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I thought this place could use a doggy parallel. So yeah. Not really much better than a particularly doggy dog. I own what I think is a mutt, some people say he looks like a catahulan blue spotted whatever but I call him Pogo. http://hphotos-sjc1.fbcdn.net/hs459.snc3/26248_406659001413_555236413_4982574_2964063_n.jpg Got him from a beagle rescue agency - his brethren look just like beagles but he popped out ugly. Haha. The only one to resemble his mom. He was so tiny and nice when we adopted him. And then he grew into this giant monstrous thing. I love him so much.

2010-05-03 19:54:00 Author: monstahr Posts: 1361

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He's cute I have a big dog too, a yellow lab. Her name's Kitty, quite odd right? A dog called Kitty, I actually named her after Hello Kitty( I was 6 ) http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-snc1/v2120/139/52/1027381289/n1027381289_300649_7624.jpg That's her She's epileptic but we give a medicine so she doesn't have any episodes, so she's perfectly fine

2010-05-03 20:09:00 Author: ExplosiveCheddar Posts: 978

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Haha, my dog isn't actually big, but he wishes he was. I think his dream is to walk on puppy stilts so he can lick people in the face and steal food more easily. I love labs though! We used to have one, named Steed. They're almost too nice.

2010-05-03 20:16:00 Author: monstahr Posts: 1361

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I know!!! She has never bitten anyone in her entire life

2010-05-03 20:19:00 Author: ExplosiveCheddar Posts: 978

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Pogo's almost nipped a couple people, but he's matured... mostly.

2010-05-03 21:36:00 Author: monstahr Posts: 1361

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I'm a huge dog person. I don't currently have any. They've broken my **** heart too many times. I'm just at an age where having a dog right now might mean not being able to take full care of him, and leaving for weekends or weeks at a time, and I just don't want to have to worry about it. Recently - as in, within the last 5 or 6 years... Both dogs I've known and loved for years back home in Texas died. One of them was still fairly young, only 10 years old or so. Border collie. He was my boy. I mean he never really bonded with anyone else, he was really mine. He never even bonded with the other dogs, or the other people. I was his best friend in the world. And I moved away. I couldn't take him with me - I was moving thousands of miles and going to school and living in a tiny apartment, I didn't have the choice. I never saw him again. He just died peacefully in his sleep one night. I can't help but wonder if my being gone had something to do with that. I sometimes think about what it would have been like to visit him, and I think it would have been too cruel. To show up for only a week, to be with him again only to leave permanently. A dog's (and a man's) heart can only take so much. I love dogs way too much to get one. I have to wait until I know I'm not going to be moving around. I've promised myself I will never leave another dog like that. Meanwhile! I use my dog-whispering powers to say hi and give attention to every dog I see walking around on the street, especially dogs who are tied up and waiting on the sidewalk outside cafes and stores. The trick is to go in low, put your hand palm up and approach from below the dog's eyeline. This way you're not being aggressive and dominating. Start petting only after they've smelled and accepted you. You'll find that most dogs, even strangers' dogs who would normally NEVER let a stranger touch them, will check you out and allow you to get close and even pet them. Just no sudden moves, be gentle and never dominant. Calm voice helps too. "smooching" sounds as you approach will get their friendly attention before you come up to them. I've amazed some people with this trickery, they stared wide-eyed and said that this was the first time their dog ever let a stranger even get close to them. I bequeath the technique to others! Go forth and love!

2010-05-03 21:58:00 Author: Teebonesy Posts: 1937

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I LOVE DOGS. That's... really all there is to it. It may not be healthy, my love for dogs (no, not sexual >_> just... love) but, well, I guess you can say I follow the belief that dogs are more perfect than humans <_> I have 1 dog myself, Riley. He's around 3 now we think, he was a stray, some other woman who rescued dogs rescued him and we got him. He's just awesome. Part Lab, Part Corgie, Part Chow (Only noticable in the tongue, he has a black and pink tongue) and he looks like a fox. I love him so much <3 ... My dad also has three dogs at his house, one is really small and is the newest addition over there, one is a female lab daschund... mix, and the other is a wolf. Yep, almost all wolf, with some husky. He's such a big teddy bear (hey, his name's bear) and I love to howl with him... It's so great, howling with a wolf <3 Anywho... Yeah. I don't really see why some people think mutts are inferior or "less cute" then pure breads... they jsut seem so much cuter to me, and so much fuller of life. ... I love dogs so much. Yeah. <_>

2010-05-03 22:06:00 Author: RockSauron Posts: 10882

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Some incredibly true dog quotes: "A dog is the only friend you'll have who will break your heart just once." If there are no dogs in heaven, then when I die I want to go where they went. - Will Rogers A dog is the only thing on earth that loves you more than he loves himself. -Josh Billings The average dog is a nicer person than the average person. -Andy Rooney

2010-05-03 22:13:00 Author: Teebonesy Posts: 1937

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Teebonesy, your story about leaving your dog is heartbreaking *hugs my pug*

2010-05-03 22:17:00 Author: Incinerator22 Posts: 3251

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Agh I adore dogs. I always remember there being at least 1 dog around when I was younger. It's really heartbreaking to lose one though and I'm afraid it has happened too many a time for me. Most recently the last 2 dogs I had disappeared. Nothing bugs me more than that, it's the uncertainty that kills me. The first dog was a king charles who was just unbelievably cute. But she went missing after about 1 year. It is just one of those annoyances, it was one night I went to stay in a friends house. On that night though back home someone decided it was a good idea to let the dogs out the front to go to the toilet.. Yeah anyway, the king charles was still learning and didn't know it's way home so my guess is she just wandered off, got lost and then maybe picked up, killed who knows? King charles are the kind of dog I would think would be snatched up in a heartbeat by strangers. At the time we also had another dog, his name was Jeff. I have step brothers and a step sister and they lived up north, Jeff had wandered into their lives. He was a puppy at the time and they found him covered in paint. They took him home, cleaned him up and I guess it was sealed from that moment. He lived up north with them for several years before moving down to us with one of my step brothers. This was about 10 years ago, maybe a little more. I really got to know Jeff and I have to say my favourite dog ever. He didn't really have a breed, just a mash up of god knows what but he had black fur with a little white chin. He was a very loving dog and would go crazy if he missed you for a day. I love that kind of welcome home nothing beats it. As he got older he just didn't seem to age much, but of course some odd behavior could be observed from time to time. One day he was let out as he had a million other times. Except he just never came home. I like to look at it as he wandered into our lives he wandered out. He seemed to get more and more human with age also. I recall the last time I actually sat down with him and had a little chat. It was a day or two before he vanished and I swear I asked him not to die on me for whatever reason. He didn't die so to speak, I'll never know what really happened to him and that kills me. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v239/Almwitch05/380462958a592950972b958727214l.jpg Jeff

2010-05-03 23:40:00 Author: OneEyedBanshee Posts: 1370

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It's inevitable if you're going to be a dog person. It's INEVITABLE. You're going to have your heart absolutely broken. There are other stories. We found a dog lying in the middle of the road once, a beagle. We took him to the emergency vet. I don't know what ever happened to him, except that the next day he was in "stable" condition. I'm not a little kid anymore. Anytime I meet a dog, these other dogs that came through my life are always a part of whatever relationship I have with them. That beagle has haunted me my entire life, and one of my life's greatest regrets is that I didn't keep calling the vet and volunteer to take the dog once he was healthy again (if he ever did get better). The little heartbreaks are always there, always there on some level. Is it possible to have a thread about dogs and not have it turn into a cry-fest? I don't think so! Their lives are so brief, and our bonds with them are so strong. The greatest people I ever met were dogs, the most loving and loyal friends I ever had were dogs. But the average lifespan of a dog is about 12 years. The road gets sad, there's really no avoiding that. I think every dog person has a particular breed that especially pulls on the heartstrings. For me it's golden retrievers. My first dog was one - and possibly the kindest soul I've ever known. She was SO incredibly mellow! We got a new puppy a few years down the road, and she just took such care of her. She'd play with her, but be sooo careful not to hurt her or play too rough. just enough to give the little pup a chance to win. She loved people. You could bring home anyone, and she'd be a friend. But there was this ONE TIME. Only one time in her entire life. My parents had this guy over, a coworker of my dad's, an army officer. He came into our house and Kayla was full of warnings. She hid under the table and growled the entire time he was over. I'm not kidding when I say that she never did this any other time in her entire life. To this day I wonder what it was about him. What smell was on him that set her off. She knew there was something wrong with this guy, and I tend to trust her. I always wonder if there really was some terrible secret he had.

2010-05-03 23:54:00 Author: Teebonesy Posts: 1937

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http://animeyume.com/houndoom.jpg This is my dog.. He's called Houndoom because I forgot to nickname him. He knows flamethrower, dark pulse, nasty plot and embargo - do any of your dogs know that? He's got a modest nature, is level 62 and loves using his flamethrower to take down steel types.

2010-05-03 23:59:00 Author: Coxy224 Posts: 2645

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Let's try not to dwell on the heartbreak, even if it is inevitable.. it makes us look bad compared to the cat people. Which we can't have!

2010-05-04 00:02:00 Author: monstahr Posts: 1361

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I'm also a cat person. Here's my cat: http://i440.photobucket.com/albums/qq130/airfairyhaylin/skitty.png It's called Skittycat It knows Attract, assist... okay I'll leave your thre[/sniped]

2010-05-04 00:13:00 Author: Coxy224 Posts: 2645

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I love hearing about weird dogs, dogs with a lot of character and personality and are just one of a kind. A few tidbits: - Angus was a serious coward. He was deathly afraid of junebugs. If one got into the house and flopped around against the window or sliding door trying to get out, Angus would hide under the table or climb up on top of you (and he was a big old border collie who imagined he was still a tiny puppy and could fit on your lap) just quaking from fear. From a harmless beetle! The other dog would just go eat them. - Another coward story - The other dog was the bad one. She'd get into the trash, knowing how bad it is, knowing she'll get in trouble - but to her, the punishment was worth the reward of finding sweet garbagey treasures. We never had to even wonder if Angus partook of this age-old doggy pastime. We'd get home, and the garbage would be strewn about, Kiwi would be just hanging out wherever with an expression like "okay, let's get this over with", and you knew where Angus was, even if you couldn't see him. He was hiding under the desk, a space he could barely fit into - and you guessed it - quaking with fear. - You could tell that when Angus played he imagined himself as a total bad-*** martial artist wolf, just kicking *** on the hunt. But he was absolutely ridiculous. His signature move was the butt-slam. He'd spin around and SLAM his butt into you - or if not you, the couch, the chair, the wall, or any other hapless, unsuspecting piece of carpentry.

2010-05-04 00:15:00 Author: Teebonesy Posts: 1937

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My dog is deathly afraid of the dishwasher. When he was a babbydog he liked to lick the plates before they were put in to wash. One day, his collar got caught on the rack, so he couldn't back out. He got a little freaked out, so he pulled and pulled and pulled, eventually pulling the rack completely out of the machine, making a fantastic crash. He didn't like that. He dragged the rack across the kitchen floor, making a racket, trying to escape but being chased by this horrible demon. the rack was too wide to fit through the door so Pogo and his new friend were stuck. Pogo pooped on the floor. The end.

2010-05-04 00:21:00 Author: monstahr Posts: 1361

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My dog is deathly afraid of the dishwasher. When he was a babbydog he liked to lick the plates before they were put in to wash. One day, his collar got caught on the rack, so he couldn't back out. He got a little freaked out, so he pulled and pulled and pulled, eventually pulling the rack completely out of the machine, making a fantastic crash. He didn't like that. He dragged the rack across the kitchen floor, making a racket, trying to escape but being chased by this horrible demon. the rack was too wide to fit through the door so Pogo and his new friend were stuck. Pogo pooped on the floor. The end. I feel bad for Pogo, but that's really funny My dog likes Whipped Cream When we get it out of the fridge, she starts jumping as if she was drunk or something, she really loves it. For her birthday I made her a yogurt, Whipped Cream and Eukanuba cake, here's a pic of it http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-sjc1/hs208.snc3/21538_1364076785839_1349211807_1028318_2025681_n.j pg

2010-05-04 00:34:00 Author: ExplosiveCheddar Posts: 978

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. For her birthday I made her a yogurt, Whipped Cream and Eukanuba cake Yikes, good for her as long as she's not pooping anywhere near me! Another quirk, this one about Kiwi, the much smaller Australian Shepherd we had. Anytime we went out to play, she HAD to have a toy with her. It didn't matter what. Ideally it would be the blue racquet ball. But if that wasn't available, she'd grab something else. The rope, or the squeaky hamburger (with the squeaker torn out, because they ALWAYS tore out the squeakers). I mean, when it came down to it, if the door was open and it was play time, there was one absolutely frantic priority above all else in the world: Get a toy. Get anything. Get it and bring it outside. Well, one time, for whatever reason, her toys weren't available. They weren't in their usual places. She couldn't find one! The door's open! It's time to go out! Precious, precious time! She needed to get something and fast, and there didn't seem to be anything available. At long last she panicked and just grabbed something on the way out the door. What was it? A pitchfork. I'm going to write that word again. A pitchfork. This is a very small australian shepherd. This thing was so heavy that she was almost sideways. She could hardly fit it through the door (the fact that it was sideways was probably the only way she managed it). An entire freakin pitchfork. that was one hell of a sight, seeing that little display of dog-mazement.

2010-05-04 07:17:00 Author: Teebonesy Posts: 1937

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Well my story is remarkably similar to Teebonesy's. My dog, well actually my sister's dog Dusky, just as Teebonesy's was a border collie, almost six years ago we had to put him down ay the age of 10. He'd developed a type of cancer and nothing could be done to cure it. It was strange after he died, I was only 2 when we got him so I didn't even know what it was like not to have a dog around. Actually the earliest memory I have is going to a house to take him home, he was the last one for sale and when we arrived I can remember him jumping from couch to couch. He was a great dog, every afternoon when I would get home from school he would run up to me and keep pushing me untill I gave him some attention. I still have a photo of him on my wall. http://i875.photobucket.com/albums/ab311/SR20DETDOG/Dusky/IMG_0164.jpg http://i875.photobucket.com/albums/ab311/SR20DETDOG/Dusky/IMG_0005.jpg http://i875.photobucket.com/albums/ab311/SR20DETDOG/Dusky/IMG_0168.jpg http://i875.photobucket.com/albums/ab311/SR20DETDOG/Dusky/IMG_0169.jpg

2010-05-04 07:49:00 Author: SR20DETDOG Posts: 2431

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Well my story is remarkably similar to Teebonesy's. My dog, well actually my sister's dog Dusky, just as Teebonesy's was a border collie, almost six years ago we had to put him down ay the age of 10. He'd developed a type of cancer and nothing could be done to cure it. It was strange after he died, I was only 2 when we got him so I didn't even know what it was like not to have a dog around. Actually the earliest memory I have is going to a house to take him home, he was the last one for sale and when we arrived I can remember him jumping from couch to couch. He was a great dog, every afternoon when I would get home from school he would run up to me and keep pushing me untill I gave him some attention. I still have a photo of him on my wall. http://i875.photobucket.com/albums/ab311/SR20DETDOG/Dusky/IMG_0164.jpg http://i875.photobucket.com/albums/ab311/SR20DETDOG/Dusky/IMG_0005.jpg http://i875.photobucket.com/albums/ab311/SR20DETDOG/Dusky/IMG_0168.jpg http://i875.photobucket.com/albums/ab311/SR20DETDOG/Dusky/IMG_0169.jpg Ooooh, now that's a good looking dog. My Australian shepherd had the same eyes - one pale blue and one brown. I know what it's like to deal with a loved dog with cancer. I had a very bad experience which I won't go into. But the important thing in my mind is that these experiences, for me, absolutely sealed the deal. The behavior I've seen exhibited by dogs in the most extreme, the most frightening, the most painful and dark of times, is more noble and loving and selfless than anything I can imagine a person having the capacity to do. They're amazing beasts. While these bad experiences were horrible and haunting, that's a big realization to come out of it with. Dogs won't stop teaching you things, all the way to the end. More dog quirks. - Angus was a humper. Oh lordy was he a humper. But he had his own brand. We'd be playing, tug-of-war, fighting, whatever. But then occasionally he'd drop his toy and just decide "ooh, that's a nice looking leg... I think I'll just..." and he'd proceed to mount my leg and start going to town. He'd hump vigorously for approximately 1 and a half seconds while I struggled to stay standing. It always ended with an abrupt stop and a loud "HACK" from him. He'd just hack a great big hacking cough, and that'd be the end of that. and back to tug-of-war! It was so predictable. I freaked out one my friends once by giving a play-by-play as he went. *playing with angus, he suddenly drops the toy and gets that look in his eye.* "oh great, he's gonna hump my leg" *angus proceeds to mount, and grunts while humping for a second or two* "Now for the hack, Angus!" *HAAACK!!* "Great, now sniff your parts, make sure everything's in order." *Angus sniffs himself* "okay now let's play!" - We had 3 dogs. One was particularly unusual. Shammy the golden retriever. If the other dogs saw a squirrel they'd go bonkers. Chasing, barking, jumping, freaking out to the furthest extremes. Not Shammy. the other dogs stayed inside for the most part unless you went out with them. But not Shammy. Sometimes I'd wonder where she was, and I'd look out the window. She'd be sitting outside, watching the squirrels. Just watching, quietly, calmly. I honestly think that if a squirrel came right up to her she'd just watch it curiously and wonder what the hell it was. She'd never attack it. She never attacked flies, bugs, beetles, cats, mice - nothing. She LITERALLY wouldn't hurt a fly. Meanwhile Kiwi would attack anything that moved, and Angus would be busy hiding under the desk, scared to death because it's moving.

2010-05-04 08:37:00 Author: Teebonesy Posts: 1937

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Just got home.. he gets so excited to see people come back, ever day, from school or work.

2010-05-06 19:44:00 Author: monstahr Posts: 1361

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I am without doubt a cat person, but have enjoyed reading everyone's doggy tales/tails and seeing the dogs in the fur! Thanks everyone

2010-05-06 20:19:00 Author: mrsvista Posts: 755

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Update - as much as I love him, waking up to Pogo's vomit will never be endearing.

2010-05-08 16:29:00 Author: monstahr Posts: 1361

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I do not own a dog myself but if i were to get one i would want either a Rottweiler or a Minature Pinscher (Which is a smaller version of a Rottweilr)

2010-05-08 16:45:00 Author: Snrm Posts: 6419

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I had a dog. REST IN PEACE BOOBOO

2010-05-08 23:48:00 Author: Voodeedoo Posts: 724

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I had a dog. REST IN PEACE BOOBOO Now that, ladies and gents, is an example of a punchy-post. Epic in scale, yet short in execution. Could it be that Voodoo said in 2 lines what I struggled to say in countless? Perhaps. Perhaps.

2010-05-09 09:19:00 Author: Teebonesy Posts: 1937

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