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

[FuzzyThePunkCat]

Fuzzy, drop it. You just dredged up a lot of sore stuff.

And you were more into dogs at that age then I was. Big frigging deal. Don't care.

I'm not saying its a big deal -.- I just mentioned it, jeez

[urie]

Yes, jeez.

Jeez, just leave it alone.

I haven't bothered to post in ages, it'd just get covered up by this so called 'debating'.
Urgh.
So can you just STOP arguing? Sorry, but I can't post and the thread won't look good to new people having a look. Sorry for taking charge, but I want to post now and I can't be bothered to post a post that will get buried.

[FuzzyThePunkCat]

Yes, jeez.

Jeez, just leave it alone.

I haven't bothered to post in ages, it'd just get covered up by this so called 'debating'.
Urgh.
So can you just STOP arguing? Sorry, but I can't post and the thread won't look good to new people having a look. Sorry for taking charge, but I want to post now and I can't be bothered to post a post that will get buried.

I tried to drop it, I'm not even the one who brought it back up.

[IAmLink]

HOW do the dogs look horrible at all?

Short, stocky, poorly bred dogs. Big heads on stubby legs. Not at all good looking Akitas, even for Americans.

[orpheus.]

According to my brother 'mental stimulation is useless' and 'you shouldn't teach dogs to do tricks.'
um okay then, A+ for being an idiot.

My dad thinks that dogs shouldn't be vaccinated (we are still getting the puppy vaccinated though, since my mum is not risking anything) because 'they never used to have to be injected with needles, and plenty of wild dogs are fine without them!' There's no convincing him otherwise but thankfully he's the only one who disagrees on vaccination. cx Ahh...the joys of living in a stubborn family.

[Keletheryl]

HOW do the dogs look horrible at all?

Short, stocky, poorly bred dogs. Big heads on stubby legs. Not at all good looking Akitas, even for Americans.

They don't have to be perfect...
If you were to show your dog in a show ring then yes, dogs should meet the breed standards 100%.
But they don't.. They don't HAVE to meet breed standards perfectly, it doesn't make it horrible. There isn't anything wrong with Wolfgang, he's a beautiful dog.

It's not anything to get your socks in a knot over, what's done is done.

[wolfgirl2011]

Oh my gosh guys! Stop attacking one person who's posting-which is called bullying-which is what you're doing. Even if they may be implying that their dogs are better then you need to lay off. If they're saying that it doesn't give you the right to attack them. Nobody's perfect and I definitely am not and I've had my fair share of tense times on here but I still come back the next day with a new outlook-why can't you???

Sorry if I offended anyone. I just feel like this topic is here just for people to argue now and not nicely brag about their dogs.

[urie]

Oh my gosh guys! Stop attacking one person who's posting-which is called bullying-
.just for people to argue now and not nicely brag about their dogs.

NO

Pet hate alert. This is NOT bullying. AT ALL. No. It's arguing. Just leave it, they have, stop making false accusations. Bullying is not to be taken lightly, or as a joke. Don't use it in this context. Please. No.
However I do kind of agree with '' just for people to argue now and not nicely brag about their dogs.''. Kind of.

Now, lets all agree this is over and done with, and we can now all get back to photobombing the thread and general chit chat c:

[wolfgirl2011]

Oh my gosh guys! Stop attacking one person who's posting-which is called bullying-
.just for people to argue now and not nicely brag about their dogs.

NO

Pet hate alert. This is NOT bullying. AT ALL. No. It's arguing. Just leave it, they have, stop making false accusations. Bullying is not to be taken lightly, or as a joke. Don't use it in this context. Please. No.
However I do kind of agree with '' just for people to argue now and not nicely brag about their dogs.''. Kind of.

Now, lets all agree this is over and done with, and we can now all get back to photobombing the thread and general chit chat c:

Last thing I'm going to say about this...if it's Alright with you: you could have at least said no in a nice way instead of shouting NO...

sorry again for my apparent rudeness and "accusations. "

[Jazi]

HOW do the dogs look horrible at all?

Short, stocky, poorly bred dogs. Big heads on stubby legs. Not at all good looking Akitas, even for Americans.

They don't have to be perfect...
If you were to show your dog in a show ring then yes, dogs should meet the breed standards 100%.
But they don't.. They don't HAVE to meet breed standards perfectly, it doesn't make it horrible. There isn't anything wrong with Wolfgang, he's a beautiful dog.

It's not anything to get your socks in a knot over, what's done is done.

Fuzzy promotes Wolfgang's breeder as a "good breeder". That means that they should fit breed standard, as that is something a good breeder does. Reputable breeders breed dogs to standard. They health test and title. They are knowledgeable about the breed in question.

I understand that you don't particularly think that good breeders are a necessity, however if you promote your dog as being from a good breeder, it should probably be true. I've covered the lack of testing and titles before, but I don't know much about the Akita standard. MalfoyQueen and now Link have both spoken up saying that the dogs are not true to standard. That would mean that his breeder... is perhaps not so great afterall.



EDIT: The reason this keeps getting drug back up is because there are now at least four people who are actively avoiding this thread due to the attitudes of "I'm right and I don't care what you say" in here. Yelling for the arguing to stop is not going to do anything except put a bandaid over the problem and wait for tensions to explode again.