My beautiful dog Flash "smiling" for the camera.

[Sarah]

[thrown_hammer]

[azasadny]

Corky, Cinnamon and Spice with their favorite snack, peanut butter!

[goat]

out for a run on the beach...

[scottmandue]

Art,
What is it like raising ferrets? I hear they are imposable to contain... cute little buggers.

[scottmandue]

Not my dog, sunset Ventura Ca.

[RickM]

Cross post, but what the hey. I rarely take a pic that looks this good (at least to me)

[widgeon13]

Originally posted by RickM
Cross post, but what the hey. I rarely take a pic that looks this good (at least to me)

Rickm,
Beautiful golden!
Was your golden from a breeder in Princeton, NJ. We have a five year old Golden that has relatives in Princeton, her father was from the Princeton Kennel. Widgeon and Max in the pic half bro and sis.

[azasadny]

Scott,
We have had ferrets for 9 years now and we've found the best way for us to keep them is in a large cage in the basement. They are very curious and will get hurt or killed in a "normal" house with "normal" activities going on. They use the litter box at the bottom of the cage and we take them out to play every day. We have a HEPA filter next to the cage and we have them descented and neutered so they don't smell any more than dogs. They are alot of fun and can be very affectionate if they are raised in the proper environment.

[goat]

Art,
I am baby sitting a ferret right now. Have to try the peanut butter trick.
I have to keep it caged in my laundry room. But let it out for for a run in the evenings.
My dogs are going crazy though...

[RickM]

Widge,

You're probably referring to the Gold Rush kennels. I was ready to go down to look but at the last minute I learned of a breeder in Wayne, NJ (through the AKC site). I went and really liked the characteristics of the chunky sire and copper colored dam. The timing was right and as it worked out I had pick of two litters....17 pups in total. "Commander Chase of Convent" is definitely a handful.

BTW, a beautiful duo there. Where are you located?

[azasadny]

Tim,
Have fun! Our ferrets love raisins, bananas, chocolate (very small amounts!) and anyhing sweet they can get (like hard candies). Don't give them anything difficult to digest or with a skin on it (like grapes). They like to play and remind me of a cat/dog because they play like a puppy and kitten combined. They sleep 20 hours a day but are active the entire 4 hours. Be careful that the ferret doesn't get caught in any tight places and keep it out of trouble as they like are very curious!

[Porsche]

Our miniature dachshund, Princess. She's silver dapple, with one blue eye and one brown eye, unusual for a dachsie.

[widgeon13]

Originally posted by RickM
Widge,

You're probably referring to the Gold Rush kennels. I was ready to go down to look but at the last minute I learned of a breeder in Wayne, NJ (through the AKC site). I went and really liked the characteristics of the chunky sire and copper colored dam. The timing was right and as it worked out I had pick of two litters....17 pups in total. "Commander Chase of Convent" is definitely a handful.

BTW, a beautiful duo there. Where are you located?

Thanks, yes we were looking for chunky head as well. The two dogs in the picture were sired by M. Briggs of Gold Rush Kennels. Widgeon, our dog is in the foreground and Max (belonging to good friends of ours) is in the background. They really behave like brother and sister, great friends.

We split our time between SW CT and upstate NY, in the Adirondacks. Widge prefers NY since she can run free and play guard dog protecting us from the ferocious wild chipmunks. She has plenty of four legged friends up here that keep her sleeping well at night.
Regards

[goat]

Originally posted by azasadny
Tim,
Have fun! Be careful that the ferret doesn't get caught in any tight places and keep it out of trouble as they like are very curious!

Well First mistake I did not block off the back of the frig. He got back there and I had to lift the front to get him out!!!
Learning fast..

[Patton]

One big tabby, Bandit thinks he is a dog.

[speeder]

[RickM]

Now this is an awesome pup!

Originally posted by Porsche

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[87911jon]

Thor. Best dog ever. Except for my late great Bouvier Nelson.

[azasadny]

My brother-in-law's Christmas Whippet...