Unconditional love and companionship any time of the day.bloke wrote:What is the purpose of a pet dog...except for the fairly wealthy to use in sport hunting?
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tubaman5150
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Re: dogs
No one who tells you what you want to hear at someone else's detriment is acting in your best interest.
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tubatooter1940
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Bloke, I wish I could live out my remaining days with no pets whatsoever.
However we are part of a minute segment of humanity.
Reasons people tell me they must have dogs:
1. Security; that barking may serve to warn of unwelcome strangers.
2. Company; even if your personal idiosyncracies would abrade the hide off a rhinocerous, a dog is still glad to see you.
3. Substitutes for not squeezing out children; childless couples need dogs to dote on and to spend their money for goofy treats and odd clothing.
4. Hunting and pest control; they're noisy hunters but some people like having their animal drag a fresh killed carcass into the house.
Do they have any other positive attributes? Not for me they don't.
However we are part of a minute segment of humanity.
Reasons people tell me they must have dogs:
1. Security; that barking may serve to warn of unwelcome strangers.
2. Company; even if your personal idiosyncracies would abrade the hide off a rhinocerous, a dog is still glad to see you.
3. Substitutes for not squeezing out children; childless couples need dogs to dote on and to spend their money for goofy treats and odd clothing.
4. Hunting and pest control; they're noisy hunters but some people like having their animal drag a fresh killed carcass into the house.
Do they have any other positive attributes? Not for me they don't.
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windshieldbug
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Re: dogs
Hey, WATCH IT! You know that tuba players are often described this way, too!bloke wrote:Dogs
- stink up houses
- crap in yards without covering it up
- are transported by their owners to OTHER PEOPLE'S yards to crap as well
- eat far too much food
- have very high vet bills
- die at just about the time that their owners manage to train them to behave
- uncontrollably put their paws on the clothes, their tongues on the hands, and their noses on the genitals of humans
- bark when strangers approach, but also bark at all other times
- accost and bite (occasionally kill) people who mean them no harm
- encourage lawsuits
Instead of talking to your plants, if you yelled at them would they still grow, but only to be troubled and insecure?
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You're right, Joe! Dogs suck. If you need critters around to make noise when folks come on the property, get yourself a couple of guinea hens or some of those funky white geese. Oh! that's right! You didn't like the guinea hens, either! Did they taste like chicken!
Dan Schultz
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http://www.thevillagetinker.com" target="_blank
Current 'stable'... Rudolf Meinl 5/4, Marzan (by Willson) euph, King 2341, Alphorn, and other strange stuff.
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Brassdad
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A boy, his tuba, and his dog.
IS there anything more wholesome?
Still trying to figure how to post pictures on my own.....
IS there anything more wholesome?
Still trying to figure how to post pictures on my own.....
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New Breed, Old Breed! It doesn't matter so long as it's the Marine Breed!
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windshieldbug
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Mo Rebuttal:
Even Mo Rebuttal:
And yes, they do die. Orson (in the top picture) left the building earlier this year. Liver gave out after 14 1/2 years.
Even Mo Rebuttal:
And yes, they do die. Orson (in the top picture) left the building earlier this year. Liver gave out after 14 1/2 years.
Good signature lines: http://tinyurl.com/a47spm
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