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11-28-2007, 11:14 AM | #31 | |
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Yes. All boys should have a dog. Right. And do not let your love for your son and your urge to do the right thing blind you to the fact that all dogs come with poop. You will be picking it up. No escaping that one. Sorry. It can be ... deferred (not recommended), but not avoided. But daily doodie duty is a small price to pay for the reward of seeing a boy and his dog.
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11-28-2007, 11:18 AM | #32 | |
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11-28-2007, 11:20 AM | #33 |
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Reminds me of an old old Letterman stand-up thing. Talking about Cycle Dog foods, and the like. He said something about dog food for constipated dogs and he said he figured "if my dog is constipated why mess with a good thing?" He also talked about dog food "without a speck of cereal." He said "my dogs roots through garbage and drinks out of the toilet. I don't think he's going to mind a speck of cereal."
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11-28-2007, 12:25 PM | #34 |
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11-28-2007, 01:18 PM | #35 | |
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Boys only needed dogs back in the days when they left the house after breakfast on summer vacation and didn't come home til teatime. Oh and in the days when you could feed them scraps from the table and nothing else and not have any idea you were being unfair. They're expensive, smelly, create loads of extra cleaning, get worms and ticks and fleas etc, they take up the space of another half person at least. And need good training so as not to be a liability. (Quick aside - are dogs not taught to walk to heel any more?! The amount of kids I see being dragged along by dogs! And they don't come when they're called - I often have them come sniffing and jumping round me while the owner is 50 yards away saying in a feeble voice, "Lennon, Lennon, come here....") Your son will get plenty of pleasure out of other people's dogs for years yet. Review the situation in about 8 years. BTW I am not a dog lover But I've had dos in the house both growing up and an adult and it's horrible sharing your house with a needy animal if you have reservations - any issues are magnified x 100.
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11-28-2007, 01:27 PM | #36 | |
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11-28-2007, 01:39 PM | #37 |
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Many great childhood memories were spent with my dog. I agree with BigV - Every boy should have one. Many life lessons can be learned from having a dog.
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11-28-2007, 05:12 PM | #38 |
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Hey...there's nothing wrong with having a dog for a pet, and if he's your sons dog, then he should do the picking up after him. That's part of being a responsible pet owner.
We have two dogs and a yard. We don't pick up the poo every day. It gets mowed up once a week. That was the choice my kids made on how to deal with the poo. Since they're the ones that use the yard the most, it's their choice to step around it till it gets removed. Also, dogs tend to always go in about the same area, so it's not too bad. They're not stinky or smelly either SG. Shame on you...you feline fondler! Our dogs smell lovely after they've had their bath, and they don't get stinky unless they roll in something, which they don't have the option of doing if you don't leave stuff to rot in the yard. We don't even have dirt for them to roll in. Dogs can be a hassle, or they can be a valuable part of your family structure. I can't imagine not having one, but if the animal is only going to be viewed as a nuisance, then I say don't get one, because that's not fair on the animal, or the rest of the family.
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11-28-2007, 06:16 PM | #39 | |
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And how often do you bathe your dogs? Ours got a bath maybe once every 3-4 weeks, and she stank again within a day or two. And there was no getting around the permanent dog smell in the house. I think the fact that you live in a very dry climate may be a huge factor, both in the poop consistency and the smell of the dogs. |
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11-28-2007, 06:22 PM | #40 |
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Don't you have a catcher on your mower? It just goes in there with the grass clippings and then gets emptied into a compost pile down the back corner.
They get a bath every weekend pretty much. Often dogs get a smell if they have an allergy, and of course, like humans general hygiene and diet can affect the smell too, although with dogs not as much because they don't sweat like we do.
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11-28-2007, 07:01 PM | #42 |
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we have a pretty humid atmosphere in my part of the country most of the time. We do use a catcher though, and it picks up the sloppy ones too, although it does tend to leave a smudge.
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11-28-2007, 07:02 PM | #43 |
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oh, and just to be clear, there's no way I'd mow up dog poo without using a catcher. lol Can you imagine the splatter on your legs?
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11-28-2007, 07:42 PM | #45 |
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haha...that's funny UT. Poor SG. She's going to think the dog lovers (I nearly typed god lovers) are picking on her.
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