DOGS

http://www.greatdogsite.com/admin/uploaded_files/1191990474pembroke_welsh_corgi.jpg

Corgis though, all the awesome. Too good to be associated with the Queen.

lack of dignity in the small dog that insists on bullying and shouting down all other dogs

Yeah, I know. I don't think I'd ever really noticed this before recently but it's pretty horrible when they do this. I hate Yorkies.

Also I know you hate ugly dogs but the thing is that I don't think pugs, frenchies or bulldogs are ugly at all - I think they're adorable. You want ugly?

This is ugly:

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2010/12/16/article-1339113-0C81AC84000005DC-395_634x908.jpg

I really really hate the lack of dignity in the small dog that insists on bullying and shouting down all other dogs. Some people think this ridiculosity is "cute," apparently? I think it's repugnant

i think it's sweet!

i like bolshy attitudes

re: pitbulls — There's this awesome pitbull I would visit every day in the summer who lives down the block who would always have his head stuck through the bars of the metal fence in front of the building. Once I was walking to the bus stop and I saw his owner walking him and the doggie recognized me instantly and jumped onto me, mortifying his owner.

"i hate yappy dogs" is just a bit of a let-me-prove-my-manliness/coolness cliché to me

It's Little Man Syndrome. If they were human those dogs would be like particularly repulsive contestants on The Apprentice.

I think it's more that people dislike things that show their fear so blatantly. Like a giant Great Dane is probably the most loving thing ever but probably not afraid of anyone.

Stayed with a friend in Spain who had a Yorkshire terrier, a German Shepherd and some kind of bloodhound, and the Yorkshire terrier was the undisputed leader. It was weird but possibly not uncommon.

http://www.we-love-dogz.com/boxer.jpg

Repping for boxers here. They're like a pug's older cooler brother. Manly without being thuggish.

I LOVE boxers (but the pug is just as cool ;p). There is one who lives next door and he's the cutest thing ever.

I esp love boxers with normal flappy ears like that one. :)

Love boxers as long as they belong to other people. :D I just couldn't make room for that much drool in my life, but I'd like to visit it occasionally.

Like when they've just been at the water bowl and then you sit down and they trot over to put their chin on your knee and gaze up at you...and that's the end of whatever your knees are wearing.

I think it's more that people dislike things that show their fear so blatantly. Like a giant Great Dane is probably the most loving thing ever but probably not afraid of anyone.

― mauricio kagel exercise (corey), Friday, December 17, 2010 10:03 AM (5 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

otm

Since moving in with my gf and her Dane I am continually amazed what a giant lovey doofus he is, but some people are just fucking terrified of the dude. I don't know if it's possible to be licked to death but that's probably the extent of the damage he could willingly do. He does tend to knock things over occasionally.

also otm wrt drool

and yeah write in vote for Great Danes, I mean look at this guy

http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs033.snc1/2593_1077365584842_1547316516_208999_4396073_n.jpg

My parents had to put their all-black standard poodle down yesterday because of lymphoma and total system failure, at only about 6 years old. He wasn't the best dog in the world, but he is grieved.

RIP Jackaroo.

Great Danes are fucking amazing. My uncle breeds them and has raised two regional champion dogs; they're just the best dogs.

my favourite BIG DOGS are newfies

http://www.jklgrooming.com/Images06/Photo22/Newfie_After_Groom.JPG

(American) Cocker Spaniel. I had mine for fifteen years, spanning my childhood through adulthood, and he was just the sweetest, most personable dog. Little lacking in brainpower (had problems with concepts like "glass is transparent" and "things that fall on the floor aren't always food", but he made up for it in temperament.

http://www.dogcastradio.com/images/AmericanCockerSpaniel.jpg

i grew up with shiloh shepherds, they are the fucking bomb

http://www.shilohshepherdtssr.com/images/Chewie-1.jpg

also huge

Yeah, have always liked the looks of your family sheps, gb.

Would bro down with that newfy. It'd be like having a small domesticated bear round the house.

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1016/1286957573_671bbcd91a_o.jpg

motherfucker @ 6 months

no way

way

http://lossmaignewfoundlands.co.uk/images/family_144.jpg

OMG!!!

He's great.

<3 newfies too

awwwwwww they love each other

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5249/5268490339_e4f9489916_b.jpg

aaaaand here he is on thanksgiving

awwww

Would bro down with that newfy. It'd be like having a small domesticated bear round the house.

when i was 13 or so we stayed in vancouver w/family friends with a newfy puppy, and it kind of was!

I want a tiny house bear.

newfie = house bear
dane = house horse

I like dogs that galumph. I'd also like to be able to put lamps and ashtrays and things on tables, though. With a Great Dane, do you pretty much have to give up on things on tables?

food things (unless you are there to keep watch): yes
other things: mostly OK, his tail is not the destructor it could be, but there are infrequent collisions

keeping him off the couch/bed is a pain in the ass, esp since he grew up with a dedicated twin mattress to chill on that we don't have room for these days

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_LTWqGVqO5uQ/TNhXBVUY6SI/AAAAAAAAADc/7oh0wwS1VJ8/s1600/Afghan_Hound.jpg

This dog is such a loser. I bet it likes Vampire Weekend.

http://www.thecinemasource.com/moviesdb/images/Sarah_Jessica_Parker%20-%201%20-%20The_Family_Stone.jpg

my old dogs basically just hung out outside all day, tbh. my parents were really good about training them not to beg or get crazy food ambitions, so the only time they ever sniped food was if you really made it easy/tempting.

the only time it ever seemed like an issue was when they'd get all riled up and start jamming through the house, back and forth from the kitchen to the porch, because my mom had a china cabinet and i swear i could hear things breaking whenever they'd go by it. clancy, on several occasions, also beelined right for it if you made the mistake of putting a toy in front.

NB---we only had one dog at once, if that wasn't clear

http://www.independent.co.uk/multimedia/archive/00226/16-foonew-ashdown_226884t.jpg

also tully, the new one, is really dumb, esp compared to the old dog (who figured out how to open the back door). plus i honestly think he might have some bizarro brain damage. he refuses, REFUSES, to use stairs (really), and is occasionally terrified about passing through doorways. i actually turned up a possible neurological explanation for this while studying for school once but forgot it :-/

he's a sweetheart, though

Most favouritest dog breed

Corgi
Pug
Basset hound
Pittie bull
Staffy bull
French bulldog

Someone needs to post the Buzzfeed Top 30 Dogs of the Internet here

On yr computer, planning ILX takeover:

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/146/354111117_1d2127ab94.jpg

The bulldog gets my vote for his PATCHWORK REPRESENTATION here:

http://www.muji.eu/pages/online.asp?V=1&Sec=21&Sub=87&PID=4836

Muji, all my hats, they are yours.

Also write in for SHIBA INU!

I am now about to spam you with baby wolves! ONE MOMENT PLEASE

baby wolves!!! yes.

lurcher or weimaraner, I think

the noble samoyed imo

http://i.imgur.com/nZWuv.png

they're fun to brush, afterwards you have what amounts to a trashbag full of teddy bear stuffing

So sorry, Table. She sounds like she was a great pal and enjoying her life right up to the last.

So sorry. It’s hard to know when it’s time, but you did the right thing.

<3 table

Sorry to hear that table.

I'm so sorry.

genuinely sorry to hear this about your top best friend Tabes.

<3

thanks yall. i took the day off work, taking the day off tomorrow too. my lacrimal glands are getting a fucking workout.

years ago a friend posted a poem after her pup passed that has been ringing for me. hope it’s okay to share

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1969/01/18/walking-with-lulu-in-the-wood

so sorry table.

I’m sorry tabes.

I'm so sorry. Hugs, table.

Sorry, table. Horrible loss but it sounds like she was truly loved and had a great dog life with you. The best we can do.

Massive condolences to you table, so sorry.

oh no!! <3

i used to give my dog an ice cream once or twice each summer, it was something we could both look forward to since i loved watching him eat it so much. when he started getting up there in age i decided to film it and made it into an endless loop so i could watch him eat ice cream forever. he lived another 5 years after this, almost to the day!
when I look at old photos, i only feel estrangement somehow. but i can watch this video for hours at a time sometimes, and it’s like he’s still here to tickle all my troubles away
wish they could all live forever
https://player.vimeo.com/video/138480944?loop=1

Thanks, y’all.