We need a dog thread

[mtpockets]

Because dogs are the absolute best and deserve a thread of their own. Besides the Cats have one. Fair is fair right?

So post pics of your best friend, Stories, gifs, memes, anything dog related because we can always use more dogs in our lives…

Other pets are welcome, this is an all inclusive age we live in so even gay pets are welcome.




I’ll start.




This is a pic of my last dog, unfortunately he is no longer with us. What an amazing animal, I have had many dogs over the years, mostly Labs for hunting and some that I trained Labs for others, both field trials and hunting. However, this little guy, a mutt, was picked up for 25 bucks, part Jack Russell and Dachshund, and who knows what else, he came from a small community that dogs were never restrained and I am pretty sure that his ancestors got around (if you know what I mean)
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Coming in at a whopping 17 lbs he was no monster but extremely intelligent, loved training and he turned into a great service dog that would amaze people with all his tricks and talents.

He had a passion to help, if anything dropped on the floor, regardless of where he was in the house he would jump up and rush to the sound picking up whatever dropped and sit proudly with it and give it to you. He could hear a pin drop from a dead sleep.

Ask for him to get something and he would, shoes, remote, phone or whatever you needed that boy was there to get it. He knew the names of many common items and would search and retrieve them on demand. You could also throw as many items as you wanted in the yard that he didn’t know the name of and he would go to each waiting for you to say yup. If you said nope he would move on to the next until he got that “Yup” and then he would return it.
He was also great in the bush, he loved to push rabbits or birds and helped put many meals on the table.

He had no quit in him, We would hide his leash, tell him to get it and he would go until he found it and brought it back, the same would go for his sweater in the winter he wouldn’t leave without it. On his walks if we were in urban areas if he took a dump after I bagged his sh!t he would carry it proudly until it was disposed of. He was 90 % an off leash dog being in the bush with me so much but loved his leash In town on walks, I would hook him up and he would carry the loose end in his mouth and walk himself staying by my side at all times. He was also a chick magnet, Pockets liked taking him for walks on the beach during bikini season.



His name was KJYN, pronounced like Cajun the spice. He was one of a kind. I am between dogs right now and will probably be getting another one some day but the time isn't right just yet. I am of the belief that we don't find our pets, they find us.


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[x-trainer ben]

oops wrong doggy thread, my bad.

[paulinkansas]

My dog that looks like this one would retrieve birds for me.

One time I forgot my shotgun, but I met a group of 3 strangers that let me hunt ducks with them and let me borrow one of their guns. 2 of the guys walked away with their 2 guns to another area. My dog left me and followed the other 2 guys with 2 guns.

[Mark1T]

5-Stars. In on dog thread. I will put together mine and post later.

MT, what a sweet puppy and very sorry for the loss. Some of the worst times are grieving for lost dog friends.

[thedickus]

We're on the doggie attrition plan currently. We have my wife's Pommeranian left. I can't stand that little dog.
Here are my last two Golden Retrievers. Mik and Mulligan. Mik I got from a rescue in my area, he was an AKC registered Golden, his papered name was McLovin. I got him at one year old and he lived up to his name. He was a good boy. I lost him at about 12 years of age in 2020. Mulligan I got as a puppy as you can see in the first picture. I lost him just last year to cancer at age 8. At this point I don't think my wife and I are ready for another dog, maybe in a few years.

Here's Mik and Mulligan. Mik finally accepted that Mully was there to stay.


Here they are a little older and BFFs


Here's one of the last pictures of them together, they just came in after a late Spring snow. Mulligan is closest to the camera. I believe I lost Mik that Summer.

[Deathstroke]

My boxer clubber whom I went through a lot with. I used to post him so much on wwe section he was practically a part of the misc sub forum family

We used to go to dog parks together and all I want yo say is he was a damn good wingman! Wherever I took him girls wanted to stop and pet him.
And to the pet stores too.

He was very sweet to people but went after other dogs if he thought they were a threat to me. He attacked a pitbull at dog park for being too pushy with him too. The pitbull went after him harder and ya got the better of the exchange… owner and I worked it out we de escalated the situation together and while his pit would have won, clubber was brave and would’ve taken a bullet for me. In the end one day I woke up to him having a seizure. And within 24 hours i had to put him down.

[bustasinclair]

My Jack Russell named JJ. He's a hoot and loves to play with the cat. He can get a bit rough with him sometimes, but the cat fights back and holds his own.

[mtpockets]

My Jack Russell named JJ. He's a hoot and loves to play with the cat. He can get a bit rough with him sometimes, but the cat fights back and holds his own.

Busta, JJ is gorgeous and that cat,,WOW, I don't know much about cats, but that one don't look cheap ha ha.. Awesome markings..
They look like awesome playmates. JJ on the top of the cat tree is a great shot.

My boxer clubber whom I went through a lot with. I used to post him so much on wwe section he was practically a part of the misc sub forum family

We used to go to dog parks together and all I want yo say is he was a damn good wingman! Wherever I took him girls wanted to stop and pet him.
And to the pet stores too.

He was very sweet to people but went after other dogs if he thought they were a threat to me. He attacked a pitbull at dog park for being too pushy with him too. The pitbull went after him harder and ya got the better of the exchange… owner and I worked it out we de escalated the situation together and while his pit would have won, clubber was brave and would’ve taken a bullet for me. In the end one day I woke up to him having a seizure. And within 24 hours i had to put him down.

Sorry for the loss man... Clubber is an awesome name, first time I heard that one...and he does look like a great wingman. lol

We're on the doggie attrition plan currently. We have my wife's Pommeranian left. I can't stand that little dog.
Here are my last two Golden Retrievers. Mik and Mulligan. Mik I got from a rescue in my area, he was an AKC registered Golden, his papered name was McLovin. I got him at one year old and he lived up to his name. He was a good boy. I lost him at about 12 years of age in 2020. Mulligan I got as a puppy as you can see in the first picture. I lost him just last year to cancer at age 8. At this point I don't think my wife and I are ready for another dog, maybe in a few years.

Here's Mik and Mulligan. Mik finally accepted that Mully was there to stay.

Here's one of the last pictures of them together, they just came in after a late Spring snow. Mulligan is closest to the camera. I believe I lost Mik that Summer.

Sorry for the loss, I now the feels, it's tough. What a wonderful story. Mik and Mulligan were very happy together you can tell. I never owned one, but I always admired Goldens and never met one that wasn't friendly.

5-Stars. In on dog thread. I will put together mine and post later.

MT, what a sweet puppy and very sorry for the loss. Some of the worst times are grieving for lost dog friends.

I look forward to the entries Mark...

My dog that looks like this one would retrieve birds for me.

One time I forgot my shotgun, but I met a group of 3 strangers that let me hunt ducks with them and let me borrow one of their guns. 2 of the guys walked away with their 2 guns to another area. My dog left me and followed the other 2 guys with 2 guns.

LMAO Paul too funny….

Great story... When they have that hunting passion, it's what they want to do


One of my Labs would go ape sh!t hyper when he heard me go into the gun locker, whining, yelping, tail going 90 mph because he knew that he was going to be getting feathers in his mouth. I used to have to open the door and let him sit in the truck while I got ready, he was ok there. I couldn't take him all the time especially for moose, bear and deer hunting obviously. So I had to keep my rifles, in the truck during rifle season so I didn’t have to get him excited or break his heart.

My buddy and I were hunting over another young Lab that I had one time, I winged a Canada goose and it went down in a bunch of cattails in a dry swamp. The dog went in then came back out and stared at us, I sent him in again, he came out again, so I moved around to get a look, told him to get his ass in there again. After a minute or two he came out running, full tilt about 50 feet behind him was the goose in hot pursuit chasing his ass. My buddy shot the goose on the run..

My buddy razzed my ass about that for years, telling me that my dog had more yellow lab in him than black, how he saved my dog's life and the stories went on for years ha ha. .
It was pretty funny.

[paulinkansas]

My buddy and I were hunting over another young Lab that I had one time, I winged a Canada goose and it went down in a bunch of cattails in a dry swamp. The dog went in then came back out and stared at us, I sent him in again, he came out again, so I moved around to get a look, told him to get his ass in there again. After a minute or two he came out running, full tilt about 50 feet behind him was the goose in hot pursuit chasing his ass. My buddy shot the goose on the run..

I was wading through flooded smartweed/millet about knee deep with all my gear on my back on opening day. The smartweed/millet was chest high. My Lab was following me. He suddenly took off running and I lost sight of him about 10 yards away. But I could see this trail of the vegatation moving where he was going. He went out about 75 yards and then the trail of moving vegatation started coming back to me. He had a warm mallard that someone else lost.

[bustasinclair]

Busta, JJ is gorgeous and that cat,,WOW, I don't know much about cats, but that one don't look cheap ha ha.. Awesome markings..
They look like awesome playmates. JJ on the top of the cat tree is a great shot.

Thanks, he is a handful. Still have him on the training collar as you can see.

Yeah, that's Theodore (Teddie), my wife's cat. He's about 9 months old I think. She paid 20 benjamins for him and then had his a$$ flown from Michigan to Houston on top of that....spoiled little brat. He's some kind of Savannah mix; not sure how much Savannah he has in him. I'm just glad he's a cool cat and not one of those cats that hides all the time and is scared of their shadow. He holds his own against our two Jack Russell's.

[mtpockets]

Thanks, he is a handful. Still have him on the training collar as you can see.

Yeah, that's Theodore (Teddie), my wife's cat. He's about 9 months old I think. She paid 20 benjamins for him and then had his a$$ flown from Michigan to Houston on top of that....spoiled little brat. He's some kind of Savannah mix; not sure how much Savannah he has in him. I'm just glad he's a cool cat and not one of those cats that hides all the time and is scared of their shadow. He holds his own against our two Jack Russell's.

Yeah, Jacks can be a handful and a bundle of energy but well worth it. Amazing dogs, my friend has always had Jack Russells and they always impressed me, he usually always had 2 at a time. The cat is absolutely adorable, awesome markings and glad he's a cool cat. You guyd have some great pets..

I was wading through flooded smartweed/millet about knee deep with all my gear on my back on opening day. The smartweed/millet was chest high. My Lab was following me. He suddenly took off running and I lost sight of him about 10 yards away. But I could see this trail of the vegatation moving where he was going. He went out about 75 yards and then the trail of moving vegatation started coming back to me. He had a warm mallard that someone else lost.

LMAO Paul win win, you got a free lunch and a bird didn't go to waste. I used to hunt pheasant over a few of my labs, one of them would put the sneak on a bird pretty good and when the bird erupted he would try and grab it and many times he would get a mouth full of feathers. I was sitting in the living room one time and he was out in the yard unrestrained, he knew the property lines but I seen him sneaking, I'm like sh!t and and jumped up in time to see him grab a pigeon that had gotten airborne. by the time i got outside he had a yap full of flapping pigeon and was all proud bringing it to me. The pigeon wasn't hurt, I released it and it flew away.

About an hour later my dog was back outside and the cops showed up. Some granny from across the street saw everything and called the cops. The cop was pretty cool about it and just laughed when I told him the story. We had a great chat about hunting, dogs a few laughs and he played Frisbee with my dog for a bit. He didn't give me a warning or a hard time over it just said there are too many pigeons around anyway

[paulinkansas]

there are too many pigeons around anyway

I had a 2 story commercial building that was vacant and had a pigeon problem. I bought a .177 high velocity pellet gun. Went there with my dog and kept on shooting pigeons but they kept flying off. I'd see the feathers move from the impact and then I'd see some paint chip behind it. These were pointed pellets. I came back the next day with flat head pellets and they would smack those birds like Thor's hammer. I filled up 2 five gallon buckets with pigeons. I set out the pigeons in a 6x6 matrix next to the woods. Some were grey, some were blue. The next morning all the grey pigeons were gone and all the blue ones were left.

[mtpockets]

I had a 2 story commercial building that was vacant and had a pigeon problem. I bought a .177 high velocity pellet gun. Went there with my dog and kept on shooting pigeons but they kept flying off. I'd see the feathers move from the impact and then I'd see some paint chip behind it. These were pointed pellets. I came back the next day with flat head pellets and they would smack those birds like Thor's hammer. I filled up 2 five gallon buckets with pigeons. I set out the pigeons in a 6x6 matrix next to the woods. Some were grey, some were blue. The next morning all the grey pigeons were gone and all the blue ones were left.

How crazy is that? It must have been a scent thing.

I trapped for many years and would always throw the carcasses into a bait pile near my sets.. I have thrown every kind of carcass in there from the smallest ermine to wolves and everything in between.. First the crows, ravens, jays and eagles get on it and their cries will bring in the other animals big and small..

All the carcasses I ever put on the pile got eaten except otter carcasses, the birds didn't even bother with them and the otter carcass pretty much just mummified. I don't even think the maggots would eat it.. What's odd is with their jackets on, I have had, wolves, fox and lynx steal or eat them from my sets...

[mtpockets]

Bobi, the world's oldest dog ever, passed away last week at an animal hospital in Portugal, Guinness World Records announced Monday.

"Bobi lived to be 31 years 165 days old and spent his entire life with his loving owner Leonel Costa and his family in the Portuguese village of Conqueiros," the record keeping company said in a press release.

Bobi was recognized as the oldest dog ever in February this year, just two weeks after a 23-year-old Chihuahua named Spike tried to claim the title. His death leaves Ohio-born Spike as the oldest living dog.

In dog years, Bobi was roughly 86 years old. He was a purebred Rafeiro do Alentejo, a Portuguese breed of farm and guardian dog with a life expectancy of 12 to 14 years.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/animal-...-31-rcna121780

[Bando]

Never owned dogs. My Daughter begged and begged for a puppy, as the a-hole Dad I am I said "you can adopt an old dog that someone left to die at the SPCA." Probably not in those words, but that was kind of my intent.

As it turned out, we were able to foster a couple elderly little dogs for 9 months when an emergency placement became available nearby. Shockingly, my daughter who couldn't live without a puppy, only walked them once and had no interest in picking up poop.

Me and my wife loved them though, such characters at that age.

Had a guy putting in a new kitchen floor so we fenced the dogs away from him in the dining room. He said they both barked at him for an hour straight then got tired. The dogs were sisters, he said they got together for a minute and then one went to sleep and the other one barked for an hour. When the barker got tired she woke up her sister to bark for an hour while she slept. He said they switched on and off for the full 9 hours and he didn't have a full minute without being barked at.

I'm a cat guy but I might have shed a manly tear the day they left.

[mtpockets]

https://twitter.com/paulsla1539372/s...95954534395964

[Payton1221]

One time I forgot my shotgun, but I met a group of 3 strangers that let me hunt ducks with them and let me borrow one of their guns. 2 of the guys walked away with their 2 guns to another area. My dog left me and followed the other 2 guys with 2 guns.

One time while hunting quail on public land, I get near another group of hunters also with dogs that I hear in this small wooded area (probably 2-3 acres) in the field where I am. My dog goes in the woods and I hear HIS beeper go off (this was the ~2000 so we used beepers and not GPS). Then I hear a gunshot then I hear "fetch it up." My dog catches up with me in a few minutes and I see a quail feather sticking halfway out of his mouth. My dog might have been backing/honoring their dogs but he might have pointed those birds, but I know that he retrieved at least one bird for him.

This is the same dog that if I got within a quarter mile of the truck he'd go stand by it. On more than one occasion I'd see him by the truck and would have to shoot a couple times to fool him into thinking that we'd found birds to get him to leave the truck

[Mark1T]

https://twitter.com/paulsla1539372/s...95954534395964

What a sweetie.

I have friend in Florida and she sent me a pic of her new puppy Otis, guarding the Black-Bellied Whistling Duck friends in the back yard

[mtpockets]

A Colorado hiker who disappeared in August was found months later, with his Jack Russell terrier waiting at his side.



A local hunter found the body of Rich Moore, 71, late last month near Blackhead Peak in southwestern Colorado, the Archuleta County Sheriff’s Office said. Finney, his dog, was alive and has been reunited with Moore's family.

Moore’s cause of death has not yet been determined, but foul play is not suspected, Sheriff Mike Le Roux said.

Moore, who was reported missing Aug. 19, planned to summit Blackhead Peak, a 12,500-foot mountain east of his hometown in Pagosa Springs, according to Taos, New Mexico, Search and Rescue.

Aerial, ground and K9 teams conducted a 2,000-hour search of the Blackhead Peak area, the Archuleta County Sheriff’s Office said.

Last year, search-and-rescue teams in Arizona recovered the body of a 74-year-old hiker whose dog, Ranger, stayed with him despite being severely dehydrated and exhausted.

After another hiker died in Los Angeles last year, his dog waited by his side for two weeks.

[Payton1221]

One time while hunting quail on public land, I get near another group of hunters also with dogs that I hear in this small wooded area (probably 2-3 acres) in the field where I am. My dog goes in the woods and I hear HIS beeper go off (this was the ~2000 so we used beepers and not GPS). Then I hear a gunshot then I hear "fetch it up." My dog catches up with me in a few minutes and I see a quail feather sticking halfway out of his mouth. My dog might have been backing/honoring their dogs but he might have pointed those birds, but I know that he retrieved at least one bird for him.

This is the same dog that if I got within a quarter mile of the truck he'd go stand by it. On more than one occasion I'd see him by the truck and would have to shoot a couple times to fool him into thinking that we'd found birds to get him to leave the truck

A couple people told me that they liked this story, so here's an opposite story from a friend of mine. He had a dog that if he was back at the truck first and tried to recall his dog, the dog would suddenly "act birdy" (the dog's body language became demonstrably excited supposedly by the scent of a nearby game bird like quail or pheasant) so that it could stay out and hunt longer

[Mark1T]

A couple people told me that they liked this story, so here's an opposite story from a friend of mine. He had a dog that if he was back at the truck first and tried to recall his dog, the dog would suddenly "act birdy" (the dog's body language became demonstrably excited supposedly by the scent of a nearby game bird like quail or pheasant) so that it could stay out and hunt longer

LOL. Pretty cute and clever of that doggie. They truly amaze us.

[mtpockets]

[Deathstroke]

Next month will 1 year without my best boxer . I likely won’t own them again. If if weren’t for the end of the world coming and I thought we have time left then I’d go ahead and commit to a dog that could potentially live around 10 years or more .

[mtpockets]

Next month will 1 year without my best boxer . I likely won’t own them again. If if weren’t for the end of the world coming and I thought we have time left then I’d go ahead and commit to a dog that could potentially live around 10 years or more .

Sorry to hear that man... Had dogs all my life so I know exactly what you are going through.

Merry Christmas DS

[2nd_chance]

Charlie and Finn. 340 pounds of dog.

[Deathstroke]

Charlie and Finn. 340 pounds of dog.

Thanks for sharing. I bet they go through a considerable amount of food in their diet!

[Paul Kreul]

Good thread Pockets

"You must spread some Reputation around before giving it to mtpockets again."

The little guy always steals the bed of his bigger brother

[mtpockets]

Charlie and Finn. 340 pounds of dog.

Very nice, that's a lot of dog weight. They look very happy.. Beautiful animals. Nice shot.

Good thread Pockets

"You must spread some Reputation around before giving it to mtpockets again."

The little guy always steals the bed of his bigger brother

LMAO Paul, that's too funny. I bet the bigger dog had to do a few circles to fit on that little bed lol.. A couple of cuties right there..

[Deathstroke]

Sorry to hear that man... Had dogs all my life so I know exactly what you are going through.

Merry Christmas DS

Thank you. I was sad. But we had a good run together me and the boxers I had. All of whom I had since they were puppies until they grew old and had a great life.

[Mark1T]

This was my family's doggie for 14 years. She was abandoned and she somehow made it to our road into the lake. She was skin and bones and dehydrated and hungry.

She was very sweet, but obvious she was abused before we found her. She passed in 2017.