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I met a malamute yesterday and a golden doodle today. The owners of both gave me weird looks, thought the doggies loved me. I suspect I have that "I NEED YOUR DOG" look in my eye again...
And I totally blame you, Claudia. And your little dog, too!
I love the Italian spinones. Mr gaspode calls them "badoom badoom" dogs, where "badoom badoom" is the sound of someone playing a standup bass. Which cracks me up because I have no idea how he made that association.
I had never heard of spinones (spinoni?) till recently. They look like grumbly old Italian men to me, which is why I LOVE THEM.
Scotties have that same "old man caught in dog's body" face to me.
I was walking behind a basset hound in GG Park a few weekends ago. It was all droopy and basset-y and houndy but then! He found a stick! A stick in the park! He picked up that stick and he held his head and tail up proudly and he carried that stick the best that any dog has ever carried any stick!
Oh, lord, now they're showing English mastiffs. Mastiff puppies!
My exciting Saturday night. Went to the pet supply place to get dog nail clippers. (They had an adorable deaf kitty for adoption...they always have a couple cats from the humane society.) Came home, tied Binky down and clipped his front nails. Wrangled Lulu and tied her down. Attempted to clip her nails. She went batshit insane. I don't understand - she is always fine getting her nails done at the groomers. They strap her to a table and clip away. I know how to clip dog nails so and I've never hurt her so I don't understand her brain.
Now I'm getting ready to go outside and survey the neighborhood cats. In the last few weeks about four new cats have shown up. Two orange cats (stripey, one is short hair and one is long hair) and two black and white cats. The neighborhood cats know that there is free cat food at Sally's house. (I am thinking about acquiring one of the orange cats for myself and making it an indoor kitty.)
I might recommend one of the other channels for you, gaspode, as AP keeps running an ad for a show that seems to be about an "animal lover" that steals chimps from labs in order to release them into the wild. It's annoying *me*, and I have little stake in the thing.
I think this show is freaking out the cat. She's been jumpy since I turned it on, now she's glaring at the screen and thumping her tail. Maybe she was a sheep in a previous life.
I had to put Binky up when they were showing the piece about the English Sheepdog breeders. He was jumping at the tv. (Because he thinks all dogs are his friends...even those on tv.)
occhi, for some reason I find it incredibly gratifying to find out that you are a dog person. I myself would like to have three dogs that i would name Yogi, Scooter and Mookie.
Heh. I think my delicate (evil vivisectionist) sensibilities will be OK.
Hee. No, I meant, I get the impression that the guy has no clue, and the shots of him breaking into labs and using bolt cutters to break into cages are making me want to throw something at the tv.
I'm not a huge fan of animal testing, but neither am I a huge fan of people assuming that animals descended from wild animals but raised in labs will somehow magically be able to thrive in unfamiliar wilderness. And I keep thinking, "Dude, you have no idea what diseases that chimp has been given. You're gonna start a monkey plague, just you watch."
occhi, for some reason I find it incredibly gratifying to find out that you are a dog person.
I'm a dog person, a cat person, a horse person, a deer person, a (outdoor) bird person... I just like animals. But I'm in the midst of some serious dog envy lately.
I hate the ridiculous poodle cuts. Particularly on standard poodles. I love standard poodles (they really do have delightful personalities) but I can't stand the silly haircuts.
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