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Oh no.  I was so hoping the old nonsense thread would go to 500 pages and close. You guys just had to yell at each other! :fist:  That puppy is godawfully adorable, but like I said man. That dog is gonna destroy your house. The cute ones always do. Balen's birthday is in 2 days. I went shopping. I got supplies.
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TVs Ian posted:This is revenge for me being one of the first to predict you were keeping Ires, isn't it? Yeah, pretty much. Even though she's a good girl now. 
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May 23, 2012 23:59
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AcetylCoA! posted:Speaking of cute puppies, how's yours doing? Barky. Doofy. She dives off the couch onto Amy, Balen and Kaydee regularly to play. She leaps straight up, tucks her little front paws under herself then somehow ends up halfway across the room. If I can, I'll get some pictures of her and everybody else today. If not, there'll be plenty of pictures for Balen's birthday tomorrow. A life less: That little one with the tiny white collar is way, way too sweet.
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May 24, 2012 13:46
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TVs Ian posted:Sooooooo there is someone interested in adopting Nori, a friend of a friend to my sister in law. And the girls Facebook profile picture is of herself......in a full sparkle dog fur suit. "I'm sorry, but I think you'd rape this puppy so no".
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May 24, 2012 14:04
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notsoape posted:Out of interest, what size 'pack' are the PI dog people eventually aiming for? I'm keeping one spot open for another small lurcher in the next few years- hopefully a Mouse daughter, if she does well in the field - but three dogs (two being my very own, Dan is really a family dog) will be my limit for the foreseeable future. I dream of a day when I own 500 fenced acres and I have a herd of danes stampeding toward me at full run, tongues, ears and tails flopping around everywhere. Dog-wise I can't really see more than 5, ever, and certainly not more than this while we're still moving around. Hell, I didn't intend on this. Ires just kinda happened. v  v But things change and who really knows. It'll depend on what our living situation is like a billion years down the road.
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May 24, 2012 19:27
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Fraction posted:\On that note, what breeds are people interested in owning at some point in their lives? Chessies, flatcoats, danes (so many danes), wolfhounds, mastiffs, brittanys, springers, CKCs, papillons, poms, deerhounds, saints, newfies, giant schnauzers, irish setters, RRs. I don't really know about corgis. They're a 'sort of' want. Kinda like goldens. Corgis I really don't wanna deal with the back problems and goldens I don't wanna deal with the cancer. I might be open to pharaoh hounds, greyhounds, beezers, salukis, afghans or standard poodles but those would be far, far down the road. Kinda like mastiffs will be.  E: I have no idea how I forgot salukis. Fluffy Bunnies fucked around with this message at 20:16 on May 24, 2012 |
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May 24, 2012 20:03
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Fraction posted:That's a lot of dogs! What if you had to pick like, your top five? Dane, mastiff, RR, Flatcoat, Pom (or pom mix) probably. E: Sometimes it is just specific dogs that don't get along. Talk to other people, see if they know the pit and see if it's gone after other dogs in my opinion.
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May 24, 2012 21:01
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notsoape posted:Now let's talk about breeds we would never in a million years own I will never own a beagle or a foxhound because BAROUU BARROOU BARROOUUUUU?  They're cute but oh god. No boxers or brachy breeds either. E: I probably wouldn't own a lot of terriers, but I'm a sucker for cairns. I doubt it'd be a good match though. Fluffy Bunnies fucked around with this message at 00:28 on May 25, 2012 |
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May 25, 2012 00:17
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GoreJess posted:What's with all the hate for terriers!?!? They're compact, strong little dogs with amazing personalities & the drive to attack rodents. Plus, the best terriers have scruffy old man beards & eyebrows. Schnauzer's as close as I get to terriers, really. I dunno. I've just never really been into the majority of them. I'd entertain the idea of a cairn, but it'd have to be the right cairn. A small side note: Since Balen has been a little young thing (with no white on his fuzzy face, even), if the water is running, I steal the kitchen hose up and spray him. His job is to get away without getting sprayed. It's like water tag. And he comes back for more. Watching four dogs do this is amazing.
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May 25, 2012 02:04
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6-Ethyl Bearcat posted:a big slobbery newfie or similar. Man, I know, right? I'd love to grab that big old mutt in a headlock and get all sloppy and gross and just. Dawgs.I do it with Balen but he's nowhere near as slobbery as a newfie. quote:I'd like a standard poodle one day. I know a lady who shows them and she brings them in for vaccs and health tests sometimes. Her male is so elegant, affectionate and full of humour. Although she keeps them in full show coat which is... intimidating. That's what makes me so hesitant with standard poodles. I normally brush and groom every couple of days. That.. doesn't work with a poodle coat unless you keep it super short, and I'd rather have it longer or show cut or something. If I'm super busy and unable to do something with the danes or even Kaydee and Ires for a few days in a row, I might run into one tangle on Kaydee and.. that's pretty much it. A poodle would be a nightmare by that point. I like primal breeds but I feel like the majority would be a bad match for husband, potentially me too.
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May 25, 2012 03:59
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E: ^^^^ Nooooo. Whyyyy? Then it's so much harder to turn it into something ridiculous looking. Like a giant booberry or something. Eh, I think if I wanted cords I'd go with a puli or a komodor or something. I like the puppy cut alright. I also like giant ridiculous lion cuts because it's just so demoralizing to the dog.
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May 25, 2012 04:41
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If you're going hiking for extended periods every single day, a giant breed may not be into it, but if it's like. weekends or something, are you kiddin' me? Once it cools off a bit we're taking Balen and Amy (maybe Kaydee and Ires too) up into the mountains to go look around. Okay, cools off a lot. But still. I think it really depends on how hardcore your activity level is.
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May 25, 2012 13:35
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Shifty Pony posted:Solution: get both! I dread the day I start asking you guys if I should get a mantle, a harlequin or a black dane. Because I'm ending up with three puppies, aren't I? And I love my cats-I-never-post-about. I really do. Gabe's a giant lover and Sarah's a total oval office, but I love'em. Just.. if I had to choose between cats and dogs forever, it'd be dogs. ...Well, dogs and reptiles. If I had to choose between those, oh god, I'd never be able to decide. E: Also, AA forever. Fluffy Bunnies fucked around with this message at 16:32 on May 25, 2012 |
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May 25, 2012 16:23
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It's Balen's birthday today. He's 7. He got a double whopper with cheese and it was gone in about three bites. He was basically the happiest dog ever when I pulled it out of the wrapper. I'll post pictures of goofy dressup and stuff later on.
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May 25, 2012 20:50
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El Gar posted:This is extremely nice to hear, you made my day. Thank you. Picking up after Balen and Amy is like shoving my hand into a bowl of squashy, hot dough. When I grab poo poo, it tends to smoosh outward through my plastic-covered fingers. Even if I manage to get it all in one bag (and mind you, when I do, I feel like I've won the world series), there is a very high chance that a bit will flop off the edge onto my hand and roll over it, leaving a brownish smear. Or it will break the bag due to weight and then I must race at top speed to a trash can before it gets on my shoes. I usually use a plastic bag from Walmart. Or two. Dane ownership~
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May 25, 2012 21:53
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El Gar posted:Between this and that post about your dogs licking sweat off of you you are a pretty disgusting person and I honestly don't know what goes through your head when you post. v v Type words, push post button.E:  Okay I may actually keep that one for a while.
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May 25, 2012 22:01
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Kerfuffle posted:Maybe you should switch to target bags? No, no. I meant like, the little plastic bags you usually see at the dog park or whatever. Or the standard 'dog bag' you see at petsmart. Store plastic bags like target or walmart or whatever the hell work fine.
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May 25, 2012 22:13
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http://shine.yahoo.com/pets/dog-claims-world-record-largest-eyes-185400244.html Isn't that like, bad, that the dog's eye popped out of his head? Like, that's not just a boston terrier thing, right? That's some terrible breeding showing?
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May 25, 2012 23:02
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toby posted:Do you have a difficult to control, super-strong robot hand? Or maybe like really floppy bones or something so you can't move steadily? Or maybe you live in a lilliputian dimension where all plastic bags are really comically tiny? Not really. One of the other big dog owners will probably say the same thing. The little dog pick up bags are too small and it's always a mess. It's like using a plastic beach shovel to muck out a horse stall. Even Foxy's collie requires two of those little bags and that's a collie. I kinda wish I had a super strong robot hand because it'd be cool, as long as I didn't have to lose my other hands/feet for it.
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May 25, 2012 23:22
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Neena posted:Why the hell would you keep using the little poop bags after the first time poo poo squished out of them and onto your hands I usually don't. Occasionally I'm kinda stuck at a dog park or on a walk or whatever and that's all that's available. I flake once in a while about remembering a bag for their poo poo. Garbage day: They play eye of the tiger on the radio when I manage to pick it all up and not end up killing the bag, using more than one bag and not get disgusting.
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May 25, 2012 23:33
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Captain Foxy posted:I think that's a circumstance where I would just leave it. It was like 30000Y in Okinawa (or that's what we were told) and I know it's high here, too. I have left it before but people get really pissy about it. I'd rather just have to run and go wash my hands and be grossed out than pay some really high fine or get bitched at. Citizen Rat: You have touched off the litter debate again.
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May 25, 2012 23:38
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Shifty Pony posted:I should hope not. That's like doggie performance art or something. In all honesty, I'd just take along the poo poo scooper we have here at the house if like.. that wouldn't be really gross to cart back in the car or a pain to take on a walk constantly. Don't they make little break down ones, now that I'm thinking about it?
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While recording and taking pictures, I walked outside because the dogs were having a stroke about things. What the gently caress, right? No, really. What the gently caress? That dog was just standing up on a 6 foot stone wall, with no real foot holds or anything and no way to get up on it. And it doesn't belong over there. E: VVVV I suppose, but just walking outside and seeing a dog randomly on the drat wall was really weird. Fluffy Bunnies fucked around with this message at 05:31 on May 26, 2012 |
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May 26, 2012 05:05
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Balen Birthday Photodump: Hats=cake   He shoved the princess crown around a lot like he expected it to eat him.  Remember buddy, hats=cake.  The princess crown wasn't fabulous enough. I gave him a fairy wand. He spit it out. So I put it in his collar.   Then we re-masculated him. (Amy really wanted that hat)  We really re-masculated him.  More hats, more cake.  Kaydee surprisingly plotted my goddamned murder.  "Oh my god what are you doing can I do it too" Yeah, I think you can. Just remember, hat=cake.   "Whyyyyy"  Balen was huffing and getting sick of pictures.  So everyone got cake.  Then I realized I had some left over glow bracelets hanging around. (it's all non-toxic, super safe stuff)
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May 26, 2012 05:41
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TVs Ian posted:Is there a good reason why you need to know that you should tell us? Just want you to know that Kaydee and Amy dove over (and onto) the computer to make sure the puppy was okay. Ires yelled at it. And Balen faintly lifted his head in the direction of the whimpering. Amy was very concerned. She's yet to leave me the hell alone about it.
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May 27, 2012 01:03
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You guys are having ant problems, but there's no ANTS! thread like the old BEES thread.
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May 27, 2012 21:16
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Captain Foxy posted:Other deities/pantheons are underrepresented, underrated and too awesome. I love Scylla and Chary! Balen and Amy are Hercules and Larentia.  And Foxy, don't you put your gender terms and labels on this mythology!
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May 28, 2012 13:43
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Shifty Pony posted:People should pick more descriptive names for their pets. Tummycuddles the cat, for example. So what, I'd have Handsome the lazy gently caress, loving crazy bitch, Barky inu desu and Ruddertail wigglepuppy?
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May 28, 2012 16:54
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TVs Ian posted:Alrighty then. Bigger than the house, smaller than a hotel. Rename dog Clifford. Balen's only Hercules because I had no say in the matter, but uh, I really couldn't help but name Amy a matching name because.. well. Yeah. They're like salt and pepper shakers. They just match up right. People look at me like I'm crazy when I tell them Kaydee's full name. Ires's now too.
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Skizzles posted:Someone shared this dog on Facebook... look at it. Her name is Borf and I won't hear anything else.
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Skizzles posted:(just don't treat it like some disposable performance machine) This is more or less my problem with it. I can't really see anyone getting rid of a second place dog that is bonded with them well (or however you wanna say that) as anything else than treating the dog that busts it's rear end for them, like trash. And that poo poo just pisses me right off. It's just a stupid ribbon. Your dog should mean more to you than that. 
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May 30, 2012 04:43
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Fraction posted:For all the Alsatian-owning goons, why do we not have a GSD thread? Probably because there aren't any breed-specific threads except the corgi thread.
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Fraction posted:There's a bully thread, a primitive thread, and general small dog + big dog thread though. Where's the general herder/spaniel/whatever threads? You said GSD, not general threads. I liked reading the herding thread. The big dog thread is the best thread ever.
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Fraction posted:
WELL I POST THERE TOO SO.. so.. ...gently caress it, dog superiority!  I kind of hope we get a thread-for-every-breed-of-everything-ever kind of april fools day one year. PI would be 90 pages long.
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Cross posting from the giant dogs thread: Yes, that's a twin mattress. The whole drat thing cost less than any decent dane-sized bed I could find on the market. I put some links up over in the big dog thread as far as the waterproof layer and the zip cover go, because I had a pain finding ones that would work and I figure I'd save someone else the trouble if there's someone else in need of a nice, soft bed for a big dumb dog. I tried to move Balen off it about ten minutes ago. He is literally dead weight over there. He's clearly not dead because he's breathing and looking at me and such, but I don't think I could get him off that thing if there was a drat fire right now.
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Bash Ironfist posted:Balen is awesome. As an owner of a BT, I can't imagine owning a dog that I couldn't move. Sometimes I'll just pick up Feldman and smush my face against his face because I can. Pretty much. I can pick Balen up if there's an emergency or something (and have in the past when he's decided to be a giant loving rear end and not want to get in the drat car when it's time to go ) but I just prefer not to because god drat that is a lot of dog to lift and it's easy to hurt them if you grab wrong and if he squirms away and lands on a leg wrong, well, that's probably a broken bone and just. yeah.It's easier to just kinda poke them incessantly until they get up and do what they're told than forcefully pick them up. And 99% of the time they do it first time I ask anyway. Just. Man. He really loves that bed. My boy really is awesome, though.TVs Ian posted:
Not only is that puppy going to weigh 110 pounds, he's also going to shed like crazy AND he's going to have jowls so he drools all over everything after having a drink. And he'll live to be 35. Fraction posted:
Not really any more odd than having dog beds out here already. These are much higher than the old dog beds, but they're only about 20" longer. And once you have two enormous black dogs coming to say hello, I figure it'll make sense to anyone who will be seeing the beds. And there'll be two after the other cover finishes dyeing. Ires hopped up on it a little bit ago to snuggle with him. So he got up, turned around and laid down in the middle like a giant rear end in a top hat so there's no room for anyone to come up and snuggle with him anymore. I told him he was a cantankerous old man and he grumbled at me.
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RazorBunny posted:Husker's neutrophils are finally above the threshhold for him to have another chemo treatment, but they're still lower than the vet would like. It's been six weeks since his first round. If there's no signs of cancer, here's hoping that none pop up.
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Asstro Van posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cVW7Ckr4W3I The first part of the message is good, but uninformed idiots are going to think it's guaranteeing a shelter dog is going to be free of those ailments when that drat shelter dog might be a puppymill puppy too.
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