Kirislin Posted February 26, 2014 Share Posted February 26, 2014 Not as a child, this was MY first dog as an adult, and my first sighthound. She was given to my mother as a tiny pot bellied 6 week old "chihuahua cross". She was a solid blue colour when Mum got her but within about a month turned brindle. Mum named her Magic because she transformed from that wormy pot bellied blue puppy into this leggy elegant brindle girl, so different from her rough start. After a few months my mother found her too much of a handful and gave her to me. I loved her more than words can express. I was told by vets and people who knew sighthounds that she was a whippet, but now, knowing the personality of both whippets and IGs I think she was a cross of the 2. I know now that those pricked ears and 10 to 2 feet are wrong, but I thought she was the most beautiful thing, actually, I still do. Tragically she was killed when very young. It broke my heart and these are the only photos I have of her. Dec 1986 Christmas party. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
persephone Posted February 26, 2014 Share Posted February 26, 2014 a mini "pharoah hound" :) she's lovely . That's a pretty nice first 'adult' dog , Kirislin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teebs Posted February 26, 2014 Share Posted February 26, 2014 Atlas was my first. A tri colour bull terrier. He taught me so much about dog training ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirislin Posted February 26, 2014 Author Share Posted February 26, 2014 a mini "pharoah hound" :) she's lovely . That's a pretty nice first 'adult' dog , Kirislin. Yes, those magnificent ear funnels, they were the most expressive ears I've ever seen too. Atlas was my first. A tri colour bull terrier. He taught me so much about dog training ! I remember Atlas, unless someone else had a bully with the same name. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
persephone Posted February 26, 2014 Share Posted February 26, 2014 teebs ..Atlas :) Now there was a character!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogbesotted Posted February 26, 2014 Share Posted February 26, 2014 my first dog: came to me when i was 13yo living in New caledonia.. Tuppence a cocker spaniel looking dog who was running with a pack of strays that i befriended or maybe they befriended me.. we all got along famously. Eventually animal control caught them but I managed to escape with Tuppence. LOved that dog and it broke my heart when we returned to Australia 3 years later and Tuppence was left behind with a new loving family. He set my feet along the dog lovers path. H Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Podengo Posted February 26, 2014 Share Posted February 26, 2014 Lovely! Elsie is my first :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
persephone Posted February 26, 2014 Share Posted February 26, 2014 I guess my first 'independent' dog was just after I left school .. bought from teh paper a mini foxie . BUT she was wire haired and had a dachsies' legs ..and was black & tan !! She was also very young, full of mange and had an eye abscess. She was here for about 17 years ...a lot of them she was Mum's dog as I was away working - but in teh beginning we were always together .She was so tiny, I would wrap her up/put her in a bag and take her everywhere ... She was a brilliant watch dog - decided she LOVED working sheep ..would run underneath them ..adored helping out on trucks as sheep were being loaded ... I originally did some training with her around the sheep with her on a fishing rod .. so I could reel her in, etc ( no flexi leashes back then :p ) her friends called her a "Cross between a toothbrush and a meat ant" and toothbrush was her nickname - actually better than her real one ,which was "wreckit" as that was how she looked when I got her Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirislin Posted February 26, 2014 Author Share Posted February 26, 2014 a "Cross between a toothbrush and a meat ant" :laugh: :laugh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogbesotted Posted February 26, 2014 Share Posted February 26, 2014 a "Cross between a toothbrush and a meat ant" :laugh: :laugh: priceless... H Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
persephone Posted February 26, 2014 Share Posted February 26, 2014 a "Cross between a toothbrush and a meat ant" :laugh: :laugh: priceless... H I'll try & find some photos ..few & far between , but I do have some ..she had legs about 2 inches long, and some hair that was longer .... and the heart of a GSD! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
huga Posted February 26, 2014 Share Posted February 26, 2014 She looks super sweet, Kirislin :) Harry was my first. An unconventional crossbreed (before it was really a thing - he was part of an accidental litter) and such a gentle soul. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave73 Posted February 26, 2014 Share Posted February 26, 2014 (edited) My first dog was a Doberman cross something large and he picked me. The mother was wondering around this culdesac with all pups in toe I was working in when I was kneeling down cutting a piece of timber with a drop saw a chocolate brown puppy appeared beside me.I began to pat him when I heard a growl behind me and it was mum a very large female dob. He ran back but he had a distinctive white patch on his chest. The next day same thing he appeared mum got him so I decided to see if I could get him spoke to the owner he had just turned 8 weeks he was free so took him and me and Milo were inseparable for 11 yrs till cancer took him 9yrs ago. He was a big boy 60 kilos but gentle gentle boy. Still makes me tear up talking about him. Edited February 26, 2014 by Dave73 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leah82 Posted February 26, 2014 Share Posted February 26, 2014 My first dog as an adult is Sarah :) When I was 6 we ended up with a freebie mutt called Scout from an unexpected pregnancy up the road. Dad was a border collie, Mum was a beagle, basset and a few other things. Needless to say he was a funny looking guy but we loved him. He was extremely tolerant, not especially bright and was never really socialised or trained properly as we were on a semi rural acreage and he never went anywhere. My parents both grew up on farms so as far as they were concerned dogs stay outside and they wonder why he constantly pissed off. Mind you the beagle in him definitely played a big part in that as well I think I have some pictures of him on my home computer, I'll try and remember to upload them tonight Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elise+Hudson Posted February 26, 2014 Share Posted February 26, 2014 My first dog (not as a kid with the family dog/s) is my current one, Hudson! He is an Australian Champion at 13 months of age with a Best In Group and multiple Class In Show wins. We are almost ready for both obedience and agility trialing now which is very exciting! He is a once in a lifetime dog, love him so much! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LisaCC Posted February 26, 2014 Share Posted February 26, 2014 I'll always see Sam as my first dog, even though I was 11 when we got him. He was my dog, I took him to obedience school, walked him twice a day and fed him, spent my spare time with him and the first to notice when he started getting sick. But first dog as an adult is Nova. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
espinay2 Posted February 26, 2014 Share Posted February 26, 2014 We had lots of dogs growing up, but my first dog as an adult was Halley, A Pyrenean Mountain Dog: http://www.espinay.com/halley And there my lifetime love of the breed began. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dory the Doted One Posted February 26, 2014 Share Posted February 26, 2014 I've had lots of first dogs, some of them were supposed to be 'family' pets, but I always saw them as 'mine' being the one that spent endless hours with them. The first first was a Lab x named Roger Dog, I was a toddler. I loved him so much and would get very distressed when I would go out into the yard first thing in the morning and he was still off on his morning wander. I was so worried he would never come back. He was so tolerant of my boneheaded, clueless about animals family. The second first was supposed to be MY dog...naturally he was called Roger Dog the second. He was a black lab x keplie x who knows what. He didn't get to hang around too long....thanks to my siblings teasing him to the point he got a bit uncontrollable. He was the first dog I 'trained' with nothing more than a badly beaten up copy of a Willy Necker book. I had him heeling and sitting and then stupid sibs would come out and tease him to the point of nipping. I was devastated when my parents got rid of him. The third first was a German Shepherd rehomed to us by family friends. First dog I showed and trialled, largely hitching lifts to do it as my Mum was much more interested in my sisters horse hobby and Dad was always working. I managed to get an obedience title on him. :) And learnt a LOT along the way, to say he had some 'issues' would be an understatement. He was such a great dog though, and the one who got me hooked on doing dog activities like obedience and conformation shows. I had to leave him at home when I left home because my Dad wouldn't let me take him. My fourth first was my first Rottweiler, paid for in installments from wages gleaned from my first job. Also a problematic dog that I learned a lot from, and the first toe in the door of my love of Rottweilers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Remarkabull Posted February 26, 2014 Share Posted February 26, 2014 We had a Boxer, then Dobes when I was growing up but my first dog was a stray cross bred that our neighbours found in the middle of nowhere. I begged mum and dad to be able to keep him and to my surprise they relented. He looked like a SBT x Corgi. Was tan with white chest, short Corgi legs (although looking back could have also be Dachshund too). He turned out to be a shit of a dog (aggressive towards children, he would even have a go at me if I asked him to do something he didn't want to) but mum and I loved him anyway. My first dog as an independant adult was Sarge the Dobermann. Purchased from a. BYB for $200. Hands down the best dog I've ever met. He was my heart dog and everyone who knew him always said he was the best dog. Lost him to cancer at age 9, 6years ago. I still cry when I think about him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sash Posted February 26, 2014 Share Posted February 26, 2014 My first dog was a beautiful black kelpie called Jackson that my family owned while I was growing up. First dog that has just belonged to me as an adult is Astro, my currently 12 week old whippet. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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