Here's our little genius Chihuahua after doing what he likes best, rolling in deer poop! Now I gotta wash him up before going inside. Ah the joys of country living. 
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Remember the little plastic scotties that were strung and hung on the top of the scotch bottles? Nah, you’re all too young.
My dog growing up was a mixed water dog, half cocker and half springer, with two or three of his siblings being calm gentle house dogs. But George was a little nuclear reactor with blazing eyes and powerful hind legs. He could clear hedges in full stride and was a handful to walk, compact though he was. He insisted on swimming in the DesPlaines River, summer and winter, and through the ice, and if you didn't throw a stick out onto the ice he'd bath you in a shower of ice water. Once he was wet, you could see he didn't have any fat to keep him warm, and from his eyes you could see he burned with energy. I still have his photo on the wall, sitting on a kitchen chair in front of a refrigerator that was ancient even at the time. He lived well into his teens. Because of our jobs, my late wife and I, and my current wife and I, have always had cats, though we all grew up with dogs. So we have a place in our hearts for both.
We added to the family over the weekend... two more English Mastiffs.
No doubt they will take after our ten year old Mastiff and become my smoking buddies as well.
No doubt they will take after our ten year old Mastiff and become my smoking buddies as well.
My wife and I are lovin’ on all the dogs! What are the names of those adorable pups? And the senior statesman?
I took in a pretty seriously abused pit mix in fall of 2019, just barely pre-pandemic, and it was a tall order, he had all kinds of behavioral issues and absolutely no trust in anyone. A giant dog and crazy strong, with a tendency to putting his mouth on people. I was volunteering at the shelter here in town and I just... took him home one night. Couldn't stand to see him in there anymore. Most dogs bond in about 5 minutes, it took Rocco and me months. I took him to work, lived with him in my presense 24/7 for about half a year.
And now, well, I've got the finest goddam dog there is. This is his smug face, gettin tummy rubs from mama and looking me in the eye to tell me I ain't shit, which is pretty great. He's a big friendly turd.
And now, well, I've got the finest goddam dog there is. This is his smug face, gettin tummy rubs from mama and looking me in the eye to tell me I ain't shit, which is pretty great. He's a big friendly turd.
That's a great story. I can't stand to think of the abuse some animals (and humans) have received. The rescue lab I have now was not abused; merely abandoned. He's never shown any signs of being hit, though I think he developed a fear of shotguns- as stand up vacuums and guitars are the closest things to a shotgun I have now and they get him in the avoidance mode.
Bless you and all who have the love, time and patience to nurture such animals.
Bless you and all who have the love, time and patience to nurture such animals.
Gumbeaux is the old man. We got him when we were stationed in Louisiana.
The puppies are named Murphy (sea warrior) and Willa (protector). Both named after our Irish heritage and Coast Guard service.
Yes, when I got her I didn't know about Dudley Labs. I noticed her nose was pink and didn't look like other labs with black noses.
Thanks to many signatures of people who love pets, animals etc, the laws have been tightened, for those who mistreat and torture animals. Here in Spain. Now it is a very serious crime. 
This was my smoking buddy Remi. Best dog I've ever had out of many in my life. Had to have him put down in January 2021 from cancer, he was 12 years old.
And my Current dog Jovie, who is running a close 2nd at a year old this month and she loves to smell my beard after I've smoked a pipe.
And my Current dog Jovie, who is running a close 2nd at a year old this month and she loves to smell my beard after I've smoked a pipe.
I just have to put in my beautiful cat who passed in September of 2019.
Here's my Schipperke, Xi'an, and here is what he did to one of my pipes.
His rustications are better than some of Peterson’s!
one of my friends had a rescue pitbull that had issues. For some reason that dog loved me and would just leap into my lap and try and act like a lap cat. Sharing it cause he's a great dog and that image is funny.
like I said before. I figured out why dogs love pipe smokers. Cause in their mind it isn't a pipe it's a stick and finally they met a person that understands that fun of a good stick. In short can't blame the puppers for that.
Cool rustication method lol...
I never did until one day walking home from work smoking my only pipe at the time. A Canadian (long shanked billiard type pipe) and clenching it. This guy is walking a jack russell that has a stick. It looks up at me quizzically (the dog, not the stick) then gets this look that makes it easier to imagine the light bulb go on. He drops the stick and picks it up at the same angle I had the pipe at. That moment it hit me. That basically to a dog a man with a pipe is just a person that understands the value of a good stick.