Loving my Oldies

In "How Dogs Think" he gives a lot of purely physicological explanations. Not just his thoughts and tests, etc. I'm off to get some more of his books too. Hope the local library has some.

Adding my praises. My copy was borrowed from someone who needed it back before I' finished it, so I have to get my own. It is the sort of book that you can dip into to read up on something that may have immediate relevance. For instance, their is a section on How dogs see. Someone posted about going around to the corner of his house and his dog growled at him and wondered whether the dog could see him properly. The book goes into great detail about the way dogs see, their peripheral vision, their vision over distance, how they see moving things better than stationary, etc etc.

Keep up the good work, Pandypam. Have submitted my comment.

If I were to give any of my dogs a pastie, I'd want the Mambo logo.

:D OMG, I read just the first two. Tiger's got balls just about had me really ROFLing

Awww thanks MM. I'm happy to have him despite the stress - he's also a joy to have around in so many ways. I guess lots of people in this forum have seen lots of dogs become more confident and happy when they've come to their homes but for me it's been an amazing experience. He seems to display more personality every day. eg in the last few days he's decided that sitting in the bedroom doorway and barking loudly is a sure-fire way of making me get up and let him outside. And when I sit up and say "Tango! Shut up" he yips and runs around the house doing silly play bounces at me and Pepper. LMAO And Pepper has amazed me with how tolerant, cool and calm she is. Until recently she was the youngest of three dogs here and she sort of took a back-seat to the others who both had strong personalities. She sort of played the role of the "baby" of the family and didn't really do much except be really cute. So it's only now that I'm really seeing her personality emerge properly too. And I'm really impressed with her. Listen to me! I'm so obsessed with my dogs ROFLMAO Your obsession is fine with me, because you have such a great way of describing what the dogs are physically doing. :D

I must admit I do miss some of the threads where people used to guess someone had assumed another identity to be offensive and rude or just naughty on the forum. I was amazed that people could pick them . We are now not allowed to say things and use words such as or and the like . And when you've been a DOL tragic like Mother Moocher and have been around for as long, you can generally pick the threads from the start which are going to be closed or removed. Some of them were fun when it was easy to pick that the person wasn't genuine, but just out to stir. However, when people obviously have a genuine concern and come here for advice and are sent up and ridiculed ..... I don't have any truck with that sort of behaviour. And I think it shames the people who do the ridiculing more than the person wanting help.

I couldn't agree with you more, and needs to be recognised in "real life". The concept of "free speech" has lost a lot of its meaning when people think it means you have rights with no responsibility.

I think Tango is just the luckiest dog to have found you and Pepper, spottychick . It also sounds as though you still have the good and the bad which can be so stressful, but I can empathise with how wonderful it is when you see dogs who previously had issues starting to play and just be happy dogs.

I have reported a couple of offensive signatures and they were removed immediately, which made me feel as though I'd done the right thing and not "dobbed" as someone called it. And I've reported a couple of posts that were, to my way of thinking, way out of line and just plain nasty. I use the ignore function for people who, I think, have become legends in their own minds (LOL), but I wouldn't use block on PMs because if someone wants to send me something attacking or offensive, I can respond showing how much more intelligent and reasonable I am .

It was another time of loss and heartache. It happened at a time when you were young and impressionable and because you say "take him to bury i supose", I am assuming you never actually found out what happened. So this is an instance of unresolved grief.

He is gorgeous, K9A. I can't get over how small he is. What a treasure.

OMG!! How I can relate to that . I think it was an overseas newspaper item that you could link onto a forum or at least comments. I've never seen anything like it. I soon stopped reading the comments, because it was so distressing to see such anger, such vitriol, so many words with only the first and last letter and interspersed with ***********. It was frightening. I occasionally look at another forum only because it is another dog forum , but frankly, I don't know have people have the time to go into several forums, facebook, MSN (whatever that is), etc etc. There are only 24 hours in a day :p

Maybe because they keep looking for the gold in all the dross in the hope that they will learn something to help them in making their dogs happier and healthier :p Agree to a point, Steve. But it isn't a game. There are some very personal and very hurtful things said from time to time and, yes, they should be reported, but when people are nasty and negative just for the sake of being so, it is no longer a game.

And this is exactly part of the point Brooke is making. Sad.

The report button is underneath every post on the left hand side underneath the Avatar section. I thought some of the responses in Brooke's post were plain cruel. Sadly, there are people on DOL who rarely seem to have anything positive to say and who seem to just get their jollies from hurting people. And I think there are people who report those they don't like (whether they know them in person or not) simply to try to get at that person. I've had warnings for posts that are mild compared to many other posts, and I used to wonder how could Troy have a problem with my particular post when others are allowed to continually post negative and nasty things. I guess it is because people are reporting them. Although I have been around DOL for ages, I am still aghast at some of the posts people make. I am not interested in forums, per se; I am on this one only because it is a dog forum. It is not as interesting as it used to be or maybe I am just becoming jaded.

I don't reckon she's finding that river bank scary - I reckon she's wondering when a fish is going to fly up so she can grab it - LOL. Lovely photos Newfsie.

A bit OT: I have this book, BB, and I constantly just "dip into it". Absolutely fascinating. In fact, I took the name of one of my fosters, Kisho, from the book. Dog Man, Morie, was looking to purchase an Akita called Three Good Lucks and decided he had kisho. Extract: ........ ThreeGood Lucks that made him stand apart, aside from physical beauty and strength - things that were easy to spot. There had to be once concept that could cover all the ground, one expression that could be used to define an ideal, if only in Morie's mind. Eventually he came up with something. He decided that Three Good Lucks had kisho. Ki means spirit. Sho means personality or disposition. Together, as Morie interprets the [Japanese] characters, these two ideas mean: vitality, good energy, good instincts, intelligence, alertness. "These inner qualities are less easy to pinpoint, but you can see them if you look carefully in a dog's eye - and study a dog's reactions to the world." I was told about my Kisho being at a veterinary practice where the people thought he was so lovely they didn't want him to go to the pound. They had traced the owner who was more than happy to complete a change of owner form. Considering all the stray dogs that any practice would see, I thought this dog must have something special, and so he became Kisho even before I saw him. Kisho's story: http://www.dolforums.com.au/index.php?showtopic=185303 And now back to the topic - looks like I'll have to pay a visit to the video store as well.

What have you forgotten ?

Everyone has said it, Brooke. This is a very sad and difficult situation for you. Although I don't necessarily go along with the thought that Ben could be a danger in the future, I think the situation he is in is untenable for him. He isn't a human who can push annoying people away with their arms, he only has his mouth. A house where there are different people coming and going with regularity is very upsetting. I can see the changes in my own dogs when I have a few fosters coming and going and they are all dogs not little people who might be teasing or just upsetting by being there. What a challenge it must be for a dog to have disturbed young people coming and putting out all the vibes of their previous unhappy lives and "display some bizarre and very unpredictable behaviours". You and your husband sound wonderful with true and caring hearts, but as Jed says, there will be tears before too long. That said, it is all very well for us to give advice: I just want to add that I understand how heart breaking this must be for you and feel deeply for your predicament.

I have no first hand experience with RSPCA, but I know the stories abound . . . . . . . . It is good that that your friend is looking into this Fiona. They need to make realistic monetary provisions in their wills for the dogs to be looked after. They need to look around to find someone whom they can trust absolutely to do the right thing in either keeping the dogs or placing them in a new home. I have stipulated that a trust fund be set up for my dogs and cat to be looked after should I die before they do. I am lucky in that I have family members I would trust totally to look after my animals in terms of either keeping them or finding them new homes.

Nothing really to add, just want to say congratulations and don't be nervous, excited yes !!! Ha ha ha .... famous last words. Hopefully it will always be exciting, but in time the nervousness will decrease.

How I can empathise, Puggerup! Shmoo used to have one like it, and I really think it is a bit too much. ;) It is embarrassing having drool running down my face. :D

Ah, dear. That is so funny. We all love our dogs so much that we can't understand how anyone else could not also think they are gorgeous and want to interact with them. A friend of mine was over recently, and he is NOT a dog person and his body language and whole lack of interest in the dogs would make you think the dogs didn't even exist. Maybe your dogs' fur colour didn't match his outfit :D

Agree. A halti properly used and fitted is a wonderful boon to dog walkers with dogs who no amount of training will stop pulling. Thongs attached to them? No way. I hate seeing it too. Great big plastic bags of shopping bag size flopping and flying in the breeze must be nightmares to some dogs. But, sadly, that's how these things are marketed: just attach to you dog's lead and hey presto you don't have the inconvenience of having to carry them. How about the dog?