Dixie ★ Golden Retriever

[FuzzyThePunkCat]

There's a saying, that I very much agree with;
If you want a young, good looking dog
but but can't handle them in their senior years,
and will put them in a shelter
then you should get a plush animal instead.

I prefer senior animals.
They need less exercise, most are housetrained
until they reach an age of incontinence, they
are polite, and quiet. Most of all, in their many
years of living, they have learned how to love.
Receiving the love of a senior animal is the
most precious thing in the world. More precious
than money. <3

I agree. It breaks my heart every time I see a senior dog in a shelter. It just makes no sense to me at all. My dad wants to get a senior dog from a shelter some day. He always sees GSDs that are old on Facebook in shelters and wishes we could get them.
I fear my younger dogs would be too rough or annoying to an old dog who didn't live with them before to deal with 24/7.
If you love your dog, why should it matter that it is old, why would you get rid of it like that? I can't imagine doing that to any of my animals.

[MacGyver]

@FuzzythePunkCat, it's highly likely -judging from Amber's face and build (I think I remember seeing other photos of her?)- that Dixie will look very similar to Amber when she reaches her golden years.

There's a saying, that I very much agree with;
If you want a young, good looking dog
but but can't handle them in their senior years,
and will put them in a shelter
then you should get a plush animal instead.

I prefer senior animals.
They need less exercise, most are housetrained
until they reach an age of incontinence, they
are polite, and quiet. Most of all, in their many
years of living, they have learned how to love.
Receiving the love of a senior animal is the
most precious thing in the world. More precious
than money. <3

Very, very well said, Joe Kerr <3
*bold is my edit

[FuzzyThePunkCat]

@FuzzythePunkCat, it's highly likely -judging from Amber's face and build (I think I remember seeing other photos of her?)- that Dixie will look very similar to Amber when she reaches her golden years.

There's a saying, that I very much agree with;
If you want a young, good looking dog
but but can't handle them in their senior years,
and will put them in a shelter
then you should get a plush animal instead.

I prefer senior animals.
They need less exercise, most are housetrained
until they reach an age of incontinence, they
are polite, and quiet. Most of all, in their many
years of living, they have learned how to love.
Receiving the love of a senior animal is the
most precious thing in the world. More precious
than money. <3

Very, very well said, Joe Kerr <3
*bold is my edit

My dad's girlfriend is going to look for a pic of Amber when she was younger so we can see if she looked like Dixie.

[MacGyver]

I found some of Dixie's hat pics X3

[Joe Kerr]

Too cute!! She looks very dashing <3

Goldy doesn't like things on her head,
now that I think about it, most of my
dogs won't tolerate things on their
heads

[MacGyver]

Lol, I always laugh everytime I see the look on her face in the second pic. XD

Dixie will tolerate things on her head and is usually very good about balancing things, but I can tell it's not her favorite, haha!

BTW, I love your new sig pic! <3

[Joe Kerr]

Thank you!
Lola is obsessed about
jumping over things,
so I made her a jump
out of cinderblocks
and old fence posts
xD

Total hickville!

[MacGyver]

Haha love it! <3 She sure looks like she's enjoying herself!

[MacGyver]

I was digging around and finally found one of the pics I took of Dixie's mother, Cassandra.


And a random pic of how she used to sleep :'D

[MacGyver]

I just realized while looking at the dates of Dixie's puppy pictures, I brought her home on July the 4th. XD

edit; Growth pictures and coat comparison! ^^ Her coat and body really filled in at 2 yrs <3
Dixie's coat really started getting full at 2 yrs.
8 weeks

12 weeks

16? weeks

20 wks (she was a VERY lanky dog!)

Almost 1 yr

1 1/2 yrs

2 years

NOW (she turns 3 in April)