Dog Owner Chat! (for-fun poll added) (new chat)

[Lupen]

Who is shouting? Or rather, what comes across as shouting? As far as I'm aware most of us have been pretty tame. :/

[urie]

I agree that this is a debate. The only reason I said you where arguing last time because one of the people who was involved seemed to get very upset and did ask you to shut up about it, and then you didn't c;
It doesn't seem that Fuzzy is upset with this debate, but let's make sure no-one get's left out c:

[orpheus.]

Bleh, three weeks is taking a long time already. xD
BUT we cleaned out our 'shoe pile' which was really messy and possibly a danger to the pup, I cleaned up my room and put any dangers away, and we're going to be covering up our banister just in case Lyra's small enough to slip through. Our cat now has a table used for feeding (just in case she decides it's okay to eat the kitty food) that we've put up early just to get her used to it. Soo - I suppose these three weeks are a good thing, since I have to puppy proof this old house anyway. Everything else seems alright, we just need to get the banister done (which we'll be doing tomorrow) and then everything bad is puppy proofed.

[control freak.]

Urgh. Me, in my sleep deprived state, did not notice that I had
knocked our only pair of earphones off of the computer desk.
It's okay...Dixie found them for me. With all of her teeth.

[WilloweWolf]

Who is shouting? Or rather, what comes across as shouting? As far as I'm aware most of us have been pretty tame.

You know exactly what i mean, Lupen.

I agree that this is a debate. The only reason I said you where arguing last time because one of the people who was involved seemed to get very upset and did ask you to shut up about it, and then you didn't c;
It doesn't seem that Fuzzy is upset with this debate, but let's make sure no-one get's left out c:

It may be a debate, but it's still more like an argument, if you see it the way i do, believe me.

[~Serenade~]

We had tons of snow yesterday, and I let Bella outside this morning. She took one look out the door, huffed, and ran back into the living room like "Pfft, you want me to go out there? Yeah, right..."

Today (Despite all the snow) the stuff I ordered for Bella got delivered on time. I put each one in a paper bag for her to unwrap (I wasn't digging in Christmas stuff for wrapping paper) She had a blast unwrapping it, and even more fun with what was inside. The invincible snake toy is SO long. She couldn't get it out of the bag and wrapped it around herself playing with it. When she discovered there were squeakers in it, she tested each section to see what was in it and was super excited when they squeaked. She also likes the octopus, it's got a grunting sound thing in it, and when she bit it she paused like "What the heck was that?" and then kept trying to make the sound over and over again. (That toy's staying in the living room, it'd be scary to hear that creepy sound in the middle of the night)

She seems to love the Himalayan dog chew so far and hasn't stopped chewing it yet.

[Saracirce]

Okay, I admit I was really grumpy this morning and it's my fault this started. I still feel as if this needed to be addressed though and I also feel that it calmed down a lot after the first few posts.

@Reno Sinclair: Once at a sleepover, someone's dog knocked my glasses off a desk and chewed them. I can't see without my glasses. D:<

Honestly, probably the thing that's even more frustrating then being told your dog is bad or that your bad owner is when PEOPLE DON'T LISTEN TO YOU. If I tell you my dog bites, that means she WILL bite you and you shouldn't come near. If I pull my dog away to avoid the path of your dog, that probably means my dog doesn't like other dogs. You and your dog are not some special cookies my dog will take exception to and excuse me if I don't want my dog getting a bite record, being declared as 'dangerous' or being PTS because your dumb butt can't listen or use common sense.

[urie]

Who is shouting? Or rather, what comes across as shouting? As far as I'm aware most of us have been pretty tame.

You know exactly what i mean, Lupen.

I agree that this is a debate. The only reason I said you where arguing last time because one of the people who was involved seemed to get very upset and did ask you to shut up about it, and then you didn't c;
It doesn't seem that Fuzzy is upset with this debate, but let's make sure no-one get's left out c:

It may be a debate, but it's still more like an argument, if you see it the way i do, believe me.

I know but I don't want a relapse of what happened last time so I'm trying to keep the peace. If I were in your position (which I was at one point), honestly, i'd just stay out of it. The regulars on this thread don't back down easily and it'll blow over soon xD

[WilloweWolf]

oh, I think i can handle it. believe me, I can.

[control freak.]

@Saracirce;
Oh no, your glasses!? That's a lot worse than us losing our precious
earphones. I..just don't understand why dogs find glasses so
intriguing. Dixie and Tobi will literally climb up on my fiance's
chest and casually try to chew at them while they are on her
face.

I also reaaaally agree with it being frustrating when people
refuse to listen to you about your dog's behavior. Dixie is
a drop off, who we've only had for about a week. She is
either afraid of men or is generally over protective of
us because she growls every time my father-in-law comes
near. I've told him to warn us, so we can put the gate up
in our room..but it's like it goes in one ear and out the
other? ACTUALLY. What seriously pisses me off is the
fact that he's reached down and popped her in the face
for growling at him.