DOGS

STOP IT

i love him so much

http://i.imgur.com/2oTQTq5.gif

Hahahah.

http://i.imgur.com/yK2bhJ9.jpg

http://news.sciencemag.org/brain-behavior/2014/08/wolves-cooperate-dogs-submit-study-suggests?rss=1

http://cdn2.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/2458956/dog_chart_2.0.png

i would like to point out that the siberian husky is not dumb, just bored by your stupid tests

aha confirmed -- i looked at the data sheet and "intelligence" = "trainability" which is not exactly the same thing

lol, the cat

moving stealthily

what precisely is the purpose of that hideous chart

To troll dog owners.

Yeah I kinda wish my husky was dumb. He figured out how to open a push button microwave/oven and stole half a rack of ribs. He can now open any door in the house - in and out (including his crate). At this point I've given up on discouraging it and I now use him as an in-house herald; going before me opening (and holding! trainable!) doors, announcing my imminent presence.

i would like to point out that the siberian husky is not dumb, just bored by your stupid tests

lolz i was about to post this too then i remembered how my husky fell off the bed this morning while cleaning her butt

she def only does stuff that she's trained to do when she feels like it

Went to classes and was assured that after a year of consistent practice desired behaviours would become second nature (even in a Husky). A year later and still always the 'what's in it for me?' look.

All four of my dogs (three mixed breeds and a jack russell) are like that. No, we're not coming back. We can't hear you. We're busy over... BISCUITS! Why didn't you say so before? Hello! Look how good we are.

haha you're both otm!!

tbh we haven't been *that* consistent with training, but she's such a brat, and just won't concentrate if she doesn't feel like it. after a year of sleeping on her bed (...mostly), in the last couple weeks she has now become a permanent fixture in OUR bed, bc she's a pro at being a dickhead all day then getting on the bed and acting absolutely pathetic and cute.

that was my dog as well when I had a dog

I could not hack the bed thing with all the shedding. Him in my room wasn't even supposed to be a long term thing but with his mastery of doors, the only way to keep him out is to start locking doors which isn't really an option.

I break training the moment he appears restless but now he sees or hears the clicker and immediately goes into play mode even if I'm holding kryptonite (chicken). For now I'm asking other people to do it while I give them instructions to throw him off.

i'm now used to waking up with fur in my mouth :/

Fur in the mouth? I can live with that. Fur in the hair? Nope. No can do. The pain of combing it out brings back traumatic memories of Sunday mornings at grandma's house.

hmm that hasn't been an issue for me, although my husband always has neko's fur stuck in his beard.

Do your huskies hate being brushed? Mine gets bored after a while. He also hates that I LOVE picking out all of the puffy white fur. I gave up on keeping fur off everything, esp. me.

They want to be good, but where food is involved there is no logic in it.My favorite was when he just had to open a bag of coffee to see if it tasted good.

neko is ok with being brushed, depending on how antsy she is in general. but she def doesn't mind my plucking her loose tufts, which i find incredibly satisfying.

Whippets aren't stupid. They are not really big on performing on command but have a lot of emotional intelligence; if I've ever shouted at Kenny I've regretted it because he is visibly upset by angry human voices.

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Max hated it and used to fuss like crazy. Nowadays I wait till he's just woken up and do it in tandem with his morning self-grooming routine and he's fine. Found a missing brush buried under a bush in the garden so I'm probably reading too much into his compliance.

Poor bulldogs, big loveable dullards they are.

Aren't German Sheppards widely considered to be among the top 3 most intelligent breeds of all (along with poodles and border collies). Having them that far left seems blatantly contrary to everything I've heard. In sum, "trolling dog owners" seems OTM

I had a shepherd / lab mix, he was very smart, but aloof and a little boring.

Another thing the husky did was find a bottle of ginseng (not mine) somewhere. Woke up in the middle of the night to the sound of pans crashing on the floor. He had taken every pot and pan out of the cabinets and threw them on the kitchen floor. Ten feet away was the bottle of ginseng, which had made him sleepless and hyper, poor baby.

siberian ginseng, siberian husky, what could go wrong?

Aren't German Sheppards widely considered to be among the top 3 most intelligent breeds of all (along with poodles and border collies). Having them that far left seems blatantly contrary to everything I've heard. In sum, "trolling dog owners" seems OTM

― ed.b, Monday, January 5, 2015 2:54 PM

you're reading it wrong

Yeah both grooming and food costs are deducted from the score of the dog so basically big furry dog is going to not make it into the right side of the graph

Which is of course why this graph is garbage and dumb as shit

really angry with my older larger dog rn because i was trying to brush him and he attacked my hand
he didn't bite me, i know he was just trying to get me to stop doing something he didn't enjoy, but his teeth collided with my bony knuckles and now they're purple and swollen and hurt. something changed in him after he was attacked last year and now he hardly will tolerate being touched at all without growling.

New husky in the family!! She's purty and super sweet!

http://foreverhusky.org/index.php?option=com_sfg&formid=10&RescueAnimalID=135&iframe=1

My dad just texted me this photo he took of their Bassett playing in the snow this morning. You are welcome.

http://i.imgur.com/RGPU93u.jpg

yesssssss

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=39RYrucTvGo

Aw JF, he loves it!

dogs in the snow are always reliably excellent

the fever family bassett is a very big hit at my house.

It's just the best picture.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xb5UQJ__omM

I was all set to go "Awww poor doggie" but then I got to the end and all was well! ^_^

@maymothedog is unstoppable

ok, i never wanted a dog, but my gf is pretty serious about a new dog era. the ideal dog would be small, hair-not-fur, and super chill (like bichons, cotons, javanese, etc). however, we both work 8 hour days, and the first adoption place she reached out to said no dice, that won't work.

is there a dog that would work for our situation? any stories of dogs that can be left alone in a crate or house during the day? how do people even have dogs then?

I personally feel that a working couple shouldn't own a dog unless another person will help out. I mean could you imagine having to hold your piss in for 8-9 hours every working day?

fair

i mean, if i didn't drink coffee i could probably manage. do dogs drink coffee?

Small dogs can be trained to use pee pads or even a litter box, but I'm talking ankle biters like chihuahuas and pomeranians.