Dog Pictures. Let's see 'em!

[Orsino]

Here's Obie, apparently a lab/pit mix, in a quiet moment among all the barkage that's occupied him for the past half-hour:



He's stirring up the other doglets, who can't see what the fuss is about. Here are today's interlopers:

[BrotherBuzz]

1. Sally, my Border Collie Blue Heeler mix is a rough and tough girl...

that can herd anything, including cats, but is afraid of the wind. It has been blowing a storm here and the poor girl won't be able to sleep until it ends (reports say the winds end tomorrow).

[zanne]

45. That's adorable.

I take it she doesn't handle thunder well.

[auburngrad82]

68. Heelers are great dogs. We have two

Here are the pics.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=105x5993089#5996066

There are actually several DUers with cattle dogs/cattle dog mixes.

[BrotherBuzz]

72. My last dog, Billie Girl, was a Blue Heeler mix, but Sally is mostly...

a McNab Border collie with Merle Heeler markings and head. She was a rescue dog and we don't know her true background, but we live in Northern California sheep country and have grown to recognize McNab features in other working dogs. Like all McNabs, she is very light on her feet, and her coat is well suited to the California climate. Until we buy her a band of sheep, she will have to settle for mastering the dynamics of ricocheting tennis balls.

[hatredisnotavalue]

2. The two best dog friends ever

[Orsino]

21. "Dogs and cats, living together..."

[havocmom]

38. Goldens smile for the camera

Very sweet pup and cat.

[Bunny]

3. .

:D

[Avalux]

4. My sweet mutt Ellie - she's so very stylish!

The kids like to dress her up and she lets them. :hi:

[Maestro]

11. What a dog!

Our dog would not stand for it. :rofl:

[Kali]

5. not new but all I have loaded

all three are related, but this one now belongs to my sister her name is bug. the cat is Moco.


Wezl and Dumbass

[Maestro]

12. What is that cat doing!?!?!?!

And why is that Bug letting it?!?!?! :)

And dumbass for a dog's name...hilarious.

[Kali]

17. That cat is latched on - and she is totally socialized to that dog.

Bug is related to Dumbass. What else can I say?

[Maestro]

22. !

[gr8dane_daddy]

40. Yeah, what the hell is the cat doing?

and why is the doggie smiling?

[China_cat]

6. Two of Mine

Dot


Daphne and Dot

[Maestro]

10. What kind of dog is Dot? -nt

[China_cat]

18. Bouvier des Flandres

[applegrove]

77. I LOVE BOUVIERS. Love em. Good herders of people too.

[Roon]

7. I have always wanted a border collie

Some day.

[mondo joe]

28. I hope you have sheep.

Herding dogs without a lot of work are just a pain, in my experience.

[gr8dane_daddy]

41. My parents just got a border collie...

and they have plenty of goats for him to play with...

My dad has been amazed with their natural ability to herd goats.

[mondo joe]

57. Good for them! My neighbors have a herding dog - he's sweet but SO misbehaved,

and I attribute it to the fact that he has no work to do. He's a city dog, with no training or discipline whatsoever. So he's always jumping up on people, and trying to herd the neighborhood kids and dogs.

[auburngrad82]

69. We have two cattle dogs and have fostered several

A job for a herding dog is anything that keeps them happy. Our oldest played frisbee every day for 10 years then had to retire due to partially torn ACLs and now he just chases his tennis balls. Agility and flyball are also great jobs for herding dogs. They don't need to herd, they just need something to focus on.

[xchrom]

8. kicking because i am a dog nut!

[Maestro]

9. Our Belgian Malinois, Larkspur

Taken about three days ago.


Older pics








With my son when he was about three I guess. My son is now five.

[zanne]

46. "Belgian Malinois" sounds very sophisticated, until...

You see the second picture! Sweet doggie.

[Maestro]

60. She is all lapdog!

Her breed is bred for work and show. In fact, the military prefer Belgians over German Shepherds, but she just didn't want to do the work. She much preferred the love. She is very docile. We had a previous one, her half-sister, who wanted to work, protect and bite. Her bite drive was tremendous. The only reason we had her was because she suffered an accident and broke her back. Texas A&M vets put her back together but she had a limp so she couldn't show. The breeder gave that one to us. The reason we have Larkspur is because she just refused to show. She is too much a lapdog and submissive. We love her for that.

More info is here: http://www.american-belgian-malinois-club.org/

They are a wonderful breed! I highly recommend them if you do not have kids unless you can find one like our Larkpsur. :)

[SPKrazy]

13. 10 Month Old Sheltie

from this


to this at 10 months:

[LaurenG]

15. Oh what an adorable baby

I have had 2 shelties and I am in love with yours.

[SPKrazy]

16. She's a Tiny Little Thing, But She Grows On You!

or rather on me.

She was very hard to house train and got on all of our nerves with that. She finally got to where she actually seemed to care what we thought about a month ago and is house trained and very sociable and more fun now.

Thanks!

:hi: :thumbsup:

[LuLu550]

14. The Girls

Lexi



Cali

Mini Schnauzers and very good girls...sometimes...if there are no vermins around. Then we bark like crazy.

[LuLu550]

33. Lexi is sleeping now

and snoring like a human.

[Roon]

73. My Grandparents had a remal Mini schnauzer for 18 years

That dog barked from the minute it was brought home as a puppy until the day it died.

[LuLu550]

75. Oh, yeah, they are barky...

they stop when I tell them if they give an "alarm bark" like a noise outside, but if they see a squirrel, fahgedaboudit!

[NMDemDist2]

19. ok, here's my crew

Sadie the Sheltie and my Kitty Squeak (kitty was VERY ill at the time but has fully recovered)



here's the big Bubba aka Einstein



and Stealth Pup Sue Z. aka "The Old Girl"

she is notorious for not letting you get a real pic of her, but still managing to be in every shot :rofl:

[malta blue]

20. Here is my old girl

with my little girl.


Luna was rescued from an abusive environment where she was electrocuted and beaten. She is a STAR for recovering and becoming an uber friendly pooch!

[seemunkee]

23. My two

This was taken the day after the big guy, Bean, came to live with us. We've packed a few pounds on him since then. Luna is our 2 year old girl.

[mondo joe]

27. They are gorgeous. I'm smitten with this one Italian Greyhound I see at Doggy

Daycare - but he's not as handsome as Bean.

[seemunkee]

29. Just caught them curled up together

Their still getting used to each other but its times like this when we know it will all work out


Bean is turning out to be a handsome guy. He's not quite as smart as Luna is though.

[xchrom]

24. i'm giving this two paws up!

[LuckyTheDog]

25. LuckytheDog revealed

[mondo joe]

26. Sirius Wiggles, at 13 weeks

He had a bath the day before, so he was pretty fluffed up and looked more plump than he is:



And here he is with his neighbor Jack. I don't know how we'll tell them apart when Sirius is full grown.

[dropkickpa]

30. Miz Lila

She's a maybe 5 year old black lab rescue (just got her this spring, the shelter thinks she was about five and, judging by her teeth but still youthful demeanor, I think that's about right). She was found as a stray, she was already fixed, VERY housebroken, overweight, but she has allergies which lead to her getting an ear hematoma (due to scratching and shaking). I'm wondering if her previous owners just couldn't afford the surgery and left her somewhere, as I can see NO other reason for this dog to be found as a stray (she NEVER takes off, she won't even set foot off the yard without being on her leash). How have we dealt with the allergies? 2 benadryl a day and viola! Allergies well under control. She is just as sweet as she looks.

[BrotherBuzz]

31. Wow, 2 Benadryl a day

My old Blue Heeler 'Billie Girl' suffered from ear hematomas most of her adult life, yet we never knew the cause. Our vet just drained the bad ones, but was at a loss to explain why she got them. Her life could have been a lot better had we known about Benadryl. Filed away for future use.

Rescue dogs are the best, but I guess you already knew that. Miz Lila is a keeper. :thumbsup:

[dropkickpa]

34. I'm a vet tech

And suffer from terrible allergies myself, and I noticed that, on bad days for me, she would be scratching her ears and biting her feet, sneezing, and have lots of "eye boogers". I've attended several continuing education seminars on dermatitis and allergies in dogs so, when I brought it up to a vet at work, her recommended trying benadryl for a couple days to see if it helped. It was like a miracle, she stopped everything and was just so much more comfortable (the ear scratching was near constant, and she would just start crying but couldn't stop the scratching).

I used to have a golden retriever who developed an ear hematoma and, after his surgery (he needed the "quilt stitching", as it kept recurring) his vet dx'd a BAD flea allergy. Getting him on advantage when it came out was the best thing in the world for him.

I swear, if I ever left cancer research, I'd go to work with a dermatology/allergy specialist!!

[gr8dane_daddy]

51. That is a precious face.

It just screams "Love Me!"

[Redstone]

32. Since you insist:

Redstone

[dropkickpa]

35. I think I just

overloaded my cuteness tolerance! I'm in full-on "Dawwwwwww!!!" mode. Beautiful boy and beatiful pup Redstone!!

[Redstone]

37. She's a cutie. And so's the boy. Am I the luckiest SOB on the planet, or what?

I remind myself of that every day.

Redstone

[dropkickpa]

43. How could you not with two sets of big brown eyes like that

Looking up at you?

Truly adorable!

[WannaJumpMyScooter]

36. My three, taken this evening after I saw this thread

Lucy, the world's dumbest beagle



Maggie, the world's smartest mutt



Annie, the world's laziest big dog



Cornholio, the rat



Einstein, the mouse


Hampy the hampster was burried under a pile of litter, and declined to be photographed for this post.

[gr8dane_daddy]

52. I think Lucy was offended by that remark.

And Annie has competition from my pup Haley.

[WannaJumpMyScooter]

58. Lucy does not have the brain cells

to be offended.

[havocmom]

39. Nap time for The Zoo Crew

The 90 Pound Hound and his new cat (well, they've been together two and a half years now)




The old cat on a camp out - hound was off sniffing with a dog pal

[gr8dane_daddy]

42. My two girls (well technically one's my brother's)

My baby Haley, she was the runt of a Great Dane litter.



My brother's mutt, Bridget



Haley at the park chillin'



Both girls spotting possible squirrel activity at the park



Haley napping after a long day at the park



For those who love dogs, I highly recommend Grogan's Marley and Me. I finished it the week before Christmas, had me drawing tears...and I'm a tough guy from Texas. However my dogs are getting up there in years and this book is a great way to help prepare for the inevitable. So again, I recommend it.

[xchrom]

44. please, please, please, more?

[Orsino]

47. Yes, please.

Doggies are the best thing in the world.

[Lowell]

48. Here's my Lucille

She's pretty laid back.



Here's she's playing with her big brother Watson.

[Samurai_Writer]

49. Spirit and Shambala in the snow last week

Spirit, eating the snow
(he was standing, and only had to bend down a little to put his face in the snow there)


Shambala, in the road after the snowplow came
(his head comes up to my waist, for comparison's sake. I'm 5'10")

[gr8dane_daddy]

50. RadFemFL...Florida?

That don't look like Fla with all the snow....cute pups though

[Samurai_Writer]

61. I moved to colorado last year

Didn't want to give up the username and my post count though.

[TorchTheWitch]

53. here's my son...

This is Kujo. He's still very much a pup and has a lot of growing left to do yet even though he's hit 100 lbs...



WHEN is he going to grow into those donkey ears???

I've got a nice slide show of him on my MySpace page... http://www.myspace.com/mytwowings

[gr8dane_daddy]

59. He looks adorable with those donkey ears...

definately a democrat.

[IDemo]

54. Jessie the Chessie (Chesapeake Bay Retriever)

[gr8dane_daddy]

56. I want Jessie's Girl

Where can I find a doggie like that!

Enough with the charades.....

[Wcross]

55. Dogs

Angel, Buddy and their pups Larry & Curly.


Moe.


PeeDee, she is Angel & Buddy’s pup from a previous litter. She is also Moe’s mom.

I adopted Buddy, Angel & PeeDee when my neighbors house burned down and they couldn’t take the dogs with them. The dogs were going to go to the pound and I couldn’t let that happen. I went from no dogs to three. Then, about two weeks later both the girls had pups. I kept all that survived. I had them ALL fixed soon after.

[hippywife]

62. Here are our two,

both of whom were abandoned out here and are very sweet and loveable mutts. I swear Jessie understands every word you say to her!

Babe, who we've had about four years now:



And, Jessie, who came to us about a year and a half ago:

[gr8dane_daddy]

63. I love Babe's booties...

and Jessie looks like a herder!

[hippywife]

64. We're not sure what all she is.

The vet says she's at least part blue heeler. I think she is also part coyote by the look of her ears, nose, and the way she carries her tail. But the husband doesn't think so.

She definitely likes to chase all the birds and assorted critters we have out here. Between the both of them, we end up with more dead critters and old cow bones in our front yard.

[gr8dane_daddy]

65. Love the pic...

my brother's dog is a mixed breed too with some shepherd. He says she's a Mexican Shepherd (we're hispanic and plan to get a boat christened the Mexican Armada).

[hippywife]

66. Sounds like fun!

Enjoy the boat! :hi:

[auburngrad82]

67. Very definitely part heeler

We have two ACDs and have fostered a few. The ears are very cattle dog and the white spot on her forehead is called a Bentley after an old time cattle dog breeder in Australia.

Here are our buddies:

Petey, 11-year old heeler.


Tillie, a 4-yr old heeler who, like most graduates was drunk at her graduation ceremony.


Crystal, 5-yr old pointer.


Asta, 11-yr old Swedish Cattle Dog (Valhund) with my parents' heeler/australian shepherd cross, Jessie (the white one)


and last but not least, the sweetest 90-pound dog in the world, Porkchop (11-yr old lab mix)

[auburngrad82]

70. Here are our buddies

Petey, 11-year old heeler.


Tillie, a 4-yr old heeler who, like most graduates was drunk at her graduation ceremony.


Crystal, 5-yr old pointer.


Asta, 11-yr old Swedish Cattle Dog (Valhund) with my parents' heeler/australian shepherd cross, Jessie (the white one)


and last but not least, the sweetest 90-pound dog in the world, Porkchop (11-yr old lab mix)

[Orsino]

71. The rest of my crew, since I started this thread.

Sparky is a stray. Someone broke into our porch in '94 and left her.




Sadie is a stray, too, and obviously pure ACD.




Sylvie is a mutt who was dropped off at the pound.

[WannaJumpMyScooter]

74. those guys are great... our first dog who died

2 1/2 years ago, she was a Hurricane Andrew rescue and was the best frisbee-catchin' bandana-wearin' water-hatin' pointer you ever saw.



her casket...



her eternal resting spot




RIP Casey, we still love you.

[Mrs.Matcom]

76. Remi the wonder pug...

he is begging for cheese. And he taught himself how to do this little trick all by himself. We call it his teddy bear pose! Every one else's babies are boootiful! :hi:

[S n o w b a l l]

78. Here's my two...

My Akita...



mixed eskimo or spitz maybe....don't know for sure...got her from the shelter.

[Wcross]

80. I see the Spitz/Eskimo in her.

This is Angel, adopted while pregnant. She hooked up with a beagle type of mutt and this is one of their pups.

[S n o w b a l l]

81. Yes...She looks just like the top picture...

The pup is adorable! :)

[Richardo]

79. Here's two of our five....

Here's our mini-schnauzer Ruby, pensive on Christmas Morn...



..and a blurry JRT named Sophie...

[Maiden England]

82. I wasn't going to post, BUT our dogs share names Orsino!

Both of mine are rescues, however the vet agrees they are probably pure border collie.

Toby (who we call Obie, or Obey-o)


And his sister Sadie


Gratuitous puppy pics

[GoddessOfGuinness]

83. I'd love to post one of Wolfgang, but after I sent the pic to a bunch of relatives

I realized he was in a major state of arousal. :blush:

[mondo joe]

84. Sirius got a new haircut yesterday!

Old look:


New look:

[RetroLounge]

85. Here ya go!

My dog Nikita taken 1991 (Bonus points if you can identify who is on my t-shirt)


The RetroKids along with Riley, my friend's Golden Retriever


My address plate on the light in front of the house


RL

[Tripper11]

86. Here's Sandy....

She's a 1 and a half year old Coconut Retriever. She comes from St. Maarten in the Caribbean
A couple of ladies in North Seattle have been rescuing this breed for a few years now....