The Dog Thread

[Widdykats]

.*clap* *clap* *clap* *clap*( I had never seen Go Fly A Kit before) Cheered me up looking at Marc Anthony and Pussfoot!

[rockouthippie]

I think it's kind of a pity that Roadrunner and Pepe LePew pushed this cartoon out of the picture.

[swingdjted]

Thanks for posting those videos; Renee and I enjoyed them.

[rockouthippie]

[Widdykats]

^The Onion!!!!! *sick don't ask*

[Widdykats]

^ The Onion !!!! *sick don't ask*

[Widdykats]

O.O

[Widdykats]

O.O

[Widdykats]

post didn't show up in ie...Why? I dunno....
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[rockouthippie]

Could it be because Internet Explorer and the flash player are both pieces of shit?

That dog is impressive.

[Widdykats]

I love Jack Russells(Now known in Show Rings as The Parson Russells Terrier)AlthoughThe Jack Russell Terrier Club is still a seperatot club which keeps to the more original "typey" Jack...(Those lil'bowed legs, etc)
They are a quick study. And they "boing" .ahehhhehehehehheheheheh

[rockouthippie]

She grew up. Nice big girl. Not bad for a little gal whose ancestry is an ancient Chinese secret.

[Widdykats]

She's way pretty. Look at that face.

[rockouthippie]

She's still a little sad here. You might remember things had not been really good for BB to this point. Look at her collar. It's the same one. Last hole now.. First hole then.. 27 to 64 pounds. Boy, I picked that just right....

Finally got that Spitz dog mischief grin out of her.....mischief on wheels..... still doesn't come for beans.... It seems to help if I yell:

HAY! QUIT BEING A DOG!

Not only do people think it's funnier than hell, BB does understand it on some level. At least she's quit ripping my arms off.. even if there is a s.q.u.i.r.r.e.l. or a k.a.t.

It's good. One more rescued grade AA American mutt dog. Can you believe people just dumped her?

Where is my Sarah McLaughlin sound track?

[Widdykats]

Here

[Jay]

<-- my puppy when he was one. He is now near 6 years old. My how time has flown.

[Widdykats]

All doggies help time fly better!

[rockouthippie]

I always spoil them so I can have a good time, if only vicariously.

[swingdjted]

RoH, you have a very healthy-looking, photogenic dog. She's quite beautiful. I think when you have a really bad day, it's nice to see her have a good one. It really does help.

Today is a perfect example of that for me. I had an opportunity of a lifetime and blew it. I took a day off work, drove a 13.5 hour round trip (not including time spent there) to my hometown in PA for a job interview, and sucked balls when I showed up. Another opening like that won't happen in my hometown area for years, if not decades. They asked me questions I should have been able to answer easily, questions I already have answered easily in past interviews, and I choked. I'm fucking pissed at myself.

I came home to the dog (I'm down to one dog now - long stories to be typed later) and gave him his daily treat - a Kong stuffed with peanut butter and dog food mixed up, frozen. He was very happy, and let me play fetch with him afterwards with a squeaky ball, which is usually quite annoying, but it was nice to see that at least he was in a good mood. I took him outside for a brief "business trip", and now he's asleep near my feet. Without him I'd probably go out of my mind.

One of these days I need to post more pictures, but in the mean time, this thread is much better since you posted yours.

Also, Jay, thank you so much for coming back to the forums to post here. It's always nice to see you back. If you can, post a newer picture of the dog.

[rockouthippie]

Sometimes you just don't know what good luck is gonna be. There are a couple jobs I wish I hadn't got that I was all enthusiastic about. Bad luck turns out to be good luck. Good luck turns bad.

BB is my jester. She's pretty good at it.

[swingdjted]

[rockouthippie]

^cute.

[swingdjted]

We need a new Grammy Award category.

[Widdykats]

^ You're getting as weird as webthing....almost.

[swingdjted]

As long as it makes you smile.

[rockouthippie]

Hell... the dog is better than listening to three years of my little brother's piano lessons...




I have moose in my back yard. Spikey here is a puppy, 120lbs and growing. Molly is probably all of that too.

I own the instigator, mischief maker, ring leader. She gets these two barking and my neighbors get the blame. BB... not very loud... but the leader of the sing along....

I should have named her Miss Chief.

[Widdykats]

^ Good Girl.....It pays to have very large buds. (You little mischief maker)

[rockouthippie]

Spike and BB love to play. BB likes to attack his feet. Spike knocks her down. That can go on until we both have sleepy dogs.

[webthing]

[Widdykats]

Well, you never fail to deliver.....

[rockouthippie]

Man that is scary stuff. Can you imagine what would have happened it had detonated while the dog and her were still standing there?

[Widdykats]

Yes. Or if the dog had it in his mouth..*shiver*
But other than fearing what could have happened, the real was freaky enough.

[rockouthippie]

I got a complaint for BB running at large with the neighbor dog and killing some chickens. I'll probably get some sort of ticket out of it, but that isn't what really got me.

There are some hispanic kids in the house down the street. The story is that their mom was afraid of dogs and couldn't afford dogs, so she gave them 6 chickens.

One son down there is the cutest little guy you ever saw. He always wants to pet the dogs, but he is afraid of dogs, so they are leery of him.

Anyway, the six chickens down the road turned into 3 because the chickens were roaming free in the front yard. Then BB and Spikey here trampled a couple more.

So I look out the window because BB is raising all kinds of hell and the little boy is teasing BB by bouncing the ball off the sidewalk. At first, I got pissed, but then I got sad, because I knew the little boy wanted a puppy and not some fucking chickens.

[swingdjted]

Originally Posted by rockouthippie

wanted a puppy and not some fucking chickens.

I have to agree there. If you're not eating them, chickens aren't quite the companions that dogs are. If I were the dogs, I'd want the snack too. The owner has a point though. If your dog is on their property killing their chickens, you're liable. I'd be mad that BB didn't bring me some back too, especially if you have to pay for them in the form of a ticket.

Also, wouldn't the cost of owning 6 chickens be similar to or greater than the cost of keeping a dog (aside of fixing it)?

[Widdykats]

Baby Watson, Now 8 mos. old in Billy's Mom in Law's Room

[rockouthippie]

. If your dog is on their property killing their chickens, you're liable.

Well, this gets a little gray because the chickens were never supposed to be there in the first place. They are supposed to be in a coop, not wandering the neighborhood. They were supposed to have a permit to have chickens. They couldn't have gotten a permit without a coop. The lot they have isn't big enough to get the permit. The coop is supposed to be 10 feet inside their property line... 6 chickens is forbidden even with a permit. You can only have 3.

The owner of the chickens doesn't care. I don't care. The only ones that care, and I'm not sure how much they care, is the cops. Our cops don't like to do anything without getting paid, so I'm expecting a $250 fine.... for a couple $10 chickens.

So a 20 minute dog escape becomes a federal case. Your tax dollars at work. The pig is gonna do us a favor and not have our dogs destroyed for "menacing livestock". Gee thanks.

If I don't get a ticket, I'm sure the illegal alien lady who owns the chickens will. I'm not sure that's any better. She just didn't know better.

This is something you should cover in one of your classes Ted:

No good can ever come from calling the police.

[webthing]

Cuteness Overkill

ustream [dot] tv/sfshiba

I don't know why the link isn't working.

Its www . ustream [dot] tv/sfshiba


Or search ustream "Shiba Inu Puppy Cam"

[rockouthippie]

dot tv is removed by the spam filter here. That's why the link doesn't work.

You can get around that. This was cute. Mom and puppies are sleeping now.

http://goo.gl/kFX3Y

[swingdjted]

Originally Posted by rockouthippie

This is something you should cover in one of your classes Ted:

No good can ever come from calling the police.

You'll be glad to hear that I do cover something at least somewhat similar to that. I cover it in a couple different lessons:

When I do a unit of lessons in conflict resolution we discuss how to first try and handle things directly without an authority figure (there are a lot more details here, but I'll spare you the wall of text). If the issue can be resolved peacefully without a third party, then it's done and over; no need for someone else to make things bigger than necessary.

When I do a lesson on reporting vs. tattling/snitching, we work on defining the two and creating/acting out examples of both. Tattling/snitching is when the intention of one person/group is to get a conflicting person/group in trouble. Reporting is when one person or group is seeking assistance from an authority figure when they find that it is not possible to resolve the conflict without said authority figure. We work on many ways that conflict can be resolved without having to resort to reporting, but also recognize that reporting is still acceptable when other options are exhausted or deemed unsafe.

With all that in mind, based on what you typed, it seems like your situation could have been resolved without the need of a third party authority figure or moderator.

I wouldn't really need to call a cop in that situation unless the other person involved refused to cooperate when devising a plan to resolve the issue, or if it just couldn't be dropped. It could have been solved by the "offending" dog owners offering to replace the chickens. Shit, they're dogs for fuck's sake. Of course they're going to want chicken. I've had dogs in the past that would have broken loose from a tie-up or leash if they knew a chicken was nearby, let alone when loose.

No mom within the camera's view on the cuteness overkill video right now. Lots of sleeping and some dream-fidgeting. They're all huddled together.

[rockouthippie]

It looks like the cop, after thinking about it a week, and filing some reports decided not to cite anyone. I still have a problem neighbor. This woman didn't care about the chickens at all, she's just deathly afraid of dogs... beyond any reason. So here we go... I'm sure any time the neighbor dogs get loose for a minute, this woman's gonna be on the horn to the cops. The thing is, I know all these dogs for a block and none of them would hurt anybody.

Then 5 doors down, we have the neighborhood bitch. She's a vet technician, she's got 911 on the speed dial to report barking or some dog getting loose. Her own dogs are imprisoned in her back yard with no human contact. Her dogs are dangerous. I made her mad because I broke up laughing when she tried to give me dog training advice. She has gotten her dogs one command "Eat the Fence" which happens any time anyone walks near her yard.

Because of all this cop calling, the paperwork on the neighbor dogs is getting a little thick. You can bet BB just got a file. It's funny cops never tumble to the fact they got a cop caller on their hands.

This neighborhood is really starting to bum me out. I'm not feuding with anyone, but the crap seems to be spilling over. Another thing that has been bugging me lately is kind of an us vs. them thing with the Hispanics going on that I find kind of uncomfortable to live around. I don't really know what's going on. Maybe it's the anti-alien laws lately. They'res a little gang activity. They'res a little "white punk on dope" thieving and stuff. This place used to be more fun. This isn't West Virginia, but it's not good. Poverty sucks. It seems like a 20% recession makes people about 20% less cool about stuff.

I don't know why, but doggie dreams always make me smile a little. You think.... what are they chasing...? Looks like fun..