Took the whole family out and about this past weekend.... was hoping I could use Piggy as a role model, and they would watch her and take her lead on being a social butterfly. It worked quite well!
Oh yea and Piper graduated her intermediate class, so she'll be starting advanced class soon as the next one comes available. Riley is currently in the 3rd (I think) week of his intermediate class... both doing great with those!
Can't leave Mama Pig out.... she's still her goofy old self, haha
She loves her new bed though!
Then some videos showing their obedience progress... I had posted these in another thread, but I'll put them in here as well to keep with the updates. This isn't everything they know, but most of the stuff they know really well and I could easily video, lol. They both have a nearly perfect natural heel as well as loose leash walk, always have. Each class the trainer always jokes at the beginning "and you guys are gonna hate this dog" [referring to either Riley or Piper and their perfect walk]
We've got our going outside routine down to a science. I let them out one at a time, and in the exact same order every time. They've gotten to where when I say "lets go outside", they'll run over to the front door, and starting at the side of the door that opens, line up side by side in the exact order that they go outside in. I told ya they were no dummies! haha
nice man... passed your house twice this weekend... we were gonna stop and say hey, but the dogs would have put jenni out with major problems..
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stopped by your house this weekend... and the doggies where in the backyard... hidding... like babies!!!! hahahaha
we had fun riding..
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there’s not much to say. I make a lot of money for doing very little work. I sleep with beautiful women who don’t ask about my feelings. I drive a Jag, I live at the beach… and sometimes in the middle of the day, for no reason at all, I like to make myself a big pitcher of margaritas and take a nap out on the sundeck.
Quick update... I don't have a whole lot of new pictures, but I did go and get some good pictures of Piper this past weekend, and I'm going this next weekend to get some good pictures of Riley. I'm putting a Riley & Piper calendar together for my mom (and anyone else that wants one) to give her some pics of the pups as they've grown. It worked out perfectly, since I got them in January so each set of pictures on the calendar were taken from that month
Here's the ones I snapped of Piper (I posted them in the dog thread as well, but I'll put them in here as well)
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Black/Red '04 CBR 600 F4i - 258,000 miles and still kicking
Black '89 Accord LX-i sedan - 436,500 miles still running strong
Damn you u r a good dude. i cant believe people do these kind of things. I mean atleast take them to a shelter or something. Atleast u got them bathed, eating, and drinking. At the end of summer someone dumped like 5 kittens around my house. We caught 4 (man those things are fast) and gave them to my neighbor to take care of. Well good luck with the pups.
Props to you! I do wish people would just get their animals fixed so we wouldn't have these problems. Luckily for the two you found them and gave them a wonderful life! All of my animals are rescues too!
Not sure if anybody would be interested or not, but I had made a Riley & Piper calendar that I sent to my mom and a few other people for x-mas, but the place I made it at also has an online store so figured I'd put it on there and see if anybody else might be interested. They're kinda pricey to print cuz I'm not dealing with any big quantities, so I'm not really making much of anything off of them. The couple bucks that I do I plan on donating 100% to our local Rutherford County Humane Society, as we have no shelter here in Rutherford county here where I live, only animal control and animals picked up by then only have 72 hours to be claimed or adopted before they're put down. So I try and help them out whenever I can anyways, and I'll add whatever I get off these into that
Couple pics.... since I got them in January, each set of pics on each month are pics taken from that month (most of the pics are the ones in this thread)
Just throwing it out there....
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Black/Red '04 CBR 600 F4i - 258,000 miles and still kicking
Black '89 Accord LX-i sedan - 436,500 miles still running strong
whats up man... i texted you back.. sorry i was out of the country for a while....
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there’s not much to say. I make a lot of money for doing very little work. I sleep with beautiful women who don’t ask about my feelings. I drive a Jag, I live at the beach… and sometimes in the middle of the day, for no reason at all, I like to make myself a big pitcher of margaritas and take a nap out on the sundeck.
Wow what an amazing story! i read all 5 pages of the thread and it was quite an amazing journey and transformation these dogs have gone through.
Much props to you Jared for changing these dogs lives around!
The world need more people like you!
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Well everyone I'd like to wish a very happy 1st birthday... or should I say RE-birthday to my Riley & Piper!! Of course I don't know they're exact 'real' birthday, but for those that know the story, their would have been short lived lives took a major turn for the better one year ago today, and they started a brand new healthy life in a warm, loving home. They've changed so much over the past year it's unreal.... they just got a 100% clean bill of health yearly check up from the vet yesterday and they're doing absolutely fantastic! Wishing them many more happy years ahead =)
To celebrate... I baked them a cake! They lucked out this year though... the store was all out of party hats, hahah
I guess it must have turned out somewhat decent?? LOL
Of course I couldn't leave Piggy out of this.... she's as much a part of their lives as anybody
All gone.... that didn't take long
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Black/Red '04 CBR 600 F4i - 258,000 miles and still kicking
Black '89 Accord LX-i sedan - 436,500 miles still running strong
Goooooooo Riley!! YEA!!!!!! That's my boy =) One step closer to CGC certificate, and then I'm really thinking the therapy dog certificate goal may not be as far out of reach as I originally thought!
I'm sooooooooo freakin' proud of my lil man.... it literally makes me teary eyed seeing how far he's come from his days of hiding in a corner, as you guys have absolutely no idea just how bad he was (as far as being extremely fearful of -EVERYTHING-), and what it took to get him to this point.... he's a completely different dog, hands down. The trainer tells everybody in the class all the time... "I wish you guys could have seen Riley at the beginning....", and he had already improved quite a bit by the time she met him, 6 months after I got them
He's a very happy outgoing little guy now, and extremely smart too... def makes papa proud =)
Last night of class... had to snap a pic myself too, lol
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Black/Red '04 CBR 600 F4i - 258,000 miles and still kicking
Black '89 Accord LX-i sedan - 436,500 miles still running strong
I have been wanting a dog for a while now. I grew up having dogs all my life but i have not had one since i moved out of my parents. This thread makes me want one even more.
Unfortunately i can't have one because the place i rent out does not allow them.
Hopefully next year i will buy my own home and i will finally have a dog once again.
Well I know it's been awhile since I did a pupdate in here, but thought this was worth mentioning..... I'm very proud to say that Riley and Piper both now have their CGC (canine good citizen) certificates!! Sooooooo freakin' proud of them and just how far they've come. Still not perfect, but from where they started they're not even remotely close to the same dogs
They both now proudly hang on the living room wall
And a few recent pics....
Riley loves belly rubs
And expensive toys, lol
Piper is turning gray already...sheesh
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Black/Red '04 CBR 600 F4i - 258,000 miles and still kicking
Black '89 Accord LX-i sedan - 436,500 miles still running strong
Just wanted to wish my two twins a very happy 2nd birthday! Or re-birthday rather (gotcha day!), as this was the day they started a new, and much better life. Time has absolutely flown by, hard to believe it's been 2 years already.... seems like just a few weeks ago they were my little 6 lb rugrats running around like little monsters, that I could carry around both in one arm. They're now 50 & 60 lbs respectively, both have passed their advance training classes and both have their CGC certificates, and working towards possibly doing therapy dog as well (at least with Riley). They're not perfect by any means, but they had so many issues from the get go (we believe they were separated from their mother waaaaay too early), and they've come sooooo far, they make me very very proud. So just like last year, to celebrate I baked them a cake! They seemed to like it.....no complaints, haha. They definitely weren't in a photogenic mood tonight though....
Piper giving me the "would you STOP taking pictures and let me go eat already!!", look, hahah
And getting the guilty look from Piggy too
I'd say they liked it
Gave them a little treat with their dinner too
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Black/Red '04 CBR 600 F4i - 258,000 miles and still kicking
Black '89 Accord LX-i sedan - 436,500 miles still running strong
Then a few other pics (sorry some are repeats).... I got looking back at some old pics, and this one is still one of my favorites
Day 2 and Riley already loved his new "mama"
Fast forward until now.... these 2 are practically inseparable, they are absolute best friends. I guess these 2 were destined to be lovebirds from the very beginning!
And of course Piper too
Little bigger now
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Black/Red '04 CBR 600 F4i - 258,000 miles and still kicking
Black '89 Accord LX-i sedan - 436,500 miles still running strong
