konadog wrote:Anyway, that's Konadog's story. We just love him!
What a great story, what a great dog and what a great owner(s)....always makes me smile when I hear a good 'rescue' dog story.
Well here's my little mutt - his name is Jed and he is from the rescue centre/dogs home (pound?)
We've had him 2 years now (which I guess makes him 4yrs old now!) and he is now a very happy dog. He was badly beaten and neglected by his previous owners and wouldn't go near men until about 4 months after we'd got him. He used to pee everywhere whenever I tried to stroke him and he'd hide under the table if someone strange to him walked in the house (often lying in his own urine out of fright!)
It breaks my heart to think about his past, but that's all behind him now.
We have shown him all the love a dog could possibly get - we take on LONG walks twice a day and he just loves to go camping. He's not spoilt, just loved to bits.
Everyone who has ever met Jed falls in love with him. He is SO gentle and such a great character. He comes to work with me everyday and we are never apart from each other....all the places I work, the regulars keep treats for him and always say hello to him before me. He is genuinely part of me and apparently, if I go out anywhere and leave him at home, he sits at the door waiting for me to come home, even though he could be curled up with my Girlfriend!
He is a very quick learner and so keen to please. He very quickly learnt that he can’t go upstairs or on the furniture etc…and has never even tried. First thing in the morning when one of us goes downstairs, he literally yodels his head off in delight in his K9 "good morning" song to us…
He is now a lot more confident with strangers (cautious to start with, but not scared any more) and his character seems to develop more and more each day.
Life without Jed would just not be possible for me now – he is my best friend and my true buddy.
Some shots of him on camping trips - note his own little tent which he gets zipped up in at night (he actually sleeps in it
every night with the door zipped up - he LOVES it!!)
He loves his beer....
....and he burps/belches a lot after eating too (his after dinner speech!
) Exquisite table manners!!
So there you go - Jed (AKA Wee Man, Jedster, Monkey Boy) our little four legged friend.
) I can't help notice lots of great dog shots posted here and there throughout the forum. Any other deli drivers out there smitten with their dogs? Ours came from the pound about ten months ago, a couple of months after we buried his predecessor (very sad as he was only 4 years old 
) Anyway, Konadog was looking pretty sad sitting in the pound at 24 kilos of skin and bone. He was well known to the dog catcher as he was a regular escapee and was often on the lamb running through town. At a year and a half old he still needed to be fixed before we could take him home 
When we did he was pretty lacklustre for a week or so and then the N.R.G. high end diet (The BEST prepared dog food available) and quiet house kicked in and we found out why he was abandoned to the pound! CRAZY, CRAZY dog! He came with the name Diesel, but should have been Two-stroke - Zero to full tilt in a split second! Could hardy walk him as he would leap around and whine and pull. It was only about a week in before I started to take him bike riding - ON LEASH. He would leap and pull there too and crashed me several times while we were learning. It took months and many repeat episodes of The Dog Whisperer and a strong, determined force of will, but Konadog has found his stride. He now weighs in at a solid muscle 32 kilos. He gets a 40 min. walk with his 5 kilo pack first thing every morning, no matter the weather and an hour +/- 15 km. bike ride every single day. Only missed 4 days all winter when there was just too much snow. He just LOVES trotting along beside the bike and Jo and I now take turns "driving" and there has not been a crash for several months now 
is a big source of stress for him. If we're planning a trip out of town we have to take him for his 15 km first, or he whines and pants and is just stressed the whole way. After a good ride though, he is easy and sleeps. Anyway, that's Konadog's story. We just love him! Would love to hear about other deli-dogs out there and to see some pictures clustered together in a single thread! Thanks to any of you who add this thread 
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Good Ship 
