What kind of dogs?

She's sleeping on my wife's arm in the picture, but every night she is up under my arm.

The two in my avatar are our current dogs. They are brothers from consecutive litters. Their father is a Yorkie and their mother a Poodle/Schnauzer mix, so they are truly mutts. The gal where we bought them said they were Schnorkies, as if that meant something. The older and chubbier is Deacon, the younger and skinnier is Parson. They are good dogs in all sorts of ways. Deacon is now five years old and Parson is seven months behind. They are trouble, but as someone once told me, anything worth having is trouble.

Prior to these dogs we had a beagle and a miniature dachshund. The beagle lived for around 8 years and the dachshund 14 - they were wonderful dogs as well.

Prior to that, we were cat people, in spite of my wife's allergies. Our kindergarten age daughter brought home a kitten she found on the walk from school - all of 1/2 a block - and that cat lived for 12 years with us. Then it was on to the beagle.

I've had dogs that were vicious...they were made that way by people who were just as vicious as their dogs...they should have been put down not the dog....some of the pitbulls that were trained by that NFL player some years ago...those dogs when brought into a different environment
became the kind of dogs that they were supposed to be...sweet and trusting even though their background was dog fighting...people like that are sick and should be put down themselves....not their dogs.

Australian Cattle Dogs. Respectively - Sophie, 14 years old RIP: Zach, 16 years old RIP: Thor, 11 months old. He may be RIP faster than them if he doesn't get with the program - Just kidding. Cattle dogs are open country dogs by nature and it normally takes a couple years to bring them around for house purposes but it's worth the effort.

Glad the pooch is doing well @psycholime. Chicken bones have tore apart many dogs stomachs.

Here is Snoops guarding my lap. It’s a tough job but someone has to do it.

AJ

I owned many dogs in my lifetime, but lucky enough to own a Labrador, Cairn Terrier, Brindle Boxer and a Chihuahua. All were highly intelligent dogs, listened to my commands, never had to be walked on a leash. Would never leave my side, even when another animal was in sight. All my dogs slept in bed with me, any woman I was dating at the time understood how it was, the majority was fine with the situation.

Right now I take care of my ex’s dog, a stubborn Yorkie that’s set in her ways. Use to relieve herself at times all over the house, no longer since I’ve been staying here. My ex is annoyed that “ her “ dog only responds to me now. She never trained the dog properly, your dog can not be led to believe he/she is the alpha in the pack. No more accidents in the house👌👍👍

When I was very young we had a water spaniel, then a Yorkshire terrier.
Whrn I was older on my own a Greyhound. Thne a mutt and a pair of Greyhounds.
later a  Beagle mix and a black Lab.
Now 8lbs of Highly trained Pomeranian pipe protection!

Lacey is a master of the "Dramatic Paws"! 😎🤠

A Chihuahua has a small head, therefore a small brain....one would think. I’ve personally found with little patience a Chihuahua can be trained fairly easy, highly intelligent and usually becomes very attached to roughly two people they consider part of “ their “ pack. Great family dog without little children, Chihuahua are very fragile!!

Those are some great doggie pictures. Man's best friend.

Our IG, Sophie, is on her last days. She's 13.5 years old. Born during Katrina.
Vet says liver cancer, pancreatitus, kidney failure cataracts, and she's deaf. We give her tramadol and gabapentin and she sleeps most of the time. My son is going to be a mess when she finally goes. If he could stand it we would have her put to sleep. She has always been the sweetest, most graceful little dog.
Lacy,our Yorkie, is trying to figure out why won't play anymore. 😕😢

She is smarter than she looks. A little.