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i have been resisting getting a dog because with each passing weekend it's more obvious that i can barely take care of myself.

This is why I have cats. Cats are not hobbies, though. They are... objects.

― kenan, Thursday, 19 April 2007 19:48 (nineteen years ago)

Cats are bros.

― Jordan, Thursday, 19 April 2007 19:49 (nineteen years ago)

But I think Kevin would be a good dog dad. Also, the weather is about to be wonderful tous les temps, so you can take him with you to sit out on bar patios and back decks and parks...

― KitCat, Thursday, 19 April 2007 19:49 (nineteen years ago)

I'd get one but it's a big no-no for our apartment and Jonesy would be PISSED. Before too awful long I will have one, though. Either a beagle or a little mutt dog, I don't really care about breeds as long as the thing's hair is short.

― dan m, Thursday, 19 April 2007 19:49 (nineteen years ago)

xp - Eh, not necessarily. There are lots of loving animals out there who need homes. If it helps you and it helps the animal, no one gets hurt and everyone is cared for the end. I mean, it worked for me. 9 years later, I'm taking better care of myself and I have an old cocker spaniel who knew me when.

ps i am allergic to cats and i met my dog at a party, where someone asked, "do you want him?" and i impulsively said YES.

― La Lechera, Thursday, 19 April 2007 19:50 (nineteen years ago)

also, i don't want to be a single father. i know it works for some people but not for me.

― chicago kevin, Thursday, 19 April 2007 19:51 (nineteen years ago)

Re: cats, I can get home on a Friday and be like "What is up, dog. I'm splitting for the weekend, y'all take care of the place for me, alright? Thx."

xpost

― Jordan, Thursday, 19 April 2007 19:51 (nineteen years ago)

Kevin, if you got a wee dogster you could take him to the dog beach and we could all play with him!

― Jenny, Thursday, 19 April 2007 19:52 (nineteen years ago)

yeah, I don't want to have to take an animal out to poop and have no one to shuffle that duty onto every now and again.

― kenan, Thursday, 19 April 2007 19:52 (nineteen years ago)

i couldn't take him to the beach, dogs aren't allowed on the el or bus ;_;

― chicago kevin, Thursday, 19 April 2007 19:52 (nineteen years ago)

You call your cat 'dog?'

xpost - you could walk or bike there. You need a doggie bike basket.

― KitCat, Thursday, 19 April 2007 19:53 (nineteen years ago)

Haha, I got Sample the Cat via an impulsive response to a "free cat" email at my old job and now we're BFFs 4lyf.

xp - if he's a wee man, you can put him in a tote bag and nobody will ever know!

― Jenny, Thursday, 19 April 2007 19:53 (nineteen years ago)

I can see what you mean. But someday you may meet a canine man who needs your love and it's always good to have an open mind about it...

I kept Junie illegally in my apartment for 6 months until I could move out. No one even knew he was there, or at least they never said anything.

ps re: beaches that is why my dudes and i live within 2 blocks of the beach!

― La Lechera, Thursday, 19 April 2007 19:54 (nineteen years ago)

Obviously what is happening here is that I want a wee dog to carry to the dog beach in a tote bag.

― Jenny, Thursday, 19 April 2007 19:54 (nineteen years ago)

i think what i need immediately is a book. i need something else to look forward to instead of going out and socializing.

― chicago kevin, Thursday, 19 April 2007 19:54 (nineteen years ago)

Who wants to go live with Kevin?

I do! I do!
http://www.dogdoright.com/images/untitledma10362900-0002_000.jpg

― Jenny, Thursday, 19 April 2007 19:55 (nineteen years ago)

I agree that going out of town when you have a dog is a major PITA.

OMGOMGOMGOMG dog armpits are the cutest things since their chins.

― La Lechera, Thursday, 19 April 2007 19:55 (nineteen years ago)

You call your cat 'dog?'

Hell yes, I do.

― Jordan, Thursday, 19 April 2007 19:55 (nineteen years ago)

!!! woo little dude!

― chicago kevin, Thursday, 19 April 2007 19:55 (nineteen years ago)

The obvious solution to the beach transpo problem is to get a dog with his own car.

http://media3.guzer.com/pictures/small_dog_driver.jpg

― Jenny, Thursday, 19 April 2007 19:56 (nineteen years ago)

GISing "small dog" is the most fulfilling thing I've done all day.

― Jenny, Thursday, 19 April 2007 19:56 (nineteen years ago)

Wow, Kevin, I think Own Dog could be the best thing you do all year?

― Laurel, Thursday, 19 April 2007 19:58 (nineteen years ago)

Or it was until this:

http://www.theconservativevoice.com/ap/img/DAR10203270803.jpg

― Jenny, Thursday, 19 April 2007 19:58 (nineteen years ago)

AHHHH that dog has hair on his fur!

― Jordan, Thursday, 19 April 2007 19:59 (nineteen years ago)

Reason #1 to be single dog father: it may attract potential dog mothers.

― La Lechera, Thursday, 19 April 2007 19:59 (nineteen years ago)

OTM

― dan m, Thursday, 19 April 2007 19:59 (nineteen years ago)

just sayin'

― La Lechera, Thursday, 19 April 2007 19:59 (nineteen years ago)

http://www.smalldogcarriers.net/images/home_photo_1.jpg

― Jenny, Thursday, 19 April 2007 20:00 (nineteen years ago)

You'd think the ladies would like a sensitive cat-loving dude, but you'd be wrong most of the time.

― Jordan, Thursday, 19 April 2007 20:01 (nineteen years ago)

I took Stella (k@tie's cousin's dog, whom some of you have met) for a walk once and got more lady attention in that half hour than in probably the month prior. Stella being a cutie pie probably had a lot to do with it.

― dan m, Thursday, 19 April 2007 20:02 (nineteen years ago)

http://mfrost.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/puuuug.jpg

― Jenny, Thursday, 19 April 2007 20:02 (nineteen years ago)

I have a habit of saying hello to dogs that I pass on the street while completely ignoring their humans.

― Jenny, Thursday, 19 April 2007 20:03 (nineteen years ago)

death by pug cuteness

― dan m, Thursday, 19 April 2007 20:03 (nineteen years ago)

Cat people are not necessarily sensitive. Some... ahem... people I know very much appreciate a cat's emotional aloofness, and the fact that cats will often totally ignore you for hours on end. Unless it's cold, in which case they are right there with warm fur ready for you.

― kenan, Thursday, 19 April 2007 20:03 (nineteen years ago)

that's why i don't like cats
too aloof
too cool
dogs are not cool and they poop outside and don't care

― La Lechera, Thursday, 19 April 2007 20:04 (nineteen years ago)

my dream doggie:

http://www.dogbreedinfo.com/images17/MalShiSofie8Months6Pounds.JPG

― kenan, Thursday, 19 April 2007 20:04 (nineteen years ago)

hi there mr buttons

― La Lechera, Thursday, 19 April 2007 20:05 (nineteen years ago)

I am sure most of our cats would poop outside if we let them out there... Right before they were mauled by 9000 rats because they're wimpy from living indoors forever.

― dan m, Thursday, 19 April 2007 20:05 (nineteen years ago)

Gurl, Sample is neither aloof (she runs to the door to greet strangers and will jump on your lap as soon as look at you) nor cool (she falls off things all the time). I find that indoor cats are pretty loony tunes friendly (except Acker who is Satan) but indoor/outdoor cats, who have experienced a world outside the domicile, are pretty much over human companionship.

― Jenny, Thursday, 19 April 2007 20:06 (nineteen years ago)

Dobler is another excellent example of v. friendly cat.

― Jenny, Thursday, 19 April 2007 20:06 (nineteen years ago)

Our cats aren't very cool. I mean, in a good way...

― KitCat, Thursday, 19 April 2007 20:07 (nineteen years ago)

well, ok. being allergic to cats has limited the spectrum of Cats I've Known. i agree that they're cute and all, but dogs are more to my liking.

that's it. i am taking carl for a walk. my man needs exercise (and, frankly, after three days of eating mountains of lentils, so do i)

― La Lechera, Thursday, 19 April 2007 20:07 (nineteen years ago)

hi there mr buttons

heh.

No, I want a girl doggie and she will be Miss Wiggins.

Dobler is another excellent example of v. friendly cat.

True. She's a sweetie and does demand to have her ears scratched. But I still don't have to walk her. :)

― kenan, Thursday, 19 April 2007 20:07 (nineteen years ago)

Well, Lucy is pretty cool...
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/1/126356462_6dbd60ab43_m.jpg
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/34/73585395_b560ff4cc8_m.jpg

― KitCat, Thursday, 19 April 2007 20:09 (nineteen years ago)

http://lh5.google.com/image/kevin.rys/RifMLHVNIcI/AAAAAAAAADQ/hphgNJAymfE/s400/C%3A%5CDocuments%20and%20Settings%5Cvhahinrysk%5CMy%20Documents%5CMy%20Pictures%5Cfamily%20portrait-%20christmas%202004.jpg

― chicago kevin, Thursday, 19 April 2007 20:09 (nineteen years ago)

Awww... :-(

― KitCat, Thursday, 19 April 2007 20:10 (nineteen years ago)

What's his name?

― KitCat, Thursday, 19 April 2007 20:10 (nineteen years ago)

I like walking them. Except for in the winter, when I hate walking them. But it's worth it because they're good boys and they need someone to help them with doors and whatnot.

awww you can barely see that guy but for his little grey snozzle.

― La Lechera, Thursday, 19 April 2007 20:10 (nineteen years ago)

linus bucko jones.

― chicago kevin, Thursday, 19 April 2007 20:10 (nineteen years ago)

Don't get me wrong, I totally want a dog. I just don't want to live in a zoo, which is what would happen if I added one more little animicule into our mix.

― KitCat, Thursday, 19 April 2007 20:11 (nineteen years ago)

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