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suydam

Can we please return to dogs and cars?

imidazol97

driver100 said:

graphicguy said:

@henryn.....I've owned 3 dogs....all Golden retrievers. Great Dogs. Last one I had died about 5 years ago.

I think I might want something a bit smaller and one who sheds less (that's why I liked Michaell's dog). All of my Golden's were laid back. I liked that. I'm always fearful that smaller dogs can be "yappy". Nothing wrong with those breeds, just not something I prefer.

Traveling is a detriment with a pet. And, I don't like to kennel my pets. But, I do have a "friend" who says she'd watch any dog I have while gone.

In the "curious" stage right now.

GG, Have the friend help you choose a dog, it is important that they like the dog if they are watching it.
Once we had a neighbor who said he would watch our dog if we got a Boxer. Boxers aren't my thing, but I asked him what he liked about Boxers. He said he liked the way they slobber.
Our dog Gigi is 11 pounds and does not shed. She can bark but she only barks once every two years if I chase her. She is 14 years old. Here she is wearing a matching horizontal striped onsey;

OMG. She likes stripes?

imidazol97

To finish my earlier partial post...
The lady cares for dogs on a one day or several day basis in her home. Such as when someone had to go for dialysis or a vacation. She has the dog come visit to see if it gets along with her own dog and any others that might be there first, and if it does then she takes it in as needed.

But I think the sadest thing is a dog sitting at home tied to something or locked in a laundry room while the owner is gone. Dogs like to be with their master. Cats tolerate being alone.

abacomike

Returning to dogs and cars as you commanded, suydam, I got a mutt on my 10th birthday - the whole family adored this black and brown terrier mix - a member of our family for 14 years.

One summer day, my mom was driving home from the vets office in the family car.  Kipper always sat next to a window - if we didn’t open the car window, Kipper would bark and cry until she could get her nose out of a window to feel the wind blowing in her face.  So after several minutes of barking and crying, mom drops the front passenger power window while driving, so she did not realize the window was fully open.  She makes a sharp left turn and out the window went Kipper.  She slams the brakes and gets rear-ended by the car behind her.  Meanwhile, Kipper had found a squirrel climbing a tree and decided to stalk the squirrel st the base of the tree trunk even though she was bleeding from scrapes and cuts on her face, legs, paws and derrière.  She wasn’t crying or favoring her extremities and had put all her concentration on catching that squirrel.

I ran over to her, grabbed her collar, and calmed her down.  The squirrel disappeared up in the tree and that’s when she began to cry and favor her injured paws.  Mom had to deal with the car that hit her so I called a cab and took Kipper back to the vet’s office.

What amazed me was the fact that so long as she was heavily engaged in stalking that poor squirrel, you would never guess she had been thrown from a moving car and sustained one broken leg, a scraped belly and abrasions to her snout.  She was laid up for 5 weeks with a cast on her right front leg and periodic dressing of her wounds.

My mom refused to drive in the family car with Kipper unless someone was holding her taut on her leash.  Mom was heartbroken and had some serious emotional distress about that incident.  She blamed herself for hurting Kipper.  But we always would break out laughing about the distraction that squirrel caused Kipper so she ignored her pain and injuries so long as that squirrel was in her sights.

pensfan83

Return to dogs? I'll oblige, someone loves getting brushed.

stickguy

stickguy

that came out kinda big. My dog (the yellow) not being too happy to have a new foster dog in the house.

stickguy

this is him in his natural state.

driver100

imidazol97 said:

driver100 said:

graphicguy said:

@henryn.....I've owned 3 dogs....all Golden retrievers. Great Dogs. Last one I had died about 5 years ago.

I think I might want something a bit smaller and one who sheds less (that's why I liked Michaell's dog). All of my Golden's were laid back. I liked that. I'm always fearful that smaller dogs can be "yappy". Nothing wrong with those breeds, just not something I prefer.

Traveling is a detriment with a pet. And, I don't like to kennel my pets. But, I do have a "friend" who says she'd watch any dog I have while gone.

In the "curious" stage right now.

GG, Have the friend help you choose a dog, it is important that they like the dog if they are watching it.
Once we had a neighbor who said he would watch our dog if we got a Boxer. Boxers aren't my thing, but I asked him what he liked about Boxers. He said he liked the way they slobber.
Our dog Gigi is 11 pounds and does not shed. She can bark but she only barks once every two years if I chase her. She is 14 years old. Here she is wearing a matching horizontal striped onsey;

OMG. She likes stripes?

Just like her daddy!

driver100

imidazol97 said:

To finish my earlier partial post...
Dogs like to be with their master. Cats tolerate being alone.

That should be "prefer" to be alone.

tbirdmarco

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=DaJebMj_Ras

roadburner

This is our "Border Collie/Shepherd Mix" rescue Rooney the Wonder Dog. We actually think he's a Dingo. Rooney also served as the Official Campaign Mascot, which my opponent didn't think was appropriate, because the job "isn't something to joke about."
Rooney had the last laugh.

isellhondas

driver100 said:

Dino.......perfect!

Add my "perfect" to yours! I was sitting here biting my tongue.

isellhondas

Mr_Shiftright said:

I keep sayin' that Cadillac will never recover until every person who ever owned one between 1975 and 1999 has died. The reason Buick, for instance, is successful in China is because the Chinese buyer has no knowledge whatsoever of the history of Buick.

Cadillac wants to be Lexus and Mercedes. But it's not. It's Acura and Infiniti.

Buick never made cars with the 4-6-8 engines or the miserable HT 4100's or worse yet, the early Northstars!

qbrozen

OH FINE! Y'all are making me do something I never usually do. Here is one pic with both of them. The cat is probably wondering why the hell the dog is on the couch and simultaneously plotting her demise.

houdini1

abacomike said:

The accolades pouring in from liberals, progressives, moderates and conservatives alike overwhelmingly paying tribute to Charles Krauthammer is truly remarkable.  I was watching MSNBC this morning, a far left progressive cable news network, and the program was dedicated to honoring and remembering Charles’s life and his writings and commentaries.

Just another example of his contributions to American thought and conscience.  If you are interested in learning more about his life and his intellect, FOX NEWS CHANNEL is airing a special one hour program at 9:00 PM EDT tracing his life, his achievements and his abrupt metamorphosis from left liberal politics to right of center politics.  Hope you enjoy, if so interested.  It’s a new program.

One writer said, "Mr. Krauthammer was such an intelligent and eloquent writer, I couldn't understand a word he wrote". I am pretty sure he meant that as a compliment !

houdini1

imidazol97 said:

To finish my earlier partial post...
The lady cares for dogs on a one day or several day basis in her home. Such as when someone had to go for dialysis or a vacation. She has the dog come visit to see if it gets along with her own dog and any others that might be there first, and if it does then she takes it in as needed.

But I think the sadest thing is a dog sitting at home tied to something or locked in a laundry room while the owner is gone. Dogs like to be with their master. Cats tolerate being alone.

Dogs are hard wired not to be alone. They are "pack" animals and consider their human family to be part of the pack, and don't like to be separated.

houdini1

imidazol97 said:

driver100 said:

graphicguy said:

@henryn.....I've owned 3 dogs....all Golden retrievers. Great Dogs. Last one I had died about 5 years ago.

I think I might want something a bit smaller and one who sheds less (that's why I liked Michaell's dog). All of my Golden's were laid back. I liked that. I'm always fearful that smaller dogs can be "yappy". Nothing wrong with those breeds, just not something I prefer.

Traveling is a detriment with a pet. And, I don't like to kennel my pets. But, I do have a "friend" who says she'd watch any dog I have while gone.

In the "curious" stage right now.

GG, Have the friend help you choose a dog, it is important that they like the dog if they are watching it.
Once we had a neighbor who said he would watch our dog if we got a Boxer. Boxers aren't my thing, but I asked him what he liked about Boxers. He said he liked the way they slobber.
Our dog Gigi is 11 pounds and does not shed. She can bark but she only barks once every two years if I chase her. She is 14 years old. Here she is wearing a matching horizontal striped onsey;

OMG. She likes stripes?

GG, you might want to check out a Goldendoodle. Cross between a standard Poodle and a Golden Retriever. Very smart and loyal and won't shed.

driver100

houdini1 said:

imidazol97 said:

driver100 said:

graphicguy said:

@henryn.....I've owned 3 dogs....all Golden retrievers. Great Dogs. Last one I had died about 5 years ago.

I think I might want something a bit smaller and one who sheds less (that's why I liked Michaell's dog). All of my Golden's were laid back. I liked that. I'm always fearful that smaller dogs can be "yappy". Nothing wrong with those breeds, just not something I prefer.

Traveling is a detriment with a pet. And, I don't like to kennel my pets. But, I do have a "friend" who says she'd watch any dog I have while gone.

In the "curious" stage right now.

GG, Have the friend help you choose a dog, it is important that they like the dog if they are watching it.
Once we had a neighbor who said he would watch our dog if we got a Boxer. Boxers aren't my thing, but I asked him what he liked about Boxers. He said he liked the way they slobber.
Our dog Gigi is 11 pounds and does not shed. She can bark but she only barks once every two years if I chase her. She is 14 years old. Here she is wearing a matching horizontal striped onsey;

OMG. She likes stripes?

GG, you might want to check out a Goldendoodle. Cross between a standard Poodle and a Golden Retriever. Very smart and loyal and won't shed.

Might depend on what part is Poodle and what part Golden Retriever.

Poodles don't shed, but Goldens shed most all year round and there are least two times a year that it is a lot. You can expect dog hair everywhere if you own a Golden Retriever. They need to be brushed daily and regular use of an undercoat rake will significantly improve the shedding. Daily brushing also keeps them from matting

imidazol97

Reading the advice on dogs and cats, I marvel at how far this topic has come from dishwashers, refrigerators, sound systems for TV, and so on. LOL.

As long as we don't start on sports as a major topic, that will be good.

imidazol97

qbrozen said:

The dog has his own blanket that he pulls over his body? What a life he has.

Are those green and blue buttons around the cup holder that light up?
What do they do?

graphicguy

driver100 said:

houdini1 said:

imidazol97 said:

driver100 said:

graphicguy said:

@henryn.....I've owned 3 dogs....all Golden retrievers. Great Dogs. Last one I had died about 5 years ago.

I think I might want something a bit smaller and one who sheds less (that's why I liked Michaell's dog). All of my Golden's were laid back. I liked that. I'm always fearful that smaller dogs can be "yappy". Nothing wrong with those breeds, just not something I prefer.

Traveling is a detriment with a pet. And, I don't like to kennel my pets. But, I do have a "friend" who says she'd watch any dog I have while gone.

In the "curious" stage right now.

GG, Have the friend help you choose a dog, it is important that they like the dog if they are watching it.
Once we had a neighbor who said he would watch our dog if we got a Boxer. Boxers aren't my thing, but I asked him what he liked about Boxers. He said he liked the way they slobber.
Our dog Gigi is 11 pounds and does not shed. She can bark but she only barks once every two years if I chase her. She is 14 years old. Here she is wearing a matching horizontal striped onsey;

OMG. She likes stripes?

GG, you might want to check out a Goldendoodle. Cross between a standard Poodle and a Golden Retriever. Very smart and loyal and won't shed.

Might depend on what part is Poodle and what part Golden Retriever.

Poodles don't shed, but Goldens shed most all year round and there are least two times a year that it is a lot. You can expect dog hair everywhere if you own a Golden Retriever. They need to be brushed daily and regular use of an undercoat rake will significantly improve the shedding. Daily brushing also keeps them from matting

All true about Goldens, Driver. Loved all of mine. When I was young(er) and my son was small, we didn’t mind the constant care as much. Now? I love pets, particularly dogs. But, I know myself. I want a dog’s companionship as much as they’d want mine.

Looking around, I’m getting a pretty good feel on what I’d be happy with and what dog would be happy with me.

graphicguy

Speaking of unruly pets, My sister has a dog, small, long haired, that constantly barks. A/C kicks on? The dog barks. Person passing behind it, it barks. When I visit, it gets to the point where we can not have a conversation between the dog barking and my sister trying to quiet her. They actually put a child gate in front of the TV because the dog would bark and try to bite the TV when it is on. I DO NOT WANT THAT!

imidazol97

Bourbon warehouse collapses. 9000 barrels of aging bourbon come tumbling down.
foxnews.com/food-drink/2018/06/22/bourbon-storage-facility-collapses-in-kentucky-sending-barrels-crashing-to-ground.html

Is this in RR's area? Maybe he'll give a live update?

nyccarguy

imidazol97 said:

Reading the advice on dogs and cats, I marvel at how far this topic has come from dishwashers, refrigerators, sound systems for TV, and so on. LOL. As long as we don't start on sports as a major topic, that will be good.

Plus it wouldn’t be fair for those of you who don’t root for the Yankees!  

cdnpinhead

graphicguy said:

My sister has a dog, small, long haired, that constantly barks.

My #1 daughter-in-law and I refer to those as drop-kick dogs. She always has big quiet dogs -- I'm not a dog person, but I like hers.

dino001

ab348 said:

This is my dog, Rusty.

Rusty looks like giving you an evil eye. Did you feed her today?

dino001

driver100 said:

pensfan83 said:

@Michaell cute pup and that looks like a nice chair. Here is our beloved Teddy aka Teddy Bear to the kids. He's a lab and shepherd mix.

Cute dog...he has a nice smile.

Also intelligence.

imidazol97

nyccarguy said:

imidazol97 said:

Reading the advice on dogs and cats, I marvel at how far this topic has come from dishwashers, refrigerators, sound systems for TV, and so on. LOL.

As long as we don't start on sports as a major topic, that will be good.

Plus it wouldn’t be fair for those of you who don’t root for the Yankees!  

LOL. Well I'm not a Reds fan even though I'm in Ohio.

houdini1

driver100 said:

houdini1 said:

imidazol97 said:

driver100 said:

graphicguy said:

@henryn.....I've owned 3 dogs....all Golden retrievers. Great Dogs. Last one I had died about 5 years ago.

I think I might want something a bit smaller and one who sheds less (that's why I liked Michaell's dog). All of my Golden's were laid back. I liked that. I'm always fearful that smaller dogs can be "yappy". Nothing wrong with those breeds, just not something I prefer.

Traveling is a detriment with a pet. And, I don't like to kennel my pets. But, I do have a "friend" who says she'd watch any dog I have while gone.

In the "curious" stage right now.

GG, Have the friend help you choose a dog, it is important that they like the dog if they are watching it.
Once we had a neighbor who said he would watch our dog if we got a Boxer. Boxers aren't my thing, but I asked him what he liked about Boxers. He said he liked the way they slobber.
Our dog Gigi is 11 pounds and does not shed. She can bark but she only barks once every two years if I chase her. She is 14 years old. Here she is wearing a matching horizontal striped onsey;

OMG. She likes stripes?

GG, you might want to check out a Goldendoodle. Cross between a standard Poodle and a Golden Retriever. Very smart and loyal and won't shed.

Might depend on what part is Poodle and what part Golden Retriever.

Poodles don't shed, but Goldens shed most all year round and there are least two times a year that it is a lot. You can expect dog hair everywhere if you own a Golden Retriever. They need to be brushed daily and regular use of an undercoat rake will significantly improve the shedding. Daily brushing also keeps them from matting

Yes, lots of variables when crossing breeds, even in the same litters..and even pure bred poodles do shed some...but it is not really noticeable because the shedded curly, kinky hair wraps around the remaining hair and generally stays put. This can result in hair clumps in poodles, so poodles and poodle crossbreeds require a lot of maintenance, grooming, clipping, brushing etc., but you won't have loose hair everywhere. We have to have our Daisy (Yorkiepoo) groomed about every 4/5 weeks, and brush out a few clumps and kinks in between grooming.

explorerx4

@nyc,
The names of the dogs in the picture I posted are Jojo (Joe DiMaggio) and Lulu (Lou Gehrig).

driver100

Those are sports names.........I am not sure that was allowed.

driver100

Some people! Dennis O'Sullivan answers questions from readers in our daily newspaper (delivered to the door, not the weekly one I scoop up out of the driveway).

This guy must live in the twilight zone......they are out there and they walk among us.

QUESTION

I have another new car dealer horror story. I signed a purchase for a new car and the trade-in value of my old car was just under eight thousand dollars. When I went in to pick up the car, I was informed that the trade in value of my car was now only five thousand dollars. How can a dealer alter the sales agreement when I have already signed a bill of sale and left a down payment for the new car? Their reason for telling me this is that they are disputing the mileage on my car, which I have driven for over three years. I purchased the car privately and the mileage has never been altered while I have owned the car. It is not my fault if someone altered the kilometres on the car before I purchased it and it looks like I am getting screwed twice—once from the person from whom I purchased it and now again from the dealer. Can the dealer back out of a signed contract? Bob from Binbrook

ANSWER

What do you think that your position would be if the situation was reversed and you purchased from the dealer a car that you thought had a certain mileage and then before you picked up the car, you found out that the car had many more kilometres than what the odometer reads? Would you agree then that the contract that you signed was still binding? It is not the dealer’s fault that you purchased a car with altered kilometres and remember that you signed a statement to the dealer that the mileage was correct. What I do not understand is that your car has the type of odometer that cannot be altered so someone must have replaced the odometer with a used one that had fewer kilometres. Since you are the second owner and you did not replace the odometer then you should again contact the original owner of the car to see if you can sort out the discrepancy in the mileage. I am not sure if anything at this late date can be done to the original owner. This is not a fault that you can place in the hands of the dealer.

ab348

dino001 said:

Rusty looks like giving you an evil eye. Did you feed her today?

Rusty is a very large male cat. I won't tell him you said that.

That look is actually one of him in a rare smile. He is a great cat and very affectionate to me but scared of other humans and is quite stoic most of the time. It seems he barely has his eyes open a lot of the time, hard to get a pic of him like the one I posted. Usually he has this sort of look:

thebean

Hey @ab348, how are you doing in your recovery? I bet Rusty missed you when you were in the hospital.

jmonroe

imidazol97 said:

Bourbon warehouse collapses. 9000 barrels of aging bourbon come tumbling down.
foxnews.com/food-drink/2018/06/22/bourbon-storage-facility-collapses-in-kentucky-sending-barrels-crashing-to-ground.html

Is this in RR's area? Maybe he'll give a live update?

It looks like a classic overload caused it. Bourbon weighs about the same as water or roughly 8.3 pounds per gallon. When the top floor collapses the floor below collapses and so on.

Good to hear that no one was hurt. In any case, the guy responsible for wasting that much bourbon should be hung. :@

jmonroe

jmonroe

driver100 said:

Some people! Dennis O'Sullivan answers questions from readers in our daily newspaper (delivered to the door, not the weekly one I scoop up out of the driveway).

This guy must live in the twilight zone......they are out there and they walk among us.

QUESTION

I have another new car dealer horror story. I signed a purchase for a new car and the trade-in value of my old car was just under eight thousand dollars. When I went in to pick up the car, I was informed that the trade in value of my car was now only five thousand dollars. How can a dealer alter the sales agreement when I have already signed a bill of sale and left a down payment for the new car? Their reason for telling me this is that they are disputing the mileage on my car, which I have driven for over three years. I purchased the car privately and the mileage has never been altered while I have owned the car. It is not my fault if someone altered the kilometres on the car before I purchased it and it looks like I am getting screwed twice—once from the person from whom I purchased it and now again from the dealer. Can the dealer back out of a signed contract? Bob from Binbrook

ANSWER

What do you think that your position would be if the situation was reversed and you purchased from the dealer a car that you thought had a certain mileage and then before you picked up the car, you found out that the car had many more kilometres than what the odometer reads? Would you agree then that the contract that you signed was still binding? It is not the dealer’s fault that you purchased a car with altered kilometres and remember that you signed a statement to the dealer that the mileage was correct. What I do not understand is that your car has the type of odometer that cannot be altered so someone must have replaced the odometer with a used one that had fewer kilometres. Since you are the second owner and you did not replace the odometer then you should again contact the original owner of the car to see if you can sort out the discrepancy in the mileage. I am not sure if anything at this late date can be done to the original owner. This is not a fault that you can place in the hands of the dealer.

You Canadians and other metric-ites confuse me. In the same sentence mileage and kilometers is mentioned. Make up your minds...mileage or kilometage.

jmonroe

ab348

thebean said:

Hey @ab348, how are you doing in your recovery? I bet Rusty missed you when you were in the hospital.

Thanks for asking. I am feeling better each day. The main thing I still have to get past is that I am apparently in need of more sleep than I've been getting as I often get tired in the afternoons and need to nap. Otherwise there is a noticeable change in how I feel heart-wise. The only other thing that became apparent is that since I have been able to do very little physically for nearly 2 years I am now woefully out of condition. But each day I walk or do chores it seems to get a bit better so I expect that will come around eventually.

thebean

Good to hear, ab. I've noticed after every surgery I have had, it takes me a few weeks to not get tired in the afternoons. Something about going under anesthesia that takes a while to recover. Stick with the exercise, and you will build up your fitness pretty quickly. Not being active takes its toll, but the body really craves activity to perform its best.

qbrozen

imidazol97 said:

The dog has his own blanket that he pulls over his body? What a life he has. Are those green and blue buttons around the cup holder that light up? What do they do?

Its a hard knock life for pets in my house.

we have a 3-seat sofa and 2 chairs in the set. Each chair and each end of the sofa have power recline and power headrests. So "4-way power seats."
the 5th button turns the lighted cupholders on and off. The pets often push the buttons

houdini1

ab348 said:

dino001 said:

Rusty looks like giving you an evil eye. Did you feed her today?

Rusty is a very large male cat. I won't tell him you said that.

That look is actually one of him in a rare smile. He is a great cat and very affectionate to me but scared of other humans and is quite stoic most of the time. It seems he barely has his eyes open a lot of the time, hard to get a pic of him like the one I posted. Usually he has this sort of look:

Very intelligent to fear most humans, the most dangerous animal alive !

Mr_Shiftright

isellhondas said:

Mr_Shiftright said:

I keep sayin' that Cadillac will never recover until every person who ever owned one between 1975 and 1999 has died. The reason Buick, for instance, is successful in China is because the Chinese buyer has no knowledge whatsoever of the history of Buick.

Cadillac wants to be Lexus and Mercedes. But it's not. It's Acura and Infiniti.

Buick never made cars with the 4-6-8 engines or the miserable HT 4100's or worse yet, the early Northstars!

Even if they did, probably nobody in China would know about it. To them, Buick is a brand name that the older folks might have had some familiarity with before and during the Pacific War.

suydam

Umm, those people are either dead or in their 90s. I think Buick’s rep in China is all current. As it’s becoming here.

Mr_Shiftright

1 in 5 cars in pre WW II China were Buicks. The relationship does go way back.

But sure, you're right, for most Chinese that is a distant memory. Buick's success in China is mostly due to GM recognizing what the Chinese like to drive (very different tastes than Americans) and developing vehicles specifically for those preferences.

houdini1

Mr_Shiftright said:

1 in 5 cars in pre WW II China were Buicks. The relationship does go way back.

But sure, you're right, for most Chinese that is a distant memory. Buick's success in China is mostly due to GM recognizing what the Chinese like to drive (very different tastes than Americans) and developing vehicles specifically for those preferences.

Heck, they can't do that here.

sb55

Since we’re doing critters, here’s my dog and cat. 
Ethel is a Cairn Terrier, who has hair, not fur, so she doesn’t shed.   She loves to chase balls but will also be a couch potato. 
Orange Cat, is just that. He is loyal to my wife and me, but will warily watch other humans. He is a great hunter and I’ve seen him polish off a mouse in 20 seconds and just leave the stomach for us. 

thebean

I've decided at this point in my life, I don't want anything I have to feed, water, walk, or nurture.  I'm working on not having to talk to anyone, but haven't achieved that quite yet.  

suydam

Awww. Too cute!

explorerx4

@thebean,
So you're trying to be like a millennial?

sda

Our girls,sisters.  First generation Golden Doodles.  Wonderful dogs. Playful, smart, loving. They do shed but not a lot, especially compared to other dogs.