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#21 Timj

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Posted 21 January 2012 - 12:37 AM

Attached File  sb_002.JPG   715.04KB   3 downloadsupdate with BEN,,,Big Ben is awesome! such a kind gentle, loving friend! and has bonded with me and never leaves my side when I'm home! He shares his love with Michelle too! he's very happy here with us and loves his new home,, were slowly working with Ben around our cats, and feel very confident he will adjust, for now Ben gets REALLY excited when see's them! we slowly work with him a little each day and honestly beleive Ben means them no harm..this is going to be a slow adjustment for both Ben and our cats. but it's going to work I'm sure,,I'm trying to get more pictures of Ben but he's really camera shy! as I'm writing this,, Ben is telling me it's time for bed! 3 minutes has pasted and this is where I found him! Lights out everyone!
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I will always love you and never foreget you
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Posted 21 January 2012 - 07:53 AM

What a beautiful picture of him. Thanks for the update. AND the home he needed.
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Posted 21 January 2012 - 10:27 AM

Aww Ben looks so happy and content. Thank you for giving him such a wonderful home. :Angel:
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Posted 21 January 2012 - 10:34 AM

Now how do you suppose he gets up there on that bed? Beautiful bed.
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Posted 21 January 2012 - 02:04 PM

:Angel: Dear precious Ben, he is in the right home that's for sure.
I am sure the cats and him will come around in due time.
They really do seem to adjust with time and patience.

Look at that FACE :devil:

Best of Luck. :D

Edited by Nancy Robinson, 21 January 2012 - 02:05 PM.

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Do not walk in front of me - I may not follow.
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May you always have Love to Share
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Forever locked in my Heart

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My "Bounty Hunter"
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Posted 21 January 2012 - 05:58 PM

He looks very content. :Angel:
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Posted 21 January 2012 - 10:42 PM

Now that is a calendar pic. :Angel: He looks so good. Thanks for having the patience to work with him with the cats. We are loving these updates!

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Posted 21 January 2012 - 11:20 PM

He is adorable! Congratulations!
The embedded collars in his neck when we got him and he goes back and extends the gentle paw to the human race. One heck of a dog.

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Posted 22 January 2012 - 05:58 PM

Awwh Ben I am so happy for you, you are the sweetest boy and you deserve to be a pampered pooch. Thank you for giving Ben time to adjust with the kitties. I am sure he will eventually come around and be best buddies with them.

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Posted 23 January 2012 - 12:31 AM

Attached File  bababen_001.JPG   1.17MB   0 downloadsalright,,, just a quick question?? when I was at SCD to pick up Ben,,I talked to a few of you (staff people) there,,,I'll never foreget Arda! so I remember her!...I remember faces, but not names,,on the forum here everyone has secret code names so I don't know who in the....! is responding to me! if any of you remember me? help me out here by reminding me of conversations,,,your names,,,something!!! to help me remember you!!! I do have some brains cells left and room in my memory bank in my brain and even some hearing left from all the years of playing really loud music and this last weekend was a REALLY loud gig! ...you guys are really cool and i wish to remember you,,,and not by top secret code names!,,e-mail me if you wish,you'll find my email address on my profile page here... Ben likes to look at the horses across the street! I walked him over there to see them several times, and he does'nt care once he's there?? he just stands there,,,, looks up at me and has the "so? now what?" look in his eyes!,, so than we just go on with our walk,,BIG BEN!!!


peace
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You'll always be in my heart
and you'll always be with me!
You are missed dearly!
I will always love you and never foreget you
my best friend!
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Posted 23 January 2012 - 12:53 AM

I am just so happy for Ben and you too.

The SCD staff and Arda do a amazing job and
love every minute of it. Wonderful wonderful
Dobes there. I am not on staff, but I sure love SCD
and everything they do and stand for. :wub:

You know thru the years I have noticed that horse people
and Dobe people seem to go together. Maybe I am wrong
it just seems like that is what I have noticed. :Angel: Maybe it's
because you always try to be "one step ahead of the horse
in thinking"
and we try to be "one step ahead of the Dobe
in thinking"............
NOT.........."too smart" :D :devil:

Nancy

"Until one has LOVED AN ANIMAL, part of
their SOUL REMAINS UNAWAKENED"

"
Yesterday is "HISTORY", Today is a "GIFT" and Tomorrow is a "MYSTERY"

"Always always try to be the" BEST YOU CAN BE"

Do not walk in front of me - I may not follow.
Do not walk behind me - I may not lead.
But walk beside me - and be my friend.

May you always have Love to Share
Health to Spare
and Friends who Care

Forever locked in my Heart

"I CARRY YOUR HEARTS IN MY HEART"........FOREVER

My "WHITE ANGEL".....Sweet sweet Schaudeh
4/17/1999...............5/14/2013
My "Bounty Hunter"
11/6/2000.......8/3/2009
My "Miks Von Rom Mateese"
7/6/1990..........4/4/1999

"I LOVED you yesterday, I LOVE you today, and I will LOVE you tomorrow'"
for you have never really left me

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Posted 23 January 2012 - 01:21 AM

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I am just so happy for Ben and you too.

The SCD staff and Arda do a amazing job and
love every minute of it. Wonderful wonderful
Dobes there. I am not on staff, but I sure love SCD
and everything they do and stand for. :wub:

You know thru the years I have noticed that horse people
and Dobe people seem to go together. Maybe I am wrong
it just seems like that is what I have noticed. :Angel: Maybe it's
because you always try to be "one step ahead of the horse
in thinking"
and we try to be "one step ahead of the Dobe
in thinking"............
NOT.........."too smart" :D :devil:

Thanks for the reply Nancy!! my wife Michelle has a horse,,but it's not here on our property,,one thing is clear,,Ben likes to look at the horses,,and thats it? just look at em?? I hope Ben will feel the same about our cats!! I think if the cats just did not run away so fast,,Ben would care less about them as well? when DIXIEDOG was here she could care less about them cats and they never ran away from her,,,and the cats were'nt botherd by DIXIEDOG at all? and Dixiedog was one high energy dog!!Big time!,,WAY more than Ben is!! Ben is a really mellow dude!,,,well as you can see Bens ready for bed! Lights Out everyone!

Edited by Timj, 23 January 2012 - 01:40 AM.

You'll always be in my heart
and you'll always be with me!
You are missed dearly!
I will always love you and never foreget you
my best friend!
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Posted 23 January 2012 - 01:35 AM

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Thanks for the reply Nancy!! my wife Michelle has a horse,,but it's not here on our property,,one thing is clear,,Ben likes to look at the horses,,and thats it? just look at em?? I hope Ben will feel the same about our cats!! I think if the cats just did not run away so fast,,Ben would care less about them as well? when DIXIEDOG was here she could care less about them cats and they never ran away from her,,,and the cats were'nt botherd by DIXIEDOG at all? and Dixiedog was one high energy dog!!Big time!,,WAY more than Ben is!! Ben is a really mellow dude!,,,well as you can see Bens ready for bed! Lights Out everyone!

Hey Nancy,,got your PM..not sure how to reply using that??? but Thank You very much for your kind words!!
You'll always be in my heart
and you'll always be with me!
You are missed dearly!
I will always love you and never foreget you
my best friend!
"DIXIEDOG"
September 27 1995
December 16 2011

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Posted 23 January 2012 - 01:39 AM

LOL, I am Sarah. Page was my first Doberman girl, hence the board name doberpagegirl. She is the picture you see on the left. I found SCD when I lost her. I am the tiny girl with glasses and dark hair who had on a blue coat when you picked up Ben. My boyfriend is Joaquin, the big Hispanic guy. There was A LOT of people in the yard that day!

Joaquin and I are on staff and we try to go to Arda's every two or three weeks. We live in Saginaw, and we have three SCD dogs- Buddy is almost 10, Alley is about 7, and Bailey will be 4 in April. Bud is a boy, Alley & Bailey are girls. Here is a link to our adoption of Al & Bud with a picture of us. http://www.secondcha...n...65&hl=lefty

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Posted 23 January 2012 - 06:36 AM

Hi Tim,
I am Lori, the Heavy Metal music lover. :Angel: Jackie & I answered a lot of the questions you brought with you, on your adoption day. :) I am sure once Ben and your cats have time to acclimate, they will get along just as well as they did with your sweet DixieDog.

I have to share a horse/Dobe story with you. My husband & I used to have a Dobe, named Ralph, and a horse, named Sunny. They were best buds. :D :wub: We would take Ralph out in the field to see Sunny, and Sunny would groom him as if he were her baby. Ralph LOVED it. Sometimes we would take a slice of bread out, and Sunny & Ralph would wait patiently while we tore it into small pieces, and feed it to them, one piece at a time. Those are some really nice memories, we miss them both very much.

As far as answering a pm, just click the 'reply' button at the bottom of the screen, and it will allow you to write back.

Thanks for the pictures, and stories, of Ben and his new life. :devil:
Happiness is a decision.

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SCD's Mr. McBump - CGC
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Posted 23 January 2012 - 09:33 AM

update with BEN,,,Big Ben is awesome! such a kind gentle, loving friend! and has bonded with me and never leaves my side when I'm home! He shares his love with Michelle too! he's very happy here with us and loves his new home...

Hearing this really warms my heart. I was so happy to see Ben get a great home, and to hear how it is all working out so well just makes my day.

Tim, we haven't met, I just hang around the board occasionally, and Cheri is my real name. :Angel: I've owned Dobes for the past 25-plus years and I currently have two. One is a rescue from another organization. It is my hope that someday I will be able to add a rescue from SCD to my life.

As far as Ben's reaction to the horses, consider yourself lucky! I have a horse at my home, and one of my dogs has to be watched closely if the horse is near the fence or she will try to chase her and scare her -- from the other side of the fence, of course. I would never trust her in the same enclosure with the horse. The other dog will walk up to the fence and stand near the horse if she's close, but he really pays her no attention.

Currently part of my treasured family and helping to make life fun and busy:

 

Hunter, the chocolate Labradeagle (or Beaglador)

Terra, the tall, gorgeous red Doberwoman

 

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Posted 23 January 2012 - 09:38 AM

Hi Tim,
I am Jackie I was the girl in the brown jacket. I am at the rescue every weekend helping Arda. I have 2 dobes from SCD. Nelly is a white dobe and Dozer is my black and tan dobe. I have attached a picture of myself and my grand dog when she was a puppy.

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Posted 23 January 2012 - 01:09 PM

see thats what I'm saying!! you guy's are cool people!.....your right Sarah! it was a very busy day when we were there to pick-up Big Ben, I see and meet alot of people on a regular basis with what I do..so it's hard for me to remember names..I remember all of you very well, just not names. alot happened that day and overwelmed my pea sized brain!
Thank you all for writing me and telling me your names! now when you reply with your top secret code names I know who's who!
also thanks for sharing some stories with me as well! I enjoy reading them!

I agree Cheri! I'm lucky Ben only likes to watch them horses,I know what your saying about dogs upsetting horses, I have some very bad stories about this I wish not to talk about!

Thats a beautiful memory Lori,, about Sunny and Ralph! I can so picture all that happening! I love to see animals become friends like that,and you feeding them bread pieces,,Thats awesome! If you wish Lori I have alot of music that I've recorded present and past I wish to share with you that I think you would enjoy! let me know if your interested?,,,,,,,,

Thats a beautiful picture of you and your dog Jackie,,I see where you deem the name sunshine as part of your top secret code name here!

and again at Nancy,,Thank you for all your kind words!!!!

well I got some work to do and with my cake setting in this chair nothings getting done!
Thank you my friends!!

Peace
Timj
You'll always be in my heart
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You are missed dearly!
I will always love you and never foreget you
my best friend!
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Posted 23 January 2012 - 01:19 PM

:Angel: I am sure in time Ben will come around with the

cats........takes a lot of time and patience. I am sure

it will be OK.


Tim, just remember we all care here, we are like a family.

Hugs to all.........the cats too.
:devil: :D
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Yesterday is "HISTORY", Today is a "GIFT" and Tomorrow is a "MYSTERY"

"Always always try to be the" BEST YOU CAN BE"

Do not walk in front of me - I may not follow.
Do not walk behind me - I may not lead.
But walk beside me - and be my friend.

May you always have Love to Share
Health to Spare
and Friends who Care

Forever locked in my Heart

"I CARRY YOUR HEARTS IN MY HEART"........FOREVER

My "WHITE ANGEL".....Sweet sweet Schaudeh
4/17/1999...............5/14/2013
My "Bounty Hunter"
11/6/2000.......8/3/2009
My "Miks Von Rom Mateese"
7/6/1990..........4/4/1999

"I LOVED you yesterday, I LOVE you today, and I will LOVE you tomorrow'"
for you have never really left me

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Posted 23 January 2012 - 01:32 PM

Hey Tim! Sounds like you're a rock n roll dobe Daddy. :Angel:
We've never met... I'm from Mt. Pleasant. I've helped a few homeless dobes get to 2nd Chance, including one (Phoebe) who almost drove Arda nuts... lol
I enjoy this discussion board because of the kind people and our mutual love for the doberman breed. I have two female dobes. Majik is almost nine.
Little Karma is about 16 months old. She has a disability, but manages just fine.

About the cats... you're absolutely right... once the cats get used to Ben and stop running from him everything will fall into place.
Ben looks like he has it made.
In Memory of Mariah He is your friend, your partner, your defender, your dog. You are his life, his love, his leader. He will be yours, faithful and true, to the last beat of his heart. You owe it to him to be worthy of such devotion.  ~Unknown~





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