Aww! Cute!

[Cowboy]

http://www.greenapple.com/~jorp/amzanim/3chipups.jpg

aww...

[Solstis]

They were later eaten with a side of fine cheeses.

[Kuea]

YOU SHOULDN'T HURT POOR ANIMALS EXPECIALLY CHIWAWAS (don't laugh because i don't know how to spell it) BECAUSE THEY ARE A PROTECTED ANIMAL..... FROM THIS MOMENT ON.
ok?

[LollipopLolita]

chihuahuas are hyper shivering little rats

http://216.218.248.155/datastore/d9/ad/b/d9adef48b9dfad50c5c7ea2943ffeaf1.jpg

[Cowboy]

http://www.nahaci.cz/images/Bara%20MK.jpg

and whose kittens? :?

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[badbitz]

i was first!

!!!!!!

[LollipopLolita]

chinese cresteds have weird weird skin

[Cowboy]

Shave any breed of dog that has blue merile (sp?) cloring http://www.pso-world.com/psoworld/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/icon_wacko.gif i had to do that to my austrailian shepherd, she spilled a bucket of tar on herself... got burned, and her hair just didnt look right, so i told the vet to go ahead and shave it all off. she was fine later though http://www.pso-world.com/psoworld/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/anime1.gif



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[LollipopLolita]

blue merle

chinese cresteds aren't exactly blue merle though. and they have odd skin issues like icky icky leather.

[_Ted_]

Do you just leave buckets of hot tar lying around or something or were you saving that tar to pour on people you siege your castle?

[Cowboy]

We were patching the roof on our barn, and my little cousin that was visiting let her out.

[Outrider]

Cute picture? I dare you to compare to my "monkey hugging dog"!

http://www.macalester.edu/~fines/monkey-with-dog.jpg

[_Ted_]

That monkey has rabies.

[XeNoCiDe]

lol here is a pic of my dog lolhttp://img5.photobucket.com/albums/v14/RaDiCaLz/Lucky%20and%20Lubic/Cowness_Collage3.jpg
his name is lucky

and here is my cat Tiger lol http://img5.photobucket.com/albums/v14/RaDiCaLz/Lucky%20and%20Lubic/Tiger_69.jpg



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[Cowboy]

Awww http://www.pso-world.com/psoworld/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif

[Zolpner]

http://www.swapmeetdave.com/Humor/Cats/Overdose.jpg
O.D.




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[LollipopLolita]

http://www.mypwd.com/gallery/11_02_03/images/DSCF0062.jpg

one of my foster kittens

[LollipopLolita]

is lucky a shiz tzu?

[Firocket1690]

http://www.angelfire.com/stars4/ffantasy/kitty.jpg
Like I said, cutest pic ever! ^^
Ten points to anyone (non-mod) who can guess where I jacked this from. XD

[Cowboy]

Asuka Chan's thread.

Lollipoplolita, you have foster kitties?

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[Zolpner]

Lolli knows her fuzzy animals http://www.pso-world.com/psoworld/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/icon_razz.gif

http://www.swapmeetdave.com/Humor/Cats/CuteKittyHug.jpg

[Amiadon]

On 2004-03-09 21:29, Outrider wrote:
Cute picture? I dare you to compare to my "monkey hugging strangulating dog"!

http://www.macalester.edu/~fines/monkey-with-dog.jpg

[XeNoCiDe]

yea there cute, lucky is a shi-tzu and tiger is your average joe lol a simple tabby http://www.pso-world.com/psoworld/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif

[LollipopLolita]

nya i foster dogs and cats. specialize in rehabilitizing abused dogs.

here's cute

http://www.mypwd.com/gallery/10_31_03/images/DSCF0041.jpg

[Cowboy]

Ooh@ Whenever you have some extra free time, instant message me on yahoo (techsavvyredneck) or aim (atlus34795) pwease ma'am http://www.pso-world.com/psoworld/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif

[LollipopLolita]

oh what about? animal welfare?

XeNoCiDe, tiger looks like the average dsh alright. he's still cool though. how much does he weigh? Zolpner, those are cute too

suck it frinkyboy

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[Cowboy]

Lets just say I live in a rural area, and some of my neighbors are less than caring when it comes to any of their animals..

[LollipopLolita]

ugh, that's the toughest kind of mentality to break. high up there on the arghhhh list, right below the "i wanna fight my pit" crowd and close to "i wanna breed my cutie puppy" people.


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[Cowboy]

Think "poacher who keeps his dogs in a 4 by 4 pen 24/7, except for when hes ILLEGALY poaching deer out of season. you hear gunshots at night, see deer horns you havent before, but since you dont have any rocksolid proof, and since there isnt much you can do about someone keeping there dogs in a pen all day, you cant do anything. and i wouldnt be suprised if he fights dogs. he has 3 black mouth currs that keep on showing up with huge gashes.

What makes me even madder is he says he uses them for working cows. I live on a cattle farm, we have cowdogs. If there is EVER a cow that we think will hurt one of our dogs, we put them up, and get horses. On top of myself knowing first hand that even though accidents happen, they DO NOT hsppen daily, the idiot does not even have cows. Whats even worse is his somn is the exact same way. I think its sad when people treat their animals like a possesion. Every single animal I have i take care of, and it is NOT that hard to do, and if you cant do it, you should not have the animal to begin with.
It's people like him that make me feelm differently about the world being a better place if everyone had a dog or cat. bleah



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[LollipopLolita]

i had a foster dog that like that. she was caged up and penned up all the time too. she had constant fear and had fear induced agression. her legs were crooked and she had thyroid problems. her muscles were no existent and her skin was leathery and saggy from all the problems.

your neighbor's dogs probably have a lot of health and behavorial issues. and he's lying obviously. working or even non working cattle dogs cannot be penned up all day. they have far too much energy to allow that to happen. and if they were penned up all day, they'd go beserk and crazy and wouldn't be able to work the cattle. they'd end up nipping everyone and everything.

we can both go together and hit him with sticks and 2x4's in his sleep and then pen him and his son up all day so he can see what it's like to live in his own filth all caged up.

i honestly cannot blame animals that can no longer trust humans, after all they've been through. and yet some animals can trust again even though they went through the most horrible things.

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[Cowboy]

What I hate to see, and what this same man has done, is people who get dogs (pit bulls, catahoula leps, ect..) thinking they are naturally mean and agressive, and want to use them for fighting. the dogs don't know any better, so they go in there, either get killed, get hurt and dont do well, and get shot(like my neighbor dod), or do well and have to fight for there life over and over again, just so some sick minded freak can get wet from seeing two animals that dont know any better trying to kill eachother.

One good thing though is that this man is not only an asshole when it comes to his animnals, hes an ass when it comes to social skills too. The only people that put up with him are people he does this crap with, and everyone else in the town hates him, so if he ever screws up, hes gone. hes already served time for growing marijuana (on another persons property, too) and for poaching.



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[LollipopLolita]

I've had far too many experience with pits needing to be put to sleep, watching that and picking them up when they're discarded, hurt and mangled by the side of the street to ever not detest someone who fights dogs. and in reality, they're the sweetest, kindest, snuggliest dogs.

i hope karma gets around to your neighbor.

[Cowboy]

My favorite dogs are rottweilers. They are some of the sweetest dogs you could ever hope to have http://www.pso-world.com/psoworld/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif The oldest one I had ived to be 14. And karma has gotten to him many times. Hes been to jail, been beaten up, lost his wife, gotten everyone who knows him to hate him, and payed fines, yet he still wont get it, and I dont think he ever will.

Another thing that really gets me is that i see alot of people that mistreat their animals and use the excuse "i dont have time" or "i dont have money" when they try to defend themselves. I am a full time college student, have a job working 25 hours a week, and on top of that help run my family's farm. Through all that i still have the time to take care of 5 dogs, 34 cats, 20 horses, 500 cows, chickens, guineas, and donkies. I have time to take care of all of my animals, yet someone who works 30 hours a week, graduated high school and isnt going or is out of college, doesnt have "the time" to take care of their animals.Yet they usually have time to go off and not come home till 3 oclock in the morning. they cant take an hour just to play with their dog? BS. they cant afford to take care of it? you shouldnt have it, find someone who wants it, its is not that hard where i live.

[LollipopLolita]

it's all a matter of priorities

frink, what you wanna say now boy?

[Cowboy]

Some peoples priorities are screwed _-_ Aww well, im on spring break, i need to quit worryin for at least this week.

[Amiadon]

I don't really like the german dogs that Tracon is talking about. They were bred to hunt/guard/insert evil activity here and i'm not saying they can't be nice, but it's just... they weren't built to. Plus the fact that they go crazy at some point is a thing to watch out for. LIKE MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!

[Noobliterator]

Tracon,LollipopLolita:

If you guy guys need any help kicking this guys @$$ I would be more than happy to help.

Either of you can IM me on AIM = Noobliterator.

That is such BS "I don't have time to play with my dogs" I get to school @ 6:30 in the morning stay until 6:00 @ nightfor Track parctice and then go to RAGBRAI practice for an hour and a half then tutoring for an hour and a half an I get home @ 9:30 and I'm all sweaty and gnarsty and I go out and play with my Siberian Huskey for at least a half hour every day.





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[LollipopLolita]

I don't really like the german dogs that Tracon is talking about. They were bred to hunt/guard/insert evil activity here and i'm not saying they can't be nice, but it's just... they weren't built to. Plus the fact that they go crazy at some point is a thing to watch out for.

That's quite an incorrect and silly thing to say. german sheperd dogs (GSD) were never bred to attack, hunt and guard like you say what guarding is. They were bred to to help sheperds with cattle and flock. As such, german SHEPERD dogs, I don't know what kind of evil you're talking about. They are not bred to hunt since they can't kill the flock they are supposed to be protecting (hunting dogs are salukis, wolfhounds, ratting terriers). Because they are herding dogs, they instinctually protect the flock from wolves, coyotes and etc by guarding them but not agressively, this carries over to guarding their family and humans, but never agressively and only out of love and for protection. In fact since they are herding dogs, they were bred to be loyal because they have to be, ie: nice. The GSD is one of the breeds that people actively do Shutzund with, and that does not teach the dog to randomly attack people. Instead, it teaches them to guard, be alert and agile and teaches them bite inhibition and to bark, not to go around biting people. Shutzund teaches a dog to be reliable and listen to the handler, if I had the right breed, I would do Shutzund. It's similar to what police and military dogs go through. No breed of dog was originally bred to just attack people. Even guard dogs do not attack people unprovoked. You do have dogs bred to fight other dogs like dogos, but there are no dogs bred to do this to humans. And just about any dog that bites people or have human agression should likely be put down. All sorts of breeds will have dogs that weren't bred soundly or right and doesn't have sound temperament and do crazy sometime. You have chihuhuas that attack and pomeranians that eat babies' faces off. GSD's are one of the sweetest dogs, very mellow, consistent and reliable, extremely obedient, alert and intelligent and are excellent for tracking. A well bred GSD has a good balanced sound temperament and does not go crazy. Which is why they're used for all sorts of work like police work. And just about any GSD I've met are sweet, and I even had one as a kid and I never saw him go crazy.

And any dog trained and raised to attack humans, well that's not the dog's fault. That's the human's fault. If a GSD isn't well behaved, then again, it's the human's fault for not training it. True for all dog breeds.

Noobliterator, you just bring the rope to tie him up with. Seriously, if you don't have time to take care of a pet and have that kind of responsibility, don't have one. Spare your life and the life of your pet. A cute puppy or kitten in the window is not the reason to get a pet. Neither is seeing a cute dog in a movie or cartoon.

Tracon, post a piccie of your dog. Aussies are nice dogs. I really like red merles.

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[Ness]

On 2004-03-09 21:47, Firocket1690 wrote:

http://www.angelfire.com/stars4/ffantasy/kitty.jpg
Like I said, cutest pic ever! http://www.pso-world.com/psoworld/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/anime1.gif
Ten points to anyone (non-mod) who can guess where I jacked this from. XD



Asuka_chan.

[KaFKa]

On 2004-03-10 11:28, LollipopLolita wrote:

And any dog trained and raised to attack humans, well that's not the dog's fault. That's the human's fault. If a GSD isn't well behaved, then again, it's the human's fault for not training it. True for all dog breeds.

Yes, this is true, most people literally run screaming when i tell them what kind of dog im walking around. They're like "OH MY GOD!! ITS GONNA KILL ME!!!!!" (i literally had that happen on a few occasions) just because the dog is a 135lb pit bull doesent mean its going to go on a damn rampage.

yep... *tries to upload piccie of Mystique* damn photobucket, banned my IP... >.>

[LollipopLolita]

damn, get your dog's pic up. i really wanna see. would love to have a blue pit sometime soon and do weightpulling. but first, a black russian terrier.

[KaFKa]

Mystique is a red nose pit

and every place that allows photo hosting banned my IP already >.<

[Firocket1690]

On 2004-03-10 14:35, KaFKa wrote:
Mystique is a red nose pit

and every place that allows photo hosting banned my IP already >.<


Why? =(

... and why was this stickied ? http://www.pso-world.com/psoworld/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/icon_wacko.gif

[Ness]

Just because.

[Cowboy]

On 2004-03-10 11:28, LollipopLolita wrote:
Tracon, post a piccie of your dog. Aussies are nice dogs. I really like red merles.





Aussies also like to chase things, and she got let out by my little bro about 3 years ago before my dad went to work, and he didnt know, so she got ran over . Now I've got a chocolate lab, a border collie, and a black mouth curr mix. the black mouth curr mix was the only puppy that survied an asshole hitting a litter in the head with a hammer. And I'll TRY to get pics of ALL of my animals.

And Amiaddon, i was talking about rottweilers, not german shepherds O.o





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[Noobliterator]

On 2004-03-10 11:28, LollipopLolita wrote:

Noobliterator, you just bring the rope to tie him up with.

OK
any thing else?

[Cowboy]

Lets feed him almost nothing, make him drink dirty water, and let him sleep in his own feces for 3 years.

[Noobliterator]

sounds good to me

[LollipopLolita]

tracon, aussies/australian sheperds like to chase things because they are herding dogs. it is in their nature to work a flock and herd (includes chasing) and nip at a sheep (which translates into nipping at someone's heel) to herd them. all herding dogs tend to do this since they were bred to herd. herding dogs tend to have the smarts but are also more energetic and stubborn. same thing for border collies. extremely extremely fast and agile dogs, but neurotic if you don't give them a job to do or if it doesn't enough exercise or have enough activity. labs are different. mellow and low key, obedient. but since they're sporting dogs, they'll go crazy fetching and need something in their mouth. black mouth cur's are nice. they're the extreme hunting dog, really skilled and bred to do it and they can also herd and are natural protectors. they're kind, loving and protective and love to work. so yeah tracon post pics of your dogs ^_^ really want to see your cur, and let's also have your neighbor get infested with fleas.

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[Zolpner]

couple of these are old.. but still good

http://www.swapmeetdave.com/Humor/Cats/MouseHunter.jpg

http://www.swapmeetdave.com/Humor/Cats/CatLaugh.jpg

http://www.swapmeetdave.com/Humor/Cats/PettingZoo.jpg

http://www.swapmeetdave.com/Humor/Cats/FlyingCat.jpg

http://www.swapmeetdave.com/Humor/Cats/SweetDreams.jpg

yea..

[Cowboy]

The black mouth curr mix is curr and lab. shes one of the sweetest dogs ive ever had http://www.pso-world.com/psoworld/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif and i will TRY to get pics


And zolpner, the bottom one is my cat, cept the one is the pic is younger and not fat.

And lolita, thats the reason we have border collies. whats funny is that when they arent working cows, since we let them free roam since we have about 100 acres fenced in around the house, theyll end up trying to herd the horses when they get bored.

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[LollipopLolita]

yeah i would really love to see the curr. i have 4 dogs. uhm for now >.> heh. i would so love a border collie, but i don't have enough land to keep one entertained. i would love to have a big piece of land like that. but if i had a list of dogs i would want, it's gonna get long and i'll end up with a zoo.

[Cowboy]

Get an aussie http://www.pso-world.com/psoworld/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif one of the ones ive had was an inside dog. She was suprisingly calm., not hyper at all. But at the same time, if you wanted to get up and go joggin or get her to follow you on a horse or four wheeler, sehd be right there.



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[Sord]

i have a collie...who's going to be put down in at least one years time http://www.pso-world.com/psoworld/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/icon_frown.gif But he's like 12 or 13 though.

And my sisters dog drives me nut! Why did she have to pick the most hyper out of the bunch! I told her not to, but she wouldn't listen. Now I'm stuck with a black labrador running around the place and trying to eat everyone's food, while trying to be pet at the same time! Errgh

Though I like our cat, she doesn't have a true name though. I usually call her Furball, but here's all the names we've call her:

Little Miss
Miss Priss
Furball
Tough Cookie
Tough Cat
T.C.
Ferocious Ball of Flying Fur
Kitty
Sweety

and that's all i can think of off the top of my head.

[Cowboy]

Labs tend to stay in the puppy stage all of their life http://www.pso-world.com/psoworld/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/icon_razz.gif

[LollipopLolita]

nah not an aussie. i'm more of an australian cattle dog person. i need an a type feisty dogs. the feistier and crazier, the better. and 2 of my dogs are that type, not a cattle dog though, but they do make me scream. i'd rather not have a dog that just sleeps all day like a log. next one i get would be a black russian terrier or pyrenean mastiff. would love a border collie like i said, or a great pyrenees, a neopolitan mastiff, kuvasz, a dogue de bordeaux, giant shcnauzer, greater swiss mountain dog, nova scotia duck tolling retriever, and an affenpinscher because they make me friggin laugh. hey sord, labs aren't typically hyper. but they are a bit "uh huh huh durrhhh"




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[Sord]

On 2004-03-10 19:35, LollipopLolita wrote:
hey sord, labs aren't typically hyper. but they are a bit "uh huh huh durrhhh"

not this one, he's constantly movin. We even had him on drugs that were supposed to calm him down, it didn't work http://www.pso-world.com/psoworld/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/icon_disapprove.gif It it possible for a dog to have a mental letter illness? (Letter ilness= ADD, ADHD, PPV, ect.)

[LollipopLolita]

oh well then your dog is not typical. and yes some dogs and even cats need medication and have illnesses. so they put dogs and cats on prozac, zoloft, paxil, etc. other than the hyperness, does it have any other problems?

[Cowboy]

Youd love dixie (the curr mix) if you dont pay attention to her, she will start jumping up and down, barking, then pawing at your feet. and the border collie never stops moving. and the lab just kinda sits there. she'll play for a little while, but eventually shell just end up sitting there while the other dogs jump on her and try to use her as a chew toy. kinda regret fixing her, she wouldve made a good momma. http://www.pso-world.com/psoworld/images/phpbb/icons/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif

Oh, and the mix has a little dent you can feel on her head if you rub her. its amazing what a dog can go through.

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[Sord]

no other illness, besides maybe sitting there and staring you in the eye until you pet him or shoo him off...then he comes back 5 seconds later (that fast too)

[LollipopLolita]

kinda regret fixing her, she wouldve made a good momma.

dood, don't say that. that's not a good validated idea to breed a dog and improve the breed.

anyhow i wanna see dixie!

[Saladwood]

http://www.ineedabiggergun.com/animalxing/hamster.jpg

[Cowboy]

I fixed her, didnt i?:P

anywho, i will try to get a pic of ehr along with all my other animals.
And if ya really wanna see dixie, IM me and beg:P j/k. Dixie had to get fixed about 3 weeks ago. she went through her first heat and her uterus pooched out. Shes my uncles dog, and he was lanning on eventually breeding her, but not now. Shes all better now though. I dont know if shell ever get over having to have worn one of those cones, though.

[LollipopLolita]

hey tracon, do you have ducks? i want a duck

[Cowboy]

Hey lollipoplolita, no i do not have ducks. I do not want ducks. they poop everywhere. I do, however , have 10 chickens, mostly old english bantams(midget chickens are cute:P) 6 guineas (the bird), and a cowbird that broke his wing and has taken up at the house.



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[LollipopLolita]

you can toilet train a duck and have a house duck! that's what i want!

[Cowboy]

the only indoor animals i have right now arecats and a ball python. and off topic, i hate geese. my friend had some, and they were mean. and lillipoplolita, you MAY see dixie tommorow.

[Amiadon]

On 2004-03-10 18:12, Tracon wrote:

And Amiaddon, i was talking about rottweilers, not german shepherds O.o

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I never said "German Shepherds". I said "German dogs Tracon is talking about". That does not narrow it down to a dog breed with the word "german" in its name. I agree with both of you, It isn't the dog, it's the owner. It was my mistake, I got rottweilers mixed up with Dobermans, and THEY are the dangerous type... or are they? I'm not good with animals. Anyway, what matters is that there is one type of dog that gets dangerous later on in life, and it was bred to do some evil activity that i have no memory of.

[Saladwood]

When you said "that german dog" people think "german shepard"

DUH

[Cowboy]

its ok! -hugs ya- my kitty just kicked out half of her cat litter cuz she was bored.

Edit: this post is towards amiadon, not saladwood. i do not wish for salad to think i am hugging him/her.

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[LollipopLolita]

neither rottweilers nor dobermans are dangerous. rottweilers are one of the sweetest most mellow dogs. rotts are calm, highly trainable, brave and devoted to their families. they have reliable temperaments and are protective by nature. yes it's a guard dog because it's bred to do it but they are the mellowest snuggle bugs ever. and they're very intelligent and are excellent for schutzund and police work because their pain threshold is damn high because of their muscles. the only agressiveness they have is against other dogs but that's the nature of a protection/guard dog, to keep strangers out. and this can be trained out of the dog if you socialize it early. no rott, bred and trained soundly will kill a person, unprovoked. there is no dog specifically bred to kill people or do whatever evil activity you speak of. if people trained them to do that, well they're idiots.



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[Cowboy]

I've only had one rottweiler, and while i try hard not to play favorites, she was mine. Probably cuz she was around since i was a year old. she adored me, my parents, and my brother, but she would let very few other people even pet her without her running off, and most of the people that she didnt know that she did let pet her were women. we got a 2 year old australian shepherd from the pound when mesha, the rottweiler, was 10. the aussie was sweet, but mesha would try to pick fights with her. it was 6 months before she finally quit being jealous. thats one thing that was so neat about her. if you were petting her, and foucsed on ANYTHING else, shed lay down and growl. she died when she was 13 or 14.

[Noobliterator]

On 2004-03-10 21:18, Tracon wrote:
she died when she was 13 or 14.

awwwwww ::huggles Tracon::

anyway, there was a breed trained and raised to hunt down slaves but I don't think they have that trait anymore.

[Cowboy]

No pics today, couldnt get the camera home. maybe tommorow or saturday.

[LollipopLolita]

Noobliterator, you're talking about the rhodesian ridgebacks and that's a very common misconception or myth to the breed's origin and purposes. it's not true at all even though it's been extremely popularized. they were actually bred to protect property and hunt and kill lions.

[Amiadon]

Lolita, no offense or anything (I know Kodia or Squirrel hates people doing this) but you've said that for every single dog breed mentioned.

EDIT: Eeeee... I'm reffering to the post at the top of this page.

I do believe totally what you say, as in it isn't the dog, it is the owner. But, I know of one dog breed (I have forgotten the name which is why everything is so confusing) that in my personal experience are very ill-tempered. Every one of these dogs I have ever seen/met is simply bad towards me and others, and sometimes to their owners. Now, this is more than two people i have randomly met; I have met/seen many. If you were going to maybe suggest location for this, I live 6 months in EU and 6 in AUS (well, i used to) and encountered this in both locations.

Now, I think the breed was doberman (sp?), but as I said my memory isn't very clear on the subject, so it could have been something else.



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[LollipopLolita]

that's because every breed mentioned here has been misunderstood and people are misinformed. i'm giving you an accurate description and purpose for the breeds mentioned. granted there are dangerous dogs, that some breeds are more apt to defend than others but that's because they're guard dogs. that's what they were born and bred to do. if you give me a fair and accurate definition of a dog breed, i will not contest that in the slightest bit. but if you give me an inaccurate one, of course i will say that that is not the truth. all the breeds that have been categorized have been discriminated against. and no offense to you but your personal experience does not dictate the nature of a whole breed.

now if you say all dobermans are ill tempered and bad towards people, tell me why the many, many dobermans i have met both inside and outside the competitive ring and in kennels and shelters have never once came at me? and trust me, i've met more than a hundred dobermans. in fact i was in a doberman specialty show and none of the dobermans there acted like the way you said and there were more than 50. i even know of doberman assistance and therapy dogs that work to help people.

people will tell you that dobermans are sweet, gentle, outstanding guard dogs that stubborn, fearless, determined, highly smart, easy to train and are extremely loyal. if that sounds like a rott or a gsd, well that's because they're all working dogs that do guard. but the doberman is one of the breeds that has dog on dog agression as a natural trait because it is a guard dog. but that's dog on dog, not dog on person.

now if the breed you have in mind isn't the doberman, then be sure of the dog name before bringing another breed up and implying that that breed is crazy and bred to kill. don't just pull up breed names. in all reality, a schipperke or a shiba inu or akita would likely be more likely to bite than a doberman.

i'm not saying that you didn't have a bad experience or that the dogs you met weren't nasty. i'm saying that it's not necessarilly true for the whole breed. and if you give me any breed, i'll give you two ill tempered dogs of that breed that will turn dangerous later in their life because of their individual temperament and upbringing. and hunting and guarding isn't evil activity.

hell, there was a pomeranian that killed a baby.

i even know of people with weird body language that will set off any dog.

what a strange discussion to have in FKL... or PSOW for that matter.

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[LollipopLolita]

you know Amiadon, the only dog breed I can think of that comes remotely close to the nature of a breed that you describe is the Presa Canario. Even then, it's up to the owner and individual dog and I know perfectly angelic Presas.

[Saiffy]

my pussy got spaded

[HUnewearl_Meira]

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[LollipopLolita]

http://www.badrap.org/rescue/img/elvis1.jpg

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[Noobliterator]

On 2004-03-11 23:18, LollipopLolita wrote:
Noobliterator, you're talking about the rhodesian ridgebacks and that's a very common misconception or myth to the breed's origin and purposes. it's not true at all even though it's been extremely popularized. they were actually bred to protect property and hunt and kill lions.


ohhhhhhhhh okay. nevermind then

BTW what do you do that you know so much about dogs?
Or is it just a hobbie?

[Sord]

On 2004-03-12 09:38, LollipopLolita wrote:
http://www.badrap.org/rescue/img/elvis1.jpg

the first thing i thought when i saw this was, "HOLY SHIT!"

[Noobliterator]

On 2004-03-12 12:01, Sord wrote:


On 2004-03-12 09:38, LollipopLolita wrote:
http://www.badrap.org/rescue/img/elvis1.jpg

the first thing i thought when i saw this was, "HOLY SHIT!"


mmmmmmm indeed...

[Noobliterator]

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