Store in Burlington has on-site dogs. This is their story...
Re: Man's Best Friend
Posted: Sat Sep 29, 2018 12:58 pm
by sancarlos
I love it when businesses have their pets around. When I was young I used to hang out at a record shop (think: like the one in High Fidelity) where they had cats lying across some of the record bins. It was always funny when you had to move a cat to search for a particular record. Also, there is a great little winery in Sonoma County called Porter Creek. They used to have an enormous Great Pyrenees dog that would just lie down right in the middle of their tasting room, forcing all the patrons to move around him, which wasn't that easy because it was a small room. It was pretty funny, because he was a great old dog who was perfectly content to have people all around him scratching his neck as he snoozed. Sadly, last time we visited they told us he had passed away.
Re: Man's Best Friend
Posted: Sat Sep 29, 2018 5:23 pm
by wlu_lax6
sancarlos wrote: ↑Sat Sep 29, 2018 12:58 pm
I love it when businesses have their pets around. When I was young I used to hang out at a record shop (think: like the one in High Fidelity) where they had cats lying across some of the record bins. It was always funny when you had to move a cat to search for a particular record. Also, there is a great little winery in Sonoma County called Porter Creek. They used to have an enormous Great Pyrenees dog that would just lie down right in the middle of their tasting room, forcing all the patrons to move around him, which wasn't that easy because it was a small room. It was pretty funny, because he was a great old dog who was perfectly content to have people all around him scratching his neck as he snoozed. Sadly, last time we visited they told us he had passed away.
It is like the Hard Knocks focus on the Browns' dog in the office.
Former swamp citizen, LouTheGiantRat, had to institute a no pets policy at one of his companies after "an incident".
I wasn't home this time (already at work), but it sounded worse in the moment. More peeing. Poop this time. Kids freaking out.
My wife took him to the 24 hour emergency vet (which conveniently enough moved to brand new offices in our town from their former location a couple of towns away) and their first thought was focal seizure. After a little more observation, they think he has vertigo. He's on some meds. Going to need to keep him off the stairs for a couple of days.
Re: Man's Best Friend
Posted: Wed Oct 03, 2018 8:27 am
by brian
Get better, Gus.
Re: Man's Best Friend
Posted: Wed Oct 03, 2018 9:36 am
by Pruitt
Poor Gus. Pulling for him big time.
Re: Man's Best Friend
Posted: Wed Oct 03, 2018 11:01 am
by sancarlos
Poor Gus. I've had a soft spot for him ever since I saw the picture of him playing poker with you.
Re: Man's Best Friend
Posted: Wed Oct 03, 2018 11:23 am
by Giff
Get better soon, Gus.
Re: Man's Best Friend
Posted: Wed Oct 03, 2018 11:27 am
by rass
Thanks guys. Got home a bit ago. He seems OK. I just baby/dog proofed the stairs (thank goodness I never throw anything away).
Re: Man's Best Friend
Posted: Wed Oct 03, 2018 12:42 pm
by bfj
He’s got quite a hammer.
Re: Man's Best Friend
Posted: Wed Oct 03, 2018 1:36 pm
by mister d
Really? He didn't make it sound that serious in his last post?
(Ts&Ps, Rass.)
Re: Man's Best Friend
Posted: Wed Oct 03, 2018 1:44 pm
by rass
Vestibular Disease, aka Old Dog Vestibular Syndrome, sounds like the exact diagnosis.
Re: Man's Best Friend
Posted: Wed Oct 03, 2018 2:07 pm
by Steve of phpBB
Good luck, Rass.
Re: Man's Best Friend
Posted: Sun Oct 07, 2018 9:13 pm
by Shirley
This is an incredible video. Dusty in here now.
Some more details -
(Edit: removed the video link, because it's also included in the Reddit link)
Re: Man's Best Friend
Posted: Sun Oct 07, 2018 9:33 pm
by Pruitt
I just hugged my dog for 5 minutes.
Re: Man's Best Friend
Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2018 9:42 am
by rass
Re: Man's Best Friend
Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2018 10:10 am
by BSF21
Or alternatively: "Goodboye finds airport crew lunch. Gets pets and scraps."
Re: Man's Best Friend
Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2018 10:40 am
by brian
The dog with his mouth open staring longingly at the pig is what really gets it over the hump.
Re: Man's Best Friend
Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2018 2:03 pm
by Rex
I'm pretty sure you don't need a specially trained dog to find that.
Re: Man's Best Friend
Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2018 2:57 pm
by The Sybian
Rex wrote: ↑Tue Oct 16, 2018 2:03 pm
I'm pretty sure you don't need a specially trained dog to find that.
I know you are making a joke, but it's actually pretty impressive that they can train the Agriculture dogs to only signal for meat, cheese and produce, while ignoring all other food items. There are other items they detect, but I'm too lazy to look.
Re: Man's Best Friend
Posted: Thu Oct 25, 2018 5:45 pm
by brian
Re: Man's Best Friend
Posted: Thu Oct 25, 2018 8:20 pm
by The Sybian
I love that he has a ball in his mouth the whole time.
Re: Man's Best Friend
Posted: Thu Oct 25, 2018 9:18 pm
by Pruitt
Watched it 10 times. Will watch it 10 more!
Re: Man's Best Friend
Posted: Thu Oct 25, 2018 9:35 pm
by govmentchedda
The sound of the leaves is everything.
Re: Man's Best Friend
Posted: Mon Oct 29, 2018 2:52 pm
by brian
Still too soon after losing Sydney, but I'll watch this eventually. Looks outstanding.
imgur has worked pretty good for me for Swamp photo sharing. I think carwash uses it, too.
More importantly, good luck!
Re: Man's Best Friend
Posted: Mon Dec 10, 2018 6:06 pm
by Pruitt
Good luck as well.
My wife really wants a second dog. God help me - Izzy already takes up most of my morning.
I would honestly rather not - but the minute a dog walks in the door, it would not be leaving. She knows this, and I have a feeling it could happen this winter...
Re: Man's Best Friend
Posted: Wed Dec 12, 2018 11:02 am
by tennbengal
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Re: Man's Best Friend
Posted: Wed Dec 12, 2018 11:05 am
by Pruitt
That is so exciting!
With our last dog, we got to the breeder's a little late and instead of the male westie we had wanted, we got a standoffish female.
That was a hell of a good dog!
Re: Man's Best Friend
Posted: Wed Dec 12, 2018 11:09 am
by BSF21
All dogs are good dogs and I'm super excited for you guys! Want to see some pictures!
(Small note to please consider adopting from local rescues or shelters in addition to looking at breeders. And please spay/neuter your pets! We have a terrible terrible problem with pet overpopulation here and there are lots of great pets that end up spending their life/end of their life in a small cage because someone got tired of taking them outside or had a baby or had to move or their owner died.)
Re: Man's Best Friend
Posted: Wed Dec 12, 2018 11:14 am
by tennbengal
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Re: Man's Best Friend
Posted: Wed Dec 12, 2018 11:19 am
by A_B
BSF21 wrote: ↑Wed Dec 12, 2018 11:09 am
All dogs are good dogs and I'm super excited for you guys! Want to see some pictures!
(Small note to please consider adopting from local rescues or shelters in addition to looking at breeders. And please spay/neuter your pets! We have a terrible terrible problem with pet overpopulation here and there are lots of great pets that end up spending their life/end of their life in a small cage because someone got tired of taking them outside or had a baby or had to move or their owner died.)
Yo, i'm happy for you, and ima let you finish, but rescue dogs are the greatest dogs of all time!
Re: Man's Best Friend
Posted: Wed Dec 12, 2018 11:33 am
by BSF21
tennbengal wrote: ↑Wed Dec 12, 2018 11:14 am
Now I feel bad.
In our defense, our two Great Pyr were rescues (Rizzo still here and Jax RIP), and every dog we've had before this was a pound type (Penny, Ashley and Nicky all RIP). This is probably gonna be our first and last time going this route.
Please don't! Not intended that way at all. I just see so much of it first hand since Meg volunteers at our local shelter almost every weekend. They're all good dogs and they all need good loving homes. Just like everything else, no dog asks to be born to a breeder or given up or anything else. They're all great. I'd just like fewer breeders in the world going forward. Not that there's not a place for some of them, but I don't care for the industry as a whole.
I'm sure the new pup will be great and I hope it fits in wonderfully with your family!