I’ve been remiss about sharing, lately. Here’s commentor MBaquist:
I’m a long time lurker with occasional comments. Haven’t had a dog for almost 20 years, till my youngest wore down his father and we made a trip to the Dumb friends league.
Oscar hopped into my daughter’s lap at the Dumb friends league center, thus winning over a teen who has actively distrusted dogs all her life. She immediately took over, choosing a purple collar and leash because her dog has to be fashionable, rejecting his shelter name – Hermann – and generally running over her little brother who was the reason we were looking for a dog in the first place. Oscar was recovering from surgery on his hip – shattered when he was hit as a stray; wonder if that’s why he hadn’t been snapped up before?
He’s since won over the other dog hater in the family – MrBaquist, taken over our lives, caused us to chase him all around the neighborhood when he pulled out of his harness (that sucker is as tight as my pre-child outfits now) and has brought a glow of happiness to the youngest that previously only Lego could do. And it’s only been 3 weeks. Looking forward to many more years with the little happy monster!
PS will post another pic when MrBaquist outfits him with the metal studded collar he’s been fantasizing about for a while…
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Ha. Our own “otherwise perfect” Houdini-rescue will be thirteen in November, but he can still give us a run, literally, when we forget to treat him like a supermax-level flight risk. That’s why I changed his name to Zevon, after another excitable guy with no sense of proportion!
Apart from accidentally achieving peak cardiac rate via terror, what’s on the agenda for the start of another week?
Big R
Waiting for bad shit. Specifically, drive 250 miles to be told I’m a bad lawyer by the single most corrupt and stupid judge I’ve ever seen, then get ordered to reach into my personal pocket to pay attorneys’ fees to a lawyer uniformly regarded as so dumb they are incapable of finding their tuchos with both hands and a flashlight. Then get in the car and drive 250 miles back. I already know this will be the outcome, because it was the outcome already, and I got it reversed on appeal, but the appellate court is giving the trial judge another bite at the apple. Other lawyer, bee tee dubs, knows I have moved 250 miles away, but refuses to agree to let me out of the case, even though I have found substitute counsel.
And pay for a hotel room as well, so that I can be at the docket call at 9:00 AM. Seriously. Meanwhile, I have to manage to continue to do everything else I need to do….
raven
@Big R: What a drag, I get to drive that far to Savannah and say hello to tybee.
raven
Good lookin pup, I understand that black dogs are the most difficult ones to find homes for.
OzarkHillbilly
@Big R: Sucks to be you.
I get to enjoy the suddenly Autumn like weather.
OzarkHillbilly
@raven: Sarcasm or for real?
raven
@OzarkHillbilly: Nope, I have a conference tomorrow so I’m going down there later this morning. We tried to drum up a meetup but no one else seems to be in the AO.
OzarkHillbilly
@raven: Wrong post, I was asking about the black dogs comment.
Meanwhile, everyone will be shocked to hear that the ex-marine who got John Crawford shot in that Ohio Wal-Mart is a lying sack of sh!t:
When Ronald Ritchie called 911 from the aisles of a Walmart in western Ohio last month to report that a black man was “walking around with a gun in the store”, he said that shoppers were coming under direct threat.
“He’s, like, pointing it at people,” Ritchie told the dispatcher. Later that evening, after John Crawford III had been shot dead by one of the police officers who hurried to the scene in Beavercreek, Ritchie repeated to reporters: “He was pointing at people. Children walking by.”
One month later, Ritchie puts it differently. “At no point did he shoulder the rifle and point it at somebody,” the 24-year-old said, in an interview with the Guardian. He maintained that Crawford was “waving it around”, which attorneys for Crawford’s family deny.
Oh and that ex-Marine bit?
Ritchie told several reporters after the 5 August shooting that he was an “ex-marine”. When confronted with his seven-week service record, however, he confirmed that he had been quickly thrown out of the US marine corps in 2008 after being declared a “fraudulent enlistment”, over what he maintains was simply a mixup over his paperwork.
And the cop who shot Crawford?
Beavercreek police and the attorney general’s office have declined to name the officer who shot Crawford. However, after Sergeant David Darkow and Officer Sean Williams were placed on leave following the incident, Darkow has returned to work but Williams has not.
Williams was the officer behind the only other fatal police shooting in Beavercreek. In 2010, he shot dead Scott Brogli, a retired master sergeant in the US air force. According to Williams and a colleague, Brogli charged at them with a large knife after they went to investigate the 45-year-old’s drunken beating of his wife. A grand jury declined to bring any charges.
This sh!t has got to end.
Botsplainer
@Big R:
That’s a move beyond a dick move.
Why won’t Judge Venal sign off on the withdrawal given the distance? Is it a cheap divorce long in process and are they jamming a date?
Schlemazel [was Schlemizel till NotMax taught me proper yiddish!]
@raven:
I have not heard that black dogs have an issue but black cats are a tough sell.
I know I have mentioned this before, the animal shelters around the twin cities not only place every local dog that comes their way they actually ‘import’ dogs from other states in order to supply the local demand. Thats a pretty neat thing. Sadly, they still have to put down cats regularly. There is a larger pool of cats that need to be neutered I guess.
raven
What is Black Dog Syndrome?
In a survey, Petfinder member shelter and rescue groups reported that most pets are listed for 12.5 weeks on Petfinder, whereas, less-adoptable pets (such as black, senior, and special needs pets) spend almost four times as long on Petfinder. (See what else the survey showed on our Adopt-A-Less-Adoptable-Pet Week page!)
Patricia Kayden
Such a cute dog! Looks like he deserves some serious spoiling.
Big R
@Botsplainer: Frankly, because Judge Venal wants to punish me for getting them reversed in the first place. But you know, when you issue that particular order, the appellate courts take notice. Unanimous reversal say what?
Botsplainer
@Big R:
BTW – I have a friend who retired a couple of years ago who had a method to address judges like this – if he was an early call with as courtroom full of people, he’d take out his checkbook and ask what the contempt fines were because he had some things he wanted to say. It was a win-win regardless of whether the judge took him up on it – if he did, he’d usually buy $500 worth.
Patricia Kayden
@OzarkHillbilly: My understanding is that when the police arrived, Crawford had the toy gun pointed at the ground as it lay on his side. Thus even though the call to the police was a lie, when the police arrived they should have assessed the situation and determined that there was no need to shoot Crawford. Not letting Ritchie off the hook, but his original lie is not an excuse for shooting a man who was on the phone with his girlfriend and obviously not a threat to anyone. Walmart should release the video of the incident.
Botsplainer
@Big R:
Never did understand why they take even a notice of appeal so personally.
If they don’t want those, they should do another line of work.
Motion to recuse for animus?
Big R
@Botsplainer: This is a judge whose response to suggestions that recusal may be proper is to cite the attorney for contempt.
It’s rapidly getting into “There’s no way this situation could be like this” territory, and yet it continues to be real.
Big R
@Botsplainer: If I had the resources to be bold like that, I’d consider it. As it is, if I am cited for contempt, I’ll need a BJ fundraiser to throw my bail.
Johnny's Mom
@OzarkHillbilly: Doesn’t every retailer have internal surveillance cameras? Can they not be forced to show what they have?
Mustang Bobby
Adorable doggie!
Having a bit of nostalgia here. Fifty years ago today I entered (actually re-entered Grade 6, having to repeat it for a lack of “applying myself”) and made friends with a guy who has remained my close friend ever since. We took parallel paths, both going on to grad school and getting doctorates in our fields; me in theatre, he in theology (which are remarkably similar fields), and both ended up teaching. Best wishes, RCZ!
OzarkHillbilly
@raven: F’n racists….
When we adopted the Woofmiester, he had been waiting more than 6 months.
Schlemazel [was Schlemizel till NotMax taught me proper yiddish!]
@Big R:
Years ago we had a neighbor who got into a situation like that but instead of accepting that she had to just listen to her lawyer and work through the process she went on a full offensive, attacking the judge (verbally & with several law suits) then her lawyer and finally anyone who was in the courthouse at anytime. She spent some time in jail, was enjoined from filing any suit without permission from the court and lost her home to cover expenses. It became a mania with her & no amount of trying to talk her down did any good.
OzarkHillbilly
@Patricia Kayden: @Johnny’s Mom:
The DA has the video, has shown it to the family, but refuses to release it to the public for fear it would prejudice the jury pool. In my NAL opinion that is a valid reason.
Not to let the cop off the hook for shooting an unarmed man, but they wouldn’t have even been there if that jack-ass had done what everybody else in the store did: Pay no attention to the black man with the toy gun.
Not sure how the dispatch went out, but if the dispatcher said something along the lines of “Man at Wal-Mart threatening customers with gun….”, (thereby priming the cops to “kill ’em all, let Dog sort ’em out”) then that jackass wannabe hero is directly responsible and should be brought up on manslaughter charges. Unfortunately, he probably can’t be.
Big R
@Schlemazel [was Schlemizel till NotMax taught me proper yiddish!]: I doubt this one will get that far out of hand.
Elizabelle
Oscar’s adorable. What kind of dog? Is he a corgi or dachshund blend?
Welcome, pup.
Elizabelle
@raven:
Safe drive and y’all have fun. It’s fun to meet other Juicers (even one, in this case). I’d be there if I was not a few states north!
geg6
Love Oscar! So cute! When I was a kid and not allowed to have pets (dad had allergies), I pined for a dog I could name Oscar. Great name!
Hillary Rettig
What a handsome dog, and congratulations to you all. A special shoutout for adopting a disabled dog, and kudos to your daughter for “Oscar.” I love that we’re resurrecting unfashionable human names for our animals.
NotMax
So the protest of “thousands” was cancelled, and “terrorists” blamed for that happening. What a crock.
From the first link above:
Iowa Old Lady
We’ve been dogless for a while now because we travel, but Mr IOL is in Spain this week and I’m missing our last dog, Roxie, the black mongrel we inherited from a friend who died. Your picture made me go “awww.”
Iowa Old Lady
@OzarkHillbilly: I make no excuses for the shooting.
But as a Detroit girl, I think it’s insane that toy guns look real, and that WalMart (at least where I live) also sells real guns. I’m not all that happy about toy guns to start with, but that’s the leftie in me talking. Still our gun culture is crazy and corrupt.
raven
@Mustang Bobby: I’ve e heard of people getting recycled in boot camp but not 6th grade! I am a late birthday. Leaving high school early and getting and getting a GED in the Army made my doc at 50 especially sweet. I just wish some of the jerky teachers that helped get me the boot had been around to see it!
NotMax
Not on purpose but, looking back, every dog have had has been a black one.
Last one was a black Labrador named after Odysseus’ dog.
OzarkHillbilly
@Iowa Old Lady: I recall that somewhere along the lines toy guns were mandated (not sure if it was a law or just the toy industry doing the right thing) to have blaze orange on them somewhere as a way of saying “NOT A REAL GUN!!!” but I guess BB guns weren’t a part of that.
Tell Mr IOL to give a wave to my wife who is in Mallorca to finalize some family business. Been there only a week and half and already I can’t understand half of what she says. Her accent is now as strong as the day she got here, and she is speaking a whole new language her daughter calls, “Mallorcish”, a mix of Catalan, Spanish, and English. It has gotten so bad that sometimes not even she knows what she is talking about.
Iowa Old Lady
@OzarkHillbilly: I trust Mr IOL’s Midwest accent will stay the same. He’s in Valencia for a conference.
I wonder why BB guns were exempt. If they’re not a toy, why are they sitting on the shelves where any 8-year-old could handle them?
Schlemizel
@Big R:
I figure if you pay a lawyer & then ignore his advice then fire the lawyer when your actions (against his advice) get you tossed into the slammer you may not be making the best decisions and it would be time to step back. She took it as proof that her lawyer was part of an evil legal conspiracy against her & doubled down on the crazy. Yeah, out of hand.
satby
@raven: Black dogs and black cats both. Of my rescues, all hard to adopt and fostered for over a year before I just said I’d keep them, 4 of the 6 dogs are black. 2 of 6 cats.
And black cats are usually the most friendly and lovable cats ever for some reason.
satby
MBaquist, congrats on the new family member.
debbie
@Johnny’s Mom:
The police have the tape, but refuse to release it to the public.
Johnny's Mom
Gorgeous pup. Way better than legos, and legos are pretty much awesome.
Big R
@Schlemizel: That is well past the point where even Ted Olson could have helped. Soon she’d have been spouting off about how the fringe on the flag means that it’s an admiralty court and thus lacks jurisdiction over her.
Schlemizel
@raven:
From what I know of the teaching profession a certain percentage of those guys would take credit for your success on the belief it was their booting you that gave you the motivation. What I didn’t know as a kid but saw very obviously as an adult is there is a hell of a lot of ego in some number of teachers. They get into the business for the power trip & not the instructing.
Congrats to you. My kid that got the boot graduated from college with high honors, guys like you & him are special in that you have the determination to overcome & you deserve extra recognition.
Schlemizel
@Big R:
The original dispute was with the local government. I don’t remember even what it was (this was like 35-40 years ago) but I remember thinking she got a raw deal; not horrible just not very fair. She had a point & got a lawyer & lost then it was all down hill. Instead of accepting that she got screwed a little (it happens) she hired a different lawyer and began attacking everyone involved even filing suit in Federal court. The second lawyer probably quit (she claimed to have fired him because he was against her too!!). I felt bad for her because she was normal about everything except this situation and she was incapable of letting it go.
moonbat
@Schlemazel [was Schlemizel till NotMax taught me proper yiddish!]: After losing our beloved dog Jake in July I have been sadly browsing adoption sites looking for his twin and I have noticed the same phenomenon here in Philly. It seems they import dogs from high kill shelters in the South to meet demand up here. At least I hope that is what it is and not a form of puppy mill laundering.
Soprano2
That’s a beautiful dog. We have one that I swear is part gazelle. We needed a new fence, we just didn’t plan to have to put up a 6 foot chain link fence. At least it keeps him from escaping the yard, he could sit at the bottom of our old fence and jump over it. I wouldn’t have believed it if I hadn’t seen it myself.
Schlemizel
@moonbat:
Our daughters dog was shipped up from Georgia. It has the physical appearance of being at least part pit bull. Since she got it a couple of years ago I have noticed quiet a large number of rescue dogs with that look being shipped in, mostly from Georgia but all from the South. Maybe my prejudice but I assume dog fighter’s surplus.
Daughters dog is a sweet & gentle soul. She & BF tried adopting another out in CO but had to give it back as it was uncontrollable (yes, she knows how to handle & train dogs) it attacked them but worse it tore up the first dog a couple of times.
raven
@Schlemizel: I’ve taken the time to look up teachers/coaches who were decent to me. Some did the tough love and I get that. There were some fucking dickheads too and I know who they were. I was at a White Sox game years ago when I got in a conversation with a woman who also went to my school. We talked about teachers and when we got to this one asshole she agreed. It was her old man!
Eric U.
@moonbat: our local group imports from high-kill shelters even though they get no adoptions for large parts of the winter
danielx
Enjoying the exceedingly rapid change from summer to fall is high on the agenda. Was 93 on Friday (according to one of those bank thermometer thingies) and high of 72 yesterday, high of 64 predicted for next Saturday….which means it will be damn chilly at IrishFest Saturday evening. As always, it will be an excellent time (great music and Harp on tap!), even if there will be ever so many Hibernian ballbusters of the sort with which I became all too familiar in (Jesuit) high school.
Other items on the agenda include getting front brakes checked, since last week included getting the rear brakes replaced – after a full rear brake job (new rotors included) in January of this year. They were replaced under warranty, but I’m still having trouble figuring out how a set of brakes could go bad – scorched rotors, etc – in nine months. No, I didn’t and don’t make a habit of driving around with the emergency brake on, although once during my misspent youth I did toast the rear brakes on an ’84 Civic hatchback by driving halfway up Mt. Washington before noticing the emergency brake was on. (“What’s that burning smell?” “What burning smell?”)
Amir Khalid
Oscar’s just adorable. I hope he grows into proportion with those ears, though.
@satby: I’ve had two black cats: Aswad*, who’s been gone for 30 years, and of course Bianca who’s been with me for ten years now. Both were particularly affectionate.
*Arabic for “black”.
Botsplainer
@Big R:
From what he told me, every time he did it, the individual judge stopped fucking with him (his problem had arisen from ranging afield and practicing in the hinterlands of two states – things can get parochial, and it arose a lot).
Locally, nobody fucked with him because he and his wife and his son would max out contributions to an opponent.
Of course, it helped that he married a meritorious inheritor years ago – the marriage lotto, and we’re talking millions. Even well-heeled judges don’t want to screw with that.
rikyrah
Britain’s Prince William and wife Kate are expecting second baby
2 hr ago | By Reuters
LONDON, Sept 8 (Reuters) – Britain’s Prince William and his wife Kate are expecting their second baby, Buckingham Palace said on Monday.
The couple’s first child, Prince George, was born in July last year amid a huge international media frenzy. William is second in line to the British throne, with George third.
“The Queen and members of both families are delighted with the news that their royal highnesses are expecting their second child,” Buckingham Palace said in a statement.
There was no detail of when the baby was due.
“Many congratulations to the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge. I’m delighted by the happy news that they’re expecting another baby,” British Prime Minister David Cameron said on his Twitter feed.
(Reporting by Michael Holden; editing by Kate Holton)
http://news.msn.com/world/britains-prince-william-and-wife-kate-are-expecting-second-baby
WereBear
MBaquist, love the doggie!
I’m a big fan of “feeling the connection” because what else is it about if not that?
Hope little brother gets a chance to pick out his own someday. I mean, you are already opening cans and going on walks…
rikyrah
how is this not stalking?
………….
Detective hired by Assembly Republicans placed GPS on Long Island Assemblyman’s car for two months
Investigator Adam Rosenblatt said he was hired in March by James Walsh, an attorney for the Assembly Republican Campaign Committee, to find out where Assemblyman Edward Hennessey (D-Suffolk) actually lives, according to court transcripts.
BY Kenneth Lovett /
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS /
Published: Saturday, September 6, 2014, 9:16 PM
ALBANY — Republican lawmakers have gone from tracking polls to tracking pols.
In what many say is an alarming first, a private eye hired by Assembly Republicans placed a GPS device on a Long Island assemblyman’s car for two months in an unsuccessful effort to prove the pol didn’t live in his district.
According to court transcripts, investigator Adam Rosenblatt said he was hired in March by attorney James Walsh, repping the Assembly Republican Campaign Committee, to find out where Assemblyman Edward Hennessey (D-Suffolk) actually lives. Walsh that same month was paid $3,000 by the GOP campaign committee.
Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/detective-hired-assembly-gop-members-put-gps-li-assemblyman-car-article-1.1930723#ixzz3CjFDd6fB
rikyrah
Why Are Republicans Suddenly Leaning Left?
By Bill Scher – September 8, 2014
Several Republican candidates in the year’s most competitive Senate races have begun their fall sprint to Election Day, not by embracing Tea Party-fueled conservatism but by defensively tacking leftward.
Let’s start in Colorado, site of a strategic GOP retreat in the “War on Women.” The Republican backtracking there is being done by Rep. Cory Gardner, following withering attacks by Democrats on his past support for “personhood amendments” that bestow rights to fertilized human eggs and effectively ban some forms of birth control. Gardner released an ad claiming he would make access to “the pill … cheaper and easier” than would his opponent, Sen. Mark Udall, by ending the need for prescriptions. This tactic quickly spread. In his first debate with Sen. Kay Hagan, North Carolina Republican nominee Thom Tillis embraced the same plan.
In Arkansas, meanwhile, Republican Rep. Tom Cotton is wilting under Democratic pressure on the minimum wage. Cotton is challenging Democratic Sen. Mark Pryor. Like nearly all GOP politicians, but not like most voters, Cotton is opposed to raising the federal minimum from its current level of $7.25. But on Election Day, Arkansans will vote on a ballot initiative to raise the state minimum to $8.50, squeezing Cotton to the breaking point. Put on the spot in a radio interview Friday, he said he would vote for the state measure, though he avoided answering a follow-up question about whether that means he would support raising the federal minimum to the same level.
Alaska Republican Dan Sullivan this week aired a new ad that practically makes him seem like a Democrat: embracing teachers and excoriating Wall Street. A seventh-grade Anchorage teacher tells the story of how Sullivan, as state attorney general, helped shore up the public fund that managed her pension and “forc[ed] a Wall Street firm to pay for their malpractice, returning almost half a billion dollars into the retirement fund for Alaskans.” No complaints about government shakedowns. No teacher-bashing. And also of note: no mention of the word “Republican.”
Read more: http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2014/09/08/why_are_republicans_suddenly_leaning_left_123884.html#ixzz3CjGr5SNo
Mike in NC
We got an email late last night from friends in Tampa, stating that their beloved boxer died in their arms from apparent heart failure. I think the poor dog was only a few years old but they knew it had health issues. Still a shock.
Amir Khalid
There’s talk of an Oscar nomination for Eddie Redmayne for his performance as Stephen Hawking in the upcoming The Theory of Everything. The BBC says Professor Hawking has seen the movie, which is based on his ex-wife’s memoir, and likes it.
Schlemizel
@Mike in NC:
Thats a crappy way to start the week. Wish them well.
Betty Cracker
@MBaquist: What a cute pup! He reminds me a little of a bush baby — it’s the ears and eyes, I think. How lucky you all found one another.
@Mike in NC: How awful! We lost our beloved #1 boxer several years back, but he was 12, old for a boxer, so at least we had a good run. How much worse to lose a young dog before its time. Boxers are so damn endearing. I can’t bear to think of losing either of mine.
Belafon
It may be what you are using, but was use one of the mesh harnesses when we walk our dogs: http://www.petco.com/product/117649/Petco-Red-Non-Pull-Mesh-Dog-Harness.aspx?CoreCat=MM_DogSupplies_CollarsHarnessesLeashes. For our big dog, who likes to pull, this keeps her from choking herself.
Southern Beale
Meet today’s 2nd Amendment hero! An off-duty Florida deputy at a Wendy’s with his kid. Kid reaches into dad’s pocket for a snack and — BAM! — gun goes off.
Stupid.
raven
@Southern Beale: If I am not mistaken police officers are required to carry when off duty.
raven
@Mike in NC: Didn’t we have someone here a while back that lost a boxer that way? I seem to recall this may be a congenital issue for them. Doesn’t make it hurt less either way.
ThresherK
@OzarkHillbilly: I’m not very awake right now. Am I the only one who had to look twice to wonder about What’s this about a shooting and Joan Crawford?
PS Not trying to be flip.
Violet
Cute puppy! Always love a good adoption story.
TaMara (BHF)
Beautiful dog. Love a successful match story.
ThresherK
@Schlemazel [was Schlemizel till NotMax taught me proper yiddish!]: I have heard that too. My last time looking for a rescue cat showed lots of black cats and lots of black – over – white cats.
I like some black on a cat for the unique (sic) reason that I wear lots of dark colors and the inevitable cat hair I didn’t notice when stepping out my door will show up less when I get infront of others.
raven
@ThresherK: Jeff Beck – I Ain’t Superstitious
ThresherK
@raven: Leading to the timely study question: What’s the most Halloweeny cat? All black, or a tortie or calico with a swirl of black and orange?
PS Special award to whoever, when we were in the market two years ago, named a shelter cat Pyewacket.
raven
@ThresherK: I am as unhalloween as one can get.
shelley
Isn’t it amazing how they always manage to do that?
And ditto on the ‘cardiac rate’. My Katie got out the other week, courtesy of a loose picket in the fence. And I can guarantee, as I was driving around searching for her, my heart rate was the equivalent of three trips to the gym.
(Turned out she was next door the whole time; checking out the remnants of my neighbors previous barbecue .)
shelley
@ThresherK:
Ya know, I read somewhere that a lot of shelters won’t allow adoptions of black cats during the month of October.
Betty Cracker
@ThresherK: My mother had a cat named that ages ago. Very few people got the reference.
Karen in GA
My Elwood is a black cat. Showed up at our back door a few years ago and spent a week manipulating us until we gave in and let him in. He’s a purring, head-butting affection machine. Every year around Halloween I shudder to think what could have happened to him had he not found
suckersa forever home.ruemara
I woke up to a flurry of emails from one of the boss’s behavior assistants. They’re increasingly horning in on my marketing tasks since marketing is an easy way to justify their existence. This situation has been n going ass up for a while and now I have to deal with this “help” that I didn’t ask for.
Congrats on the new puppy, family Basquit. He looks like a happy handful. I concur about black rescue kitties. At least mine was the sweetest.
baquist
@Elizabelle: We were told daschund mix, but that head looks pure Chihuhua from certain angles. But what do I know? ‘My, what big teeth you have’! screamed the half chewed leash after the first month. Do all little dogs chew their leashes?
baquist
Thanks for all the well wishes – we love the little brat = ‘black rat’. Anne’s description of ‘supermax-level flight risk’ struck me hard.That rascal has escaped 4 times in the past month – slipping past legs as the door is opened in a mad dash. When he escapes, he wanders around insulting neighbor dogs, exploring gardens beyond his leash length that are on his regular walks, and generally acting like it’s all a great game. I’m looking for a training session that won’t break the bank on trying to curb that – any and all suggestions will be most welcome!
Mnemosyne
@OzarkHillbilly:
Don’t forget, the asshole managed to cause the deaths of two people, not just one — a woman died in the ensuing panic, probably of a cardiac event (though it sounds as though the family did not release her cause of death).
Southern Beale
@raven:
I have never heard that rule, at least, not in Tennessee. If it is a rule it’s an incredibly stupid one.
Gun FAIL happens as often with police officers as it does with civilians. As far as I’m concerned, most police officers don’t need to carry at all.
Mnemosyne
@raven:
From the story:
I still don’t understand these idiots who keep a gun in their pocket rather than putting it in a proper holster. Seems like your pocket would be a much more dangerous place to keep it since it’s constantly getting jostled around, can get caught on the fabric, etc.
Schlemizel
@Mnemosyne:
I love the ones that jam it in their waistband. That way they have at least as good a chance of it falling out & going off as they have of shooting themselves in the dick. Although I always root for dick shots on the off chance they have not bred yet and now (Pasta willing) never will.
ThresherK
@Betty Cracker: I didn’t know about it until way afterwards. He was a friendly big fellow–no small feat at a shelter, not every pet acts their best there– and I had to keep from looking it up until after we decided on another cat.
PS The nickname “Pie” just writes itself.
@shelley: Yeah, now that you mention it. When calling shelters one spring, we got asked “Are you thinking of surprising your mom with a new cat (near Mother’s Day)? Because we don’t allow (adoptions without the prospective owner)”.
It never occurred to us that people do that (or the Halloween thing), either; it was six months grieving for my wife after her last cat, and she was ready again for some feline “joy in her life” (her apt words).
Mnemosyne
@ThresherK:
Some places have started essentially doing gift certificates, so you can pre-pay the adoption fee and present the gift card/gift certificate to the person, who can then go down to the shelter and pick their own animal. That way, people can still feel like they gave a gift, but the shelter can make sure that they get a good match of animal and new owner.
Elizabelle
@baquist:
Oh yeah, little dogs can be chewers. Maybe it will be a phase. Rawhides are your friend.
Oscar has quite a lineage. You must post again, full dog shot, once he’s all grown.
Purple probably looks good on him. And studs — metal or diamond.
PS: Chihuahua, for the ears? Ears are why I wondered Corgi …
CONGRATULATIONS!
Some above: BB guns didn’t get the blaze orange treatment because they are can and have killed people (same with paintball guns).
kc
Congrats on the new pup, Baquist! He’s a cutie.
PurpleGirl
Best wishes on the pet adoption. He sure is cute.