My sympathy for your loss, hugs for Rosey, those dogs are so cute!
Saddened by a great loss this year, new family member helping us heal.
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Thanks Jackie.What a handsome little guy, SeaBreeze, I hope you have many happy times with him...
Thanks Pinky, that's his fourth coat all bought from Amazon, size was always a guess. He was growing like a weed, six pounds when we got him and now almost twenty, he should be near or at his adult size....I hope so.Bear is preciousHe looks adorable in his new coat, awwww!
PeppermintPatty
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Thank you. I find it interesting the way dogs were bred. They say schnauzers have a long beard and long fur to keep rats from biting them when they hunted them. Yorkshire terriers have a high pitched bark so that when they caught their prey, their owners heard where they were.He's a Smooth Fox Terrier, the Jack Russels have the short legs, not sure if there's many other differences. I know mine has a really long and pointed snout, to find foxes and drive them out of their dens. The vet sent him home with a huge e collar, size for large dog, they said because his nose was so long, he needed that extra width to keep him from biting on the stitches, lol. Luckily we haven't had to use it, he's been gentle with them.
Sweet lady, you are not rude at all. No apology needed, I welcome all the good folks here to share any of their personal experiences in any of my threads, that's what it's all about. Your thinking is always fine, all good!
I’d forgotten about the Smooth Terrier. I haven’t seen many of them except in old royalty photos from way back. They are very attractive little dogs. It’s smart that you downsized your pets. Big dogs are difficult to pick up when needed. Wishing you many happy years with your new loved one.
Kaila
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That's such a good description you gave,and with your wording, (full of baloney
)it's fun for me to imagine how exactly you arrived at it, from observing his particular behaviors, personality, and self-concept.
I was glad to see you updated us, here on this thread, too.
MarkD
Keeper of the Hounds & Garden
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Bear had neuter surgery this past Tuesday, including a microchip. He turned 7 months old on Thursday, and the first pic was taken yesterday, I needed a quick photo of him for identity when I registered his microchip info.
Other two are on the chair in the living room with his winter coat (a little big) on, the other is in the kitchen. He's a good egg, a little feisty and full of baloney, lol. His skin is freckled all over, especially on his underbelly, guess that's common in some terriers.
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Loki (?) is looking a lot like a Jack Russell except for the longer muzzle. From the first photo of him I was guessing some collie or whippet. Have you run his DNA?
Oh I see now. A smooth coat fox terrier.
Thank you Kaila.
and with your wording, (full of baloney
it's fun for me to imagine how exactly you arrived at it, from observing his particular behaviors, personality, and self-concept.
I was glad to see you updated us, here on this thread, too.
Like most puppies, he likes to get into everything. He hasn't been very destructive at all, but in the house he will go into every small trash can, take out a paper towel or tissue and leave a pile of scraps here and there. I've been doing double duty emptying everything twice a day and making sure he doesn't get into anything harmful.I've been using those plastic doggie pick-up bags, so I always have several in my pocket at home and when we go out. He'll jump up and put his nose into my pocket and run away with one like he's carrying a trophy. We keep tiny trainer treats in our shirt pockets, and he'll try and put his nose in there when our guard is down.
He plays with his little spiked squeaky ball in the house by picking up another toy and hitting it around the rooms with that. He has not yet gone down the stairs to the basement, but his latest game is going to the top landing and letting his ball bounce down the steps. When I bring it up he gets really happy, a few minutes later i hear that familiar bounce, bounce, bounce. I told him I'm not playing that game, don't know if he heard me.
Loki is my cat, Bear is the terrier. His legs are pretty long, I was standing in the yard when I took the picture, so it was a weird angle. Hard to get a shot of him standing still. No, I don't care anything about DNA, never checked that on any of my pets.
I was able to manually copy a few pics of the pup on our camping trip, he's nine months old here. He was a good camp dog, stayed by us, came when called when he roamed too far, was a good boy all night in the camper.....we were pleased with him on his first trip. Traveled well in the truck too, was good with the cat.
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Gemma
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He's a beautiful boy @SeaBreeze. Glad he's doing so well for you.
Thank you Gemma.
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I want him!
I want him!
VintageBetter
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I'm sorry for your loss. Big Foot even looks like a sweetheart in his eyes. I love your little Bear because I prefer smaller dogs to larger in terms of caring for them and I like short hairs because pet hair is a lot of clean up.My sweet boy Bigfoot was euthanized at eight years old this past October, at home. He was very sick over a year, was on high dose Prednisone and other medications. Without them he wouldn't eat and quickly became like a skeleton.
Toward the end, he could no longer stand from a lying position or walk around, I was carrying him in and out to help him go potty in the yard. He had developed an auto-immune disease, had kidney damage, ultrasound showed likely lymphoma, and he tore his ACL in the yard.
When he started to no longer be able to go on even short walks, I kept him home. Threw the ball a short distance for him one day because he finally looked interested, but he took a sharp turn and hurt his knee. Vet said his health was too poor to operate. He was truly miserable, our hearts were broken watching him go downhill. He was so loving and affectionate to all people and other pets, including our cat. The medications no longer were working.
My husband saw this pup online and he was available, a Smooth Fox Terrier we named Bear. Don't have many pics of him yet, but this is before we got him, he's twice the size now, and doing well. Took awhile for me to want to post about my Bigfoot, still get teary thinking of him.
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Personality-wise, I don't know if I'd have the energy for a terrier at this point. Plus AKC says they like to dig. Sounds like they need a yard. But gosh they are so cute.
Smooth Fox Terrier Dog Breed Information
Thank you for your kind thoughts and words about Bigfoot, we miss him greatly, my heart will always have a special place for him. Bear is definitely high energy and active, we have a big yard for him to run around in and play, plus I take him on a long walk daily. He is a digger and he does it well, LOL. The one picture is him starting to dig, I'll have to get some soil to fill in some of the holes, but I haven't gotten around to doing that yet.
Olivia, very sad to hear you lost your beloved dog, my sympathy. I tear up often thinking about mine, and I know you are just as sad and filled with grief.....hugs.
