~ The 'All things DOGS thread ~

[mjp]

I'm a simple man, no fancy stuff for me, I like my mates to be down to earth, honest, loyal and trusting, not like those 'orrible cat things.

Anyway, my favourite dog is a border collie, just like this one:


I think I love these so much as I used to have one as a kid then my mum and I moved to a flat (apartment for the Americans out there ) when I was 10 and my mum didn't tell me we couldn't take Ben. I didn't realise for a couple of hours on the day of the move, and didn't speak to my mum for 3 weeks in protest once I did eventually realise. He was a good mate, I'd tie his lead to my bike and ride around our estate (yes, as in Teenage Dad).

I miss him and work commitments mean it would be unfair to have a dog right now in my life and they'd be lonely all day by themselves.

[dazzak]

My dog Indi (after Indiana Jones). This was a couple of months ago before he had his hair cut.

[mjp]

My dog Indi (after Indiana Jones). This was a couple of months ago before he had his hair cut.

So people DO actually get their dogs hair cut?

There's a shop near to my house called "Doggie Style" and unfortunatley it wasn't what I was expecting but was a salon for dogs!

[dazzak]

So people DO actually get their dogs hair cut?

There's a shop near to my house called "Doggie Style" and unfortunatley it wasn't what I was expecting but was a salon for dogs!

What did you think? The dogs self-regulated their hair length?

And I'm convinced some businessmen name their companies dirty things for a laugh. There's a plumbing service in Dublin called "Holemasters". Yup. The first time I saw a van with a big burly man driving it with "Holemasters" all over it, I nearly died.

[Dupree]

My 'rents show, so my house is a dog haven.

We have three Westies, a Kerry Blue Terrier and 7 Kerry puppies at the moment. I'll have to take some pics for you all.

[Freya]

Only kidding, of course! I always had dogs (and mice!) growing up -- if only because my father would not allow me a cat (and contracting a nasty scabies-like infection TWICE from playing with vagabond kitties in the neighborhood never exactly improved my chances of owning one).

I always had cats growing up. Three I think.. And, of course, I always wanted a dog! Well, all's good now then - with pets of our own choice!

[Pervomartovtsi]

Eliza my dog is like that but without the necklace,and instead of a rock by her side it's me

[no one in particular]

My 'rents show, so my house is a dog haven.

We have three Westies, a Kerry Blue Terrier and 7 Kerry puppies at the moment. I'll have to take some pics for you all.

can't wait to see them (esp. the pups)! Westies and Kerry Blues are very good-looking dogs.

dazzak: very laughable one there (holemasters anecdote)!

[no one in particular]

Eliza my dog is like that but without the necklace,and instead of a rock by her side it's me

Pervo - still waiting to see your real dog!
(we know you have a camera - you proved that many times in members pics!)

[Pervomartovtsi]

no man, that camera was from a friend, I never had a camera ever...if that was real I've got some weird stuff loadead on this forum

[no one in particular]

^ well, it looks like time to borrow that friend's camera again! you can't just leave us wishing and hoping and thinking and praying, planning and dreaming of seeing your REAL dog!

[Pervomartovtsi]

I haven't talked with that friend since last summer, I presume he hates Pervo now U.u

[poprenaissance]

my in-laws have just gotten a border collie pup. god DAMN - THAT PUPPY IS SO FREAKIN' CUTE!!!!!!!

i'd love to have a puppy/dog. our place is too small for a dog, though, and our yard is all cement. not too fun for a pup, though it would prolly love playing with our cats.

[Freya]

To Freya, dallow, and Godloves - SO, SO, SO cute. Wonderful adds to our blossoming thread.

No one, you left yourself and your adorable lhasa apso out! She's such a cute little furball!

[no one in particular]

^^ smiles to Freya! And Puff is wagging at you for the compliment.

yes, Puff has to incur lots of trimmings because she is a long-haired dog and her fur can get unmanageable otherwise. In the summer, she gets completely shaved except head and tail. The tail stays long and her head is cut shorter but not shaved.

NOTE: That haircut report was partly to also further edify mjp!

[mjp]

^ Thanks to no one who is becoming more of a word snob by the post for clarifying the whole cutting of hair thing - is that in case you have the need for hair of the dog (omg I'm sooo funny!).

[Pervomartovtsi]

heck that all cats thread is beating this one!

here is cousin wolfang saying : "get the hell out of my thread cat lover"

[no one in particular]

^ have no fear, Pervo. The cats thread has been around since june 25 and the dogs thread only since july 19 (three weeks difference! - and i hate to do this again, people might be fed up with me - but that calculation was mostly to help mjp since he has a little trouble with numbers sometimes , recall Cristiano Ronaldo thread if anyone needs clarification)

so, the dogs thread already has almost half the posts of the cats thread in with just a fraction of its longevity. i think we are making great progress. keep at it dog lovers, supporters and even hecklers!

[Pervomartovtsi]

but we've got no wordsnobpoetrycatlover Cod, we need some cultural moments here too

[Codreanu]

but we've got no wordsnobpoetrycatlover Cod, we need some cultural moments here too

Dogs are the antithesis of culture!

"A dog, I have always said, is prose; a cat is a poem." ~ Jean Burden