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DOGS - what IS the point???

63 replies

morningpaper · 14/04/2009 19:11

It's like having children with none of the rewards

You have to pick up their crap
They BARK BARK BARK BARK BARK
Your house stinks
Your car is ruined
They BARK BARK BARK BARK BARK
They are stupid
They smell bad when they are wet
They BARK BARK BARK BARK BARK WHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIINE

what is the point exactly

OP posts:
pottycock · 14/04/2009 19:12

My dog's MUCH cleverer than a lot of the people I know

NakedInnocence · 14/04/2009 19:12

It would be very easy to write an equally negative post about children as well

Plus a dog is generally grateful / loyal etc. while most children seem to get to about 13 and don't want to know you for 6 years!!

megcleary · 14/04/2009 19:12

I don't get pets to be honest people not going on holiday for example as the dog doesn't like the very expensive kennels they waited two years to get them into.....

nappyzonecannotcycleuphill · 14/04/2009 19:13

they are cuddly and you can stroke them without them saying biccy, cracker, feed me, iron my clothes..... take me to expensive theme park etc.... personally i dont like dogs because of the shittign on pavement issues.

OldLadyKnowsNothing · 14/04/2009 19:13

That's only Other People's dogs, mp.

One's own dog is ever-loving and faithful, gazes at you adoringly and keeps your feet warm in the winter.

yama · 14/04/2009 19:15

I'm sure the owners get some sort of reward.

The rest of us though have to avoid walking in dog turd all the time.

Original poster
morningpaper · 14/04/2009 19:15

and listening to the BARK BARK BARK BARK BARK WHIIIINE

OP posts:
Doodle2U · 14/04/2009 19:16

As said on my thread yesterday - I have a dog with a pulse - so hate me.

DuffyFluckling · 14/04/2009 19:17

You have to pick up their crap

Meh, I have a lot of crap in my life. One more pooing mammal is neither here nor there.

They BARK BARK BARK BARK BARK

My dog doesn't.

Your house stinks

No it doesn't. Honestly. I asked my most forthright and blunt friend.

Your car is ruined

My car is more afraid of our gatepost than our dog.

They BARK BARK BARK BARK BARK

She really doesn't.

They are stupid

. You really don't get dogs. They are intellegent and loyal and funny and sweet and bright and interesting.

They smell bad when they are wet

Yes they do.

They BARK BARK BARK BARK BARK WHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIINE

Okay, occasionally she barks; when someone comes to the door. Fine by me.

NakedInnocence · 14/04/2009 19:18

....and listening to the BARK BARK BARK BARK BARK WHIIIINE.......instead of the WHINE WHINE WHINE WHINE WHINE WHIIIINE of small children - at least you get a bit of variety.

Doodle2U · 14/04/2009 19:18

What is it with you people? Not all dog owners leave their dog turds lying around like abandoned toys! Are you all living in Dog Turd Central? Where is this place?

You know, I walk every single day and me and the kids haven't stepped in a turd for years. Try looking where you are going.

HuwEdwards · 14/04/2009 19:20

Well,

Lock your husband and dog in the boot of your car for 2 hours. Which one will be glad to see you when you open up?

Marne · 14/04/2009 19:23

My dog rarely barks, my car is ruined (but not by the dog, by the children), my house doesn't smell (the dog only goes in one room) and i don't let my dog shit on the pavements .

My dog has helped my dd who has Autism, my dd communicates with the dog but struggles to communicate with people, our dog is her best friend.

TsarChasm · 14/04/2009 19:27

Lol great thread MP

GAWD knows though! I've often wondered. Who wants their house to smell 'doggy' and slobber over everything. Why???

Pippinella · 14/04/2009 19:31

I totally agree with the OP and I own a dog!

He is so needy, constantly yaps at cats outside, pulls me over when I take him for a walk, always, always finds the muddiest stinkiest water to swim in then shakes it all over me...

I could go on -my spaniel is extremely "high need" I do love him though...and his soft little ears, his great big bear hugs...

HuwEdwards · 14/04/2009 19:34

My dog does howl though, a real Hound-of-the-Baskervilles haunting howl.

The kids love it

Threadworm · 14/04/2009 19:38

lolol at OP.

I hate dogs too -- they are too much like people.

MP has made similarly heretical OPs saying that music-learning and cake-baking are crap, so I don't believe her for one second. (She even claimed to be scrapbooking at one point so clearly you can't believe a word she says.)

bronze · 14/04/2009 19:41

You have to pick up their crap- I also have to clear up crap after plenty of others, one more makes no odds
They BARK BARK BARK BARK BARK- only if someones at the door, better than a doorbell plus added security.
Your house stinks - I haven't noticed and my bf who would tell me such things hasn't said anything either
Your car is ruined- well it might be if I had one
They are stupid- so are a lot of people, having said that sometimes I do wonder what the point is there too. I should defend dogs though. Can you sniff out cancer for starters?
They smell bad when they are wet - Not if they're clean they don't
WHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIINE- I'm assuming thats a continuation of the OPs comments to go with the rest of the complaint.

FfreckleFface · 14/04/2009 19:43

I LOVE the smell of wet dogs, but am aware that is quite a personal thing.

Bloke is away until July, and my dogs provide me with some much needed cuddles.

They are hilarious, and as with pottycock, are far cleverer than a lot of people I know.

They clean up the mess around the highchair after little Ff has finished eating. (And sometimes the mess ON little Ff, but that is a guilty parenting secret that I shouldn't be sharing here.)

Even if the weather is foul and I can't stand the thought of any exercise at all, they need to be walked, thus keeping me healthy.

And mine DO NOT bark unless commanded to do so. Visitors are often shocked by their silent approach.

They are always, always pleased to see me, even if I have only been upstairs.

Girldog lets Ff use her to practice walking, and they make fantastic teddy bears for her.

I could go on. The fact is, they don't have to have a point, because they are much loved family members, but you did ask...

bronze · 14/04/2009 19:45

Oh ff. One of the reasons I had to get another dog so soon after our last died was because I needed the added hoover attachment they come with.

Threadworm · 14/04/2009 19:49

Best thing about dogs: they are never jaded.

How can you stay pissed off with life with a companion that weeps with joy and excitement at the prospect of walking up to the post box?

(Well, I do stay pissed off, but more reflectively so.)

LauriefairycakeeatsCupid · 14/04/2009 19:49

My house does not stink and I drive a shit car so I don't care if it's hairy.

My dog is clever and loyal.

He comforted me when I lost my grandmother (dh was away).

He has given my foster daughter so much, the ability to empathise, someone to nurture and someone to tell her very secrets to.

TsarChasm · 14/04/2009 19:50

You love the smell of wet dogs?! Even the thought of that smell makes me gag..

FfreckleFface · 14/04/2009 19:53

Love it, Tsar. Happy associations I suppose.

Laurie, that's lovely about your foster daughter. Friendly dogs make excellent friends for children. There used to be a little girl who lived across the road from us (probably about 8), and she used to come and stand by our gate, chatting to the dogs and stroking them. The day that her family moved I came out of my back door and she was sat cross legged infront of the gate crying, telling them how she didn't want to move again, and she was going to miss them. Broke my heart... I had to let her into the garden for a proper cuddle.

pointydog · 14/04/2009 20:07

unwavering, simple love and affection