Discussion Topic |
|
This thread has been locked |
bluering
Trad climber
Santa Clara, CA
|
|
|
Mar 25, 2014 - 11:43pm PT
|
That dog is an 11 on the cute scale. I'm going to try dogless for a spell. til the old heart heals a bit and I have amnesia to what the cost of loving was.
I totally know how you feel. It's f*#king rough.
As I told Dean, just try to remember how many dogs have blessed you with their blanket love. In my opinion, I feel a duty to get back on the saddle ASAP and welcome another dog into my life. I know they'll dig it, and the previous friend would prolly want it.
It's all about sharing our lives with dogs who need good homes. It really gives them great lives while they enrich ours. Kinda beautiful.
But do what you must, losing a buddy sucks. Many here know that...
|
|
drljefe
climber
El Presidio San Augustin del Tucson
|
|
|
Mar 26, 2014 - 12:19am PT
|
She's adorable Banquo.
And Knave
I'm going to try dogless for a spell. til the old heart heals a bit and I have amnesia to what the cost of loving was.
I understand. I waited and after a year and a half I realized that time passes differently without a dog. I realized, well I already knew, that I need a dog in my life, someone to care for and to get that unconditional love from. A dogless life was different and I didn't like it.
I thought I waited too long, but then again, had I not, Rosie wouldn't have found her way to me.
She reminded me what the cost of loving was.
It's free, and it's freeing.
I encourage you to heal but not wait too long on purpose.
|
|
Leggs
Sport climber
Made in California
|
|
|
Mar 26, 2014 - 12:23am PT
|
Justin... AWESOME shots... you really capture the life in the eyes of your companions. Excellent photos.
Cragman.... awwwwwww. SWEET! Welcome home!
~peace
|
|
nita
Social climber
chica de chico, I don't claim to be a daisy.
|
|
|
Mar 26, 2014 - 12:33am PT
|
Knave, That was a sweet video..
So sorry you had to put down Sage today..)-;
Sending my condolence to your family....
nita..
....................
|
|
bluering
Trad climber
Santa Clara, CA
|
|
|
Mar 26, 2014 - 12:34am PT
|
Banquo, the Cat's look is priceless too. WTF is this thing?
|
|
Knave
Trad climber
|
|
|
Mar 26, 2014 - 02:25pm PT
|
This thread has been most helpful. Thanks to all the dog lovers!
|
|
ydpl8s
Trad climber
Santa Monica, California
|
|
|
Mar 26, 2014 - 02:39pm PT
|
Dr. F, you sure that Butters is not part bat? haha I look at that dog and I just had to chuckle. It certainly looks like equal parts of it's parents.
|
|
drljefe
climber
El Presidio San Augustin del Tucson
|
|
|
Mar 26, 2014 - 05:09pm PT
|
DrF, that last shot's a classic.
Love mongrel dogs!
|
|
Brandon-
climber
The Granite State.
|
|
|
Mar 26, 2014 - 05:11pm PT
|
My oldest dog is a seventy five pound mongrel. The fella is going gray these days. I need to cherish the years I have left with him. Smartest dog ever.
|
|
SCseagoat
Trad climber
Santa Cruz
|
|
|
Mar 26, 2014 - 05:14pm PT
|
mongrel ="fusion" (totally California, dontchya know?????) ;)
Susan
|
|
Brandon-
climber
The Granite State.
|
|
|
Mar 26, 2014 - 05:15pm PT
|
'Fusion'?
Seriously?
|
|
SCseagoat
Trad climber
Santa Cruz
|
|
|
Mar 26, 2014 - 05:23pm PT
|
'Fusion'?
Seriously?
Totally yankin' your studded collar, Brandon. But there is a market for "designer dogs" or specifically matched cross breeds. Very strange, I think.
Susan
|
|
Brandon-
climber
The Granite State.
|
|
|
Mar 26, 2014 - 05:29pm PT
|
Like a bulldog and a shi'tsu? (Sp)
|
|
David Knopp
Trad climber
CA
|
|
|
Mar 26, 2014 - 06:16pm PT
|
friggin puggles
runs off like a beagle
stops
looks around
too dumb to find their way home.
sweet tho.
|
|
David Knopp
Trad climber
CA
|
|
|
Mar 26, 2014 - 06:24pm PT
|
Spring is here!
|
|
Chiloe
Trad climber
Lee, NH
|
|
|
Topic Author's Reply - Mar 26, 2014 - 06:25pm PT
|
stops
looks around
too dumb to find their way home.
sweet tho.
Ain't that the way. I've had dogs that were smart, could catch a frisbee, climb a rock, swim a lake, or wait patiently all day at the base of the crag.
And other dogs who couldn't do any of those things. Loved them just the same, because there they are.
|
|
Brandon-
climber
The Granite State.
|
|
|
Mar 26, 2014 - 06:30pm PT
|
My purebred lab, Tioga, is five years old and I still can't teach him to shake paws.
His incompetence is maddening when compared to my ten year old mutt/mongrel Lincoln, but I love him equally. His enthusiasm is infectious.
|
|
David Knopp
Trad climber
CA
|
|
|
Mar 26, 2014 - 08:18pm PT
|
yeah my beagle
smart as a whip if it involves food or running away
if it involves doing what i wish him to do
not so much
no matter
i shake my head and smile a lot
i'm a little like him
|
|
|
SuperTopo on the Web
|
Let us know!