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Thanks for the tips on the collars big block,I didn't know there was an actual way to accurately judge dog collars.I'll be sure to use it.
And you're Shepard is adorable! I'd be calling and asking for ALOT of pics too! But unlike your dogs,my cat hates them,he hisses as soon he smells them and freaks out. They are the same with the RC cars,they chase everything except the Baja 5b, theyre afraid of the big gasser,lol

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Originally Posted by BIG-block (Post 404400)

Just one word of caution. I am not an expert by any means but I think that the collars in you pictures looked very loose on the girls. A loose collar has more chance for them to get stuck on somewhere and also to get tangled to each other like they did. My vet told me is all the slack they need is two fingers (index and middle finger) to fit under the collar snugly. No more than that. Don't mean to preach but just sharing advice I was given by a profesional.

This is what I understood about collars as well.

We only have one dog. He turns 7 at the end of the month. He's a Golden Retriever. We actually had his half brother too (same father) before him, but he got away from my parents when they were walking him one night and ran into the street and got hit by two cars. Neither of them bothered to stop. It was the street right near my house, so he was only about a hundred feet away from my house. We rushed him to the vet ER but his heart was already stopped by the time we got there. They tried to bring him back but he was gone. :cry:

After we lost him (Shadow), we wanted a pup from the same parents so we called the breeder but apparently Shadow's mom got hit by a car just a month earlier (which to this day gives me the chills), so that's why we have his half brother (same dad, different mom). Anyway, here he is. Kobe.

http://img808.imageshack.us/img808/417/kobei.th.jpg

http://img810.imageshack.us/img810/949/kobe2n.th.jpg

Sorry to hear that, but at least you were able to get her in time.

I have a story about my little dog, he's 13 years old now.

When he was about three I was at my parents working on their computer. The dogs were all in the back doing what dogs do. My folks have a pool, and in the winter it gets a cover put on it. Well their big dog started howling and yiping, alot, but he always sorta did that.

This went on for a while when finally I went out to see WTF was going on. My little dog got on the pool cover, the cover slipped of and started filling with water and going into the pool. This was November and the water was ice cold, by the time I got to him he was under with one paw barely trying to swim. His gums were grey and he was in hypthermia so it was a mad dash. Scooped him out, ran as fast as I could to the car, heater on full and smokin down to the emergency vet which thankfully under ten miles away. I was freaked out for a long time after that and now the poll is absolutely inaccessable by any of the dogs.

Funny thing is now he loves to swim, but only when an adult is around.

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Originally Posted by bigsteel (Post 404403)

Yeah, as you can see in my pics I wasn't doing it properly neither. The collar was way too loose on my little guy and the vet pointed that out on his first checkup. Actually she said while they are unattended in your backyard it is proably best to not have the collar on them at all as long as they have no way out of the yard. As you can see in my last pic he didn't have a collar on him at all while he was at home. How he is 6mths old and collar is not an issue anymore but while they are just a few weeks old they just have a way of getting stuck. My shithead got his head stuck in the port hole of my subwoofer. The kitten crawled in there and he decided to try and follow. Took me and my brother about 10min to get him out. We were worried that we were going to break his neck but eventually got him out safely.

Your pupps are very cute too. I think that Xena is slightly cuter but don't tell them I said that. Don't want them to get jelous of each other. LOL. When I started do my resaech for a pup the rottwielers were right up there on the short list. I always like the German shepherds too and then when I found out that there were white ones I just couldn't resist. I just had to be different.

I feel sorry for you fg101c,It's a horrible experience that I think too many dogs have endured.when I was about 8 our black lab angel ran into a busy road and I watched her get hit.the worst part is she didn't die instantly,her back was broken and we put her down as her internal organs were no longer functioning.she was only 2...

Big-block,shhh,I secretly think Xena is the cuter one also,LOL. Sophie is definitely the bigger baby. She loves sleeping in my arms,Xena likes to do her own thing but is always willing to do what you tell her.
And German shepherds were on our list of dogs too,my uncle put down his police dog (worked 9yrs!!!) and just bought another one named kato,the cutest little fluffball!