Friday Coffee and Chat -- 6th March 2026

@Chasingsunsets No Shadow is almost 10 years old, we got her as a puppy. She is a mixed breed, rottweiler mixed with Austrian Shepherd dog. She has been the easiest to train and most obedient dog i ever had. She is clever and alert. Her down side is she is not overly loving, not like Zeus and Zeta, nowhere near. She hates hugs, but loves running and hunting.

@Shaz51 @creative_writer @Snowie @Honeymoon

The big trouble with had with her is her love for hunting a lot of bird life perished before i fully realised how deadly she was. She would literally climb trees to wreck a nest with young in it. However when the majority of our small bird life had disappeared we realised we had to lock her up iun the yard if we ever wanted our abundant bird life back.

She did clean up all the rabbits who had been destroy my wife's garden for years and we had tried in vain to keep out. In just 4 weeks she clean up every single one of them. And only one more ever got in for a few days before we let Shadow loose on it. There is no escaping her when she has their scent. She is amazing to behold. And because i trained her does not damage the garden catching them.

i love he heaps. She is an awesome dog. (but i love the hugging ones, while Shadow hates hugs a lot. She wants action!)

Cn you see Shadow on her own? That is how she is she be thinking where is the rabbit or fox? i ned to get them. Or something like that.

I see @DownMoreThanUp!! Reminds me of working maremmas aloof and take there job seriously. Always watching always protecting. What an amazing dog, your property is very safe with her around for sure! Can’t believe she’d be up a tree, well I can if it’s disturbing her area she wants it gone hehe. It’s amazing and she would be incredibly loyal to your home. Is she fine with all the animals you have to protect? 😊

Hey @Jacques wonderful to see you

hugs @Shaz51

cooee @Chasingsunsets @creative_writer @DownMoreThanUp

welcome @Calamity it helps having social threads or you can start a more personal one... by pressing new discussion

I am middling @creative_writer thanks for asking.

I have had a hard few months. Today, I had a few moments of connection, one online, and one at the supermarket at the checkout. I am finding more of my flow, so more spontaneous and find that has helped me connect a lot more than I used to. Just doing life.

Nice to hear from you @creative_writer 😊, analogy coming up 😁 oh yeah I’m alright copped a few good serves recently just trying to level up the game now 🎾☺️

but all good here 🌻

@Chasingsunsets Yes she learns after just one or most two times a DO NOT TOUCH!

@Shaz51 @creative_writer @Appleblossom @Jacques

i always teach all puppies not to touch even nice morsels, when i house train them. (by laying nice morsels in front of them and then only allowing them to take it when i say so. i'm not overly on commanding animals, but house dogs need to know a few commands for sure.

Commands like, don't bite, don't touch, stop barking, go to sleep, et ......, fetch, Okay, Come, Hug, as well as the normal give me a paw, lay/get down, and sit commands of course.

So she will never attack the chicken, Geese, fowl or ducks after only one or two times telling her not to. This had made is so interesting teaching her an obedience i do not seek with other more difficult dogs.

So with rabbits and foxes she knows what i mean. She knows a fox is different prey than rabbit and usually not in the garden but near the chicken run or the commotion going on because of danger. She is very intelligent. A real pity she is so cold hearted when it comes to cuddles and hugs. She literally walk away if i try, although she is always happy to see me. Weird really.

She is Austrian Shepard dog mixed with rottweiler.

https://www.tiktok.com/@brandysovo/video/7244880876646108462