best moments with your dogs?

Any day with my pup is a happy one for us.  She is always happy, that is what makes dog's special.  They love us, no matter what we look like, smell like, or feel like.

There are at least 5-10 moments everyday when they make me smile or laugh or just come up for a pet and a cuddle, they make me  want to get out of bed every morning and hurry home from work every afternoon.

My favorite time to spend with Rory is early morning when neither of us can ignore the birds chirrping and the sun peaking through the shades. She can tell by the way I hop straight outta bed and head for my running shoes that we are gonna have a good morning instead of our usual slow wake up. Generally on a walk I have to remind her to heel, stay close, and whatnot but on these early mornings she feeds off of my energy. On these mornings she is so happy to be out with the dew is still on the ground and its just me and her. We walk down the walking path through the eucalyptus tress who's scent wakes up fully and head a mile down to the fishing dock where it is bustling with activity. The local fisherman know her name now and when I'm not looking sneak her a bit of freash fish. I dont worry about it being yucky cause I've seen my dad eat it too! Those are the days to be remembered, her head held high, nose in the air and fresh in my mind as ever!
 
Then reality calls and I hear about all this BSL bullshit or some lady at the pet store will make a sly comment and it brings me down to earth again..........in the meantime I'll give this girl the best damn doggy life I can!

Like everyone else,  every day is precious to us...
Talus does something memorable every day....
 
Yesterday, he had to take his bullwinkle down the stairs and his football....
In order to get them both down on one trip, he stopped....looked at both things....shot the bullwinkle down the stairs with his left paw, carried down the football, and accomplished both tasks in one shot....
Today, he wanted to lick his back toes so he sat between the couch and the coffee table, put his hind leg up on the edge of the table so he could reach it easier....
 

Now that's one beautiful problem solving dog!
 
Too many special, memorable moments with Gracie.  But a good one for me was when I realized she could hold her own with other bully types in a dog playgroup.  She finally whirled around after being chased/cornered/poked for just a tad too long and screamed in the other dog's face.  Never a tooth, just a scream in the face that told him "back off!", then 20 seconds later came back to the same dog to solicit more playtime.  She uses the same m.o. to this day, so I know she will stand up for herself, but won't hold grudges and can still get along with just about any dog. 
 
But that first time was a good moment because I knew then that she wasn't going to be a submissive pushover nor a bully nor a scaredy-cat. 

Actually, I had an absolutely horrible day today, came home, and tried to vent to a friend of mine, only to get my head bitten off for even saying anything to her, so I left and took Eevee to PetsMart and she behaved perfectly in the store, heeling nicely, being polite to the other dogs, listening to my commands, hopping on the scale (she lost weight yay!)... by the time we left, I was beaming with pride... at least my dog will listen to me when nobody else will lol...

Lord most memorable, that is difficult.  The crashing and frolicing of two dogs having a great play session, saying the word "cookie" and hearing 8 paws coming from different parts on the house.  Puppy breath!
 
For beau the Wonder Dog it has to be the time he would not leave me alone. If I sat he came over and nudged me, if I laid down, he would nudge me.  My Husbad realized he was always nudging my right breat and asked if I had done my breats exam that month (I hadnt)  I went and checked, I found a lump.  Called my Doctor told him he would think I was crazy but my dog wouldnt leave my breast alone, he told me come on in (I am sure it was to commit me)  A week later I had a stage one tumor removed, he had saved me.
 
Loopy Lous best was just last week, I have a gola for him to take his delta therapy test when he reaches a year old, so we do a GREAT deal of socialization work with people of all ages, sexes, sizes, colors, handicaps.  I walk in the door of work with him and we have 16 4 year olds on a trip to PetSmart, they swarmed him before I could say a thing, he went right into a sit, then laid down and allowed all the children to pet, love, hug him. It was perfect. 

I would have to say that anytime I see Xerxes running all out is one of my favorite times.  To see the delight that a sighthound has when they are running is very special.  I guess it would be akin to the delight a border collie would have with a flock of sheep to herd.  And that is a special moment.

My dog is still in training, but the best day I spent with him was when we went to the park. There is a big lake there and we had fun watching him get use to the water. He started to panic a little when he got his chest wet, but in no time he was fetching the stick out of the water and loving it. The only downside is I think I got as wet as he was due to his shaking[]

There are so many moments with Romeo, everyday is especial with my boy.[]

Three really stand out on my mind and I cry every time I think about them:

1.- when he chose me at the shelter by coming over to me scratching my leg and when I bent down and sat on the floor he climbed up on my lap and laid there peacefully letting me examine him thoroughly.

2.- when one day my father had been walking him off leash on his block (which made me upset, because if Romeo sees a cat is over) I pulled up into the driveway and Romeo took off running down the block full speed with tail wagging so furiously, tongue hanging and a look in his eyes like I had not seen before, when a cat stepped in front of him, I held my breath, the whole time I was on my knees with my arms open and telling him what a good boy he was and it was as if he did not even see the cat he kept running toward me never taking his eyes off of mine, when he made it to me, I had so many tears rolling down my face, that my dad thought I had gotten fired.  I hugged him so hard and kissed him so many times, I even forgot I was upset at my dad for taking him off leash.  I still get emotional when I think about it.

3.- When I saw him play for the first time with a dog, the look of his face was of pure happiness.  When he first came to live with me, he did not know how, he had lived his whole life tied up to a tree and had severe fear aggression issues.

Also there are times that he strikes a pose that takes my breath away.  He could be laying down his head will go up his ears go to the side he smiles and the light in his eyes is just beautiful.  In that split second, I feel like my heart is going to burst.  I walk over to him, and plant a big kiss on his head which he hates. [8D]

Recently we made that leap of faith and let Gracie sleep in the bedroom without being in the crate. You should have seen her face as I was dragging this HUGE! crate out into the sunroom the look on her face was priceless, like "what did I do, why are you kicking me out!". Then I took the petgate and put it across our bedroom door and she was like "HUH?!" But, when I dragged her bed into the bedroom she started wagging her tail so hard and dancing around the room. I put it down and she snuffled it, came over and licked me and leaned on me. She strutted around all night, like she knew she had become a big girl.
 
That was a really cool moment.

Well done Gracie...
The big girl gets to go crateless....
Was she totally proud??!!

every moment with my two are special..they bring me so much joy, so many smiles and laughs, theres never a dull moment with them around...with choles sassy hound attitude and Malakais big goofy dane self, you cant help but be happy with them around...the best thing is after a long stressful day at work, i can always look forward to coming home to my 2 goofy dogs, with their big wet noses and hearts full of love, they never judge you, never turn their backs on you, just give you unconditional love

Sofia and I were just outside. (It's 24 hrs of sunlight right now.) She was standing on her doghouse, as usual, surveying her Kingdom, while I brushed and raked her with my fingers and sending dog fur flying everywhere.

We went back into the house and I sat on the couch, and she slips herself under my knees and behind my legs and lays down. She just wanted to be as close as she could.

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Some of my best moments with Brown were our trips to the beach during the winter when no one else was around. He got free reign of the place, and we had a lot of fun those days, even the day he completely plowed me over and sent me face first into the sand when he had the zoomies.
 
For Grey, it'd have to be our lake experiences. Nothing like watching your dog pollute the lake everytime he goes in the water.