DOGS

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Staffies epitomise the bad owner/bad dog vice versa example! Thankfully 99% of people are good owners and can confirm most staffies are lovely cuddlebugs (if a bit intense about it). Lovely looking girl!

https://i.postimg.cc/5NpmJYTM/20240213-083525.jpg *Peach's bored face after hitting her daily killing quota*

The worst part is all the clean up.

I showed her your posts xyzzzz__ and said she could have one more spite killing today in recompense for your bad manners on this thread

My daughter has a Staffie, she's such a sweetheart but she looks fearsome.

Our pittie/German short-haired pointer mix looks a little intimidating as well, but she's so gentle and, well, old.

Pix are all so lovely you have to really work hard to find a dog that isn't adorable in some way. (Please don't post ugly Chinese cresteds unless they're yours.)

Here's my boy in a characteristic pose

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Dag nab it

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https://i.postimg.cc/d0WfnyYc/Larry.jpg

looks like a black lab

.. and adorable obv

Appearances can be deceiving, but not in this case.

crossed paws is always endearing!

Guy looks like he just put in a big shift of being a dog

He has a habit of pressing his head into me or putting his front paws on my leg. It's really sweet.

my murderous little Roux Paul caught in the act

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love them fingers!

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Peach having a good time at the beach yesterday, mere moments before she painted the sand red

I've never taken one of my dogs to a beach. It was practically impossible like, so they always spent my Newquay holidays in a prisoner cell block h kennels :(

I've never taken mine to forests or to see cows like yours. All good boys and girls live different, equally fulfilling lives as long as theyre loved. Sorry you couldn't make it work though, it's never a good feeling locking your friend away for a time, even if there is a million promises (probably fufilled) of their hapiness

freaking Target, i bought this litter from them one time that did not say ~anywhere~ on the packaging that it was scented but it WAS scented! a disagreeable but mild enough detergenty aroma that became an unbearable stench once my beloved fluffmuffin had introduced the slightest moisture to it. i brought the half-empty jug back to the store and explained that i cannot be having smells like that in my miniature apartment and can i please return this substandard kitty litter, but the customer service rep had to recite some esoteric clause to the return policy that the item had to be at least 3/4 full or they'll not accept it. whatever, the policy's the policy and i try not to make csr's lives worse than they already are by arguing so i brought the jug back home, refilled it with the used litter, hauled it to target again and got my goddamn money back

which i promptly spent on better litter of course. Tidy Cats Free & Clean unscented low dust clumping litter is (pricy, environmentally destructive) g.o.a.t. on god, even if you miss a day, even if you have to be away for a few days and the scoundrel you left on dooty "couldn't get around to it" you'll never catch a single stinky whiff, c'est incroyable!

these tales of stinky cat houses are illustrative of people failing their cats, not of any inherent feline defect -- at least, not an exclusively feline defect. you try peeing in a box of sand for a month and never cleaning it out! the resultant miasma is not "human smell" but the smell of accumulated excreta + dysfunction.

100/100 times I will take an argument over 10 pounds of someone's piss-clumped litter, FWIW.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D3VZDRfpypw

i had sifted out the solids, come on, i am not a monster, merely devious

freaking Target, i bought this litter from them one time that did not say ~anywhere~ on the packaging that it was scented but it WAS scented! a disagreeable but mild enough detergenty aroma that became an unbearable stench once my beloved fluffmuffin had introduced the slightest moisture to it. i brought the half-empty jug back to the store and explained that i cannot be having smells like that in my miniature apartment and can i please return this substandard kitty litter, but the customer service rep had to recite some esoteric clause to the return policy that the item had to be at least 3/4 full or they'll not accept it. whatever, the policy's the policy and i try not to make csr's lives worse than they already are by arguing so i brought the jug back home, refilled it with the used litter, hauled it to target again and got my goddamn money back

which i promptly spent on better litter of course. Tidy Cats Free & Clean unscented low dust clumping litter is (pricy, environmentally destructive) g.o.a.t. on god, even if you miss a day, even if you have to be away for a few days and the scoundrel you left on dooty "couldn't get around to it" you'll never catch a single stinky whiff, c'est incroyable!

these tales of stinky cat houses are illustrative of people failing their cats, not of any inherent feline defect -- at least, not an exclusively feline defect. you try peeing in a box of sand for a month and never cleaning it out! the resultant miasma is not "human smell" but the smell of accumulated excreta + dysfunction.

I take care of my dog's excretions with regular trips to the outdoors and a bag on hand

Glad you got some good unscented low dust clumping tidy litter for your not-dog animal

I sound all bitter of course but not at all, I wish you were all entering my house and I was raising my voice to ask my dog to stay calm at the visitors, and she'd surely car wash through your legs a few times before flopping and exposing her ridiculous offset nipples, expecting a belly rub, moaning and holding eye contact at any non-participants

She is recovering from a spay right now, it's a lot of attention and cone-on cone-off, it's fine but every time her necessary sedatives wear off it's clear that she hasn't left her sickbed for a week, and it's all pleading energy and it is devastating, she's snore-woofle snoozing right now on my leg as I type and I cannot imagine a life without her tbh

https://i.postimg.cc/sx6qjdSh/IMG-9475.jpg

Haven’t shared any pix of Widget here since his puppyhood. He’s got LEGS and knows how to use them…

What a looker!

iirc wonky nips mean Nora is an honorary witch and consequently an honorary cat, congratulation & get well soon bbygrl

Widget's stripes hint at some tiger ancestry!

It is often said of whippets (but never by me) that they are dog hardware, cat software.

no bad dogs, only bad dog owners

bad dogs don't kill people, bad owners kill people

https://i.imgur.com/WPxdTa5.jpeg

the dog that lives with me, the dog that i look after three days a week

"no bad dogs, only bad dog owners"

If the parents raise a child who goes on to commit murder, will you all just blame the parents?

The owners might be fucked up but still, in the end, the dog killed that person.

FP'd for bad, humorless trolling

Putting FPs on ppl is all you are capable of.

baffled by your bizarre take on this thread tbh, you really can't read a room to save your life

Are you sure you can talk about reading a room?

Dogs are sentient beings that are products of environment, upbringing, and genes, just like human beings. When we hear of people who commit terrible crimes, we often look toward these three factors when trying to suss out the why.

Similarly, we must do the same with dogs. There are no bad dog breeds, and making blanket statements about them shows a complete ignorance of facts.

Also, no dog breed can lock its jaw— this is a myth promulgated by a racist media to generate hatred of breeds associated with poorer, less white populations. This is absolutely obvious to anyone who knows anything about Breed Specific Legislation and bias against pitbulls, bully-type dogs, dobermans, etc.

guys i posted a pic up above if ye must doing yere bits id like ye to do it after paying due respect to the dogs i posted

having previously outed myself as a cat person upthread my opinion may not count for much, but i do think that is a 10/10 dog pic

More on racism and BSL:

https://racism.org/articles/basic-needs/propertyland/2334-the-black-man-s-dog-the-social-context-of-breed-specific-legislation

https://law.lclark.edu/live/files/32171-25-1-third-articlepdf

https://medium.com/etc-magazine/the-inherent-racism-behind-breed-specific-legislation-7e3d6d1981fb

ty karl

Fair enough, table. It felt like it was all about the terrible owners as the sole explanation for the dog's behaviour.

We can talk about different factors that lead to the event of the dog committing the act.

deems, I marvel at the ability of retrievers to just dive into the most insane muck. great pic.

ty table ✓

they look marvelous d-mac. Makes me glad my dog hates water and mud though.

Yes love that pic, what a lovely stinker!

deems I love how your dog is looking at the golden like "anything good in there?"