How About the Dogs?

Posted by Abaco 5 years, 6 months ago to Culture
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Let's hear about your dogs. Cat's can be talked about too. Just don't let my dog hear about it. For a few years now I've really understood how dogs got the descriptor of "man's best friend". I am on my 2nd aussie cattle dog. I don't buy from breeders, ever. But, I rescue. Finding one to rescue can be a challenge because they don't last in a shelter long. They're amazing animals and companions. Our current one took, literally, months to really accept his new family/home situation. I could see the slow transition of him warming to his new surroundings. Now he's all in...the first to greet me at the door when I come home - very affectionate.

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  • Posted by $ 25n56il4 5 years, 6 months ago
    Have you ever owned a talking Pug? My Sam lived to be 17 years old. He could say 'help, mama, 'out', and lemmeout'. One day a medical caseworker came to check on my disabled veteran son and Sam was locked in a bedroom. I had to take the caseworker into the bedroom so she would know I wasn't holding someone prisoner in my home. He was yelling 'help' and 'lemmeout' and 'mama'!
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  • Posted by exceller 5 years, 6 months ago
    We had a Border Collie several years ago.

    He was an amazingly intelligent friend and companion. He never barked except once. They say Collies never bark unless they have a reason to.

    It was Winter, with the paths covered in ice around the house. I woke up in the middle of the night hearing Lassie bark. It was incredible so I got up to investigate. Then I heard footsteps and the ice cracking. Someone was moving around the house and Lassie was warning us.

    We no longer have him.

    Now it is Abyssinian cats, filling the void with equal intelligence. They come when you call them (popular belief that cats don't answer calls. These ones do) Every time they hear movement outside they jump up and listen, sometimes growl, ready to attack.

    They definitely dislike moves. In fact, one of them had a heart attack and died shortly after we moved. But his sibling took to it as a good little trooper, so it probably is a function of individual predilections.

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  • Posted by Abaco 5 years, 6 months ago in reply to this comment.
    They are sharp, and very proactive about keeping order. We've found ways to entertain each other with that. My son's friends will be over and I'll go, "Hey watch this!" and I start to walk away in some goofy manner...some goofy march. And, our dog is on me immediately - barking, nipping my heals as if to say, "Cut that out! Stop acting like a fool!" It's really funny. This boy is surely bred to work. I'd like to see him around livestock.
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