CM. Posted March 24, 2018 Share Posted March 24, 2018 Bruce and his mum Meg knowing its not far away from Saturday breakfast. The heavy snow the other week. Legs barely visable 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swordfishtrombone Posted March 24, 2018 Share Posted March 24, 2018 (edited) Juno the dog. Today is the 7th anniversary of her joining the family. She was abandoned as a pup we got her from the council dog pound so no idea what her heritage is best guess.is a cross.between a whippet and patterdale. Edited March 24, 2018 by Swordfishtrombone 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rizzo Posted March 24, 2018 Share Posted March 24, 2018 On 16/03/2018 at 13:36, Dindeleux said: That’s my argument. He does shed a lot of hair though it’s all over my house. Ours used to shed loads but it's calmed down since we changed their food. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dindeleux Posted March 24, 2018 Share Posted March 24, 2018 Fucking love dugs man. -1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rizzo Posted April 2, 2018 Share Posted April 2, 2018 Found a nice walk up by the seagull trust in Falkirk. Even our wee old boy on the left is loving the woodlands. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Co.Down Hibee Posted April 2, 2018 Share Posted April 2, 2018 Our pug Paddy in deep snooze mode. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swordfishtrombone Posted April 6, 2018 Share Posted April 6, 2018 (edited) On 02/04/2018 at 12:43, Rizzo said: Found a nice walk up by the seagull trust in Falkirk. Even our wee old boy on the left is loving the woodlands. The Seagull Trust is by Bantaskine isn't it. I used to walk the dog up there when I stayed in Anson Avenue. It's a nice walk, the dog loved swimming in the canal. They are a cracking looking couple of dogs. Edited April 6, 2018 by Swordfishtrombone 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rizzo Posted April 6, 2018 Share Posted April 6, 2018 53 minutes ago, Swordfishtrombone said: The Seagull Trust is by Bantaskine isn't it. I used to walk the dog up there when I stayed in Anson Avenue. It's a nice walk, the dog loved swimming in the canal. They are a cracking looking couple of dogs. It is yeah, we walk up Greenbank road and join the path on the south side of the Union canal and follow it along to the Seagull trust and across the bridge to complete the loop via the north side of the canal. It's only 3 miles from our house so it's a nice short walk for the old boy but there's enough interesting stuff for our girl to get a good run about and explore. She'll get herself into every body of water she can but he's a bit a total blouse when it comes to water. It always seems like it should be a more popular dog walk but we've never ran into anyone else using it. We've been lucky with Jake and Skye in they've both been very healthy and happy and neither of them came with any real baggage for being older rescues (Jake was 9 and Skye 4 when we got them) Folk tend to mistake who's the oldest of the two though with all the white in her fur. ( dugs) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swordfishtrombone Posted April 6, 2018 Share Posted April 6, 2018 Total respect for taking on a 9 year old and even a 4 year old dog you have no idea what life they might have had before. They both look happy and handsome. I used to find Summerford Park was a good walk for my dog just down from Bantaskine, it is rabbit central down there , I'd just let her off the leish and she would knacker herself out getting the piss taken out of her by much faster rabbits. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rizzo Posted April 6, 2018 Share Posted April 6, 2018 2 minutes ago, Swordfishtrombone said: Total respect for taking on a 9 year old and even a 4 year old dog you have no idea what life they might have had before. They both look happy and handsome. I used to find Summerford Park was a good walk for my dog just down from Bantaskine, it is rabbit central down there , I'd just let her off the leish and she would knacker herself out getting the piss taken out of her by much faster rabbits. Aye we tend to use Summerford park in the morning for our two, the Greenrig cycle trails are nice as well especially in the summer (we sometimes stop in at the Canada wood for a tipple as they allow dogs in the lounge or at the tables outside). We've only ever had rescue dogs (4 in all), the oldest one we adopted was 12 and sadly we only had her 2 years before she had to be put to sleep but I hated to think of her spending her final months/years in a kennel. Our first dog was also 9 when we took him on but he lived until he was 18 and was a collie so very trainable. He turned up in my mother in laws garden and when she tracked down the owner she was told that she could keep the dog as he was no longer wanted. Skye (above) was actually the most challenging as she had been born in a kennel and had no training whatsoever until we took her on at 4yo but by then she had picked up a lot of bad habits. It was about 3 years before we felt able to let her off a lead as she had the habit of bolting in any given direction with no particular rhyme nor reason to it, didn't matter what obstacles were in her way either - she'd go through, over or under them. Jake (above) is a great wee dog and still in good shape given he'll be 14 in August. He was previously owned by an elderly couple who had another old dog. The older dog died as did the wife and the man couldn't take Jake with him into sheltered housing. Jake took a few months to settle as he'd been with this wee couple his entire life but he's a great wee dog too. He loved hillwalking when he was younger and we did a few munros together before he got too stiff. I promise to stop talking about my dugs... now.* Spoiler *may not stop talking about own dugs 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swordfishtrombone Posted April 6, 2018 Share Posted April 6, 2018 13 minutes ago, Rizzo said: Aye we tend to use Summerford park in the morning for our two, the Greenrig cycle trails are nice as well especially in the summer (we sometimes stop in at the Canada wood for a tipple as they allow dogs in the lounge or at the tables outside). We've only ever had rescue dogs (4 in all), the oldest one we adopted was 12 and sadly we only had her 2 years before she had to be put to sleep but I hated to think of her spending her final months/years in a kennel. Our first dog was also 9 when we took him on but he lived until he was 18 and was a collie so very trainable. He turned up in my mother in laws garden and when she tracked down the owner she was told that she could keep the dog as he was no longer wanted. Skye (above) was actually the most challenging as she had been born in a kennel and had no training whatsoever until we took her on at 4yo but by then she had picked up a lot of bad habits. It was about 3 years before we felt able to let her off a lead as she had the habit of bolting in any given direction with no particular rhyme nor reason to it, didn't matter what obstacles were in her way either - she'd go through, over or under them. Jake (above) is a great wee dog and still in good shape given he'll be 14 in August. He was previously owned by an elderly couple who had another old dog. The older dog died as did the wife and the man couldn't take Jake with him into sheltered housing. Jake took a few months to settle as he'd been with this wee couple his entire life but he's a great wee dog too. He loved hillwalking when he was younger and we did a few munros together before he got too stiff. I promise to stop talking about my dugs... now.* Reveal hidden contents *may not stop talking about own dugs I found with our rescue mutt that the big problem was her not being properly socialised with other dogs. She got very defensive very quickly and would snap but she has gradually got much better. It's taken a few years but she is now just a bit aloof and completely focused on a tennis ball. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rizzo Posted April 6, 2018 Share Posted April 6, 2018 Just now, Swordfishtrombone said: I found with our rescue mutt that the big problem was her not being properly socialised with other dogs. She got very defensive very quickly and would snap but she has gradually got much better. It's taken a few years but she is now just a bit aloof and completely focused on a tennis ball. I had a friend that had the same issue with a dog he got from the SSPCA, rescue can be a bit of a lottery but we've definitely been lucky with the 4 we've had. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swordfishtrombone Posted April 6, 2018 Share Posted April 6, 2018 (edited) Wee Juno was like a lottery win. Got her from Bandeath she was just unwanted hadn't been badly treated and was only a year old. It was a really depressing place to go to though, it was 90 percent adult Staffies that had been used for breeding and selling pups then just abandoned. Edited April 6, 2018 by Swordfishtrombone 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rizzo Posted April 6, 2018 Share Posted April 6, 2018 Aye it's a grim place. We sometimes drop in food, treats and toys and stuff but the dogs are always so confused and distressed (which will no doubt put folk off). We nearly re-homed a dog from there once but she didn't like Jake much. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shandon Par Posted April 8, 2018 Share Posted April 8, 2018 Have a nap or go out and chase some rabbits. Some of the tough decisions facing Renton each day. Nap usually wins. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Broomhill Ultra Posted April 8, 2018 Share Posted April 8, 2018 Henry and Baloo: Dog and cat travel companions gain cult following http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-43666657 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnydun Posted April 11, 2018 Share Posted April 11, 2018 I have no idea who raided the bin??? 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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swiftyswifty swifty Posted April 18, 2018 Share Posted April 18, 2018 Herbie is growing every day and has learned the art of waving at the camera. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
++Ammo - Airdrie++ Posted April 19, 2018 Share Posted April 19, 2018 Wee Keira is getting on a bit now, 12 in september.Here she is enjoying a week lie down with my oldest at the weekend. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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