My turn....My turn!!!!
I grew up with both dogs and cats, but have always been much more of a dog lover. After I moved into my house I acquired the beast shown below through adoption.
Thumper (I know, he's not a rabbit - he came pre-named) was 110lb of pure chocolate lab, or so I was told. My suspicion is that Thumper's mom was a little.....how should we say it delicately.....promiscuous.
Thumper turned out to be really, really good at only one thing...................being Thumper. Go Figure!!
He was nothing more than a brown mound of love.
Since I'm a bird hunter, that led me to procure beast #2 pictured below.....
Dixie was 8wk when this pic was taken and she's my little hunter.
What, you may ask, is the orange flag for? Look closely at the ground below said flag and you'll see another brown mound......but it
ain't love I can tell you that!!
Dixie is the inspiration behind the back half of my forum handle and is also my avatar.
Dixie grew up happily chewing on Thumpers' ears until I sadly had to put Thumper down last July. He lost his hips due to his weight and he developed diabetes that we managed with insulin for about 9 months before he went to the big doghouse in the sky.
Now I'm left with Dixie.........
She's 6.5yr now, 85lbs and does a pretty good imitation of a pointing Lab don't you think? (this is play mode......her favorite racquetball is just out of frame ahead of her).
She is a pretty good hunter despite my training her and is still gracious enough to let me share the house with her.
She goes by her official name "Ashlands Dixie Dew" (AKC-registered yellow Lab from Ashland Kennel - Fort Valley, GA), "Dixie Doodle", or because she
is a blonde - "Ditsy".
We also have a 55gal freshwater aquarium with a variety of Tetras and sharks.
All in all, it's a good life! :yahoo:
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