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Superconsndar posted:I guess people can do what they want, but I don't get why anyone would want a screwed up rescued pit bull that bit people. For all they spend on his retarded diet and team of people and valium, they could rescue like 10 pit bulls who DON'T eat faces. I understand it being ~your dog~ or whatever but this just makes me really cranky. It's Ira Glass's dog. If it weren't insanely neurotic, over-medicated, and an enormously huge jaw-dropping emblem of ~white people problems~... Then it just wouldn't be right.
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My landlords just found the cutest most friendly black and white kitten on our property. She must have been dumped because she loooooves people. There isnt anything ferile about her. We have a barn and a stream so I can see how people would dump a kitten around here I guess. I want to keep her but we have a tiny house and 1 dog and 1 cat already and my boyfriend is refusing. He thinks it'll upset the friendly harmony we have with the creatures we already have. We are going to ask around and see if anyone wants a kitten and the landlord has her set up in his hoop house with his firewood and a blanket and is feeding her, so she's fine for now. Our cat is named Gravity and our dog is Orbit and our landlord says this cat should be Galaxy. 
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Dec 2, 2012 22:06
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I threw out my back a little while ago. I'm currently stuck on the floor of the foyer of my house waiting to recover enough to drag myself over to my bed. Quaffle is taking advantage of this by standing over me, staring into my eyes from about two inches away, and demanding I pet him. If I don't he plants a paw in the middle of my chest and howls. Dammit Quaffle I thought dogs were supposed to be helpful when their owners were in pain! Go get me some Doritos or something.
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Dec 2, 2012 22:14
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I'm sorry about your back, but the image you posting from the floor while a dog sits and yells on your chest is killing me.
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Dec 2, 2012 22:26
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Fraction posted:~Johnson bulldog puppy*~ Well this is a new one. What makes a bulldog Johnson? insert penis joke here insert joke about instertion here
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Dec 2, 2012 22:51
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Oh god I don't know is that the correct term  Friend's bf was having a very mini kind of sperg about the dog. I'm sure he said she's a Johnson bulldog but not an Ambully which was just kind of confusing. I'm probs picking her up for walks tomorrow so I'll take some pics to see. Anything's that not a terrier or collie confuses me quite a lot for ID.
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Dec 2, 2012 23:14
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Update: shortly after I posted the above he gave up, went to lay against the wall near me, and farted. When I finally managed to drag myself down the hallway to my bedroom, he repeatedly walked in front of me and laid down, blocking my path. This is the worst dog.
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Dec 2, 2012 23:23
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American bulldogs come in "Johnson" lines which have English bulldog bred in and look a lot like American bullies, and "Scott" or standard lines which look more like pits and like they can actually breathe/function. There are probably more types but those are just the ones I see most often out here in hillbilly country.
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Dec 2, 2012 23:23
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Yeah he was mentioning something about english bulldogs. Unless she's an Old Tyme EB? I don't even know bulldogs are weeeeeeird I could have sworn he mentioned johnson but now I'm double guessing myself. e: I just looked at my past posts itt and apparently I was told she's a Dorset Old Tyme Bulldog. Really hope she grows up to be fairly moderate, she's such a cute little chubster at the moment. Fraction fucked around with this message at 23:36 on Dec 2, 2012 |
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Dec 2, 2012 23:29
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PI tends to talk about how Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retrievers are rare (see recent post in PI Confessions, among many others) but today on my walk I saw 5 of them, owned by 4 different people. I also saw about 3 yesterday. I think people are pulling my leg when they say they're rare. Also on my walk, I saw the tallest Malamute I've ever seen. It was as high as a Great Dane. And I can say that with conviction since it was walking with a Great Dane, and matched its height at the withers. gently caress he was tall and gangly. Also very sweet.
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Dec 3, 2012 00:01
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a life less posted:PI tends to talk about how Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retrievers are rare (see recent post in PI Confessions, among many others) but today on my walk I saw 5 of them, owned by 4 different people. I also saw about 3 yesterday. I think people are pulling my leg when they say they're rare. Yeah, it can be pretty regional. I mentioned in the mutt thread ages ago about how one looked like a shar pei mix, but people said no way, they're too rare. But I've seen a ton of puppy milled shar peis come into the shelter, so I dunno man.
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Superconsndar posted:I guess people can do what they want, but I don't get why anyone would want a screwed up rescued pit bull that bit people. For all they spend on his retarded diet and team of people and valium, they could rescue like 10 pit bulls who DON'T eat faces. I understand it being ~your dog~ or whatever but this just makes me really cranky. This is funny to me, coming from the owner of a meltdown-waiting-to-happen dog. Is there a point where Moses's insanity would be too much to handle, and you'd consider that you could take care of 3 moderately sane dogs in the time and effort it takes to care for Moses? (I'm assuming he's on a normal diet and decently healthy, of course) Then again, I regularly clean bird poo poo off of everything I own, so I'm my own special brand of crazy.
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Dec 3, 2012 00:35
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Pile of Kittens posted:This is funny to me, coming from the owner of a meltdown-waiting-to-happen dog. Is there a point where Moses's insanity would be too much to handle, and you'd consider that you could take care of 3 moderately sane dogs in the time and effort it takes to care for Moses? (I'm assuming he's on a normal diet and decently healthy, of course) Everyone's situation differs, but IMO DA is much easier to manage than human aggression. A bite record of six says to me that Ira isn't really up to managing his special snowflake all that well. The dog should not be put in that position, and if his handlers/ owners are not capable of determining when that is... it's a little  to me too.vvvvv Edit: They look ecstatic, congrats! Ishkibibble_Fish fucked around with this message at 01:12 on Dec 3, 2012 |
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Dec 3, 2012 01:04
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I signed the lease for the new house today! The landlord wanted to meet the dogs so Eva and Angus got to explore the new place! The landlord loves them, she herself has a pit bull "flunkie" from the Pits for Patriots program that failed because he couldn't walk past another dog without trying to play with it despite training. Here are Angus and Eva in their new yard.    
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Superconsndar posted:I guess people can do what they want, but I don't get why anyone would want a screwed up rescued pit bull that bit people. For all they spend on his retarded diet and team of people and valium, they could rescue like 10 pit bulls who DON'T eat faces. I understand it being ~your dog~ or whatever but this just makes me really cranky. I kept thinking "I hope Super doesn't listen to NPR" while listening to the show. The part that really got me was just how in denial Ira was about the dog being in any way a problem, especially the human aggression when it was directed toward Ira or his wife. Also amusing was that Piney had achieved some sort of mythic status in the studio because they never saw the dog but were constantly exposed to evidence of the special needs it has. kaworu posted:It's Ira Glass's dog. If it weren't insanely neurotic, over-medicated, and an enormously huge jaw-dropping emblem of ~white people problems~... Then it just wouldn't be right. It really is fitting when you put it that way. It just needs some facial markings to give it the look or horn-rimmed glasses and it would be perfect.
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Dec 3, 2012 01:19
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Pile of Kittens posted:This is funny to me, coming from the owner of a meltdown-waiting-to-happen dog. Is there a point where Moses's insanity would be too much to handle, and you'd consider that you could take care of 3 moderately sane dogs in the time and effort it takes to care for Moses? (I'm assuming he's on a normal diet and decently healthy, of course) Moses doesn't bite people.  I can deal with existential meltdowns 24/7 as long as he lashes out at Frankie and not people. Also he doesn't have little bitch baby white person dog "feed me only the finest imported kangaroo meat" food allergies. Wheat makes him itchy, I feed him a piece of bread, he scratches for a while and then gets over it. Maybe I could slip him one of my xanax sometime, though, and see if his feelings change about cats.
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Dec 3, 2012 01:41
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Superconsndar posted:Also he doesn't have little bitch baby white person dog If I ever get Moses for PISS he's getting a chain (not a tie out chain), gold caps for his fangs and rims.
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Dec 3, 2012 01:52
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Fluffy Bunnies posted:If I ever get Moses for PISS he's getting a chain (not a tie out chain), gold caps for his fangs and rims. racist
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Dec 3, 2012 01:58
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I'm not sure this is the right place for this image, but I HAD to share, and I don't know where else to put it! I have no words.......  
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Dec 3, 2012 02:36
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Would put that in my house.
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Superconsndar posted:Would put that in my house. Agreed. There IS a word for that, and it's Amazing!
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Dec 3, 2012 03:04
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In Texas that sculpture or an equivalent comes standard with all dwellings. I think it is state housing code.
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Shifty Pony posted:This American Life had a section this morning which was basically a discussion of the life of Piney, a rescued pit who belongs to host Ira Glass and his wife. The whole thing is concentrated I'm sorry but a dog with a bite history (from a breed that gets a bad rap for HA regardless of if it is correct or actually a problem or not), especially one that extensive and super special dietary needs probably should just be euthed. The biting is the main issue, but how uncomfortable must the dog be due to allergies and also anxiety? What kind of quality of life is that. I already can't stand the format of his show and this sort of cements it for me.
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Dec 3, 2012 03:41
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Who martyrs their quality of life for a dog that bites them. Badly. gently caress that. I could MAYBE understand if it was anxious of everyone but its owners, but it doesn't even feel comfortable around them.
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Dec 3, 2012 03:44
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As far as I remember from the blog Ira doesn't actually know that much about dogs, and his wife is the one who does most of Piney's care. So she gets to put in the work of (poorly) managing the dog's issues and Ira gets to do a radio show about how conflicted and noble he is. But, wow, that episode. Maybe in the blog she just glossed over the worst parts of Piney's aggression and anxiety, because I was under the impression that it was more manageable at home than it is. Because holy poo poo. There are tons of non-biting special needs dogs they could adopt, and with their income and the potential for exposure I'm sure rescues would kill to adopt a dog to them.
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Wheats posted:As far as I remember from the blog Ira doesn't actually know that much about dogs, and his wife is the one who does most of Piney's care. So she gets to put in the work of (poorly) managing the dog's issues and Ira gets to do a radio show about how conflicted and noble he is. But, wow, that episode. Maybe in the blog she just glossed over the worst parts of Piney's aggression and anxiety, because I was under the impression that it was more manageable at home than it is. Because holy poo poo. There are tons of non-biting special needs dogs they could adopt, and with their income and the potential for exposure I'm sure rescues would kill to adopt a dog to them. But you see Piney is SPECIAL and DIFFICULT and don't you see how they've sacrificed so much for their sad, nervous, itchy, IBS dog?
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I just want to know how many people he has to bite before they do something, because it clearly isn't six.
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a life less posted:PI tends to talk about how Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retrievers are rare (see recent post in PI Confessions, among many others) but today on my walk I saw 5 of them, owned by 4 different people. I also saw about 3 yesterday. I think people are pulling my leg when they say they're rare. I would assume they are more popular in Canada. my dog's breeder is in Calgary. There are actually a few decent breeders in California though. I know a couple of other people here who have them (including one girl in the class below me at school). Topoisomerase fucked around with this message at 05:07 on Dec 3, 2012 |
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This is my dog Duke: When he urinates he kicks his feet back a bunch of times like he is trying to cover it up, like a cat uses the litter box. He a dog not a catte though...
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Dec 3, 2012 05:06
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Wheats posted:I just want to know how many people he has to bite before they do something, because it clearly isn't six. I fear that number is the number that it takes for a judge to order the Piney euthanized. I wonder how they manage to get insurance. dogsupremacy posted:This is my dog Duke: It is just him marking the area, supposedly. Dogs have scent glands in their feet so wiping their feet like that helps mark the area. Other people think it is to leave a more physical mark of their presence similar to how some animals will make scrapes on the ground. I think he's just really excited about peeing and is showing off to the world. Be glad he doesn't do it with poo because I've seen dogs launch a turd a good 15-20 feet doing it.
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Shifty Pony posted:I fear that number is the number that it takes for a judge to order the Piney euthanized. I wonder how they manage to get insurance. My dog does that with poo. He does it all the time and gets poo poo on his feet.  I didn't know there was a reason, I just thought it's because he's a boston and they're all retarded as hell.
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There was a red Boston at the dog park today and it was a very smart dog because it kept coming over to say hi to me. He was super cute and only 5 months old, and kept launching himself at my face. Bad dog
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I don't know if this fits here, but I feel like I will explode if I don't share it. It's been all over our local news for a couple weeks: http://www.kxii.com/home/headlines/The-search-for-Lucy-Sparkles-181641051.html Why does someone have a pet kangaroo? How does someone even acquire one in Oklahoma? Though admittedly, I hope she's found. 
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Dec 3, 2012 06:58
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ruarc posted:I don't know if this fits here, but I feel like I will explode if I don't share it. It's been all over our local news for a couple weeks: I want to know what heartbreakroken means!
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All I know is I'm naming my next pet Lucy Sparkles irrespective of gender or species or attitude.
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Dec 3, 2012 07:24
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Does anyone know where to order doggles??
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Dec 3, 2012 08:59
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Literally the first hit on Google for doggles: http://www.doggles.com/ WolfensteinBag posted:So, does anyone who actually has a GSD want to start a breed post? Because I can throw together something of one if you guys want, but might be better coming from someone who actually owns a GSD. I can put one together later today if no one else feels like doing it. A general herding thread might be more useful though. Triangulum fucked around with this message at 19:28 on Dec 3, 2012 |
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Triangulum posted:Literally the first hit on Google for doggles:
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dogsupremacy posted:I meant can anyone recommended a doggles supplier excuse me... What do you mean by supplier? That website is the supplier.
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adventure in the sandbox posted:There was a red Boston at the dog park today and it was a very smart dog because it kept coming over to say hi to me. One day: Red Boston. Hurry up and get old and die Frankie, so I can get a red Boston. I saw one in a hellish pet store a couple of months ago and it was all hosed up and retarded and I said "hi red Boston. Someday." Red boston name: Bacon.
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