Nurse Ratched
1:00 Thu Aug 5
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Oops! That was for Sold, not Sniper.
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Nurse Ratched
12:58 Thu Aug 5
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Are you dim? If I can hear my neighbour's dog barking from inside my house, my neighbour should be able to hear it even better from his house which adjoins the garden where his fucking animal is barking.
What you're really hinting at - and what I have always suspected - is that dog owners chuck their animals out into the garden so they can ignore them, get some peace, and make them someone else's problem for a while.
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Sniper
12:57 Thu Aug 5
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That’s the thing though nurse, she wasn’t a yappy dog at all. I’d have agreed with him if she was and kept her in or tried to train it out of her. But she’d bark maybe once or twice in the garden but be there for hours and you’d never know she was there. What would trigger her was the prick next door shouting at her and so she’s bark back at him. It got to the point where she’d bark if she heard a mans voice when I took her for a walk until she realised it wasn’t him. I tried explaining to him that if he ignored her or even just said hello or was remotely nice she wouldn’t bark any more, but his response was ‘what are you gonna do to stop me, I’ll do what I want’, which was also his response when I told him to stop shouting at my children out his bedroom window when they are playing in the garden
I know all people will defend their dogs (and children come to that) but there’s plenty of others round here that yap away constantly, she genuinely didn’t. He might as well have been poking her with a stick to provoke her, and sadly there’s no way he’ll change and the stress and anxiety he has caused was taking its toll and making our lives impossibly hard, and meaning the dog couldn’t have the life she was meant to have when we got her
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Northern Sold
12:53 Thu Aug 5
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Owners shouldn't let their dogs outside in the garden if they're going to bark. Keep them inside.
Uh.... how on earth do owners know if their dog is going to bark?? telepathy?? I mean they are clever... but I have not got a sccob' if my dog is going to go garity at next doors cat sitting on the fence calling him a black wanker
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Alfs
12:52 Thu Aug 5
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Sorry to hear that, Sniper. Couldn't you have taken your neighbour out with a shot from 7000 ft away?
Pentonville - it gets easier after about a year, year and a half. Make very strict boundaries and stick to them. There will be a lot of gesturing as your dog works out where he is in the pecking order.
Get a cage and whenever to dog is misbehaving, put him in it for 30 minutes. It's like the naughty step.
And whenever he does something correct, give him a treat.
He will love all of you until his final breath and bring you so much joy when he's got out of the terrible (dog) teens.
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Nurse Ratched
12:47 Thu Aug 5
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I am genuinely sorry to hear of your troubles, Sniper, especially your wife being poorly, but I have to say I sympathise with your neighbour over this. Barking and yapping dogs are pure torture and it ruins one's enjoyment of one's own home. Owners shouldn't let their dogs outside in the garden if they're going to bark. Keep them inside. People shouldn't have to put up with the noise.
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Pentonville
12:31 Thu Aug 5
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Yeah our Cane Corso who is 7 months old is a fucking nightmare. Within the house he is guard dog through and through. Trouble is he won't act like that out doors and fears everything. Would never get rid though, we made the choice, we live by it however I understand your predicament and u have to look after u.
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Sniper
12:22 Thu Aug 5
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Numerous different reasons: my next door neighbour being an absolute thundercunt about her (if the dog barked even once in the garden he would stomp out and shout abuse at her and then wonder why she barked back at him, and he would do this relentlessly until he decided that he would go inside and play his guitar as loudly as possible to ‘prove I can make more noise than you ever could’), my wife’s recent ill health and the added stress of the arsehole next door making her worse and me not really being able to juggle work, the kids and properly looking after the dog. Just decided that, for the dogs benefit, she would be better and happier re-homed and if that was going to happen, it was fairer on her to do it sooner rather than later. We have no family near (not that any of them would want a dog) and no friends who would take her, even temporarily
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riosleftsock
12:09 Thu Aug 5
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Sniper, really sorry to hear that. Why did you have to give your dog up?
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Sniper
12:06 Thu Aug 5
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I had to give my dog to new owners today
They are wonderful and her new home is great, I know she’ll be really happy there (they already have a dog who is her half sister)
But to say I’m devestated doesn’t even come close
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Alfs
5:29 Sun Aug 1
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That's commitment, Len. And I am sure you will be rewarded...
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Leonard Hatred
3:26 Sun Aug 1
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My missus moved over here on Monday from Tucson, Arizona. Brought her Pomeranian with her. You can't fly dogs into the UK so I had to drive to fucking Paris Airoprt to pick them up.
Couldn't leave Ginger behind though.
They're currently quarantining.
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jfk
2:34 Sun Aug 1
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*they’re
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jfk
2:31 Sun Aug 1
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I’ve grown up with dogs and wouldn’t be without one.
We’ve got three kids,now 22,18 and 13 all doing alright,our eldest 22 year olds bird lives here who’s a vegetarian and a fucking prick.
Having two dogs who are a very challenging breed (German shorthaired pointers) I thrive on.
Getting up early daily taking them for good runs keeps me and herself sane sometimes.
Dogs might not be for everyone but in the right hands/environment there the bollocks.
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arsegrapes
1:58 Sun Aug 1
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Will put 10 years on your life, a life picking up dog shit.
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Alfs
1:38 Sun Aug 1
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As mentioned, I've had a springer before so know what to expect.
Yes, dogs can smell, as do we if we go unwashed for a few days. So the trick is to wash them. My old springer loved a warm hosing down with lots of soap.
Vexed, dogs are also great for helping miserable old gits reintroduce themselves into the community.
We have a cat, so I'll be interested to see how that will work out.
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Mex Martillo
12:52 Sat Jul 31
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Steady 12:19 Sat Jul 31, I have 2 dogs that do not enter my house. They have their kennels. My house smells just fine.
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Sydney_Iron
12:51 Sat Jul 31
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"Thing is, the bloody thing adored me"
This is mine as well! 6 months old when the wife and Daughter went out and got her, as soon as she saw me it was love............
When im home no one else matters, follows me everywhere, anyone comes to the house she will put herself between me and them until she realises they are friendly! She’s 10 now and nothing has changed.
Thankfully being all of 5kg, no smell, the Mrs washes her every other day as well, and no way do let her lick my face, dog owners that do that, really need some help, fucking disgusting.
She sits on my lap while im on the PC doesn’t move a muscle, but an eager eye out for any birds landing in the garden or next doors Cat and she’s out the door like a shot to see them off.
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Sven Roeder
12:32 Sat Jul 31
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Mrs Northern Sold reckons the hound tones down the normal smell of Chez Northern Sold
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Steady
12:19 Sat Jul 31
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And by the way, as much as dog owners will deny it, for anyone that owns a dog, your house smells disgusting
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Mike Oxsaw
12:04 Sat Jul 31
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Raised 3 kids and successfully launched them into independent and self-supporting adulthood.
The very last thing I want is another bunch of self-imposed restrictions on my life.
The kids mother nagged & nagged me for a dog - even convincing the kids we should get one "to be a proper family". I eventually relented after another series of cock & bull from her but it was probably the final nail in the coffin for my marriage.
Stank the place out within days of arriving - was almost retching every time I came home.
Thing is, the bloody thing adored me.
Followed me everywhere when I was at home, even though it was intended to be for the kids and their mother.
To make matters worse (for her) apparently it moped around the place all day while I wasn't there and only perked up on my arrival home.
No matter how I tried to gently discourage the animal, and get others to give it more attention, if I was there, it was stuck to me like glue.
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