OFFICIAL SKOOLIE PET THREAD

[somewhereinusa]

In one of my past lives I trained stock dogs for a living. It was during this time that I built my first skoolie to travel to field trials. Mac was my first Border Collie. I didn't think there were very many pictures of him. I've been going through all of our old snapshots and found enough to make this tribute to him. The verse I started about 1997 , but wouldn't write the last verse until after he died in 1998. I finally finished editing after using a box of kleenex. He was very special to me.

[opus]

Dick, always had stock dogs from this guy: 5H Stockdogs

Amazing the bond you get with a working dog. Sadly, I've been in your shoes!!

Great tribute.

[PartiallyPrimal]

Joking ... A little ! Lol Just getting an idea for my project . I will be wanting at least 2 dogs in the future. I'm wondering how many dogs you all have at one time ? And the size . I won't ge getting a full sized bus/Truck the most it will be is probably 16 ft. Any thoughts/oppinions?

[EastCoastCB]

lol my dog has a 10x10 kennel. But she needs even more space.
I'm not into crates or keeping animals cooped up.

[slaughridge85]

Me neither. My rhodesian and our great dane/wolf mix get to roam around in an 80 acre kennel...

[Rameses]

[milkmania]

Buddy goes to work with me, and sleeps in his open crate... It's not for punishment, it's for discipline and his safety. "Get in bed" works very well with him. I refuse to lock him up!

He'll go out to pee many times a day when several of the workers go out to smoke at different intervals. Whole shop loves him!!!

In the bus, he has free range... In my truck, he has free range.

[EastCoastCB]

That's cool you and your dog are happy together, man.
My bus landlords just rescued a rare husky that looks like some sort of giant fox. The previous owner kept it in a crate in an apartment. The crate was for a dog buddy's size.The dog was in there so much that the crate was bulged to "fit" the dog. It couldn't stand all the way up or even turn around. The douche who owned it paid $1200 for this dog only to neglect it in his downtown orlando apartment. THe day I meet that previous owner I'm GONNA punch him right in the face.

[milkmania]

Originally Posted by EastCoastCB

That's cool you and your dog are happy together, man.
My bus landlords just rescued a rare husky that looks like some sort of giant fox. The previous owner kept it in a crate in an apartment. The crate was for a dog buddy's size.The dog was in there so much that the crate was bulged to "fit" the dog. It couldn't stand all the way up or even turn around. The douche who owned it paid $1200 for this dog only to neglect it in his downtown orlando apartment. THe day I meet that previous owner I'm GONNA punch him right in the face.

I've never understood people and their "pets"....
Me & Buddy saw a dog today in a yard on a chain... Maybe 10' at the most, and it probably had an 8 inch ditch dug into the ground in a circle.

Some people don't deserve animals!
If I can't provide for a pet, I don't need a pet!

I have had to come to terms with Buddy's shedding, but with his personality it's been very easy to overcome. (Coming from 12+ years of non-shedding poodles)

[milkmania]

I got him on loan from Humane Society on Black Friday until paperwork could be processed on Monday.... His little friend was sure glad to see him on Monday!
It was really hard to walk away from picking up a second dog, but I think it would have been too much to handle.

[Rameses]

Originally Posted by milkmania

Buddy goes to work with me, and sleeps in his open crate... It's not for punishment, it's for discipline and his safety. "Get in bed" works very well with him. I refuse to lock him up!

He'll go out to pee many times a day when several of the workers go out to smoke at different intervals. Whole shop loves him!!!

In the bus, he has free range... In my truck, he has free range.

When we got ours we weren't sure whether she had ever lived inside/knew the drill with using the restroom outdoors, etc. We rescued her from a puppy mill when she was about 1 year old. Consequently, we kept her crated when we weren't home for the first week she lived with us. It didn't take long to realize that she had either already been trained to go only when outside, or just intuitively knew not to go in our living space. We stopped crating her, but left her crate out for her. It was never used as a punishment tool, and she loved having a space that she knew was hers and naturally used it as a bed.

After about a year of being frustrated by a couch that you couldn't easily brush hair off of (she loved laying on it, and she's such a sweetheart, so we didn't mind her being on it), we got a leather couch. While trying to figure out what to do with the old couch, I had a brilliant idea. We could let her have it. But it was too big to fit into the space where her crate was, which had been a bit of an eyesore and was completely unnecessary since it had been over a year since its door had last been closed.


The old couch...





A little sawzall, scissor, and stapler work...





And the finished product, in place of the crate. Lena approved.

[Stu & Filo. T]

Heres my boy Sammy, he's trained pretty good so call first.

[EastCoastCB]

We lost our longtime companion Yoda today. She's been with me since Hurricane Charlie orphaned her and I found her after the storm.
She'd been happy and playful till about a month ago but sadly cancer has taken her life. Her breathing had gotten labored and shallow and she'd stopped eating.
Roxy's at the animal hospital having her put down.

[Tango]

So sorry ECCB. Man, losing a companion like that is like losing a family member.

[brokedown]

Sorry Charlie. With pets, you get a bunch of really good days and one really bad day at the end.

[ComfortEagle]

After mourning the loss of our 15yo mutt Molly, and in anticipation of our upcoming downsized lifestyle, the wife and I figured we needed some "downsized" dogs.

The "big" dog is 9 months old, full grown and weighs in at a bit over 5 pounds. His name is "Senor Grande Rey de Reyes" (Mr. Big King of Kings), but he goes by King.

King's little sister is 3 months old and is about 2 pounds. Her name is "Pequena Senorita Reina de la Casa" (Little Miss Queen of the House). She goes by Reina.

And they really are brother and sister, same parents, different litter (obviously)...

I have heard and now believe, Chihuahuas are like potato chips and tattoos, you can't have just one...

[EastCoastCB]

Originally Posted by Tango

So sorry ECCB. Man, losing a companion like that is like losing a family member.

Originally Posted by brokedown

Sorry Charlie. With pets, you get a bunch of really good days and one really bad day at the end.

Thanks

Glad she's not suffering.

Now out to John's back lot and dig a hole...

[dan-fox]

Originally Posted by EastCoastCB

We lost our longtime companion Yoda today. She's been with me since Hurricane Charlie orphaned her and I found her after the storm.
She'd been happy and playful till about a month ago but sadly cancer has taken her life. Her breathing had gotten labored and shallow and she'd stopped eating.
Roxy's at the animal hospital having her put down.

Sorry to hear that. +1 on the family member sentiment. She's a dead ringer for the cat I had from ages 8-15, Pippi Longstockings.

[2kool4skool]

Sorry CB, you gave her love.

[ol trunt]

ECCB, my heart goes out to both of you and especially to Roxy who has the great sorrow of having to put a pet down. Somehow over the years that task has always been mine, Roxy. I get it. Jack