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Re: Pet Thread
Posted: Sun Jun 22, 2025 9:16 pm
by blueline
Tom wrote: Sun Jun 22, 2025 9:08 pm
blueline wrote: Sun Jun 22, 2025 7:48 pm
RIP to my sweet Trina. She'll be forever missed but she had a good life.
Re-posting her Carpokes editor photo from a few years ago. She was a really good proofreader!
Trina & Carpokes 2023-03-01 .jpg
Ah Tim, I'm so sorry.
Thanks! It's all good - part of life. You enjoy what you can while can and have appreciation for what was. (Pretty unscientific and crude philosophy - Plato I'm not - but it makes sense to me which is what counts!
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Re: Pet Thread
Posted: Sun Jun 22, 2025 9:24 pm
by P_Coastal
blueline wrote: Sun Jun 22, 2025 7:48 pm
RIP to my sweet Trina. She'll be forever missed but she had a good life.
Re-posting her Carpokes editor photo from a few years ago. She was a really good proofreader!
Trina & Carpokes 2023-03-01 .jpg
Tim, so sorry you lost Trina, it’s the hardest part of the “Pet Parent” job.
Re: Pet Thread
Posted: Mon Jun 23, 2025 5:19 am
by BayouBilly
Tom,
My dog does the same thing to me. Took over my nice chair. He is 12 now so I just let him have it. It is just the dog's way of taking charge of the house. Great photo, thanks very much.
Re: Pet Thread
Posted: Tue Jul 01, 2025 9:35 am
by P_Coastal
Daisy enjoys a Canada Day rest:
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Re: Pet Thread
Posted: Sun Oct 05, 2025 3:53 pm
by blueline
It's been a long time for any posts on the beloved Pet Thread, so I'll give a shot at getting it revived. Post your pet photos Carpokians!
Our girls Rusty and Josie.
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Re: Pet Thread
Posted: Sun Oct 05, 2025 4:39 pm
by aboyandhisdog
Tim, it looks as though Josie has settled in very nicely. As a rescue, did she have any issues that you had to overcome? I got Joey at the same time and he had some things we had to work out, but is a fantastic "roommate"! He is the perfect little buddy!
Re: Pet Thread
Posted: Sun Oct 05, 2025 5:28 pm
by blueline
aboyandhisdog wrote: Sun Oct 05, 2025 4:39 pm
Tim, it looks as though Josie has settled in very nicely. As a rescue, did she have any issues that you had to overcome? I got Joey at the same time and he had some things we had to work out, but is a fantastic "roommate"! He is the perfect little buddy!
She's been about as perfect a dog as one could want, pretty awesome for a barely over 1-yr-old largely heeler rescue found wandering in a rural area near a river. She is smart, kind and well-behaved which is even more amazing for a dog who likes to run, play and needs lots of exercise (which she gets). She needed a few minor mannerism improvements but that has gone well, especially for a dog who we spoil. Lol. We hit the jackpot with her Tom.
Glad your Joey figured it all out and settled in to his new loving home. We are all fortunate - humans and the canines alike!
Re: Pet Thread
Posted: Sun Oct 05, 2025 8:51 pm
by aboyandhisdog
Manners indeed! That is where I fall down with Joey. I got my first dog (as an adult) in 1983 - a Rottie and the most perfect dog. And I trained her to be the most exemplary, well mannered dog ever. Since Brikka, I have had 10 dogs and I have to admit I pay less attention to training and manners now than I did back then. I find I am just happy if they are happy, and I don't want to be as rigid as I was back then. I still insist on all of the safety skills and the basic commands (stay, come, leave it, etc.) , but as long as they are happy, I'm happy, and I don't take it too much further than that!
Re: Pet Thread
Posted: Sun Oct 05, 2025 9:00 pm
by blueline
aboyandhisdog wrote: Sun Oct 05, 2025 8:51 pm
Manners indeed! That is where I fall down with Joey. I got my first dog (as an adult) in 1983 - a Rottie and the most perfect dog. And I trained her to be the most exemplary, well mannered dog ever. Since Brikka, I have had 10 dogs and I have to admit I pay less attention to training and manners now than I did back then. I find I am just happy if they are happy, and I don't want to be as rigid as I was back then. I still insist on all of the safety skills and the basic commands (stay, come, leave it, etc.) , but as long as they are happy, I'm happy, and I don't take it too much further than that!
That's the way it is here too. We want basic good behavior but let them be themselves. I've found over the years that that approach makes for well-adjusted dogs who also have (mostly) good manners when others are around. (Their manners are close to impeccable when with just us!
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Re: Pet Thread
Posted: Mon Oct 20, 2025 8:48 pm
by Bingz05
Georgiana waiting to pick up her girl after school: