Beautiful dogs playing well. Puppies have sometimes that effect on older dogs haha... I'm thinking about adding either puppy or rescue to our little family, my girl will be 6 in July.
Ps. This was just terrible tragedy with our beautiful Tyrael but unfortunately accidents do happen. We later discovered that people has also lost their eyes after getting those craft clitters in their eyes, so people need to be very careful with that stuff.
Thank you. Christie is 8 yrs,Tyler is 10,Dasher 7,Scot 5,and Morgan is 12. Actually for the most part that is Christies natural coloring on her face though is has gotten a bit lighter in recent years. All of them are of European lines,Tyler from Austria.
All the same lines and most including am sure those in Iceland go back to Scots granddaddy,Camrose Cabus Christopher(top sire in England and pioneer dog in the world for frozen semen,been dead for forty years,why Scot exists).who incidently died from vaccination.
I've wanted a dog my whole life and finally decided to make it happen. My only reservation about getting a dog was that they don't live long enough. Our family got this Mini Australian Shepherd a couple of weeks ago. His name is Ozzy and he's a character!
Robert Dull wrote:
All the same lines and most including am sure those in Iceland go back to Scots granddaddy,Camrose Cabus Christopher(top sire in England and pioneer dog in the world for frozen semen,been dead for forty years,why Scot exists).who incidently died from vaccination.
Interesting! Didn't know that, so we have a royalty here. I will need to check if those who are breed here in Iceland come from Scots granddaddy.
Hardcore-Sweet looking puppy. I wish you many many years of bliss with Ozzy.
We have always tried to have at least 2 dogs at a time, one older and one younger. I, too, believe the younger ones help keep the older ones active. Plus the older ones provide much needed social lessons! Currently we have a 14 year old farm dog with what looks like some sporting dog lineage and a 2 year old black lab. The 14 year old has definitely picked up the pace since we got the lab.
We have always tried to have at least 2 dogs at a time, one older and one younger. I, too, believe the younger ones help keep the older ones active. Plus the older ones provide much needed social lessons! Currently we have a 14 year old farm dog with what looks like some sporting dog lineage and a 2 year old black lab. The 14 year old has definitely picked up the pace since we got the lab.
Ken
Yes, I have fostered few dogs and my Venus seems to be happier when another dog is in the house so I'm deciding now if I will go for a puppy or a rescue. Some have told me that it would be too much age gap between Venus (6 years old) and puppy. Specially when she gets older. Do you notice any cons with your even bigger age gap?
Hardcore wrote:
I've wanted a dog my whole life and finally decided to make it happen. My only reservation about getting a dog was that they don't live long enough. Our family got this Mini Australian Shepherd a couple of weeks ago. His name is Ozzy and he's a character!
Congrats with your new family member. He is very cute and I'm looking forward to see more of him in the future.
Yes, that is really only major con of having dog or any other pet that we outlive them but the memories and all the good times makes it all worth it in my opinion.
Our age gaps have always been between 4-8 years. Even though my lab is only 2 we had my son's lab living with us for four years prior to that after he got out of college, (my son, not the dog). Dispositions have always seemed to work out okay with this gap. The only thing i notice is that sometimes we have to exclude the 14 year old from long, hard walks and hikes and she feels bad but gets over it once we are back. I have only noticed positives from having two dogs, even with this wide of a gap. The plus side of a closer gap is that their energy levels would be similar if the breeds had similar energy. I think different energy levels would be more of an issue than age, IMHO.
Puppies have sometimes that effect on older dogs haha... 
We later discovered that people has also lost their eyes after getting those craft clitters in their eyes, so people need to be very careful with that stuff.
