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mama24
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We must have been posting at the same time! Where are you from originally? (I assume you're not from here by your username) I'm from the mountains in SW PA. Just outside of Johnstown.
How much do your dogs eat?
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mama24
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He's not snarling! That's what he does when he gets excited! He wags his tail like crazy, does a little dance and has that big scary grin the whole time! I have a good friend here who has a purebred Karakachan about the same age, and he does the same thing, so I was thankfully used to the snarl-like grin before I got him. It would have terrified me otherwise! Rofl. He's still a big puppy, so he gets really excited when the people come to see him and wants to play for a few minutes. 
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mama24
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Here's my husband's St Francis picture. lol
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LOL, my dog does that too. Scares the heck out of strangers for sure but we know she is just smiling.
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So funny! "D" doesn't do that... he squints his eyes, smiles, and shrivles up his nose.
Badger is all about the tail. Callie always looks "happy"
Amy.. in the lap... strangers... take your dog's smile... but hers isn't a smile.... she is snarling
I'll pm ya...
Badger is all about the tail. Callie always looks "happy"
Amy.. in the lap... strangers... take your dog's smile... but hers isn't a smile.... she is snarling
I'll pm ya...
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OMG does that bring back memories! I had a full pyr down in AR, he used to smile like that to everyone he met. To bad hardly anyone but us knew it was a smile!
I once took a new born lamb away from him that he stole from momma (yes she had to then be a bottle baby) and he had one side of his mouth actually snarling and the other side was smiling. One confused dog at that moment!
I just love these dogs! It's something so deep it's hard to express except to say love which doesn't even start to cover the feelings they evoke!
Forgot to add that my 7 month old Anatolian eats about 3 1/2 cups a day give or take. If I add more she doesn't eat it, if I add less she wants more! But she's not a food hound at the moment! She always checks the grain out too. nibbling a bit but not lots.
I once took a new born lamb away from him that he stole from momma (yes she had to then be a bottle baby) and he had one side of his mouth actually snarling and the other side was smiling. One confused dog at that moment!
I just love these dogs! It's something so deep it's hard to express except to say love which doesn't even start to cover the feelings they evoke!
Forgot to add that my 7 month old Anatolian eats about 3 1/2 cups a day give or take. If I add more she doesn't eat it, if I add less she wants more! But she's not a food hound at the moment! She always checks the grain out too. nibbling a bit but not lots.
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Forgot to add, my LGD's do eat the hay..with the goats, and pinebark and pinecones.... like the goats.
BCnewe- I so get you... these dogs are just something incredibly special. I simply enjoy everything about them.
BCnewe- I so get you... these dogs are just something incredibly special. I simply enjoy everything about them.
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Mine's a year and a couple months, eats 2 liter soda bottle full a day, she could and probably should eat more than that though. She's thin, small, not what I was expecting from what I've read what her 2 breeds grow to. Oh well.
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Our Karakachan X Great Pyrenese 14 months old eat 6.5 cups of food each per day and they eat it all. They are not overweight. The male weighs about 120 and the female about 104. They get a mixture of dry kibble, rice, raw egg and if we have extra meat, they get that as part of their food.
He is handsome and he looks very similar to one of the pups that was a brother to ours. They are very close in age. We tried to keep in contact with all of the other owners but it didn't work out so well. Do you know the history of this guy? I am wondering if he is a brother to ours? That would be pretty cool!
He is handsome and he looks very similar to one of the pups that was a brother to ours. They are very close in age. We tried to keep in contact with all of the other owners but it didn't work out so well. Do you know the history of this guy? I am wondering if he is a brother to ours? That would be pretty cool!
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He ate everything I gave him last night and this morning. I fed him twice this evening b/c I found out that he won't eat while I'm watching him and he let the goats have his dinner. I was back in the house and looked out and saw that as soon as I went in, he went back to his bowl, so I went back out and refilled it and didn't look back till I was in the house.
I don't really know his history. I bought him from a woman named Anne in Virginia. His date of birth on his vet paperwork says 1/12/12
Oh, and also, he is buddies with the younger kids now, the ones that are less than a month old. Any older than that and they are very wary. But he was playing chase with the little babies and it was so sweet how gentle he was. They would run up to him, then run away, then he would chase and gentle paw at then before turning and running from them. So sweet! Might also be why he's actually eating today. He's getting some exercise. He barks a little at night once in a while, and twice now he's barked at hawks while we were outside. He's a good dog! I'm already completely in love with him! And he l oves me. Or at least pretend to since I'm the one that feeds him. Lol
I don't really know his history. I bought him from a woman named Anne in Virginia. His date of birth on his vet paperwork says 1/12/12
Oh, and also, he is buddies with the younger kids now, the ones that are less than a month old. Any older than that and they are very wary. But he was playing chase with the little babies and it was so sweet how gentle he was. They would run up to him, then run away, then he would chase and gentle paw at then before turning and running from them. So sweet! Might also be why he's actually eating today. He's getting some exercise. He barks a little at night once in a while, and twice now he's barked at hawks while we were outside. He's a good dog! I'm already completely in love with him! And he l oves me. Or at least pretend to since I'm the one that feeds him. Lol
