Biker1mike
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Awesome dogs / Crazy pets Thread
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Sorry for your loss Mike. I too have urns and many clay paw prints...perhaps too many.
They sure are wonderful creatures.
It's always hard man. Ya just got to look at the love and happiness in their eyes through all the years. We give em the best we can.
While it may sound heartless, my pops gave me sage advice. He said, when we get this new pup, it's going to be great. Lots of work, lots of play, lots of fun. You just have to know that they will pass through all stages of life before you do. You have to look at that puppy and know that one day they will be older than grandpa in dog years. Can you handle that?
Never looked at a pup the same way since. But it never stopped me from giving them a top shelf life.
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Sorry to hear that.
I always feel they give me more than I give them.
I wish they could stay longer.
I always feel they give me more than I give them.
I wish they could stay longer.
Losing a family member is never easy. My first Weimaraner had a brain tumor, and when the time came to put her at rest, I was in the hospital with a bad infection that was being treated intravenously. I left a note on the bed that I had to leave for a few hours, and I knew that it would be easier to ask for forgiveness than it would be to for permission. Because I had to be back in time for my next dose of medication, I wasn't able to be with her for her final moments, but I had all the arrangements made for her burial. I was able to take her to her final resting place and get back to the hospital in time. The friend who drove me commented later on that I was so distraught that he thought that I might have a heart attack.
I know firsthand that making this type of decision isn't made lightly and that in the end, we are doing it for our loved ones so they don't have to suffer. You can rest easy knowing that you have made the correct decision at the correct time for both you and your pet.
I know firsthand that making this type of decision isn't made lightly and that in the end, we are doing it for our loved ones so they don't have to suffer. You can rest easy knowing that you have made the correct decision at the correct time for both you and your pet.
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Dirtydeed, my thoughts are our pets are God's gift to us, how we treat them is our gift to God. When you do all you can for them in every situation we've accomplished all we can. It all reminds us, life is fragile.
Could use some help guys. Our rescue dog just plain won't eat dry dog food even if we mix it with wet can food. We've tried everything even pouring gravy over it and all different kinds of broth but no matter what we try he just won't eat it unless it comes in a can. Anyone make their own dog food or find a healthy alternative that works? Thanks in advance.
Now what do I do?
We have two dogs and two cats that are house pets.
Somebody lost a kitten and now it’s in our garage.
We do not need any more live stock.
We have two dogs and two cats that are house pets.
Somebody lost a kitten and now it’s in our garage.
We do not need any more live stock.
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One of our dogs is a very picky eater. We don't help by giving her table scraps. We have found that when she is hungry she will eat the dry dog food. ie last night she left the bedroom at abt 2am, this morning her food was gone.
She really likes certain people food (like fish) so this am when I fed her I mixed in very small pieces of leftover swordfish we had last night. Even tho she ate during the night she finishd it all.
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Did you have the dog's teeth checked? Most likely the dog is just being picky, yet our friends had their dog who wouldn't eat hard food. Come to find out the dog had a gum infection and once that was corrected, the dog eats everything now.
I know you're right and I tried but after losing my 3 beagles (over time) and getting old I broke down and bought the can food for him today however I did refuse to share my deer burger with him today. We'll keep mixing a little dry food in with it but that boy is darn near as stubborn as me. I really appreciate the help.
Good thought but no his teeth and gums are fine and they should be him being less than 2 years old. Really appreciate you trying to help though.
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We had a rescue Basset that tried the war of the wills over kibble. Left his bowl of dry food out and no canned food, no snacks, and no table scraps. It took him two days to admit defeat. My wife accused me of being cruel.
Lol, and when they get in that state they can be cruel as well, just sayin'
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The dog or the wife ?
Max moved on to be a stud at a friends farm. Sired some decent rabbit hunters. Me, not so much, LOL.
My dogs all figured out pretty quick that mom ruled the roost ( most of the time) .
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I think I’ve posted this pic before but couldn’t find where, so it’s here again since it includes the tractor and this is a tractor forum.
Lost our cat, only pet wife or I have ever had other than fish which don’t really count. He was fine Friday. By Monday when we took him to the after hours vet they said the could fix him temporarily for $3K but not permanently.
Our then semi-adult son rescued him from a shelter 3.5 years ago. We rescued him from our son 3 years ago. Son dumped him because the cat attacked him. Son is a salesman so of course he didn’t reveal that until a month later when he started getting a bit worried about his mom possibly being attacked. Told him that would have been nice to know but yes, the cat had attacked me once. He said he wasn’t worried about me and asked how far the cat flew. Told him I saw him coming so I backhanded him about 10’ at which point the shelves stopped him. Son said he’d gotten that backhand once and figured that would either kill the cat or stop him from attacking people. Cat wouldn’t come near me for a week, after which we became buds now that we had pecking order established.
He’s just a cat but if they’d said they could permanently fix him for $3K we wouldn’t have thought twice about writing the check.
Still haven’t decided if we’re burying him or cremating him. For now he’s in a little cardboard coffin in a spare freezer at the spare house. If we bury him, wife wants the cardboard coffin in a big, heavy gauge metal box. Once again wondering why I didn’t get the damn backhoe when I had the opportunity.
Lost our cat, only pet wife or I have ever had other than fish which don’t really count. He was fine Friday. By Monday when we took him to the after hours vet they said the could fix him temporarily for $3K but not permanently.
Our then semi-adult son rescued him from a shelter 3.5 years ago. We rescued him from our son 3 years ago. Son dumped him because the cat attacked him. Son is a salesman so of course he didn’t reveal that until a month later when he started getting a bit worried about his mom possibly being attacked. Told him that would have been nice to know but yes, the cat had attacked me once. He said he wasn’t worried about me and asked how far the cat flew. Told him I saw him coming so I backhanded him about 10’ at which point the shelves stopped him. Son said he’d gotten that backhand once and figured that would either kill the cat or stop him from attacking people. Cat wouldn’t come near me for a week, after which we became buds now that we had pecking order established.
He’s just a cat but if they’d said they could permanently fix him for $3K we wouldn’t have thought twice about writing the check.
Still haven’t decided if we’re burying him or cremating him. For now he’s in a little cardboard coffin in a spare freezer at the spare house. If we bury him, wife wants the cardboard coffin in a big, heavy gauge metal box. Once again wondering why I didn’t get the damn backhoe when I had the opportunity.