NGC Poll, I have a dog or not?

[fotoguzzi]

I'll just make a guess. 60% of us have a dog, 15% cat..
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[leroysch]

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The youngest of three doing his zombie thing.....

[BigBlock]

Our fur child.

[Arizona Wayne]

I have a cat, my wife has 2 small dogs.  Dogs are higher maintenance than a cat especially if you travel away from home at times. 

[guzzisteve]

1/2 Swiss Mtn Dog 1/2 Rottweiler

[flip]

2 dogs, mutts, brother and sister. The male looks like he is mostly border collie. The female looks like border collie with some australian shepard mixed in.

No cats.

[Adk.IBO]

Guzzi content! Cooper= dog content! Jack Russell Terrier with 32 thousand miles riding under his collar. Love to pull up to Gold Wings with the stuffed dog strapped to the back and tell them they need a real dog (mostly at Americade) Have dog will travel.

[Muley]

3 "full time" dogs, meaning they live and eat here every day
1 "part time" cat, meaning she comes and goes as she pleases, sometimes for months
1  pregnant donkey
7 hens
several goldfish
six cows, three of which are pregnant
and a multitude of various wildlife, the last of which we discovered was a family of hogs

[Gliderjohn]

Marley and granddaughter Lera.




We have Marley and two cats. One cat is fairly young and dumb as a post and the other is over 22 years old, crotchety and decrepted but just keeps going. They are both okay with the dog but strongly dislike each other.
GliderJohn

[Arizona Wayne]

3 "full time" dogs, meaning they live and eat here every day
1 "part time" cat, meaning she comes and goes as she pleases, sometimes for months
1  pregnant donkey
7 hens
several goldfish
six cows, three of which are pregnant
and a multitude of various wildlife, the last of which we discovered was a family of hogs

Well if we're going to list all the animals we feed daily- quail, doves and other wild birds, wild bunny rabbits, coyotes indirectly, gophers, mice, small squirrels.     Since we moved to the desert we have more animals than ever before dependant on us.

[Shorty]

We had Chief for 17 years before she went over the bridge. Been 10 years. Still cannot bear the thought of another dog. Maybe after retirement.

[ChuckH]

We had a dog many years ago.  Nice to have around for the kids when they were younger.  It died at 17 years of age, the kids grew up and are out of the house.  One area my wife and I definitely agree -- don't need/want another one.  Too much maintenance.

[Perazzimx14]

Took many years after the passing of our 1st pup before we could let another into our hearts. Then a little over a year ago Holly joined our family.




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[Nic in Western NYS]

It's been a few years since cLifFy passed away (cocker? spaniel).  Here's Birdie...

[bpreynolds]

Tink and Flops taking a simultaneous yawn. 


Got Flops (the blond) about 7 years ago when she wondered off the tough streets and into the library I was then managing.  She had no tags, was literally covered in dirt and fleas.  She growled at me at first so I just sat down on the steps and waited.  She then eventually jumped up right beside me on the steps and I knew that very second she owned me.  Dunno how long she had been on the street but after getting her cleaned up and fleas removed - took two baths - she literally almost rested for 3 straight days.

Tink came from a Shitzu rescue organization here in Louisville.  Oddly enough, he had been picked up off the streets by Animal Services in the same area of Louisville where Flops had drifted into the library. 

[ArizonaPaul]

Dexter, the sidecar dog.



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[drdwb]

This is Wilson, We've found although fun, smart, and adorable this poodle is very high need for emotional support, but he is also very high energy when not lounging around.

[charlie b]

Maggie, our sheepie.  Now 9.  Yep dogs are high maintenance, but not as much as kids :)




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[troyhamilton]

this pit bull puppy showed up about 7 weeks ago. covered in fleas si i sevens dusted her, shes here 3 weeks disapered one night. was back the next morning. well the next night she is gone. for a month. shows up yesterday, no fleas, a few ticks. lot taller. i suspect some ass hat in my area hauled her off and she found her way back. ill never know lol

[stevet]

I prefer pets at other's houses.  I can visit, get the critter teased and wound up, then go home with none of the responsibility.

Steve.

[Chuck in Indiana]

We travel too much to have a dog. Ol Radar, our Maine Coon cat, died at 17. He wasn't as much of a problem as a dog when we were gone, but it was still hard on him.
Here's my granddawg, Belle, a German wirehaired pointer, inspecting our work on the Kid's 1100 Spot.

[davedel44]

Rocksey (blue heeler) and Augie (?) lazing in back of Van after a walk on the beach.




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[Roebling3]

Golly! Has anyone noticed how well Chuck can take airplane pictures?  R3~

[britman]

Newman the cat, Baxter the dog.  We have had as many as five dogs at a given time.  All from shelters or with a history of neglect or abuse.  (Newman was found under a bush in our backyard, a barely weened sick eyed kitten on the verge of starvation.)  Vet was sure he would never be sociable because of his feral background, that didn't work out, most lovable cat on the the planet.  Through the years the Wife and I have had too many of those last trips to the vet when Father Time takes his toll, these will be our last two..........






   

[John A]

Our resident miserable cur Johnnie. A rescue from Tulsa. We've had him about a year so it looks like he'll stay.

[Mayor_of_BBQ]

I had dogs my entire childhood until early adulthood.  It's weird I thought I was a 'dog person' until my last dog died and I didn't get another for a few years...  After time without a dog, I can't imagine ever owning one again. Needy, annoying, smelly, loud nuisance animals IMO

This is NOT a popular opinion in Asheville, everyone seems to have a dog, and many many people take their dogs with them everywhere.

[Mayor_of_BBQ]

I prefer pets at other's houses.  I can visit, get the critter teased and wound up, then go home with none of the responsibility.

Steve.

this exactly! some of them are cute, but to be responsible for one or keep it in my house? no way

[John A]

https://www.slideshare.net/mobile/HarpyChiapanecanEagle/meet-bob-and-his-siblings

This has been around about a year but I've just seen it so in case some of you haven't

[kidsmoke]

Timely Poll.

DEFINITELY always been a dog person. Now, I'm a 50 yr old batchelor(Div/2 grown kids), so having a dog around keeps me off the couch and allows me to indulge the delusion that someone gives a rats ass what I think.

My Britt, who was my wingman to the nth degree passed suddenly last summer, and with help from his Vet it would seem. It was a wholly miserable process. My ONLY consolation was all the rides I was gonna take before re-committing, something I considered inevitable. Well about 6 weeks passed before another Vet, who was aware of my Britts demise, and felt somewhat responsible by proxy, called and informed me that my new pardner was awaiting his valet. 7 wks old and needed a home. No pedigree, but all Aussie nonetheless. And Blue Merle to boot. I feigned resistance for a hot minute.

Now 8 months (almost) and 43 lbs of piss and vinegar. Pretty sure he can spell better than I can.

[JeffOlson]