sandhiller Posted December 30, 2021 Share Posted December 30, 2021 9 hours ago, mike newman said: big strong heading dogs who could make a serious 'bark' as opposed to the initial British dog breeds who barely barked at all.... Enjoyed visiting with you too! Calling you on the cell phone is more clear than calling my own house, go figure😄 Thank you so much for the education Mike! The difference in handling sheep and cattle. Sheep react to the bark and move accordingly. Cattle will get riled up if a dog barks too much so it is a best to have a quiet cow dog. The temptation to make a correlation here is almost too much to bear but I will restrain myself🙊🤠 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hardtail Posted December 30, 2021 Share Posted December 30, 2021 Maybe the piledriver is shaking the landlines🤔 I'm sure any correlation would be insightful and most welcomed... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandhiller Posted January 1, 2022 Share Posted January 1, 2022 This will be Gus's last Christmas with us. Sad but grateful the Lord entrusted me the care of one of his most beloved creatures. I wish people could show the compassion for each other that animals show for us. KWRB, sir, thank you for this this thread to relay our blessings. 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KWRB Posted January 1, 2022 Author Share Posted January 1, 2022 3 hours ago, sandhiller said: This will be Gus's last Christmas with us. Sad but grateful the Lord entrusted me the care of one of his most beloved creatures. I wish people could show the compassion for each other that animals show for us. KWRB, sir, thank you for this this thread to relay our blessings. Happy to do so. This thread has been exactly what I'd hoped it'd be. Gus seems from all the posts about him, to have also been all you could have hoped for. Like many other things, a relationship with a dog is a result of what you put in. I've said it a million times but I'll say it again. It's not a coincidence that they're so great. I think God wants us to have examples of pure love, since humans aren't great at doing it ourselves, so we have dogs. In honor of Gus, I'm gonna go snuggle Franklin super tight and scratch his head for a long time this morning. Happy New Year to you Sandhiller. You're a good dude. 5 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandhiller Posted January 3, 2022 Share Posted January 3, 2022 The "crew" didn't think Mother should be lounging around the house on this balmy 31 degree day😄 Sorry bout a cat in the dog thread but it identifies as a dog. Runs with em sleeps with em. Will have nothing to do with the barn cats😄 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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mike newman Posted January 5, 2022 Share Posted January 5, 2022 On 1/1/2022 at 10:01 PM, sandhiller said: This will be Gus's last Christmas with us. ..re Gus's last Xmas with you folk...... ...I ,like other's, no doubt who frequent this topic thought that rather sad......so I thought I would relate to you a 'dog tale '......a little gimpse into the past , but an event which , at the time, was highly amusing...still is in fact.... The dog in question , was named "Zack''...and he was an exact replica of your ''Gus''.....and just as interesting.... Zack's friend who brought him new collars, registered him every year...brought him special biscuits , drove Zack around in a new ..(at the time ..) Ford Falcon, to look at various contractual jobs, because Bob was an Earth moving Contractor....Thus Zack spent a lot of time in the Falcon ..or on the floor of a big Hitachi Excavator....I worked with Bob Taylor for some time......and one other memorable day was we were looking to build a large dam on an orchardist's property...The Falcon was parked on the top of a small hill...overlooking the orchard and the propective dam site....and as there were those ''toy '' dogs running about with property owner, Zack was left in the car...Zack had a thing about ''toy'' dogs....they brought out about the only mean streak in him.We wandered down into the mass of old "Granny Smith "' apple trees and walked out the dam site.... took awhile, and when we we walked back up onto the hilly area ...the Falcon was gone...no where to be seen....vanished. Bob was any easy going bloke...said he thought he left the car in "park"....(column shift auto...)...but wasn't sure., So a brief survey revealed the car wedged in the old apple trees...it had sort of run down parallel to the rows then finally crunched up against one ...doing quite a lot of superficial damage...Zack would have spotted those ''toy'' dogs and lept up at the winscreen and somehow knocked the shift arm out of 'park'' and away.... Anyway,,,we were doing a ''shape correction '' on a little used County road, involving putting a massive ''Armco '' culvert in the bottom of a gully, to replace an old ''trussed' wooden bridge....The road wound down into the gully and wound up and out on the other side...heading into a straight bit of road with a distinct ''down grade'' We were taking our lunch break....sitting up in the grass with all machines turned off.... and across the t'other side of the gully , a horse and wagon hove slowly into view....it eventually climbed out on our side....a very smart looking mini ''Conestoga ' type wagon...complete with all the requirements of that sort of life style ...including , tethered behind the wagon, a dog....an exact replica of Zack....except for one ''fundamental orifice''...shall we say....thus...as the wagon passed by and headed down the ''down grade ''beyond...Bob Taylor said, to no one in particular..in his laconic way.....'''its not that often you see a dog with two heads and six legs...''' ..guess you had to be there..but it shore was amusing....Zack turned up eventually....tired...but happy.... ... there is a lot of us out there that love the old hounds......all the best, Jeff, with "Gus" for the foreseeable future.... Mike 2 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandhiller Posted January 5, 2022 Share Posted January 5, 2022 16 minutes ago, mike newman said: ..re Gus's last Xmas with you folk...... ...I ,like other's, no doubt who frequent this topic thought that rather sad......so I thought I would relate to you a 'dog tale '......a little gimpse into the past , but an event which , at the time, was highly amusing...still is in fact.... The dog in question , was named "Zack''...and he was an exact replica of your ''Gus''.....and just as interesting.... Zack's friend who brought him new collars, registered him every year...brought him special biscuits , drove Zack around in a new ..(at the time ..) Ford Falcon, to look at various contractual jobs, because Bob was an Earth moving Contractor....Thus Zack spent a lot of time in the Falcon ..or on the floor of a big Hitachi Excavator....I worked with Bob Taylor for some time......and one other memorable day was we were looking to build a large dam on an orchardist's property...The Falcon was parked on the top of a small hill...overlooking the orchard and the propective dam site....and as there were those ''toy '' dogs running about with property owner, Zack was left in the car...Zack had a thing about ''toy'' dogs....they brought out about the only mean streak in him.We wandered down into the mass of old "Granny Smith "' apple trees and walked out the dam site.... took awhile, and when we we walked back up onto the hilly area ...the Falcon was gone...no where to be seen....vanished. Bob was any easy going bloke...said he thought he left the car in "park"....(column shift auto...)...but wasn't sure., So a brief survey revealed the car wedged in the old apple trees...it had sort of run down parallel to the rows then finally crunched up against one ...doing quite a lot of superficial damage...Zack would have spotted those ''toy'' dogs and lept up at the winscreen and somehow knocked the shift arm out of 'park'' and away.... Anyway,,,we were doing a ''shape correction '' on a little used County road, involving putting a massive ''Armco '' culvert in the bottom of a gully, to replace an old ''trussed' wooden bridge....The road wound down into the gully and wound up and out on the other side...heading into a straight bit of road with a distinct ''down grade'' We were taking our lunch break....sitting up in the grass with all machines turned off.... and across the t'other side of the gully , a horse and wagon hove slowly into view....it eventually climbed out on our side....a very smart looking mini ''Conestoga ' type wagon...complete with all the requirements of that sort of life style ...including , tethered behind the wagon, a dog....an exact replica of Zack....except for one ''fundamental orifice''...shall we say....thus...as the wagon passed by and headed down the ''down grade ''beyond...Bob Taylor said, to no one in particular..in his laconic way.....'''its not that often you see a dog with two heads and six legs...''' ..guess you had to be there..but it shore was amusing....Zack turned up eventually....tired...but happy.... ... there is a lot of us out there that love the old hounds......all the best, Jeff, with "Gus" for the foreseeable future.... Mike Great story Mike, always enjoy your remembrances. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
35desoto Posted January 6, 2022 Share Posted January 6, 2022 On 1/5/2022 at 8:19 PM, sandhiller said: Great story Mike, always enjoy your remembrances. X 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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junkandcattle Posted January 8, 2022 Share Posted January 8, 2022 6 hours ago, sandhiller said: Around here the Mrs. is the only one that hears that. 😀 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stronger800 Posted January 8, 2022 Share Posted January 8, 2022 Daughter just took these pics of our dog. Apparently she has a better phone camera than me 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Absent Minded Farmer Posted January 8, 2022 Share Posted January 8, 2022 Sometimes.... dogs make you wonder. Just got the couch cover out of the dryer, put it back on, folded my laundry, set it on the couch & sat down to read over the forum.... when Loki jumps up on the couch, throws the laundry on the floor, peels the cover off & piles it up on one end to lay on. So.... I get the laundry piled back on the couch so I can put it away, when he figured his job just wasn't done good enough... So he plows the cover onto the floor.... And then expects attention for his "good job". Sheesh! One great thing about him, his antics are a source of amusement. Good for a cloudy winters day like today. Hope y'all are staying warm. Mike 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Absent Minded Farmer Posted January 11, 2022 Share Posted January 11, 2022 My buddy sent me this yesterday: Must be a Freemason Terrier?? Mike 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Art From Coleman Posted January 11, 2022 Share Posted January 11, 2022 On 1/10/2022 at 12:09 AM, sandhiller said: Wonder if he would refuse to cross lines painted/taped on the floor? Perhaps he is Hank's partner in ranch security? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandhiller Posted January 11, 2022 Share Posted January 11, 2022 31 minutes ago, Art From Coleman said: Wonder if he would refuse to cross lines painted/taped on the floor? Perhaps he is Hank's partner in ranch security? 😃 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Art From Coleman Posted January 11, 2022 Share Posted January 11, 2022 Just east of the Greeley, CO airport. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomH Posted January 12, 2022 Share Posted January 12, 2022 Can't beat a good hot radiator on a really cold day! 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lorenzo Posted January 18, 2022 Share Posted January 18, 2022 Two years old today. 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DT Fan Posted January 18, 2022 Share Posted January 18, 2022 That looks like a happy dog. Does she speak softly? Because she surely does carry a big stick! 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandhiller Posted January 18, 2022 Share Posted January 18, 2022 4 hours ago, lorenzo said: Two years old today. There's our girl! 😃 Happy Birthday Emma🎂 We missed you🥰 Oh, yeah, and your chauffeur Lorenzo to😄 1 1 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
just Dave Posted January 18, 2022 Share Posted January 18, 2022 3 hours ago, lorenzo said: Two years old today. Good looking dog What breed? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
junkandcattle Posted January 18, 2022 Share Posted January 18, 2022 4 hours ago, sandhiller said: There's our girl! 😃 Happy Birthday Emma🎂 We missed you🥰 Oh, yeah, and your chauffeur Lorenzo to😄 Such a photogenic pup. I suppose it could be her chauffeur knows how to take a great picture. Me and Emma need to discuss his behavior as of late 😀 Missed your input @lorenzo 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DT Fan Posted January 19, 2022 Share Posted January 19, 2022 7 hours ago, just Dave said: Good looking dog What breed? While I don't presume to speak for lorenzo, pretty sure she is a Border Collie. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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