I have too many stories, so I will start with Bob, my Bassett.
He was loving, but also had some strange fear of tall people. (and everyone is tall to a Bassett)
My Dad came to visit and Bob jumped up on the window cushion to get away and Dad decided to go sit with him and pet him.

By the time I realized what was happening and asked Dad what he was doing (which was just petting Bob) it was too late. Bob just sat there and pee'd the whole time and Dad never realized it.
Bob was too scared to move away and just sat there and pee'd.
He was a wonderful Dog:)

I did fail to mention that in every other discipline Carly did what she was told without hesitation. Very well behaved and mannered.

Except with protecting kids , she had her own ideas and they were not negotiable.

Which made it all the more surprising to people because they saw the good dog turn to what did look to be a Cujo
Attitude.
I would usually just tell everybody, smile and be calm.:D
I don't like to see kids yelled at much either;)

YouTube - coogle & winnie video

My 'Do what ever you want to me' pup. Winston:)
Who once jumped up and grabbed a kitchen sponge and injested it :)before I could get my hand down his throat. He spent the night at the vets while they induced vomiting and pieced together pieces of the sponge like a puzzle.:)

I love the beagle story dahila.

Years ago, another lifetime is seems now we had a golden lab named sam. We lived in a old farmhouse with a huge yard, sam lived in a fricking dog palace at the side of the house.

He was the most gentle dog I ever had, a real 'gentleman'.

One morning I called him as usual, no sign of him, I went to investigate,afraid I would find him dead in his 'house'.

Opening the door I found that a stray cat had decided in all her wisdom that this was the place to give birth to a litter of kittens.

There she was curled into sams belly nursing the littler and sam curled around her, when he saw me the tail started to wag,thumping up and down, totally delighted with himself.

If he could talk I'm sure he would have said 'your not going to believe what happened,can we keep them!

Red, I'm picturing it. Did Sam get his way? Did you keep them? :)

Dahlia, love the video. I could just eat them up. That little pup sure is adorable. :)

Sam did get his way alty, there was a committee meeting between him and the kids, the management (me) did'nt get a say.

We found homes eventually for the kittens and the cat stayed, however we were never able to tame her,she slept in with sam for years.

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Thinkbox have a new ad out, this one is a couple going into a dog shelter for a dog.

Harvey sells himself to the owners.

The ad is qued to come up when you click on the link and press the arrow in the centre on the screen.

Ladies,

Great stories and videos.

And I'll add a Muttley story
.
Shortly after I got him I was walking him
And introducing him to the neighborhood pets
Getting an idea of how he reacted to them .

He liked all the girls , no problem , instant friends.

He was wary of any males but
Didn't act afraid and would hold still until they sniffed
... where they do that , then he'd reciprocate
And things were OK.
Not as good as with the girls , but no problems.

Then we found the monster dog.
He looks like a cross between a St. Bernard
And a dragon.

Black, long fur ,he was as wide as the sidewalk
And the top of his head is at my armpit level
(I'm six feet ) estimated 230 lbs.

I'd never seen this dog before
So taking no chances I scooped Muttley up
And started eyeing escape routes.

The owner chuckled and said not to worry ,
Brutus was a big marshmallow
And loved everybody , people , dogs cats,
Birds and even played with their hamsters.

So I put Muttley down
He walks right up and offers his rear
Which Brutus sniffed but got distracted by
A passing car , bumped Muttley with his nose ,
Which was enough to knock him off his feet.

Then it was on.
Muttley jumped up growling,
(I'd never heard him do that)
And barking (which he rarely does) .

Brutus had moved forward and was standing over Muttley
And Muttley was jumping up trying to bite Brutus!

I reeled him into my arms and had to struggle
To hang on to him because he was going fight.

Brutus looked at Muttley
Then flopped on his belly with his head on
His outstreched paws and looked up at us like
" I didn't do nothing. "

I had to carry Muttley home.
He was going back to finish and struggled
With me all the way back.

Brutus owner was hysterical ,
Laughing so hard he had to sit down .
Then yelled that's a brave little dog you got there.

Muttley still tried to go after that monster
The next three times he saw him .

Good thing Brutus thinks he was playing.
They did get to be friends , but Brutus
Moved a couple of months ago.

Eight pounds of courage , but lacking perception .
That's Muttley.

Loved the Sam and kitten story Red, how cute that must have been.

Martin:) Muttley:eek: What a riot:D :DDon't you mess with me!

And Alty the little puppy in the video is Kugel:)

Aww very cute pics and video's. Red your story melts my heart, I can just picture the goofy lab look on his face!

I love it how little dogs suffer from little dog syndrom. It's so cute. My friend has a yorkie cross, the little runt yaps and yaps at LAdt until Lady finally gets up and walks over, in which Fauzie (the yorkie) Jumps up on the couch and hides behind me or my friend. It's so cute to watch. Here's a pic of them playing with a mitten.

Opps ill have to resize the pic later!

We always had little dogs when I was growing up. It wasn't until I got married that we got a bigger breed.

Our Silver poodle, named Silver, was 10 pounds soaking wet, but acted like a 150 pound rottweiler. He wouldn't back down from anyone. Of course he was attacked a few times, all by German shepherds (I don't have any luck with that breed. Love them, they're beautiful, but when I or a family member get bit, it's always a GSD :( I'm German, they should love me! ;)) after that, Silver lunged first, asked questions later.

When we got Chewy he was only 3 months old, weighed around 6 pounds. He was little. Our other two dogs, a lab cross (around 60 pounds) and our obese border collie (should be 40 pounds, but is closer to 80) didn't know what to do with this little barking bundle of puppy energy.

Chewy would run up to Jasper, bum in the air, ready to play, nipping at his heals, and Jasper would literally push him away with his paw, Chewy rolling across the floor. The look on Jasper's face was priceless, eyes rolled back as if to say "How long do I have to put up with this freak?"

Now they're best buddies. Jasper is the one with his bum in the air, always ready to play. Of course Chewy is way to fast for him. They go in the yard, Chewy going mach 10, and Jasper lagging his fat butt 10 paces behind, barking because he can't catch the little beagle bum. :)

I love to see all these dogs in action, a mini docu-drama series on their lives.

Ok I am finally able to post the picture. Some of you have already seen this on fb, but it melts my heart to see Lady being so gentle with a little rat-dog. :D

Wow, my carpets look really dirty. Hmm off to the grocery store to rent a cleaner thingy ma bob.

Great pics Bella:)

So cute. Lady could fling that little pup across the room if she wanted to, but instead she lets her believe she can win. :)

Awwwwwwwwww that is so sweet Bella :)

Tee hee. Lady actually did let the little fur ball win a few times. I wish I could have caught it on film when Lady decided to stand up and walk away with Fauzzie dangling from her mouth my the mitten.

OMG! I loved reading all of these stories! Dahlia-I am all too familiar with the peeing dog. I cannot acknowledge Eli when I get home from work until I let him out. Seeing one of his people is just too exciting and he will pee everywhere!

Red-that story about the doggy and the kittens was so touching! I could picture it very well-so sweet!

Martin-again I deal with the little dog syndrome all the time with Eli. My boyfriend and I call him "Eli Bonaparte" on certain occasions, "Sh**head" on other occasions. He deserves it :)

Here he is-fresh from the groomer. I don't get the "yorkie" cut. I go "puppy cut" all the way!
http://img849.imageshack.us/img849/9421/elix.jpg

Eli is adorable! I could just eat him up. Too cute.

I love the puppy cut, it suits him.

Look at that face, you can tell he's thinking about the next thing he's going to get into. Good luck mom! :)