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Offline Mikey

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« on: December 23, 2005, 03:06:23 AM »
Oh boy fellas, I went an got myself another dog.  Actually, he was a gift to a good home and he was free (best kind).  It is a Bouvier des Flandres - he's a 10 mo old and neutered, brindle black and grey, 65 pounds and about the best Christmas gift I could have gotten my two older Standard Poodles.  He is a hoot.  He is funny and energetic and my two other dogs love the interaction.  He is one of those gentle giants.  His background is herding and hunting.  He is a combination of Sheepdog, Griffon and Barbget.  He might get to 110 and if he does he will be BIG.  He is just having so much fun right now it is tough for everybody to get to sleep at night.  I think he is really happy to have other dogs to be with.  

He has natural herding instincts, but I hafta tellya that the flocks of turkeys that come around don't appreciate that too much.  

Right now my two older guys are sacked right out.  He however is happily chewing a 25 year old bone that every other dog who has ever lived here has chewed.  I think he will carry on tradiotion nicely.  Merry Christmas to me.  Mikey.

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« Reply #1 on: January 05, 2006, 07:23:31 AM »
Wow! sounds like fun. Can you post a picture? :)
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« Reply #2 on: January 06, 2006, 05:35:42 AM »
Ahab - learning to post pictures is one of my New Year's resolutions and I know the first picture I will post is of my dogs.  Guns are fun but these guys make me laugh.  Mikey.

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« Reply #3 on: January 06, 2006, 01:10:33 PM »
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I had to do that because I can't spell it..............along with several thousand other words! :lol:

I saw one of those things in about 1972 while living in Montana. When I first saw it, I thought it was a bear! I don't know what they use them for but, that was one gentle dog. Watching him run around was a hoot! It was full grown and huge.
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« Reply #4 on: January 08, 2006, 02:41:39 AM »
Don - these critters are farm dogs and herding dogs.  They are really gentle giants.  They are also used to haul carts and were used to pack out the wounded from the battlefields during WWI, when they were almost wiped out.  This guys is a hoot.  I'm really my 'how to take and post pictures' handbook so I can show what he looks like.  Mikey.