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TINKER TALES – Chapter 3 It was just any other ordinary night. Feed Tinker, eat our dinners together, watch some TV and take his royal highness out on his walk. At the time we lived in a standard track home that happened to be at the end of the street. It sat next to a fairly busy 4 lane road. I kep...

TINKER TALES – Chapter 2 Tinker went EVERYWHERE with us. I don’t mean an occasional trip here and there. I mean everywhere and that includes to work with me or Michelle each and every day. Well, besides going nuts when he’d hear my semi truck start (knowing he’s going somewhere fun with papa) and be...

We can't stop thinking about our son. We decided to write down some of his more humorous tales and it became 6 pages long. I set it up into the outline for a book we may write about Tinker. I thought I'd try out a new story each day on you guys (if you don't mind) and see what the results are. If th...

I would not even hesitate to introduce this vet to my 45. You couldn't imagine my rath if this happened to me. Being a christian would quickly take a back seat if anyone ever hurt my son. Andy PS the board administrator may delete this because it's not PC. But vets better be aware that there ARE own...

I'm so terribly sorry for your loss. I know exactly how you feel and how big the hole is now. You are not alone. Michelle and I will say a prayer for you tonight. What an awful thing, to lose something as wonderful and God sent as a chow.
Andy

You know what? Finding this website has been such a blessing! I get to read about others and their funny stories. It brings back so many of these types of memories. Michelle and I still REALLY struggle with missing our Tinker. I mean, it's been tough. He was such a presence and so much involved in E...

You guys want to hear what lengths a trained chow owner goes to? We quickly found out Tinker was really scared of thunder. I tried all those dog trainer "tricks" to get him to at least not hide under the bed and shake in fear. That stuff didn't work with Wug-Wug. Here's what works, I know,...

My best wishes for your pops! When our Tinker was about 7 years old we tried to rescue a very friendly rottie. We started by taking them both on extremely long walks together. Using this as the introduction. You know, common ground and all. It went ok. Ok means as long as Tinker couldn't get near Ni...

Use to have similar problem. Found out IT WASNT THE ANIMAL but what the animal had been in and through. What could be ON your little one that's bothering you. Has he been through or peed on any plants or bushes outside that could be the culprit. Has a cat rubbed against him, perhaps a new or differe...

Thank you for putting this together, it's great, especially because it has the cutest chow in the world, Tinker in it.

Sorry, I'm kinda biased.

Andy
Tinker's Papa

what do you mean it will bump me?

Does anyone know anything about Nanooks Den in So. Cal.?

Andy

Here's my 2 cents. Tinker's ears never stood up. As he got older the floppy ears added to his "puppy look". Even at over 15 years old people ALWAYS asked....."how old is your puppy?" Now I know that some AKC show people would say that his ears were a bad trait and not breed stand...

Take it from a vetran chow-dude. Don't ever take that shadow for granted! Ever. It's been more than 3 months since our shadow has gone on ahead of us. I STILL use caution getting out of bed because I'm so use to not wanting to step on him. It brings me a sort of happiness reading your posts of how y...

You have no idea how close our 2 stories are. You are not alone.
Tinker and Cinnabear are waiting for us together.

Dear Lord, we miss our friends. Please comfort our hearts with frequent memories of purple tongues and smiling chow faces.

Andy

You have no idea how close our 2 stories are. You are not alone.
Tinker and Cinnabear are waiting for us together.

Dear Lord, we miss our friends. Please comfort our hearts with frequent memories of purple tongues and smiling chow faces.

Andy

Treat me kindly, My beloved friend, for no heart in all the world is more grateful for kindness than the loving heart of me. Don't break my spirit with a stick, for though I should lick your hand between blows, your patience and understanding will more quickly teach me things you would have me learn...

Yes, That's our little boy. He went EVERYWHERE with me or my wife. That picture is is after we got done transporting 3 chows that were rescued from the LA area. We brought them up to chowchowrescue of the sierras to find forever homes. The sling is a "bottomsupleash.com" product. At 8 year...

Jennifer and Orso,
Yes, thanks for catching that. I guess I was so sad I got the silly date wrong. I fixed it! Again, Thanks.

Hey Big Trucker,

vtxandy waving a hand from San Jose, Ca.

Fuel Tanker Driver
Suicide Jokey
Tinker's papa

I always remember how Tinker would get all excited when I'd fire up the rig and he'd hear the Cummins idling in the driveway. He loved going bye-bye!

YOU HAVE TO GO HERE! This is vtxandy, San Jose, CA. Dr. Rick Leninger - South County Animal Hospital He was Tinker's vet for over 15 years. He's good with Chows, knows their breed conditions. Here's what kind of guy he is. Tinker had an ear operation. Late that night, Tinker woke me up crying in pai...

All of the response have helped so much!

Tinker, Papa wrote you a letter. I loved you from the second I first saw you until the moment you took your last breath in our arms. For 15 years and 7 days you showed us what heaven will be like. Dearest and most Precious Tinker, Your Momma and Papa want to thank you for being the bestest dog and m...

Tinker got use to the wheelchair kind of quickly. There's one problem though. Tinker's rear legs got wobbly at around 13 years old so we got the chair. You know how aloof and independent these guys are. When he was IN THE CHAIR, to get up off his tummy or to get forward motion, I'd have to put my fo...

Hey evyone, This is Andy. Tinker's papa. I logged on today and read the replies to our email about losing our prescious Tinker. OMG! So many responses from so many caring and loving hearts. I can not even begin to tell you all how you've retstored my faith in our fellow man. Men and women from all o...