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    #32
    matu
    Closed Accounts Posts: 282 ✭✭matu


    number 3 is a good one but hopefully the owner will have found him.


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    #33
    Dooom
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,808 ✭✭✭Dooom


    Failing that I've always wanted a Huskey...

    Speaking of which, one of my neighbours breeds them I think. He has a few of them floating about the place.
    I use "floating", because they're fluffy like clouds. Ahem.

    /edit: Does the word fluffy make anyone else laugh? No? Just me then..


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    #34
    Dave!
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    Huskeys are gorgeous dogs :)


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    #35
    PiE
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    Spike wrote:
    Failing that I've always wanted a Huskey...
    In first with a starting bid of €25.


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    #36
    the Shades
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 697 ✭✭✭the Shades


    If it isn't a very old dog it's probably been chipped, especially if it's a pedigree huskie, so if you bring it to your local vet he can scan it and should be able to tell you who the owner is then and there.


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    #37
    tk123
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    Ruu wrote:
    Maybe it was the Littlest Hobo :eek:
    Ruu is right - you're bunched now without him! There's bound to be a bully/robber/smuggler/bad guy waiting for you when you go home and you won't have the dog to save you! :rolleyes:


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    #38
    Darragh29
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,097 ✭✭✭Darragh29


    This is so weird, I lost my dog this morning, he slipped out of the garden when my Dad was putting something from the garage into his van. I found him by lunch time and he's a cross between a wolfhound and a greyhound and he LOVES sitting in the passenger seat! See the pic attached, does this look like the culprit??? :eek:


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    #39
    matu
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    LOL that would be funny if that was the dog in question.


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    #40
    dubtom
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    Do you live up Palmerstown way by any chance, I know a guy who owns 2 of them up there, damn expensive dog btw.


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    #41
    scojones
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    Darragh29 wrote:
    This is so weird, I lost my dog this morning, he slipped out of the garden when my Dad was putting something from the garage into his van. I found him by lunch time and he's a cross between a wolfhound and a greyhound and he LOVES sitting in the passenger seat! See the pic attached, does this look like the culprit??? :eek:

    My god that dog rocks. I've been thinking of getting an Irish Wolfhound. Does anyone know how much one costs?


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    #42
    Darragh29
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    dubtom wrote:
    Do you live up Palmerstown way by any chance, I know a guy who owns 2 of them up there, damn expensive dog btw.

    Yip, I live in Palmerstown but I only have one of these dogs, I couldn't handle two of them! It's so weird cos when I found him he was trying to get into someone's car as the driver was trying to get out but Gene (my dog) was trying to jump over the driver and get into the passenger seat and the driver looked a bit taken aback and annoyed! Woudn't be surprised if it was my dog as he wasn't wearing a collar when I found him this afternoon but was wearing one last night last time I saw him...


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    #43
    Darragh29
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    sjones wrote:
    My god that dog rocks. I've been thinking of getting an Irish Wolfhound. Does anyone know how much one costs?

    I rehomed this dog about two months ago, I went up to the DSPCA shelter in Mount Venus Road in Rathfarnham one day a few months ago looking for a dog as our last dog was put down recently. This dog had been in the shelter for a while and was badly in need of a home, nobody wanted him because he was surrounded by cute puppies and had lost a lot of weight when he was a stray and his coat was in bad nick so he looked a bit the worst for wear. I saw the potential in him though, he has a beautiful nature, but he is a lot of work, especially when I bring him for a walk... Doesn't eat as much as you would expect, but has a habit of destroying anything that he can chew and our back garden has started to look like a mine field, holes being dug everywhere!


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    #44
    fits
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    Darragh, be careful with him. I own a lurcher too (well he's a whippet) and they are very much in demand with certain people. A lot of lurchers are stolen!
    Mine is microchipped and has a phone number tag on his collar.

    He's absolutely beautiful by the way. I love him!:)

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    #45
    Darragh29
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    fits wrote:
    Darragh, be careful with him. I own a lurcher too (well he's a whippet) and they are very much in demand with certain people. A lot of lurchers are stolen!
    Mine is microchipped and has a phone number tag on his collar.

    He's absolutely beautiful by the way. I love him!:)

    Thanks Fits, he is a cutie isn't he! I have some better pics of him I might stick up if I'm not straying off the thread subject! I didn't know how fast he was when I took him, when I got him home and brought him out to a nearby field, he must have wanted to stretch his legs when I let him off the lead and I couldn't get over the speed of him. I didn't know they were so fast. Everyone loves him around here, but some people are afraid of him when he runs up to them, he is very friendly but when he is running towards you, it's like a scene out of Hound of the Baskervilles!!! I brought him down to Sandymount Strand last weekend and a woman threw an absolute hissy fit when he ran up to her, he scared the bejesusers out of her! Some kids as well find him a bit intimidating even though he is the friendliest dog I've ever seen.


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    #46
    fits
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    Put them in the animals/pet issues section. I can put up some of my fella then too!
    I think I might come and steal your fellow myself though.

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    #47
    Darragh29
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    fits wrote:
    Put them in the animals/pet issues section. I can put up some of my fella then too!
    I think I might come and steal your fellow myself though.

    I'm afraid that some day we'll be out somewhere with him and someone will come up and say "hey, that's my dog!". My bro took a few pics of him last week, I'll scan them in and stick them up...


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    #48
    jrey1981
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    our jack russell got into the postmans van one day and the postman came back an hour later to say he just noticed her when he looked in the mirror.

    She went to a house a mile or so down the road the other day and made herself at home and played with some young kids there for a while and then came back when she was whistled.

    The people called in to ask if she was ours and to say they had put up notices everywhere asking if anyone had lost her.


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    #49
    Brian Capture
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    Dogs are vicious killers.


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    #50
    DonkeyStyle \o/
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    Brian Capture wrote:
    Dogs are vicious killers.
    They pale in comparison to humans in that department.


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    #51
    Dooom
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    Or badgers.


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    #52
    Ste.phen
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    or Mushrooms.


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    #53
    ToxicPaddy
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    fits wrote:
    Darragh, be careful with him. I own a lurcher too (well he's a whippet) and they are very much in demand with certain people. A lot of lurchers are stolen! Mine is microchipped and has a phone number tag on his collar. He's absolutely beautiful by the way. I love him!:)

    We have a lurcher too and I agree, they are one of the most fantastic dogs. He was a stray and wandered into the back garden one day, looking very shabby and underfed. We've had dogs for years and even used to breed them, so needless to say pity was forthcoming!!

    So after a few days of hanging around as we were feeding him and basically looking after him, he decided he liked the place and decided to stay. Put ads in news papers, shop windows and even on the local radio but no one came forward. That was over 2 years ago.

    Definitely one of the friendliest and most loyal dogs we've ever had.. A complete nutjob too.. walks along window cills like a cat and he's the size of a greyhound, which kinda freaks people who visit when they turn around and there is a dog staring in the window at them!!!! :D


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    #54
    pbsuxok1znja4r
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    What's a lurcher look like?


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    #55
    fits
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    Lurcher is just a generic term for a sighthound or greyhound cross. Darraghs wolfhound x greyhound is a lurcher. My 3/4 whippet 1/4 greyhound is a lurcher. Theres lots of lab x lurchers going around as well.
    They can be long or short haired, huge or medium sized. They're all fast though. Lurchers are traditionally hunting dogs.
    My dog is just the sweetest most affectionate thing ever. He's short haired, not smelly at all and very clean. He often sleeps in the bed with me and OH. I never really liked that kind of dog, but he was a stray we took in, and now I think hes the best dog I've ever owned.

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    #56
    Darragh29
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    fits wrote:
    Lurcher is just a generic term for a sighthound or greyhound cross. Darraghs wolfhound x greyhound is a lurcher. My 3/4 whippet 1/4 greyhound is a lurcher. Theres lots of lab x lurchers going around as well.
    They can be long or short haired, huge or medium sized. They're all fast though. Lurchers are traditionally hunting dogs.
    My dog is just the sweetest most affectionate thing ever. He's short haired, not smelly at all and very clean. He often sleeps in the bed with me and OH. I never really liked that kind of dog, but he was a stray we took in, and now I think hes the best dog I've ever owned.

    Mine is long haired and looks very like a wolfhound, especially around the head and legs. They love company but don't bawl for attention. I've noticed that mine likes to go off for a walk on his own when I bring him out, he could be up to half a mile away from me sniffing at something and then you'd hear a gallop like a horse behind you and he'd be on his way back. My last dog would never be more than a few metres away from me when I had him out and off the lead. They have a wonderful friendly personality and are very loyal, affectionate and playful, I don't know if it's just mine or the breed but mine HATES cats and birds. I'd recommend one to anyone...


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