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Show Your Spoiled Dog Pictures.

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Deeper Texan said:
I have not posted pics, not because I’m not a dog owner, but wanted to tell the story of GiGi.
About 16 months ago, I came home from work. At the time I was working from 1 pm to 9 pm. As I got out of my car in my driveway, a very loud, aggressive dog, approached me, preventing me from entering my house. Out of reflex, I pulled my gun and pointed it at the dog. About that time, my wife came out, and said” Don’t shoot her! Somebody dumped her. (This is common in the country) I kept my gun trained on the dog, as I worked my way in the house.
I told my wife that we needed to call the county, because, we could not take a chance on the dog biting one of us, or anyone who visited.
My wife said she had put some food out for the dog, because she was very thin, and had wounds.
We began moving the food closer and closer to our gate, and then left the gate opened, and put food inside. The dog continued to act aggressively, but never bit us. Once she went inside the gate, we closed it and had her inside the fence, the dogs’s entire demeanor changed. We were actually able to pet her through the fence(chain link)
She was wearing a collar, but no tags. She had long deep wounds along her back. Taking a chance, I entered the fence, with a leash, and was able to attach it to her collar. She led with no issues. Here is her first picture. IView attachment 4268268

The picture doesn’t show it but she had very bad wounds on her back. It soon became evident that she was in heat. We took her to the vet, fearing the worst, but as long as I was there, she behaved wonderfully. I explained her circumstances, to the vet tech who checked us in, but the vet, thought I was the abuser. After explaining the situation again, he calmed down. We had her spayed, and the wounds treated. Her back looked like a full length zipper, when she came home with her cone of shame. We put her in a large kennel, in our house, and she quickly acclimated to indoor living. She never soiled her kennel. Our cat and other dog were very curious about this new addition. We let her out, always on a leash, and she was a quick study, in “sit” “down” etc. surprisingly, all she wanted to do with the other menagerie members, was smell them. She was never aggressive, even when our cat would sneak attack.
Evidently she was badly abused. She still shies away if I have anything in my hand, even as small as a coffee cup. But she loves to sit in our laps and snuggle. She plays with our grandchildren, even the 1 year old, looking her eye to eye, and licking her nose.
I will post more pics later, but GiGi (short for girly girl) I guess, has become an official spoiled dog.
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Thank you for all of things you did and the things you are still doing.
Your bravery, patience and understanding is excellent.
GiGi had a stroke of luck finding you.
Three hundred likes for you. :):):):):):):):)
 
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Deeper Texan said:
I have not posted pics, not because I’m not a dog owner, but wanted to tell the story of GiGi.
About 16 months ago, I came home from work. At the time I was working from 1 pm to 9 pm. As I got out of my car in my driveway, a very loud, aggressive dog, approached me, preventing me from entering my house. Out of reflex, I pulled my gun and pointed it at the dog. About that time, my wife came out, and said” Don’t shoot her! Somebody dumped her. (This is common in the country) I kept my gun trained on the dog, as I worked my way in the house.
I told my wife that we needed to call the county, because, we could not take a chance on the dog biting one of us, or anyone who visited.
My wife said she had put some food out for the dog, because she was very thin, and had wounds.
We began moving the food closer and closer to our gate, and then left the gate opened, and put food inside. The dog continued to act aggressively, but never bit us. Once she went inside the gate, we closed it and had her inside the fence, the dogs’s entire demeanor changed. We were actually able to pet her through the fence(chain link)
She was wearing a collar, but no tags. She had long deep wounds along her back. Taking a chance, I entered the fence, with a leash, and was able to attach it to her collar. She led with no issues. Here is her first picture. IView attachment 4268268

The picture doesn’t show it but she had very bad wounds on her back. It soon became evident that she was in heat. We took her to the vet, fearing the worst, but as long as I was there, she behaved wonderfully. I explained her circumstances, to the vet tech who checked us in, but the vet, thought I was the abuser. After explaining the situation again, he calmed down. We had her spayed, and the wounds treated. Her back looked like a full length zipper, when she came home with her cone of shame. We put her in a large kennel, in our house, and she quickly acclimated to indoor living. She never soiled her kennel. Our cat and other dog were very curious about this new addition. We let her out, always on a leash, and she was a quick study, in “sit” “down” etc. surprisingly, all she wanted to do with the other menagerie members, was smell them. She was never aggressive, even when our cat would sneak attack.
Evidently she was badly abused. She still shies away if I have anything in my hand, even as small as a coffee cup. But she loves to sit in our laps and snuggle. She plays with our grandchildren, even the 1 year old, looking her eye to eye, and licking her nose.
I will post more pics later, but GiGi (short for girly girl) I guess, has become an official spoiled dog.
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A few things to ad that you probably already know...please be careful with any child smaller than the dog, no child should be left alone with any dog physically capable of badly hurting that small child with their powerful head, teeth and body. My guess is that over the next month or two you will have lots of supervised exposure to make really sure that this formerly abused dog feels safe enough at all times to not feel any threat, and that she develops complete trust in her humans including the unpredictable young ones.
Sorry for these suggestions if these things turn out to be a total non issue, which is very likely how it will go.
Just want her to be safe and her new family to be safe. :)
 
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58kites said:
A few things to ad that you probably already know...please be careful with any child smaller than the dog, no child should be left alone with any dog physically capable of badly hurting that small child with their powerful head, teeth and body. My guess is that over the next month or two you will have lots of supervised exposure to make really sure that this formerly abused dog feels safe enough at all times to not feel any threat, and that she develops complete trust in her humans including the unpredictable young ones.
Sorry for these suggestions if these things turn out to be a total non issue, which is very likely how it will go.
Just want her to be safe and her new family to be safe. :)
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Yeah, she is never left unsupervised with our grandchildren. But she is very tolerant, and submissive. She likes any contact with them, and seems to be depressed when they leave.
We have been very cautious with introducing her to anyone. There was a lot of fear, when I took her to the vet the first time, but she was never aggressive towards them, even when not under my control.
She has turned into a real sweetheart, and she is the happiest dog ever. All of her scars have healed, and the only visible signs, are that her hair grew in white where the scars were located. As I said, she is still fearful, if we have something in our hand. But her aggressive behavior has not resurfaced. I think she was just frightened after being dumped, and felt the need to defend her new surroundings, from "strangers"
 
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Deeper Texan said:
If he ever grows into those paws, he’s gonna be a big dog. Shepherds are my favorite dogs. I’ve had two in my life, starting in high school. I always felt that they “tolerated” my limited intelligence.
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His dad/sire Vulcan (90 lbs) has the biggest paws I've ever seen on a Shepherd within the breed-standard size range. Guessing he'll be about the same. So far, he's about 21 lbs.

German Shepherds have always been my favorite breed. I grew up with them and have continued the tradition. I certainly know what you mean about being "tolerated." Ha. I often wonder whether I'm the one being trained.
 
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