homestead dogs

Well, okay.. guess we 'sound off' about our dogs here?

One really rotten spoiled GreyHound racer rescue housedog; Fred

Four AKC Pekingese (potential $$) but for now, sweet, furry, and about to get a shave! (In and out); Ginger, Kari Mi, (I did not name the next two!) Skipper and Heaven.

7 Chuhuahuas; some are three generations. (Now that's an intersting study in obesity! Grandma w/Fat potential, skinny daughter, OBESE granddaughter over fed as a pup!! (Very strange!
Prissy, DuhBaby, Butters, Erica, Olive, Vanna, Little Prissy (original, eh? LOL)

Memorials:
CocoaBean (Chi). First to die here due to hit and run. Age 3.(you'd think w/13 acres they could stay AWAY from the road?)

Tinky (Chi), Aged 8 1/2 Years; Vanished! Abducted by aliens, or hawks, or nice driveby 'city folks' (grr)

Emma (Peke).. 30 second mistake in family communication caused death by auto in road. ( I now have her sister -Kari Mi- born 2 hours after Emma died)

Zack (GS)... STILL don't know what happend to him... gunshot to the groin best guess; or impalement? A fine and regal foudling by my daughter. He lived and was loyal to age 5.

Pootie(Chi)--- fearsome killer chihuahua girl... (mother of Olive, Erica and sister to Tinky and Vanna) Killed by speeding car she was 'killing'.

CJ (Chi)--- Double dwarfing gene?.. died at one year (well, there's at least ONE I don't feel guilty for!)
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Rick (GP) One year... ?? auto.. already posted on his demise. (thanks for your sympathies)

(Hmmm.. male dogs don't seem to fair too well around here.) I have a little memorial garden started for them. When I look at the list, and see all the love... It almost makes me hate living in the country. :no: So... If you drive.. SLOW DOWN.. and Pay Attention.. It's not that hard... I've never killed an animal when I was driving.

^_^ As you can probably tell from my username, I've got corgis. Only my guys are the Cardigan type (with tails, larger, older of the two breeds, and come in more colors. They're not as well known, and tend to be a little more biddable and low key than the Pems.) They are Indy (tri male) and Summer (brindle female). I co-own a blue merle male who retired to a pet home in Texas and miss him daily, as he was the cuddliest of them, but he HATED showing. Indy is retired from the show ring but competes in agility and obedience. Summer is just getting started as a show dog and will do obedience and herding as soon as I have more $$$ for seminars and lessons. They're both great at getting the chickens into the coop whenever they escape.

Next, I have 3 papillons: Patsy (7 year old retiree, who is probably going to go live with a friend of mine's mom), Avi (Patsy's daughter), and Zephyr, who I'm showing. Avi is training for agility and Zephyr will probably try obedience since he thinks it's for Lesser Creatures to run and jump things. (His nickname is The Small Fluffy Royalty.)

We also have a cat, named Elsa the Corgi, who bears mentioning only because she THINKS she's a corgi.

Temporarily, we also have a foster Pembroke corgi named Gogy who is one hell of a guard dog but not good for much else and is very dog aggressive. Still trying to decide if she's safe to adopt out.

Cait