Funny or Heartwarming dog stories-ALL share!!!

Brittany

This morning I was loading the dishwasher and Kimber was being very nosy! He kept licking the dishes I was putting in the bottom tray and I kept shooing him out of the kitchen. Well somehow his tag gets caught on the dishwasher drawer and he must have panicked because he took off running, throwing dishes all over the floor as they fell out of the tray and dragging the tray behind him! Poor guys was so scared but it was such a sight to see him dragging the dishes through the house!

So I get him unattached from the dish tray and I am just so worried about him being scared of the dishwasher. So I call him into the kitchen and he won't come. So I get a treat and he comes to me and leaves and we repeat. Then I open the dishwasher and he freezes! Oh great Kimber has another Phobia!!! So I left the dishwasher opened and left the kitchen. Eventually he very hesitantly approached the dishwasher and started smelling it so he got more treats. I spent about 30 minutes opening and shutting the dishwasher until he was comfortable around it again

Now I just need to do this with the Vac, Garbage Truck, Fork Lift, and anything else that makes a loud noise.

fawkese1

you did a really really good job tho! that was super good thinking....


it is hard not to laugh when they do those things....

ScentHound

Not one of mine, but I thought you guys would like this. The first time I heard this story was on a trip with my mom to my brothers swim meet. From that time on we would stop at the original memorial every time we were in Fort Benton.
The Story of Shep, Forever Faithful


Over seventy years ago. Montana was still the untamed west, with cowboys and shepherds, high plains and mountains, and wide open spaces. There were, as there are today, miles of wilderness and prairie, full of antelope and prairie dogs, rabbits and coyotes, but very few people! Our true story has to do with railroads and shepherds in the wide open spaces of Montana. It is a story about one very special sheep dog.

Shepherds lived on the wide prairies, where their sheep had room to graze. They had wagons and tents, and they moved from place to place with the sheep. Sometimes they went for weeks without seeing another person. But their loyal dogs worked with them, ate with them, and slept by their side. Their dogs were their best friends.

When people wanted to travel across Montana, many of them went by rail. The trains were very important in crossing the vast distances of the West. People depended on the railroads; almost everything and anyone going very far went by train.

This is how it was those many years ago, in the summer of 1936, when a sheep herder became ill and was brought to the hospital in a little town called Fort Benton.

Fort Benton might not have been big, but it was famous. Before the railroads, Fort Benton was the last stop for the steamboats that came up the Missouri River, bringing men and supplies to the Montana gold
rushes. But when the railroads came, people didn't need the steamboats any more. Fort Benton became a quieter town, but still full of history, as it is today.

When the sick sheepherder was brought to town, his dog came too. Usually it was the dog's job to stay behind and take care of the sheep. But this dog, who would later be called Shep, came into Fort Benton with his master, and waited for him at the hospital door. Sadly, after three days, Shep's master died. His family in Ohio asked that his body be sent back home, and so it was sent on the train.

Shep followed from the hospital to the train station, and watched as the casket was put into the baggage car. He whined when the door was shut and the engine slowly started to pull away from the station. Then, with his head down, Shep turned and trotted down the tracks.

Shep dug himself a hole for a bed under the depot. He found the way to the river for water. Then, he settled in to wait. The Fort Benton train depot seemed lonely: there was just the small town, the green cottonwood trees, and the wide prairie with mountains far away. But from that day on, Shep stayed at the depot, and he met every train that came into the station. Through the long hot summer and the cold Montana winter; in rain, snow or shine: nothing kept Shep from meeting the train.

When the trains pulled in, the little station was busy with passengers and baggage, tickets and freight, loading and unloading. In all that bustle, it might have been easy not to notice the dog who watched each passenger get off the train, then went back to his house under the station to wait some more. But the conductor who came through that station saw him every day, and he wanted to know Shep's story. The conductor's name was Ed Shields, and he worked for the Great Northern Railroad. Together with the station agent, A. V. "Tony" Schanche, he pieced Shep's story together. They learned that Shep's master had died, and that Shep had already waited for two years for him to come back, meeting every train! They got a veterinarian to come visit Shep several times a year to take care of him. The veterinarian said Shep was an Australian Shepherd.

The Great Northern Railroad printed Shep's story in a little booklet that it sold to its passengers. That was when Shep became one of the most famous dogs in the world. Newspapers and magazines everywhere wrote about him, and he was featured in Ripley's "Believe It or Not." Shep got so many letters that the railroad assigned a secretary to answer his mail! School children sent him Christmas presents. Rail travelers came to Fort Benton especially just to stop there and see Shep meet their train.

People wanted to take pictures of Shep, and to make friends with him. Many people wanted to take him home. Sheepherders were especially interested in Shep. Some fifty shepherds had asked about him, said Agent Schanche. Often they came to Fort Benton in person to see Shep, hoping to take him home.

But Shep didn't want another master. He already had one: and he was waiting for him. So Shep's friends, the railroaders and station employees, said no. Shep had food from the dining car stewards. There was water available. There was the nest under the station platform. Shep knew that if the winter nights grew too cold, he could sleep inside the station. And so for five and one-half years, Shep waited. He met every train until the last day of his life.

After five years, Shep was no longer a young dog. He couldn't hear as well, and he wasn't as quick on his feet as he used to be. Maybe he didn't hear the engine or realize how near it was when train No. 235 came to the Fort Benton station. When the engine was almost on him, Shep tried to move away, but he slipped on the snowy rails. The wheels crossed his body.

Shep had gone to meet his master.

Newspapers across the country carried the story. Letters poured in again. Trainmen and station employees mourned the death of Shep, their old friend.

Shep is buried at the top of the bluff overlooking the Fort Benton station, where he could see and hear the trains. There, he is still waiting.

The Great Northern Railroad put up a memorial. The Museum of the Upper Missouri shows off Shep's collar and dog bowl. In 1994, the town of Fort Benton unveiled a bronze statue of Shep. The money was raised by selling miniatures of the statue, as well as memorial bricks which were placed beneath it. Written on these bricks, people can remember the names of their own beloved pets along with Shep, the most faithful of dogs.



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MySoulmateEmmy

^^awww. that is such a touching story.

there is another story, very similar to this one, Hachiko is an akita, who would see his master leave to go to the train station and would go and meet him at the train station every day after his master got off at his stop to come home. one day his master had a heart attack at work and passed away and hachiko didn't know that, but he went to the train station anyways. he is given away after his master's death but he escaped a lot and continued to visit the train station more, but only at the time his master's train is due. people at the train station would feed him snacks while the dog would wait. eventually he dies, but his devotion is so well known, a statue is erected at the train station in honor of him.

~MSE

TashaHope

Yeah, I watched a video on youtube about Hachiko.

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Ok, not a sad story or anything like y'all got, but I thought I'd share it anyway...

About a month ago, Tasha went up to my ferret Kiki's cage. Whenever we go downstairs that's usually where she goes first. If Kiki is awake and close enough to the bars, Tasha will lick her. Surprisingly, the ferret has yet to learn to stay away from the edge when the big slobbery pup is around. :P

Well that day, Tasha went over and was able to lick her. Tasha cocked her head to the side, ran over to the other side of the room, and came back with a toy in her mouth. She pressed the toy up against the side of the cage for a few seconds then she did a play bow. Kiki just watched her, but it was hilarious. When Kiki didn't play with her Tasha dropped the toy looked at her one last time and blew a puff of air out her mouth/nose that really sounded like a "how dare you not play with me, I just can't believe it!" type of noise, lol. With that she spun around, went a few steps the other way, and lay down looking quite dejected. I wish I had it on video camera cause that's the only time she's ever made that noise.

MySoulmateEmmy

lol, that's funny.

Sometimes, when my gpigs are in their bins when i clean their cage, I have seen Emmy try to play bow at them. occasionally she tries to paw at them, but she doesn't realize they aren't puppies and the gpigs don't realize she can hurt them. I also see Toadie reach up over the top of her bin and Emmy and her will go nose to nose, then Emmy will decide they don't do a good enough job keeping themselves clean so she will lick them all over (bums are paid special attention to ) Asher has no worries about trying to nip at Emmy if she bothers her too much though. hehe.

~MSE