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This is Jackie.
I trained her to guard my stuff.
Doesn’t she look viscous?
Don’t mess with Jackie
RIP little girl
I trained her to guard my stuff.
Doesn’t she look viscous?
Don’t mess with Jackie
RIP little girl
Thank both of you for your service!
ALL of our dogs have been rescues, and always will be. The dog in the picture you liked had been bought as a puppy from an irresponsible breeder as a companion for an elderly wheelchair-bound man by his also elderly wife, neither of which had any experience training large working dogs. The dog was chewing on them both, causing bruises to their arms, and completely out of control. We adopted him from a shelter at 12 weeks of age. He was a handful as a pup, but turned into, as most do, an absolutely wonderful joyful housemate.
Yes, absolutely.... rescues, all the way.
If your comment was more based upon my statement that "I don't know if I have another Shepherd in me," what I meant by that wasn't that I don't know if I have the stamina and patience to train another one; I definitely do (our current "project," a 135 lb Bernese, has been more difficult, strangely enough, than any of our Shepherds, but he's doing great now, too). The statement was in regards to the absolute gut-wrenching, soul-crushing sadness of losing them when their time comes. I've been through the loss of a lot of dogs over my 64 years, but the three Shepherds hit SOOOO much harder than any of the others. I don't know why... except that they are SO smart, and SO empathetic. I'm a little worried about surviving the loss of our Kelpie when the time comes... he reminds me SO much of our shepherds, just half the size, and maybe even smarter.
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I'm on my fifth Jack Russell.
'Oh-Dee'. First in '96 as a 6 week pup.
'Sparkie'. Second in '00 as a 9 week pup.
'Rascal'. Third in '05 as a 7 year old dog that had to be given up by its owners that had a newborn. Did not go through a rescue, did it directly.
'Tyson'. Fourth in '12 as a 6 1/2 year old dog that the owners needed to let go of. Did not go through a rescue, did it directly.
I got Tyson as Oh-Dee started to have dementia and I figured he'd be gone soon and I needed a cushion of all the upcoming
doggie passings that I knew were coming.
Oh-Dee missed his 18th birthday by 32 days.
Sparkie died at 16 years and 2 weeks.
Rascal died at 19 years and 2 1/2 months.
In August 2020 Tyson started having some problems out of the blue. He was dead by November 2020.
I was devastated. He was my cushion. Based on how old the other dogs lived I figured he'd be around another 4
years or so. In August of 2020 he was diagnosed with a cancerous tumor on his heart that had started
bleeding and filling the pericardium around his heart. He'd be perfectly fine and then collapse. No idea how long the cancerous
tumor was there before it started bleeding.
The blood leaking into the pericardium was causing him to not be able to breathe.
The vet told me the cancer would only metastasize to somewhere else. I'd have the blood in the pericardium
drained every two to three weeks until both he and I were ready to say goodbye.
I tried looking for another local rescue but couldn't find one. Finally found 'Lady' at a farm.
I got first pick of the litter of 7 beautiful pups. 9 weeks old.
My first female Jack Russell. She's a real hoot! She'll be 4 years old this upcoming June 30th.
That's her and I in my avatar.
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Speaking of rescues.. Just got done watching a DVD called Worst in Show. Just about all the dogs mentioned are rescues. They are not very pretty, but are well loved by their owners. There's a subset of dog shows call the Ugliest Dog contests. This focuses mostly on the one in Petaluma, CA. The 2011 release is funny, sad, hilarious and courageous. I liked it. Here's a bio of Sam who was a 3 year in row winner. Despite the scary photo, he was quite the loving pup.
Sam (November 7, 1990 – November 18, 2005) was a blind, pure-bred Chinese Crested dog, and three-time champion of the annual Sonoma-Marin Fair World's Ugliest Dog Contest in Northern California in 2003–2005. His ugliness earned him international fame.[1]
His owner, Santa Barbara resident Susie Lockheed, took him in as a rescue dog in 1999 from his first owner.[2][3]
In 2005, Sam starred on Criss Angel's 2005 Mindfreak Halloween Special, which aired on the A&E Network. Sam played the role of Angel's cat, dressed up in a Halloween costume. Sam was featured on Japanese television, New Zealand radio and the Daily Telegraph in England.
Sam (November 7, 1990 – November 18, 2005) was a blind, pure-bred Chinese Crested dog, and three-time champion of the annual Sonoma-Marin Fair World's Ugliest Dog Contest in Northern California in 2003–2005. His ugliness earned him international fame.[1]
His owner, Santa Barbara resident Susie Lockheed, took him in as a rescue dog in 1999 from his first owner.[2][3]
In 2005, Sam starred on Criss Angel's 2005 Mindfreak Halloween Special, which aired on the A&E Network. Sam played the role of Angel's cat, dressed up in a Halloween costume. Sam was featured on Japanese television, New Zealand radio and the Daily Telegraph in England.
My wife recently accidentally scratched Lily's cornea, but the vet said it wasn't bad and didn't seem to be bothering her. However, the vet did say that Lily is starting to get some cloudiness in her eyes, which is typical for Jack Russell breeds. Which means that where we thought Lily was about four years old, she's actually seven to 10 years old. 
Since she's a rescue, there's no way to know. We'll just have to enjoy the time we have with her.
Since she's a rescue, there's no way to know. We'll just have to enjoy the time we have with her.
“My first fireplace fire in Raleigh North Carolina, even though it was 72 outside that day.”
