Dory the Doted One

And is a cats propensity to nestle in their jocks an indication of how long blokes spend sitting in their throne room. Re: The Foul Factor of a mans jocks, I have one thing to say...cat trays. So what's fouler? A mans jocks or poopy cat feet in a mans jocks.

My parents toilet is huge...thankfully for the dogs.

In most breeds, I would think 'the best of both worlds' is a bit of a dream. A fantastic ideal, though and one I think should be worked towards. Unless 'best of both worlds' is simply trending towards the upper percentage of top performance in both (multiple) disciplines. Then I haven't seen it myself. Definitely happy to be wrong. But I can't say (in my limited experience) I know too many Gr. Ch./Ch and simultaneous Top Scoring in Job I Was Originally Bred For Dogs. I have seen plenty of people doing both with a degree of success and I massively applaud them.

Awesome! I still would like to know 'why'. *ponders*

I've always thought that there was a psych paper begging to be written. "Dogs Balls: Why Are Male Owners So Attached To Them."

We've got a dog at our club that will steal them straight out of your pocket/treat bag. You think she's just nudging you, but then you discover her nose is actually IN your pocket...and she's damn quick too!

My daughter took this pic of Dory and Willow, Willow looks like a giant! Especially when you think how much Willow was dwarfed by Dory just under 12 mths ago.

I saw a small snippet of him talking chickens. He just sounded like a very, very tired and bored with his audience old man. Have no idea about his dog comments.

Great idea! Next time I'm looking for a cuppa, I think it might be a cuppa and a kitty cuddle cuppa time.

Willow has always been one for looking in your eyes, she will just stare at you when she wants something. Quietly. Patiently. With her best beautiful girl face. Dory does to a lesser degree, she will when she wants something too. But at other times she's not so comfortable with it. During training you get good eye contact, but that was taught. One of the cats is a total Master.

Oh...Dory has done that when I'm having a very bad back day. Her body and warmth is just the right softness,snugliness and temperature. I had a cat once, who was not known for her cuddliness. She prefered to sit with you, rather than on you. She would always know when I needed a cuddle if I was sad or upset and she would sit rignt on my chest, nice little hot spot over my heart and would purr her head off. Lifted my spirits no end. She would always tell me and INSIST on bed time when I was in one of the depressed cycles were you just don't go to bed because you can't be bothered. She would not let up until you went. The story of getting her is also a bit of an odd one. She was not liked by any of the vet staff as she was unfriendly, which surprised me. Because everytime I was on shift she would not leave me alone and was more than a bit friendly, she was in my way! One of the nurses told me I should take her home, but I was house sharing with non-cat likers. So I told them..."if she's still here when I get a place of my own, I'll take her". Months later she was still there, her sister had been adopted and the night before I was due to move into my place I was told that a couple were coming to look at her. They didn't show and so...I ended up with a cat as a house warming gift. :laugh: She used to always like waking me up by licking the back of my eyelids...you wake very quickly indeed I can tell you.

Dory: I've had screaming and running away. Also had one guy drop to his knees and carry on about dogs attacking him. Dory was completely uninterested in him, until he drop to his knees shouting. Then he tried to hit and kick her, which made everything a whole lot worse. Willow: Queried as to why I would want to own 'one of those things', bit my tongue, but really wanted to say, so people like you will cross the road and leave me alone. Last weekend was probably the most interesting reaction. I had her in a down and I was kneeling beside her to keep her there whilst randomly giving her treats. This guy kept giving us weird looks, he seemed a bit shifty and shady, I was feeling a bit anxious about him myself, but there were other people around so not too concerned. He then started to walk towards us and very nervously told me he was going to walk past. Then I realised he was totally terrified of Willow. Most people just ignore us or walk around us though.

Definitely! My daughter reports that Willow will suddenly become a bit mischievious and annoying roughly 30-40 minutes before I come home from work. I get home at different times so it's not like I get home at the same time everytime. I've noticed that some animals that have been quiet all day, become more unsettled and whiney prior to their owners arrival. On the days I decide to take the dogs to work with me, they are usually more excited about my routine. What gets me is this starts before I have made a firm decision and prior to checking that there is space for them at work...so the decision is not set in stone.

Oh. I so wish I could. Wish. Wish. Wish.

Capitializing on the blue craze?

What I find annoying is that the general user of this forum has absolutely no idea who the OP is talking about. We can only take it on face value, as it should be taken. Then a whole bunch of people start muddying up the waters with their assumptions, presumptions, guesses and theories. So who is the one breeder bashing? Who is the one that is opening up the identity of the breeder with all their speculation? Why is it necessary to know the intimitate details of the scenario, the very details that would make it pretty obvious who the OP is talking about? Can't we take the question at face value?

What about contacting your local Councillor, or maybe trying to get something tabled at a Council meeting? Be a real PITA. I know they can't do a lot, but they are elected to deal with constituents concerns.

Dory loves to scoot her bottom. The bigger the audience, the better. The more front and centre of attention, the better. And the obscene look of pleasure and joy, only adds to the embarrassment. Willow doesn't seem to have an embarrassing behavior. Unless it's enthusiastic greetings, which she seems to get away with. (I dont know how!) So. I'll say, she steals hearts. She also prefers hanging around with the little dogs. Big dogs are scary.

I'm wondering why someone would ring up and say that they are the owner of the dogs, admit it was them and then would insist that the dogs were greyhounds (or insert any other breed other than the one reported). Maybe I've become too much of a cynic. Because the thought crossed my mind that they called in to try and divert attention away from their dogs, by claiming them to be some other breed.

Willow turned 1 today. :) She got her presents on my birthday. A massage and a massive bull chew.

Willow had her assessment and massage today and we await an email to outline/remind me of what areas I need to look out for and the exercises we'll need to do to stretch her and condition her. So far she's got a pretty clean bill of health, and thoroughly admired while she was at it. :D I have to say it was definitely well worth the time and the money, it helped confirm for me that I'm actually not doing too bad at being aware of where our potential vulnerable areas are. And we were complimented on her current fitness and muscularity (although we have genetics and good diet to thank for that as much as anything). The biggest thing that really struck me? DORY even wanted to get into the act!!!! She's often a bit standoffish until she gets to know people, but not today! I had to crate her she was being such a pest. :laugh: Although she did managed to wriggle a bit of a massage too. :D

I love the Rottie going in for the cuddle. "No food? Naw...I'll take a kiss and a cuddle then."

Are they here now?

Before I got my puppy I scoped out a few of the clubs in the area to find one I felt comfortable with. I left all of them with the impression that none of them were going to provide for me what I was looking for. I was lucky to find a club that was small, and didn't do group training so found a happy medium between cost and service. I think if I hadn't found this club I would have opted to go to a private trainer for one on one training, get me and my dog to a level where I had sufficient attention and control and then possibly take that to a club and join in one of the upper classes. Too many of the clubs I visited where bedlam, too inconsistent with their training methodology. I saw people getting told completely opposing views on what would work for their dogs. And worst, I saw so many puppies getting jerked, pulled and dragged ineffectively around overly large classes. And plenty of very frustrated owners who were too busy trying to control puppies to even begin to hear what the instructor was trying to teach. It made me realise that sometimes, paying the money for some private lessons is a very, very worthy investment in the future happiness of both you and your dog. Provided ofcourse the trainer knows their stuff!

The only one who loses undies around here is the teenager, I'm a little more on the ball, but then I've been down this path lots of times to have a routine. Now TV remotes and other random items are a different story. Willow has figured out if she wants something, you have much more success if you have something to negotiate with. :laugh: We can also tell when she thinks it's dinner time. Ploy 1: Shove your bucket head into everyone's space and look cute, beautiful and vulnerable. Ploy 2: Stick your head in Dory's face, Dory growls, this annoys me and elicits a response of some variety. Ploy 3: Wander around like a lost soul who is trying to find a purpose. (or an item to steal) Ploy 4: Check all corners, under furniture for a cat to annoy. Ploy 5: Return to annoy Dory. Ploy 6: Bull your way past the coffee table back and forth, whilst Giver of Food is trying to type. Ploy 7: Steal an item. TV remote if possible, pens are also good, but in desperation any object will do. If an inferior object is chosen ie: not a TV remote or pen, then shove object in the lap of Giver of Food. As annoying as it can be, I love it too. It's fun watching her creativity and problem solving skills at work. :D