Happy Pet Owners
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Peggy
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iTuN3r
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That will be great
Let me know if you need help with anything 
@Peggy yes that's true too but short and catchy names work fine too
The site should be just regular fans site ....Health ,Training , foods & stuffs talks.
Kim
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Peggy
in memoriam 2016
Peggy
in memoriam 2016
Fred Sherman
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I've had 7 Welsh Springer Spaniels over my adult life, including the two I have now. Rhawn is 10 years old, while the puppy Brynn is 18 months old. They are great natural hunters and have been relatively unchanged as a breed for over 400 years. My favorite of the list was Seren, who passed away two years ago. It is appropriate that her name is Welsh for Star.
Rhawn was born on Sept 12, 2001. You can read the story of her litter here: http://www.welshspringers.com/fireside/dogpages/Embers.htm. Her registered name is Fireside's Selfless Sacrifice.
I've only had female dogs, with one notable and albeit temporary exception: Nash. We got Nash from our breeder as an 19 month old (still a puppy, but full grown) dog. Nash was a natural cancer dog (http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn8549-xd-dogs-as-good-as-screening-for-cancer-detection.html) who managed to alert our breeder than her now late husband had pancreatic cancer. But since he was still a puppy, and hadn't been trained on how to use his natural gift, his constant reaction to her husband became a problem, so we agreed to take Nash from her, even though I was looking for a female puppy.
Within the year, her husband lost his battle with cancer. She became depressed as you might expect. Later, she called us and asked if we would consider sending Nash back to her in exchange for a female puppy (Brynn). She felt as though her husband as Nash had a special bond and want to have him back because it made her feel closer to her late husband. We all loved Nash, but knew she needed him more.
Dogs aren't merely pets. No, they aren't our kids and I'm not one of those people who think of myself as a pet-parent. But they are companions, tireless hunting buddies ready to go when you are. That makes them special. That makes them all stars.
Rhawn was born on Sept 12, 2001. You can read the story of her litter here: http://www.welshspringers.com/fireside/dogpages/Embers.htm. Her registered name is Fireside's Selfless Sacrifice.
I've only had female dogs, with one notable and albeit temporary exception: Nash. We got Nash from our breeder as an 19 month old (still a puppy, but full grown) dog. Nash was a natural cancer dog (http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn8549-xd-dogs-as-good-as-screening-for-cancer-detection.html) who managed to alert our breeder than her now late husband had pancreatic cancer. But since he was still a puppy, and hadn't been trained on how to use his natural gift, his constant reaction to her husband became a problem, so we agreed to take Nash from her, even though I was looking for a female puppy.
Within the year, her husband lost his battle with cancer. She became depressed as you might expect. Later, she called us and asked if we would consider sending Nash back to her in exchange for a female puppy (Brynn). She felt as though her husband as Nash had a special bond and want to have him back because it made her feel closer to her late husband. We all loved Nash, but knew she needed him more.
Dogs aren't merely pets. No, they aren't our kids and I'm not one of those people who think of myself as a pet-parent. But they are companions, tireless hunting buddies ready to go when you are. That makes them special. That makes them all stars.
iTuN3r
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Thanks for sharing that with us Fred, lovely story.
I am a pet-parent.
Same here
Always looked over them as my own kids .
steven s
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So am I.I am a pet-parent.
SchmitzIT
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We have an agapornis (dwarf parrot). We had several, and for a while kept them outside in a volliere I made for them. Over the last two years, several died though., leaving us with just one (female, yellow and red).I was a day too late taking her in when winter came around, and as a result she's missing some nails on one of her feet 
But, she seems to be a very happy bird now, livening up the room when she's apparently having conversations with herself. Like all agapornis, she loves having oversight, so her cage is right on top of one of our bookcases, as close to the ceiling as she can get, providing her with total protection.
We also have a chinchilla, which we more or less stumbled upon. We used to have two bunnies (the fox has them now), and some of our neighbours sae something furry run around and figured it was one of our bunnies, so they notified us. We caught it, and it turned out to be a chinchilla. We looked for the owner, and failing to find him/her, adopted him. He's a friendly little bugger, who loves nothing more than running around (either in his tredmill, or the room). Hand him an almond, and you made a friend for life!
Lastly, we have a kitten since October. She's gray, small, and incredibly adorable (most of the time, except when she's in heat). She's the reason we ended up moving the bird a bit higher, as the kitten quickly figured out how to hop on top of the other furniture we had the bird on first. I guess the idea of "snack in a cage" just was too good of an opportunity to pass on. She's also mighty interested in that black furry thing (the Chinchilla). My guess is he's just a really big fat furry mouse as far as the kitten is concerned.
But, she seems to be a very happy bird now, livening up the room when she's apparently having conversations with herself. Like all agapornis, she loves having oversight, so her cage is right on top of one of our bookcases, as close to the ceiling as she can get, providing her with total protection.We also have a chinchilla, which we more or less stumbled upon. We used to have two bunnies (the fox has them now), and some of our neighbours sae something furry run around and figured it was one of our bunnies, so they notified us. We caught it, and it turned out to be a chinchilla. We looked for the owner, and failing to find him/her, adopted him. He's a friendly little bugger, who loves nothing more than running around (either in his tredmill, or the room). Hand him an almond, and you made a friend for life!
Lastly, we have a kitten since October. She's gray, small, and incredibly adorable (most of the time, except when she's in heat). She's the reason we ended up moving the bird a bit higher, as the kitten quickly figured out how to hop on top of the other furniture we had the bird on first. I guess the idea of "snack in a cage" just was too good of an opportunity to pass on. She's also mighty interested in that black furry thing (the Chinchilla). My guess is he's just a really big fat furry mouse as far as the kitten is concerned.
SchmitzIT
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I tried taking a few with my phone, so the quality is not optimal. What also doesn't help is that he's in a huge cage (one typically meant for full-grown parrots - Chinchillas need room to run around in, and possibly climb, so we figured a parrot cage was a great way to keep him happy).
But, here goes. They basically look like someone made a hamster swallow a balloon, increased its ears, equipped it with kangaroo hind-legs, and pinned a squirrels tail on it. They are native to South America, and nocturnal. We asked around in a petstore how a chinchilla could possibly run around freely in Denmark, and were told it happens a lot. When they are small, kids love them, and so the parents end up buying one.When kids figure out the Chinchilla sleeps during the day, it quickly will get boring, and many people choose to just set them free.
He's a real cool fella, though. Not afraid of humans at all, inquisitive, very clean (they take sandbaths. You buy special sand, and the Chinchilla will toss himself around his own axis horizontally, to clean his fur from possible parasites. It's a hoot to see them do that. Ours has a real couple of fun tricks he does every now and then, too.
When we let him run around, eventually we want him back in his cage. At times I had to chase him, ending up in him running towards the door, jumping up right before, and then pushing himself away from the door with his hindlegs.
One of the first evenings we had him in the cage, my wife suddenly elbowed me and said there was a huge rat sitting on the stairs. Turns out he had figured out how to push the door of the cage open, and he then found his way up the stairs to near our bedroo
Ever since, I'm sure to securely shut the door.
But, here goes. They basically look like someone made a hamster swallow a balloon, increased its ears, equipped it with kangaroo hind-legs, and pinned a squirrels tail on it. They are native to South America, and nocturnal. We asked around in a petstore how a chinchilla could possibly run around freely in Denmark, and were told it happens a lot. When they are small, kids love them, and so the parents end up buying one.When kids figure out the Chinchilla sleeps during the day, it quickly will get boring, and many people choose to just set them free.
He's a real cool fella, though. Not afraid of humans at all, inquisitive, very clean (they take sandbaths. You buy special sand, and the Chinchilla will toss himself around his own axis horizontally, to clean his fur from possible parasites. It's a hoot to see them do that. Ours has a real couple of fun tricks he does every now and then, too.
When we let him run around, eventually we want him back in his cage. At times I had to chase him, ending up in him running towards the door, jumping up right before, and then pushing himself away from the door with his hindlegs.
One of the first evenings we had him in the cage, my wife suddenly elbowed me and said there was a huge rat sitting on the stairs. Turns out he had figured out how to push the door of the cage open, and he then found his way up the stairs to near our bedroo
Ever since, I'm sure to securely shut the door.
