Show Your Spoiled Dog Pictures.

[FilterFunk]

I was hoping I wouldn't be the only one to put older pictures in this thread.

We never stop loving our dogs, no matter how much time has passed.

 

[Inkdork]

Yuba's all wet! Fresh water is exciting!

 

[James Hart]

 

[GeneralElectric]

Max our 2 year old pitbull and Meatball our 4? year old rescue pit. Max likes to get comfortable always.

 

[58kites]

Pitbulls are hi-larious!

 

[kesslari]

Otto at the vet today. The cat who lives there came over to visit.

 

[Munjibunga]

 

[58kites]

Little Boomer chillin at my house

Boomer with his new forever Mom, she spoils him massively!!
She bought him googles to wear for their motorboat outings and got him a life jacket.
He has a University of Houston Football Jersey (the real thing) to wear on game days, this woman's son is the quarterback there.
Boomer lives in Dallas now and living in the lap of luxury....a long way from a trash pile.

Duke at his forever home, he got a baby to be a Dad to.
Dukey was a very nice boy, he deserved a good home.

My daughters dog Chula on her way to Austin.
She was part of a dog fighting ring in Cleveland, the authorities seized 27 dogs, she was used primarily as a breeding bitch as far as they could tell from medical evidence, this is why she is so small, the idiots bred her at six months old in her first heat and she stopped growing when she got pregnant.
It took 7 plane rides to get from Cleveland to Austin, all volunteer pilots with their own planes, for free at their own expense, lots of effort to free that little dog from her former life.
The guy who got busted did a bit of prison time after the court case, but the rule in Ohio was to kill these "inherently dangerous dogs" after the court case, so rescue organizations all over the country volunteered to take the dogs, I took Chula the day she arrived.
The black Pit with her is named Coltrane, he got a nice forever home in Austin as well, he had heart-worms when he got here, so had to come back from that.
He was used for fighting, but is a gentle sweet dog and has lived successfully for years now in a family with small children and a cat.

This is Chula twenty minutes after I first picked her up the day she flew into Austin.
She is leashed to Loki soaking up his magic chill vibe.
It only took her two or three days to start acting like a normal dog.
She had never been outdoors really and had spent her 2 1/2 years of life chained in a basement.
The first time she came to a creek in the woods she had no idea what to do, she had never been in the water, I had to carry her across.
Later that day Loki pulled her into a deep water pool while they were sharing a stick and she had to swim, been a water nut ever since.

 

[kesslari]

@58kites - I get to Austin sometimes (work stuff).
I'll let you know next time I'm there, and will buy you a beer. Thank you for the work and love you're giving them.
If you don't drink, I'll buy you coffee.

 

[Stewie26]

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It took 7 plane rides to get from Cleveland to Austin, all volunteer pilots with their own planes, for free at their own expense, lots of effort to free that little dog from her former life.

Keep up the good work. I am glad there are people in this world like you. The pilot organization that you speak of who transported your dog was probably called, "Pilots & Paws". My wife and I belong to it and flown rescue animals to their forever homes. It is very rewarding to see the new owners come to the airport to see their new family member for the first time. Pilots N Paws Pet Rescue Services - Pilot Rescue for Pets

Delivering "Stacy" to new her new forever mom.

 

[catcauphonic]

Our next door neighbors have 2 pups, including this one who was the runt of the litter. His name is Yoda, & boy is he extra cute cuz of his 'disabilities'

They say he's about 90% blind and deaf, tongue hangs out because of his lack of bottom teeth, and he has a half inch long gashy looking spot on the top of his head where his fur doesn't quite cover his cranium (barely visible in the top pic), for which they got him a little helmet that they can't quite keep on him. When he walks, he rather lopes sorta sideways like a car that is way out of alignment. >

 

[Inkdork]

Me: Hey Yuba! Look! Selfies are fun!
Yuba: ... okay crazy weirdo lady...

 

[58kites]

Keep up the good work. I am glad there are people in this world like you. The pilot organization that you speak of who transported your dog was probably called, "Pilots & Paws". My wife and I belong to it and flown rescue animals to their forever homes. It is very rewarding to see the new owners come to the airport to see their new family member for the first time.

Pilots N Paws Pet Rescue Services - Pilot Rescue for Pets

Yup, that's the one! These people (you) spend their own money to help these animals get where they need to go to be safe, it is an amazing thing. Thank you for doing it.
Just to be perfectly clear, we have not had to sacrifice much to do any of this, we have taken only one extra dog at a time, other than Duke and Duchess.
I had to split them up to get them new homes though, which made me tear up the day I had to hand Duchess off without Duke.
Duke went to a great home though, eventually.
I do it because I love the dogs and they make me feel good, they help my mood, they help with anxiety, anger management, lots of stuff, so it is just as much for me as it is for the dogs.
We had little Boomer for five months, he had no house manners at all when I picked him up off the street.
I cried like a baby when I drove away from the hand off meeting in Waco, I knew the people who were getting him were great people, my wife works with that woman's sister, but little Boomer was like a toddler it seemed, and he stole my heart.
I would have kept him ..but my/our work situation did not allow for two dogs, was trying hard to sell my shops and was insanely busy trying to do what needed done.
Chula worked out really well, my daughter had just split up with her longtime live in boyfriend and was in a new apartment by herself for the first time in a long time. I had her for a week and she became my daughter's dog.....done deal!
We have also not taken that many dogs, I know people who have fostered 60-80 dogs over the years, so I'm small potatoes for sure.
Where I seem to do well (way better than the average foster) is I am very motivated to find them good homes, and I always seem to find them.
Many foster homes tend to collect dogs and end up fostering 7-8 dogs at once and waiting for the rescue organization to find homes for the dogs.
They like me because I take the dog away and they don't need to do anything else, I just find a good home and get them placed, my big mouth works in my favor in that situation, I talk to everybody until I find somebody good who needs a new best friend.

@kesslari...lots of places to eat and drink beer that allow dogs here in Austin, so if you come, Loki can go for a beer too!

 

[rtslinger]

Bean my Maltese The Queen a top her toy collection and my daughter's converses and a flip flop from the wife

 

[ColonelZulu]

He always relaxes on the rug when I'm fiddling around.

 

[jimfist]

Leo when he was still a pup...

...napping in his favorite spot...

...again...

...errr....ummm...no comment.

 

[MJ5150]

Hahaha, Leo has the life.

-Mike

 

[Stewie26]

Our rescue dog, Lucky, is probably is the most spoiled dog we ever had. When we first got him, he was extreamly scared of strangers as he had been beaten and abused when he was a puppy. We were advised by the rescue people to socialize him as much as possible with other people. So now we take him everywhere we can and he is much better. My pilot wife, who is also animal crazy, even keeps a flight log book on him. The last time I looked he had over 400 hundred airborne hours logged.

 

[Jeff K]

Here's my Weimaraner Greta. The first two pics (going to the park and walking in the woods) are when she was younger and still full of energy. The last one was more recently, showing that whenever there's thunder and lightning, she still acts like a baby, wanting me to protect her. She's 13 now, and is having a hard time even walking. I know the end is not too far off; and I am dreading it...

 

[Inkdork]

Yuba is now 4 months old, for neutered on Wednesday, and got his county dog license on Thursday. He's a champion sitter, and we're still working on down, come, and walking on a leash.