why do people say this?

[lovemyshiba]

Awwwwwwww!!!!!!
Reece and Lolly!!!!!!!
So cute!!!

How about these throw aways????

[lovemyshiba]

Originally posted by Pam
If Ripley is on my lap and Dale gets too close he shows Dale every single one of his pearly whites! LOL! Unfortunately Dale couldn't read the shirt, but he would still get the message from the teeth! Strange, but when they are on the floor together Ripley is OK. He just thinks that his 15 lb. little self should protect me from 90+ lb. Dale when he gets too close.

Kito does the same thing!!!
He doesn't guard toys or anything, but if someone gets too close to his mommy---LOOK OUT!!!!! You're bound to see those teeth, and hear some serious Shiba screams!!!!!!




my picture didn't work either aly

[aly]

AWWWWW! I love how Kito removed himself from that love fest - HAHA!

[lovemyshiba]

Originally posted by aly
AWWWWW! I love how Kito removed himself from that love fest - HAHA!

lol, you can just see part of his fuzzy little bum!!!!

[CathyBogart]

*Chuckles* If someone finds me a shelter Bedlington puppy that does NOT carry Copper Toxicosis, I'll donate the $1200 I'm setting aside for my breeder puppy to that shelter! :-P

[Cincy'sMom]

Just another throw away....

[Kfamr]

Both of mine were shelter pups.

[Pam]

Since Ripley was a stray, I guess he could be called "a walk away."
Ripley's shelter pic...

And more recently...
Decked out in his NASCAR finery

GRRR....Imagestation is giving me a headache!

[popcornbird]

I think Karen and Paul need to enable picture posting in the Dog House. It never works in the Dog House........ever......so I'm assuming posting pics is disabled for the Dog House board.

[Pam]

PCB you know you are right! Dumb dumb me never realized that my Photobuckets pic didn't show up either. So it isn't Imagestation? (Slinks off feeling silly....)

[popcornbird]

Originally posted by Pam
PCB you know you are right! Dumb dumb me never realized that my Photobuckets pic didn't show up either. So it isn't Imagestation? (Slinks off feeling silly....)

He he

Poor imagestation got blamed for nothing.

[CamCamPup33]

Originally posted by Amber
Okay, Im sorry. Im just upset, how this thread came out. And yes I need to cool down., Please splash some water on me.

I just wondered how someone who has there heart set on a shelter dog, but then goes off and gets a breeder dog.

I can tell you *EXACTLY* why..

Someone may say that they have their heart set on getting a dog from the shelter, but what if they happen to go.... see a sign or something that says 'PUPPIES FOR SALE' and they go to it.. They may want a puppy from the shelter, but one of these puppies from a breeder may be the one that was 'meant to be' for you.. I mean, *Sorry this is gonna be about MY dog for a second* when i got cami, i saw plenty of other puppies as cute as cami, but only cami grabbed my heart, That probably makes no sense at all, and if it doesn't, sorry for my input.. lol

[lizbud]

Originally posted by CamCamPup33
I can tell you *EXACTLY* why..

Someone may say that they have their heart set on getting a dog from the shelter, but what if they happen to go.... see a sign or something that says 'PUPPIES FOR SALE' and they go to it.. They may want a puppy from the shelter, but

CamCamPup33,

I'm supposing they would never go to see the "puppies for
sale" if a person REALLY wanted to get a dog from a Shelter.

I'm also supposing that whomever adopts the dog is an adult
that can fully support & care for the dog themselves & not
depend on any one else to do it.

In this discussion, I've only been thinking of adults who would be
ultimately responsible for the choice.

[ParNone]

I dunno. Am I the only one that researches and analyzes to death and agonizes over choosing the right dog (more or less losing sleep over the decision)? I am so paranoid of making a mistake and having a nitemare on my hands and it would absolutely kill me if I ever had to give away a dog. I feel I have limitations on dog experience and training ability, that I have to be very careful. I see all the behaviorial issues on this forum and others, that people have to deal with and after Oz, I just know it doesn't have to be that way. I look at other dogs, but I find myself circling back around to Smooth Collies.

And this may be veering a lil' off the subject, but my only possibility, slim though it may be (in 2 yrs, I think I've seen 2 smoothies in rescue here), to get a Smoothie is through rescue (I've yet to see one at the shelters here) and I seriously doubt they're going to adopt to me, regardless of the fact that I have two of the happiest, most well adjusted guys you'd ever want to meet. I work all day and even though they're mostly inside dogs, I will leave them unsupervised in the backyard, fenced though it may be. So I usually just look at the dogs in shelters vs rescue, but that leads to a whole scary unknown factor, of what their temperaments and health might be.

I dunno we had a nitemare dog when I was a kid and I do not want to relive that experience. I have stressful job, so I really don't need a stressful home life. I give Oz and Murph big ole kisses on the head first thing everyday when I get home for being so wonderful.

Par...

[aly]

It just makes me sad that you think nightmare dogs come from shelters

Not every shelter dog's background is unknown. At my shelter, the previous owners fill out a 6 page questionaire of the background of the dog. Sure we don't have those on every dog, but still.

Also, when we have dogs with unknown backgrounds, we (volunteers and staff) start taking the dog on outings, home visits, overnights, foster rotations, etc so we can evaluate the behavior and start getting the dog acclimated to life outside of the shelter.

Researching a breed is good, but there comes a point where you also have to evaluate the individual personality of the dog. It is definately good to know what the breed is prone to, but SO much diversity exists between individuals.