Quite possibly the best furry family portrait I've snapped yet!

[thirdgenlxi]

Snapped this a few weeks ago of my furry kiddos.... the flash made for some green glowing eyes, so a buddy touched it up a little bit in photoshop to clean it up some and get rid of the glowing eyes. I love how this pic turned out though... so much I printed it out and framed it, and hung it on the wall in my living room

The beauty of this pic... I had absolutely NOTHING to do with the pose whatsoever.... they did that 100% entirely on their own (including the paw on the shoulder), I was just sitting there and had my camera handy, and just happened to snap the pic just at the right time

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y15/thirdgenlxi/furkids.jpg

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y15/thirdgenlxi/e297a3d5.jpg

I don't think I posted the story here, but here's a little background info on the puppies and their relationship with Piggy. I've been keeping this thread updated with pics from January up until recent, so scroll through all pages of the thread for picture updates

http://www.600rr.net/vb/showthread.php?t=221642

[zerioustt]

thats awesome!!

[Porkchop]

Excellent read, and good work man!!! The pups look good. But I gotta say, Piggy has gotten quite grey since the they have arrived. :lol:

Those members over at 600RR are quite a class act.... very stand-up for helping you and the little ones.

[HurricaneHeather]

I just read through the other thread...I teared up seeing them curled up in the trap together. How lucky for them that they ended up in your yard. Serious props for treating them the way they should be. :D

And that is a great picture. They look like kids really. :lol:

[101lifts2]

cute dogs dude

[Particle Man]

That's awesome, dude!

[buzzcutt2]

Nice pic

[anthonyk]

Not at all what I expected from the subject line, but that's a great story and pic!

[ontwo]

Awesome!!!

[Archren]

You've got some beautiful babies there, Jared. Thanks for sharing. I just spent the last half hour working my way through that other thread. :lol:

[marko138]

Great picture!

[AquaPython]

hmm i was totally expecting something different when I saw this title...

http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ku3zsmIKmB1qavbweo1_400.jpg

[KSGregman]

I read the other thread start to finish....and I'm GLAD I did.

You are a lucky guy....and your dogs are lucky to have such a good friend in you too.

This thread has been a wicked nice change of pace from the barrage of bad news that comes with being on the internet most days. Thanks for sharing. :dthumb:

[njchopper87]

I read through a lot of that other thread. I'm happy you helped em out. I love all the pics, especially the one you posted here.

[thirdgenlxi]

Just a little update to the whole puppy story for those that might be interested....

Everybody is doing great still! And still growing too..... they're up to 45 lbs each as of this morning. It's getting hot outside so I got them a little pool to splash around in until I can find a place to take them swimming (been looking). I really didn't want the blow up one but it was all they had, so I'll use it until they pop it, hahah

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y15/thirdgenlxi/porkersinpool.jpg

A couple videos

http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=1996871714258

http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=1996884914588

And much like Piggy, they love riding in the car (thank god, lol)
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y15/thirdgenlxi/9ea259cc.jpg

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y15/thirdgenlxi/a4ef52a0.jpg


But anyways, I've had a few ideas that have been floating around my brain the last couple weeks that I've been tossing around. Watching these two grow up and seeing their personalities and whatnot, I'm seeing ALOT of talent. They're both incredibly smart, attentive, well mannered dogs, so I really wanted to do something with them. I feel like I'd be wasting alot of good talent if I didn't. So here's my idea that I've been tossing around in my head the last couple of weeks.... I'm giving some serious thought into trying to get them trained and certified as therapy dogs. From the way I see them behave it just seems like something that they would be great at. I know they have to pass a pretty strict test to pass, but I think I'm gonna give it a shot and see what happens (once they're old enough, of course.... gotta be 1 yr). That's something I'd love to do too

So yea... that's my plan as of now. I've trained them to the best of my abilities (which isn't great, lol), but we've got a trainer here in town that's supposed to be pretty good, so I'm gonna talk with him about this and see what happens from there. I've got 5 months to prepare them and with as quickly as they catch onto stuff, I don't foresee any problems there

I really want to do something with Piggy too, I hate feeling like I'm leaving her out cuz she's such an awesome dog too, but I just don't know what just yet

We'll see what happens!

Oh and on a side note.... I had all 3 at the groomers (which is a friend of mine) getting their hair trimmed on saturday, and she said Riley and Piper were right at the top of her list of some of the best behaved dogs that she's had in her shop... and that's compared to adult dogs and everything, and they're still 7 month old puppies. Makes me quite proud!

[wildchild]

they sound like very well tempered dogs. pictures look great.

we were thinking about thetherapy dog thing for our bulldog. she is very even tempered and loving. the boxer i thought about trying to get trained as S and R. she has an uncanny ability to find things that are hidden. (long way from actual S and R but a great nose on her anyway) not sure i'd have time now with my recent job change.