Can we have a dog thread?

“Seahouses?”

Yes. The Puffins Burrow, opposite Lewis chippy.

Thought so.

I don’t get to seahouses often, next time I do Oscar and I will say hello.

Is Oscar the Border Terrorist?

Puffins are big business in Seahouses!

Yes, that’s him.

Indeed they are.

I’ve just read the ‘disproportionally’ thread, I’ll STFU

@gobuchul – one of yours?

My wife bought it for me from Seahouses a couple of years ago

If it’s Dunoon, then yes.

If it’s not then someone else.,

We lost Lara, our Miniature Schnauzer suddenly in January. She was a gem and never looked aged, even though she would have been 13 in June. I cried a lot.

Our family, home and routine was not the same, so we now have another Miniature Schnauzer, Oscar who is 10 weeks old.

Different colour (black), different sex and different personality, albeit loves human contact – when he wants it.

Commands are coming on, happy to be in the car – recognise he is young and it’s down to us to ensure all good in that area.

We are so much looking forward to getting him out for walks from the weekend onwards.

Would post pics, but don’t know how to….

My worst dog for down the pub problems was a Lemon Beagle. I had to carry a shitty stick to keep the female students away, the tri-colour Corgi or sawn off alsatian was a similar student magnet.

Would post pics, but don’t know how to….

@benz – upload to postimages.org, click hotlink for forums, paste directly into reply box. Or sign up and post pics directly.

Here’s Tsuki.

She’s very quiet.
usually curled up somewhere fastidiously cleaning herself like a cat.

Will sleep all day, or walk for miles.
Doesn’t like swimming, climbs trees.
Barks at upturned buckets and flags.
Not a fan of posh dog food.

nickc
… I’ll STFU

I’ll believe that when I see it! 🤣

It’s coffee time for Oscar and I. Lots of people in here in the doggy bit, even those who don’t have one.

“It’s coffee time for Oscar and I.”

Causing absolute chaos. Won’t someone think of the dog hatez.

Yes. The Puffins Burrow, opposite Lewis chippy.

Well I never. I believe I bought some oven gloves off you a couple of weeks ago.

Causing absolute chaos. Won’t someone think of the dog hatez.

To be fair a caffeinated border terrorist could be chaos!

“Well I never. I believe I bought some oven gloves off you a couple of weeks ago.”

Me personally or the Mrs?

Which oven gloves?

Causing absolute chaos. Won’t someone think of the dog hatez.

Seconds after posting that another dog walked past and growled at him. Oscar wasn’t happy.

He was told off and is now sat quiet.

Brave dog growling at the dog equivalent of a Border Reiver!

Haha!

Yeah you don’t pick a fight with something that won’t give up.

Lola loves swimming, she’s also strangely interested in finding what’s in the bottom of a bucket 🙂

No toy survives first contact with the Labrador. Yes that is our lawn, it was feb last year and the builders had been trampling over it for about two months. It doesn’t look much better now to be fair 😉

Wilbur, loves both dog friendly Michelin star restaurants, and a day in the mountains.

New coaster arrived in the shop today.

Wow thats cute benz!

My mums shih tzu cross bichon frisé had pups a week or so ago. Tiniest things I’ve ever seen. This was 3 days old.

@ads678 – that’s a hamster and I claim my five pounds 🙂

@ped – cracking shot that. And a very happy looking dog.

A dog has the same annual environmental impact as a Toyota Land Cruiser. You can’t purport to care one bit about the environment and own a dog.

They’re completely irrelevant in modern society and a waste of the world’s resources in a climate crisis. They are also a pain for people who don’t have dogs.

Looking back at that pragmatically:

1) It’s already been pointed out that it’s closer to a low mileage city car than a land cruiser

2) It probably means the owners will go on less / fewer / no overseas holidays for the next 14 years or so, which saves the dogs carbon footprint each time, per person on a trip to the Med. So for a family of four that’s a reduction in their footprint of ~2.25t/year.

3)  They’re completely irrelevant in modern society and a waste of the world’s resources in a climate crisis. They are also a pain for people who don’t have cars.

Spud (not ours, we were dog-sitting) think’s he’s a better use of a carbon footprint than a Daewoo Matiz.

Slight detour but… all those morons that got dogs during lockdown and then gave them up when they had to go back into the office (as was staggeringly obvious and predictable) should be ashamed for being so cruel and dumb.

Spud (not ours, we were dog-sitting) think’s he’s a better use of a carbon footprint than a Daewoo Matiz.

To be fair, a Landcruiser is better use of a carbon footprint than a Daewoo Matiz

Sandy is lovely.

We lost our wonderful little Flo a couple of years ago now and I miss her everyday.  She was great company while working from home, pretty much just me and her everyday day, from 8 ‘till 4. She would sleep at my feet and wake at 11 for a coffee ( for me) and snacks ( for her) and we would enjoy a lunchtime power walk most everyday.

We will get another dog in the future, when we circumstances change again and we can commit fully to looking after it. Some lovely dogs on here.

I think dog people know dog people, and I hope that those people walking their dogs don’t think it’s weird that I can’t help but smile when I see a happy dog out for a walk.

To be fair, a Landcruiser is better use of a carbon footprint than a Daewoo Matiz

Depends, do you need to get around a 1st world country but pathologically object to public transport.

Or make jokes about driving Land-Rovers in the outback and compensate for something?

Still can’t understand the ‘no place in a modern world’ argument. There are a shit tonne of people globally who work with dogs. They perform some fantastic tasks on a daily basis. What are the Land Cruiser brigade proposing they are replaced with?  Angry comments backed up with no facts perhaps? One of them there robots from Boston Dynamics? A miserable human?

Dogs are **** brilliant.

Let’s push past it.

Yesterday I dropped an olive. The four legged dysonsnaffled it.

Then immediately dropped it looking confused. Then tried it again. And spat it out. Then walked away. Then came back uncertainly and tried it again. And then dropped it again.

She must have attempted to eat it 5 times before finally giving up.

That’s another dog benefit! Not having to pick up dropped food! Just call the dog and problem solved.

Seems like the appropriate place to post this news story.  No wonder he’s smiling in the picture.  https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-oxfordshire-68779132

And the water saved by a canine powered pre-dishwasher “rinse”?

@benz that’s immensely cute.

Dog threads are great for cheering you up, well most of us.