A**HOLES W/DOGS

“My dogs favorite ball (called "bald ball") is a tennis ball that has the fuzz torn off.”

“Ummm...nevermind.”

“Took me a while to find this thread.

Bad news folks...I've failed...my ungrateful brother-in-law just accused me of getting his Lab an ear infection (both ears). Maybe if he gave the dog a bath, this wouldn't have happened (the dog has not have a single bath in the 10 months it's been with them).

He says because I took him xc skiing with me in the spring and the dog splashed some water into his ears.

I truly think he is seriously jealous of me because his dog listens to me more than him. After this accusation...I'll not be taking the dog for any runs or anything....if anything else happens, he will blame it on me.

Too bad I never got the dog to go backpacking with me. I've been xc skiing, running or inline skating with the dog every weekend for the last 7 weeks....and this is the thanks I get. Just venting.

Ironically, they named their dog Lucky....he doesn't allow anybody to give the dog water because he says the dog is going to peee everywhere. He doesn't feed the dog enough because he doesn't want the dog to shiit too much...which in turn would make him pick up after the dog.

For the sake of family peace, I'll have to look the other way.”

“Whatever you do, don't take Lucky dating. (See the Dating Sucks thread.)”

“Well it sounds like you just need to take the dog off there hands.

He seems like he has more fun with you.

8)”

“Mike, here's Lucky's routine...6 a.m, gets let out of his cage (3'X 4' X 4'). 7 a.m back into the cage for 10 hrs... 5pm out of the cage for 5 hrs....11pm back into the cage till 6 a.m...and it's like this for the whole week. And the cage is in the laundry room with no windows. On the weekend if they go shopping...it's back into the cage for poor Lucky. I think they (govt.) treat prisoners in isolation better than this.

Can you blame the dog for liking me better?”

“I think it's time for Lucky to disapear to a good home.”

“Dude why don't you try and get the dog.

I think it relly sucks that the dog has to go through that.

8|”

“Stanlee, one of our dogs has ear infections every once in awhile. She has floppy ears like a lab and moisture is the culprit. When we know she's been in the water we clean her ears out with a solution the vet gave us. He also told us we could use vinegar and alcohol. I can't remember the ratio though. It's a normal thing and your brother's dog will probably get one again if he ever gets out of his cage (poor doggy).”

“Some friends of ours liberated a dog.

There is a restaurant near their home that they go to a lot and they noticed a dog tied up in an adjacent yard. It was out there in all kinds of weather with no shelter and with a dirty water dish full of leaves.

One day they just brought her home. Talk about a grateful dog!”

“Our Black Lab gets that stuff in her ears once in awhile. We get this ear medication from the vet and squirt it in her ears occasionally. Labs are prone to those types of infections.”

“Why do people like that even have a dog? They don't seem to want it for companionship. It's not serving as a guard dog locked up in the basement. They're not breeding it or using it for hunting, are they? So what's the goddamn point?”

“Dude, no animal should be contained to a cage. you should free, kill the captor, revolt, all for the dog!”

“Maybe offer to buy the dog for whatever it cost your bro in law?”

“It's a "Power" thing, he goes around telling everybody how much he'd spent on the dog ($300 for the dog, $800 for the obedience courses, $300+ for shots, license, neutering etc.)...the a-hole is not going to sell his dog. To tell you folks the truth, I really thought of stealing their dog.

You're right on all counts Roseymonster, when the dog is out of it's cage, it stays in the den (the floor which they don't go to) and the rest of the family stays on the 1st and 2nd floor....no human interaction other than feeding time, toilet time and lock-up time.”

“That's just wrong.
It's a living breathing creature not a trophy you can leave on the shelf.

The kids (I'm assuming there are kids) don't even play with the dog?”

“Thanks Sass and Aero for the info. about the ear infections. The vet gave them some med to squirt into Lucky's ears.

Yes, they have 3 girls in the family...but they don't let them out to play in the backyard because that's where Lucky does his business. The girls are allowed to play on their driveway...sometimes their dog is tied to the front porch with a long rope...as the girls run/walk by, the dog gets snuggle up to them, that's all. So near, yet so far. Actually, they told me they don't want to dog to play with the girls because he is dirty (no kidding, try giving him a bath).”

“HUH?!?

Nothing wrong with getting dirty as long as you get clean again.”

“stanlee -

Just post an address for Lucky. He needs a new home.”

“Exactly.”

“I think he would be very happy with me I love dogs and all kinds of animals....come to think of it I am a animal.

8)”

“Thanks for the support...but I think I'll let the big guy upstairs, handle everything plus my evil brother-in-law. What goes around, comes around.”

“I hope he doesn't take away your time with the dog because of the ear infection. Honestly, our dog gets them ocasionally when the humidity is super high, (like it is all summer long in MI).”

“Stanlee, I don't even like dogs, but your brother-in-law needs to be b!tch-slapped and hung by his $crotum while his dog $hits in his ear!”

“AMEN father goose...you know he's bordering on animal cruelty. I want a dog really bad right now..but i work 10 hours, and don't have a fenced yard. It's not fair for the dog to be locked up because your not around. Heck..even suburbian fenced yards don't offer much...when you've seen a dog able to run free around a farm or ranch with 100's of acres, ponds, and streams...wow..it's great!”

“As far as not letting the kids in the back yard because of the dog mess, here’s a solution we found:

When our dog was a puppy we put gravel down in a small corner of our yard. While we were training her, we’d run her over there on her leash to potty. That’s the only place she’ll go now so the kids can run around barefoot and roll in the grass without worry. The gravel makes it real easy to clean up.”

“that was smart violin. ill have to remeber that one the next time around...”

“They've got a backyard and the dog is kept in a crate all day!? That's just bizarre.”

“A fenced backyard + toys for entertainment = one happy dog when you get home.

Perhaps you could explain this basic math to your brother-in-law stanlee. Or do you think it's out of his reach?”

“We have a fence running down the middle of our yard. One side is for the dogs, one side is for us. Wish we would have thought about a little doggie toilet patch when we were potty training.”

“Hmmmmmm...
that is weerd /o:3

It dont sound like he got butt werms or belly bugs tho. Does he poot much?

Mebbe he got stiks on his eers. Did you see some stiks on his eers?
If you did not see no stiks do not werry - they get FAT and you will see them good then. If you see some you prolly better get them off and burn them with a siggerrette liter then throw them in the yard for the hopper bugs and ants to eet.

Stiks can get you a perty good fection. My unkel got Lies Dazees from a stik bite sore but he is not ded. He was perty sik tho. I theenk the stiks was on his eers to.

Mebbe you prolly better get Luky some Lies Dazees mennisin from his dokter. Mebbe some flees and stiks drips to IOMH.”

“Sass, I'll pop by their place this weekend to see what my status is with Lucky...see if HE gives me the evil eye.

Father Goose, I'll stump on his nutz a few times before I do that...easier to tie his nutz when they're all swollen up.

Violin, they've got a swing set on one side of the yard...it hasn't been used in over 3 years by the kids because their 1st dog (collie (read earlier posts please)) crapped all over the yard and the a-hole would only pick them up once in 2 weeks. I think in the winter time he didn't pick them up for over 4 months. At least now, he picks it up right after Lucky does his business.

Skullcap, he's scared (2 reasons) to let the dog out in the backyard when they're not home...Lucky might get stolen or break-out(he's invested a lot of $$$$)...if the dog barks he'll get fined. They already had 2 warnings from the police when their 1st dog kept on barking at the neighbors (read earlier post for story).

Sarabelle, Lucky shakes his head a lot...like he's got water or fleas in his ears. The vet gave him some medicine for his ears.

I send some dog health articles from peteducation.com to the a-hole, hopefully he read them and don't continuing blaming me.”

“...you give us his address, and we'll all fill out magazine order cards and send them in with his address on them...then we send him a box, with sun dried poop in it...sometimes its more fun not to let god do his thing...”

“Stikmon, I would if my sis is not still married to him.”

“Lets do it. sabatoge a marriage...now thats entertainment.”

“It's cool...I inline skated with Lucky Saturday.

Who knows, when Lucky's ear infection is over...maybe I might even be able to take him hiking...I'll try the backpacking thing with Lucky a bit later...don't want to push my luck.”

“A drunken man staggered into a bar and slurred “Give me five tequilas!”

The bartender took one look at him and said “Sorry I can’t serve you, you’re already sloshed. Besides, what could be so bad that you’d need five tequilas?”

“I just caught my wife in bed with my best friend. I told her to pack her things and get out.”

“Gee, that’s pretty rough,” said the bartender, “What did you say to your friend?”














“I looked him straight in the eye and said: BAD DOG!””

“9 out of 10 dogs choose Jiff, ya know?”

“One time about a year ago I was walking my dog and our neighborhood postman came up to me and said if you don't stop your dog from barking at me I'll mace him. You'd be suprised at how hard it is to stop a dog from barking so I picked him up and started to walk the opposite way. He stopped barking as soon as I picked him up. As I started the postman walked in front of me and maced my dog and I. He said, "that should teach you animal lovers" I was pretty much blind for about 24 hrs and I had a huge rash on my throat. My dog wasn't happy either.”

“Look at the bright side, at least he didn't go postal and shoot you in the back. So, did you press charges? Or is this just a joke?”

“Are we back to this thread?

You all know how I feel about dogs on the trail...”

“then hike on the trails where dogs are not permitted. This way, you are less likely to encounter a dog on the trail. I say less likely, because there are always butt heads that will bring their dog as the butt heads feel that the rules are for other people.

If a dog is allowed on the trail, then there is no room to complain about dog owners...unless they let the dog poop on the trail or off their leash, but then again...I've yet to see a horse owner get out of their saddle to scoop the poop.

As for the leash thing...there are excellent doggies out there that do not require being restrained by a leash (like Sarabelle), mine is not one of those, so he is on leash at all times on the trail. I tried to hike with him off leash...he wanders WAY too much and bumps into fellow hikers...I purchased a retractable leash on reccomendation from Skully, and now...he is a good trail dog, plus we pick up trail trash all day long.

I'm done....Have a lovely day”

“Chili36 and I were packing out trash on the Sipsey Clean up detail; when we met a family with two dogs on leash and three children not, near the trail head. I mean about 15 feet from the trail head. We passed them as they were walking in and exchanged 'hellos'. We put the bags of trash out. And spent no more than 5 minutes at our respective cars. We were hiking back in and I could not believe my eyes...50 feet from the trail headdog poop right in the middle of the trail. I swore to Chili if we found them I was going to give them a piece of my mind. But we never did find them, damn. I really wanted to inform them of respect for nature and for others using the trail! HOW RUDE!!”

“If you can train a dog not to poop in the house, you can train it not to poop on the trail. Maybe they like living in filth and think others do too?”

“Skullcap, I wonder what their house looks like. Oh, and I removed the said poop from the middle of the trail. Yuck!”

“I've trained my dog to eat his poop. That way my dog does not offend anyone. Oh by the way, he loves to give kisses!”

“Good grief... it's just dog $hit, and no I don't own a dog... but who really cares, imagine the stuff you're walking on that you are not aware of?

You hike with how many other animals in the woods, $hiting everywhere...”

“Its No, it's about a dog owners' respect for other people who use the trail.”

“I agree, Tango.. it's not that difficult to pick up a stick and flick the poop off the trail. People who don't are just lazy and inconsiderate.”

“It could have been ugly if Tango had found the offending dog.

She was pretty p!ssed. Later she took it out on Walkindude.”