Do you own a dog? What Breed?

[Moonlilly]

I actually adopted a 5 year old (6 now) brazilian Mastif (spell check) female named Abby. She took to my family like kids in a toy store. We love her to death! She is all black with white spots under her paws. My brother mistook her for a male black lab til he saw a side pic of her face. We love our abby!

[suzy1124]

Welcome here M.L!

[Bighuey]

My brat dog Sam tore a hole in the fence yesterday and got out and almost got hit by a car. The big lump's into everything. He grabbed a pair of my pants off the clothes line and luckily, I was outside and got them away from him before he had them in shreds. Hope he grows up soon before he destroys everything. Im going to change his name to Trouble.

[Loveabull]

I'm sorry Big...from what I understand most of them do outgrow the search and destroy stage but it takes time. The first years with Sophie we kept sandals off the floor, the Barbies were amputees, stuffed toy stuffing everywhere like Christmas snow...most aggravating was the clothes hamper...cheap bras are maybe $20, everyday ones are about $60 a pop...she would drag out the pricey ones and all that would remain was underwire and pretty colored fluff. She outgrew everything except toy destruction.

Funny though, one of her quirks is cotton swabs, without opposing thumbs she somehow can gingerly pick her way through the wastebaskets and gather qtips. I wash her bed maybe twice a month and handfuls of cotton swabs always fall out as I lift the mattress. Nobody ever sees her, don't know how she does it

[suzy1124]

Interesting how ppl will tolerate this bad behaviour from their pets but NOT FROM THEIR KIDS

[Bighuey]

Dogs are like kids, my mother always said having a dog is like having a retarded child. Sam was pretty good today, all he did was get into the place where I burn my garbage and scattered burnt cans all over the yard. He's close to 6 months old, he should grow up soon.

[sunndbar]

Yes!
As a matter of fact I have 5 dogs!

I live in a rural area with lots of land so it makes it really nice to have multiple pets. We are suckers for a sad looking rescue at the shelter.

We have a blue Pitbull named Luna, an enormous brown Pitbull named Sunny, a white English Bull Terrier named Charlie, a tan and white Bassett Hound named Daisy & last but not least our Poodle named Luche.

This is not an easy task! You need an extra room for kennels & it doesn't hurt to have a really large screened in patio. My dogs get tons of exercise in the yard but unfortunately , for safety reasons not all the breeds can play together. Our house is in constant rotation but we have it down to a science. If my husband wasn't as disciplined as he is I would never agree to this. Its really hard if you want to keep a nice, clean home & have 5 dogs but with a lot of work its definitely doable!

[Loveabull]

Dogs are like kids, my mother always said having a dog is like having a retarded child.

Exactly!!! I love it!!! Actually my kid is more on the ball than these mutts sometimes, but yeah...just discovered today I have to add more cord to the door barrier. I have a solid wood fence sideways in the door frame to keep the dogs in but let the air through the back. Two strong bungee cords connected to bolts on the sides then wound through the fencing...Mr. Tank heard a dog in the next yard and BOOOOOMMM, headfirst right under it...probably didn't feel a thing...so tomorrow I get two MORE cords and get the bottom tight into the frame too.

They call 'em bulls for a reason...bull headed

[Bighuey]

They need a lot of room, thats for sure. I have Sam, hes part German Shepard and every male dog in town, and I have Digger, hes a white shaggy mutt, and Taffy. She Is a white lop-eared Chihuahua. Ive got about an acre lot, they have plenty of room to run around and sometimes I walk to the beach and give them a good run. Taffy stays in the house mostly, she just gets bathroom privliges is all. The other two stay out, they never come in the house. Sam would make a shambles of the place.

When I first moved here, there were 5 dogs that the previous tenants left. They came with the house. Two ran off, one died, and one went to Ti Juana to get laid. A friend wanted to breed her with another pit bull, he said he'd bring her back. That was over a year ago, I havent seen her since. Thats OK though. I couldnt afford to feed them anyway.

[sunndbar]

Dogs are like kids, my mother always said having a dog is like having a retarded child.

Exactly!!! I love it!!! Actually my kid is more on the ball than these mutts sometimes, but yeah...just discovered today I have to add more cord to the door barrier. I have a solid wood fence sideways in the door frame to keep the dogs in but let the air through the back. Two strong bungee cords connected to bolts on the sides then wound through the fencing...Mr. Tank heard a dog in the next yard and BOOOOOMMM, headfirst right under it...probably didn't feel a thing...so tomorrow I get two MORE cords and get the bottom tight into the frame too.

They call 'em bulls for a reason...bull headed

what type of Bully breed do you have? we have had several fence issues so I was curious

[Bighuey]

I dont know what breed she was. She was red. I had another pit bull that was black, he was a mixture of something, he was black with long legs. Both were friendly dogs, except with strangers.

[Loveabull]

Callie is considered an American Bulldog, Sophie is American Staffordshire both in the bull neighborhood but like night and day. Sophie is the kind of dog that if she steps on a stick she'll leap from the noise, timid around people, cats, the dark, the list goes on. Callie is fearless...thunder, noise, people...I run the vacum and he marches right up to it..."Grrr Rufff I'm watching ya vacum, better not try anything funny!", Sophie will be under the desk shivering and peeing herself.

I don't know if it's breed differences or just their personalities but when he is determined to get out he does. The most recent is when he climbed up a bicycle that was leaning against a six foot fence. Somehow he either leaped or more likely fell over the top and nipped a neighbor. I feel he thought he was playing...it didn't break the skin and obviously if he meant to hurt someone it would have been severe. But enough of a scare to make us hyper alert on keeping him safe. This is a dog who needs a lift getting on the bed and he got over that fence???

He's a digger too. We put railroad ties against the base of the fences and when I find even the beginning of a hole near the fence line I fill it with brick pieces immediately, just a real strong guy...From research they say border collies, huskies and pit bulls are the three breeds most likely to be Houdini with escaping. What fence issues do you have specifically?

[sunndbar]

Callie is considered an American Bulldog, Sophie is American Staffordshire both in the bull neighborhood but like night and day. Sophie is the kind of dog that if she steps on a stick she'll leap from the noise, timid around people, cats, the dark, the list goes on. Callie is fearless...thunder, noise, people...I run the vacum and he marches right up to it..."Grrr Rufff I'm watching ya vacum, better not try anything funny!", Sophie will be under the desk shivering and peeing herself.

I don't know if it's breed differences or just their personalities but when he is determined to get out he does. The most recent is when he climbed up a bicycle that was leaning against a six foot fence. Somehow he either leaped or more likely fell over the top and nipped a neighbor. I feel he thought he was playing...it didn't break the skin and obviously if he meant to hurt someone it would have been severe. But enough of a scare to make us hyper alert on keeping him safe. This is a dog who needs a lift getting on the bed and he got over that fence???

He's a digger too. We put railroad ties against the base of the fences and when I find even the beginning of a hole near the fence line I fill it with brick pieces immediately, just a real strong guy...From research they say border collies, huskies and pit bulls are the three breeds most likely to be Houdini with escaping. What fence issues do you have specifically?

well, we have a horse fence. We had 4 ft but that just wasn't tall enough. Both of our Pitbulls are jumpers so we had to separate the yard and install 6ft horse fences with a wood border in order to keep these two in!


At this point we just aren't sure if they want to bite the dogs that walk by the fence or play. We just can't take any chances. My huge boy Sunny literally gets airborne - the highest jumper I've ever seen! He's such a sweetie though. With this breed comes a lot of responsibility- mainly due to their unfair bad rap. We are extra careful when it comes to them.

-- 20 Jul 2013, 22:59 --

I dont know what breed she was. She was red. I had another pit bull that was black, he was a mixture of something, he was black with long legs. Both were friendly dogs, except with strangers.

sounds like my dogs. They are really sweet unless a stranger enters the yard. We had to separate our yard, build a taller fence etc to keep these two from escaping

[suzy1124]

B.H. as usual you have made me laugh till i have tears, btw, love your new Avatar...

Sundbar!...kudos to you and your husband! I applaud your DEVOTION!

[Bighuey]

Thanks, Suzy. I always thought that was a cool pic ever since I was a kid.