessary.

She's a social eater, it seems.

-T

My Poppy is like that too but for her it is one kibbel that she crunches on while she is looking at you. When that is finished it's back to the other room for another kibbel to chop on while in our presence.

okaugust · 12-11-2009, 03:20 PM

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Originally Posted by TappinZZ

Okaugust-you definitely should get the hub another

He says he'll divorce me!

Though that has its upsides...

But if I ever get laid off...I'm taking my severance, selling the house, moving to Montana and starting a German shepherd ranch. This corporate life is killing me.

**Desmo** · 12-11-2009, 04:58 PM

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moving to Montana and starting a German shepherd ranch. This corporate life is killing me.

I'll be right behind you guys!

okaugust · 12-11-2009, 05:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Desmo

I'll be right behind you guys!

I'll have a job for you. It will involve cleaning up

, but I'm sure we are both well versed in that so it shouldn't be a problem.

Won't pay much, the reward factor will be high. You'll love your co-ummmm-workers and they won't be as dumb as the ones you have now. As a matter of fact, I don't think I have single sales rep here that is smarter than my GSD.

Todd S · 12-11-2009, 05:09 PM

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Originally Posted by TappinZZ

Todd-plleeease take a recent pic of Misha and post her up I want to see what she looks like as a "grown-up". Seems like her weight is true to the 6 month weight plus 25 percent. Lucas is about 5 pounds more than what the calculation was supposed to turn out to be. Lean is good for our GSD's-keeps those hips and elbows healthy. I'll bet Misha is gorgeous now.

Here are a couple from Thanksgiving that I had to snap with my iPhone, it was such a cute scene.

My pops decided to take a nap on her dog bed after the meal. Misha decided to join him. She started out with the protective paws around his head, then just went in for the full-bore snuggle! Right after this, dad got a face-washing that sent him retreating.

-T

**Desmo** · 12-11-2009, 05:10 PM

I can clean up

Spending all day with Shepherds?

TappinZZ · 12-11-2009, 05:26 PM

Todd she is so different as an adult-sheps amaze me in how there coats change as they mature- I was guessing she'd be silver but she's filled with soft browns and creams=she's a looker!

Okaugust-so he'll beatch a little I'll bet he'd end up likein' her. My wife's going back to the corp grind-I've had a decade break and find the thought of going back more than hard.

okaugust · 12-11-2009, 05:35 PM

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Originally Posted by TappinZZ

Okaugust-so he'll beatch a little I'll bet he'd end up likein' her. My wife's going back to the corp grind-I've had a decade break and find the thought of going back more than hard.

Oh, he'd love...him, but that's the problem. He really, really loves his dogs as his children, since he never had kids of his own. We've had a hard last few years losing people and aged pets. It's just a heart break we don't want to put ourselves through.

Also, we have one kid in college and another a senior, so we are really starting to get a taste of the freedom that goes along with it. Mike's mom is a great petsitter, but it is also nice to look to a time when we can just pick up and go.

All that being said, I suspect at some point we will find ourselves in a perfect place and time and we'll trip over a pup that that'll be it.

**Desmo** · 12-11-2009, 06:46 PM

Ah this is the same dilemma I'm in. Being a single dad for Desmo was tough. I would only go away when my parents could watch her or my gf. But since it was often nice to bring the gf along (she rode too) on trips that meant less options. I wish the great pet daycare places that are around now were around back then. A friend of mine has a Shepherd (also Misha but a male) and she took him to doggy day care a TON when he was really young. It was GREAT for him and he loved to go!!

I so want to get another female Shepherd but it wouldn't be fair to the dog. Got other shit to deal with and the place I have is not really good to raise a new pup in.

-sigh-

TappinZZ · 12-12-2009, 03:37 PM

Okaugust-from what I've gathered from a few thousand post we're pretty much in the same place in life- I hear the call of the wild and the ability again to travel and explore- optimistically I'll have the cake and eat it too! I'm so excited about having another "Lucas"-I truly think/feel that this is one of the most wonderous and enjoyable creatures on the planet and having two can only double the enjoyment-the painful side of losing either in the future must be weighed against the reality of having had the companionship in the first place. I miss my first lab Zoey but would never trade our memories. I find that the purity that animals bring help us understand and appreciate our human counterparts all the more.\

Des-I get why you miss/missed your pup now. more so than ever-

okaugust · 12-12-2009, 04:12 PM

Dragonrapp, welcome Sadie to the thread!

Tappin, I love cake!

dragonrapp · 12-14-2009, 05:56 PM

Will do, I've gotta get some better pictures but she is shy around anything that is pointed at her. She has been like this since we got her. We think that she used to have to wear a shock collar. Who knows what people do to their animals before they take them to the pound.

Amadeus · 12-15-2009, 05:42 PM

Though I wasn't ready, my wife was. Here is Indi (short for Indiana), what can I say my kids love Indiana Jones

I had mixed feelings at first but man do they grow on you quick. He's a keeper!

okaugust · 12-15-2009, 05:46 PM

AAAAAAAAAWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW WWWWWWWWW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

**Desmo** · 12-15-2009, 06:24 PM

Oh....mah.....gawwwd......

Blueliner · 12-15-2009, 10:56 PM

Very nice!! This is about the best thread ever.

12-11-2009, 12:26 PM	#182
kride123 Tongue Fu Master Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: NY Posts: 10,253	OK - I don't know how "wrong" it is of me to post this, but I think if anyone would understand/appreciate it, it would be this group. That pic that Tina posted of the pup in post #157 immediately reminded me of my younger daughter! __________________ Each one teach one

12-11-2009, 12:46 PM	#183
okaugust Dear Abby, Dear Abby Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Wild West Posts: 19,669	Yes, bright eyes! All about "what's going on here?!" __________________ Punishment is its own reward. IBA MEMBER 27716! Constructive advice is an attempt to help you, a wise person would listen and make a choice to ignore it, a fool lashes out at it - Randy Cook

12-11-2009, 05:10 PM	#190
Desmo WORST MODERATOR EVER Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Palo Alto,CA Posts: 323,261,413	I can clean up Spending all day with Shepherds? __________________ "If you can spend a perfectly useless afternoon in a perfectly useless manner, you have learned how to live." - Lin Yutang

12-11-2009, 06:46 PM	#193
Desmo WORST MODERATOR EVER Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Palo Alto,CA Posts: 323,261,413	Ah this is the same dilemma I'm in. Being a single dad for Desmo was tough. I would only go away when my parents could watch her or my gf. But since it was often nice to bring the gf along (she rode too) on trips that meant less options. I wish the great pet daycare places that are around now were around back then. A friend of mine has a Shepherd (also Misha but a male) and she took him to doggy day care a TON when he was really young. It was GREAT for him and he loved to go!! I so want to get another female Shepherd but it wouldn't be fair to the dog. Got other shit to deal with and the place I have is not really good to raise a new pup in. -sigh- __________________ "If you can spend a perfectly useless afternoon in a perfectly useless manner, you have learned how to live." - Lin Yutang

12-12-2009, 04:12 PM	#195
okaugust Dear Abby, Dear Abby Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Wild West Posts: 19,669	Dragonrapp, welcome Sadie to the thread! Tappin, I love cake! __________________ Punishment is its own reward. IBA MEMBER 27716! Constructive advice is an attempt to help you, a wise person would listen and make a choice to ignore it, a fool lashes out at it - Randy Cook

12-11-2009, 02:53 PM	#184
TappinZZ R Spikes Improper attire? Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Winchester VA Posts: 1,544	Okaugust-you definitely should get the hub another (that little fellow in the picture is so handsome) -honestly though we did think a bit about how mch less we'd be going on long MC rides. Ultimately the pooch is the best exercise partner I've ever had-rain-sleet-snow-hurricanes-he wants his daily 5 miles. Todd-plleeease take a recent pic of Misha and post her up I want to see what she looks like as a "grown-up". Seems like her weight is true to the 6 month weight plus 25 percent. Lucas is about 5 pounds more than what the calculation was supposed to turn out to be. Lean is good for our GSD's-keeps those hips and elbows healthy. I'll bet Misha is gorgeous now.

12-11-2009, 05:26 PM	#191
TappinZZ R Spikes Improper attire? Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Winchester VA Posts: 1,544	Todd she is so different as an adult-sheps amaze me in how there coats change as they mature- I was guessing she'd be silver but she's filled with soft browns and creams=she's a looker! Okaugust-so he'll beatch a little I'll bet he'd end up likein' her. My wife's going back to the corp grind-I've had a decade break and find the thought of going back more than hard.

12-12-2009, 03:37 PM	#194
TappinZZ R Spikes Improper attire? Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Winchester VA Posts: 1,544	Okaugust-from what I've gathered from a few thousand post we're pretty much in the same place in life- I hear the call of the wild and the ability again to travel and explore- optimistically I'll have the cake and eat it too! I'm so excited about having another "Lucas"-I truly think/feel that this is one of the most wonderous and enjoyable creatures on the planet and having two can only double the enjoyment-the painful side of losing either in the future must be weighed against the reality of having had the companionship in the first place. I miss my first lab Zoey but would never trade our memories. I find that the purity that animals bring help us understand and appreciate our human counterparts all the more.\ Des-I get why you miss/missed your pup now. more so than ever-

12-14-2009, 05:56 PM	#196
dragonrapp Registered User Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Central FL Posts: 526	Will do, I've gotta get some better pictures but she is shy around anything that is pointed at her. She has been like this since we got her. We think that she used to have to wear a shock collar. Who knows what people do to their animals before they take them to the pound. __________________ _______________________________________________ 02 Liquid Silver, Ivan's MB Jet Kit, K&N Filter, Air Box Mod, Ported Intake Boots, Yosh Tri Oval Slip On, Zero Gravity Screen, CA Integrated Tail Light, E-Bay Special Levers, Proton Flush Mounts Set for Strobe, AK20 Forks, Revalved and Resprung rear shock, 4 degree advancer, OEM Chin Spoiler, and...

12-15-2009, 05:46 PM	#198
okaugust Dear Abby, Dear Abby Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Wild West Posts: 19,669	AAAAAAAAAWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW WWWWWWWWW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! __________________ Punishment is its own reward. IBA MEMBER 27716! Constructive advice is an attempt to help you, a wise person would listen and make a choice to ignore it, a fool lashes out at it - Randy Cook

12-15-2009, 06:24 PM	#199
Desmo WORST MODERATOR EVER Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Palo Alto,CA Posts: 323,261,413	Oh....mah.....gawwwd...... __________________ "If you can spend a perfectly useless afternoon in a perfectly useless manner, you have learned how to live." - Lin Yutang

12-15-2009, 10:56 PM	#200
Blueliner Shaken not stirred Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Broomfield Colorado Posts: 1,154	Very nice!! This is about the best thread ever. __________________ Mike- IBA# 24264 Now go away or I shall taunt you a second time

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