DOGS

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

I have a shameful amt of dog photos favourited on flickr
https://img.skitch.com/20101217-a31ag2sxbdqcdbk4p84nr84tw.jpg

https://img.skitch.com/20101217-nut9uatq269s9n9u9qe5tn2idq.jpg

https://img.skitch.com/20101217-8a2dqst2bjf43bmir6aine9bmf.jpg

and of course this lil guy
https://img.skitch.com/20101217-g3dqj8ya6ax1f84jx59fepd89n.jpg

https://img.skitch.com/20101217-8rxurm8yhfqgcx1aucht17shge.jpg

forgot about the samoyed

here is my favorite one ever:

http://cdn-www.dailypuppy.com/media/dogs/anonymous/tintin_samoyed03.jpg_w450.jpg

his name is tin tin. he says hi to you.

sad sweater pug yes!

That is the indiest pug ever.

Oh man I can't work ilx these days. Anyway, please watch this video (you'll have to sit through a few seconds of cute Japanese popstress but I promise you a PUPPY that is worth it!)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YkY2CShbIog

And here are some shiba inu pups:
http://www.littlewolf.com/3redpupsMarch06.jpg

Would... it be wrong of me to sign up to puppy forums on ravelry when I have no dog? I would just be signing up for the pictures? But, heck, knitters know how to take good photos!

My favourite pugs are still the Bloomsbury Pugs - they walk around Bloomsbury in pairs with their owners and they wear necklaces! I have deduced they are from somewhere east of Liverpool Street as ONCE I SAW THEM ON THE TUBE and it was very exciting!

Wait - what's this about necklace pugs? I used to live not far from there and never saw any pugs in necklaces. Not fair.

It's tough, for sure. I have a friend who works in a dog rescue, and the last two dogs she had were long-termers from that rescue. She gets up at 5am to walk her dogs every day when there's nobody around, then spends her free time thinking up enrichment games and toys for them so they can have at least some happy life. She and her partner never go away together.

The only fortunate thing is that there's been a bit of a mini-boom in privately owned dog parks here, where you can pay an hourly fee to run your dogs in a couple of acres with no other dogs around. They're expensive, and only accessible by car, and the rules around them are really strict, but they seem to be constantly booked up.

Yesterday Widget had a blast with my friend C’s tripaw Staffie girl who was happy to chase him across Hampstead Heath. She is really fit despite the lost leg and I’m so glad he’s found a dog of that breed that he likes.

Widget’s faves are anything shaped like a Pointer (Dalmatian/Vizsla/Weimeraner), other sighthounds, lurchers, Dachshunds, Jack Russells, Poodles, Border collies and Bernese mountain dogs. He is variable on spaniels (Tracer Hand’s Springer good, neighbour’s wayward cocker bad), cockapoos, Schnauzers, and Chihuahuas. He loathes bull/mastiff breeds, most Shepherds, retrievers on lead, and EBTs.

Nora has a new game. "I'm going to grab the other dog's toy and play keep away. For an hour." Like, she won't drop it, won't respond to commands, and the other dog just gets more and more agitated and heartbroken at her ruthless toynapping. If the other dog starts to lose interest, or feign interest, Nora gets this smug look on her face and starts squeaking the toy in her jaws. What a mean girl!

Ha, Teddy does that to Howie’s toys too… “that’s mine now, gonna play with it and make you sad!”

Widget showed me a new talent yesterday: he runs off with a small stuffed French bulldog toy in his mouth, and will play keepy-uppy with it, tossing it in the air and catching it over and over while going off at top whippet speed. If he does it next time, I’m filming it.

That sucks, table. I know there are some sites & apps for pet sitters and house sitters that will come to your dog while you're away, unless you don't trust them to keep your dog away from other dogs.

I also have an extremely problematic rescue dog, he's a little psychopath and has been one for the last 8 years. Has issues with other dogs, sure, whatever, although he's been able to make friends with small dogs with repeated exposure. The real issue is he's violent with people, especially us. Triggers include moving the wrong away, letting him sit on your lap, asking him to kennel up at the end of the night, doing any number of activities that may lead to other activities that signal the end of the night, and of course any sort of grooming. He's burned through every groomer in town and last week once again only got half-groomed, even loaded full of drugs (the resultant haircut is admittedly hilarious though).

We've tried behaviorists and lots of training approaches, but he'll always be crazy. Of course he's incredibly sweet when he's not being murderous (and two seconds after he's done biting he acts like nothing happened), but it feels like being in an abusive relationship.

Luckily he's only 11 lbs, if he was a large dog he surely would have been euthanized by now.

One of our dogs is a long-haired Patterdale terrier. The kind of dog that's more a type than a real breed. In Ireland at least, you still mostly find them killing rats on farms or going out hunting rabbits and whatnot. You can tell they're a serious kind of dog, because auld lads are always looking at Bittser admiringly and telling me what a grand little dog he is. "I bet he's a great ratter," they'll say. Or, "I bet he keeps you on your toes." He does not. He has his run around off the lead for about an hour in the morning, and sometimes he'll chase pigeons in the garden for a while in the afternoon, but otherwise he snoozes all day in our ancient cat's bed, and then cries at me if I don't put a blanket over him in the evening. I was saying this to a woman today and she said, "You obviously have the other kind of Patterdale. Probably why he was dumped." Her sister had a Patterdale for a while and had to give it away because it attacked her red setter and almost killed it.