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The joys of having 2 or more dogs.......

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hercules1 · 26/02/2009 11:08

When you bend down to get something out of teh kitchen cupboard one sniffs your bum, the other, sniffs the top of your head and the other tries to get into teh cupboard.
Great when it's visitors.

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hercules1 · 26/02/2009 11:08

sorry, too many commas!

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SheSellsSeashellsByTheSeashore · 26/02/2009 11:16

lol. Its better than having a randy, speices confused dog. She humps the cat in front of visitors, health visitors in prticular

The cat just sands and lets her

DD1 is covinced that the doggy is trying to eat the cat and gets quite concerned for the cats safety. Try explaining that to a five year old

Tiggiwinkle · 26/02/2009 11:25

When they join forces to raid the kitchen bin as soon as your backs turned!

Or form a band to bark in unison to get you up at the weekend when you're trying to have a lie-in!

Or nearly knock you over in their haste to get to the letterbox and eat the post before you manage to grab it.

But they are lovely really! I love it when they all come to greet me when I get up or come home; and all sit as close to me as they possibly can (as they are now!).

Rubyrubyruby · 26/02/2009 11:26

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bella29 · 26/02/2009 11:29

Hercules!!!!!

I am trying to persuade myself that 2 is enough - and you start this?!

I trace it back to when I used to watch All Creatures Great & Small - do you remember when Siegfried used to answer the door with a whole pack of dogs around him? That's what I have always wanted!!!

Fast cars - no.
Exotic holidays - no
Designer clothes - no.

Dogs - yes, please

DrNortherner · 26/02/2009 11:30

Lol!I have 1 lab and he is enough for me!

How do you cope with shedding from multiple dogs?!

bella29 · 26/02/2009 11:34

I suspect the shedding reaches a critical mass and once you go over, say, 2 dogs, you don't notice the extra.

Tiggiwinkle · 26/02/2009 12:00

It can be a bit of a nuisance when they all moult at once!

Lets just say it gets a bit hairy around here

Our German Shep is moulting at the moment-she is the worst and it comes out in clumps. Speaking of which I'd best get out the hoover...

bella29 · 26/02/2009 12:46

I'm so glad I'm not houseproud

brazenhussy · 26/02/2009 13:56

I was laughing at this thread as we have two newfoundlands (deffo not for the house proud!) and they spend hours trying to out do each other for my attention....
One brings me a towel from the bathroom so the other brings me the bath mat; on seeing me praise newfie 2, newfie 1 goes back upstairs and comes down with a toilet roll! Not to be out done newfie 2 comes down the stairs dragging..............
the bath panel that she has managed to lever off from one corner that needed repairing!!!

This is only one of many many stories I could tell you about the joys of owning two huge dog

bella29 · 26/02/2009 14:04

pmsl brazenhussy

bella29 · 26/02/2009 14:10

I'm going to 'fess up, now.

Here is my wish list......(and please don't flame me for the pedigrees - I have had, do have and will have my share of mutts too)_

GSD
Dobermann (had before)
Wolfhound
English Pointer
Cockerpoo (okay, that was just a joke to wind Marmaduke up if she's loitering)
Viszla

I'll stop there...

hercules1 · 26/02/2009 18:41

Oh, brazenhussy - funny post!

I agree about the hair thing. You learn to pretend it doesnt bother you...

DD's class was asked in school what things they could do to help at home and her answer was to pick up the dog hair.

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bella29 · 26/02/2009 20:25

lol - it is easier when there's quite a bit of it as you can just pick up the clumps - or so I'm told

slackrunner · 26/02/2009 20:28

Oh this is a thread made for me . I've got two and want a third. Totally agree with you bella on the lack of desire for fast cars and stuff - just dogs.

I either want another lab, or an english pointer.

bella29 · 26/02/2009 21:58

I forgot to add to my list:

Springer

I feel like I have unburdened myself of some terrible guilty secret

Tiggiwinkle · 27/02/2009 13:52

at Hercules DD and picking up the dog hair!

I would love another GSD!

I also like Golden Retrievers and Border Collies.

On the smaller side I like Jack Russells-we have one and she is such a character and great company-and she and the GSD play together for hours! She is very naughty though.

Tiggiwinkle · 27/02/2009 14:02

Oh and huskies-I love huskies!

parkj83 · 28/02/2009 00:27

i have pjr cross, and dalmatian;

I don't see the hair until I vacuum. then there's masses in the dyson! I always knew there were pros and cons to beige carpets...!

Worst (but funniest in retrospect) experience with multiple dogs was when I house sat for my mum once. she has saluki cross, who gets very grumpy with my Dal (Dal is in love with Sal x, both neutered males!) Dal managed to get into the kitchen whilst I was at work. I'd been clearing the cupboards out, and there were a load of old bags of flour in the bin. I say were; they weren't when I got home! in the kitchen, through the hall, floury paw prints up the stairs (mostly Dal sized, and PJR sized!), and various piles of flour scattered through the house, all leading to....

The Sal's bed (!) I know it wasn't him though, as he'd shut himself in the front room, to get away from Dal. And was clean (literally!)

Dal likes to sleep in Sal's bed, so hence it ending up there

hercules1 · 28/02/2009 09:55

We are having some of dh's family coming to stay with us for 2 weeks and they dont like dogs. DOing a mental inventory of the items in our house is a bit worrying. The dogs live in our kitchen area and we have an interesting array of kitchen utensils etc that have been victim at some point (some several times) to teething dog.

Tbh at first we would automatically replace the item but know it just gets a wash and goes back in a drawer

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sweetkitty · 28/02/2009 22:25

Love these stories, I grew up with two large dogs and would love two newfies, or suspect I just love the IDEA of having two newfies.

I have 3 cats right now and it would be refreshing to have a pet that actually LIKES me.

hercules1 · 01/03/2009 08:31

Yes, the hot chocolate spouts! When dd's childminder dropped her off at our house the first time, we'd all jusgot back from work and there was a fresh one in the kitchen. God knows what she must think of us especially as she doesnt like dogs.

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parkj83 · 02/03/2009 21:23

Between my two, I have fun and games - the Jack loves to eat, but sicks it all back up again. The Dal also loves to eat, but I'm lucky if I ever see it again. Occasionally, I've come home to piles of pooh on the carpet.

They've both gone for butter and such, but the Dal is the best/worst/most skillful (delete as applicable) at stealing!

To date, his spoils include:

(in one sitting) 1 loaf of bread, 1x pack butter, 1x pot of olive oil spread, 1/2 easter egg

at other points, but not all at the same time:

4800mg ibuprofen
1/2 loaf bread
1/2 pack red candle wax
ds's pants
ds's socks

Foiled attempts:

Tissues
more pants & socks
pain au chocolat - he pinched it from the side, DH said he's got something, I said yeah but he ain't keeping it! Wrenched his jaws open, and pulled it out of his mouth - it was the perfect size to sit between his teeth, and had gotten stuck!

With the candle wax, I used to make candles as a kid, and my mum found some wax from those days, and gave it to me thinking I'd like to do it again . Came home from church the next day, and he was sat in his bed, the half ripped packet next to him, and all he could do was hiccup!

As for the ibuprofen, well, I'd had a minor operation, and was given 2 packs of double strength (400mg per tablet), and each pack had 12 in it. one fell out of my handbag, which obviously I didn't notice, and you can pretty much guess the rest...!

£1500 vet bill later, and I have a dog who now actually thinks twice before investigating anything which smells sweetish but isn't definitely food. (I guessed this cos I found a small, very vanilla-ry candle a few days after he came home, with small tooth marks in it. If he'd gone for it, well, I wouldn't have found it, let's put it that way!!

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