Thread:Dino003/@comment-36084651-20180910144420/@comment-36857645-20180912064000

Yes, losing them is very hard. Sorry to hear Bentley has pancreaitis. We've had many, many, many dogs, cats, birds, fish, etc... too much to list. But all named and remembered. Many dogs & cats have been strays that show up needing a home, but many were gotten from people needing to rehome a pet or us simply going getting puppies that we heard about. Such as was Sugar Bear. Born Dec. 15,  just before my birthday and told I could go get her, on Feb. 7.  Our anniversary. The man that had the puppies, did not know it was our anniversary. When I sat in the armchair, she crawled up on my shoulder, snuggled against my neck and went to sleep. 9 weeks old. Felt safe. I was told she was a black cocker spaniel. When I got outside, under the street light and set her down to potty before getting into the car.... I saw a black fluff ball with a curled up tail over her back... feet that were smaller than a cocker... and when she looked at me, I could not see her tongue. ?!?   Opened her mouth and she had a black tongue. Then I noticed her ears were shorter than the white and ginger puppy beside her. Daisy, her sister/littermate.

OMgosh! She's a cockerchow! Yay! Daisy was full cocker, no trace of chow, and there was our black teddy bear of a puppy. Spent 3 days trying to decide a name. Couldn't get aways from the 'bear' part of it, she looked too much like a tiny black bear cub. Her super sweet personality showed while I dried her after a bath... and I said to her she was just a sweet little sugar bear. Her head popped up and her ears were forward and she looked straight at me. I said, OH! You like that? "Sugar Bear?" Oh yes! Got all happy. Okay. Sugar Bear is your name then.

You did not want to be in our yard at night. You could not see her unless you saw the whites of her eyes or of her teeth. No problem with anyone approaching me on a dark night, when alone outside with her for potty runs. Not to mention, knock on the door at night and I answer it, holder her by the collar. Yup. Anyone at the door, stopping by because of broke down.... stepped back and gave me noooo problems. She had a deep gruff growl of a chow, a deeper bark like one and hackles as huge as one if they stood up. The longer fur of the cocker in her, would make her look bigger, lean and meaner than a chow. But, she was super gentle & loving, her name fitting her. But, she overcame her name if needed and let the full "dog" in her show, defending her turf/humans. Albeit, I always stepped in front of her, defending her and making her back down. I'd let someone hurt me before I'd let them hurt her. With her feeling the same way, it would not pay for anyone to try and hurt either one of us. They'd lose.

On SSHM friends, I'm happy to take on more friends. Since learning to TT, I have no problem with getting more. I'd like to get bumped up to 100 and get my next reward for it. *grin*

Thanks, Dino