The New Offical Mutts of the House thread

[vharrison]

Pennys looking good I'm up to 3 ACDs 2 red girls and a blue boy

What breed is the second one? The neighbor across the canal from us has a dog that looks alot like him.

 

[stig]

After having had husky mixes and other extreme fur bearers for the last 20 odd years, I've finally found a trimming device that works.

My ex-wife bought it for me ( well, for Sam, actually) after seeing a friend use it.
It is not cheap, but neither are vacuum cleaner bags, and it works like nothing else, I've come across.
Even the expensive Coat-king can't hold a candle to it.
I just ripped enough summer fur off of Sam to fill about 2 pillow cases and thought I'd mention it here.

It is called the Furminator.

 

[FireFighterZero]

He aint lying! We bought one used. Its great.

 

[Dave Shepard]

My sister bought one this summer. When she was done with three dogs it looked like there had been a sheep shearing competition on the front lawn..

 

[mccauleytree]

Meet the newest McCauley Tree Service employee, Hank McCauley!

 

[MasterBlaster]

Hank looks so unhappy! Give that dog a bone!

 

[woodworkingboy]

Rather be chillin, not workin.

 

[mccauleytree]

He's got plenty of bones! And he couldn't be happier!

 

[MasterBlaster]

 

[BlackSmith]

It is called the Furminator.

Thanks a million Stig. Just got it today and it's the real deal.

 

[stig]

Just watch out you don't get carried away using it or you'll end up with this

 

[Mick!]

Charlie's favourite location, watching the wife cooking dinner!

 

[Fiddler]

Had an overweight Beagle named Charley. He used to stay and watch the pan on the stove after the cooking was over, occasionally looking our way and giving a woof or two, until we showed him the contents were gone.

 

[Mick!]

Charlie always get a bit when we're finished. She gets very hungry you know!

 

[MasterBlaster]

Household pets should never be feed human food or snacks.

 

[Mick!]

Household pets should never be feed human food or snacks.

Don't talk nonsense Butch, a bit of sausage or a corner of toast is fine.

 

[FireFighterZero]

My dog is 17 in people years. She gets table scraps.

 

[MasterBlaster]

I hate a begging critter at my table. What they don't EVER know about, they won't ever be wanting. Pets should be fed pet food, and high quality stuff - not that cheap crap. My vet recommends Science Diet. Not cheap at all, but not as expensive as some brands. I see people getting those huge bags of dog food for 10, 12 bucks and I feel sorry for their critters. It's like living on cereal, and cheap cereal at that... not healthy at all.

 

[Mick!]

Sure Butch,
I recently related Charlie's problems that came from "complete" food.
She doesn't beg at the table. She's on the step watching from afar.
On work days however don't leave your sandwiches in the van, or prepare to go hungry.
She's always getting into clients houses and sits down in front of the lady of the house, ears back, spaniel eyes. Pays dividends. She's so unthreatening none of them seem to mind.

 

[stig]

Begging from the table has nothing to do with being fed human food.
It has to do with lack of proper training, like most everything else that dogs do wrong.
I'll toss mine a bit of whatever I'm eating occasionally, but you sure don't see them "begging" after they've been told to leave.

It is an old viking tradition to have a pack of dogs in the dining hall, to toss the bones of whatever animal you're eating to.
Being a vegetarian, I fail miserably in keeping that tradition going.

 

[CurSedVoyce]

+1

 

[Mick!]

You're right Stig, Charly never begs, she merely enquires as to what might be happening to that piece of toast/sausage and that if, circumstances being right, you find it surplus to requirements, she would like to place herself first in line to have it.

She'll spend hours watching my wife cook, sitting there, looking, fascinated and waiting for showtime.

 

[CurSedVoyce]

I have cooked and treated animals in my life for ever. They do not beg or steal food, They know better. They were taught the rules straight up.
They politely wait for their their share of the fare.

 

[Tucker943]

My dogs get an occasional meat scrap. It gets put in their food bowls. My table is off limits.

 

[Fiddler]

Mine will lay down and pretend he is not looking at the meal/me/table. Pretty comical really as he just has to steal a peek from time to time and knows he won't get anything if he gets caught staring/begging.

Stig is right on the money...it is in the training.