Phebes doggy sleepovers

01/11/2024

It was a sad day when Lolly went home, made watching tv easier though 😜

01/11/2024

They don’t come much cuter than our friend Colin ❤️❤️

01/11/2024

We sure are blessed to care for so many special fur friends

31/10/2024

Bella boo has the same taste in TV programs as G does ❤️❤️

31/10/2024

Kitty is waiting for someone to come and play with her. Won’t be long kitty.

31/10/2024

Butter wouldn’t melt in Benjis mouth ❤️❤️

15/10/2024

So quiet when they all go home ❤️❤️

12/10/2024

Bentley was worried we had sprung him so lay as flat as he could 😂

12/10/2024

Ella snuck the edge of Teddys bed ❤️❤️

12/10/2024

We so fell in love with Chopper when he stayed ❤️❤️

30/09/2024

Benji and Rupert chilling in the sun ❤️❤️

27/09/2024

Rupert has dug himself a nest under the trees 🤪

26/09/2024

This is soo true!!!

Everyone who is thinking of getting dogs should read this because you need to understand this reality:

***I am a 21st century dog.***
-I'm a Malinois.
Overskilled among dogs, I excel in all disciplines and I'm always ready to work: I NEED to work.
But nowadays I get asked to chill on the couch all day everyday.

-I am an Akita Inu.
My ancestors were selected for fighting bears.
Today I get asked to be tolerant and I get scolded for my reactivity when another approaches me.

-I am a Beagle.
When I chase my prey, I raise my voice so the hunters could follow.
Today they put an electric collar on me to shut up, and you make me come back to you - no running - with a snap of your fingers.

-I am a Yorkshire Terrier.
I was a terrifying rat hunter in English mines.
Today they think I can't use my legs and they always hold me in their arms.

-I'm a Labrador Retriever.
My vision of happiness is a dive into a pond to bring back the duck he shot to my master.
Today you forget I'm a walking, running, swimming dog; as a result I'm fat, made to stay indoors, and to babysit.

-I am a Jack Russell.
I can take on a fox, a mean badger, and a rat bigger than me in his den.
Today I get scolded for my character and high energy, and forced to turn into a quiet living room dog.

-I am a Siberian Husky.
Experienced the great, wide open spaces of Northern Europe, where I could drag sleds for long distances at impressive speeds.
Today I only have the walls of the house or small garden as a horizon, and the holes I dig in the ground just to release energy and frustration, trying to stay sane.

-I am a border collie
I was made to work hours a day in partnershipwith my master, and I am an unmistakable artist of working with the herd.
Today they are mad at me because, for lack of sheep, I try to check bikes, cars, children in the house and everything in motion.

I am ...
I am a 21st century dog.
I'm pretty, I'm alert, I'm obedient, I stay in a bag...but I'm also an individual who, from centuries of training, needs to express my instincts, and I am *not* suited for the sedentary life you'd want me to lead.
Spending eight hours a day alone in the house or in the garden - with no work and no one to play or run with, seeing you for a short time in the evening when you get home, and only getting a small toilet walk will make me deeply unhappy.
I'll express it by barking all day, turning your yard into a minefield, doing my needs indoors, being unmanageable the rare times I'll find myself outside, and sometimes spending my days sunk, sad, lonely, and depressed, on my pillow.
You may think that I should be happy to be able to enjoy all this comfort while you go to work, but actually I’ll be exhausted and frustrated, because this is absolutely NOT what I'm meant to do, or what I need to be doing.
If you love me, if you've always dreamed of me, if my beautiful blue eyes or my athletic look make you want me, but you can't give me a real dog's life, a life that's really worth living according to my breed, and if you can't offer me the job that my genes are asking, DO NOT buy or adopt me!
If you like the way I look but aren't willing to accept my temperament, gifts, and traits derived from long genetic selection, and you think you can change them with only your good will, then DO NOT BUY OR ADOPT ME.
I’m a dog from the 21st century, yes, but deep inside me, the one who fought, the one who hunted, the one who pulled sleds, the one who guided and protected a herd still lives within.
So think **very** carefully before you choose your dog. And think about getting two, rather than one, so I won't be so very lonely waiting for you all day. Eight or ten hours is just a workday to you, but it's an eternity for me to be alone.

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26/09/2024

Bruno and Remi are almost ebony and ivory, more ebony and orange 😜

26/09/2024

Darling old fulla Chopper coped well on his first night away from home 😍

26/09/2024

Not sure how impressed Poppy is with wearing her cone , but it’s all for the best Poppy ❤️

26/09/2024

It was Kitty Katt Majurey second birthday yesterday and her friend Poppy came to visit. Poppy had had her surgery so she had a cone on and couldn’t play but they gazed each other lovingly through the gate 😍😍

26/09/2024

I’m sure Benji grew while he was here. He’s such a happy active boy, but sometimes we had to put him on the lead to stop him from jumping on the old ones. most of the time he was really good so it only needed it occasionally. ❤️❤️