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[aaronjb]

I know a few of you on here are dog lovers and owners, so I thought I'd share these - he joined us a little over a month ago and has more or less settled in with the cats (one cat gets on fine, the other one is still staying in her room when he's awake after having a little altercation with him!):




He's great for our weight .. we've gone from a couple of thousand steps a day to >10-12k every day of the week

He sleeps, farts, sucks on his bed and occasionally barks - basically what you'd expect of a 9 year old Staffie cross  (Oh yes and occasionally humps his bed...)

[Bigron]

What a delight, Aaron; dogs always make me smile and are great for stress relief.
Also, you can always blame the dog if perchance you happen to fart! 

Ron.

[Varche]

Lovely.

That bed is pure luxury. Ours has four dotted around the house and one in the car. None seem to last very long. The one he likes the best has a moisture proof backing which he prefers to the soft fabric top. So it gets savaged as he turns it over or drags out of his kennel.

What is 10k steps in terms of time.?

[aaronjb]

Yeah, he's already destroyed a couple of beds - one didn't even last the day.. these have lasted at least a week so far (Costco's finest, £25 a pop!)

He gets three 0.5-1hr walks a day; this time of year it's a 30minute walk in the morning with Louise before work, ~45minutes at lunchtime (I work from home) and an hour in the evening with the both of us.

Now we've finally managed to find a ball he'll chase and drop on command (tennis balls last 30 seconds but hard rubber ones he'll give up - anything squishy just gets chewed until he falls asleep!) he gets to run a lot more than we do on the walks

[2boxerdogs]

Would never be without a dog , always had Boxers for almost 40 years now but always had a soft spot for Staffies. Great company & help keep you fit enjoy your walks.

[aaronjb]

Boxers are lovely dogs - we do wonder if there is a little boxer in him as he is way too big to be just Staffie..

We're first time dog owners so we spent the first month with our lives revolving around the dog; after three hour long walks a day there was no time left for us to do anything else (beside eat breakfast, lunch and dinner). I think we're starting to get the hang of it a bit now and still be able to actually live our lives, go to the cinema on a Saturday, things like that..

He is great company, though.. asleep again right now, of course!

[2boxerdogs]

Boxers are lovely dogs - we do wonder if there is a little boxer in him as he is way too big to be just Staffie..

We're first time dog owners so we spent the first month with our lives revolving around the dog; after three hour long walks a day there was no time left for us to do anything else (beside eat breakfast, lunch and dinner). I think we're starting to get the hang of it a bit now and still be able to actually live our lives, go to the cinema on a Saturday, things like that..

He is great company, though.. asleep again right now, of course!

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Certainly looks like a Boxer Staffie  cross to me.

[STEMO]

I spend 24/7 with my dog. They are great company and fantastic listeners. I tell her all my troubles, she licks my face and all is right with the world again.

[aaronjb]

Diesel doesn't do face licking..

..which I'm thankful for, as he has a penchant for eating cat poo!

[omegod]

Where did he come from ?

[BazaJT]

Must admit at first glance I thought "Boxer".Unfortunately since Maureen passed away  mine spends most of her time alone while I'm at work,so if go out anywhere on a Sunday[where she can't accompany me I end up feeling guilty for not spending my free time with her[she's a not very wrinkly Sha Pei] bought as a pup and now 7yrs old she still bounces about the place like a puppy.

[aaronjb]

Where did he come from ?

The local rescue centre - he's now on his third home at least, as the last place he lived wasn't the place his chip was registered to (the rescue centre actually traced the last owners via Facebook, but they declined to have him back .. not sure why as he's an angel, but the rescue centre strongly implied they were "not the best kind of household" so..)

Their loss, our gain!

He's back on my office floor again, chewing his (apparently indestructible) 'chuckit' ball. If only we could teach him to give those up and not attack the launcher so we could actually chuck them!

[tigers_gonads]

Where did he come from ?

A mummy and daddy dog   

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

Nice mutt, but were you not temped by a friendly whippet like STMO's mutt.

[tigers_gonads]

Looks like a boxer / staffie cross there Aaron 

As for the chewing, get a piece of thick rope   
Much better then so called indestructible balls.
Also great for swinging him around on when out playing 

I don't know if your getting him insured but might be worth looking into 

I made that mistake with Gromit ( my German / Belgian cross )
In the last 3 weeks, i'm 700 quid out of pocket 
Poor bugger ended up with the dogs version of cauliflower ear and very nearly lost it 

Looking to send the wife back onto the streets to recuperate the money ............... 

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

I spend 24/7 with my dog. They are great company and fantastic listeners. I tell her all my troubles, she licks my face and all is right with the world again.

That is disgusting.

First your dog 'rims' every other dog he meets in the park.........then he smells, licks, and eats any left over dog puke he finds before finally burying his nose in 'a still steaming turd' left by some loose-bowelled mongrel with worms.

.....and then you let it lick your face.

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

Looks like a boxer / staffie cross there Aaron 

As for the chewing, get a piece of thick rope   
Much better then so called indestructible balls.
Also great for swinging him around on when out playing 

I don't know if your getting him insured but might be worth looking into 

I made that mistake with Gromit ( my German / Belgian cross )
In the last 3 weeks, i'm 700 quid out of pocket 
Poor bugger ended up with the dogs version of cauliflower ear and very nearly lost it 

Looking to send the wife back onto the streets to recuperate the money ............... 

The government is a fan of enterprise.

[Sir Tigger KC]

Looks like a boxer / staffie cross there Aaron 

As for the chewing, get a piece of thick rope   
Much better then so called indestructible balls.
Also great for swinging him around on when out playing 

I don't know if your getting him insured but might be worth looking into 

I made that mistake with Gromit ( my German / Belgian cross )
In the last 3 weeks, i'm 700 quid out of pocket 
Poor bugger ended up with the dogs version of cauliflower ear and very nearly lost it 

Looking to send the wife back onto the streets to recuperate the money ............... 

The government is a fan of enterprise.

Yes, but don't forget to put the extra income on your next tax return Mr Gonads.   

[aaronjb]

Nice mutt, but were you not temped by a friendly whippet like STMO's mutt.

I'd have loved a greyhound, whippet, lurcher.. but they have a habit of chasing anything that moves quickly and one cat tends to move quite quickly! (T'other one is 9 so moves a bit more slowly..)

Also Louise thinks they're ugly on account of how skinny they are

As for the chewing, get a piece of thick rope   
Much better then so called indestructible balls.
Also great for swinging him around on when out playing 

A friend of ours bought a "rope with a ball" over .. the ball lasted five seconds but the rope is still going strong! He much prefers chewing something "squishy" though.

Kong Extreme toys (look like giant black butt plugs..) work well too as we can stuff those with treats - another tip we had was stuff them with treats, seal the end with peanut butter then freeze them.. takes a dog hours to work his way in to the treats

I don't know if your getting him insured but might be worth looking into 

Aye - all ours are insured.. He costs a lot more than the cats, though, so you could argue that it's a mugs game! ~£25/mo for "good" cover (i.e. pays out for the lifetime of a condition rather than just once, so covers things he might need for the rest of his life) and that's a good £300 a year; a few years of that and you'd be better off not paying.

Though it does give us a big chunk of public liability cover, just in case he does something to someone else/elses dog/car/door/etc!

[Kevin Wood]

Ooh. Staffie farts. You have my sympathy. The M.I.L has one and despite her example being a thick as two short planks, she runs off if she farts, for good reason, as we always find out a couple of seconds later.

[TheBoy]

Diesel doesn't do face licking..

..which I'm thankful for, as he has a penchant for eating cat poo!

and no doubt licking (the remains of) his 'dangle berries'

[aaronjb]

Kevin - I'm surprised the paint hasn't started peeling off my office walls yet!

and no doubt licking (the remains of) his 'dangle berries'

And humping his bed.. while looking at us..

[tigers_gonads]

Kevin - I'm surprised the paint hasn't started peeling off my office walls yet!

and no doubt licking (the remains of) his 'dangle berries'

And humping his bed.. while looking at us..

My mutt did that to me and the wife a few years ago after a Sunday morning shagging session 

We have just rolled of each other when the oppser jumped across out lasses side of the bed and started humping the bed 
Didn't know what to do 
We couldn't stop laughing   

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

Kevin - I'm surprised the paint hasn't started peeling off my office walls yet!

and no doubt licking (the remains of) his 'dangle berries'

And humping his bed.. while looking at us..

The eye contact with you while he wanks his little soldier is a bit pervy. Just be grateful he doesn't have access to the internet.