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[doj_gal]

Boy...my hubby or mother would drive you nuts...Funny that I chose a hubby as obssessed with animals as my mother...

Well, my hubby brings our pit mix everywhere. He asks normally but to be honest he probably doesn't all the time. All of his friends do not have a problem with us bringing Titus because he behaves and there have been occasions when people ask him to come over.

Our dog sleeps inside always by my hubby and pretty much is an inside dog. My hubby makes him special food and pretty much babies our dog. I will say that our dog is amazing! He has only barked twice in the 4 years I have been around the dog. He doesn't dig holes, doesn't poop/pee in the house, doesn't chew up things, doesn't jump on people and doesn't bite. All the bad things that normal dogs had problems with, our dog doesn't do.

Titus is a huge part of our family. I could not imagine another dog as perfect. He is kinda like a cat in someone ways...he lays around and likes to be pet but is happy just sitting next to his Dada.

The hair thing bothers me but if you vacuum on a regular basis and groom your pet, the hair thing should never be an issue.

In life, there are people who are "kid" people or "animal" people. I am definetly a kid person. I love all children and could spend all day taking care of kids and loving on all of them...animals not so much for me. I just like my own dog. My hubby on the other hand loves all animals and has/will continue to rescue them all! My hubby is definetly an animal lover and only really loves our son. In fact, other children drive him nuts.

Steve, you are probably a children person. It was hard for me at first too because I was selfish and didn't like animals bothering me. I hate filth, hair and poop...yet, I am learning to not be so frustrated by the little things!

[Steve Heard]

Thanks for the first laugh of the morning!

My first dog once went around at a BBQ I was hosting and took the hotdogs right out of people's hands. Or if the were sitting with a plate on their laps would take the meat right off of it. I was young and hadn't yet discovered the joys of dog training. LOL!

I must admit that out of all of the possible reactions to a dog snatching food from people's hands and plates, LOL isn't on the list.

I was visiting a relative who had a pit bull. My wife and daughters were intimidated by it when we visited, so I asked the son of the owner to put him outside. A few minutes later, the owner let him back in and said, 'this is HIS house!'. I've only been back twice since then. My wife and daughters never did. They eventually got rid of the dog because he bit two people (one at home, one at a park), but they replaced him with two more.

Steve, you are probably a children person. It was hard for me at first too because I was selfish and didn't like animals bothering me. I hate filth, hair and poop...yet, I am learning to not be so frustrated by the little things!

I guess that's why they call me 'stevethedad' instead of 'stevethedoglover'. Don't get me wrong. I have owned dogs in the past. Matthew and Nikki were great friends, but I come from an era where dogs were pets, not family members, and they didn't sleep with the family nor go on family outings or vacations.

I enjoy my neighbors' dogs and one of them usually spends a lot of time with me when I'm visiting, as does the one that came over on Superbowl. She is very sweet and loves laying on my lap when I visit.

Like you though, I hate filth, hair and poop, but I think it comes down to what you associate dogs with first and foremost.

When someone says, 'I just got a dog!', I think reactions fall into one of two camps. You're either the, 'that means poop, pee, hair, barking, biting, stink, flies, expense, responsibility and can't do anything without considering 'what about the dog?', or you're in the 'unconditional love and years of fun make it worth it' camp.

I can understand each. I just wish those that those in the latter camp would be considerate of those in the former and not impose their dogs on them.

[SacKen]

I must admit that out of all of the possible reactions to a dog snatching food from people's hands and plates, LOL isn't on the list.
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I was snowboarding at Kirkwood on Saturday. We were sitting outside in the sun enjoying a beer and a tri-tip sandwich. There was some guy that had brought his @#$! dog out for a day on the slopes. He had to go inside for something and convinced a group sitting at another table to watch his dog. As soon as he went in the door, the full-size Golden Retriever jumped on the table and snatched at least one hot dog and knocked over a couple of drinks before they could contain him. Only the dog owner had an LOL reaction.

[Bill Z]

I guess that's why they call me 'stevethedad' instead of 'stevethedoglover'. Don't get me wrong. I have owned dogs in the past. Matthew and Nikki were great friends, but I come from an era where dogs were pets, not family members, and they didn't sleep with the family nor go on family outings or vacations.

I used to always take my dogs on vacation with me. Of course, back then, vacation for me was backpacking in the wilderness, my dogs had packs on as well.

[Darth Lefty]

It won't kill the dog this time of year to leave it in the car for a few hours. (In summer you can make other arrangements.)

[Bill Z]

It won't kill the dog this time of year to leave it in the car for a few hours. (In summer you can make other arrangements.)

That might depend still, sunny and in the 70's can still get pretty warm inside a car, especially a dark color or black.

[Thinkingoutloud]

I was snowboarding at Kirkwood on Saturday. We were sitting outside in the sun enjoying a beer and a tri-tip sandwich. There was some guy that had brought his @#$! dog out for a day on the slopes. He had to go inside for something and convinced a group sitting at another table to watch his dog. As soon as he went in the door, the full-size Golden Retriever jumped on the table and snatched at least one hot dog and knocked over a couple of drinks before they could contain him. Only the dog owner had an LOL reaction.

I just had an LOL reaction! I actaully think that stuff is pretty funny. As long as it's a one time thing - I mean, come on, it's a dog for cryin' out loud, they make mistakes from time to time- it's funny.
My puppy, when she was like, 4 months old, grabbed a pork chop off my plate and we chased her around the yard - it was like that show Little Rascals - a line of us after th edog who was wolfing down a HUGE piece of meat (proportionally speaking). I was laughing so hard I could barely run. She was trying to scarf down the chop but she was too small, but she kept trying. We had to wrestle it out of her mouth when we finally caught her. OMG I laughed so hard. We of course trained her so now that hasn't happened agian, but I still crack up when I think of use running all over the yard. LOL!

[SacKen]

I just had an LOL reaction! I actaully think that stuff is pretty funny. As long as it's a one time thing - I mean, come on, it's a dog for cryin' out loud, they make mistakes from time to time- it's funny.
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I meant the people involved in the incident. Of course, I thought it was funny as a bystander. It's also easier to laugh when your own dog does that to you, but when some stoner dude's dog ruins your very overpriced lunch, it ain't that funny.

And the point isn't about dogs being dogs, for cryin' out loud, it's that the dumbass owner shouldn't have had the dog there in the first place.

[Steve Heard]

I meant the people involved in the incident. Of course, I thought it was funny as a bystander. It's also easier to laugh when your own dog does that to you, but when some stoner dude's dog ruins your very overpriced lunch, it ain't that funny.

And the point isn't about dogs being dogs, for cryin' out loud, it's that the dumbass owner shouldn't have had the dog there in the first place.

I agree. A dog jumps on your table, probably scaring the crap out of you, grabs the food you just paid for and knocks over some drinks, and the owner laughs? Yukety yuk. Good one. What could make your day go better than that?

I was out last at an outdoor cafe recently and a dog owner had her cute adorable little unsanitary dog standing completely on the table licking up her spilled ice water. Not adorable. People eat food on that table.

I did think it was funny when I came home one rainy day many years ago and as I approached my bedroom, my dog came flying out of there. Instead of greeting me, he ran past me out to the patio. I discovered why he was in such a hurry. He had been outside playing in the mud, then came in and slept on my bed. When he heard me coming, he ran, leaving a muddy mess on my bedspread. Funny, but only because it was my dog and my bed.

[Thinkingoutloud]

I agree. A dog jumps on your table, probably scaring the crap out of you, grabs the food you just paid for and knocks over some drinks, and the owner laughs? Yukety yuk. Good one. What could make your day go better than that?

I was out last at an outdoor cafe recently and a dog owner had her cute adorable little unsanitary dog standing completely on the table licking up her spilled ice water. Not adorable. People eat food on that table.

I did think it was funny when I came home one rainy day many years ago and as I approached my bedroom, my dog came flying out of there. Instead of greeting me, he ran past me out to the patio. I discovered why he was in such a hurry. He had been outside playing in the mud, then came in and slept on my bed. When he heard me coming, he ran, leaving a muddy mess on my bedspread. Funny, but only because it was my dog and my bed.

Bad dog!!!

That cracked me up too. You all are right, not really funny when it happens to you, but as a bystander, it tickles me.
But agree, dogs have a place and should be taught manners.

[doj_gal]

All these stories remind me of an old roommates dog. Kong was a little chiwawa devil.(have no clue how to spell and too lazy to look up) If you left food on any counter he would jump up there devour the entire thing and then hide. He would chew anything that smelt good or bad and loved to chew furniture and shoes. You could have just taken him out to go potty and he would come back in and poop in the house.

My favorite time was when I took him out to potty and came back in after he went. I was sitting in the front room drinking coffee when out of my room comes Kong. He shot my the "Yeah, I do not care...I was just in your room look." Side note- Kong was not allowed in my room due to his chewing on my furnitire/shoes and peeing or pooping on my clothes by my laundry basket.

So, I went in my room, looking to see what he did, and I noticed I didn't have any clothes on the floor! Phew...he wasn't able to destroy my clothes! My closet door was shut so he didn't get any shoes. My dresser still had the original chew marks...nothing new...Then I look on my bed and there were about 5 little turds spread all over my white down comforter....I nearly killed that dog when I got a hold of him!

Then I got ready and I went to work. I kept smelling pee and I thought maybe it was my mind. However, I kept getting strong wiffs of piss. I finally realized that there was dog pee on my sweater. Kong must have pee'd on my sweater as I was finishing getting ready, as some kind of revenge pee or something.

It took everything in my soul to not drop that dog off somewhere, anywhere but in my apartment. Sadly the owner was my sister's boyfriend at the time and they just laughed.

I will say that looking back it's funny...at the time, not so much!

[Malamute]

So, a relative who lives in had gone skiing for the weekend. I missed a call from him yesterday morning, and called him right away. "Hey, I was just leaving you a voicemail. I'm going to be coming through Folsom. You gonna be watching the game at home?"

"Of course, I said. Come on over!"

I hung up and then listened to his voicemail. He says, "We're just going to stop at the dog park and then we'll head down to your place."

He has a very sweet, but large and very hairy dog, and each time I visit his place, I leave with dog hair on my clothing. I don't have a dog because I don't want one, and my wife is allergic.

I called back and asked that he bring the dog around the back and to leave her outside. Five minutes after arrival, the dog was soaking wet, having jumped into my hot tub, shook off, spraying my patio door, furniture and barbecue with dog wetness, then spent the next couple of hours whining at my patio door. When I went outside to grill, she jumped up on me, trying to get some of the food. Overall, it was not a fun experience.

I am thinking that people I know have unhealthy attachments to their pets. Here are a couple of other recent examples:

• My sister wouldn't come up for Thanksgiving because she'd have to leave her two dogs home
• Someone I know had her mother drive to town to dog-sit while she went on her honeymoon, saying it is cruel to put your dog in a kennel
• Someone else I know came home two days early from a long-planned vacation tour of Spain because she missed her dog so much. This ended a long friendship with her traveling companion who had to make a choice of cutting her vacation short or going on without her. She continued on her own because she had paid for it and couldn't get her money back.
• A friend's in-laws came to town to for a big family gathering last summer, bringing their dog, who then got in a fight with the host's dog in the middle of the party which ended with one of the dogs bleeding and the host's granddaughter in tears.

[*]A friend was bitten on the hand at the Thursday Night Market when he bent down to pet someone's dog. The guy said, 'sorry, he doesn't know you.'[/list]
What the? Why bring a dog to Thursday Night Market? Why bring a dog out in public which might bite someone? I've seen people trip over leashes at Thursday Night Market and other places. Don't say, 'dogs will be dogs', or 'it's not the dog's fault, it's the owner's'. Why can't people leave their dogs at home when going to social events?

When did dogs go from being pets to family members with the same rights as people? When I was a
kid, dogs lived in the dog house in the back yard or in the garage. Now, they seem to have run of the house and are free to mingle with guests at parties and maybe lick the appetizers because hey, 'dogs like parties, too'.

End of rant. I feel better. For now.

Your friend was rude IMO.

We dogs aren't always the most thoughtful in our actions. While we can be very loyal and defensive of our Master's, we also succumb easily to primal urges. A perfect example is in the movie "UP". Remember how easy the dogs were distracted by squirrels. We are very much into doing whatever we want, especially if we think it will be fun for us, or might taste good. So we are prone to readily eat someone else's food without their permission. We don't quite understand the concept, that after rolling in the dirt or mud, humans might find our presence inside a clean house unwanted.

So human Masters really need to be considerate of their friends desires because we dogs are kinda clueless. We just go with the flow, and if we don't see the flow, we make one ourselves (sometimes it isn't the "flow" the humans want).

[Al Waysrite]

The more I read the comments here, the more I realize that I'd rather be around my dog than Steve, Bill, Ken, the Dude or a host of others.

[SacKen]

The more I read the comments here, the more I realize that I'd rather be around my dog than Steve, Bill, Ken, the Dude or a host of others.

If your damn dog would come with you, then good riddance!