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14889. Magoseph - 5/9/2005 4:06:50 PM I am reading this talk about dogs with much interest. In the past, I always left the care of family dogs to the man in the house and his sons. I have decided to get a dog for Flexy’s birthday in July. It just happens that he has a daughter-in-law who for the last fifteen years runs an animal shelter near Chicago that is a well-financed foundation—so I'd say that I’m lucky that I don’t have to get involved around here looking for a dog and that most likely we'll get the right guard dog. 14890. Macnas - 5/9/2005 4:11:34 PM Better a barker than a biter for a guard dog Mago. 14891. Macnas - 5/9/2005 4:17:07 PM Wonk
My brother in CA has a britt, and I've always ran springers.
But, I have a real hankering to try out one of these:
 14892. Magoseph - 5/9/2005 4:17:10 PM Oh, yes, Mac--around here, no dog is free to roam around-our association fines are pretty steep if the police nab a dog, I tell you. 14893. Ms. No - 5/9/2005 4:21:13 PM Arky,
I'm so sorry to hear the news about your Diva, but I'll forever now have an image of a dachschund herding cows. 14894. Ms. No - 5/9/2005 4:23:04 PM Mac,
That dog is a Rock Star. He needs an electric guitar. 14895. Macnas - 5/9/2005 4:24:19 PM Groovy looking, isn't he? 14896. Ms. No - 5/9/2005 4:36:14 PM Very. What kind of spaniel is that? My first thought was that it was a standard poodle but the coat isn't right and the face is spaniel-y. 14897. alistairconnor - 5/9/2005 4:37:27 PM ... it's a birrd dawwwg. 14898. Macnas - 5/9/2005 4:40:31 PM Its an Irish water spaniel. Big curly haired chocolate brown dogs.
Supposedly a cross between French poodles, back when they were actual hunting dogs, and the Irish setter. 14899. Ms. No - 5/9/2005 5:05:38 PM Looks like.
I nearly got into a bar fight two weeks ago when a couple of drunks started telling horror stories about Pitt Bulls and PB-mixes. This one idiot -- barely able to stand up straight when he started -- was trying to impress this other idiot -- tottering in her high heels --- with his knowledge of dogs and his special witness status having seen multiple children on several occasions mauled by Pit Bulls. (At least we were led to believe it was multiple since the first time he told the story the child was 3 and the second time the child was 7 and then 2 and then...well, you get the picture.)
Of course he starts this whole thing after we've all piped up about what kind of precious furry lumpkin we all have at home and it's my mention of Billietta that starts him off on the whole Pitt Bull Horror Story Hour.
All of the hysterical fabrications about locking jaws and 5000 lbs of pressure in the jaw muscle and turning on their owners and never being safe around children and my mother's neighbor's son's kid was at a birthday party and the family pit maimed one of the two-year old guests and they had to shoot the dog and then use a crow-bar to break its jaw in order to release the child's throat and everyone almost died.
And the woman is responding with counter-tales about her little Boston Terrier and how he thinks he's a big dog so he's always picking fights with bigger dogs but that he never approaches Pits or Rottweilers and all I can think is "I don't care how little your dog is, he's an aggressive and unpredictable animal and you should keep him out of the dog park." and yet they're both looking at me like I'm a criminal because I take my very well-behaved, never been in a fight, never bitten anyone Pit Mix to the park all the time.
My dog doesn't bite but I sure as hell thought about it.
14900. Ms. No - 5/9/2005 5:06:24 PM And my friends wonder why I lie and claim Billie's a Lab mix. 14901. judithathome - 5/9/2005 5:47:14 PM Can you give us some figures on that, Judith?
Yes, I certainly will! The incumbant mayor, my guy, got 68% of the vote in a 3 way race and the candidate for council, my guy, beat the incumbant by a 72.5% margin. We had the largest voter turnout ever in this village of 2,100...446 voted.
14902. arkymalarky - 5/9/2005 5:52:37 PM Thanks MsNo. It is a very odd sight.
That dog looks like he should belong to a member of Twisted Sister, Mac. 14903. judithathome - 5/9/2005 5:57:49 PM ...or named Rick James. 14904. Ms. No - 5/9/2005 6:00:51 PM Yes!! He does look like Rick James.
If you get one you'll have to name it "Superfreak" 14905. arkymalarky - 5/9/2005 6:01:16 PM I KNEW he looked familiar! 14906. jayackroyd - 5/9/2005 6:09:21 PM Arky--
I'm really sorry to hear about Diva. I look at Gracie lying in her usual spot to my right (it doesn't really seem to matter where I am, she ends up a couple of feet to my right) and can't imagine not having her here. I hope you can find a way to get Mojo a companion soon.
14907. arkymalarky - 5/9/2005 9:13:52 PM Thanks so much, Jay. Diva stuck by me in the house and with Bob outside (her preference). I had Bob put Diva's bedding away when she disappeared (on the floor at the foot of my side of the bed). I had hoped to get it out again, but couldn't bear looking at it. We buried her with her favorite toy. It is hard. 14908. Magoseph - 5/10/2005 1:09:20 PM Hello, dear Arky--how do you feel today?
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