― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 13 April 2006 00:01 (eighteen years ago) link
― Gilbert O'Sullivan (kenan), Thursday, 13 April 2006 00:08 (eighteen years ago) link
― Big Willy and the Twins (miloaukerman), Thursday, 13 April 2006 00:28 (eighteen years ago) link
I know a few sweet rescue dogs, and their owners also got that benefit, although they came with some problems (mostly super shyness) as well. So it's not always a perfect situation.
― lyra (lyra), Thursday, 13 April 2006 00:36 (eighteen years ago) link
― Andrew (enneff), Thursday, 13 April 2006 00:55 (eighteen years ago) link
Cats are unable to kill you, but would want nothing more and this angers them immensely.
Personally, I bear dogs no ill will but I've got no use for their barking and shedding and drooling and farting and the hair all over the place and the licking their ass and then licking your face and the filthiness and all of that. Cats, I'm highly allergic to so I've never thought much about it. I exist separately from them and always have.
But pugs are cute as hell, as are dachshunds and welsh corgies. I'm tempted sometimes.
― joygoat (joygoat), Thursday, 13 April 2006 01:37 (eighteen years ago) link
― Big Willy and the Twins (miloaukerman), Thursday, 13 April 2006 01:48 (eighteen years ago) link
― youn, Thursday, 13 April 2006 03:54 (eighteen years ago) link
ok, so this is the funniest thing i've read today so far.
― Ste (Fuzzy), Thursday, 13 April 2006 08:31 (eighteen years ago) link
― not-goodwin (not-goodwin), Thursday, 13 April 2006 08:35 (eighteen years ago) link
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1124/741750900_aa37eedc55_b.jpg
― milo z, Friday, 6 July 2007 20:16 (sixteen years ago) link
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1065/740883845_b07be68401_b.jpg
― milo z, Friday, 6 July 2007 20:17 (sixteen years ago) link
Is that a pitbull/freetail bat hybrid?
― Oilyrags, Sunday, 8 July 2007 00:42 (sixteen years ago) link
OMG PUPPY I LOVE YOU! That is the same face my dog makes in that position, except when you aren't giving him a belly rub, he looks at you from the corner of his eye like, "Where's mah bely rub?"
― Abbott, Sunday, 8 July 2007 00:45 (sixteen years ago) link
yay! fat beagles!
― kingfish, Sunday, 8 July 2007 00:53 (sixteen years ago) link
I just (yesterday) got home from house/dog-sitting a labrador. It is joy being in a home with no dog hair and no wet doggy smell. I vacuumed that place every day and there was STILL hair everywhere, nearly drove me batty. The dog was gentle and lovely, but a tad clingy - I'm glad to be home not having her following me everywhere in the house. I think if I ever got a dog it would have to be reasonably independent and not pine for me every time I left the house.
― gem, Sunday, 8 July 2007 03:11 (sixteen years ago) link
dogs=classic!!! we have a staffy/lab/? cross called Bella, and she brings so much joy into our house (fuck that sounds corny, but it's true). she's kinda like an ADD 4yr old on smack sometimes, but she's so much fun, so loving and so smart. awhile ago my flatmate was imitating the sound of a motorbike (don't ask) and bella started to imitate *her*...
a couple of nights ago i gave her some bones, but because she swallows everything whole, she started choking on it. it was one of the scariest things - my flatmate put her hand down bella's throat and pulled it out, and she was ok. but it made me realise how devastated i'd be if anything happened to her.
― Rubyred, Sunday, 8 July 2007 03:30 (sixteen years ago) link
Oh so classic.
http://photos-a.ak.facebook.com/photos-ak-sf2p/v62/8/65/19400695/n19400695_30292316_384.jpg
― clotpoll, Sunday, 8 July 2007 08:20 (sixteen years ago) link
I'm okay with dogs as long as they're the quiet type. The ones I've known like this were also big dogs.
But I am a cat man, always will be, etc.
― Bimble, Sunday, 8 July 2007 09:11 (sixteen years ago) link
My wife found this on the internets.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v296/WilliamCrump63/whippetgood.jpg
It's a whippet.
― Rock Hardy, Sunday, 15 July 2007 19:45 (sixteen years ago) link
for some reason that dog makes me think of the robot dogs in neal stephenson's 'snow crash'.
― Rubyred, Monday, 16 July 2007 01:39 (sixteen years ago) link
I like other people's dogs but don't want one myself -- like lots of people say about children. Had dogs growing up and have "known doglove" but still vastly prefer cats to dogs. My mother is coming to visit in a few days with her dog who growls at and nips at children. Should be a hooot.
― Maria :D, Monday, 16 July 2007 03:06 (sixteen years ago) link
http://www.gotpetsonline.com/pictures-gallery/dog-pictures-breeders-puppies-rescue/catahoula-leopard-dog-pictures-breeders-puppies-rescue/pictures/catahoula-leopard-dog-0019.jpg
― milo z, Monday, 16 July 2007 03:29 (sixteen years ago) link
me and my closest childhood companion, jody. http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t73/rubyred79/lkjjhgg4.jpg we had to give her to my aunt and uncle when we moved a few years later. they were fuckheads who treated their pets like shit. about a month after my grandfather died (my other closest childhood companion) i found out from my cousin that his parents had jody put to sleep "because they wanted to get a new dog". i have never forgiven them for this.
― Rubyred, Monday, 16 July 2007 13:26 (sixteen years ago) link
Anybody see this one yet?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c0dzMp61G5w
Big dumb yellow lab wanders into Tour de France, hijinx ensue.
― kingfish, Tuesday, 17 July 2007 21:37 (sixteen years ago) link
OMG Rubyred that is so utterly evil. You look v. v. happy with your little dog friend!
I wanted a dog more than ANYTHING as a child. Me & my neighbor worked out one day that we'd trade his collie for my Nintendo. When our parents came home, we of course were forced to undo the trade with which we were both very happy.
I didn't get a dog until I was 23 but he brings so much fun & joy & entertainment & calm & love to my life.
― Abbott, Tuesday, 17 July 2007 21:41 (sixteen years ago) link
no offense to your family but those people were shits xxpost. what maria d says, i've never had a dog and i love them but don't really ever want one. dogs are great, but there's nothing worse than listening to dog owners talking about dogs. i actually love these conversations! >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> child owner conversations anywy. unless it's the parenting thread amirite
― tremendoid, Tuesday, 17 July 2007 21:47 (sixteen years ago) link
I have become a dog person and i wasn't even trying.
― forksclovetofu, Tuesday, 17 July 2007 22:10 (sixteen years ago) link
no offense taken, tremendoid. most of my family are indeed big shits. the dog (bella) isn't technically mine; she belongs to my housemate. i thought it was going to be kinda a pain having a dog in the house, but like abott says - she 'lights up my life'!!
― Rubyredd, Wednesday, 18 July 2007 00:35 (sixteen years ago) link
I grew up convinced I'm a cat person, but I think I'm more of a dog person these days once they're beyond the floor-crapping puppy stage.
― milo z, Wednesday, 18 July 2007 01:55 (sixteen years ago) link
Oh man. I want a dog!!! We don't have the time or space and it makes me so sad. I got to hang around with my parents pugs this weekend and imt was awesome but made my puppyfever go crazy. Not fair.
― ENBB, Wednesday, 18 July 2007 02:14 (sixteen years ago) link
Rubyred, that is such a cool t-shirt!
― Maria :D, Wednesday, 18 July 2007 02:19 (sixteen years ago) link
i also think my polyester tracksuit is pretty cool ;)
― Rubyredd, Wednesday, 18 July 2007 02:21 (sixteen years ago) link
i love dogs. dogs are allowed in the building i'm moving into and i want a puppy so bad. are they expensive? i thought about a cat but my cat (who my parents are taking care of back in nyc) has cost $$$ in terms of prescription food, vet bills, etc. i can't afford that right now.
― get bent, Wednesday, 18 July 2007 02:23 (sixteen years ago) link
are there particular breeds of dog that are healthier and more self-sufficient than others?
― get bent, Wednesday, 18 July 2007 02:26 (sixteen years ago) link
I'm mad about cats but almost indifferent toward dogs. This sounds shallow and arbitrary, but with cats it's like you're dealing with some sort of alien intelligence -- they're bewitching. A dog, and especially a puppy, just seems like a toddler and a dim one at that. And since I don't own dogs, it's always someone else's dim kid. So, dud.
― wanko ergo sum, Wednesday, 18 July 2007 03:24 (sixteen years ago) link
A dog, and especially a puppy, just seems like a toddler and a dim one at that.
I disagree. Puppies can be like toddlers, but once dogs get older, they gain a certain dignity. Some of the older dogs I've known have been very dignified and loyal creatures, and haven't seemed dim at all.
― Nathan, Wednesday, 18 July 2007 03:33 (sixteen years ago) link
I love my dog. She makes the mornings seem that much less blah.
― B.L.A.M., Wednesday, 18 July 2007 03:39 (sixteen years ago) link
sorry, i'm living with a puppy who I kind of wuv but really I'd rather he wasn't here. he's distorted my view on dogs. it's my roommates dog and it's making my cat miserable.
― wanko ergo sum, Wednesday, 18 July 2007 03:41 (sixteen years ago) link
Cats are kind of like warm, purring throw pillows.
If you want a dog with fewer risk factors, probably best to look at some kind of mutt - certain breeds are much more prone to cancers/hip problems/etc. than others thanks to inbreeding (or just the way they've been bred to a certain look - breed wikipedia pages are good for this). 'Working' dogs and very popular dogs (and their mixes) are probably the hardiest - large breeding population, genetic mixing, bred for health and so on.
My family's chow/lab mix basically cost nothing in vet bills (excluding those paid by the woman who rescued him from some asshole's closet where he had been starved) until he was in his teens.
― milo z, Wednesday, 18 July 2007 03:42 (sixteen years ago) link
The 10 most irresponsible reasons given to Dogs Trust staff as to why owners could no longer look after their dog are:
1. "My dog doesn't match the sofa."
2. "The dog looks evil and has different coloured eyes, just like David Bowie."
3. "My black dog doesn't match the new white carpet, can we swap him for a white dog?"
4. "My current dog is too old, can we swap for a puppy or younger model?"
5. "My dog ate the Christmas turkey cooling on the work-top."
6. "My pet guinea pig got worried with a dog in the house."
7. "The dog opened all the presents on Christmas Eve."
8. An owner accidentally knelt in the dog's urine while cleaning it up so brought the dog in the very next day.
9. A puppy was bought as a present for an elderly couple with dementia.
10. The owner was paranoid about recent bad press on Staffordshire Bull Terriers, and the dog was given up through no fault of its own.
― NickB, Monday, 15 December 2008 16:54 (fifteen years ago) link
geez
― Alex in SF, Monday, 15 December 2008 17:29 (fifteen years ago) link
Pretty much dud.
They smell bad, they eat their own excrement, they are thick and, most irritating of all, they are sickeningly, vapidly faithful.
― Sven Hassel Schmuck, Monday, 15 December 2008 17:51 (fifteen years ago) link
"My pet guinea pig got worried with a dog in the house."
Haha my mom-in-law got rid of her guinea pig because she thought it was making her dog nervous. (He is a weird old dog with dementia BUT she also projects like crazy.)
― Abbott of the Trapezoid Monks (Abbott), Monday, 15 December 2008 18:15 (fifteen years ago) link
Also, if you're buying furniture, get it to match the dog, duh! (If your dog was made by Eames be prepared for a bit of an expense.)
― Abbott of the Trapezoid Monks (Abbott), Monday, 15 December 2008 18:16 (fifteen years ago) link
Heavens to Murgatroyd! Shall we next be seeing a "Human Beings: Classic or Dud?" thread? Dogs are intelligent and emotionally complex creatures - so they are both unclassifiable and unfuckwithable.
― Aimless, Monday, 15 December 2008 18:27 (fifteen years ago) link
I have a mild distrust for people who dislike dogs. (Unless they are terrified of dogs because a dog attacked them, that one makes sense.)
― Abbott of the Trapezoid Monks (Abbott), Monday, 15 December 2008 18:28 (fifteen years ago) link
some real sad sacks on this thread
― ººººº (dan m), Monday, 15 December 2008 18:29 (fifteen years ago) link
I should have searched first: Human Beings: Classic or Dud?
― Aimless, Monday, 15 December 2008 18:31 (fifteen years ago) link
I walked my little guy to the convenience store the other day and brought him in. The clerk (who is a nice, chill guy) came out and started feeding my dog Jack Links jerky sticks. After the fifth jerky stick, I was like, "He's gonna get spoiled!" (meaning 'plz quit feeding my dog 600-calorie treats'), but I am glad my little guy brightened his morning.
― Abbott of the Trapezoid Monks (Abbott), Monday, 15 December 2008 18:33 (fifteen years ago) link