Mans Best Friend

[SnapKitten]

My 4yr old niece says "Mary-Jane's a Rockstar. She hi-5's and wears shades."

So I asked, if 'Mj is a rockstar, what is Ruby?'

She replied, "Ruby-Roo is a super-model, cause she always sits pretty for photos"

 

[Jay84]

This is one of little Danté's first trips to the park.

More recently in the sun

 

[PicklePants]

Dante is very handsome! What breed is he?

 

[Jay84]

Thanks picklepants. He is an Italian Greyhound. They are a toy breed, a small replica of the normal greyhound.

Look back a few pages and you will see some other pics of him

 

[waruikazi]

They are a brilliant looking pair! I'm jealous of those ears, my boys just wont stand up.

Bullies have to be one of the best companion dogs ever. Limitless affection and personality, i just wish they weren't so dang big when they crawl onto your lap lol. A mini would be the perfect dog.

 

[waruikazi]

HAhahahaha! I know what you mean, my fella is 32kg and when he decides he's gonna sit on your lap there is nothing you can do about it lol.

Cubes is three and half now. I was onto the breeder about it when he was young and she told me just to wait and then wait again and wait again and then she said 'oh you should have said something sooner, it's too late now.' Lol lucky i didn't buy him for his ears.

Crazy strong prey drive on them and bucket loads of testosterone! I've had to rescue him from chasing down everything from wallabies, right through to buffalo and crocs.

 

[waruikazi]

Here's the croc story- http://www.aussiepythons.com/forum/australian-reptiles-40/fighting-girls-174606/ I thought i was going to watch my dog get eaten hey, was horrible.

The buff was a little more interesting. I was out jogging with him and he was acting a bit funny, like zig-zaggin across the road. He found a big fresh buff turd on the road (i thought it was a cow pat cause this is all on a cattle station) that he charged down before he realised it was just poo lol. We ran past the turd and turned down a dirt track, ran about another 5 metres and he ran across my face full speed into the scrub and out came a big female buff. It nearly ran me down as he chased it out of its shady spot, through the bush and across the road. The only reason he stopped is cause the buff used it's horns to lift a fence and run into an adjacent paddock. He tried to go after her but the fence snapped back down before he got under it.

In hinesight i should have realised he was on a scent and taken him in the other direction. Sometimes i can call him back from chasing something if he is in line of sight or i run in the other direction and hope that he notices and follows me, but otherwise i have to wait for him to stop and go find him.

 

[waruikazi]

Chasing game animals is ok, i don't think he could catch a buff and as long as he doesn't string up a big tusky boar he should be fine with pigs (i saw him deglove a stinky old boars tail once). But those crocs... jeeeezuz!

 

[waruikazi]

Never had anything to do with cape buffalo, but if a water buff did decide to turn and fight i'm pretty confident cubes could out dodge and out run one.

 

[Jay84]

lol Kenshin and Gordo! They sound like nightmares lol. I'd have a heartattack if my dog was out chasing buffalo and crocs lol.

Kenshin, Italian Greyhounds are known for their timid nature, but this can be overcome by proper socialisation. Danté is like no other Iggy. He loves other dogs, no matter their size. He loves people, especially house visitors. He is a well socialised dog.

As for brittle bones, I have heard horror stories of snapped legs. They are very small framed so need to be very watchful when playing with larger more boisterous dogs. With 2 bullys, I dont think I'd be recommending an Iggy. Danté is fully grown now at about 5.2kg!

 

[Sarah]

a great thread, so i hope you dont mind me adding a couple of pics of my two couch potatos - Wednesday a english staffy and Roy a mini bull terrier.

 

[Beard]

Bruce, black Lab and Rosie, red heeler.

 

[Rhaenys]

I'd love to post some photos of my dogs but I've never been able to work out how to make the attached thumbnails show!
Can someone help me along? Lol

 

[Beard]

I use the go advanced button then manage attachments

 

[Rhaenys]

Test?

Edit: yay it worked

 

[Jay84]

5.2kg thats smaller then what i assumed italian ghounds would be, the bullys like to play rough, super agile to they slam eachother and when they take turns chaseing eachother at full pelt they will run through legs and chairs or anything else.... both of them have had the top of theyre head collide with my shin and i cringe as i hear a loud "crack" and they dont batt an eyelid! i have hard shins to

Italian Greyhounds can be a lot smaller than Danté. Some only get to about 2.5kg, other, known as biggie iggys can get up to about 8kg.

Definitely not a dog to get if you have 2 bullys lol

 

[spyder6052]

My mutts..

my girl

my boy

their son

and my favourite photo

 

[Rhaenys]

My mutts..

I love that last photo, so cute!
Mutts rule

 

[Sarah]

hi Kenshin

hmm ive not weighed my mini bully but he is no light weight and he is no mini he is taller then the average mini, his brother is a champion in the show ring here in Vic though, but like you said they dont breed mini to mini to avoid all those problems, he is a stardom bully, drove all the way to canberra to pick him up. I think he is about 25kg he loves his food and the first pic was taken in the kitchen as he is forever hopeful.

 

[Rhaenys]

Just took my dogs out for a walk so I took my camera along.

Kieffer (White and brown) loves getting his picture taken.
Jazz on the other hand... every photo was a blur. I had to bribe her at the end with treats to get her to sit still