Can we have a dog thread?

Oscar and his half brother Angus visiting the local pet shop.

Cass and Jake out this morning. They’re starting to do the superiority thing now so there’s some interesting squabbles.

Been away for a week, just catching up on excellent doggo pics 🙂

And how’s Roxie? Still gorgeous I see.

This Roxie? She's now bigger than Lola the Lab at just over 7 months. Think she's mostly fully grown now. Somehow found a big muddy puddle earlier, so we let her dry off, then comb out the mud then vac the floor. It's become a bit of a daily ritual!

This pic is her mum and other siblings that belong to the person we got her from. When all the dogs are together, it's carnage!

Thank goodness for the dog thread!

Barni the trail dog was out for an evening running alongside us last night. He loves it! You have to open the gates for him though. He can’t do cattle grids D

Great pic that @binners

Our Lab though she could do cattle grids. Until we had to fetch her out of one with three out of four legs between the slats! She's never tried since, strangely enough!

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@Binners  - I've just come down that way after a spin across the moor on the Fat bike!

It was a gift of an evening last night, I see. Make the most - it'll be a long winter

@Alex - that car must take some vacuuming after that lot have been in the back.! I recall taking Ed the retriever around the dunes near Formby and being impressed how clean he was for once when we got back.

And then watching 2lbs of sand being deposited on the carpet as his undercarriage dried.

@boomerlives - thankfully that's not my car 🙂 The back of my wife's car tho is a real life test of any vacuum with 'pet hair removal" attachments!

Mud? We know about mud!

We have our cockers well trained, if we're passing a stream etc out on a walk on a warm day, we can let them off lead and they'll jump in for a swim, splash, drink and come straight back to us. However I feared the worst when this one, off lead anyway, shot down into a drainage ditch. Very stinky muddy drainage ditch. Managed to prevent our other cocker following suit.

As we were heading for a cafe stop in town, we had had to find a way to clean her up. Right next to our town centre is the local cattle market, and the lads there were washing down after the previous days sheep sales, so we borrowed a hose for the clean up.

@boomerlives - last night was just perfect. An awesome sunset as the supermoon came up over the other side of the valley. To keep it slightly dog related, you can spot Barni leading the way here, up to Pilgrims Cross.

I would have headed out tonight too but last night I’d presumed Interstellar would be a bit drier than it was and then my back wheel tried to overtake my front resulting in a bit of a sprained wrist 🙁

Ffs we were out of the house for 20 minutes. 20. He had a walk and a 5h1t before we left. There’s mats down that he’s been using. But oh no.

Frikkin puppies.

Anyone else own a bin obsessed ex street dog?

Say hello to Milo. Lily was seemingly depressed following Rusty's departure, so we got her this bundle of trouble. She hates him, but he's rather cute.

Anyone else own a bin obsessed ex street dog?

Yep, although when she first encountered an over filled wheelie bin with stuff sticking out it was treated with suspicion and growled at

Dropped both offspring off to various far flung locations. Had friends coming in all day to see the dogs and make sure they get fed. And THIS is what we came back to.

Roxie: Wasn't me, nothing to do with me at all. I know I've been pawing at the bed and been told off before but it's definitely not me!

Lola: It's Roxie. Or the cats.

Anyway, we're not replacing it, it was getting ready for recycling anyway, but now it's definitely bin-food!

Bit of a wet walk today! Takes a while to dry Roxie. Who then smells like "Swamp Dog"

Having stolen loads of sweetcorn on the walk, now she's keen to have an avocado dessert! Not happening 🙂

My! What big ears you have!

Roksy has had her dinner, but never quite satisfied.....

Dogs are funny the way they have different characters..... it's nearly a year since our white schnauzer Rafa passed....he thought he was human....but Roksy seems to think that we are dogs...

They're funny. Our hound carries on like she works a high-pressure 40 hour week.

Kiwi’s hair is coming back. She is less itchy and the Malassezia (yeast) infection is going so she isn’t as smelly! DNA test been taken for a bit of entertainment. Total of 40kg of dog on the sofa now! 

Warning - spaniel incoming. Huey off the lead and heading back at full chat.

It's a long way from here to the beach, so an open field has to suffice most days, but when I call and wave the bag of carrots, he's generally pretty good on the recall. 'Generally' being relative. Sight of a rabbit or hare would probably change that very suddenly.

That's Max that is, waiting for a bit of faggot at the Tywi Bridge Inn.

Sadly, we had to say goodbye to our 17 year old Welsh Collie on Wednesday. Her health had been failing for the last few months, and we'd been warned by the vet that the end was drawing near. We had a great week's holiday with her up in Braemar, visiting some of her favourite spots, including this lovely afternoon at the Linn of Dee, where she puddled about in the water and watched our young Collie chasing balls and swimming. She took a turn for the worse on Sunday night, so we came home on Monday and, after a trip to the vet on Tuesday morning, we knew the end had come. Wednesday was pretty emotional; she wanted to go for a little walk round our neighbours, then came home and fell asleep wrapped in her favourite blanket in our back garden, while I cuddled her in my arms in the sunshine. She slept peacefully until it was time to take her to the vet one last time, where she was gently helped into her final sleep. We miss her massively, but so glad she had such a gentle ending.

What a lucky dog, one last paddle, one last lap and a cuddle.

She looks like a very lovely hound.

And 17 too, that's impressive. She was very lucky to have you that long

@ditch_jockey- tough times but she's clearly had a brilliant life. Outliving your pets is so damn hard.

We have muddy active dogs, and lazy, sleepy dogs today

A Cockerpoo wearing a head torch. No, I'm not sure why, and neither is Henry by the looks of it.

Those 2 on the hill again. Nice evening

This little chap will be coming to live with us soon!

This little chap will be coming to live with us soon!

Oh wow

Tiny! What breed is he?

Been a muddy week walk wise. Roxie had been re-introduced to the (warm) hose before being let inside. After which she heads for her favourite bean bag 🙂

It's a slow start here today.

Kiwi DNA update. Mostly terrier but with a few oddities thrown thrown in there too!  JRT is clearly dominant as she gets bigger and the hair is coming back.

She now refuses to wear a jumper and instead uses her big brother for warmth instead

That mix must be about the most pure breed mongrel possible!

That's an ace photo.

My dog really, really loves a tennis ball.

I’m not sure I want to go out. So instead I’ll stand in the dog door and bring the cold inside.

PSA : just ordered a Crumb tag for the hound. It's a QR code that you set up with your dogs details, currently free to order and the postage was £3.

We've just come back from dog central AKA Whitstable in Kent. Dogs are hugely popular and welcome in the vast majority of places, we had a fantastic weekend with a special shout to the Twelve taps who made Herbert "dog of the day" and had a wonderful array of beers and gins.

Tags arrived today. The wire loop that connects onto them is a bit flimsy but they’re otherwise good. Setup process was easy enough, though they try and trap you into a £7 a month subscription.

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