grannys gone and done it

[Yorkshire Coop]

I need to stay awake!

Got to pick the other half up from a business do and it's only just after 9.30pm and I'm dropping off!!

Hope everyone is having a good day

 

[Wishing4Wings]

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Long projects... been there. Hubs is not completely at fault. He works far too much and I am always trying to improvise his designs after he gets going! Hehee! I am bad at imagining what it will be like from the plans, so can't we make it taller or longer? Although, I will say our kitchen counters are made up of 3 different colors, one being a very small piece of avocado green. You just don't see it after awhile.

Quote: I had to look up mountain cur too. Didn't see that they were AKC.

Shelters are the same up here. Disposable dogs.

I never see pits as service dogs. Breeding too unreliable?

 

[Wishing4Wings]

Howdy York! I'd stay and keep you company, but I have to leave to get #2son after school for a dental appointment. You better set an alarm to wake up. Put it across the room too. I've shut them off in my sleep!

 

[Yorkshire Coop]

Thanks wishing, alarm is set!! I too can turn things off in my sleep. Especially if I've only just dropped off!!

My son has a dental on Friday Train tracks going on the top and bottom all in one go and it's over an hour appointment. He's fidgety after 10 minutes. Over an hour will drive him crazy.

 

[rIrs roost]

I had never heard of one out here. Not much hunting in So Cal! Kinda like the Catahoula maybe? We saw them a lot in Fla, I've seen 1 or 2 here. We have "some" beautiful PBT's out here, sadly they are a gang/druggie/dog fighting cult much like in Detroit. Most are pittie mixed w/ lab or boxer types that look just like Lily. Our shelters are full to the brim with Pit X and Chihuahuas. There's a population that won't spay or neuter. Roughly 90% of those are destroyed.   We would impound 50 pits on any given day. Not pets, yard guards. They rarely get claimed due to the fines for no license. They just get a new one. It was so sad.

That's terrible! Mutt. You know in the right hands, a pit is a sweet dog. My aunt has one and it's a big baby. Great dog.

 

[Mutt Farm]

Airedale pics when you can please. I considered that breed, but wasn't sure I could manage stripping the coat. Sounds ouchy.

My sister's dog had ehrlichia. Ongoing PITA. She was a big girl too, half Neopolitan/half bull mastiff. 135lbs of happy love.

Now that's a BIG dog! A Neo is too big for me! Ya'll should know better than to ask me anything dog. I share WAY too much! Here's a REALLY LONG story. Airedales. Big Airedales, I love the breed. There's one bloodline that I stuck with. Mine all came from AK or TX except 1. There was a breeder in TX that had superb dogs. Love that woman. She was quite old. Her DD helped her on the cattle ranch and with the dogs. When I lost my Serendipity, I called her. She had a 6 mo old pup that she said was too pretty to sell. Her DD had been killed unloading stock panels. She'd had no help and lives 60 miles from town. She'd been having a bad time with ticks and porcupines. Lost some dogs. So, I drove to WA and bought a pup, same foundation line. 6 months later, this is so sad, she called and asked if I still wanted to buy that pup. Her DH had had a stroke, she had no one to help her with the dogs or him.They were in trouble. They were selling off the cattle and the dogs. Joyce, 82 said she wanted to keep 1 Dale, that she'd never been without one. DH and Pops took off for TX and picked up that pretty pup that I bought and her brother, now 1 year old, had never been out of a kennel or even bathed, loaded with ticks and larvae, anemic. I got them all fixed up and healthy, trained up the male for her and sent it back on a transport. The transport gal (what an angel) spent 2 days bathing and tick dipping all the dogs. She brought me 2 more pups to clean up and sell for Joyce, as she couldn't get a dog to the airport. Those pups $ covered their vet bills and the transport. She was able to place most of the older dogs with breeders. So that's my long Airedale story.
Airess, the pretty pup is one special dog to me just like Sera was. How on earth a dog can spend it's first year in a barn kennel with little human contact, be half dead from ticks, and still be such a charming kind silly dog is beyond me. When she's clipped, you can still see the scarring on her ears from the ticks, that's the only evidence of her past. Sorry for the dissertation.
Here's Serendipity, she passed 3 years ago at 14.

Here she is in her last year below

Here's Airess the unclipped dork dog below

Airess looking respectable after grooming

 

[lindalouly]

I am wrong. I thought I was wrong once a few years back but I was mistaken! 
I just looked them up. That's her! They are an AKC recognized breed! I had never heard of one. Sounds like a really cool breed.

I just read up too. Very interesting. Seems to have regional popularity. Fascinating. Hound category. Out here, any brindle dog with that head and those cheeks is a Pit Bull mix. 

Pits are my favorite dog... Have one who is my best friend and my chicken protector.. But I'm not an advocate of just anyone owning one. I have socialized her from day one and I had her mom, knew her grandma and great grandma... She is fixed so we won't be advancing the family line.

 

[Mutt Farm]

Long projects... been there. Hubs is not completely at fault. He works far too much and I am always trying to improvise his designs after he gets going! Hehee! I am bad at imagining what it will be like from the plans, so can't we make it taller or longer? Although, I will say our kitchen counters are made up of 3 different colors, one being a very small piece of avocado green. You just don't see it after awhile.



I had to look up mountain cur too. Didn't see that they were AKC.

Shelters are the same up here. Disposable dogs.

I never see pits as service dogs. Breeding too unreliable?

Most SD organizations can't or won't train one due to insurance liability, and they aren't known as good retrievers. They don't widely use Dobies, Shepherds or Rotties either. I think a PBT can be reliable, but IMO yes, the breeding is all over the map. They are one of my favorites to obedience train. Super smart.

Pits are my favorite dog... Have one who is my best friend and my chicken protector.. But I'm not an advocate of just anyone owning one. I have socialized her from day one and I had her mom, knew her grandma and great grandma... She is fixed so we won't be advancing the family line.

I LOVE me some Pitties! I agree 100%. If they're bred well and raised well they can be lovely dogs. If you give a jack hat a dog, the dog will be a jack hat. Sadly, lots of jerks own them and breed them, so they get a very bad reputation. They do need a certain type owner, IMO, just like any other challenging breed. Pictures please?

 

[Mutt Farm]

Thanks wishing, alarm is set!! I too can turn things off in my sleep. Especially if I've only just dropped off!!

My son has a dental on Friday

Train tracks going on the top and bottom all in one go and it's over an hour appointment. He's fidgety after 10 minutes. Over an hour will drive him crazy.

HI YORK! Missed ya! Stinks to need to fetch DH so late. Teenager in a dentist chair for an hour? Poor dentist! He has to be excited about braces though?

 

[lindalouly]

Most SD organizations can't or won't train one due to insurance liability, and they aren't known as good retrievers. They don't widely use Dobies, Shepherds or Rotties either. I think a PBT can be reliable, but IMO yes, the breeding is all over the map. They are one of my favorites to obedience train. Super smart.



I LOVE me some Pitties! I agree 100%. If they're bred well and raised well they can be lovely dogs. If you give a jack hat a dog, the dog will be a jack hat. Sadly, lots of jerks own them and breed them, so they get a very bad reputation. They do need a certain type owner, IMO, just like any other challenging breed.  Pictures please?

I can't download pictures for some odd reason but my pit is my avatar along with my little mutt boy... They are best friends.