Let's See Your Dogs!!

Someone's "watching" the sunset...

 

We have two JRTs, one is nearing 3 years old, the other is six months. Prior to adopting the puppy, the older dog was a handful, as all JRTs can be (he isn't our first one, so we accepted and were prepared for it). Required a lot of input and attention, had terrible separation anxiety whenever my wife (whom he had bonded to) left the house. He was not thrilled when we added the puppy, but he's warmed up to her. She has banished him from the master bedroom, he keeps her off the couch. It's comical, the territories they've each carved out. We were skeptical of the "they'll keep each other occupied" thing people had told us, but it's turned out to be true. They do entertain and exercise each other. The flip side of that, though, is when one decides to engage in mischief, the other tends to join in, so there's a bigger mess than you might get with only one. My wife is agitating for a third now. :\

 

We've had as many as 5 at a time, but seems like we've always had more than one. At the beginning of the pandemic, we had 3 Brussels Griffons (2 male, 1 female) and 2 Shiba Inus (1 male, 1 female). Still, that's less than 100 lbs. of dogs total, so not a huge food bill and poop-scooping duty wasn't terrible. Two of the Brussels have since passed (old age), and the 3rd is getting up there and is mostly a lap dog.

They get along for the most part and entertain each other. The Shibas do somewhat have their territories in the house, and the younger female sometimes goes off on the male if he's got something she believes belongs to her, but they are playful and funny for the most part. I think it would be hard to only have one at a time, at least for us.

 

Awesome input from everyone in the thread, much appreciated.

I think we want to do it but are just hesitant; which to me is a healthy thing to have since it’s a big commitment. We are young and have no children (that I know of ) so I think the timing make sense. We recently bought a home with 14 acres so they have the space and we have the time. It will be a 2 year gap which feels good too.

 

Merry Xmas!

 

we're planning on getting a 2nd in the near future. Aiming for another girl, but depending on the litter, we may get a boy.

to keep this little "monster" company

 

Nice bus!

 

Today my Girl Ollie is 3 years old. She is full of life.

 

Thanks, she is "Little Unko". In Japanese "Unko" means turd. (Because of the color) She sat garaged for 11 years, took me a year to get her running.

 

Haha, that's great. I sold my 71 a couple years ago.

 

My bus was a 1979 Deluxe with rare factory installed air conditioning (Actually installed once it came to the US by VW) Totally stock. No rust. It had a weird smell that took
a year or so of cleaning to remove from sitting closed up for so long. I took it to an old mechanic that knows his stuff to help me get it in running shape.
Headliner 99.9% intact, seats were original. I sold it to one of my neighborhood buddies from my club (www.srop.org) that is a surfer, he had old school surf
racks that he installed and picks up his old surf dudes to go out surfing and to cruise the coast of San Diego. He redid the paint job and squared away
the body into almost perfect shape. I'm happy it found a good home.

 

Lol

 

We have a 3year old GSP and a 2 year old Rott and they are best buddies. They run and run and run. We have 2 treed acres on a lake and they have a ball. Oh and both are neutered.

 

That's one happy dog. I like his snow socks!

 

He loves the snow lol

 

I bet that dog loves CHEEEEEEEEEESSSEEEEEEEE!!!!