#2 Pictures of your Dogs

maybe starting a new page will be easier for some.

Fall colors are surrounding us here in Georgia. I had taken some pics of Ben with our lawn display but one he's made the funniest face.
Hope it brings you guys a smile too!



and a normal face!

Great pictures! I love your decorations. It's so much fun.

thanks Cal, Our straw guy (Lorenzo) needs some work on his shoulders but maybe next year!

Oh Benjamin, you're becoming a more handsome boy everyday!

We've welcomed a new puppy into our home this weekend!

Meet Commander Data!

This is Avery. He is a 4 year old Chihuahua/Schnauzer Mix. He is my baby.

What a sweet little face!

#5 MANDY! Yay a new puppy! How did this come about and how was this received? Tell more, please. And I am lost with that name. A pre-holiday puppy for Pepper?

#6 what a cute mix together. Does Avery's hair stay this shorter length? Picture 2 & 3 are so adorable.

#8: I wish Avery's hair stayed this length. I sure would save me a lot of money. LOL. He actually has to be groomed every 6 weeks or so to maintain the shorter length. Which is a pain, but I can't let him go with hair in his eyes all the time. And thanks!

8: Commander Data as in Star Trek: TNG.



Yes we're nerds!

When we bought our house we decided to look into getting a new dog. So we were just kinda checking the local shelters on petfinder for a while until we saw this guy. We filled out the app and picked him up that Saturday. The first 2 days were a little rough, Pepper was good with him but we could tell she was a little frustrated that her life was turned upside down with no notice. But now she plays with him and mothers him and is always making sure he is around and not doing anything bad. She is AMAZING with him. I'm so proud I just hope she is still ok with him when he gets bigger than her. He should end up being close to 2x her size.

He is a Catahoula Leopard

#8 If Pepper doesn't play up the alpha female when necessary it might be shocking. I am so glad she's taking on the nurturing role. Pepper has a buddy = )

Ben adopted a baby kitty we found in the horrid Atlanta heat. Dropped in a parking lot and in a storm drain at "maybe" 6 weeks. His name is Jack short for Jackie Chan, as he has some real in the air back flips. Ben is quiet proud of him often sharing the kennel. I'll try to load a pic soon. Good luck with puppy. This Leopard breed is striking. Will look forward to watching Commander grow.

Then now:

I like that picture a lot.

that last picture is priceless!! thanks for sharing!

I don't seem to be able to master photobucket so I've added some pictures to my profile. See particularly Tipson sleeping on his back. He loves sleeping like that. It's hard to catch him that way but finally did.

#16 Theresa, I have one that lays down to eat and one that lays down to drink water! Tipson is too funny.

#13- I love it! So adorable! I wish Outlaw would get along like that with a cat. It would become his personal chew toy!

Oooohhhh ... I haven't been on here for ages, so am excited to see some new photos of old favourites (Ben!!) as well as some new furry friends. Here is a photo taken of Brontë at Christmas - she's definitely lost her "puppy face"now. She's wearing a little Christmas scarf, and taking a break from eating one of the pork chews from her Christmas stocking. Hope this works (I'm a little out of practice...)



(oops - edited to make the photo smaller - it was enormous!)

A very handsome pup! Thanks for sharing the photo.

Data Update! The boy is getting big. He is officially bigger than Pepper now, though not by too much yet. He is 5 months old, losing his teeth and a crazy happy go lucky dog that listens better to Pepper than to my husband and me. Here they are.

#19 Oh Val, Bronte has grown into her name quite beautifully! I miss all the puppy looks from all our dogs but she's a love in her holiday scarf.

#20 Mandy, Data and Pepper look like a matching set in these pics. While Data's breed is new to me, he is handsomely marked. Doesn't Pepper look quite pleased to show him off in pic 1!

So cute

All our puppy's are growing up! Bronte is so lovely. Data has gotten so big!

Ooohhh ... some news. Here is a photo of a dog that is soon to be mine:



Isn't he adorable? He is a 3 year old welsh springer spaniel named Flynn. I recently decided to start looking for a companion for Brontë, but didn't really want to go through the puppy stage again just yet (Brontë is still refining her manners!). I thought that I would struggle to find a mature welshie - which is what I really wanted - as there are not many breeders in Australia, so I thought it would take quite a while for a suitable dog to become available. Would you believe it ... the first day I started looking in earnest, there he was looking to be re-homed. I have not seen him in the flesh yet as he lives on the other side of the country, but he arrives this Friday afternoon. Brontë is such a social girl, I think she is going to love having a brother!

He is very handsome and I am sure Bronte will love having a canine companion to supplement her having you as a companion, too.

VAL!!! How exciting is that news! Oh you and Mandy with new pups. Flynn just looks gentle..oh and here comes the alpha out in Bronte. = ) Glad you decided just in time it seems so Flynn could be yours..and arriving so soon, good deal. I'm not one for a wait once I have my mind made. exciting news.

Congratulations. You must be so excited about your new arrival. Flynn looks like such a handsome boy. I love his freckly feet. Go Spaniels!!!!

Thanks for your kind thoughts, Maggie, Bons and Kirsty. I was sure glad I only had to wait a week from the time I found Flynn for him to arrive - I felt like a kid waiting for Christmas! I left work early on Friday to pick him up from the airport, and he immediately seemed to bond with me, and he has settled in here as though he's been here all his life. He has such a gentle, placid nature (nowhere near as hyperactive as my girl!), and is really friendly and social. Brontë is absolutely loving having a companion: they follow each other everywhere. Flynn has been so good - not trying to take over any of her "space" (she has particular places in most rooms where she likes to settle) and adapting to all her routines - and in return she is happily sharing her toys and her "people". We have already had numerous trips to the park where he has made friends with our extended doggie group, we've had a few lots of visitors, and we've also been visiting (to my cousin, who has two labradoodles, each of which weigh more than Flynn and Brontë combined). I think getting a second dog could well be one of the best decisions I've ever made!!

Here are a couple of pictures of Flynn taken yesterday afternoon:





I'll try and get a photo of him and Brontë together sometime soon (when they both sit still long enough!) - he is quite a lot bigger than her.

(edited to add a second photo)

He looks very much contented and happy to be in his forever home! Congratulations.

Thanks Maggie! I'm actually stunned by how quickly and how well he's settled in! He's only been with me for just over two days, but already it feels like forever. He's such a good boy!

Awwww! That sounds wonderful. I'm glad he is settling so well into your family.

Val, He is beautiful! Flynn is one handsome boy. Wavy ears and gentle looking. Bronte has to be thinking herself a lucky girl to get her home and now a special playmate too.

Why would one give him up?

Well , we didn't get to name this one but Flynn suits him well. Healthy red! Him settling in so quickly just testifies to his gentle nature but there was some unique timing here indeed!

Bonnie directed me here -> to the dog people. Ben (and Jack), Flynn, Data, Pepper, Avery: all wonderful. Loved seeing them.

Let's see if I can figure out how to link photos in...

Sky, German Shepherd Dog

and

Jay, smooth Collie

Guess it'll work, or it won't!

-Laurel

Very handsome, they both are!



Nicky says "welcome".... I think. (funny pic, eh?)

Good face on Nicky, but I'm pretty sure that isn't "welcome" :D

Here's one of my favorite photos of our two, when they were puppies (silly!):

Are you comfortable?

Hey desert horse, glad you popped over. This group has been very sweet to offers thoughts and suggestions on raising our pups. I love the sharing of pics, pup stories and even book recommendations. I'm always learning of new breeds on here too.

Sky & Jay are too sweet. I had a collie for years named Charlie. A fantastic family dog. My son is 24 he got him for his 1st birthday. When Tyler would sit on the floor in front of tv at night Charlie would creep down on all fours and Ty would use him as a pillow while he watched tv.

# 34 Maggie, this pic of Nicky would have been perfect for the thread "need a caption". What a look Nicky's giving! Love it.

Oh deserthorse we posted at the same time. Cute baby pics

Here's Ralphy racing down the beach, all four paws off the ground.

Airborne! Now that's a happy pupper.

Ha ! Airborne is what I thought as well. Great capture of Ralphy flying.

Valerie: What a handsome boy! I bet you are super excited!

deserthorse: You have a good look pair there.

maggie: I love that expression!

kirsty: Great capture of Ralphy.

I've bought Ralphy a new bed for his birthday on Thursday (St Patrick's Day). I ordered it from Orvis online and I have managed to buy the biggest dog bed in the world. It is so huge I can curl up in it! I don't know what I was thinking!! I will post some pictures next week of the birthday boy.

My youngest niece used to sleep in the dog's little doughnut shaped beds. She loved how it surrounded her with a pillow, 360 degrees. She still looks at those beds, somewhat longingly. But at age 3 years she is definitely on the path to being "a big girl now". The dogs still love their doughnuts.

>42 kirsty: Happy early birthday to Ralphy! How old will he be on Thursday? Since that bed is so big, maybe you need a Ralphette now?
Laurel

>43 maggie1944: I can't tell you how many children have enjoyed getting in our super huge dog crate when we had it up before the dogs were grown.

Ooohhh ... Nicky, Sky, Jay and Ralphy are all beautiful! It's funny you talking about kids' fascination with the dogs' beds because my two nieces and nephew have just left after sleeping over last night, and they also spent huge amounts of their time curling up in the dog crate (and the rest of their time coercing the dogs into their beds). Kids and dogs really go so well together!

Here are a few weekend photos of Flynn and Brontë together:

Flynn about to pounce:


Chasing each other around the pool (and over the pool lounges - frightening the life out of my youngest niece, whose expression in this is priceless):


"Sharing" a stick:


Posing with my two nieces:


Flynn has settled in so well and so quickly in the last week, and Brontë is absolutely adoring having a brother to play with ... and the kids sleeping over this weekend was almost more excitement than the two dogs could take. The kids only left an hour or so ago, and both dogs immediately collapsed in an exhausted heap and haven't moved since! What a life!!

Those pictures are precious! Good job!

Val, so very precious. The last pic with the girls, priceless! Do the girls have their own pups?

After a hard day at the doggie park my guys were ready to go home!

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OK guys, I finally figured out how to get the picture but how do I hide the link?

Theresa, wish I could help..I have no experience with Photobucket, just Flickr.

**no wonder you were reading To Dance With A White Dog. Thank goodness for pretty days for our pups.

Fantastic piece on dogs photographed with their writers http://www.newyorksocialdiary.com/node/205235

My favourite, of course, is Warren and his cocker spaniel Frodo.

Love love love seeing all these pictures. Bronte and Flynn, what a wonderful pair. Avery is just gorgeous. What a great shot of Ralphy flying through the air. Love the sweet smiling Ben, and happy to see the new addition to Peppers life, Data is it? Great name...
I hope I didn't miss any, loved all the pictures. Need to get some new ones of mister Toto, I have a zillion in my camera/phone. Enjoyed looking at them all, thanks !!!

I snapped this photo of my angel and my buddy this morning and just had to share it!

Just found this group and joined.

Here's a picture of my greyhound, Ty (sleeping, as usual):

Welcome to you and Ty. He has the looks of a Champ!

Thanks for your welcome. Champion couch potato, mostly, but he is lovely!

wow gennyt, he is really beautiful! he looks so graceful all folded up like that!

gennt, what a beautiful dog! I love that sleeping position!

Thanks to you both. He has many different poses for sleeping in his chair, most of them either very elegant or very endearing!
Genny

Cody. 1-year-old mixie. :)

It looks as if Cody knows the value of a big smile!

That's a great photo, beautiful face.

aw thats a great one it looks like hes standing still, a skill outlaw never learned. :-)

Here is Greta Garbo thinking, "What is it she does all the time in front of this machine?"

She looks like she's ready to play with the computer, doesn't she.

she is sooo shinny!! she looks like silk and beautiful!

Thank you. The shiny coat is natural. I do very little to "keep it up". Thank you, schnauzer breeders, whoever you are, and wherever you are!

Just saw Greta Garbo, what a doll, looks like she's trying to take your spot in front of the 'puter.

PS My sister has a cat named Frank Sinatra.

Greta Garbo is the top bitch in my house and always tries to "take my place". She even likes to crawl into my arms when I'm driving, but I no longer let her do that. It kind of worked when she was a puppy, and small, but no more.

She is a wonderful schnauzer and I discovered this week that both of the schnauzers love ripe strawberries just off the vine.

#66- i love her face, so expectant!

#69- thats an interesting name for a cat....

Here are pics of my girls. Marley is the Chocolate Lab mix and Kya is the English Ponter.





-Jessica

Oooh Jessica - they look like beautiful dogs! How old are they both?

Thank you! Marley is 2 years and a few months and Kya is almost 2 years old. They have the energy levels of puppies still, which I love. :)

they are so pretty! :)

I love the look on Marley's face.

My Data Buddy is 1 YEAR OLD TODAY!!!!

Data the first day we got him (9 weeks old)


Data this morning (1 year old)

Happy birthday Data darling. You were an adorable pup and have grown into quite the fetching 1 year old.

Been missing some reading

#77- thats adorable, happy birthday!

#79- that is so funny its ridiculous

Ah Bons, I do love photo of Ben enjoying a good book! Ive been missing'seeing regular photos of him - we've all been getting a bit slack about posting.

Brontë turned 2 last Tuesday (20th) - I'll post a photo shortly, but they are still on my camera. She has calmed down a lot (although is still pretty energetic), and she is such a lovely, nice natured, friendly girl.

happy birhtday, bronte! (sorry, don't know how to do the fancy e on my computer...)

Finally got around to downloading some photos - here are a couple of Flynn and Brontë taken yesterday:

Ball-obsessed Brontë:


The terrible twosome:


Flynn lounging around - I recently bought a new sofa and over-sized ottoman ... Flynn took one look at the ottoman and claimed it as his new dog bed. Occasionally I give in and let him have it:


Apologies for the oversized photos - I use photobucket and used to know how to make them smaller - now it doesn't seem to matter what I do, they always come out huge. :(

(edited to try - again - to make them smaller ... can get it to work on the portrait format but not the landscape ones)

And they are so beautiful when we can see all the little lovable details.

i like them too... what kind of dogs??

Thanks Maggie and Sarah! They are welsh springer spaniels - a lovely natured breed that want to be with "their people" all the time.

I have Miniature Schnauzers because, in part, my parents brought home a Miniature Schnauzer from Germany in 1949 or 1950. Her name was Suzi and she was lost in New York City (I think...family stories...) And, my Dad, previously, back in his day, also had and loved his Springer Spaniels. I expect as a young man in northern Idaho in the 1910s and 1920s he was a hunter, and I'll bet his springers were his hunting dogs. I have a soft space in my heart for both my dogs and the springers. They are truly a fine dog!

I totally agree. Maggie. I also have a friend with two miniature schnauzers - Technics and Eva - and they are absolutely beautiful, full of personality and mischief! If I "downsize" in my old age I reckon I'll be getting miniature schnauzers.

So, I have not posted a picture of the kids for a while so here is a recent shot of them being my favorite companions! Went to the vet with them today and although they both are aging and have their issues (Nicky, the black boy, is getting blind and deaf, as well as losing control of the back legs) both are doing well.

so cute... so how do you post pictures on a thread? it won't work for me...

My Tirzah, as a puppy:



And some more recent pictures:





She's such a sweetheart, but only with family.

The way I post pictures is that I down load them from my camera to my computer; then, I download pictures from my computer to Flickr; and then Flickr has a Share function where I can copy a code and post the code here and bingo! There is a picture.

Here's a picture of a neighbor's new puppy, Tiffany. She is so naughty! It was very hard to get her to sit still for a photo, but my camera's beeping caught her attention:

Val, I want to touch those wavy, silky ears on your pups. How nicely they have got along & just paired up!

Maggie-by chance is Greta G learning mountain goat traits? What a funny girl. My two 15 yr old Goldens are also having a time with those hips, hearing & vision & are completely white now and not red.

I'm jealous that Tirzah got in her pool. My three just use it as a giant water bowl.

And Maggie...Tiffany looks so terribly innocent here. This is what tricks one into thinking they can handle another puppy, isn't it?

Last weekend we were on vacation at the shore on Lake Michigan. We were amazed at the slowest sunsets we had ever seen, even Ben appeared to be quite taken.

What a sweet photograph. You should frame it and hang it in your home. You will love it for years.

I love that picture of Ben.

BONS, Tirzah is 1/2 Lab (sort of obvious) so she likes water, except getting in the bathtub (ack!).

She's not been to a real pond or lake, but I'd love to take her someday...or maybe even the ocean (the Outer Banks of North Carolina are about a 90 minute drive from home).

When Hurricane Irene came through, the ditches by the sides of the road were FULL, with probably about 18" of running water. She waded in and seemed to enjoy the experience.

your dogs are SO cute!!!! i promise i'll have a picture of my baby up as soon as i can!

hmm... i didn't work. i didn't delete it. it didn't even post it. hmm... well, if you want to see a picture of my dog while i try to figure out what's going on, there are some in my gallery.

My husband surprised me when he bought this outfit for our dog Stellaluna, dressed her up, and texted me this picture:

LOL PaperbackPirate

Love these pics! And I'm enjoying seeing Commander Data grow up. :)

I'll post on of my babies if I can figure it out.

A hairy, merry Christmas from Ruby and me.

Sweet. And a happy new year to you both, also.

Pretty Ruby!

Here's a recent picture of Tirzah:

a very handsome portrait

Thank you. Right now Tirzah is lying on top of my feet...one of her favorite places. :)

The risk of having a dog and lots of books.


Ghost being shamed.

Tsch tsch tsch, bad doggie, Ghost. Bad doggie.

He's feasting on good literature...

“Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read.” Groucho Marx

Nice try though, Ghost!

#100, emerald_dragon, Is this yours?



ETA. I do like your cat as well!

Murphy says hi.

>115 varielle: How cute! Hi Murphy!