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Who's a good boi? (Original Post) sheshe2 Jan 2022 OP
Awww! Very smart and helpful pupper! Diamond_Dog Jan 2022 #1
Smarter than his dad too! lunatica Jan 2022 #43
There better have been some good treats after that! FoxNewsSucks Jan 2022 #2
That's amazing! question everything Jan 2022 #3
It made me smile and I wanted to share. sheshe2 Jan 2022 #4
Beautiful! And how are you doing, sheshe2? nt spooky3 Jan 2022 #5
Okay. sheshe2 Jan 2022 #7
Understandable. I hope you know that DUers care. spooky3 Jan 2022 #8
I know that hon. sheshe2 Jan 2022 #13
Tremendous. The intelligence of dogs is far beyond (most of our) appreciation. hlthe2b Jan 2022 #6
I remember the story, not the event... sheshe2 Jan 2022 #10
Nice. I cannot even fathom not raising kids with dogs. hlthe2b Jan 2022 #15
What a great doggo! electric_blue68 Jan 2022 #9
Yep. sheshe2 Jan 2022 #11
👍 electric_blue68 Jan 2022 #12
Nice, thanks Just_Vote_Dem Jan 2022 #14
We really do not deserve dogs. TNNurse Jan 2022 #16
Good guard dog! sheshe2 Jan 2022 #19
I got choked up reading your title "We really do not deserve dogs" MotorCityBeard Jan 2022 #37
DogGirl was a stray who showed up and took us in. TNNurse Jan 2022 #38
Very happy to hear about your 10 year celebration MotorCityBeard Jan 2022 #39
Employee of the month lame54 Jan 2022 #17
Ha! sheshe2 Jan 2022 #20
Malinois dogs are great. Duppers Jan 2022 #18
How intently he watches the man Bayard Jan 2022 #21
that has to be the littermate of Cyrus The Wonder Dog from yellowdogintexas Jan 2022 #22
Lovely! MontanaMama Jan 2022 #23
Thank you, sweetie. sheshe2 Jan 2022 #28
"Lassie, go bring us a large flathead screw driver!" Karadeniz Jan 2022 #24
Thank you Wild blueberry Jan 2022 #25
I bet Walter the cat can do that too. Emile Jan 2022 #26
That IS a smile - thanks for sharing, she! TygrBright Jan 2022 #27
Thanks, Bright. sheshe2 Jan 2022 #31
if that was my dog, barbtries Jan 2022 #29
True, looks as if he liked that game. sheshe2 Jan 2022 #45
I'm gonna cry. 😪 sprinkleeninow Jan 2022 #30
Don't cry. sheshe2 Jan 2022 #32
Touched my heart so. sprinkleeninow Jan 2022 #33
It touched mine as well, sprinkleeninow. sheshe2 Jan 2022 #34
(((((((((((((she))))))))))))) Smiles here, thank you for sharing. niyad Jan 2022 #35
Such a good boi. loves his human. sheshe2 Jan 2022 #36
Dog of the Year!!!!! calimary Jan 2022 #40
Yup. sheshe2 Jan 2022 #41
Cute... NurseJackie Jan 2022 #42
Of course it was, though fun to watch. sheshe2 Jan 2022 #46
I love to watch the dog shows and see the obstacle course races... NurseJackie Jan 2022 #47
That was AMAZING! BobTheSubgenius Jan 2022 #44

sheshe2

(83,750 posts)
10. I remember the story, not the event...
Wed Jan 26, 2022, 06:51 PM
Jan 2022

I was five, went up the driveway and got close to the road...our pupper, a Boxer took me by the wrist and brought me back down the drive. He knew and protected his own.

hlthe2b

(102,236 posts)
15. Nice. I cannot even fathom not raising kids with dogs.
Wed Jan 26, 2022, 07:13 PM
Jan 2022

It is always so sad to me to see still youngish children terrified of (all) dogs.

Nice story.

sheshe2

(83,750 posts)
11. Yep.
Wed Jan 26, 2022, 06:58 PM
Jan 2022

The doggies train of thought:

Ya know? All you had to do was ask and I would have helped ya. Then I laid there watching you struggle and took it upon myself to assist you, stubborn man. See that, easy peasy when we work together.

TNNurse

(6,926 posts)
16. We really do not deserve dogs.
Wed Jan 26, 2022, 07:14 PM
Jan 2022

We had a German Shepherd who guarded anyone out in the yard. He followed my husband when he was working outside. When I had surgery, my sister came to help, she went to pick blackberries, he followed her and guarded her.

He was the best.

sheshe2

(83,750 posts)
19. Good guard dog!
Wed Jan 26, 2022, 07:22 PM
Jan 2022

Such a sweetie.

Most of our dogs and cats were strays. We lived in a rural area and people dumped them. We took them in.

MotorCityBeard

(201 posts)
37. I got choked up reading your title "We really do not deserve dogs"
Wed Jan 26, 2022, 09:37 PM
Jan 2022

I have thought that so many times. Dogs give us SO much and expect so little in return.

I had the world's best girl, my cocker spaniel Candace, for 13 wonderful years. She's been gone almost 9 years now, and not a day goes by that I don't think of her and miss her. I was there at the beginning and end of her life; she was there for me all the years in between.

[Sidenote: When I was a kid, I would hear the song Mr. Bojangles and always felt so sad and didn't understand the part of the song about his dog dying and still grieving after 20 years. I get it now.]

Now I'm a cat daddy to two (sometimes) adorable adopted feral cats. Love them to bits, not sure it's returned, lol. I really want to get another dog, but my problem is I want one like Candace. I don't think I'll find anything even close.

TNNurse

(6,926 posts)
38. DogGirl was a stray who showed up and took us in.
Wed Jan 26, 2022, 10:14 PM
Jan 2022

She became my constant companion during my cancer treatment. The next spring she was diagnosed with untreatable cancer.

Our last two dogs had cancer. DogGirl became our "last dog". My husband declared he just could not do this again. In our more than 40 years together we always had cats and dogs. When we met I had two cats Dolly and Loretta. He had Bruno the wonderful dog and Peanuts the cat. There were many others. Only one or two died or just disappeared. We had to take all the rest of them and have them euthanized. It is just too hard.

It has been 9 years since we lost her and it is still too hard.

But I will soon celebrate 10 years past my diagnosis...so will focus on that.

MotorCityBeard

(201 posts)
39. Very happy to hear about your 10 year celebration
Wed Jan 26, 2022, 11:01 PM
Jan 2022

I do understand your husband's feelings, it really is hard.

Duppers

(28,120 posts)
18. Malinois dogs are great.
Wed Jan 26, 2022, 07:22 PM
Jan 2022

There's one in our neighborhood; such a pleasure to watch the owner work her out in the big field across the street. Sooo, I really appreciate this post.



Bayard

(22,062 posts)
21. How intently he watches the man
Wed Jan 26, 2022, 08:03 PM
Jan 2022

Then he runs to get a solution. That's logic, reasoning. And one smart pupster.

yellowdogintexas

(22,252 posts)
22. that has to be the littermate of Cyrus The Wonder Dog from
Wed Jan 26, 2022, 08:10 PM
Jan 2022

the Sisterhood/Men of the Sisterhood book series.

Cyrus would definitely do that

TygrBright

(20,759 posts)
27. That IS a smile - thanks for sharing, she!
Wed Jan 26, 2022, 08:34 PM
Jan 2022

Holding you in my heart... keep on keepin' on.

appreciatively,
Bright

barbtries

(28,789 posts)
29. if that was my dog,
Wed Jan 26, 2022, 08:41 PM
Jan 2022

he'd be like, "let's do it again now!" that's his idea of fun.
thanks for sharing

niyad

(113,278 posts)
35. (((((((((((((she))))))))))))) Smiles here, thank you for sharing.
Wed Jan 26, 2022, 09:14 PM
Jan 2022

Holding you and yours in my heart in light and love.

NurseJackie

(42,862 posts)
47. I love to watch the dog shows and see the obstacle course races...
Thu Jan 27, 2022, 07:08 PM
Jan 2022

... those are always thrilling to me.

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