A River runs through it... by Hero

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A River runs through it...

POSTED BY: HERO
UPDATED: Wednesday, January 25, 2006 08:01
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Monday, January 23, 2006 11:17 AM

Ok, so Saturday I bought a new dog. I was at a new petstore a few blocks from my new house. Said
petstore only sells rescued puppies in cooperation
with local no-kill shelters and my vet. I went in and found a nice little family business. The little kids were running round chasing a bunch of wet puppies (it was bath day). No cages, just one big puppy pen in the middle of the store. So in I walk and around the counter come five puppies. One little black monster saw me and ran over. Wanting to be nice I reached out to pet said dog when it leaped, leaped mind you, soaking wet into my arms. Boy meets dog and so on.

Its a she. Her name is River. River is a labador
retriever (mix, but mostly lab). She is black with white feet (I''m thinking terrier mix for the white feet and nose). River is a runt, so I named her after the crazy little girl from Firefly (and the hit motion picture Serenity, available on DVD now).

As a runt she was half the size of her brother and sisters. Despite this drawback she has a distinct look in her eye as if to say "I can kill you with my tail." She is very pretty and looks graceful (until she moves, then its every foot for itself).

So the moral of the story is that you should abopt rescued pets, down with the puppy mills! And vote Republican, down with liberals (go Canada)!

H

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Monday, January 23, 2006 12:44 PM

FAZZY

Hooray for the puppy with the new home, and hooray for the Big Heart who rescued her!

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Monday, January 23, 2006 3:21 PM

GINOBIFFARONI

I have a six month old Chocolate Lab named Kaylee....

She is so cute...

Was going to get a Rottweiler pup and name him Jayne, but seen a litter of labs and change my mind...

Originally I wanted a male, to call Mal

Mal Dog ( Mal being bad in Latin ) seemed very funny, but then little Kaylee waddled up and sat next to me, so she ended up doing the picking and not me.

Hope you have a blast with River, plan on doing alot of camping with Kaylee...

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Monday, January 23, 2006 3:59 PM

DANFAN

We have had a pair of rescued great danes for 6 years now. Brother and sister. My son named the male Duke (200 pounds). My wife and I named the female Emma (120 pounds, after Emma Peal, for those who grew up in the 60's). Typical danes... stolid, sweet, loving. Alas, growing old all too soon.

Two weeks ago (after some heavy family councils on distributing the animal maintenance duties), my son brought home a mix that had been abandoned and kennelled for several months at the veterinary clinic at which he works. She appears to be blue heeler mixed with something much smaller so she tops out at 30 pounds. Sweetest little thing... just dying with gratitude to live in a house with people instead of a cage. He named her Belle. It's a hoot watching her zip between the Danes' legs like Princess Leia flying through redwoods on her sky cycle...

Ya gotta love rescues. They love you back so much...

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Monday, January 23, 2006 4:37 PM

CYBERSNARK

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Originally posted by GinoBiffaroni:
but then little Kaylee waddled up and sat next to me, so she ended up doing the picking and not me.

Yep, that sounds like Kaylee, alright.

"Mine's prettiest."

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Tuesday, January 24, 2006 5:02 AM

MTNSCOTT

Congrats on the pup, Heres to wishing you many years of Lab Chaos

!!!

Only the half mad are wholly alive!
E.A.

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Tuesday, January 24, 2006 12:10 PM

QUEENOFTHENORTH

You don't pick your pets, they pick you. Speaking from experience with my two cats. And I'm (most of the time

) glad they picked me.

I've also got a dog that I've had since I was five years old. She's a toy poodle/terrier cross named Mooch, and just about the greatest dog in the world.

"I'm having one of those things - a headache with pictures."

"Of course I'm right. And if I'm not, may we all be horribly crushed from above somehow."

Like books? Go to this thread: http://www.fireflyfans.net/thread.asp?b=2&t=14862
to find out how to buy mine!

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Tuesday, January 24, 2006 3:48 PM

RUE

I have a vote and I'm not afraid to use it!

Hey, my dog's name was Mooch too (gone now to the great beyond). She also picked me. She was a stray Shepard-Lab-something mix wandering through the parking lot. Came and sat down next to the bench where I was sitting, put her head in my lap, looked up at me, and sighed a big, big sigh. 'Now it's over. I'm home.' And so she was.

Nearly everything I know I learned by the grace of others.

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Tuesday, January 24, 2006 5:20 PM

WUNJUB

that is the coolest pet/owner storie i ever heard... when i get i dog im gonna hame him male or her zoe because that sounds like a girl dog name lol

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Tuesday, January 24, 2006 5:39 PM

NANDIFAN

Ooohhh...you are in for a fun ride!! I just found a lab mix about a year ago on the street, so much to the dismay of my 3 cats, I brought him home. His name is Spike (named after another well loved Joss Whedon character) and as much as I love him, he is a hand full! Luckily, he is starting training in about a month, so we will both be much happier afterwards! But have no fear, he is a joy to my heart and I love him oodles! Welcome to the wonderful world of lab mix parenting!

"If they've got guns or brains at all."
"They've got guns."

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Wednesday, January 25, 2006 5:51 AM

HERO

I wanted to pass on a message from River, any political statements are her's alone and do not necessarily reflect the views of her owner.

She begins by noting that it is cold in Ohio and white stuff is falling from the sky. She understands that while this might seem scary at first, its really not so bad and she wants to add her casual, if uninformed, disregard for any notion of global warming.

That said she wants me to pass on several amazing things she's learned in the last few hours. The white stuff is cold and wet, but not like the plain old water that came down yesterday. The white stuff covers the grass and the sidewalk both. You can eat it, but don't eat it if its yellow or dirty. You can roll in it and it covers you up. You can drag you nose through it and your owner can dump it on you head. White stuff is the most fun ever and she highly recommends everyone get some.

She also asks that you all call your local Senators and urge them to vote yes on the confirmation of Judge Alito. She feels that the confirmation process is a disgrace and wonders why everone seemed so focused on trivial matters from twenty or thirty years before she was born and ignore important unasked questions, like reproductive freedom for dogs and the nations domestic feline policy.

She also wants to know if anyone else out there thinks that her nightly confinement to a cage, without beign charged with a crime or afforded legal representation, is a violation of her civil liberties.

R (H)

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Wednesday, January 25, 2006 7:01 AM

CHRISISALL

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Originally posted by Hero:
She also wants to know if anyone else out there thinks that her nightly confinement to a cage, without beign charged with a crime or afforded legal representation, is a violation of her civil liberties.

Cages are for terrorists and all others who believe themselves to be above the law.
Let her be free, you monster.

Zoboomafoo Chrisisall

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Wednesday, January 25, 2006 8:01 AM

AURAPTOR

America loves a winner!

Thanks Hero. I'm sure you two will do all right by each other. Stories like that make me fell all warm and fuzzy.

" They don't like it when you shoot at 'em. I worked that out myself. "

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