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Lacero said:
They might or might not. Part of it is genetic (Kita is 3rd generation on our farm). Part of it is being raised with the target species (Kita and her pack guard our sheep, pigs, poultry and kids). Part of it is training to refine the instincts, to hone what they have and sublimate it into the right behaviors that I, the pack leader, need.
Kita and our other dogs do both guardian duty out in the fields as well as herding (moving the animals). Generally these two behaviors are separate but some breeds combine them in one dog. Kita is a mixed breed.
Cheers,
-Walter
SugarMtnFarm
in Vermont
taeclee99 said:
I must say i love your dog.. I have a Golden Retriever myself, almost 1 year old now.
neildmitchell said:
Hahaha, I call my cat "fatty", too. His real name is Danger, but.. he's JUST SO FAT! We put him on a diet, but he keeps expanding! He must be breaking into the fridge at night and eating sandwich meat or something.
The dog is Flash. He's a purebred Italian Greyhound. He eats out of the trash and pees on the clean laundry. But he's so old we'd feel bad shoving him off on someone. (esp. because he gets seizures. Medication EVERY night)
The third is my Nephew. I'm currently training him to be a MacHead. He knows the difference between an iBook and a PowerBook! He's wearing a buzz lightyear box on his head and pretending it's a helmet. I took him to the Apple store once and told him to tell a clerk that he liked the movie because Steve Jobs owns Pixar. He did and Vlady (favorite clerk ever) just looked at me like I was a lunatic. (it's partly true)
Whoops.
Ignore the third.
I have just been informed that my nephew is not a pet.
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That's alright Katie, your nephew seems to be your pet project at the moment. He's cute, seems to be quite precocious.
Apparently Dangers is using some of his 9 lives.
Flash is a nice looking greyhound. Sorry to hear about the seizures. I had two dogs in the past that we had to medicate daily. One was thyroid to try preventing blindness, but she still went blind.
Apparently Dangers is using some of his 9 lives.
Flash is a nice looking greyhound. Sorry to hear about the seizures. I had two dogs in the past that we had to medicate daily. One was thyroid to try preventing blindness, but she still went blind.
devilot76 said:Katie, they're all adorable! But I think I'd stick w/ the cat... the other two aren't potty-trained.
Hey my Chewey was not potty trained, but was house-broken when my ex and I got him at 8 weeks old. (And BTW, the Chewey name came from the Chewbaca noises he made under the covers as a pup, not for chewing things)
Mitthrawnuruodo said:Had to revive this thread with a couple of new pics of my cat Shiva, who seems to invent new sleeping positions as he goes along...
oh my gosh i think that cat has narcolepsy! (i can't believe it chooses to sleep that way)
those are indeed some strange sleeping positions. this thread has been awesome, makes me want a dog again.
we had two cats, a dog and a parrot (Moluccan Cockatoo) plus several aquariums. now i have one aquarium running and that's it. i have a 3 year old boy, that is enough animal for me
devilot76 said:Katie, they're all adorable! But I think I'd stick w/ the cat... the other two aren't potty-trained.
Haha. Ellis is actually getting REALLY good about it! I'm such a proud Aunt.
...As soon as he says he needs to, I pick him up and run....
to his father and hand him off, haha.
wrxguy said:this is my beagle "Bea" she just got spayed so she is now a lamp shade as well
Bea is very cute. She looks so sad, can't blame her though. I have had an Elizabethan Collar on many of our dogs. Very effective to protect their incisions, too bad they don't understand.
PaRaGoNViCtiM said:
don't have a cat anymore but i do know that there are some cats who will let out quite a wail when they are in heat. my friend's cat did that one night and you have no idea how badly i wanted to put the little ho outside and shut her up
- of course i didn't, but the crying/wailing/etc was very annoying... and loud! and COOPER - i really like that (blanket?) that Dixie is sitting on in the last two pictures. that looks cool, at least from those pictures
cute doggy! 
