New girlfreind.

[dogman]

My dog pack is old and dying off lately. Lost one last summer, another last week, and have one in dog hospice mode.

So time to get some younger ones to guard the homestead. 18 months old and frisky. She's got a BIG head that will terrify the local scum.

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A st bernard of course. Next dog that dies, we may start in on great danes. The no kill rescue shelter we got Daisy here from specializes in big dogs. They have some great looking dogs there.

[Trackman417]

Wouldn't go for great danes . They die too fast. If I remember correctly, the average age of a great dane is 8?
It seems that the bigger the dog the lower the average life span of it. And the smaller the dog gets the more cocky and loud it becomes.
There has got to be a happy medium

[Icewrench]

Sorry for the losses to your pack DogMan.

And Congrats on the new arrival.

[cal3thousand]

Wouldn't go for great danes . They die too fast. If I remember correctly, the average age of a great dane is 8?
It seems that the bigger the dog the lower the average life span of it. And the smaller the dog gets the more cocky and loud it becomes.
There has got to be a happy medium

Specialty breed dogs are the shortest lasting since the inbreeding necessary to control genes reduces the genetic diversity

[salty9]

Way to go on the shelter dog. That has to be positive karma.

[Philistine]

Sorry for your loss Dogman.

Damn that new dog has a big head.

[John in CR]

I love big dogs, so she's great. We had a St Bernard when I was in high school and beyond. Cecil was great. He'd loved fetching his 5 foot log, and while Louisiana can be oppressive for a full coat dog, when he got hot he'd walk down the steps into the pool and take one lap to cool off. I still miss him.

We need to fix Daisy up with our latest, Buran. He's an Akita and Husky mix with the full Akita size. Mix that with St Bernard would really be something, probably ugly but something. He mostly ignores the girl dogs across one fence and socializes with the horses thru the other fence. They french kiss and run and play along the fence. I've never seen anything like that between a dog and a horse.

John

[dogman]

Yeah, the big dogs die sooner. Danes one of the worst. St Bernards used to last at most 5 years. Better formulas for dog food, and heartworm prevention have really helped though. Max, our St Bernard about to die is 11! That's beyond belief for a St Bernard. The best bet is to get several.

But nevertheless, big dogs rule. When I moved into the house, the neighbor warned us about vandals and burglary of the cars out front etc. 11 years later, not one problem, for me or the immediate neighbors. You see those teen troublemakers walk a little faster past my house when they see the pack. They fear the chain link fence won't hold em back. Other day I went out to get the paper and the garage door had been open all night. 4 ebikes right on the doorstep, visible power tools, etc. All still safe as in a bank vault.

The new dog is just a big sweetie though. Little bit other dog agressive, but very much loves people. So if she does get out, she won't bite a neighbor kid.

[Stevil_Knevil]

Great! Get a new dog from the rescue center and you're a hero..

..get a new girlfriend from the women's shelter, and..

[iamsofunny]

Most people's dogs don't live long because they feed them dog food which is mostly wheat flour and garbage from pork production.
If you feed your dog high protein (beef, eggs, fish, other meats) with cooked vegetables cycled in, your dog will live almost twice as long.

[Spacey]

I recently lost my Big Bear American Akita and was concerned about the diet afterwards. He past away from a brain tumour at 7 years old.... horrible crap...don't ever want to go through that shit again.

My new Akita who is 8 months old is being fed on some rather expensive food ($75 for a 15kg sack) so I am hoping this will help him and my Female Malamute live longer.

[Ypedal]

Nice animal !!.. ( sorry to hear about the loss of the pack members... ) ... i dont know how i'm going to make it thru when my sandy gets there... ... i may have to be put on suicide watch.

I love dogs.. not sure i could handle a st bernard tho, them suckers are HUGE... and man.. do they drooooool

[boppinbob]

I have a 14 yr. old female chihuahua. She is getting old. I am very attached to her. Don't know if I'll get another dog. Hurts to much when they die.

[TylerDurden]

There will always be dogs that need good owners... I would adopt a younger one while the old one is still living, so the transition is not so hard.

The ones that pass-on can always be made into quadcopters.

[cal3thousand]

... So if she does get out, she won't bite a neighbor kid.

You just gave up your secret! Hopefully none of those kids are on this site.

She looks like a great dog! I need to get a proper house to get a big dog.

[Lessss]

Tall humans die sooner too, something about all the extra work the heart has to do.

**edit by ypedal.. sorry but this comment and link is just not cool.. in any strech of the imagination....

[amberwolf]

Yeah, the big dogs die sooner. Danes one of the worst. St Bernards used to last at most 5 years. Better formulas for dog food, and heartworm prevention have really helped though. Max, our St Bernard about to die is 11! That's beyond belief for a St Bernard. The best bet is to get several.

But nevertheless, big dogs rule. When I moved into the house, the neighbor warned us about vandals and burglary of the cars out front etc. 11 years later, not one problem, for me or the immediate neighbors. You see those teen troublemakers walk a little faster past my house when they see the pack. They fear the chain link fence won't hold em back. Other day I went out to get the paper and the garage door had been open all night. 4 ebikes right on the doorstep, visible power tools, etc. All still safe as in a bank vault.

stuff in my backyard is pretty safe fro that reason...Between Nana and Hachi, and previously Bonnie, it's been pretty much no problems with anyone that knows the area. I think I had one person climb the fence a while back, using the recycle bin as a booster, but I didn't find any evidence of anything else, and the fence top was bent up a little like they left in a hurry.

Before that, I had Lady the Wolf-Great Pyrenees mix, and she was bigger than any other dog I've had before or since. Miss her the most, too--more like a 7 or 8 year old kid, where most dogs are like 3 year olds or less. Even Bonnie the Border Collie wasn't the same, although she was very clever. Hachi and Nana come close, but still not qutie the same.

Nice animal !!.. ( sorry to hear about the loss of the pack members... ) ... i dont know how i'm going to make it thru when my sandy gets there... ... i may have to be put on suicide watch.

I love dogs.. not sure i could handle a st bernard tho, them suckers are HUGE... and man.. do they drooooool

They don't all--Nana doesn't except when she refills from the water bowl (since both her and Hachi tend to stick their face into it).

As for losing them...each loss hurts more than the last, but I can never not save another one, they save me as much as I do them. Each new one I appreciate even more than the last, because I know I will lose them, and spend the time we've all got together, together.

[dogman]

It pays to walk your dog. Took Daisy out for a walk and there in the center of the road is an Ipod touch.

Glass all cracked on the touchpad, I'm thinking no way this still works. Plugged in to the charger for a few min, and it fired right up.

Nothing on it but a shitload of hip hop, which I can't squirt into my computer anyway. But I can reload it with my music. About like finding a $100 bill I figure.

[amberwolf]

And you can easily replace the touch glass, probably for less than $20 including shipping. There are videos on YT showing the process, too.