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Postby Tarafrost » Tue Feb 26, 2008 7:47 am

Iris wrote:Brilliant, thanks again for sharing


You're most welcome, UK dancing lady!
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Postby marmart » Tue Feb 26, 2008 8:20 am

Good God - those are the most amazing shots! The clarity, almost freaky, I felt as if I was standing next to them. Wow, go Nikon! Of course you Andrzej had something to do with that also!

"Catitude" is a great word to describe them!

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Postby Tarafrost » Tue Feb 26, 2008 11:42 am

marmart wrote:Good God - those are the most amazing shots! The clarity, almost freaky, I felt as if I was standing next to them. Wow, go Nikon! Of course you Andrzej had something to do with that also!


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High praise indeed. Thanks all. Glad that everyone is enjoying the images. If anyone ever finds themselves in the greater Toronto area (we're about 1 hour north on the "interstate"), I'ld be glad to arrange a live tour of the Sanctuary. Photos can be problematic though, since photography is not allowed except for designated shutterbugs (like Dana, me and another volunteer there), but even without a camera, it's an amazing experience.
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Postby gpsmikey » Wed Feb 27, 2008 7:33 pm

Very nice pix - I was finally able to view them (the other day the first one loaded then it hung - tried
several times). Love the "play" (our dogs used to play like that - people would ask if they were
fighting (sure sounded like it). I told them it was easy to tell if they were fighting for real - there
would be blood :shock:

Here's one of my new puppy and the older female "playing" (look ma, no blood) - gives the
same feeling.

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Postby BarbaraC » Thu Feb 28, 2008 6:23 am

Sometimes I'm amazed at how much control animals have over their bite and claw "mechanisms." Felines, canines, rodents--all of them can play ferociously without drawing a single drop of blood.

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Postby Tarafrost » Thu Feb 28, 2008 7:09 am

gpsmikey wrote:Here's one of my new puppy and the older female "playing" (look ma, no blood) - gives the
same feeling.


My siberian huskies were the same way...they like to play rough, just like wolves. Funny thing, they would recognize other huskies and play rough, but with non-husky breeds, they would tone it down a lot. It's like they knew...."you're one of us"!

Your dogs Sammies?
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Postby Tarafrost » Thu Feb 28, 2008 7:26 am

BarbaraC wrote:Sometimes I'm amazed at how much control animals have over their bite and claw "mechanisms." Felines, canines, rodents--all of them can play ferociously without drawing a single drop of blood.


With Northern Breed dogs, thick fur does help a lot.
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Postby BarbaraC » Thu Feb 28, 2008 7:41 am

Tarafrost wrote:With Northern Breed dogs, thick fur does help a lot.


I'm sure it does, but still, I'm often amazed at it. I've owned both cats and dogs, often playing exceedingly rough with them, and in spite of not being a furry creature, I've never been hurt by them. Been slobbered on, have walked around with a cat glued to my leg, but I've never bled. Wait a minute... When I was a kid, the family dog mistakenly jammed her tooth up my nose.

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Postby gpsmikey » Thu Feb 28, 2008 8:37 am

Tarafrost wrote:
gpsmikey wrote:Here's one of my new puppy and the older female "playing" (look ma, no blood) - gives the
same feeling.


My siberian huskies were the same way...they like to play rough, just like wolves. Funny thing, they would recognize other huskies and play rough, but with non-husky breeds, they would tone it down a lot. It's like they knew...."you're one of us"!

Your dogs Sammies?


Yep - Sammies - the older one is the sister of the male that was poisoned last
June by the "alarm salesman" we called the cops on (he came back that night
and poisoned him). Still not over that. The little guy is 16 weeks old there.
Something really strange about sammies though - something about black dogs
sets them off. We have no idea why since we like black dogs (labs etc) - other
sammy owners have noticed the same thing. The northern breeds are definitely
a breed apart though (talk about thick heads !! )

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Postby Tarafrost » Thu Feb 28, 2008 8:56 am

gpsmikey wrote:Yep - Sammies - the older one is the sister of the male that was poisoned last
June by the "alarm salesman" we called the cops on (he came back that night
and poisoned him). Still not over that. The little guy is 16 weeks old there.
Something really strange about sammies though - something about black dogs
sets them off. We have no idea why since we like black dogs (labs etc) - other
sammy owners have noticed the same thing. The northern breeds are definitely
a breed apart though (talk about thick heads !! )


I would have been doing something a bit more drastic than calling the cops. My animals are more important to me than most people I know...and better behaved too. ;-)

Thick heads? Just like their owners, in our two cases. ;-)
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Postby pd » Fri Feb 29, 2008 8:03 am

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I would have been doing something a bit more drastic than calling the cops. My animals are more important to me than most people I know...and better behaved too. ;-)

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I totally agree with you here. In fact I consider my boxer bitch family.

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