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Post by Hinata on Aug 26, 2005 20:43:56 GMT -5
They are stupid!!!!
Sorry, my roommate's puppy just peed all over my papers and then sat there looking at me like he was innocent. GRR! I'm ready to kill the thing and we've only had it for like 3 days!. . .
This is not mentioning how completely dependant they are on humans to do EVERYTHING for them! Grr! Why did my bloody roommate have to get such a dumb dog! It's not even like a dog. . .it's an ankle snapper! It's a chichuaua!
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Post by Gwalchmai on Aug 26, 2005 20:47:47 GMT -5
tiny dogs are like that... Thats why when I finally get a dog I'm going for Great Dane  |
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Post by dreamer on Aug 26, 2005 21:13:30 GMT -5
Poodles are the lowest form of dog life, with small yappy dogs just slightly higher. I totally agree. It is easier to have a child than a new dog. I've done both. The baby stayed, the dog went within 24 hours.
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Post by Hinata on Aug 26, 2005 21:23:46 GMT -5
Can I vote the dog off the island?  |
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Post by chappycap on Aug 26, 2005 21:56:35 GMT -5
some dogs are fun, like black labradors
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Post by karenee on Aug 26, 2005 23:35:32 GMT -5
I think dogs....... are very needy. I can tolerate them so long as I do not have to care for them. Now cats....  another story. I'm going to get a cat one day... a person-cat. |
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Post by Hinata on Aug 26, 2005 23:56:34 GMT -5
I hate them all . . . they are too stupid for me to like them
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Post by Dred on Aug 27, 2005 9:32:38 GMT -5
I've been around dogs and cats both and they have their own problems. I own a dog now and love it completely. Puppies are more needy that adult dogs. That's the way they are. Just as humans have different personalities, so do dogs and cats. Be careful about lumping all dogs or all cats into a mold. They are not all the same. Having said all that, pets are a chore at times and life can be much simpler without them. |
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Post by Hinata on Aug 27, 2005 9:48:41 GMT -5
I agree that they are a chore. . .but it's not even my dog. . .why do I have to assist in taking care of the thing?
And Dgan. . .I've never been much of a dog person. . .I just don't like them. . .I guess "hating" them all is strong, but I was pretty teed last night. . .I just strongly dislike dogs and prefer cats who aren't as dependent
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Post by twyrch on Aug 27, 2005 9:56:33 GMT -5
They are stupid!!!! Sorry, my roommate's puppy just peed all over my papers and then sat there looking at me like he was innocent. GRR! I'm ready to kill the thing and we've only had it for like 3 days!. . . This is not mentioning how completely dependant they are on humans to do EVERYTHING for them! Grr! Why did my bloody roommate have to get such a dumb dog! It's not even like a dog. . .it's an ankle snapper! It's a chichuaua! Babys pee all over things and are completely dependant on us adults as well Hinata. I know they aren't the same thing, but they do have things in common. This is a puppy... an animal that is relying on it's owner to keep it alive until it is strong enough to fend for itself. You have to train it to go on papers or outside, just like you potty train a toddler to go in the potty. Anyway... Here's some cute pics of dogs and cats.     |
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Post by Hinata on Aug 27, 2005 9:58:19 GMT -5
Babies don't pee on your homework and then sit there trying to look absolutely innocent. . .yes, they destroy things and tear things apart. . .but I've never known a kid to pee on things. . .other than themselves which I can handle.
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Post by tinidril on Aug 27, 2005 10:22:22 GMT -5
Babies don't pee on your homework and then sit there trying to look absolutely innocent. . .yes, they destroy things and tear things apart. . .but I've never known a kid to pee on things. . .other than themselves which I can handle. It's obvious you've never had to potty-train a child!  I do it for a living and I can tell you, a 3 year old can do exactly what that puppy did... only the mess is bigger!  |
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Post by Tegid on Aug 27, 2005 16:34:20 GMT -5
I've never had a dog, and I do not foresee that ever changing. Having said that ... Some dogs, like some people, can have pretty impressive qualities. Their loyalty is legendary. Let me tell you about something that happened a year ago. On my way back from my all-too-brief vacation, I stopped off in a wilderness area of Colorado called Mount of the Holy Cross. The mountain itself is one of the "Fourteeners" (14000+ feet at the summit) that people like to see how many they can climb. It's about 6 miles from the closest possible parking spot, to the meadow area where this picture was taken. The mountain with the formation from which it gets its name is on the right (it's a little more obvious when the crevasse is filled with snow); to get to the summit, a person would go from this meadow across the ridges that start in the left of the view, and it's about 3 more miles. Can you tell that the next mile from here is nothing but boulder and rubble?  There's a shelter on this meadow, left over from the days when this used to be a National Monument. (It has been "downgraded" to protected wilderness area, because not that many people went there.) When I arrived, there was a dog inside the shelter, with no one anywhere around. He just lay there, friendly-looking and all, but he didn't get up or anything -- he seemed rather well-trained, I guessed. I stayed a couple hours in the meadow area (didn't conquer the summit), and as I was about ready to leave, a small group arrived and went straight to the dog. His owners? No, they were members of the local "mountain rescue group." They told me that the dog came up the day before with his owners, who wanted to reach the top. That next mile over the boulders and rubble destroyed the dog's pads, and he just couldn't go any further, nor could he get down. The couple set the dog up in the shelter with water and what food they brought for him (not planning originally on more than just that day), and they went on down to civilization for help. The rescue folks tried putting some kind of specialized doggie gloves on all four paws, but no, he was limping badly and didn't want to go anywhere. Then they tried using an improvised stretcher and carried him about 200 yards in 15 or so minutes; 6 miles to go -- that wasn't going to do. So they emptied a backpack and stuffed the 65-pound guy in it, and they took turns wearing the pack as they trudged on down the mountain (with gorgeous scenery to distract from the burden of it all). These guys were volunteers, and this was not their livelihood. They did this for a dog on their Sunday off. And I would imagine that when that dog was reunited with his owners, he still looked at them with the same loving devotion and loyalty that he had for them when he trustingly started out with them on that hike. |
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Post by Child of Immanuel on Aug 27, 2005 17:17:17 GMT -5
My doggie is very smart. He can recognize all the strange nicknames I come up with daily. |
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Post by kahne9 on Aug 28, 2005 12:59:31 GMT -5
I know dogs can be aggravating especially at first, until they are house broken. But dogs aren't that bad! You just have to have the time to spend with them and work with them. We found the best way to start training a dog was to use these puppy pads. They are pads to use down on the floor, to help the dog know that is where it needs to do its business. After we used them for awhile, then we started to take our dog out about every hour until she learned. Now, she sits in front of our chair and whines if she has to go out. I know this isn't your dog, Hin, but maybe some of this advice would help your roommate if she hasn't already tried some of these things.
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another story. I'm going to get a cat one day... a person-cat.
Twyrch /|\
