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Re: Dogs

POSTED BY: Niki2
UPDATED: Tuesday, September 15, 2009 23:30
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GINOBIFFARONI

Tuesday, September 1, 2009 11:16 PM

I like both...

and they all like each other ( and plot together against me for more treats )

My Chocolate Lab Kaylee

Kaylee and het buddy Stocky

and Julius their ringleader

MSA

Wednesday, September 2, 2009 1:13 AM

The dogs raised one of our cats so he's not exactly right in the head. He barks( as best a cat can bark) plays pull tug, and is convinced dog food is yum-o

To love someone is to see a miracle invisible to others.
--Francois Mauriac
It's fuzzy-minded liberal thinking like that that gets you eaten.

BORIS

Wednesday, September 2, 2009 6:49 AM

Oh My God! Dogs Better? are you serious....I mean they're cute and all....and I like em. But better than cats? I think not. the way they try to chase me from my own yard and then I have to stay up a tree till a human comes....not cool.

Theo the cat (Boris's cat brother)

BORIS

Saturday, September 5, 2009 5:52 AM

Dogs: Good nad Bad
Dogs don't hiss
they don't scratch you just because it's fun to make you bleed and even better if you screech
Dogs don't purr
dogs don't clean themselves
dogs don't bury their business or pee politely in a hole or a litter
dogs tongues feel better than cats tongues
dogs can't climb trees and then lay in wait and jump on your head when you've had a really crappy day and are in no mood to play Ninja Kitty.
dogs chew your favourite stuff up
Cats tear your favourite stuff up and then present it to you
dogs can be trained to behave
dogs are more inclined to give you heartmelting adoring looks rather than glary icy "I hate you stupid human where's my dinner" stares
dogs smell funky
dogs chase my cat....and then he has to assert his masculinity by attacking me...I don't like it
when we find the right dog and cat friends they love us unconditionally.

I'm basically a cat lover...for now as I don't have a dog but I Like some of my friends dogs.

KWICKO

Saturday, September 5, 2009 6:42 AM

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Yeah but cats do not bark at 3 am, do not lie down and block your path when you carry heavy things and weigh so little that it doesn't matter if they jump on your lap... plus I've never seen a cat whine incessantly ( my dog could seriously be used for torture purposes as he can do this high pitched whine that lasts ages...)

I beg to differ. My cats will indeed wake me at 3am, yowling incessantly if I should be such an idiot as to let their food bowl go empty during the night. Yes, they have food issues. They're not fat, but they will LOSE IT if their bowl is empty, or even close to empty. Both of them were near starving when rescued, so they have a thing about not being out of food. Understandable, of course, but very annoying when they empty the bowl at 3am...

And they absolutely WILL block my path. I'm convinced they're in cahoots to kill me. If I'm carrying laundry baskets down the stairs, one of 'em will actually run down about 3 steps ahead of me, then lie down across the step. I'm carrying two or three baskets full of laundry, so I can't see where I'm going, so I end up going all the way down the steps feeling my way with my toes before stepping down to the next step. And when I find him, Rodger gets up, runs down three more steps, and lays down again. It's a goddam game to him, this trying to kill me.

My dog will not jump in my lap, no matter what I try. She will let me pick her up and hold her like a baby, though, which causes no end of amusement at work when I do it...

My feeling is, why choose between cats and dogs? Why not both?

Mike

NIKI2

Sunday, September 6, 2009 5:18 PM

Yeah, I vote for both!

As to the 3am stuff, what about "kitty football" in the middle of the night, eh? Wakes you up just as good...and if nobody's heard a cat fight in the middle of the night, boy, they're a heavy sleeper!

I vote for both. In SMALL quantities (that's probably one of the reasons we prefer a dog...eight cats were wayyyy too many!). I'd still like ONE housecat, but haven't convinced Jim yet...

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Together we are greater than the sum of our parts

KWICKO

Sunday, September 6, 2009 5:47 PM

I've had two and three dogs at a time, and there were conflicts and turf wars. I'm down to one dog now, and two cats, and it seems to be a perfect balance. The dog chases the cats around the house, play-assing around, and sometimes they gang up and chase HER back the other way. And they've always got someone to play with, even if we're not there. Their personalities all just "mesh" with one another, and it's one big happy.

Mike

THESOMNAMBULIST

Monday, September 7, 2009 12:03 PM

Agree with all and everyone on pretty much all the points mentioned. However...

Best friend I ever had was my Dog Pepe. May sound sad to say that but it's very true. When I lived on my own in the country, I never ever succumbed to loneliness and I think that was due to having Pepe with me. He was a true friend and was with me nineteen years. He was just three months shy of making twenty.

He was the most loyal companion I've ever had. He NEVER let me down and I honestly cannot say that about anything or anyone.

Best things about dogs....

...On a cold winters night, when you sit down in front of the TV to watch Northern Exposure with a cup of tea and snacks, there on the sofa with you is a border collie. Your best friend... And there he will remain until the very end.

NIKI2

Monday, September 7, 2009 11:16 PM

I have a feeling nobody in this thread is going to find that "sad". I think we all understand. Many people don't understand what a cat or dog is really all about, but scientists sure do! (Can't speak to other pets, never had one came close to a dog or a cat.)

We lost my beloved husky/shephard almost two years ago, and Jim agrees she was the finest dog we ever had. I couldn't live without them, for all the reasons you cited, and more!

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Together we are greater than the sum of our parts

GINOBIFFARONI

Friday, September 11, 2009 3:19 PM

> I've got 2 dogs. I bought a large bag of Meaty Bites at Big W and was
> standing in line at the check-out.
>
> A woman behind me asked if I had a dog.
>
> On impulse, I told her that no, I was starting The Meaty Bites Diet
> again, although I probably shouldn't because I'd ended up in the
> hospital last time but that I'd lost 25 kgs before I woke in an
> intensive care ward with tubes coming out of most of my orifices and
> IV's in both arms.
>
> I told her that it was essentially a perfect diet and that the way that
> it works is to load your pants pockets with Meaty Bites and simply eat
> one or two every time you feel hungry & that the food is nutritionally
> complete so I was going to try it again.
>
> I have to mention here that practically everyone in the line was by now
> enthralled with my story, particularly a guy who was behind her.
>
> Horrified, she asked if I'd ended up in the hospital in that condition
> because I had been poisoned by the food. I told her no, it was because
> I'd been sitting in the middle of the road licking my balls and a car hit
> me.
>
> I thought one guy was going to have a heart attack he was laughing so
> hard as he staggered out the door.
>
> Stupid woman...why else would I buy dog food??