Dogs - what's the point?

“There you go sir, lovely bit of wood. Now if you’ll carry that up the hill, I’ll get the hammer and nails”. Ever get the feeling you are going to be crucified?
But it’s got to be asked. Dogs. What’s the point?
I am doing a two week house, dog and cat sitting (and don’t get me started on the cat!) for friends, and my time is nearly up. Now I confess I have no pets apart from those loveable ones in that magazine. So this was definitely a favour to them whilst I am looking around for another IT contract, and they are yachting around Croatia.
Although the brown lab is a cute old lady,
- My clothes are covered in hair and slobber.
- The dustbin is full of crap I have shovelled up from the lawn.
- I can’t eat anything without the having a rapt audience dripping saliva.
- The house is impossible to keep clean as hair, mud and sand is constantly being traipsed in.
- Its been to the vets twice, but I don’t have to pay, but it cannot cheap. Once to have its butt squeezed as she was unloading on the kitchen floor at night, and secondly because I over-exercised her. He asked if I was a dog person, and has treated me like a pariah ever since.
- She dives into the local lake unless I have her on a leash as we go past, and get filthy. More filth in house.
- I have to take at least three plastic bags out on a walk and pick up turds all over the place which are distastefully warm – yuk!
Having brought up two kids who have given me a huge amount of pleasure, what’s wrong with having people as your companion? I don’t have a gun, or a flock of bloody sheep. I’ve never invested in a junkyard or anything that I would want a dog to bite an intruder.
So what’s the point of these spectacularly unintelligent, dirty, slobbering, crap delivery beasts? Is it just to eat the dead horse the Belgians can’t face – or what? I can’t see it. Did you know pet food was the primary reason the ‘civilized’ nations kept whaling? Bet one of them never crapped on your lawn or bit the postman.
So what's the attraction?

[tigersaw]

Give me dogs over kids anytime

[the_lone_wolf]

Originally Posted by tigersaw

Give me dogs over kids anytime

yeah, too stringy...


wouldn't swap my border collie for the world, she's smarter than most of the people you'll find in town centres after 9pm

As a kid we had guns and sheep, so also had a dog.

Now I'm a dog person.

I'd rather spend 5 minutes in the company of a dog than 50 years with some people-A dog won't stab you in the back, all it asks is for food , excercise and a home-you get loyalty in return,who's the first to welcome you when you come home from work?,no need in my mind for any deliberation the canine IS mans best friend-i'd rather get rid of the bike than the dogs!.

husky+four canines

Some dogs are harder to live with than others. And you have to enjoy caring for them, it can't be as easy to tolerate the "chores" if the dog is not your own.

Find one that you like, and that you want to like you back, and you're in for many years of some very very happy memories. You'll remember bringing it home for the first time, the walks, the occasional trouble it gets in to, and you'll love the dog so much. Their expressions can melt your heart, their willingness to be in a good mood, and the way they can sense when you aren't.

I agree with Husky, the right dog really can be your best friend. You don't have to impress it, or be witty. No pressure, just simplicity.

If you think a dog makes a mess...try owning a bloody parrot.....i rue the day

Originally Posted by Tim in Belgium

As a kid we had guns and sheep, so also had a dog.

Now I'm a dog person.

Odd sort of pet - a gun? not exactly cuddly but I can see the potential for a bond I guess hmmm a pet sheep eh? Others from the far West of the British Isles may be able to explain the sheep thing?

So now you're a dog person, which half is which? do you pant a lot or wag your tail?

We had pet sheep, and none pet sheep, and all were turned in to lamb or mutton in the end, very tasty and nice to know where they came from

I now tend to pant before wagging my tail

I think if it was a choice, bike or dog... it would be a hard choice but i would certainly give up the bike for the dogs! Although in my case its easier as i still have my transport from the dogs lol. Lupo is firstly a pet for us, but also a working animal and i couldn't have the breed of dog i have if he was just a pet!