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  2. 2.

    Just Some Fuckhead

    Useful tricks seem to be something only other people’s dogs can do. Max doesn’t do anything useful except let himself out to go to the bathroom. And then he can’t get back in so I still gotta get up.

  3. 3.

    Moses2317

    Today should be the big day for the Senate vote on DADT repeal. Here are the Senators who need to hear from us most to urge them to vote for fairness, equality, and military readiness by repealing DADT. While you are at it, also urge them to vote for the DREAM Act and the START Treaty ratification.

    Olympia Snowe (Maine) – (202) 224-5344

    Susan Collins (Maine) – (202) 224-2523

    Scott Brown (Massachusetts) – (202) 224-4543

    George LeMieux (Florida) – (202) 224-3041

    George Voinovich (Ohio) – (202) 224-3353

    Jim Webb (Virginia) – (202)-224-4024

    Lisa Murkowski (Alaska) – (202) 224-6665

    John Ensign (Nevada) – (202) 224-6244

    Richard Lugar (Indiana) – (202) 224-4814

    Mark Kirk (Illinois) – (202) 224-2854

    Joe Manchin (West Virginia) – 202-224-3954


    Winning Progressive

  7. 7.

    MikeJ

    Stupid dog didn’t even add detergent in the dishwasher.

    It would however be useful to have a dog that would undress girls.

  8. 8.

    JPL

    The video made my day. I’m pet sitting for a 5 pound mutt that can’t even jump up on the sofa by herself.
    EDIT..Stuckinred did the pet insurance cover the vet bills?

  9. 9.

    Triscula

    I love this! My son and I have taught one of our pooches to turn on a lamp as part of an opperant conditioning science project. This video has inspired me to move on to other useful tricks like teaching him to go to work for me, show up at jury duty for me, and to pay my bills. :)

  10. 10.

    Mystical Chick

    LOVE THAT! The song was perfect and that doggie is just too cute. I’m momma to two cats (queens both) and a 14 1/2 year old dog who is blind in one eye and can’t hear (unless the word “treats” is used and then he’s supersonic hearing boy! We sure do love our furbabies!

    Great video! thanks for the early am smile.

  11. 11.

    stuckinred

    @JPL: Don’t know yet, they were helpful on the phone but we only have a policy on the Bohdi with a $200 deduct so we may get back $400 of the $1200. Better than nothing.

  17. 17.

    Linda Featheringill

    @Moses2317:

    We should have DADT vote and DREAM vote. I understand that the DREAM vote is going to be carried live over the Spanish television channels. Probably both votes will be carried over CSPAN.

    There will be a lot of people watching and taking names today.

  19. 19.

    WarMunchkin

    It seems that Ezra Klein just joined the ranks of our Galtian overlords. He links a paper that’s supposed to prove that rich people withhold productivity when their taxes go up, only, it doesn’t really say that.

  20. 20.

    JPL

    According to the Washington Post the votes will occur after 10:30 am. 44 Politics and Policies has a column talking about both bills. The comments against the Dream Act are sickening and I refuse to link to it.

  21. 21.

    Nicole

    That trick of putting the VHS tape in the player is right up there in usefulness with retrieving the buggy whip and taking clothes over to the washboard.

  22. 22.

    J.W. Hamner

    Just got a call from the OFA folks about DREAM and DADT votes coming up today… call your Senators.

    It’s been all ring-ring-ring for me so far, but hopefully I’ll get a Brown staffer soon

  23. 23.

    bkny

    what an awesome dog — and props to the dogmaster. and, yikes, the energy those dogs put out…

    my sister had a rott who would plop his big butt down next to anyone’s socked feet and tug away until he removed your socks and then pranced off with the booty — and never once tore them. but they would be kinda gummy when you went to retrieve them.

    and i can’t resist linking to this unbelieveably heartwarming story of a little pooch frozen to the tracks but rescued by a trainman…

    http://blog.al.com/birmingham-news-stories/2010/01/puppy_rescued_from_train_track.html

  24. 24.

    bemused

    Very cute but who knows what a highly energetic but bored JRT will do with all these skills when humans aren’t around.

  27. 27.

    TaMara (BHF)

    Dog training. Iz doing it wrong. Although my dog/cats seemed to have me trained well. I feed them on cue, in the morning I open the blinds on cue – the sun comes up and meowing starts for me to open them up. The dogs were notorious for pulling my hands off the keyboards when it was walk time.

    Of course I get wonderful treats for all my efforts: hairballs, various piles of processed food…oh wait, gotta run a cat is busy hacking up her breakfast.

    What I loved most about this JRT is that look of, ‘what next!’ like she could do this all day.

  28. 28.

    HE Pennypacker, Wealthy Industrialist

    If my dogs had those skills, the trash would be all over the kitchen floor, the pantry would be open and the contents of every dry good bag would be scattered around the house, the dog treats drawer would be licked clean, and there would be no more dry cat food for the cats.

    Otherwise, what MikeJ said about the usefulness of a dog that can undress girls.

  29. 29.

    jman

    I started target training my dog until I realized it probably wasn’t a good idea to teach him how to open the accessible door handles. So now he beeps peps hands thinking it’s a good thing like there is a treat coming or something.

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