You don't understand, I'M DONE HERE!

[True Dough]

He's the master of his own time!

[democratisphere]

1. A real crowd pleaser. Many can relate.

[femmocrat]

2. That is so funny!

But that poor handler must have been so embarrassed.

[2naSalit]

3. I wonder how often that happens.

[A HERETIC I AM]

6. Years ago I did dog shows with one of my Boston Terriers.

All sort of silly things happen all the time!

Some dogs are so thrilled to be there, they won't stop moving and shut up! Others are just completely nonchalant, like this guy.

Some are, for lack of a better way to put it, consummate professionals. Others will poop in the middle of the show ring like that's exactly where I need to poop!

The Boston I showed seemed to learn when he was supposed to be "on" and you could sense his attitude would change. He became all business. One of those Professionals I mentioned.

This guy, Ch. Mr. Beau Tye;



(That's a different dog than the pic I have as an avatar)

[Rorey]

4. The last time I took my dog to our favorite park

My old dog loved his walks, but he got to a point where he just couldn't do it anymore. There was a time when we ran/walked for a full hour around the perimeter of the entire park. As he got older, we had to slow down a lot, and shorten the distance we covered. The last time we were there he only made it about 10 minutes. Our walks had become more of a saunter. He laid down and clearly wasn't going to finish his walk. I thought I might have to tie him to a tree and go and get my van and drive onto the grass and get him. I'm sure I would have gotten in big trouble for that, but I was willing to risk it. I was more worried about leaving him for a few minutes than I was about getting a ticket. He did finally get up and we made it to the van. We had a good long talk about it and we both agreed that we should call that our last walk together.

We had a lot of good times, and he was truly my best friend. I sure do miss him.

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[True Dough]

5. Touching memory, Rorey

How many years did he live?

Our boy is almost 7. He's a German shepherd/mastiff mix (which is partly why the video in the OP interested me). We adopted him at 4 1/2 years of age. He has arthritis in both front legs and mild hip dysplasia. Despite that, he LOVES his walks and the vet strongly recommends we do them daily, which we do (although swimming would be the ideal exercise for him but the problem there is he refuses to wade into the water beyond his chest).

That said, I'm noticing he's starting to slow down a bit. With the large/giant breeds, the end generally comes sooner so I'm going to have to be mindful to scale back his activity gradually over the coming years.

He's such a great friend. Big, easygoing baby.

[Rorey]

9. Our best guess was that he was at least 15

He was at least 7 when he came to live with us, and we had him for about 7 1/2 years.

I bet your guy is HUGE. My son's dog is a mix, and he weighs about 130. I think he must have some Great Dane in him. He'll be seven this summer. He's got some hip issues now too. Poor guy.

[True Dough]

10. Fifteen is a lot of good years

You saw to it that he enjoyed those last 7.5 years.

Our boy is a "slender" 105 to 108 pounds (depends on the day he's weighed). The vet emphasized the need to keep him lean because it's easier on his joints. He could easily bulk up to 120 or 130 but that would be detrimental in more ways than one.

[Rorey]

12. I'm glad you're taking good care of him by keeping his weight under control.

The problem with my granddog isn't that he's overfed HIS food. He somehow manages to talk his family, especially the toddler, into people food.

When they got him as a pup, my son said that nobody was to give him anything other than his food. He didn't stick to his own rules, and the dog pays the price.

[Karadeniz]

8. That's a face you never get tired of looking at..sweet and kind. ❤❤❤❤

[Rorey]

11. He was sweet for me

Because of his past he had to be monitored around others.

[Laffy Kat]

7. Not knowing the dog, it's hard to know..

He looked like he didn't feel well.