Comments on: Friends With Dogs

By: soncy m

soncy m — Wed, 06 May 2015 20:37:04 +0000

In reply to Jan K.

I’m not much of an introvert, and I always loved walking my dog and being retired is a big help to, but I lost him in 2014 to old age and spine problems, he to, was a “love everyone” kind of guy, a sweet lab/foxhound mix, I’ll always miss him. I now rescued a long haired
Chihuahua, she is so sweet, lucky for me!!! But now, no one recognizes me when I go walking everywhere I use to walk with “my boy”……….I am always looking for some soul who likes to socialize and especially on walk, but seems even to meet someone is so very
hard to do………..but I say, just keep trying. That’s what “travis” would have said to!

By: Greyhounds CAN Sit

Greyhounds CAN Sit — Mon, 02 Mar 2015 22:09:47 +0000

One of the best things about adopting a Greyhound is that, if you choose to, you can also acquire a whole new family of people 🙂 I have chosen to do that and now have many new acquaintances with a common love of their breed of dog. And made some good friends. As I’m something of a hermit my online life is more social than my offline life. But I do get out and about with Beryl and Asher as much as possible to spread the Greyhound love! I really need another dog though, as I always feel bad leaving Frankie home alone.

I so admire your discipline in writing every day. I’m struggling to put up a photo 3 times a week right now. It’s not for lack of photos though, lol! I spend way too much time taking and playing with photos and, before I know it, I don’t have any time left to do blog reading. I need your discipline!

By: Blueberry's human

Blueberry's human — Mon, 02 Mar 2015 20:31:06 +0000

Before Blueberry came along, I never thought much about my dogs making friends with other dogs. While Blueberry has never been particularly outgoing and people-loving like your Honey, she’s pretty docile and will tolerate people wanting to meet her – if they have treats or smell like food, she will show a lot of interest in them. It took me a while to get used to being stopped so people could ask about Blueberry. I am an extreme introvert and it can be draining for me to have to stop and talk with people. These days, I really don’t mind it and Blueberry has made a lot of friends. It cracks me up that when I walk around the park, Blueberry’s human friends will shout out, “Hi Blueberry! How are you today?” and I am mostly ignored.

I remember a small group of us that used to go to the same park around the same time of day with our dogs. The dogs all knew each other well and liked each other – even Blueberry was accepted and enjoyed visiting with them. A couple of the women decided it wasn’t right that we didn’t know any of the human names, so we all introduced ourselves (I wanted to crawl into a hole, but participated anyway). Even after that, I still only remember the dog names. 🙂

By: Erin

Erin — Mon, 02 Mar 2015 03:37:32 +0000

So grateful that I have had the privilege of being your “in person” friend and now your long distance dog buddy!

McTavish and Teddi wish Honey a WARM start to March 🙂

By: Callie, Shadow, and Ducky's Mom

Callie, Shadow, and Ducky's Mom — Sun, 01 Mar 2015 20:22:32 +0000

“And even dogs who don’t feel comfortable meeting strangers can become our friends thanks to the amazing power of the internet.” I have to add to that “and dogs who aren’t comfortable meeting other dogs”, like Callie and Shadow. They LOVE meeting humans, but are very picky about other dogs…mostly because I didn’t have the time or discipline to keep them properly socialized when they were younger…but some of my closest friends are those I have met only in cyberspace. I would love to have the opportunity to meet you all in person one day, but like Kristine said, it’s okay if it doesn’t happen because y’all still mean as much to me as the friends I have “offline”.

By: Jan K

Jan K — Sun, 01 Mar 2015 17:20:08 +0000

Since I am an introvert and a homebody, I’m happy having multiple dogs and letting them play amongst themselves at home. But if I meet someone else with a dog on a walk, that will be the person I’ll stop and talk to….dogs have a way of breaking the ice for even a shy person like me.

By: Groovy Goldendoodles

Groovy Goldendoodles — Sun, 01 Mar 2015 04:53:29 +0000

I’m enjoying the friends I meet locally as well as those I’ve met online. Harley helps me meet many people and pets for that matter. He’s super friendly so that works well with my personality. I love the gentleness you write about pertaining to Honey. She seems like such a loving dog.

By: Jackie Bouchard

Jackie Bouchard — Fri, 27 Feb 2015 23:49:06 +0000

I’m definitely an introvert – and our Reactive Rita is too, so we are a happy pair. But our last dog, Abby, was a “love everybody and everything” extrovert so we were forced to talk to people and make friends. Some of those folks & their pups are still friends with Rita, which is nice. I also made a few really good online friends because of Abby and her 3-leggedness and joining an online support group. I consider one of those gals one of my best buddies, even though I’ve never even met her! But we email each other almost every day.

Anyway, the concept of an introvert with an extrovert dog was so interesting to me, I wrote about it in my last novel!

By: Emma

Emma — Fri, 27 Feb 2015 20:10:52 +0000

We’re waiting for dogs to be allowed on airplanes so we can fly and visit our friends around the world. I think many humans would prefer sitting next to a dog than those bratty screaming kids. Until then, we don’t have too many pet friends…everyone has kids and no dog or a dog that is a second class citizen. Kind of sad as in Germany we had lots of childless friends with dogs but it is such a long swim over the ocean to go back and visit.

By: DZ Dogs

DZ Dogs — Fri, 27 Feb 2015 18:06:01 +0000

We stay far, FAR away from the dog park because of the lack of owner responsibility and the ill mannered dogs that end up going. I wish I had more friends in town with dogs but most of my doggy friends are through the blogs that I follow and keep up with.
Dante and Ziva get lots of social time through daycare, and when we visit my mom and her two dogs. I’d love to meet up with more people but I find scheduling to be a bit of a challenge.
However recently thanks to getting into agility we’ve made more doggy friends, swapped some numbers and I’m hoping this summer we can have some doggy play dates. 🙂