Dog Fights...

[Shaggy]

What do you all think of them? I think its fucked up how people can just let dogs fight to the death and egg them on doing it.

[Bruce]

the injuries from fighting are bad enough. But the dogs that they let the big dogs kill for practice are the ones i feel really bad for.

[theholycow]

Dogs are stupid nasty smelly dirty crappy beasts and should not be in such large supply that they can be put to such cruel use. I rather dislike most of them but I don't want to see them tortured/killed like that.

[Cez★]

yea I'd rather watch cockfights, at least you get to eat the loser

[theholycow]

You like to eat cock?

[Cez★]

cock as in rooster. ever had mole

[Shaggy]

Originally Posted by theholycow

Dogs are stupid nasty smelly dirty crappy beasts and should not be in such large supply that they can be put to such cruel use. I rather dislike most of them but I don't want to see them tortured/killed like that.

So I take it you don't have a dog. Why do you think they are dirty/nasty?

[theholycow]

I used to like dogs. I thought that I would like a large calm dog. So, I started paying attention to other folks' dogs and found that none were exactly what I wanted. One breed might be quiet and friendly, but smelly. Another breed might not be so smelly, but is hyper. Etc. Still, I thought I could probably find the perfect dog if I put enough effort into it.

Then my wife got dogs. She got two dachshunds. These are by far the worst dogs ever and I've gotten my fill of dogs forevermore. I no longer feel like I'll ever want a dog.
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If the wind blows, they bark loudly and constantly.
If the wind doesn't blow, they bark loudly and constantly.
If a human is around, they bark loudly and constantly.
If a human isn't around, they bark loudly and constantly.

If somebody walks into the house, they bark loudly and constantly, and jump all over that human, hoping for food.

If you give them food, they spread it all over the floor, and then proceed to bark loudly and constantly.

If they have to use the lawn, they whine, and then they bark loudly and constantly.

Once you let them out to use the lawn, they leave their waste everywhere that I may want to step in the future, while they bark loudly and onstantly. Of course, if the weather is terrible, then they balk at the idea of actually exiting the house; and no matter what, once they're out, they're really difficult to hustle back in.

Notice a pattern?

Also, the female urinates anytime she's excited and on a carpet.

And, the male, whenever possible, pushes his toys under the couch or coffee-table where he can't get them, and proceeds to whine and scratch the hell out of the carpet until somebody retrieves it for him.

I suspect that the big problem is the murky gene pool in pure-bred dogs. These dogs could never have survived in the wild, if for no reason other than the maintenance that ONLY a human could do, which would be necessary either way -- there are a few such things. They could never have been made in the wild anyway, because that requires keeping the gene pool very small. Pure bred is pretty close to inbred.
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I wrote that (except the last sentence) before we had our own place, when she lived at her dad's house with the dogs. Living with them has only made it worse. We sacrificed a bedroom to the dogs. I put in a doggy door to their own outdoors fenced-in area so they could go out any time. I put down a layer of .060" EPDM rubber roofing and a layer of sacrificial carpet in the room. They tore through it. We put some furniture in there, because the wife fooled herself into thinking she could sit in there with the dogs...they immediately used the furniture (and carpet) like a lawn. They had proper training, even went to doggy school. She gave them plenty of attention. Etc.

The female died a couple years ago. I found out when the wife screamed and started freaking out. I walked up and saw what looked like a CSI scene. The remaining dog had eaten part of the corpse. I know the one didn't kill the other because there was no blood anywhere, no sign of struggle, no wounds on either dog (except the posthumously eaten part)...just a partially eaten dog on the floor, and an organ of some sort on the couch.

The one dog lives on. I don't wish him death, per se...but I would like the bedroom and that part of the yard back, and I'd like the godawful stench gone.

[Shaggy]

To be honest, you have had some bad dogs then. I have had several dogs, yes they brk occasionlly at someone knock at the door, which I am glad they do as it would scare any would be burgler away. I just need to get the right breeds. I have 3 golden retreievers and not one of them is smelly as I leave them inside. Yes they shed, but its not that bad. I understand you may not want to give it another try, but you should

[Vicious Pope]

I love watching dog fights. They are better than UFC

[Shaggy]

Originally Posted by Vicious Pope

I love watching dog fights. They are better than UFC

Yea I do to, the ones on history channel about the old plane dog fights.

[Vicious Pope]

Military History channel is better...no commercials.

[theholycow]

I've got two cats that give me everything I need from a pet, and the only annoyances are the occasional vomit pile, the cats fighting with eachother, and having to deal with kitty litter. They're cheap to feed, too.

One of them acts like a dog, he follows me around and sits down with me everywhere, comes when he's called, etc. The other one mostly ignores me unless she wants wet food.

[Shaggy]

Originally Posted by theholycow

I've got two cats that give me everything I need from a pet, and the only annoyances are the occasional vomit pile, the cats fighting with eachother, and having to deal with kitty litter. They're cheap to feed, too.

One of them acts like a dog, he follows me around and sits down with me everywhere, comes when he's called, etc. The other one mostly ignores me unless she wants wet food.

I do like cats. I have never owned one but I do like them.

[Vicious Pope]

I fucking hate cats.

[Cez★]

I want a cat

[Shaggy]

Originally Posted by Vicious Pope

I fucking hate cats.

I used to also, but they are growing on me.

[theholycow]

Originally Posted by Shaggy

I used to also, but they are growing on me.

A fungus would too.

[Bruce]

Originally Posted by Shaggy

I do like cats. I have never owned one but I do like them.

Jack Byrnes loves cats- "Stupid cat? How can you say that? That cat's been like a brother to you. And we're supposed to just let him wander the streets without food, water or toilet?" (meet the parents)

[stonehenge]

Whenever me any my lady move into a place of our own, we want to get a cat and a st bernard

[theholycow]

You should get a nannerpuss too.

[Renegade Pope]

I want to see 2 Platapuss's fight to the death.

[stonehenge]

i wanna see a nannerpuss fight

[Shaggy]

Fine, let me get a bannana and slap you over the head with it. That will be a good nannerpuss fight - Bannana = nanner Puss = Juan

[theholycow]

Originally Posted by Shaggy

Fine, let me get out my hairy bannana and slap you over the head with it.

I've heard that you two already do that sort of thing daily.