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SC seagoat
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Santa Cruz, Moab, A sailboat, or some time zone
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Hi Susan and Teddy...what difference a day makes.
Ha! I saw weather was coming in so I hightailed it back to the desert.
We’ll be back up to Bozeman sometime soon.
Thanks for your thoughts, Cowboy, it’d be fun to get our dogs together. I know Teddy would LOVE that fire.
Susan
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SC seagoat
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Santa Cruz, Moab, Bozeman, the ocean, or ?
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Nov 27, 2018 - 03:26pm PT
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My dog the vixen at doggie camp.
Susan
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Rcklzrd
Trad climber
Prescott, AZ
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Nov 27, 2018 - 06:17pm PT
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Just a good dog.
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crberg
Trad climber
Cave Creek, AZ
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Nov 28, 2018 - 08:35am PT
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crberg
Trad climber
Cave Creek, AZ
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thebravecowboy
climber
The Good Places
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Crick! Crick! That all beings should live so fully, that all dogs should share so much of life with their human companions! A cry for Crick!
You done real good by Ms. (?) Crick. Thanks for sharing your dog, your loss, your kind treatment of your loyal friend. Crick!
Just gotta know: is that Crick as in Watson and...? Or Crick, short for cricket? Or Crick like the stream? Obviously, it is now, for you, Crick like the dog, but I want to know the root.
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Gnome Ofthe Diabase
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Out Of Bed
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As my hound is un-fixed
she is homebound far more than I like
& I hate that,
she does too.
Sharing your world with them is the greatest gift you can give them
And yourself too
I envy you.
So, yes to Crick - here here here
three cheers
her her her
Dogs!
wow !
a sigh and a cheer for the well loved & well lived
A great hound no doubt, and a real history of getting out and about
Good on you for the care and the love that you showed her.
the photos will not be enough,
but take some time, keep the faith
after a year or so
go save another soul.
We have been astounded by the similarities of some unique traits in this current pup.
By what seems to be a reincarnated spirit or the 'channeling'? of the spirit/soul of a Lab/Newfie that died young
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Brandon-
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The Granite State.
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I’ve got an interesting dog story.
My puppy, Xander, is almost a year old. We’ve been creating him while we’re gone since we got him. Initially he was in a metal crate that folds up, you’ve probably seen the type. Well, he learned to thrash about and escape. So, we started putting him in a plastic crate with a door that’s more difficult to open. There are pins at top and bottom of the door that meet at a latch in the center of the door. You need to obviously pull out both spring loaded pins at the same time, basically squeezing the latch mechanism. Still with me? Well, he somehow figured out how to escape from that one as well. How? I don’t have a clue. From there, I put a ratchet strap around the whole rig. If you’re not familiar with a ratchet strap, it’s the thing you use to keep lumber on the lumber rack of your truck. Got home from work, escaped again.
Yesterday, we crossed our fingers and left him free with our ten year old lab while we were at work. He de-stuffed a little of his bed, but other than that he caused no harm. Bear in mind that this is a dog for whom only nylabones last more than five minutes. Kong tough toys? He’s pooping out chunks of them almost before he starts chewing on them.
Great dog, so much different than the labs I’ve owned, but pretty darn awesome.
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crberg
Trad climber
Cave Creek, AZ
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thebravecowboy,
Its short for Cricket. Other than that im not sure. I adopted her from a good friend of mine that lived with me for a few years. I sealed the deal after I was watching her for a couple weeks while my roommate was out of town and I let her sleep in bed with me instead of putting in her kennel every night. The rest is history. I work from my fab/ machine shop at my home so there was no separating us for the most part. the only place she refused to follow me was in the shower. She even convinced me to make the switch from moto to mtb. And for a little dog she sure could run long and hard!
Being self employed I used to work nonstop all day, everyday.... When she came along it helped remind me to put my tools down each day and get out..... even if it's only a quicky!
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thebravecowboy
climber
The Good Places
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yeah those little doggers are pretty doggone gud for the enforcement of zen and the get-outdoors directive.
that last picture though, ahahaha!
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hooblie
climber
from out where the anecdotes roam
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clearly, cricket was a badass. sorry.
we're whatayacallit? "expecting"
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L
climber
Just livin' the dream
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Sorry about Crick, crberg.
She looked like a real sweetie and certainly had a full & happy life with you.
I made the mistake of looking at the SPCA website the other day...out of morbid curiosity, I suppose. Started on the "Horse" page and somehow found myself on the "Dog" page.
After numerous phone calls and 3 visits, I came home with this fella:
He's part Great Pyrenees and part Collie. Smart as a whip and stubborn as a mule. And strong as one, too. And just a big love-muffin.
At the SPCA...can you believe it?
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Wayno
Big Wall climber
Republic, WA
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L, those Pyr mixes are stubborn and smart indeed. But loyal and well, big too.
last grooming.
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thebravecowboy
climber
The Good Places
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About once a year I will go to the automat auto wash, mainly for the dog's entertainment
as many times a year as I can, he and I go out to the footsore dry land and do some new root together. he's a pretty good ground crew but once I'm back down, and after the hunger hits me, he, with great fealty, clarifies that caloric compensation is due.
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Ricky D
Trad climber
Sierra Westside
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Normally I would ask this on TGR but they would tell me to kill the guy with a maul or nuke them from orbit and behead the survivors - so instead, I will ask "What Would Supertopians Do"?
Have a neighbor, a pseudo pastor of some fly-by-night recovery "Church" who has an 11 to 12 year old Yellow Lab and a 3ish year old Jack Russely looking mutt puppy. Both are supposedly for his teenage kids.
My problem is this - there is no, as in zero, interaction by the teenage kids with either dog, so BS lie number 1.
Second issue is that both dogs are kept in a fenced and concreted area measuring about 5 feet wide by 8 feet long - no shelter, no doghouse, no protection whatsoever from the recent rains or cold drizzle. Two inches of petrified poop covers the ground and the urine smell would knock a buzzard off a sh#t-wagon.
Issue number 3 - they are fed about once every two to three days by the obviously disinterested Owner who literally feeds them by tossing a handful of kibble onto the ground.
Every damn day we can hear both dogs pushing an empty metal bowl back and forth across the concrete and whimpering in the most heart-rending tones you could imagine. The things are hungry dammit!
Both my wife and I peek over the fence daily to see no water and no food - we have taken to filling their bowl with water by spraying the hose over the fence and dropping dog food and vitamin biscuits over the fence to these poor things.
These poor guys are never interacted with, never exercised, and barely fed or watered.
What amazes me is that their yard, as does mine, backs up to a green space where dogs can run for a mile in two directions yet they have never let either animal out for even a second. I have repeatedly offered and even pleaded with this guy to let me take his dogs out with mine - but he refuses every time. When pressed as to why - his response is this - "God gives us dominion over the beasts" and they should should live as we/he sees fit.
My dilemma is this - if I call Animal Control, I know both dogs will be seized and probably not adopted - the Lab being too old and the Pup having zero social skills. Plus the Good Reverend Asshole would know it was me who ratted him out and his jailhouse homie come-to-jesus addicts would give me grief as they did to another neighbor who crossed the Good Reverend.
If I was younger and still crazy - I would rat the bastard out and take the sleazebags on - I was a vicious mofo in the day - but in my sixties - not so much anymore. Besides, the fate of these two creatures would still be dismal, so what would be the point.
I've thought about snatching the dogs and giving them to a no-kill dog group out by Jalama Beach but that seems a bit far-fetched at the moment.
These two little souls need better - and both Charming Dawn and I are tired of being tortured by their whimpers and cries throughout the day and night - so how do we set them free is my question to the collective,
Thanks guys and gals,
Ricky D
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rincon
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Coarsegold
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Dec 10, 2018 - 08:01am PT
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crberg, sorry about your pup. I had a Pom just like Crik, she loved to hike and swim and get all dirty and full of stickers. I never in my life expected to own a Pomeranian, and mine was an adoption too, but I never regretted it. She gave us 13 years of love and joy.
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