Recent content by DobieDesire

Over my life time, I've had several male dogs that were neutered later in life. Strays I'd picked up, breeder returns, neutering them didn't alter their personalities one bit. In my youth, one male dog that was not neutered, did indeed get a prostate cancer. It is SO SAD to see, on...

Mountain Quail, Valley Quail and Western Bluebirds. Very cool to see the Mountain Quail, don't see them too often.

Deer season ended yesterday evening, in our zone, at 6:50 pm. I do believe that all the bucks we see, that visit our property, made it through unscathed.

https://wildlife.ca.gov/News/Archive/cdfw-seeks-public-comment-on-draft-bobcat-conservation-plan I hope they don't allow bobcat hunting again, the more the humans 'manage' wildlife, the more they screw things up.

I do the same as you, check out breeders, prepping for my next dog. I've always had a variety of breeds, though Dobermans are my favorites. Once my female BC is gone, I'm thinking maybe a female Rottie, then once the 2 boy dogs I have are gone, a male Doberman. I'd either get my next dogs...

I've had a female Doberman, lived to 12, spayed, never had incontinence. A female BC/QH mix, lived to 12, spayed, never had incontinence. A female Chesapeake, lived to 12, spayed, never had incontinence. Weird, I just realized they all lived to 12. The female I have now is 10, she's a BC...

I hear ya. My town, population 648, and the nearest town 35 minutes away population 3,000. When Oskar was a pup about the only thing I could do, close by, was take him to the bigger town and sit in front of the grocery store, and walk up and down the street. Did that quite often. Bigger...

When I had Doberman puppies, I'd take them to a beach, park, let them get distracted, call them, then run away from them. You could see them panic, turn around and hustle to catch up to me. Worked like a charm. Last puppy I got was a GSD, now that was a tough one. He would just sit and...

The Carl Vinson?? USS Nimitz? The Ronald Reagan??

Haha, I do the same, birds, mice that have drowned in the water trough, up onto a roof. Dead squirrels go out the back gate for the coyotes, bob cats, vultures, bears................

Ah yes, roosters can be useful. When I had chickens my rooster would keep his eye out and squawk a funny squawk when any predatory birds were about. The hens would run for cover then. Never lost a chicken to wildlife, but plenty of trees around they could hide under. Ah yes, and I never had...

Oh my goodness dobieduo, how devastating. I'm so sorry to hear that, miserable to see them so uncomfortable and decline so. I would have done the same as you. I won't have any of my animals suffer. Hugs to you.

Sure is a herd!