I feel your pain. My lovely long-coat female Akita absolutely SHREDDED my $800 soft jeep top last week. In the 12 degree cold. Of course.

I had to scramble to find a used jeep top that wasn't in nearly as good of shape as the original. I am now $275 lighter because of this. After I got over the initial shock and guilt of leaving her outside for too long (in order for her to do this, she was out for awhile), I was so pissed, but unless I catch her in the act, discipline does no good.

She adores the snow and cold (complete opposite of her mom!), so I have to give her play time outdoors. Just can't leave her out too long in the cold.

Same premise: Akitas, when left alone or bored, can be incredibly destructive.

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"Never make someone a priority when you are only an option for them."
"You can't polish a turd."

At Shibuya station in Tokyo there is a statue of an Akida named Hachikō. Hachikō's owner was a professor at the University of Tokyo and every day Hachikō would wait for his master to return home from the university. One day his owner didn't return because he had a stroke at school and died. Yet, for ten years after Hachikō showed up at the train station every evening to wait for his master.

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- Lindy Ruff, 23 Feb. 2007

dude!

what the hell! now im thinking about the futurama episode "Jurassic bark."

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It wasn't "LMAO" for us though...it was 600$ out the window...
From a non-biased point of view though...it's the most beautiful dog I have ever seen. He's a mutt. He is Alaskan Malamute, some kind of Husky, and mixed Wolf.
He has long blond hair, and is sometimes compared to a golden lab, except he has pointy ears, not floppy.

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In Pegula We We Trust!

He looks like this, except all blond.
http://www.puppywhiz.com/images/dogs/Alaskan_Husky.jpg

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In Pegula We We Trust!

My two favorite breeds:

Australian Shepherd.



Bernese Mountain Dog.



Both beautiful, intelligent, and energetic breeds.

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Wheelhouse

mine are:



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That must be one beautiful dog then! Please try and post a picture!

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-Bowler, imitating Freddy Blassie, at the very first M & G.

So Cross, how is the she doing, the dog?

Did she stay at your house again? And the big thing is, does your daughter love her?

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The dog is great...The previous owner must have been an idiot human to not be able to handle her.

It's been 2 days and I have her:
heeling
sitting
lying down
staying (for short periods)
not attacking my cat (although that hasn't stopped the cat from being scared shitless)

She broke out of her cage last night by bending steel bars, but it was because she had diarrhea, so I'm not getting too upset over that.

My daughter is seriously intimidated by the dog because they basically see eye to eye. She's always eager to play with the dog, but honestly, we're training my daughter almost as much as the dog on how to behave around her.

We're still looking for a better home for her though, we're just not in a hurry.

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Hold my beer and watch this...

I had a standard poodle for 17 years, he was a great dog. He was so intelligent and well mannered. Good ol' Japser. We adored him.

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"Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail." - Ralph Waldo Emerson

Hockey Night in Buffalo

I hope you keep her Cross, beautiful dog, and I mentioned your daughter because I'm sure she is going to love to play with her.

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I will kill all dogs.

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- Lindy Ruff, 23 Feb. 2007

One word comes to mind when I see a Belgian Tervuren...

Majestic.

They are truly a unique, and rare, breed of dogs.

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The breed I've always wanted to own is a Weimaraner.
I think they're absolutely gorgeous and I prefer short hair.



Zilla...you'd be surprised at the number of pure-bred and rare breeds that pass through a shelter. An ex of mine is a director at the LASPCA and she said I could easily get a weimaraner from there.

Go and volunteer or make friends with someone that works there and just have them call you if they ever see one arrive.

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We got soooooo lucky when we found our dog, well not with how she acts sometimes.

She was 4 months old and a pure bred German Shepherd in the SPCA? Got her for $125 plus her being fixed.

For a dog that can go for upwards of $1000 bucks, that's a steal.

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Weimars are pretty cool dogs, some of my hunting friends have them, and a girl who worked for me has one as a house pet - Zander - he used to come to work occasionally and visit my dogs - he is a very likable dog

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"I don't feel like Satan, but I am to them"
Neil Young

Working group dogs can break out of their crates if they really want to. My boy was breaking out, while I had the crate in the spare bedroom. As he isn't familiar with the room, he stressed, and was breaking out; destroying two expensive carpets in the process.

The crate is now in the family room; which he is familiar with. Prefer to keep him in the bedroom during the day, but the living room works better for him. A lot cheaper this way, too.....

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"I'll rap you with my cane; you pencil necked geek!!"

-Bowler, imitating Freddy Blassie, at the very first M & G.

'Zilla!!! I love you--that is my favorite story of all-time! I cannot find the original Japanese version with the English subtitles. My avatar was a black and white pic of him I found on Wikipedia for a time on the old boards and on my FB page.

I have pre-ordered the Richard Gere version set to be released (straight to dvd-WTF is up with that?) in March. It originally was released in Japan in June (?)or July (?) of last year, then was premiered in America at a west coast film festival (not Sundance) which didn't seem to garner much interest. It is a beautiful story. I cried when I read the book.

We had a beautiful male who passed away last spring (Acute Canine Hemolytic Anemia) that epitomized all of the wonderful qualities of the breed. I was (and still shed tears over him) absolutely crushed. I posted about it on the old boards. He was only 7.6 years old. We now have his descendants-niece and nephew. The boy is very reminiscent of his uncle. We take a lot of comfort in the traits he exhibits while still enjoying his unique-ness. I would never own another type of dog.



Our boy guarding me while I slept.

Thank you for the nice reminder....it made me smile.

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