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zombiegoat

A Little Meaner

Dec 27, 2005 11:05

(marieb recently made a post saying how many of the posts she'd been seeing lately were very happy-go-lucky. this is not one of those posts. the easily offended or nice people may wish to skip this one. I'm serious. you've been warned)

Having dogs has driven home the unavoidable truth that I am a Cat Person, and most definitely not a Dog Person.

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the war at home, our dumb dogs, biohazard

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cynical5679 December 27 2005, 19:59:21 UTC

Id give anything to have my dog back

zombiegoat December 27 2005, 21:44:23 UTC

I know, I saw that post. I'm sorry, Shereen... different strokes for different folks. I'm curious; is there a possibility of a puppy in your future? It definitely helped Lady Jade when her PLB went to Cat Heaven.

anonymous December 27 2005, 20:03:57 UTC

I can sympathize having been a cat person until recently. Dogs require much more effort. However, they can be trained not to jump, not to beg and not pee on the floor (unless of course they're incontinent due to age or illness. Unfortunately, if they've been rewarded for their bad behavior for years, then it will take time and patience to untrain them. Until you get the doggy door, have you considered crating them/him? We crate our dog at night when we're asleep to contain the potential damage she is capable of wreaking on our house and most dogs can be crated for a maximum of 6 hours at a time.

Oh yeah, and Nature's Miracle is apet owners best friend.

Oops. sabrarosa December 27 2005, 20:04:42 UTC

Somehow I got logged out. That was my comment.

Re: Oops. zombiegoat December 27 2005, 21:46:03 UTC

Unfortunately, not only are they old (Sammy: 13-14 years, Junior: 12-13 years), they were also given people food by Lady Jade's parents, in yet another example of not-smart decision making on their part. Sammy is able to hold his until it's time to be let out, but Junior, unfortunately, does not hseem to have this ability.

What is this nature's Miracle of which you speak?

Re: Oops. sabrarosa December 27 2005, 22:11:17 UTC

Nature's Miracle is this stuff that you can spray on pet stains to help get rid fo the stain and odor. It works best if you can get it right after it's done but it does do a good job. You can usually find it at pet stores. Also, you might consider getting the puppy training pads for use on the floor where you keep Junior. It may help a lot with the mess and smell. They make them in disposable and in washable forms. You just put them down on the spots where he seems to like to pee and hopefully he'll pee on those instead of on the bare floor. And the begging can be stopped but it will take time and patience and lots of repetition of "No. Bad Dog. Go away," said with firmness but little emotion. You guys are actually better at that since the deep voices tend to translate to more of a dominant tone than a woman's higher voice.

orcho5000 December 27 2005, 20:07:06 UTC

If I could refriend you, I would. Not only do I agree with everything you said, I'd go one step further and admit that I'd like to eat a dog. Breed doesn't matter, but preferably roasted on a spit.

zombiegoat December 27 2005, 21:48:16 UTC

It's supposed to be flavorful and dark. Don't know anything else than that; I also forgot to mention the whole barking thing, although I honestly don't know how the fuck I managed to overlook that. Ours at least are quiet; it's the neighbor's dog Shedu that may soon become filling in a Louis Burrito.

I knew *somebody* out there would agree with me. Amen!

sabrarosa December 27 2005, 22:12:11 UTC

The hubby told me it tastes just like chicken! *LOL*

alaskan_blue December 28 2005, 00:51:35 UTC

No. You. Don't.

They're terribly greasy and don't taste very good.

alaskan_blue December 28 2005, 00:50:48 UTC

*meekly rasises hand* Warm heart for cold noses here...

zombiegoat December 28 2005, 04:58:42 UTC

I know and like I said, I know I'm a big heel for how I'm acting about this whole situation. New house = defense of hardwood floors. I've told Lady Jade that in the future we can get her a puppy to replace her beloved Nanook (who looked a lot like your icon, only with orange fur). Mandatory housetraining *and* obedience training, however, will be the order of the day. I'm just a cat person. Can't help it.

queentana December 28 2005, 08:02:59 UTC

OMG I AGREE WITH YOU 100% !!

Here's a few more:

Barking at every noise in the neighborhood.
If they get outside it's a big big problem
dogs have NO DIGNITY. It's disgusting.

zombiegoat December 28 2005, 13:18:45 UTC

Yeah, can't understand how I overlooked the whole "barking at every air molecule in existence" thing. I'm just not a dog person; I'm completely smitten by two black kitties, what can I say?