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At 10/24/09 12:02 AM, Malachy wrote: I just want a Lab.

Nothing wrong with a plain lab. They're pretty fun to have around, and they're actually pretty high on the list of intelligent dog breeds, so they're easy to train.

other "aggressive" species I'd consider: Malamute and Huskies. My uncle had some huskies and they were pretty fuzzy looking, but he kept them in a pen outside his house and only had them for a few years.

I've always liked huskies and malamutes, myself. They're beautiful dogs... if a bit hyper. Between our lab/pit mix and our current purebred pit, we had a husky/malamute mix, and it would just about jerk your arm out of socket if you tried to walk her on a leash. We had to train her to a whistle, that way we could just call her to us and we could let her roam freely about the property. We also had a purebred labrador retriever at one point, but I'm not sure when that was.

My folks have this ongoing argument as to what kind of dog they want around the house. My dad was raised with small dogs, so he wants small dogs around the house... and my mom was raised with bigger dogs, so she always wants a big dog around the house. So we've got the pit bull tied up outside, and we've got two very neurotic dachshunds that go inside and out.

At 10/24/09 12:10 AM, SkunkyFluffy wrote: This guy had his straight out from his back and it was like being struck with a riding crop.

Awww.... ;-D

At 10/24/09 02:20 AM, Ravariel wrote: Your wish is my command... hooray for bad MS paint ruining the pic, but keeping it safe for virgin eyes!

Virign eyes? BWA HA HA HA HA!!!

But seriously, she's cute. Send that to me if you would, and I'll gladly send you the bernal pic in in return.

Okay, here's something we can all discuss; our favorite musicians of the moment.

I'm fascinated by the playing of Erik Mongrain of Spain, especially after seeing videos of him perform his songs AirTap! and Fusions. Even if I never could play that well to begin with, it's got me inspired to tune up my acoustic and start practicing again.

I'm going to a Halloween party tonight and I'm worried it's going to pour down raining the entire time. Usually at this party we spend at least some of the evening out by the bonfire pit, and I had intended to bring a cigar or two, but not if it's going to be raining.

I even bought a new guillotine to replace the one we lost in the move today, too. Then it started the torrential downpour. Bleh.

On the subject of dogs...
I like them, but I don't know if I would like to own one.

The fact that they die so early, and they get all these painful ailments puts me off from owning a dog.
but, on a practical matter... I'm allergic to cats and dogs.

I don't want to be in an Old Yeller sort of situation.

If I do own a dog... I would have to own a hairless type like the Mexican Xolo dogs or the Peruvian Moondogs.

I do like pit bulls too, but my family would be uncomfortable with the breed's temperament.
I myself wouldn't ever own one because I know I wouldn't have time to tame it properly.

At 10/24/09 01:37 PM, Proteas wrote: I'm fascinated by the playing of Erik Mongrain of Spain, especially after seeing videos of him perform his songs AirTap! and Fusions. Even if I never could play that well to begin with, it's got me inspired to tune up my acoustic and start practicing again.

I had a similar fascination with him and that style of guitar, too when I first heard his stuff. The I listened to a bit more, and he gets really repetitive after a while. Uses the same rhythms and figures all over the place. I'm still fascinated by the playstyle, but aside from a couple of Mongrain's songs, he doesn't do much for me any more.

Will send that pic over no prob (uncensored and all!)... actual pic is huge and has amazing definition. How gay is it that I think the blue scarf/dress thingy on the couch is what really makes the pic?

Doublepostlove

RIght... fav musicians of the moment...

Lacuna Coil is one I can't get enough of. Jamiroquai is another (you may remember them from the late 90s and that fukkin sweet vid for Virtual Insanity).

At 10/24/09 05:38 PM, Ravariel wrote: I'm still fascinated by the playstyle, but aside from a couple of Mongrain's songs, he doesn't do much for me any more.

Try this on for size, then.

How gay is it that I think the blue scarf/dress thingy on the couch is what really makes the pic?

From the looks of it... not gay at all. If she had her eyes closed and her legs together it would be considered a piece of photographic art instead of erotica. But that's me.

It poured all day today.

Went to a back country ski center (no chair lifts, gotta hike up on your own and then you can ski down) and it's a pretty kickass place with a cozy lodge at the base and these cool little cabins at the top of the hills (you can rent them out in the winter and ski in/ski out of your place)

So what we were doing was fanning out across the trail and cutting down all the tiny baby trees that grew during the summer with limb loppers. From 9am to 3:30pm we were out in the pouring rain. Of course since I'm poor I don't have adequate rain gear (which means all I own is a 10 year old Old Navy rain poncho that folds into it's own middle pocket) and no rain pants. So around 2 I was feeling pretty pissed off. My boots felt like my feet were in squishy cold mud.

If it weren't for the rain it would have been a pretty cool thing to do. We even used a pole pruner to remove some low hanging limbs that would get in the way when 4-6 feet of snow are on the ground.

I planned ahead knowing that my rain poncho probably wasn't going to hold out and put an extra change of clothes into some gallon ziplock bags and even found a dry towel in the car after we got back to the lodge, and was happy as a lark eating soup and drinking hot cocoa. Got home, got naked because I was still cold and despite a change of socks my boots still made me miserable, took a hot shower and put on a warm robe.

At 10/24/09 05:10 PM, fli wrote:

The fact that they die so early, and they get all these painful ailments puts me off from owning a dog.
but, on a practical matter... I'm allergic to cats and dogs.

get a Yorkshire Terrier, they don't have fur, they have hair, much in the same way human hair is. They are also hypoallergenic, can be quit intelligent, but can be noisy little bastards They're also easy to manage with an occasional trim and a bath. Be sure to groom them often enough to avoid their hair getting matted.

The Power of the Yorkie half head cocked stare compels you!

go figure, i hit the wrong damned button and no edit. bleh.

the power still compels you!

yorkie info

At 10/24/09 05:47 PM, Proteas wrote: From the looks of it... not gay at all. If she had her eyes closed and her legs together it would be considered a piece of photographic art instead of erotica. But that's me.

Actually, it's the balance between the blue eyes (which are hard to see in the little pic) and the blue scarf that makes the girl really pop. But yeah, if she had her legs in a slightly more... demure... pose, I would agree that it would become art rather than erotica. I forgot I even had the pic... I was just surfing through my large collection of (not entirely nekkid, I swear!) pics and found it and was like "holy shit, where did this pic come from!?"

One of my buddies IMed me to say he has swine flu. Well, shit.

As for dogs, I'm surprised at how well Labs can be trained. My experience with Labs is that my blind friend uses them as guide dogs. One had to be retired after it saved her from getting hit by a car. It literally pushed her out of the intersection.

As for pit bulls, well, I'm worried about someone I know. She just had a baby three months ago. She and her husband have three pit bulls. Now, kids don't always know any better, so I guarantee that kid will do something to piss one of those dogs off. I remember getting bitten by the family poodle when I was little because I unintentionally antagonized him.

Same thing happened to my sister. My grandfather had an ornery little Daschund which chased her through our yard once... hated that dog from that day forward. Me and the dog got along fine, but it was an uneasy alliance...

At 10/24/09 06:18 PM, Ravariel wrote: "holy shit, where did this pic come from!?"

Done that before. Download a whole bunch of wallpapers using a download manager, go back to sort through it later and have a "aw cool!" moment looking at stuff.

At 10/24/09 06:29 PM, RydiaLockheart wrote: As for pit bulls, well, I'm worried about someone I know. She just had a baby three months ago. She and her husband have three pit bulls. Now, kids don't always know any better, so I guarantee that kid will do something to piss one of those dogs off. I remember getting bitten by the family poodle when I was little because I unintentionally antagonized him.

I'd be more worried about the dogs reacting badly to the kid right now than I would the kid pissing the dogs off. Pets tend to get neurotic when a kid is introduced after they've had all the attention in the world. But... if the kid is three months old and they haven't had any incident, I guess everything is going all right. Let's hope the parents teach the kid how to act properly around the dogs in question.

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I'm just going to post the bernal wallpaper in question, since rg did the same for me with his. I would love to see this guy's work would look like if he did typical anime pinups...

At 10/24/09 10:49 PM, Proteas wrote: I'd be more worried about the dogs reacting badly to the kid right now than I would the kid pissing the dogs off. Pets tend to get neurotic when a kid is introduced after they've had all the attention in the world. But... if the kid is three months old and they haven't had any incident, I guess everything is going all right. Let's hope the parents teach the kid how to act properly around the dogs in question.

That happened with me and said poodle. Though to be honest, that dog didn't like kids period. My other cousins could try to pet him and he'd just growl. But the poodle once bit me just because he could. Dad reacted by throwing him down the stairs. Not the best course of action, but the poodle never bit me again unless I did something to deserve it.

At 10/24/09 06:13 PM, Korriken wrote: The Power of the Yorkie half head cocked stare compels you!

As if homosexuality can't get gay enough...

At 10/25/09 02:27 AM, fli wrote:

At 10/24/09 06:13 PM, Korriken wrote: The Power of the Yorkie half head cocked stare compels you!

As if homosexuality can't get gay enough...

They're right.

The little blue bow DOES seem to sell it.

I don't know if I'd consider that "erotica" though.

Although I'm not into bestiality, so....

At 10/25/09 02:27 AM, fli wrote:

At 10/24/09 06:13 PM, Korriken wrote: The Power of the Yorkie half head cocked stare compels you!

As if homosexuality can't get gay enough...

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I don't see how a cute dog picture can be considered 'gay' ?
But it might just be because I'm predisposed to like Yorkie's.
I, at one time, had a Yorkie.
They are an incredibly fearless ,for being so small.
No dog no matter how big, was able to get her to back down on her own turf.
Plus they are fast...like lightning bolt fast. Once at my dad's house we were out in the back yard by the garage door & a mouse popped up on the driveway & faster than a blink my dog grabbed the mouse & killed it & dropped it & was back by me. I remember my dad saying did you see how fast she moved.....the whole episode happened like BAMMM , as quickly as you can read that capitalized word ... it was over.
I know if they were the size of pit bulls, people wouldn't be as concerned about pit bulls...all the talk would be about how a couple of Yorkie's , got loose & ate Texas,

Speaking of music, you know who I like now?

I like the Vitamin String Orchestra. Based out of LA, they're a cover group of rock songs/soundtracks, yet they do it all with strings. It's this cool blend of classical and rock, and it works. For example, their cover of Coldplay's Clocks is fantastic.

Also, I just finished reading the other day American Psycho, which is a great book and totally creepy at the same time. It's about a yuppie dissatisfied with his life, so he turns to murder and torture. FUN

At 10/25/09 10:36 AM, morefngdbs wrote:

At 10/25/09 02:27 AM, fli wrote:

At 10/24/09 06:13 PM, Korriken wrote: The Power of the Yorkie half head cocked stare compels you!

As if homosexuality can't get gay enough...

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I don't see how a cute dog picture can be considered 'gay' ?

well he IS the local expert on the subject.

They are an incredibly fearless ,for being so small.
No dog no matter how big, was able to get her to back down on her own turf.

and thats why i love em.

Plus they are fast...like lightning bolt fast. Once at my dad's house we were out in the back yard by the garage door & a mouse popped up on the driveway & faster than a blink my dog grabbed the mouse & killed it & dropped it & was back by me. I remember my dad saying did you see how fast she moved.....the whole episode happened like BAMMM , as quickly as you can read that capitalized word ... it was over.

They were originally bred for hunting mice in workshops, they eventually became companion dogs.

I know if they were the size of pit bulls, people wouldn't be as concerned about pit bulls...all the talk would be about how a couple of Yorkie's , got loose & ate Texas,

If yorkies were as big as pit bulls, that would be a horrifying thought. I may have to get to work crossbreeding yorkies with great danes. Hopefully I don't end up with tiny great danes.

Just be careful if you get a Yorkie that you find a good breeder. Don't go to the newspaper or anybody who doesn't show their dogs in conformation. Yorkies are among the most common dogs for backyard breeders and puppy mills, and if you get one from a shitty breeder you will have a neurotic, unhealthy little mess.

Don't buy from anyone who describes their dogs as "teacup" or anything else gimmicky. Don't fall for the "Oh, we only breed our dogs as companions" bullshit. Find out what kind of titles and health testing the parents have. Don't buy from anyone with more than one or two litters on the ground at any one time. Be very leery of anyone who breeds more than one breed. Do not buy from anyone who sells crosses (yorkiepoos, schnoodles, whatever). Don't buy from anyone who will not let you see their breeding facilities.

Most reputable breeders will offer some kind of health guarantee, and by that I don't mean "Oh, if it gets sick I'll just replace it!" They will require puppies who go to non-showing homes to be spayed or neutered by a certain age. They will have a clause in their contracts for you to return the dog to them if it ever needs to be rehomed. Most importantly, they will be able to tell you what their particular breeding program is doing to improve or maintain the quality of the breed.

Anyone who doesn't pass the sniff test is a backyard breeder or a puppy miller. Don't support those people. They are the reason purebred dogs have a reputation for being miserably unhealthy, and many of them will try to sell you what is basically a vastly overpriced mutt by claiming it has "hybrid vigor" - this is a lie. If you take two purebred dogs who have inherited hip problems and breed them together, their puppies will have hip problems. They are also largely responsible for the huge overpopulation problem facing the United States.

A well-bred Yorkie from a quality breeder will usually live to be seventeen or eighteen years old without any major health problems and be a calm, easily trained, pleasant companion. Conversely, a Yorkie from a crappy breeder will likely be neurotic, undersized (since small is cute), miserable wreck whose patellas will luxate by the time it's four or five years old and require expensive surgery just to not live in constant pain and be unable to move.

Anyway. I'll get down off my soapbox.

At 10/25/09 02:18 PM, SkunkyFluffy wrote: Anyway. I'll get down off my soapbox.

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You get up on that ole soap box anytime Skunky.
Very good advice IMO.
If more people paid closer attention, puppy mills would either be out of business or they'd have no choice but to clean up their act !

the breeder I bought mine from actually made me give her references including a veterinarian. Who they actually called & they checked up on me.
We were invited to their home & kennel which was out in the country.
They had a great track record & my vet actually knew of them even though they were down past New Glasgow N.S & I lived in Halifax at the time. it was over a year before they had a puppy for us.

I'll be careful of puppy mills if I do decide to get a dog.
But more than likely I won't be getting any more pets...

6 birds is a lot of poop work to deal with every single morning... and every single afternoon...
a dog would compound the problem even more.

We're going to go carve pumpkins in a minute, and I'm still totally undecided what I should actually carve. I bought a book of stencils and I've been trawling the internet for ideas, but I just haven't come up with anything.

I guess we'll see what happens.

Of course, Skunky's post is good advice for ANY kind of dog. It's true that there are specialty breeders though. The township police get their K-9 dogs from a local German Shepard breeder.

When my parents and I got our Maltese way back when, he was the last one in the litter, so we didn't get to meet his siblings, but his mother was on site. One good sign was the breeder showed us around the property and where she kept all her animals. She bred two types of dogs only: Maltese and Great Danes. The Great Danes hung out in horse pens because those dogs are HUGE.

That's another sign of a good breeder: only specializing in a certain type of dog, not just breeding several.

At 10/25/09 05:09 PM, SkunkyFluffy wrote: We're going to go carve pumpkins in a minute, and I'm still totally undecided what I should actually carve. I bought a book of stencils and I've been trawling the internet for ideas, but I just haven't come up with anything.

I guess we'll see what happens.

Chuck Norris.

At 10/25/09 06:15 PM, RydiaLockheart wrote: Of course, Skunky's post is good advice for ANY kind of dog. It's true that there are specialty breeders though. The township police get their K-9 dogs from a local German Shepard breeder.

We bought a miniature schnauser from a local breeder and she ended up with a heart problem so the breeder offered us another, which I know skunky mentioned in her post. But she's doing fine.

Offtopic, we're having shishkebabs for dinner on the pit. I don't care if I mispelled that.

It's meat on a stick over a fire and that's awesome.

I wound up carving a shark pumpkin, with big pointy teeth and fins and such. Steve is taking pictures, so I'll be sure to post some when he's done.

Ta-dum, shark pumpkin!

why do they breed dogs to hunt rodents and such, they could have saved themselves the time and energy and generations of breeding dogs and just found a barn cat.

At 10/25/09 07:37 PM, Malachy wrote: why do they breed dogs to hunt rodents and such, they could have saved themselves the time and energy and generations of breeding dogs and just found a barn cat.

Cats are passive rodent control, while dogs are active rodent control. Dogs are also much more capable of burrowing after things - a lot of terrier breeds were bred to "go to ground" after prey, which I'm pretty sure you could never convince a cat to do.

Cats were also considered to be evil and/or bad luck in many cultures, so having one in the house was to be avoided whenever possible.