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Poll: Dog Lovers - How Attached Are You To Your Animal? (35 member(s) have cast votes)

Do you take your dog with you when visiting friends of family?

  1. Yes, my dog has as much right to visit as do your children (2 votes [5.71%])

    Percentage of vote: 5.71%

  2. Yes, but only if I check with the homeowner (15 votes [42.86%])

    Percentage of vote: 42.86%

  3. Voted Never, dogs should be left home and it's silly and even rude to force them on someone else (18 votes [51.43%])

    Percentage of vote: 51.43%

Does it bother you when someone brings a dog to your home?

  1. No, I love dogs and they are usually better behaved than children (9 votes [25.71%])

    Percentage of vote: 25.71%

  2. Yes, dogs are unpredictable and unsanitary (5 votes [14.29%])

    Percentage of vote: 14.29%

  3. If my guest is attached to their dog, I guess I can put up with it (6 votes [17.14%])

    Percentage of vote: 17.14%

  4. Voted I think some folks have an unhealthy attachment to their animals (15 votes [42.86%])

    Percentage of vote: 42.86%

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#31 Steve Heard

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Posted 09 February 2011 - 01:39 PM

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.

I'm gonna miss you.

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Posted 09 February 2011 - 01:42 PM

I'm gonna miss you.

I won't.
I would rather be Backpacking


#33 Thinkingoutloud

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Posted 09 February 2011 - 03:01 PM

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!

Eh, poo...not so funny. But a chiuauaua named Kong? Hysterical!! :laughcry:

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Posted 09 February 2011 - 04:39 PM

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.


Where is the love my soul brotha from anotha motha?

#35 folsombound

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Posted 09 February 2011 - 05:57 PM

I won't.




That makes 2 of us!

#36 doj_gal

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Posted 09 February 2011 - 10:33 PM

Eh, poo...not so funny. But a chiuauaua named Kong? Hysterical!! :laughcry:


Yeah, he was a tiny little pup...but boy did he poop. I loved his name...it totally fit his personality. If you think Kong is funny, my mother has three chiuauaua/beagal mixes, ones named Bunny Foo Foo, Lucy Loo Loo (both girls) and Bow Wowser(boy). Their nicknames are Bunny, Lucy and Wow Wow. My parents are a bit nutty with the dogs and always have been.

I love it though and the doggies they have now are little cuddle bugs. Wow Wow would always lay on me and I had to stop him from trying when I was pregnant. He would look so sad when I would shoo him from laying on my tummy!

When(sadly) our dog passes, I am getting a little dog. They are much easier to manage!

#37 tgianco

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Posted 10 February 2011 - 07:06 AM

My .02:

Dog owners should not bring their dogs with them everywhere. Bringing them to someone else's home without the consent of the homeowner is not cool. Not controlling your dog in public is not cool. Walking your dog without a leash is not cool, either (just because you think your dog is well-behaved doesn't mean someone else might not still be afraid of your dog).

Personally, I have no problem with dogs at Thursday Night Market. In fact, I look forward to the parade of well-behaved dogs there. They're better than the booths I've seen in the past or the groups of teens blocking the event (and sometimes looking pretty thuggish) at the intersection near Snook's. I wouldn't have a problem with a dog at a ski resort, either, but I would have a problem with that dog owner who laughed at his dog's actions. At the very least, I hope he apologized profusely and bought them lunch, drinks, etc.

I also have no problem with someone who has their dog with them on the deck at the Hacienda, as long as the dog is well-behaved and stays with the owner... not roaming.

There's a time and a place, and you just hope that dog owners use discretion as to whether it's appropriate and are realistic about their dog's behavior.
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#38 SunshineServices

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Posted 10 February 2011 - 07:23 AM

I have a dog, and two cats. My home is their home. They don't travel. And I certainly don't appreciate other people bringing their animals to our home. And what in the WORLD is up with people who bring their dogs to Lowes? The sign on the door says SERVICE ANIMALS ONLY. That Pekingese the other day was NOT a service animal, and neither are the other 99.9% of dogs in there.

I just don't get it, dogs are NOT people, people.

Thanks Steve!!
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#39 iMax

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Posted 10 February 2011 - 01:45 PM

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.



Well, you guys can come over to my house anytime. Dude, off the couch!
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#40 Bill Z

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Posted 10 February 2011 - 02:36 PM

Well, you guys can come over to my house anytime. Dude, off the couch!

:lmao: :ROFL:
I would rather be Backpacking


#41 caligirlz

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Posted 10 February 2011 - 09:57 PM

I'm really enjoying reading the dog stories, & watching the video. Dogs, and cats, have a way of warming the heart despite the hair, poop & mess. I do love 'em!

I'm just enjoying not owning one right now.

Isn't there a "dog" emoticon?? ;)

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Posted 11 February 2011 - 09:11 AM

I'm really enjoying reading the dog stories, & watching the video. Dogs, and cats, have a way of warming the heart despite the hair, poop & mess. I do love 'em!

I'm just enjoying not owning one right now.

Isn't there a "dog" emoticon?? ;)

Yes, there is. Many people confuse the :lmao: for a person laughing their arse off, but it's really a dog scratching his back.


:lmao:
Darn Fleas
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#43 caligirlz

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Posted 12 February 2011 - 10:36 PM

Yes, there is. Many people confuse the :lmao: for a person laughing their arse off, but it's really a dog scratching his back.


:lmao:
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That doesn't look like a dog!! Are sure??

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Posted 13 February 2011 - 07:35 PM

That doesn't look like a dog!! Are sure??

Of course I'm sure.

I'm a dog, I otta know.

:lmao:
Darn Fleas!
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