JR has grown into his body at 90lbs. He unfortunately learned the hard way 4 weeks ago to not play or try to eat a porcupine regardless that it invaded your play area at breakfast time. That was a fun fast 7:15 am drive to the vet and not cheap surgery to remove 20 quills to the snout. He has fully recovered.
Also sorry to hear about the other losses the last few months, all!
Love all the dog pics!
Dexter is fighting some allergies, again, where he licks all the hair of the end of his tail
Gotta keep him off the Chicken/Rice and/or the Lamb sticks at Costco are causing it - not sure.
We got the Benedryl in him a few days later than we should have. Poor guy! Seems at ease now.
A lot of you already know from Facebook, but since Jack was definitely an “O.G. ONSC Dog”, I thought I would let you guys know that I had to say goodbye to him yesterday evening. He was 13 1/2 years old and had become ill with some kind of progressive autoimmune/neurological issue that resulted in pretty rapid loss of muscle mass in his hind legs and notably his cranial masticular (chewing) muscles. It was progressive and I couldn’t let it continue to take away his quality of life, so we made the only decision that was kind to him.
The loss of Jackson has been difficult to get over, but we really miss having the presence and energy of a dog in the house. So since I’m home from work for a couple of weeks, we decided to add another member to the family.
Meet “Sachi”, short for “Sachiko”, which is a Japanese name that means “Happiness”. She’s a 4 1/2 month-old hound (probably mostly Plott Hound). We brought her home on Monday from Saving Grace rescue. So far, she’s slept a LOT, but she’s a snuggler and seems to feel pretty comfortable with us.
I have no photos , no phone on me. Our old Bloodhound/Shepard mix ( 14 and deaf now) has taken to barking and growling at Vulture and Hawks. She now constantly scans the sky and has the other two dogs doing it now too. I have the retard pack running around the paddock, looking up and barking at raptures.
This all started a couple weeks ago. We were out in the paddock and a Vulture cruised by above. The shadow came from behind her, right up her body and she chased it out of the paddock. It (the shadow) appeared next to her again and for some odd reason she looked up. Now every time we go out she is constantly looking up. Weird.
I posted this pic back in 21 when Pi was a pup. Now Pi has grown a bit and looks much like the older guy on the right. He definitely has a look about him. Pi has one blue and one brown eye. People say he is spooky looking.
We decided that Sachi seems bored often and needed a playmate, so…..meet Maddie (short for Madison). We got her yesterday from Saving Grace rescue (where we got Sachi). They listed her as a “Labrador Retriever mix”, but she seems more like a Staffy than anything else. She’s about 4 1/2 months old. So far, she’s doing great with Sachi and the cats. She really wants to play with Sachi, but they spay/neuter all dogs before making them available for adoption, so Maddie isn’t cleared for roughhousing just yet.
This Mako which a lot of y’all met at the last relic run. The other one is my parents dog, Toby, but he’s a grouch so we don’t bring him to the big camps.