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Brindle Boxer
My cousin needed a home for his dog. I volunteered to take care of her. She was six years old already. She was well trained very happy very loving. This was the smartest animal I had ever met. I was often astonished by her understanding of the English language. Anything I said to this dog she would do. My brother was visiting once and we got into a fight. As we were scuffling my dog came up and bit me. I didn’t understand why she bit me and not him. Another time I was in an argument with a friend of mine and again she bit me. Somebody said that they thought she was doing it because she didn’t want me acting in such a way. I decided to take steps and not put myself in argumentative or physical altercations. Then my beautiful boxer dog was the happiest dog I’ve ever seen.She would run in my front yard and leap over the sidewalk. During the leap she would do a total 360. I just thought this was so adorable she never wasn’t adorable. She had a bunch of toys as in dog toys. Out of all her toys she played with zero of them. There was a 2 inch long mini mouse stuffed animal. This was her toy she would throw it up in the air and catch it in her mouth then jump over the sidewalk doing a 360. She would take the mini mouse to her bed and put it under her blanket so no one could find it. She had this small stuffed toy The entire time I had her. My cousin later told me that as a puppy she would chew up all the stuffed animals of his kids. Then at about two years old she started dragging the stuffed animals to her bed. She would bark at people growl at people and not let them anywhere near her bed or the stuffed animals. He explained that she started lactating. And they had to have her spayed in order to get the aggression to stop. The vet explained that she was lactating and showing the aggression because she was under the impression that these stuffed animals were her children.Once she was fixed the situation was fixed as well. I would walk with my dog with no leash. We would come to an intersection which was a Highway and as we would approach the intersection I would simply say “Whoa doggy” Even the first time I said this she stopped in her tracks looked up at me and waited. When it was time to proceed and continue walking I would say “Get along little doggie” she would look up at me jump in the air then proceed to takeoff running across the street. This animal always seemed to be smiling. And when I had my pet boxer I was Surely always smiling. I moved to a small town 12 miles north of my hometown. When I did this Mia moved with me. After about nine months of being in this town my dog began to have seizures. This went on for three months. Then finally she had a seizure that messed her up. She no longer was able to get up and use the restroom normally and would not eat. I took her to the vet and the vet informed me that she had developed tumors in her frontal lobe. I personally blame the small towns water supply due to a huge amount of alkaloids in the water. Either way I miss my dog every single day.
By David Sandoval4 years ago in Petlife
What is the Best Pet Food
I have had German Shepherd Dogs around me my entire life and absolutely love having them part of my family. It is amazing how different we take care of them today versus when I was a kid. I don't remember giving them medicine for heart worm prevention or parvo or anything other than rabies, which was required by law.
By Gary Rathbun4 years ago in Petlife
Rocky The Standard Poodle. Top Story - January 2022.
When we were brand new at this game and had just started breeding our dogs, I was always surprised by the strange questions and strong beliefs of people who truly knew nothing about dog breeding whatsoever. Now, I’m not trying to sound pompous or superior in any way, but truly...this story reflects the fact that there are some people, no matter how much science, biology or plain fact obviously state otherwise, they continue to believe what they believe. “DAVE” is a perfect example in this humorous retelling of the tale.
By Heather M Pendragon4 years ago in Petlife
Kujo
Kujo, the beagle. The first time I saw him, I knew he was the one I wanted. He needed me just as badly as I needed him. It was in his eyes; they were sad and angry. I understood that. When I put out my hand to pet him, he came over tentatively, somewhat hopefully, layered with attitude. All those things pulled me to him. How did such a handsome beagle with soulful brown eyes, and a beautiful brown-black thick white coat, end up at the pound? What was his story? I knew I had to take him home with me no matter what those answers were.
By Heather Stanton4 years ago in Petlife
Buster brown
I just wanna say when I walk into the dog shelter the first thing I hear are dogs barking, but for the first time in my whole life I walked past a kennel where a silent beagle was laying sprawled out like jello. My first thought was he was new or he was just scared but as soon as I turned the corner I hear an adorable “BOWOOOO” echo through the building. One of the tenants ran past me, right up to the dogs cage trying to see what was wrong.
By Abigail Wright4 years ago in Petlife
Saint Linus
When I was 28 I decided to quit my life. Figuratively. Call it a quarter life crisis or crazy or brave or stupid or all of the above. Call it what you want, because the truth is, any of those things would be appropriate adjectives. However, no matter what you call it, it was the most terrifying thing I have ever done on purpose.
By Morgan Longford4 years ago in Petlife
Arya's COVID 19 Adventure
It was a sunny morning in July when Arya arrived in Antigonish. She stepped off the doorstep and dashed across the gravel parking lot, As she pranced across the soil she could hear a low voice say, "Hey, watch where you are walking, you almost stepped on me!" Arya stopped instantly, glanced furtively and replied, " Sorry, I did not see you. Where are you and what's more important, who are you?" She looked down and all around but all she could see was a hole in the ground. She first sniffed the hole and then sat observing as little Wilbur, an earthworm, popped up out of the hole. "I'm Wilbur, distant cousin of Wally the red worm, who lives in Bolton at Karl Pretty's recycle bin. I prefer soil, Wally eats banana peels, newspaper and lives in blue bin, or so I legend has it. Wally had a big adventure with a biologist, then dropped out of sight. We do not see him in these parts.
By Walter S Bond4 years ago in Petlife
