Some old photos

[brighthair]

that I dug out, thought people might like to see our old dogs

Copper Calvados - utterly barking mad

Sonia - the dog that my Dad rescued, she was his shadow and developed cancer. She haemorrhaged whilst we were on holiday and had to be PTS. We've never had a dog since her, she truly was one in a million. I have a lovely photo somewhere of my Dad holding her, will dig it out

 

[CorvusCorax]

Lovely dogs, love the Shep, looked like a real character x

 

[brighthair]

There's a very long story that goes with it, but basically she was the only puppy that survived in the back of an articulated lorry. They found the Mum and the rest of the pups dead, seems she had survived by licking the water that dripped in. She never grew to full size, and Dad always thought she was a x breed as she had v straight back legs, but we never found out
My Dad again

 

[CorvusCorax]

Naw, she looks purebred to me, some dogs are less angulated than others, doesn't mean they are cross bred, there is a lot of variation in the breed, they are not meant to be a giant breed, I prefer 'em small! Much more agile apart from anything else

 

[brighthair]

Naw, she looks purebred to me, some dogs are less angulated than others, doesn't mean they are cross bred, there is a lot of variation in the breed, they are not meant to be a giant breed, I prefer 'em small! Much more agile apart from anything else

I think some of the tinyness also came from the early malnourishment too. She was certainly agile - jumped over and off a balcony with a 15ft drop, broke her leg on landing, and still managed to bite! She jumped because I was in the garden screaming to go higher on a swing.... her theory was always bite whoever was closest to me

 

[CorvusCorax]

Yeah, you could be right. Hard to tell not knowing her history or seeing a body shot but she looks working-bred - so throwing herself off a tall building and fighting through the pain to get a bite in would make sense!!!

 

[lakesgirl]

Lovely dogs,I have just been going through some old pictures myself.
This is Stripe my Lurcher who was PTS last March.

Long gone family dogs Kirsty the Great Dane

Suki the Peke

Sue the Peke

Trixie the Beagle

 

[brighthair]

Yeah, you could be right. Hard to tell not knowing her history or seeing a body shot but she looks working-bred - so throwing herself off a tall building and fighting through the pain to get a bite in would make sense!!!

I will dig out some more when I next go home, I know we have one of her when she was younger on the beach

Miss having a dog around so much... I am waiting for a stray, sad looking reject to "come across" so I can say "Dad......"

 

[CorvusCorax]

Here's my old girl from herding lines
(And no, I haven't changed a bit )

And our last old girl

Bracken, who I used to walk as a teenager (total mentallist liked dumping me on the floor as you can see)

And Brighthair, please tell me your dad entered a 'dog most like their owner' class at least once?

 

[brighthair]

oh love that 2nd photo in the woods

and no, I don't think he did! May ask him (out of hitting distance)
There's a pic somewhere of him in the bath (in shorts) with the red setter, eating melon. Apparently the bath is the most sensible place to eat melon so you don't drip everywhere...

 

[CorvusCorax]

That was taken on an old Samsung slidey phone, would you believe!!