Dog!

[Dinner]

[monty python]
I say we burn her!!

Crowd: Burn her! Burn her! Burn Her!
[/monty python]

[Pekka]

I am your new friend!

[Pekka]

I like to play with you!

[Pekka]

I am loyal to you!

[Pekka]

Thanks Paiktis for getting me, let's play!

[Pekka]

Why don't you love me Paiktis?

[Pekka]

I'm happy that you love me, Paiktis! Let's be friends forever!

[Pekka]

So no.. I can't understand why someone wouldn't like these furry creatures..
If one of these came into your way and looked into your eyes with 'Hello. Please take me to your home, I don't have a home and I don't have any food, together we are happy!'.. you have to.. I mean.. there is only one option, and that is to obey that little thing!

[Japher]

I have a German Shepard....mixed with a Chow...and some other stuff, we think wolf...

Her name is Buddy (yes I named a girl Buddy)

When I got her I lived in a condo, pretty much an apartment with a small (8 backyard. She grew really fast. Yet, the great things about dogs is that they adjust to the life style of their parents. I took her for a walk every day, at least when it wasn't raining, and she got use to it.

Dogs are adaptive... that is why they are mans best friend. If you have concerns I would get a smaller dog, mainly because when you go to let them run they are easier to catch... I can't tell you how hard it was to catch Buddy...man she's fast.

Yet, I wouldn't worry about the dog's habits and your's clashing... they will adopt you, as you adopt them.

(I am going to figure out to attatch a picture.)

[Kidlicious]

Pekka,

Cool dog pics. I love Golden Retrievers.

[Pekka]

Japher, exactly.. the dog will take you as a master. You're the boss, and if you're good to him/her, they'll have no problems. Dogs are cool, they like you for what you are.. and are super loyal. And like Japher said, they're adaptive too. But you can't brake the trust, because then you're being stupid, they would never do that. I played 'rescue me' things sometimes when my dog was younger (rip), it would save me from drowning, coming reaaally fast to water and I could just grab it and it would swim me back to the shore.. it was great. I only yelled 'HEELP!' and she knew right then that she must come and help, and she did.. if I was in real danger, she would have saved me.. Also I did a mistake of going into sleeping bag, closing it and yelling 'heeelp', she tried to dig me out, scratching my face like crazy .. after that I never played it, because she took it seriously. Also we played hide and seek, it was fun because she wouldn't look where I was going and when I whislted, it started looking. Man she was fast finding me! Few times she couldn't find me right away, but she never stopped looking... that's loyalty. Also they're great for meeting chicks, many of them like dogs, so they come and ask 'what's its name, how old is she' and stuff like that.. so they great for that too sometimes.

[Japher]

Yeah, Pekka

My dog was trained through the police dog training, she is trained to protect my wife. Mainly, since I worked nights... note: I trained her to protect my wife. That dog will attack me if my wife tells her to.... stupid move by me. Yet, she is the border patrol of this house, and I never feel unsafe with her around.

Side note: Help, I have never posted a picture. Can someone tell me, or point me to the directions to post a picture of my dog and cat? I have the file on my computer.

[Pekka]

Japher, I know the feeling. I mean the security factor they bring into the picture.. You know, that they will defend you to the death. That's always nice comforting feeling.. My dog wasn't trained.. well I trained her a little, normal stuff but nothing fancy.. it was funny though, she never bit me except for play, but it bit my mom a little when she yelled at me and was coming towards me.. it just gave this crazy GRRRRRRR and placed her mouth into my moms ancle. She stopped right there . Of course she let go when I told her to.. but it was nice, she did it to my father too when we were arguing. Wasn't violent at all, but when she thought I was in trouble, she'd forget that these were all friends and knew each other well and decided to step in between 'attacker' and me. It was a nice feeling .
Dogs are pretty good for protecting someone.. they are comforting, keeps you company, and can defend and are loyal and will defend.

Just click on the 'post new reply' box and you can see 'attach file' and 'choose' box after that, and from there you select the file you want to attach from your computer..

[Ted Striker]

Look at the doooogiiess!!!!

[Ted Striker]

An alternative to the Golden Retriever is the Golden Doodle, a mix between the Golder Retriever and the Poodle. It is a bit of a stronger dog (no offense to Golden Retriever owners) due to the stronger genetics.