Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Hunter's Campfire How the Ancient Greeks felt about their dogs

They worm their way into your heart then rip it up when they are gone.

Have had to put down several because of problems but the worst was Teddie the mother in laws little dog.

He got took out by a ram 2500 in the driveway in front of our house by the assistant principal.

I felt bad for Ted but i think that the driver was going to need treatment.

The 2 we have now will be the last we have unless the wife brings more home like she did these two.

Mine died just a few days past his twelfth birthday.

Rene, I know the anguish you speak of. My once in a lifetime black lab passed last June, one of my worst days ever in recent history. He is buried up on my north 40, his favorite place up by the swimming pool.

Cookie at 14 is the oldest dog I have ever had.
Anceint Serpent Dog.
Wise.
Can see it in his eyes.

In his prime he was King of this neighborhood.
12 dogs on a common fenceline
All the dogs be outside in their yards.
Cookie come strolling out, walk the fenceline.
Total atmosphere change.
Not violent barking at the fence line but a shift in mannerisms
from care free to we better act right and not bark at him type of things
Kinda funny cause neighbors used ta notice it and have talked about
all the dogs behavior changing when he would walk the fencline.

Now when he goes out all the adjoining fence line dogs bark at him in like a greeting bark.
No defined alpha outta all the adjoining fenceline dogs that I can make out.
Probably be my dog Rico if he wasnt such a fence jumping muldoon and not on a 60 ft tie out.

My dog Rico took over Alpha role about 2 yrs ago over his dad
Blackjack, and Cookie. Not in a physical way, but just presence wise.
Blackjack has always been a Beta.
Everything Rico knows he learned from Cookie.
When Rico,s mom Sweetheart was alive she didnt take crap from any of em .
LOL!!!

I had to put my little Beagle princess down last year. Started down the renal failure path, and the last visit to the vet went from hopeful to “do the right thing as a friend” in the matter of a few minutes. It was the hardest thing I’ve ever had to do. I hugged her and whispered in her ear while the vet did the deed. Her suffering was over quickly (surprisingly so), but MY pain has diminished at a very slow rate. She would be 12 this July.

My red Heeler was such an awesome friend that he passed away on his own. He was 16. Two of the best friends a person could hope for, and they’ll hold extremely special places in my heart and memory until I’m gone too.

Used to have labs when I was a kid. But then we started traveling to camp almost every weekend and it was hard to take the dogs every where. Not much has changed so we dont have any.

I could shoot the neighbors dog some days...misplaced anger though. The dog isnt used to being inside alone and bawls for almost 4 hours when the owner leaves for work.

Good to hear your parts are functioning. We lost our dog Shammy of 10 years last fall to cancer. She was a very empathetic and loving dog that we miss greatly. We are picking up our new wirehaired pointing griffon we're naming Macy on March 4th.

I love Rhodesian ridgebacks. My friend in South Africa had an awesome ridgeback named Zanu. I've never seen dogs that can jump as high as a ridgeback. They are smart, athletic, and have great personalities. My kids have bad allergies or we would own a ridgeback.

Bb

By the way, prednisone really helped Shammy some towards the end. I was on it for my spondylitis and just started giving her some too. It bought her some better days.

Bb

I have a feeling that a griff might be your new favorite breed....

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And rooms, pickups, sometimes whole levels of the house. Raw meat will do that!

Best of luck with your dog, Ren.

Can abide an annoying hound, far more than I can an annoying human.

Had a beagle that topped 15 before her time ran out, On lab number three here, none have quite made it to 13. At my age, most likely one more period of grief to get through, before I keel over? She's a little devil, but makes us laugh every day.

Ain't much else in life, that can match the love and loyalty of a dog.

Jump to 1:30.

That's its best use in dogs, i.e., buying them better days near the end.

Oldest dog I've had was the Chihuahua we got when I was three. She made it past her eighteenth birthday. I was 21 when she needed to be put down due to complete loss of hind leg function.

I had a wonderful dog named Cookie. I miss her so much.

Thats the condition I found googling yesterday I need ta talk to the vet about tommorow . Spondylitis.
Really suspect it is that from the conditions it described.

An old one, but a good one.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=byA3JAdqPQk

Where did I put that box of tissues?

I don't know if there are dogs in Heaven, but it would be a very poor place without them.

Neither of them would approve of protracted grieving. They'd want you to move forward.