Check out how fugin sweet my dog is

[Strongbow]

Now I know why my words end up mispelled and shit.

 

[miplank]

I thought your keyboard was broke...

 

[AFeedz]

Now I know why my words end up mispelled and shit.

*misspelled

Lol

 

[miplank]

lmfao

 

[Strongbow]

*misspelled

Lol

See this ^^^^^^^^ that's exactly what I was pointing out

 

[miplank]

I used my mod powers bro

 

[Strongbow]

I used my mod powers bro

I got scolded for smacking Dave with my Mod powers earlier, N2 was not aware I have an alter that is a MOD

 

[bbchris89]

This is my Zoe

http://s1106.photobucket.com/albums/h362/1sdblacknsx/?action=view&current=zoe2.jpg

 

[javaguru]

Unfortunately, the vast, vast majority of American pedigreed Shepherds are fucked up too. Most of them don't make it past 10, either. The ones I know are immediate descendents of European breeding stock.

Take this only as I'm saying it, your dog doesn't fit breed standards, he looks too wolfy. Please do not misunderstand, that was NOT meant to insult your dog! I am merely pointing out a potential reason he lived so long might have been because he was outside the breed standard.

This is a classically "good" German Shepherd, you can see there are differences (bear in mind, I'm talking strict confirmation and color standards for breed type):

Frankly, mutts are generally your best bet for health and temperament. Most pedigreed dogs (and cats) are physical and/or psychological messes due to the degree of inbreeding. You can't keep mating grandfather to granddaughter then uncle to niece and not expect to get some whack chromosomes sooner or later (an uncomfortable percentage of pedigreed animals have some inbreeding in their background, even if the paperwork doesn't show it, trust me, that crap is far too easy to fudge).

I agree with you MM, I've never...I don't want to say "owned" a pure breed...mixes are the best. Nitchske was as smart as a whip and an adoption from the humane society ...he did indeed have wolf pedigree that was determined after he had a small benign tumor removed when he was ten...I had them send it in for a biopsy...no doubt it was a tumor that primarily occurs in wolves.

 

[javaguru]

I don't feel like starting a new dog thread for this...

So anyways, I dropped my dog off at "camp" this morning, she's just staying for the day. It's the same place I'm keeping her while I go on vacation for a week in August, so I'm bringing her once this week and once next to get her used to it. And I keep checking on her via webcam, and my dog is laying alone in the corner as far as possible from all the other dogs and not moving/playing.

Poor scaredy-dog.

Sounds like she is a mommy's girl...

I never left Nitchske with anyone but family...