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Aren't they all just variations on #2? I thought that's what we were discussing. I'm confused.
Ha Ha. Very droll.
Oh, come on, now, it wasn't that bad.
Love dogs, but right now am seriously thinking about shooting one of the neighbour's pack.
Yes pack, they have 11 of them.
One has been in and out of yard all morning chasing the cats.
Normally, I would not really care, as long as they are not chasing the deer, but we are trying to trap the feral cats people have been dropping off out in the country that gravitate to our house, as we feed other wild cats.
We are 1 by 1 catching the cats and taking them in to get fixed and then releasing them again. As such, it is a serious set back to our already made appointments next week to get a couple more fixed. The cats won't come around for days now.
Had a huge scream at the neighbours just now, hope they keep them penned up like they are supposed to.
The more people I meet, the more I love my dog.
That's nice, just wished other people loved their dogs enough to keep them under control, and thereby not put their life in danger.
I love sitting on the front porch and watching the world go by. So much of the world are lovely doggies.
Can't really have a dog myself since a) I don't really have room, and b) I'm not home enough to give a dog the love s/he needs. But it's nice to live vicariously through other people's dogs.
Yup! There's two dogs in the neighborhood that come to visit me whenever I'm outside; a German Shepherd and a black Labrador. I'd love another canine (the one dog I had was a Beagle) but it's impossible for me.
Yep, dogs are wonderful, have had a few myself, one for over 14 years. We raised and trained german shepards when I was young, for guard dogs, for a few years.
But sometimes, we have real problems aroud here with the neighbour's dogs, as there are so many that when they get out, the big ones pack up and run the deer, or people's cattle, down. As when one of the 5 very large ones, decides to escape, they all do.
It is not as if they are locked in a small run, or hard done by, or anything either, so that it is me meanly punishing them by making sure they get kept in.
The guy has 12 acres with about 1/3 rd of it made into a sweet doggie habitat, with tall fencing around it. So they have at least 4 acres to play in, and believe me play is the operative word. He also drives them ALL to the lake every other day for a several hour run.
Would never really shoot one, was just venting about the cat setback. As we wanted them fixed before the snow fell on the valley floor, and so that afterwards we could install them in the barn for the winter, or at least give them a choice to stay there if they wanted, after they got used to it, just finished redoing it and making it suitable, so we could use it for them. Currently some live under a stump, and others in a falling down roofless cabin.
2 wild ones froze to death last winter and we are trying to prevent a repeat and more babies from being born midwinter. There are still 4 females and 1 male, that need to be caught and fixed, and that is after the 9 we have already dealt with, over the last year, and the 3 we have as house pets.
Sigh....I wish some people would be pet responsible.
Just watched A Dog Year (2009) in which Jeff Bridges adopts a Border Collie that had been abused by its former owner, and nurses it back to health (and he himself becomes renewed by the exercise). Good show.
Happy Hallowe'en from Rufus!
In real life, that dog eventually had to be euthanized. Jon Katz was the owner and author of the book. Katz took a great deal of heat from the border collie community (human division).
where i come from, i am not allowed to have dogs,
many interpretations but some say its cause no pets allowed by people of muslim faith, some say they are dirty
its very very debateable, i know recently UK had problems with some groups because they wouldnt allow UK police to let dogs come in their house because against religion
Just watched Hotel For Dogs (2009) which I found 100% more interesting than that stupid Harry Potter movie - The Half Blood Prince.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJ13Wcx4wjQ
Dogs are clever :)
Viral dog videos:
What a dog does when it's cold
Seltzer dogs
Ultimate dog tease
Dog is my co-pilot.
CBC listeners probably heard about this on "As It Happens," but this is an amazing story about a lost dog from Arkansas turning up in Calgary 4 years later and being returned home:
http://www.theprovince.com/life/Long+lost+home+Arkansas+family/6365517/s... And a video is here: http://www.katv.com/story/17269396/dog-reunited-with-cabot-family-after-... Check it out if you missed it. I admit I'm a sucker for good-news dog tales. The moral: microchip your pets.
"microchip your pets" - be careful not to give the Cons ideas - who know where this could lead.
I have a plaque on my mantle with the noble sentiment; "Be the kind of person your dog thinks you are"