The Dog Lover Thread

[LA Ute]

I realize they are probably just trying to be cute in that article, but if I spend even a tenth of the estimated $59K it takes to own a mutt on my dog, will someone please kick me in the berries really hard three times and then confiscate my credit card before calling in a 5150 for me to the local mental health hospital?

Lol. I forgot to add that the costs they list, even for a mutt, are ridiculous. Our mutt lived 16.5 years and we took her to the vet maybe 6-7 times in her entire life. And she ate Purina dog food, off the supermarket shelf. Greatest dog I've ever known.

[bluegoose]

Labradoodle vs. Mutt: The Real Cost of Owning a Dog

http://bloom.bg/pEIMit

I realize they are probably just trying to be cute in that article, but if I spend even a tenth of the estimated $59K it takes to own a mutt on my dog, will someone please kick me in the berries really hard three times and then confiscate my credit card before calling in a 5150 for me to the local mental health hospital?

[LA Ute]

Labradoodle vs. Mutt: The Real Cost of Owning a Dog

http://bloom.bg/pEIMit

[filsdepac]

That is an awesome picture! I think French Bulldogs are awesome. Is this true?

Yes, they are loads of fun. She loves to play fetch and is very obedient. We'll play tug with a rope and I can swing her all over the place but the moment i say "release," she does. We also taught her other tricks like bang you're dead and high five.

Frenchies do snore though, so she has to sleep in another room. Also, they're not good at cooling off, so anything above 85 degrees is tough on them. Of course, in San Francisco that happens once a year, so this is a good home.

Wow. It's just like The Birds. Except with dogs.

I had a rope above my head that they were all wanting to chase. The golden lab would win every time, but then our frenchie would latch on and just be dragged around til the lab let go, it was hilarious.

For other dog owners, may i recommend getting an elk antler. Dogs LOVE gnawing on them and it takes them a long time to get through them. It helps clean their teeth and isn't disgusting like a bully stick.

[Babs]

Our Frenchie with her pals, two labs (golden and black) and a Boxer. It was a lot of fun to watch them all wrestle and play. I think Vick took the wrong angle, should've just had dogs play fight.

Wow. It's just like The Birds. Except with dogs.

[Commando]

Our Frenchie with her pals, two labs (golden and black) and a Boxer. It was a lot of fun to watch them all wrestle and play. I think Vick took the wrong angle, should've just had dogs play fight.

That is an awesome picture! I think French Bulldogs are awesome. Is this true?

[filsdepac]

Our Frenchie with her pals, two labs (golden and black) and a Boxer. It was a lot of fun to watch them all wrestle and play. I think Vick took the wrong angle, should've just had dogs play fight.

[LA Ute]

Turning to more positive topics, August 26 is National Dog Day.

[San Juan Sun]

You could start a blog?

That no one would read? What's the point in that?

[Babs]

I will continue to post updates until:
- the dog bites someone, at which point the dog is dead and updates are unnecessary
- we realize that many (most?) of the biting stories in this thread concern "good breed" dogs
- wuap's righteous indignation at my choice of pet overflows and consumes us all.

You could start a blog?

[Commando]

48 hour update:

-The puppy is really taking a shine to my 8 year old. His whole back half erupts in wags as soon as my boy appears. They played for two hours in the backyard until after sunset last night.

-The boy got up at 6:30 am, "walked" the dog, fed him, and congratulated on him pooping outside. I'm very glad he's taking to the responsibility of having a dog.

-Puppy exam and shots set up for this afternoon.

I will continue to post updates until:
- the dog bites someone, at which point the dog is dead and updates are unnecessary
- we realize that many (most?) of the biting stories in this thread concern "good breed" dogs
- wuap's righteous indignation at my choice of pet overflows and consumes us all.

I was down at the pound a few weeks ago and about half of the dogs in there are pits- because there is a pretty big contingent of white trash that continues to abuse their animals thinking it's tuff and cool to have a ruined dog. Some of those dogs were surly, but most were just sad. I think your dog's gonna be just fine.

[San Juan Sun]

48 hour update:

-The puppy is really taking a shine to my 8 year old. His whole back half erupts in wags as soon as my boy appears. They played for two hours in the backyard until after sunset last night.

-The boy got up at 6:30 am, "walked" the dog, fed him, and congratulated on him pooping outside. I'm very glad he's taking to the responsibility of having a dog.

-Puppy exam and shots set up for this afternoon.

I will continue to post updates until:
- the dog bites someone, at which point the dog is dead and updates are unnecessary
- we realize that many (most?) of the biting stories in this thread concern "good breed" dogs
- wuap's righteous indignation at my choice of pet overflows and consumes us all.

[Babs]

Yeah. Not only was I repeatedly menaced by the neighbor's German Shepherd when I was a young lad, there was one in Guatemala that was particularly demonic and specifically targeted the missionaries. He took a chunk out of my comp's calf and later on got a piece of the bottom of my standard-issue Doc Martin.

It was a Shepherd that got me, too.

They made him a police dog after that.

Now I'm pretty sure he's patrolling a beat somewhere in the hereafter. :clap:

[Commando]

A German Shepherd who had "never bitten anyone his entire life and was the nicest dog you'd ever want to see" took a chunk out of my lower calf when I was on a run two years ago. It was apparently my fault, because I "startled" him.

Yeah. Not only was I repeatedly menaced by the neighbor's German Shepherd when I was a young lad, there was one in Guatemala that was particularly demonic and specifically targeted the missionaries. He took a chunk out of my comp's calf and later on got a piece of the bottom of my standard-issue Doc Martin.

[TripletDaddy]

When I was a kid, that is exactly how our golden retriever ended up living on a farm. After 5 years of being the most gentle dog ever, he bit a neighbor kid and my niece within a few weeks of each other.

Golden retriever