his brother recently passed away, this is his reaction to a drawing of him
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Dogs are my kind of people
Yup.
TNPatriot…me too,
Beyond begging for food/transparent/there is not really
any evidence of manipulation. Oh, and whining to get on
the bed. Loyalty is priceless.
That’s incredibly sweet. Yep, you’ve got to love dogs and I do.
Lost our 15 year old Plott hound mix in March. Her boyfriend down the street (also 15) just passed away a couple of weeks ago. A sad bit of footage.
My Plott is going on 13 and still spry but . . . I think he knows. I pretend, in the meantime, because I cannot imagine life without him and, frankly, don’t want to. And i agree with you; I hear the woman laugh in the vid, but, to me, it’s so sad (and sweet)(and pure and beautiful) I can barely see my keyboard.
When I lost my dog earlier in life it took a couple of days to get over it.
Just wait until you are up to number 7. It never gets any easier. But though we are in the in-between period still, I cannot imagine not getting another dog (or two).
Days?
No, 7 dogs for me and my wife. Well, me 7 her 6 (including the ones we had as kids).
I’ve been dogless since Mr. Cliff passed in 2014. We picked up a gal who was on death row at the county animal control 2 weeks ago. I forgot how much I love em’ and Daisy Mae is showing us plenty of love in return. They are amazing creatures.
Good on ya!
Dogs are actually Angels sent by God to comfort us unconditionally regardless of our ability to be assholes.
Subject: inner Peace
If you can start the day without caffeine
If you can always be cheerful, ignoring aches and pains,
If you can resist complaining and boring people with your troubles,
If you can eat the same food every day and be grateful for it,
If you can understand when your loved ones are too busy to give you any time,
If you can take criticism and blame without resentment,
If you can conquer tension without medical help,
If you can relax without alcohol,
If you can sleep without the aid of drugs,
Then You Are Probably The Family Dog.
And you thought I was going to get all spiritual …
Handle every Stressful situation like a dog.
If you can’t eat it or play with it, piss on it & walk away!
Also, walk away if you can’t hump it.
Wish I knew that when I was 22.
It’s a shame it is a Twitter link–I’m not going to support Twitter.
I love dogs, and that is very cute. My guess is the dog is responding to something new in the house. One of my dogs, especially, will examine anything new that comes into the house with great care, to determine friend or foe. Also will do the same if you move anything. His job is to patrol and protect, and he does it very carefully.
And if you bring in say a furry soft furnishing, like a throw blanket over a sofa, he is not amused. Had more than one of those destroyed as he goes into protection mode and kills it. And given he weighs nigh on 200 pounds, when he kills something, it stays killed. He is not taking any chances it might be dangerous. Kill it, and let God sort it is his motto, it seems. We now make sure we introduce him to said furry objects – ok, Goliath, this here furry thing is a friend, and please don’t kill it. He leaves it alone then.
Yep, dogs are the best.
What kind of dog do you have, Llpoh?
Boerboels.
https://www.shutterstock.com/image-photo/boerboel-dog-breed-portrait-grass-1375453238
https://www.shutterstock.com/image-photo/purebred-big-brown-southafrican-massive-dog-154584632
https://www.shutterstock.com/image-photo/boerboel-big-strong-dog-1331834729
Thank you.
When the male was younger, he ate things that you would believe impossible. He cost me thousands once because he ate most of a very large plastic wading pool – and I kid not. Whodathunkit. He crapped and puked plastic for days. Bags full of sharp plastic. The vet had never seen anything like it. But he was impervious – never missed a meal, cast iron stomach I guess. But had to keep him at vets under observation for ages. Last time we let him near anything plastic.
LOL. Are these dogs good with other animals?
Mine are. Some aren’t. Have to be introduced. Have to socialise them when young. They are apex canines, tough beyond belief, take no guff, not mean spirited, will defend literally to the death, the only dog ever bred solely to protect the family. That is its one and only job. And it is good at it.
Good with kids – though I would never leave a small child alone with any large dog. Kids love my big male. Met a small girl that was terrified of dogs. I asked the mother if the child wanted to pet him: oh no, she is terrified of all dogs,she won’t go near them. A minute later she was riding him like a horse – ran over to him, hugged him, and jumped on. Mother was stunned, couldn’t believe it. I told her she isn’t afraid of him because she can sense that no living thing on earth can hurt her with Goliath around, and she is as safe as she could ever be. Kids can sense these things.
I feed outdoor stay cats, which is why I was asking. They sound like great dogs.
Well, if stray cats are hanging around, your feed bill for the boerboels will be quite low. At least for awhile. Most apex canines, in my experience, will make short work of any cat they did not grow up with that wanders into their territory. Cats are for eating, and that is pretty much the truth. Sorry to bear bad news.
But the good news is that you will not have to worry about miscreants coming into your yard. They will cut a wide swath around your place with a boerboel or two patrolling.
Thanks, Llpoh. I guess I’ll have to cross them off my list.
This dog is another giant Mastiff. They don’t mess around.
My giant Doberman is close to 100#. I weigh <than 110#.
I can not find a Dobe breeder/kennel close by. May have to
look for a Rott. I like a big protective dog. They deter most
people just checking your place out. Two? Manageable,
and even better.
Neg for the dumb cat remark and you ain’t sorry.
Neither am I.
A dog that eats cats isn’t socialized properly and has a prey instinct from a young age that isn’t curbed. I have a husky AND a 14 year-old cat who get along just fine.
I said stray cats, dumdum. Stray cats. Apex canines are hell on stray cats. It is instinctual. Huskies are not boerboels by any stretch. Huskies would show their bellies at the sight of my dogs. Different as night and day. But glad you know everything about large apex canines.
Here is a snippet about that: “ The only way to control predatory aggression is 100% avoidance of the situations that put humans and animals at risk. This means if your dog chases cats, it cannot live with a cat. ”
Boerboels also have a bit of terrier in them. There are terrier types, hound types, mastiff types, and bulldog types. Each was bred slightly different depending on the environment. Mastiff is the predominant trait. My female is a terrier type. Terriers are inherently extremely prey driven. Stray cats would not survive the encounter. My male is hound type. Less prey driven, but a cat would perhaps not make it.
Just how it is. And these are apex canines. They are alphas, king of all they survey. They have been bred to be absolutely fearless, to protect, to be damn near indestructible. Others similar would be cane corso, Presa Canario, bull mastiff, rottie, etc.
You cannot simply snap your fingers and eradicate prey drive. Dogs are descendant from wolves, and apex canines are not lap dogs.
Yikes, wow, plastic, I had a rescue yellow lab dog that ate socks. One operation ($$) and then sorry man, poop it or lose it. Can’t afford that shit.
I had a Golden Retriever that used to eat my underwear. He would open the laundry basket with his nose to get to them (caught him doing it.) It used to come out twisted up in his poop. That’s how I realized what he was doing.
Great story and visuals…
Usually that behavior is limited to puppies.
Baby proof your place.
Yes, pups chew on EVERYTHING.
Mine loves to steal and hoard socks.
VV,
We had a Boston Terrier (Rudy) that would eat anything. On more than 1 occasion he ate aluminum foil and actually crapped it out. Not a piece but a square used to separate hamburgers we were grilling. It came out in a spiral fashion about 4inches long. Another time we caught him gnawing on a friggin pin cushion filled with pins. OMG, what a nut that boy was.
A pin cushion? That would have been a costly vet bill.
Had a lab/great dane mix that used to eat my wife’s knee high stockings (is that the right name for them?). Used to have to pull them out of the dog’s ass when they would come out because she could never fully poop them out on her own. Her brother swallowed a glass ball that got lodged in his small intestine. He had complications post surgery that required DMSO irrigation of his drain tubes in his belly and both of us using up our vacation time keeping him quiet and alive. We do love our dogs.
Hmmm, that is exactly how I visualize Mr. Stucky.
Good looking beastie,but,feel is one heck of a droller!
They indeed do drool a bit. Specially the male. No one is perfect.
I hear ya Llpoh, and welcome back by the way, we missed ya! I am packing for a move. boxes, boxes, boxes. My GSD’s are beside themselves, can’t stand it, always on guard. My young Shep is not even eating. Always barking and growling at doors and windows. It is really throwing them off.
Iluv – Funny isn’t it. They do not like changes around the house. The female will go sniff the change out for hours, until happy, but the male is serious about it – he will destroy first ask questions later if he gets a bad feeling about those boxes! Too funny.
Dogs are creatures of habit and do not like change, just like me. The clock may say it is 4:00, but they know it is 5:00 dinner time.
Truth: I like most dogs better than I like most people. A far more kind and honest lot.
Our pastor says that dogs go to heaven and cats don’t. I believe him.
My wife pretty much said goodbye to the Catholic church because she was told that dogs don’t go to heaven. Its all in the marketing.
The Unitarian church in our town has frequent services for pets.
Cow Doc calls cats, the devil’s spawn.
Cats get reincarnated.
I agree with you, Pastor.
I’ve loved dogs all of my life. When I was a kid, I took in ever stray. Drove my parents crazy. I still do it.
“Gotta Love Dogs” ??? I used to like dogs……until I moved to Ecuador. I lived in Ecuador for 6.5 years and one of the big reasons I moved from there to Moldova was to get away from dog noise. We moved three different locations in Cuenca, Ecuador to try to get away from noise. See how much you love them when there is constant barking, non stop, 24 hours a day and there is nothing that can be done. See how your temperament is when you can’t sleep for days on end. I haven’t figured which is worse – barking dogs or liberals.
gotta wear earplugs