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Shadow, the doberkid
My Pet Page
My house roughly resembles Noah's Ark. With three lovebirds, 10 fish and two dogs, it can get kinda wild at times. The fish just swim around the tank, doing fishy things, so there isn't much reason to talk about them. The lovebirds are hand shy, so they don't go near us, and all they do is sing, when not holed up in their little "house". All that leaves is Shadow and Ozzy: my two furbabies. Shadow is a Doberman and Ozzy is a Pit Bull. Yes I know both have bad reputations. So do Witches...and I would give up my wand in a heartbeat before I give up my fuzzy kids.
Okay. Let's do Shadow first. Shadow is a one year old male Doberman with black and rust markings. He is simply beautiful! I grew up afraid of big dogs so if you had asked me 10 years ago if I would own a dobe, I would have laughed and said you were barking mad! (pun intended) Anywho. When I met my husband he introduced me to Warlock, his red dobe. (Warlock being a charactor from a gaming system) Warlock was the sweetest dog I had ever met as well as the smartest. He would come get me whenever my daughter was doing something she was not supposed to be doing. Some dog, huh? Okay, when my husband and I bought our first home, we got a doberman and my daughter named him Shadow. Shadow was headstrong and hyper and tried to take the Alpha spot in the family. Mama don't play that. To this day I cannot believe that not only do I own a dobe, but I have no problem flipping him on his back to demonstrate my superior pack position. Now he is a loveable couch potato who likes to be pet whenever possible. What a guy!
Now, Ozzy is at least 90% pit. As in pitt bull. Yes, I know the reputation. When I got her, I had no idea what a pit was. I figured it was a 100lb dog with HUGE teeth and claws. And...then there was Ozzy. 28lbs, constantly wagging her tail and wanting to lick you. Not scary at all. I did some research and discovered some amazing facts about pit bulls. Basiclly, media has done a fabulous job of defaming a really great family dog. (oh, I know. The media would NEVER do that) A real pit, bred proberly and responsibly, is the most easygoing of dogs. In fact, you can reach into their food bowls or even their mouths (!) and remove food or treats. Show me ANY dog that will let you NATURALLY do that! They were bred this way because if the dog is hurt, the human would have to remove it and a hurt dog would normally bite. Well, biting the hand that rescues you is bad, so breeders "created" a dog that would give absolute dominance to a human, even if the dog is hurt. Amazing. Then you get the monsters who (laughingly)breed so-called pits and all that happens is that all the great charactoristics of the breed get bred out.
So much for introductions. Both dogs have jobs. Shadow is the official "fly catcher" of the family. Nothing is more hilarious than watching a full grown doberman "stalk" a fly. He always gets this "amazed" look on his face when he catches the fly. Up until he swallows them, that is. Ozzy's job is to keep Shadow amused so we don't have to pet Shadow all the damn time. Shadow is a very typical Doberman. They don't call dobes "velco dogs" for nothing. Dobermans will follow their people room to room, even the bathroom, and then lay down again. Breeders say it is instinct, I say it's because it's easier for them to whine for treats. **grin** Ozzy isn't so needy. She is fairly self-reliant, relying on her amazing cuteness to get by. She will sit off-kilter on her haunches and stare at you until you pet her, all the while her tail is just a'waggin. She is a "licker". I love that in a dog. She loves to groom people. Your face, neck, shoulders, hands, feet... Okay, it can get a triffle bit irratating when you are trying to get dressed...
I would like to post pictures, but Shadow is afraid of the flash and Ozzy won't sit still. Shadow is a chicken, and Ozzy is too curious. Shadow runs and hides from the vacuum, Ozzy sniffes it and curls up near it to go to sleep. Go fig. All I know is, goddess help the thief who breaks into our house. Well, unless he has a vacuum or water pistol. Shadow takes the top, Ozzy the bottom. My husband figures we have the safest house on the block. We do. I think the theif would get licked to death. If he could get past them snaking around and through his legs and barking, getting tangled amongst themselves and tripping him up so he falls down. What great dogs.
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