Why did you decided to welcome dogs that you have chosen to your family?
4 years ago, when leaves started changing its color, we have welcomed our first ever dog 'Palette' to our family. She was like fluffy small ball with big ears and I remember thing like she was scared of trash bin lid,trash truck,sound of microwave door shut,or herself on mirror, hated being bathed, loved peeling off soccer ball skin taking hours of her time, loved her rabbit squeaky toys and carry around, love to chewing off toys' ears (many squeaky toys of hers have no ears. Some are survived her chewing phase and have ears) or loved to be cuddled/petted, loved to spend her quiet time under the bed napping.
One thing that has not changed from the day she met us is that she always get excited to find either of us sit on couch or on floor and she never miss any chance to get close to us and get cuddled and tummy rub. She has her own "me" time,but she loves getting attention as well.
For me,having a dog in the family is very first experience. Palette is my first dog. For 4 years,I have been enjoying every single moment with her. She is fun to play with, she always brings fun/smiles/laughs in our family. We love her quirky side too.
When we were trying to pick Palette as our dog, we came across books talking about how to pick puppies that match your life style or whether or not pick male dog or female dog from training perspective etc. We really did not have preference as to gender.
For us, reason why we picked Palette was she was the only puppy that gave attention to us when we walked in, and wanted to investigate us, and also was the only one that responded toys we threw for her to go get it.Ultimate reason 'why' is that, she was the puppy before we say anything,she just came to us quietly and sat right next to us while other siblings were running around crazy.
My questions to you this times are..
1> Why did you decided to welcome your dogs that you have chosen to your family? Was it by looks? Was it by something they did (behavior) when you were to pick one? Was it by gender?
2> If you have chosen the puppies you picked based on behavior, what behavior was it?
3> If you have chosen your dogs based on gender, why did you choose female dogs? Why did you choose male dogs?
Please tell us your story. We love to hear your thoughts on this.
One thing that has not changed from the day she met us is that she always get excited to find either of us sit on couch or on floor and she never miss any chance to get close to us and get cuddled and tummy rub. She has her own "me" time,but she loves getting attention as well.
For me,having a dog in the family is very first experience. Palette is my first dog. For 4 years,I have been enjoying every single moment with her. She is fun to play with, she always brings fun/smiles/laughs in our family. We love her quirky side too.
When we were trying to pick Palette as our dog, we came across books talking about how to pick puppies that match your life style or whether or not pick male dog or female dog from training perspective etc. We really did not have preference as to gender.
For us, reason why we picked Palette was she was the only puppy that gave attention to us when we walked in, and wanted to investigate us, and also was the only one that responded toys we threw for her to go get it.Ultimate reason 'why' is that, she was the puppy before we say anything,she just came to us quietly and sat right next to us while other siblings were running around crazy.
My questions to you this times are..
1> Why did you decided to welcome your dogs that you have chosen to your family? Was it by looks? Was it by something they did (behavior) when you were to pick one? Was it by gender?
2> If you have chosen the puppies you picked based on behavior, what behavior was it?
3> If you have chosen your dogs based on gender, why did you choose female dogs? Why did you choose male dogs?
Please tell us your story. We love to hear your thoughts on this.
I've had 12 dogs, that were MINE during the past 57 years of my life, and have lived with many more. (parent's, sibling's, children's, husband's, as well as trained many other people's dogs as a job when I was a teenager.) Each one has had it's own special personality and way of loving. Most died of old age and a few of disease (like cancer.)
My first dog was chosen for me by my parents when I was a baby, and to save the puppy's life. She was a Chihuahua/Doxie mix, and I had her for 11 years and when she started to get pretty old, I kept a couple of her pups...
When I was a teenager, I chose a big, beautiful german shepherd that I trained to do many different things that I'd seen a famous German Shepherd (Rin Tin Tin) do on TV.
After he passed from old age, I kept one of the pups my sister's dog had, and that's the way I got the next one, too. By that time, I had several children, and the next one started out as one of theirs, but after an accident where I ended up giving him mouth to mouth resusitation, HE chose ME, and my old Shadow (that was his name and his occupation)stuck with me for the rest of his 17 years.
My husband got our first corgi. We found him running around in the streets, when he was about 7 months old, and, though we put him in the paper, he was claimed, so we kept him as my husband had always wanted a corgi.
We bought a female corgi after that, thinking we might breed them, but she only got pregnant once at the age of 5, and had 2 pups, then never again. She (Mist) "chose" my husband as her person, heart and soul, while Buddy had chosen one of my sons. OC was one of those pups.
OC was (and is) perfect for me. She has sort of the look of a Chihuahua/Doxie mix (Long, low build and big pointy ears) and is the color of a German Shepherd. She is one of the smartest dogs I've ever known! She is 10 1/2 now, and because of an old injury, has a bad back and hips. Sometimes she has trouble walking now. It hurts my heart so bad to think she might not be around to much longer, but that is why I've decided to keep one of her daughter's pups.
I'm still not absolutely sure if it will be the male or the female. (Hubby has chosen the other male and son the other female) There is a lady that recently lost her corgi after 15+ years that wants a female, so she will probably take Grace, and leave Gimli for me. I've been leaning toward him anyway, even though I've found (over the years) that females seem to be easier to train.
Of all the dogs I've had or trained, the corgis are the ones with the most personality and have been easier to train than any of the others (except poodles, but I really dislike poodle personalities!)
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I think each dog has their own personality even among same breed and,that makes the particular dog interesting. Why we welcomed Palette to our family was as I have written in the entry,but in a way,I could say she chose us
Palette is our first dog,and only dog in the house and someday,I like to welcome other dogs to our family and share fun with them.
Dogs gives us unconditional loves and comfort no matter how bad days you had and, I feel they understand how we feel inside without words. Jumpy Palette was very quiet and kept staying beside me when I was sick, and she brought her favorite Halloween ghost squeaky toy and placed next to me when I had cut in my head and bleed.. Without our knowledge, we are communicating very well.
Up until 4 years ago,I could not have experience life with a dog but now I do and, I think life with dog is very satisfying. I enjoy every moment with Palette and, yes, she is princess in the family
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