The Official RL Picture of My Dog Thread!!

[Ardain]

This is our dog Leyla. She is a Border Collie, Labrador and Swiss Appenzeller Mix. She's gorgeous . My sister does a lot of agility training with her and they have already won some little prices. Since she is a mix she will never be able to get "professional" with EU championship and stuff, but they both really enjoy the little tournaments.

[Hammerfist]

Originally Posted by Snark

what do people see in bulldogs anyways..?

They really are good dogs! Great with kids and very entertaining.

[tracheaspider]

Originally Posted by Ardain

Since she is a mix she will never be able to get "professional" with EU championship and stuff, but they both really enjoy the little tournaments.

Your dog is extremely sweet looking. Really a pity people still care so damn much about pedigree. Dogs used to be bred for behavior in order to do the work that made them worth keeping. Now the qualities of a breed are largely arbitrary since dogs aren't often expected to earn their keep. In the case of breeds based on tiny founding populations, this has lead to tragedy; I worked at a veterinary oncology clinic for a while and now I can't see Bernese mountain dogs as anything other than future cancer patients.

And even if people who raise and show purebred dogs try to be scrupulous about health standards and the screening of future puppy owners, the very idea of pedigree and the belief in the uniqueness of each breed enables the puppy farm business to thrive. (People should never, ever buy purebred puppies from pet stores or breeders who don't do shows. Adopting from a legitimate shelter or rescue organization working with a store is fine, but ask for credentials!)

[Heidi]

here's one for the crazy cat ladies -



the two runts of a litter of pure bred siamese cats. the father was a prized stud flown to Australia from Sweden (lmao) and the mother had won like 52458 bazillion cat shows. neither of my cats can ever be show cats though, because the one with the black face (Zach) has a rib poking out of his chest, and the other (Heidi) has cross eyes hehe. but i highly recommend siamese cats. they are gorgeous.

apologies if there is a "RL picture of my cat thread"..

[Trumak]

Originally Posted by Ily

Baby Amber. My lil Pitty.

My dog had that same toy in blue and destroyed it in about 5 minutes. He also owned some english bulldog who tried to hump him and he is a 20 lb schnoodle.

Here is Kirby. He looks innocent but he's not.



And here he is 5 minutes after getting out of the pool.

[Thelounge]

Originally Posted by Ily

Baby Amber. My lil Pitty.

Ham!!!

[Dani]

Originally Posted by Trumak

My dog had that same toy in blue and destroyed it in about 5 minutes. He also owned some english bulldog who tried to hump him and he is a 20 lb schnoodle.

Here is Kirby. He looks innocent but he's not.

Cute feet!! err I mean dog.

[Ardain]

Originally Posted by tracheaspider

Your dog is extremely sweet looking. Really a pity people still care so damn much about pedigree. Dogs used to be bred for behavior in order to do the work that made them worth keeping. Now the qualities of a breed are largely arbitrary since dogs aren't often expected to earn their keep. In the case of breeds based on tiny founding populations, this has lead to tragedy; I worked at a veterinary oncology clinic for a while and now I can't see Bernese mountain dogs as anything other than future cancer patients.

And even if people who raise and show purebred dogs try to be scrupulous about health standards and the screening of future puppy owners, the very idea of pedigree and the belief in the uniqueness of each breed enables the puppy farm business to thrive. (People should never, ever buy purebred puppies from pet stores or breeders who don't do shows. Adopting from a legitimate shelter or rescue organization working with a store is fine, but ask for credentials!)

Our dog is a divorce "kid". The woman couldn't keep her anymore and put an ad in a local newspaper. Since my dad is a vet we always get such sad cases, and Leyla turned out not only to be the sweetest dog ever in appearance, but also in character. I guess that's partly from being a mix of races that are bred for character and agility (border collie and appenzeller are shepherd dogs as you prolly know anyway). No shepherd could afford a dog that would hurt the sheep.

It really is a shame that she won't be able to have puppies anymore, since she had an inflammation and her uterus had to be taken out. People ask us all the time if they could have a puppy when she gets some :=).

Sorry for pic flood .

[Faabio]

Trumak has a bunch of gayboi dogs

[Trumak]

Originally Posted by Faabio

Trumak has a bunch of gayboi dogs

It balances out my mega badassness. And it's just one dog st00pid!