How Many Dogs Does It Take to Change a
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Pet Peeves from the dog's perspective: |
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You have a kiddie wading pool in the yard, but no small children. Lintwheels are on your shopping list every week. You have baby gates permanently installed at strategic places around the house, but no babies. The trash basket is more or less permanently installed in the kitchen sink, to keep the dog out of it while you're at work. You refer to yourselves as Mommy and Daddy. Your dog sleeps with you. Poop has become a source of conversation for you and your significant other. You can't see out the passenger side of the windshield because there are nose-prints all over the inside. You have 32 different names for your dog. Most make no sense, but she understands. Your dog eats cat poop, but you still let her kiss you (but not immediately afterward, of course). You like people who like your dog. You despise people who don't. You carry dog biscuits in your purse or pocket at all times. You talk about your dog the way other people talk about their kid. You sign and send birthday/anniversary/Christmas cards from your dog. You put an extra blanket on the bed so your dog can be comfortable. You'd rather stay home on Saturday night and cuddle your dog than go to the movies with your sweetie. You go to the pet supply store every Saturday because it's one of the very few places that lets you bring your dog inside, and your dog loves to go with you. You open your purse, and that big bunch of baggies you use for pick-ups pops out. You get an extra-long hose on your shower-massage just so you can use it to wash your dog in the tub, without making the dog sit hip-deep in water. You and the dog come down with something like flu on the
same day. Your dog is getting old and arthritic, so you go buy lumber and build her a small staircase so she can climb onto the bed by herself. Your license plate or license plate frame mentions your dog. You don't think it's the least bit strange to stand in the back yard chirping "Meg, pee!" over and over again, while Meg tends to play and forget what she's out there for (but what your neighbors think of your behavior is yet another story). You match your furniture/carpet/clothes to your dog. You have your dog's picture on your office desk (but no one else's). You lecture people on responsible dog ownership every chance you get. You skip breakfast so you can walk your dog in the morning before work. You are the only idiot walking in the pouring rain because your dog needs her walk. You don't go to happy hours with co-workers any more because you need to go home and see your dog. Your friend's dog acts as Best Dog at your wedding. Your weekend activities are planned around taking your dog for a hike (both days). You keep an extra water dish in your second-floor bedroom, in case your dog gets thirsty at night (after all, her other dish is way down on the first floor...). Your freezer contains more dog bones than anything else. You never completely finish a piece of steak or chicken (so your dog gets a taste, too). You shovel a zigzag path in the back yard snow so your dog can reach all her favorite spots. You avoid vacuuming the house as long as possible because your dog is afraid of the vacuum cleaner. You keep eating even after finding a dog hair in your pasta. You make popcorn just to play catch with your dog. You carry pictures of your dog in your wallet instead of pictures ofyour parents, siblings, significant other, or anyone else remotely human. Your dog is the star of your World Wide Web site! Your parents refer to your pet as their granddog. You hang around the dog section of your local bookstore. Your jewelry box contains no jewels... just those fasteners from vari-kennels. Every time you read the name Bob, you think the guy's first name is Best of Breed. Your house isn't carpeted--the fuzzy furballs under your feet are soft enough... Your hungry hubby comes home from work, lifts the cover of the pan on the stove and says, "Is this people food or dog food?" Your hungry hubby once ate the dog food and asked for seconds. You don't give a second thought to using the brush you just used on your dog to give a quick run through on your own hair. At your dinner parties, you always double check the butter before putting it on the table. You put important papers in your latest issue of your breed magazine you know you will find them there. You have dog hair stuck on tape on wrapped gifts. You have dog toys and treats in your briefcase. You have several albums filled with the 8 by 10 pictures of your dogs but you can't locate any pictures of your kids to send tograndma. You show up at the car dealers with a ruler, to measure and see if your big dog crate will fit. Before the actual purchase you make the dealer cringe by insisting that you load both crates and dog into the shinny, new vehicle to make sure it works! You can't get the groceries in the car because its You visit relatives only if there is a dog show nearby. You remove all the seats from the van except the two in thefront so you have room for crates... The passenger seat is full of dog stuff. You cringe at the price of food in the grocery store but think nothing of the cost of dog food or treats. You have six squeaky hedgehogs... but only 1 with a squeaky that works. You put popcorn in the clean dog dish for movie night. You pull out your credit card and little bits of liver are stuckto it... When you get your latest roll of film and there isn't a singlepicture of a two-legged person in it... People at work have stopped offering you their lint brushes; they realize it is a hopeless case. |
New Dog Breeds
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HOUSEBREAKING TIP The best piece of advice I have ever given any puppy owner is to get a newspaper, roll it up very tight, secure it with a rubber band and leave it on the coffee table.
Then when the puppy piddles in the house, chews up a slipper, or does anything it is not supposed to do: Simply take the newspaper and bang it on the top of your head very hard while repeating "I should have been watching my puppy" "I should have been watching my puppy" "I should have been watching my puppy" |
| Beagle 1.0 - and Application of Windows 2000 Dear Bill Gates, Recently I purchased and installed Beagle 1.0. I soon noticed that this program appears to have numerous glitches. For instance, every time my computer boots up, I have to run Feed 5.3 and Water 7.1. Many times I've been in the middle of writing an important document and a window will flash telling me to run Take for Walk 2.0. This program also contained applications I did not wish to install, such as Pooper Scooper 8.5, and Flying dogs 9.4. Applications such as Vacation 2.7 and Free Time 10.1 can no longer run, crashing whenever selected. Possibly the worst is that Beagle 1.0 has attached itself to programs like Finance Manager and MS Money, with folders added such as "Entry Fees" and "Puppy Toys". Periodically, I'll get a reminder telling me to send a check to the manufacturer of beagle 1.0 for the aforementioned items. I have tried to uninstall Beagle 1.0 numerous times but when I try to run the uninstall program, I get warning messages telling me that a deadly virus known as "Dog Show Withdrawal" will infect my system. Please Help!!!!!
THE REPLY: Dear User, Your complaint is not unusual. A common misconception among users is that Beagle 1.0 is a mere "utilities and entertainment program." It is not- it is an OPERATING SYSTEM and is designed by its' creator to run everything! A warning will soon be imprinted on the box. Since you have already installed Beagle 1.0, here are a few tips on how to make it run better. If you are annoyed by the applications Feed 5.3 and Water 7.1, you may run C:\HIRE HELP, however this will cause another folder to be added to financial applications, labeled "Staff". Failure to send payment to "Staff" will result in Feed 5.3 and Water 7.1 being run again on startup. A note of caution: NOT booting up your computer for several days isn't the solution to avoiding Feed 5.3 and Water 7.1. You will find that, when you boot up your computer again, a nasty virus called "Barking and Howling 4.2" will have attached itself to important documents and the only way to rid your computer of "Barking and Howling 4.2" is by purchasing and installing "Vet 10.1", which we admit is extremely expensive but crucial. Otherwise, "Barking and Howling 4.2" will cause irreversible damage to the operating system. Finally, it is important that you run C:\Milk Bones and C:\Tummy Rubs on a fairly regular basis to keep the application running smoothly. If you have any more questions, please call our toll free number. Sincerely, Tech Support
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10. There's potpourri hanging from his/her collar. 9. The dog's nails have been cut with pinking shears. 8. The dog toys are all stored in McCoy crocks. 7. The pooper scooper has been decorated with raffia. 6. That telltale lemon slice in the new silver water bowl. 5. You find liver and whole wheat dog treats stamped out with copper cookie cutters and decorated with royal icing using a #2 rosette tip. 4. Dog hair has been collected and put into wire baskets for nesting material for the birds. 3. A seasonally appropriate grapevine wreath adorns the front of your dog's crate. 2. Your dog goes outside naked and comes in wearing a thyme colored virgin wool hand knitted sweater with matching boots. AND THE NUMBER ONE WAY YOU KNOW THAT MARTHA STEWART IS STALKING YOUR DOG IS... 1. The dog droppings in your backyard have been sculpted into swans. |
How to Photograph
Your Puppy Remove film from box and load camera. Remove film box from puppy's month and throw in trash. Remove puppy from trash and brush coffee grounds from muzzle. Choose a suitable background for photo. Mount camera on tripod, check flash and focus. Find puppy and take dirty sock from mouth. Place puppy in pre-focused spot and return to camera. Forget about spot and crawl after puppy on knees. Focus with one hand while fending off puppy with other hand. Get tissue and clean nose print from lens. Put cat outside and put peroxide on the scratch on puppy's nose. Put magazines back on coffee table. Try to get puppy's attention by squeaking toy over your head. Replace your glasses and check camera for damage. Jump up in time to grab puppy by scruff of neck and say- "No, no outside!" Call spouse to help clean up the mess. Fix a drink. Sit back in chair, put your feet up, sip your drink and resolve to teach puppy "sit" and "stay" the first thing in the morning |
| DOG PROPERTY LAWS
1. If I like it, it's mine. 2. If it's in my mouth, it's mine. 3. If I can take it from you, it's mine. 4. If I had it a little while ago, it's mine. 5. If it's mine, it must never appear to be yours in any way. 6. If I'm chewing something up, all the pieces are mine. 7. If it just looks like mine, it's mine. 8. If I saw it first, it's mine. 9. If you are playing with something and you put it down, it automatically becomes mine. 10. If it's broken, it's yours. |
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Angulation-Degree to which dog handlers will
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| Top 10 Reasons for Breeding and
Showing Dogs. 10. Thought the house was too
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| "Dogs need to sniff the ground; it's
how they keep abreast of current events. The ground is a giant dog newspaper, containing
all kinds of late-breaking dog news items, which, if they are especially urgent, are often
continued in the next yard." Dave Barry |
| "Where do pets
come from?" Adam and Eve said, "Lord, when we were in the garden, you walked with us every day. Now we do not see you any more. We are lonesome here, and it is difficult for us to remember how much you love us." And God said, "No problem! I will create a companion for you that will be with you forever and who will be a reflection of my love for you, so that you will love me even when you cannot see me. Regardless of how selfish or childish or unlovable you may be, this new companion will accept you as you are and will love you as I do, in spite of yourselves." And God created a new animal to be a companion for Adam and Eve. And it was a good animal. And God was pleased. And the new animal was pleased to be with Adam and Eve and he wagged his tail. And Adam said, "Lord, I have already named all the animals in the Kingdom and I cannot think of a name for this new animal." And God said, "No problem. Because I have created this new animal to be a reflection of my love for you, his name will be a reflection of my own name, and you will call him DOG." And Dog lived with Adam and Eve and was a companion to them and loved them. And they were comforted. And God was pleased. And Dog was content and wagged his tail. After a while, it came to pass that an angel came to the Lord and said, "Lord, Adam and Eve have become filled with pride. They strut and preen like peacocks and they believe they are worthy of adoration. Dog has indeed taught them that they are loved, but perhaps too well." And God said, "No problem! I will create for them a companion who will be with them forever and who will see them as they are. The companion will remind them of their limitations, so they will know that they are not always worthy of adoration." And God created CAT to be a companion to Adam and Eve. And Cat would not obey them. And when Adam and Eve gazed into Cat's eyes, they were reminded that they were not the supreme beings. And Adam and Eve learned humility. And they were greatly improved. And God was pleased. And Dog was happy. And Cat didn't give a shit one way or the other... |
| "I wonder what goes through his mind
when he sees us peeing in his water bowl."-- Penny Ward Moser |
TOP TEN POWERS MOST COVETED BY DOGS
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Dog Show People
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HumilityThe Gates of Heaven were guarded by St. Peter. Four canine friends approached and stood waiting for permission to enter. They were asked for an account of themselves. The poodle was first and, leaping forward proudly, he said, "I am the showman, winning many prizes for my beauty. See how fine I am? There was none better than I in my prime. I was my master's pride and joy." He demonstrated his fine show stance. Next, the Labrador, black and glossy: "I am the Field Champion, keen for the gun, never missing a bird. I worked hard for my master." Then the German Shepherd, keen and alert. "I guarded my masters, keeping them safe. No strange foot trod the paths without my permission. They feared not with me around." "And you sir," said St Peter, "come forward to me. What of you?" The dog replied, "I am a Beaglemaybe not so good, I confess. I pursued the cat, fell to temptation, and stole food. I forgot to return to my masters' call, leaving them to worry, then showed my disapproval at being left alone by chewing their shoes. Oh, and there was also my bad habit of barking at the garbage collectors...." "But what did you give them?" asked St. Peter. "What did I give them? I gave them light in their eyes and laughter in their voices." St. Peter opened the gates and waved the Beagle through.
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