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To think dogs are..

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LookMaw · 20/07/2013 21:13

Great

I love my dog, I walk her on the beach and off her lead in the park. I let small children pet her. She eats food off leftover plates and I don't care because she is such a positive, enriching part of my life.

So much dog hate on AIBU recently. I just wanted to spread a bit of smelly, furry, drooly love.

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BOF · 20/07/2013 22:58

MissBetseyTrotwood · 20/07/2013 23:00

One of mine is curled up at my side. The other's upstairs asleep in his bed at the end of mine. Both DSs are in my bed too so when I go to bed later it will be me, both boys and both dogs all in one room of our 5 bedroom house. Hmm...

My first dog saved my life. A combination of walking him, burying my face in his soft fur and his amazing leans/head press cuddles dragged me out of deep depression and I'll love him forever for that. The second one's a nutter but excellent company.

Sorry babybythesea .

DreamingOfTheMaldives · 20/07/2013 23:05

babybythesea sympathy and hugs from me and my fur ball. It's awful when our beautiful, smelly pooches have to leave us and a very big paw shaped hole remains in our lives.

babybythesea · 20/07/2013 23:08

Thank you! I can't help but think about last year. We had a thunderstorm - she's always been terrified of them, and last year she got so scared her teeth chattered so badly I could hear them clattering together. It was about 1.00am, and in order to settle her down, I put a sun-bed mattress on the floor, and she snuggled up to me with her head resting on my shoulder. I did have a hairy (ahem, - excuse the pun) moment the next morning when I woke up and, feeling the weight on my arm, and forgetting for a moment what I'd done, I turned over expecting to see DH or DD and got a face full of fur - WTF is happening?????

Watching my own dog with DD2 (12 weeks) has been interesting. When the HV came to weigh her for the first time, the dog gently but firmly kept putting herself between the baby and the HV. She was not about to let some random stranger hold the new arrival. No aggression, no lip curling, just a physical barrier in front of the baby.

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LookMaw · 20/07/2013 23:12

So sorry baby, take comfort in the fact that's she's here with you now and I'm sure she has had an absolutely brilliant life

My GSD adores 14wo DD, she spends ages licking her toes and watching her squeal in delight. It's almost as if they're playing together!

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babyhmummy01 · 20/07/2013 23:12

babybythesea the bit about your hv and baby is so cute! I hope when bump arrives ny crazy mutt is good too

babybythesea · 20/07/2013 23:12

I'm waffling. Apologies. In a bit of a mess - she might be my parent's dog rather than mine but I see a lot of her, and love her to pieces. And I can't quite believe that 14 years have crept past and she's not the bundle of fluff they brought home, and that this is the end. And that I won't see her again.

DreamingOfTheMaldives · 20/07/2013 23:14

babyhmummy it's funny but every other soft toy he has ever had his stuffing pulled out and been destroyed within minutes but giraffe gets the occasional telling off battered and thrown away, is a bit grubby and has a limp neck from being carried round by it but is otherwise in perfect condition despite being 3.5 years old. He really does seem to love that giraffe

Glad to see that your dog has a much loved, although slightly chewed, friend too.

HaveIGotPoosForYou · 20/07/2013 23:17

I do love dogs.

I love most animals too except them disgusting creatures ferrets.

My partner is blind and he lets little kids pet the guide dog if it's not working. His dog is called Archie. Once in the airport there was a little boy who came up and asked if he could stroke him. DP said yes you can and he stroked him and asked his name. When we told him that the doggy is called Archie he got sooo excited and shouted, "That's my name!" he was around 5 years old. Then on his way back out of W H Smith he shouted, 'bye Archie' it was completely adorable.

He's a big softie and works hard but he loves picking up things from the floor and embarrassing visitors with picking up my underwear! I have no idea where he finds half the stuff that he does. He also loves kids and has a great amount of patience with them and he was great when I was pregnant, didn't jump up at me, or try and sit on me or nudge my stomach or anything except he ever so gently laid his head on my tummy when I had Braxton hicks once, it was very cute.

If I dislike a dogs behaviour I don't tend to dislike the dog, I dislike the owner as it's rarely the dogs fault. To be honest I like most dogs but I do love labs/retrievers/german sheperds/collies/Rhodesian ridgebacks you're probably getting the idea of the size of dog I like. Although my sister has a Jack Russel and he's lovely, albeit a bit moody if you interrupt his sleep time.

So no, you are not being unreasonable. I hate those moody gits who dislike dogs. Sure if you ask someone to take the dog away if you are scared or don't want to be licked, you should respect their wishes but if someone doesn't say or they are in the dog owners home, what do they expect.

DreamingOfTheMaldives · 20/07/2013 23:19

Another one here hoping that my dog reacts as well as yours babybythesea when baby arrives in roughly 6 weeks.

babybythesea · 20/07/2013 23:20

babyhmummy - I actually thought she wasn't that interested in the new arrival. I did everything you are supposed to - things that smelt of the baby given to her before we came home from hospital, big fusses of her (after big fusses were handed out to DD1 of course!) etc etc. And then let her sniff the baby. She gave her a quick sniff and that was it - no notice taken. Until the HV came. Since then, she has also gone a bit mad if the baby is crying upstairs - dog not allowed upstairs and clearly does not like the noise happening where she can't see. DD2 had had a bad bout of wind and I soothed her off to sleep in the rocking chair in her bedroom and then came down to find the dog running up and down the hall, putting her front feet on the stairs, and then running up and down the hall again. She only settled down when I showed her the now sleeping DD2. And if I leave DD2 in the garden, the dog sits next to the pram. She doesn't appear overtly interested - she doesn't nose at her much, but somehow she's always there....!

Kleptronic · 20/07/2013 23:20

My dog is brave. He was 'free to good home' at two years old because his owners couldn't handle him.

He is not hard to handle! He's a border collie, he need attention and exercise and things to do.

He has been so brave, he lost his family, and came to a strange place with new people and all he does is try hard, and he loves people.

I'd be mental if I was him. He's not, he does exactly what it says on the collie tin.

I love my wolef.

babyhmummy01 · 20/07/2013 23:25

dreaming its the only toy she plays with other than a ball! I have 4 weeks til bump arrives and the dog already loves her, except when bump kicks her off my lap!

havei mine isn't a guide dog (she's too dumb) but after berating my boyfriend for leaving his dirty pants on the floor, under the bed, under the sofa etc I.had to est massive amounts of humble pie when I caught the dog stealing them out of the washing bag and running round the flat...think she misses him when he is on night's!

MissMarplesBloomers · 20/07/2013 23:28

BOF you started my hayfever off again ( sob)

Oh babybythesea I'm so sorry about your parents dog. :(

longingforsomesleep · 20/07/2013 23:42

No matter how stressed I'm feeling, a quick stroke or cuddle with one of my dogs and I can feel the tension evaporate!

But let me ask you dog lovers, how many of your dogs talk?! Do you give them voices? One of ours came from a posh hunting/shooting family so she sounds like the queen, unless there's food involved when her voice becomes very deep and gruff. The other is a rescue and talks like one of the TV meerkats. Everyone in the family makes them talk with those voices. Are we odd?!

SoniaGluck · 20/07/2013 23:43

babybythesea I hope it isn't as bad as you fear. I'll keep my fingers crossed for her.

I love Rough Collies - you don't see that many of them around these days. There used to be lots when I was a kid.

I'm loving reading about all these fabulous dogs. Happy thread.

babybythesea · 20/07/2013 23:50

Sonia - come round ours!
We've got one (proper Lassie colour). My parents have two (at the moment). Both tricolour. My sister also has two, both tricolour. When we all go out together it's one big, show-stopping mass of hair and gorgeousness! I'd love a blue merle just to complete the package but we can't really afford another dog, either money-wise or space-wise. I've tried talking DH into a Sheltie as the next best thing but he remains unconvinced. I hate it when he has to be the voice of reason and is right...!

SoniaGluck · 21/07/2013 00:02

baby Oh, they sound adorable.

My parents had shelties, a blue merle and a tri. When DH and I were first married we had a sable sheltie. We never had the garden space for a collie but, as you say, shelties are the next best thing. Lovely little dogs.

I have a Cavalier nowadays but I'm still a big fan of shelties and collies.

bottleofbeer · 21/07/2013 00:14

My dog is boss, he's massive, he stinks, he chews but he is SO loving and I trust him 100% and I don't care if people thinks that's stupid of me. He's my dog, I know him and I have never once, ever, ever, ever witnessed the slightest bit of aggression in him. He loves everyone. His mum was a Victorian bulldog and he basically looks like an American bulldog so people are a bit wary but I just can't stress how soft and daft he is. If he ever hurt anybody it would be his massive body hurling at you to give you a love.

I'd be more wary of my cat who is the daintiest thing ever.

ShellyBoobs · 21/07/2013 00:17

Why the didn't you put the 'Great' in the subject line of your thread, OP?

Alisvolatpropiis · 21/07/2013 00:18

So people like you can be tricked into reading the OP and then feel annoyed there's no opportunity to bash them

passmetheprozac · 21/07/2013 00:43

I am in bed with my doggies right now! The Rottweiler will not stop farting! and the Lab will not leave me alone, he is an eternal puppy brain damage Dogs are awesome

FoodieToo · 21/07/2013 00:48

I love my dog. So much. She is part of our family. We all adore her.
She sleeps curled up beside me!!
Sits on my knee hall evening.
Dogs are amazing !

lilyliz · 21/07/2013 01:05

dont know what I would have done without my dog after DH died ,she is my rock.

PaddyP00 · 21/07/2013 02:52

awww you guys have made me well up!!

I'm on nights and miss my Little Missy Moo (Whippet / Jack Russell cross) so much!

I can't wait to rush home to her in the morning, she will be there waiting for me to open the front door, after she has heard my car pull up and we'll have Missy & Mummy cuddles (and maybe a sneaky biscuit and paw kiss!) before heading upstairs to bed, where she'll lick DP's face to let him know i'm home and snuggle up with her head on my feet for a snooze

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