Digger dog

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Here we go again, yeah it worked – I give you Digger Dog

Bertie at the Beach

Bertie where did that squirrel go!

some lovely dogs. According to Martin Clunes this one is a left footer.

Fabulous dogs everyone!
Dogs are ace.
Dog posts are hyper ace!!!
SB

Max, my GSD we got from the dogs trust.

Am I allowed a few more? Took these very recently in the snow. Kasper is like a thing possessed when it snows…

So cool seeing all the dogs.
Nice that when a dog thread appears, all the bickering/banter disappears in a cloud of fine dog pictures.

Really envious of you all in the UK where you can, in the countryside at least, let your dogs run more.
Around here, especially with my coyote-chasing, older labradoodle, can’t let them off-leash nearly as much as I would like, lest they become brunch for some of our more aggressive wildlife.

Where are you busydog? Kasper ^^^ likes to chase and fight foxes (I do try to stop him) and has had a few nasty slashes but sadly it doesn’t put him off. The photos of him on page 2 were taken on a recent walk in the countryside surrounding Durham. He suddenly leapt into a thorny thicket and there were the sounds of a struggle.

The biggest dog fox I’ve ever seen slunk out and stared at Kasper, who was now completely stuck in the thorns, thrashing crazily and wailing his frustration. The big fox just slunk off, not in any great hurry.

Very, very glad it didn’t end in a pagger – I suspect Kasper would have been done in. Stupid dog!

Rufus after his broken leg earlier this month. How hard is it to keep a Springer still. 🙄

I am in New Mexico, USA. Mattie, the larger labradoodle is about 68 pounds so outweighs even male coyotes by about at least 15-20 pounds, but the wily coyotes work in tandem/packs at times and will lure a dog off on a chase and into an ambush by their “team”. Of course, Echo, the smaler doodle will follow Mattie on a chase. Once that chase instinct kicks it, hard to stop even the best trained/behaved dog.

I’ve seen packs of up to 6 coyotes in a park 150 yards from my house when walking the dogs right at daybreak

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Poor Rufus! That must have been a nightmare!

Busydog – that sounds horrendous but very cool at the same time! Hardly ever see (big) wildlife here unless the dog flushes something out…

user-removed–it really is pretty cool with the wildlife. I live about 250 yeards from the Sandia Mountain wilderness area, so that makes the frequency of wildlife encounters pretty common. Lots of rabbits as well, so that (and small dogs/cats) draws Wiley Coyote and company right out of the mountains. Someone poisoned a lot a couple of years ago (really pissed me off that people want live next to the mountains, but don’t want the wildlife around).

My dogs are just like Kasper—a snowfall and it’s dogs gone wild around the yard

Rufus my Chow Chow – chilling out after a hard day doing nowt !!!

Jasmine waiting for food

Jasmine waiting to go shooting

Jasmine waiting for the Pheasants (crap phone pic sorry)

Here are Meg and Bella. Unfortunately Meg (GSD) died last week so now I just have Bella. RIP Meg.

Meg and Bella Chilling by skippy0080, on Flickr

Dogz is teh awesome.

Charles say’s hello..

Paddy

Marmite goes for a bike ride. (Excuse the amount of spacers under the stem, new bike and all that).

Marmite with my brothers’ dog, Kolo (also a Patterdale – they vary a bit don’t they)!

Jasmine’s a beauty… but… on the dining table?!!!??

BOOM. Ginger Weasel represents.

Looking for his friends by Lee Collis, on Flickr

Border Terrier on his Invisible BIke by Lee Collis, on Flickr

.. on the dining table?!!!??

Hmmm…. that’s were we found her having come downstairs – little b****r. She’s stopped jumping on the kitchen table but if I leave her in my office she occassionally can be seen sitting on a desk so she can get a better view of what’s outside. Working cockers, law unto themselves!

Gus cooling off on today’s walk

Quick but controversial question.
Some great photos guys.
We would love to get a dog but are concerned that it would left alone when we were both out to work. We would both be out of the house from 8am – 4pm on 4 days a week (not when it’s a puppy). So how long is too long to leave a dog?

That is too long, in my opinion. Sorry. It’s a hell of a lot of commitment – the walks can’t be missed either. Very rewarding if you can find the time though.

That is too long, in my opinion. Sorry. It’s a hell of a lot of commitment – the walks can’t be missed either. Very rewarding if you can find the time though.

For a couple of years of my dogs life he was at home between 8 & 5. It wasn’t ideal but as long as you always make sure the mutt has a couple of decent walks a day, they will be fine with sleeping through the day (which is pretty much what my dog does during the day anyway when I am at home).

At the end of the day, it is a dog and they are far more adaptable than their owners so if you can guarantee that they would get plenty of walks and a solid routine, leaving them at home in the daytime isn’t the end of the world.

Go for it. Can’t be any worse than the millions of people who don’t walk their dogs at all!

We’re out all day, but we have a dog walker to come round and take Dewey out for an hour, which also means he gets to socialise with other dogs, as well. Ain’t a cheap option, though!

I’d say that is on the limit of what’s do-able but it depends on the dog to some degree. My greyhound is asleep 18 hours a day, given the chance and is knackered after a 30min walk. She’s home alone 9-3, 4 days a week and is fine with it but she needs a good walk before and after. A bouncier dog might not hack it so well. Think carefully about what dog you get and what happens (or who can come in) if you get caught traffic etc.

Brian looking up….

Mid-air border!

Border and burner

Border and a bike…. I miss this little guy
http://vimeo.com/57359315

Dog threads are ACE!!!

Lucy greyhound, doing what greyhounds do best (nothing).

Saw a stunning (all brown) Patterdale pup on our descent on Cavedale. It gave me the perfect excuse to stop (cough).

Do they come in all different colours etc then?

philconsequence- you are a lucky man 8)

Anyone not had puppies and regretted it?
Oh yes.

Jaques 1997 – 2012

Out for a walk in the park with guard cat in attendence…

In the River Swale

Asleep – with guard cat Mk II

My Lovely old dog Boo

Ajax is your dog a Dally or a Pointer? He looks good.

Noisy phone pic of Huxley

A Refined Dog by Hamster, on Flickr

I love that photo of Jasmine on the table, and of Brian as a pup.

@donncha: My wife and I are at work 5 days a week, so Indy gets left at home. We try to work from home whenever possible and have a dog walker in twice a day to give him company and fuss. I also manage to do flexible hours and get home early for him.

It isn’t my ideal – but he gets all of my attention the rest of the time – and to be honest whenever I work form home he just sleeps on my feet anyway. We make it work, but it is very expensive to have him looked after.

Edit to say we have no intention of this being the case for his whole life, and expect that after a year or two we’ll be able to change things round so that MrsH is home or able to be home much more often.