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Pet Tip
Tip 50 – Dog behaviour – understanding your dog’s behaviour
Dogs behave in doggie ways and not human ways. Understanding this simple principal may help to cure unwanted behaviours. When we are unhappy with a dog’s behaviour it is important to know that dog’s rarely do things to upset us …
- Owner:
- Stephanie Hanchak
- City:
- Howell
- Province, Country:
- MI, United States
- Type/Breed:
- Samoyed
- Date of Birth:
- February 1992
- Date of Death
- November 2005
- Sex:
- Male
- Height:
- 24
- Weight:
- 70
- Coat Colour:
- White
- Eye Colour:
- Brown
Shadow...you were a great dog...
You always knew juat what I needed, and gosh were you patient with me. I was only 9 years old when we brought home, this little ball of white fluff that followed me everywhere (thus your name)...I am still not quite sure we knew what we were getting into.
We took you to obedience class, which they tell me you passed. I am still not quite sure they informed you of that. You could be stubborn at times. I did manage to teach a few cool tricks that no other dog has ever been able to master.
As we grew older, I had less time for you, I had boyfriends, dances, basketball & football games, and college but, you always had time for me.
You grew into an old dog in front of my eyes, your once luxurious fur began to thin and your tail was almost hairless, but nobody could tell you should relax cause you were as senior. You live for a good game of tuggy and never missed a treat tossed at you long after your joints, eyes and ears had begun to fail. Thunderstorms started to frighten the fearless dog I knew, but still you were special to me.
It is funny that the most annoying things about you are what I miss most, your high pitched bark and terrible breath.
I am sorry I was not there the last time you closed your eyes, cause I know had it been the other way around you would have been there for me. Hopefully, you waiting at Rainbow Bridge, youthful and pain free again, for me to take you with me acrossed the bridge to heaven. You'll never be far from my thoughts!!!