My heart.... 😍🥰

[bug_n_flock]

One of the sad changes around here is last fall I finally had to say goodbye to Seymour, the little Scotty mutt dog I've had since I was a teenager bumming around on long Island. He was one of my very best friends and I will always, *always* miss him. He was closer to 16 than 15 when cancer took him. I'm just glad he went in the fall and not later, this past winter was the coldest in 30 years from what I was told.

Anyway, a few days ago I was scrolling thru Craigslist and I seen an add that caught my attention. Opened it, seen his face, and the rest is history. I hadn't been looking for a puppy so didn't have a fee set aside or anything. Thankfully the person with the litter was willing to make a swap, so I traded Salty(a friendly little dwarf goat I bottle fed last summer, but he's too short to reach my girl goat so no good for breeding) for this precious little baby.

No name yet, he's so incredibly sweet. Asleep on my lap as I'm writing this out on my phone. Hopefully this is the start of another long, very dear friendship

He's a French bulldog/pit bull mix. Never would have picked the mix myself, but that's how it was with Seymour too and he was so incredibly special. Seymour was Scotty, Chihuahua, and rat terrier. Never wanted a wirehair dog till I met Mr. Scruffs.. sigh. This little baby is not a replacement, but is definitely bringing up many memories. Happy tears.

 

[LaManuka]

One of the sad changes around here is last fall I finally had to say goodbye to Seymour, the little Scotty mutt dog I've had since I was a teenager bumming around on long Island. He was one of my very best friends and I will always, *always* miss him. He was closer to 16 than 15 when cancer took him. I'm just glad he went in the fall and not later, this past winter was the coldest in 30 years from what I was told.

Anyway, a few days ago I was scrolling thru Craigslist and I seen an add that caught my attention. Opened it, seen his face, and the rest is history. I hadn't been looking for a puppy so didn't have a fee set aside or anything. Thankfully the person with the litter was willing to make a swap, so I traded Salty(a friendly little dwarf goat I bottle fed last summer, but he's too short to reach my girl goat so no good for breeding) for this precious little baby.

No name yet, he's so incredibly sweet. Asleep on my lap as I'm writing this out on my phone. Hopefully this is the start of another long, very dear friendship

He's a French bulldog/pit bull mix. Never would have picked the mix myself, but that's how it was with Seymour too and he was so incredibly special. Seymour was Scotty, Chihuahua, and rat terrier. Never wanted a wirehair dog till I met Mr. Scruffs.. sigh. This little baby is not a replacement, but is definitely bringing up many memories. Happy tears.

Awwwwwwwwww look at that little face!! Nothing and no-one could ever replace your Seymour and you wouldn't even want to try, but that adorable baby sure will help to ease your heart, and make a place for himself there too. Although it seems that's happened already!!

 

[DonnaBudgie]

That's one super cute puppy!

 

[rheashard2]

That face is too cute and sweet!

 

[bug_n_flock]

Tentatively calling him Menace he's doing very very well. A bit of upset stomach but that's to be expected. Surprisingly no accidents so far. Just pottying outside, or on puppy pads. Right now as I write this he is sleeping next to me, making little squeak-barks as he dreams

 

[JjEjFjF]

I dont care what people think about pit bulls, they make fantastic pets. I had a girl pitbull named Suzie when my kids were little. Looking back at old pictures , Suzie can be seen in many many pictures with my kids. She was very protective and gentle with them and always by their side.

 

[GaleriaGila]

I will always miss my 20-year-old muttnik "Pinkie", and I always love adding her memory to others here.

 

[rheashard2]

My sister raised pit bulls and Rottweilers. They were the sweetest, intelligent pooches. She bred for temperament too. My daughter adopted a pit bull mix female pup abandoned at dog park. Actually it was more like see abandoned pup, put in car and drive away event.

 

[DonnaBudgie]

I heard that breeding for temperament is pretty important. A friend had one Rottie that was crazy unfortunately, probably genetically from careless breeding. He attacked my friend biting his head very badly. They had tried to train the dog but he just wasn't right in the head so he had to be put down. Sad for all involved but no choice because he couldn't be trained and trusted.

 

[JjEjFjF]

I heard that breeding for temperament is pretty important. A friend had one Rottie that was crazy unfortunately, probably genetically from careless breeding. He attacked my friend biting his head very badly. They had tried to train the dog but he just wasn't right in the head so he had to be put down. Sad for all involved but no choice because he couldn't be trained and trusted.

There are people like that too. Just cant fit into society. They also need put down.

 

[bug_n_flock]

I like pitt bulls, I think they have something of a bad reputation. I have had a couple bad experiences with pit bulls tho(especially on the farm! Yikes! I fostered one pitt bull/mix? Who was so obsessed with trying to get to my poultry that one time she even broke out of a heavy duty wire dog crate and jumped out the window to go get after my chickens!! Sadly I wasn't able to keep fostering her it just wasn't safe, so she had to go to a shelter )

But my other three dogs are all high drive breeds(two German shepherds and a blue heeler), so I assume raising him from puppy hood around the homestead critters will go a long way towards showing him the other animals are friends and not toys/snacks.

I wasn't planning on getting a puppy, but it did just so happen to be perfect timing. I have oodles of lil farm babies right now, so while he's super small and safer to introduce he's learning about baby Chickie's, baby rabbits, etc etc etc. doing great so far. Yesterday I set him down in the brooder while I turned the eggs in the incubator. Him and the six baby chickens got a chance to stare at each other, sniff, that sorta thing. He's too small to come along with me on most farm chores yet but I've taken him around to the smaller livestock like the rabbit pen and the quail n all that. The pig is an "absolutely not". Same for the donkey. Butters the donkey is not safe around lil canines and must be taught which ones are allowed to be here. Donkeys don't like coyotes and etc, so that's expected.