Beau Peep Notice Board => Just a Fort => Topic started by: peter on September 07, 2007, 04:26:33 PM
Title: Dogs
Post by: peter on September 07, 2007, 04:26:33 PM
Have any of you got any. I have two A blue Merle Border collie and a German Shepherd/Greyhound X. Looks like a German Shepherd, Runs like a Greyhound sleeps like a greyhound.
Title: Re: Dogs
Post by: Roger Kettle on September 07, 2007, 06:09:58 PM
Okay, I feel as if I'm the straight man here but how does a greyhound sleep?
Title: Re: Dogs
Post by: The Peepmaster on September 07, 2007, 06:17:45 PM
Okay, I feel as if I'm the straight man here but how does a greyhound sleep?
Title: Re: Dogs
Post by: Roger Kettle on September 07, 2007, 06:34:41 PM
I haven't listened to that in ages. I'd forgotten what a brilliantly savage song it is. It doesn't really help me with the greyhounds, but thanks anyway, Nige.
Title: Re: Dogs
Post by: peter on September 07, 2007, 06:55:11 PM
Title: Re: Dogs
Post by: Calypso on September 08, 2007, 02:38:29 PM
Yes, I am usually able to sense when one reply is necessary.
Growing up, my family had dachshunds as pets. We also had Siamese cats, and I have a Himalayan cat now, but I sense you do not want to know that since this topic is about dogs.
Title: Re: Dogs
Post by: peter on September 08, 2007, 02:46:28 PM
Yes, I am usually able to sense when one reply is necessary.
Growing up, my family had dachshunds as pets. We also had Siamese cats, and I have a Himalayan cat now, but I sense you do not want to know that since this topic is about dogs.
I am quite happy to talk about any pet.
My mother was a dog breeder and was involved with bulldogs basenjis and pekingese
I have had a St Bernard a German Shepherd and the two we have now.
Title: Re: Dogs
Post by: Calypso on September 09, 2007, 12:25:22 AM
That's very interesting, Peter. I'm sure you have some funny tales (no pun intended) to tell about dogs since your mother was a dog breeder.
My mom's friend decided to breed her registered Shiba Inus. Unfortunately, the woman didn't realize how much work and expense went into the breeding business. She thought all her dogs had to do was breed and the puppies would sell themselves right away. Naturally, this was not the case. She ended up selling two puppies for under the price she thought she would get, keeping one puppy which eventually had to be euthanized because of some degenerative disease, and six months later giving the other two puppies to family members. She had the female spayed and the male neutered shortly afterwards.
Title: Re: Dogs
Post by: peter on September 09, 2007, 10:08:58 PM
All my dogs are rescue dogs, The St Bernard was going to be put to sleep for chasing chickens. The collie was terrorised by the children in her first home and was given to the RSPCA at 1 year old. The German Shepherd X was left in the back garden 24/7.
Title: Re: Dogs
Post by: The Peepmaster on September 09, 2007, 11:00:40 PM
Peter, we're having a sponsored silence. Didn't Mincey tell you? You now owe us all ?50 each.
Title: Re: Dogs
Post by: peter on September 10, 2007, 09:20:51 AM
O.k. just mail me your address and I will post you a check, I will type silently from now on. Just thought that you had all gone to a party and not let me know. I would have brought my ten year old Russian vodka bottle.
Title: Re: Dogs
Post by: Calypso on September 10, 2007, 05:57:26 PM
I don't understand why people mistreat animals, Peter. My beautiful Himalayan is a rescue cat. She'd been abandoned somewhere with her kittens. I adopted her nearly nine years ago from a wonderful no-kill shelter. She's now around 12 or so. She still has issues as a result of the abandonment, but I couldn't ask for a sweeter, more loving cat.
Title: Re: Dogs
Post by: peter on September 10, 2007, 06:05:17 PM
I know what you mean I could cry at some of the strays I see at the shelters.
Title: Re: Dogs
Post by: The Peepmaster on September 10, 2007, 06:07:59 PM
I know what you mean I could cry at some of the strays I see at the shelters.
You've actually seen Roger waiting for a bus?
Title: Re: Dogs
Post by: Roger Kettle on September 10, 2007, 07:54:05 PM
You're such snobs, you car drivers! Older regulars on this site will know that I'm...er..not too fond of cats. Inside the house, they have two main objectives---to secure the most comfortable spot (cat baskets aren't good enough) and to eat. They are quite prepared to do the odd bit of purring for food but that's it. Their owners are treated with contempt. Outside the house, it's a question of seeing how much of the local wildlife they can slaughter. For fun. I grew up with dogs. My mother used to breed Pyreneans. About 8 ft high and 10 ft long, they were very affectionate. Which was probably just as well.
Title: Re: Dogs
Post by: Tom on September 10, 2007, 08:10:41 PM
Did the Pyreneans get on with cats?
Title: Re: Dogs
Post by: Roger Kettle on September 10, 2007, 08:29:30 PM
No----I think they upset their stomachs.
Title: Re: Dogs
Post by: peter on September 10, 2007, 09:51:04 PM
We also had a Siamese cat called Snoopy who sat, back warming nicely at the Aga, and watched the progression of small puppies into very large Pyreneans - they (the dogs) learned to salute him as they waddled past
Title: Re: Dogs
Post by: peter on September 11, 2007, 11:50:02 AM
We also had a Siamese cat called Snoopy who sat, back warming nicely at the Aga, and watched the progression of small puppies into very large Pyreneans - they (the dogs) learned to salute him as they waddled past
I always found a clip round the ear at a early age soon sorted them out. Oh for the good old days when you hid when a policeman was on his round and if you got caught you did not tell you dad in case you got a second clip.
Title: Re: Dogs
Post by: Joan on September 12, 2007, 04:33:01 AM
Cats aren't my pick either, Roger. We couldn't have one anyway, as my daughter is very allergic to them. Don't mind them if they belong to someone else and are kept indoors, or at least restricted in their wandering - big debate over here about putting restrictions on cats - ie keeping them locked up inside all the time. They do a lot of damage to native wildlife, especially around here where we live on the edge of a national park. Dogs, on the other hand, are regulated to within an inch of their lives, understandably seeing as they're more likely to do damage to humans, but it's a bit frustrating when you can't even take your dog for a swim at the beach without risking a huge fine. They do have a "doggie beach" near us, but it's in another council area and only residents are allowed to use it. Our council doesn't have one. We go anyway in the summer - how can you deny a labrador a swim on a 35?C day?
Here he is - he's 12 and a half, so getting a bit grey around the chops and a few other places. The vet classified him as geriatric the other day, which initially offended me, but I suppose at 87 in human years, he is a bit of a senior canine. He still thinks he's a puppy though, and bounds off when he gets excited, only to regret it later when he comes limping back - sound familiar? It does to me. lol
He looks very distinguished, Joan. Does he like mince?
How dare you try to poison that gorgeous Labrador by trying to feed it Mince
I'm sure that if Mince was cooked properly, then well minced, the dog would be able to handle it!
My dogs have not so far been able to.
Title: Re: Dogs
Post by: Calypso on September 12, 2007, 11:43:16 PM
Changing the subject from the sublime (feeding Mince to the dogs) to the ridiculous:
Today at work, I saw a woman pushing what I thought was a pink, net-covered baby-carriage. Inside, however, was a Maltese dog lapping from a little bowl.
Title: Re: Dogs
Post by: peter on September 13, 2007, 12:13:17 PM
Changing the subject from the sublime (feeding Mince to the dogs) to the ridiculous:
Today at work, I saw a woman pushing what I thought was a pink, net-covered baby-carriage. Inside, however, was a Maltese dog lapping from a little bowl.
Used to see a lady take a German Shepherd in a four wheeled cart. it had something wrong with its back legs but she still took it walks.
Title: Re: Dogs
Post by: The Peepmaster on September 13, 2007, 12:27:15 PM
There's a three-legged dog on this island. It catches the bus down to near Port Bannatyne. Always knows where it's stop is and stands by the bus doors in anticipation.
Title: Re: Dogs
Post by: Calypso on September 13, 2007, 02:07:50 PM
There was nothing wrong with this dog. It was her "baby," I guess. The only thing worse would have been if it had been dressed as a baby. What made it even more ridiculous was that this woman was pushing the doggy-carriage around a very nice store. The woman was rather snobby to people who stopped to look, too. Well, what did she expect? If you choose to look like an idiot pushing around a pink doggy-carriage then expect people to stop and stare.
Title: Re: Dogs
Post by: Joan on September 14, 2007, 01:22:55 AM
There was nothing wrong with this dog. It was her "baby," I guess. The only thing worse would have been if it had been dressed as a baby.
I think the worst thing I've seen was in a German restaurant where this lady had a pekingese on her lap which was eating off the same plate as she was. Yeugh!
Title: Re: Dogs
Post by: peter on September 14, 2007, 06:55:36 AM
There was nothing wrong with this dog. It was her "baby," I guess. The only thing worse would have been if it had been dressed as a baby.
I think the worst thing I've seen was in a German restaurant where this lady had a pekingese on her lap which was eating off the same plate as she was. Yeugh!