We all know pets are great for reducing the physical side effects of stress.
What furry creatures await you after a long and terrible shift?
This is my pup. She's 2. Border collie and lab. If you have an obsession with mopping (excited pee-er), digging things out of a dog's mouth, and just generally never having nice things again, she's the dog for you! I will give her this - when my shift swings, she sleeps when I sleep without any trouble.
I call it her thinking face, the little furrows on her brow! She is not a purebred, so she doesn't have docked ears. We got her from a shelter. She has a huge smile and Frito paws. Squeeeeee!!!
Never been fond of the cropped ears look myself. Since docking tails and cropping ears are no longer legal in Europe the AKC standards now allow showing for breeds that customarily dock and crop to be shown natural. It's slowly starting to catch on. That being said, with the Boxers the cropped tail is a good idea unless you want to have bruises on your legs from the wagging tails not to mention they will knock everything off a coffee table. My boxer/lab doesn't have docked tail and that thing stings when she gets it going!
We had two mini-doxies; bro and sis. Sis was too too adventurous and got out of the yard all the time over the years. Digging fiends, those doxies. Unfortunately, she got hit and killed. Her bro is still with us and not quite as much of a digger. Our other dog is a yellow lab.
We did have a cat . . . Giggles. We got her from the shelter. She is no longer with us.
We've always had pets. There is a large black walnut tree at our ranch with a pet graveyard. It is quite large since it is quite old.
Me, too! I wish I could kiss your doggie's nose. But here's a virtual kiss, anyway ---> mmwaah!
My standard Dachsie's nose is the craziest. It can literally move up, down, and side to side. Like perpendicular to his snout! I joke that he's got a separate muscle that he uses for controlling his nose. We call it his "bendy nose".
I have a friend who is very much into doggy ears. My pup's ears are pretty cute as well.
They are! I'd pet and kiss those ears in a heartbeat.
All of my dogs have the best ears. They are floppy eared dogs and their ears lay flat to their heads. They have the coolest folds at the back of their ears that (I hypothesize) serve to keep their ears flat. I love to pet inside that folded area b/c it is soft as silk.
Don't even get me started on snouts! I love to kiss the the top of a nice, broad doggie snout. My Lab's got a perfect snout complete with the flabbiest Labby lips.
Then there is my love of "Frito paws" and other uniquely doggy smells but I'll stop now before I sound too weird and creepy :-)
I have a friend who is very much into doggy ears. My pup's ears are pretty cute as well.
They are! I'd pet and kiss those ears in a heartbeat.
All of my dogs have the best ears. They are floppy eared dogs and their ears lay flat to their heads. They have the coolest folds at the back of their ears that (I hypothesize) serve to keep their ears flat. I love to pet inside that folded area b/c it is soft as silk.
Don't even get me started on snouts! I love to kiss the the top of a nice, broad doggie snout. My Lab's got a perfect snout complete with the flabbiest Labby lips.
Then there is my love of "Frito paws" and other uniquely doggy smells but I'll stop now before I sound too weird and creepy :-)
I went there with the Frito Paws last week, so get in line for weird and creepy.
We had two mini-doxies; bro and sis. Sis was too too adventurous and got out of the yard all the time over the years. Digging fiends those doxies. Unfortunately, she got hit and killed. [/quote']
I'm so sorry to hear that. Somehow we lucked out and none of our three dogs are diggers. If they did, we'd be in some serious trouble. Even without digging they still manage to slip out of the house every time we open the door.
kbrn2002, ADN, RN
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Never been fond of the cropped ears look myself. Since docking tails and cropping ears are no longer legal in Europe the AKC standards now allow showing for breeds that customarily dock and crop to be shown natural. It's slowly starting to catch on. That being said, with the Boxers the cropped tail is a good idea unless you want to have bruises on your legs from the wagging tails not to mention they will knock everything off a coffee table. My boxer/lab doesn't have docked tail and that thing stings when she gets it going!