General Chat

Hi Wendy, One of our neighbours has a boxer, a beautiful tan colour, short ears and small face. I have know her since she was a puppy and make a point of giving her attention when I am there as she is very jealous and on two seperate occassions has given me a nip. Not hard enough to draw blood but hard enough to hurt. She will attack a stranger. On the other hand my neighbour's daughter also has a boxer the breed with the long floppy ears and droopy eyes. He would not hurt a fly. It could be that Boris is so gentle because he has been brought up with little children. Where as Lady is jealous as she lives alone with the old couple. We have a brindle british bulldog, a surprise birthday present for my husband. I came very close to changing my mind as I too had heard conflicting stories. I thank God that I did not as you could not wish for a more loving animal. That was seven years ago. good luck Lindy :-)

Yes, We brought our Boxer, Kim, with us from England back in 1961. She was a red and white with 4 white socks. We had a baby a few months later and she was great with the baby. Was sat on, rolled on, pulled, grabbed and took it all with not a single snarl. She was very intelligent, a tad wilful, and very loving. Loved walks of course, and drives in the car. In fact she just fitted perfectly in the family and we were all heartbroken when at age 12 she became ill and we had to have her put down. She did tend to drool, but only when we were eating something she fancied, which was mostly anything!! And when young, she hated to be left alone and would set about demolishing the house to teach us a lesson. A really great dog, but then aren't they all!!!?

Hello from Feia the bulldog, We cannot let the doggie thread fall off of the page. Lindy :-))

hiya kate ans your sister molly sorry to hear about your foot. im a british bulldog so i dont run anywhere..lol daddy calls me mrs plodalong!!! my bottom is fine now(touchwood) and im feeling much better. isnt it cold outside..brrrrrr!!! i dont like the cold,so mummy or daddy have to push me out to go to wee...lol good job ive got a fur coat! oh well dinner time now...i do like my food...lol speak to you another day and let me know how you get on with your foot woof woof love annie(and bella and archie)

nudged: by Feia the bulldog :-)

Hi Annie, Rossi here, and all of us in our house, that is, Pan, Kitty, Fuz and Iddles are so happy to hear that you're feeling better now, and hope that you won't have any more troubles. Also we all wanted to thank Auntie Jude, (is that alright, can we say that) for rescueing that poor lost dog, cos we animals can't look after ourselves, and so it's so important that our humans look after us and look out for other ones of us who're lost or not being treated kindly. We are lucky aren't we Annie, and all the other dogs and cats on this GB, cos we have people that love us. Love and happiness to all, Rossi.xx

Message from Jude re her stray...... The stray dog taken in by Jude a while ago is on hie way to a new home. The dog warden kindly put a note thru her door to inform her. Shelli

hello everyone annies back...lol thankyou for the get well wishes rossi.im feeling so much better now and really enjoying my turkey and mash yummmmm!!!.mummy mixes it with gravy and adds vegetables. daddy was telling grampy that hes so glad i am insured because it cost him an arm and a leg,i cant imagine daddy with one arm and leg missing just because he couldnt afford to pay the bill, haa haa its really frosty here today so daddy had to be careful when he took me and bella and archie for our walk.archies a naughty boy and he pulls really hard.mummy cant hold him so he only has 2 walks a day.bella and me have 3 because mummy can hold us,she takes us out in the afternoon when daddys at that place they call work.i must go now because mummy has got to catch the bus into town to pay her bills.then the little humans will come back with her,they call her nanny,hmmm,dont know why because shes mummy. before i go ,hello ben,nearly forgot you then,was you hiding..lol see you all soon annie

Hi everyone, Kate the border collie here. Boy am I in the dog house!! Been to the vets today for a final checkup on the paw, but he's not too happy with how its mending and I have to go back for another Xray later in the week. I'm supposed to be on 'restricted exercise', whatever that is, and not chase about as I normally do, but thats boring. Well! this afternoon, me and my sister Molly saw an opportunity to run and run and run round the field whilst human mummy was not looking and when she called us back did we getting a telling off! I did give her a licky promise to be good and not do it again .........until next time. I hope all my other doggy friends on here are well and good. love and licks from (naughty) Kate xx

Meet Ben The Bassett Hound, resident of Calgary, Alberta! Have just returned from my evening sniff and stroll. Nice weather here today, I even managed to catch a few zzzzs while sitting on the front deck in the sun, this afternoon. The old hips are a bit arthritic, so I enjoy the warmth. On very cold days it's once round the block and a quick return to the fire. Don't have much time to stop and chat, I'm a busy dog with four humans, a budgie and two cats to care for. Then there's all that eating and sleeping to fit in somewhere. Happy New Year!

Hi all you beautiful canines, Me and grandma were just browsing and we wondered how you all are, specially Annie. Hope you're feeling a lot better now Annie, and enjoying your food. We've just had a lot of snow here, and I really liked it, cos my dad took me down the school yard late at night, and let me run all over the place, and he made balls of snow and threw them at me. I like digging my nose in it and tossing it in the air. It's fun stuff, and I'm sad it's gone. Gotta go, holes to dig and bones to bury!! Woof, woof, Rossi.

Hi Annie, Rossi , the Black lab here. Everyone here is so pleased for you and for your family that you don;t have anything really, really bad wrong with you. Hope you get some really good food, how about a nice juicy steak. They often have that, but never offer me any, and it sure smells great. Pan the cat is lucky. Whenever they downstairs have bacon, he smells it from wherever he is and he tears into the house and gets fed bits of it by his dad. That cat is spoiled rotten. No wonder he's such a snob and won't talk to me. Gotta go. It's snowing here, and grandma thinks it looks real pretty. I'm gonna go out and trample all over it and she'll say "Oh Rossi, do you have to spoil everything.?" When I was real little, only 3 months old, she planted what she called winter crops, cabbages and broccoli and stuff, and I chewed all the tops off. Boy, was she cross!! Yhey put up fences everywhere then to keep me out! Spoilsports!! Bye for now, all you canny canine pals. See ya, Rossi.

hello everybody mummy and daddy have just had a phone call from the vet man.the biopsy showed that i have got an infection(watever that is)in my colon.it is probably caused by an allergy,so the nurse is gonna phone mummy tomorrow and let her know about my new diet.uuummmm,i hope its chicken!i love chicken.ive also got to have some more tablets to get rid of the infection.mummy always puts them in a bit of cheese for me. must go now as its walkies time byeeee love annie the bulldog

Hi veryone. Its Dede, back from our Xmas and New Year visits. We went to stay at my human brothers house in Vancouver. We aren't allowed, Clooney and I, upstairs when we visit there as they have white carpet. They also have 2 small people, I don't mind them so much, Clooney is afraid of them, they can be quite wild sometimes, especially as they got lots of toys over the holidays. Before we went to visit them we had the other kids here for a week, pandemonium, thank goodness we are back to peace and quiet now, just Mum and Dad. Its very cold here in 100 Mile House at the moment, -42 last night, we don't go out much. Dad has to force us to go for a pee, we like to sit in front of the fire and manage to force down the occasional treat. Not so many treats around since the kids left. I feel sorry for the outside animals, Mum and Dad have to keep going out to make sure the water isn't that weird solid stuff they call ice. The water freezes in a couple of minutes here at the moment. I hope all animals in the world are warm and well fed, that's my New Years wish. Bye for now. Dede and Clooney.

Hello, Bon Jour and Howde-do-de! It's Toby the stupendous here once again. I've had a fab Christmas and New Year - tons and tons of presents (all fattening of course) - I have yet to find out who gave me the rather stupid Christmas Pudding Squeky thingamibob - I will reward them with a look of distain and possibly pee of their foot - haven't decided which yet! My human mummy says I'm an "ungrateful little wretch" but what's a boy to do with a Christmas Pudding that isn't edible? I might give it to my friend Faith who is a black cocker spaniel bitch (pardon my french) but she is only really interested in her belly (or so my mum says!) she might try to eat it. As I will not be requiring this "toy" do any of you boys and girls want it? I will exchange it for 1/2 ton of Good Boy Chocdrops or 2 Packets of Schmakoos. The rate of exchange varies each day, depending on the mood I'm in. All answers (preferrably with a tin of Pedigree Chum (Rabbit flavour) to Toby (dog) (a.k.a Star Veld Carousel Chief) The Prettiest Boy in Tollerton Your replies will find me as even the Postmas thinks I'm beautiful (now..........I wonder if he gave me that Christmas Pudding?..............)

Hi Margarate and Wallace Its so nice to see someone else own a belgian ! They are fantastic dogs to own extremley loving and protective dogs. Extremely giddy dogs even at 5 they act like puppys bouncing about im still waiting for him to calm down he even wears the kids out when we are on the park he tries to herd them like sheep you have to see it to beleive it!! People think he is a german shepherd cross with a collie but no they are breed within their own right. Jake is a Terveran just like wellard from Eastenders (except the puzzling thing is wellard is in fact female!! males have a big thick mane). I was going to ask Jake to say a few words but in true Belgian form his is bounding around the garden!! love Jan and Jake xx

Hi i am a belgium sheperd age 5 called Wallace i know ,dont ask wheres grommit i came with the name this mum and dad i have now are my third owners., no i have not been a tearaway its just that my first home was a scrap yard bought as a gaurd dog i was only small and very frightened untill this couple came and took me away they felt sorry for me. I stayed with them for a while but i started to grow and they had another dog as well and a very small house, i stayed with them until this mum and dad that i have got now came to see me their golden labrador had not long died. I am a vey happy dog now can get away with anything they are right softies when mum is on the computer i lay asleep by her feet but as soon as dad gets on the computer there i am poking my nose up under his arm he soon moves as i know she wants to get on looking for her ancesters on G/C. Bye for now Wallace (i nearly got named William)

hi lady im sorry to hear about cracker.i bet you miss him.i know i would miss archie and bella if they went away.:(( youve still got me you can talk to if mummy doesnt hog the puter...lol lets hope cracker soon finds a nice new mummy and daddy lots of love annie xx

Just a quickie - This is Lady and mum has just phoned the dog warden to find out how Cracker is (thats what mum called him),but the warden did'nt know anything, he did say though that no one had made enquiries for him!!!:((( Mum did'nt realise that if you lose a dog and the warden takes it in, you have to pay to get it out again - £25 initial fee, plus £5 per day kennels,plus any vets fee's, plus booster jabs - praps thats why no one has made inquiries. When he is re homed it will be out of the county - infact he's out of the county now,so l'll not see him again,nor will mum:(( Will keep u up to date if mum hears

hi kate thankyou for your message.my bottom feels fine now.mind you it still feels a bit sore sometimes and i cant go to toilet properly!!.the vet man stuck some bullets up my bottom and then i couldnt stop going.thats why im sore i reckon. last year i had to have my tail taken away completely because it had grown inwards and made a hole in my bowels(watever that is).the vet told mummy and daddy that that is probably why im having trouble now with my bottom bottoms eh ,...lol oh well,mummy has just got in from work and she gonna get the hoover out so i'll speak to you all later love annie xx