The Drop in Centre

[Mikiesboy]

1 minute ago, BHopper2 said:

I miss my cat.

i'm sorry .. i hope you can get another one soon ...

 

[Thorn Wilde]

2 minutes ago, BHopper2 said:

I miss my cat.

 

 

I miss my other cat. 

[Brayon]

4 minutes ago, Mikiesboy said:

i'm sorry .. i hope you can get another one soon ...

 

Thanks, Bro. I won't be able to until I get a place of my own. People here are severely allergic to them.

[Jdonley75]

11 minutes ago, Mikiesboy said:

My dog never destroyed a thing. They are a lot of work, but i never minded the effort. He meant a lot to me.

 

5 minutes ago, mollyhousemouse said:

they can be a lot of work in the beginning, but if you put in the time to raise them right, train them up then they are great companions

as one of mine lays down with his chin on my leg

as for cleaning up after them, it's easier to use a pooper scooper than clean a litter box i think

 

Don't get me wrong.  I had a dog at one point in my life and he was damn near perfect as far as I was concerned.  I trained him and he loved everyone and he lived a wonderful life.  We went lots of places together and he never once gave me reason to regret having gotten him.

 

And I think that's my problem with dogs now.  None of them compare to what I had in Sam.  

 

Also, I've been attacked by dozens of dogs and been injured by a few in the past 5 years and the last one probably would have put me in the hospital or morgue if not for some wild random moment.  I have a friend who's overeager dog tried to bite my face on multiple occasions.  My friend is great with pets but his dog is completely unruly and the people whose dogs have attacked me (while I was doing my job) seemed to not care that they attacked me.  So, yeah, I've been pretty much turned off when it comes to dogs in general.

 

 

[Thorn Wilde]

Ugh... I feel so tired and depressed today. At least it's finally quiet since my flatmate's gone to bed.

 

I really do like dogs. They're just not for me, I think. Not at the point I'm at in my life right now. I grew up knowing lots of lovely dogs. My aunt had a Groenendael named Glory. Another of my aunts raised Lundehunds. My uncle (my dad's best friend, not an actual uncle, but he was always uncle to me) always had Border Collies. And my godmother had a Komondor named Emma. So I grew up with medium to big dogs. I'd want a bigger dog if I was gonna have one. So it feels like, well, a dog.

Edited December 30, 2018 by Thorn Wilde

[mollyhousemouse]

6 minutes ago, dughlas said:

Thistle has only ever chewed two things he shouldn't have. The ear piece on my old pair of glasses (I sanded down the rough edges and wore them, he hadn't damaged the lenses) and one of an old pair of slippers that then became his.

oh Thistle! lol!

we had a nylon harness style collar for Rubin

he chewed his way out of it one day!

 

9 minutes ago, BHopper2 said:

I miss my cat.

canine, feline, porcine, piscine

they do become part of our lives, don't they?

 

 

[Mikiesboy]

1 minute ago, Jdonley75 said:

 

 

Don't get me wrong.  I had a dog at one point in my life and he was damn near perfect as far as I was concerned.  I trained him and he loved everyone and he lived a wonderful life.  We went lots of places together and he never once gave me reason to regret having gotten him.

 

And I think that's my problem with dogs now.  None of them compare to what I had in Sam.  

 

Also, I've been attacked by dozens of dogs and been injured by a few in the past 5 years and the last one probably would have put me in the hospital or morgue if not for some wild random moment.  I have a friend who's overeager dog tried to bite my face on multiple occasions.  My friend is great with pets but his dog is completely unruly and the people whose dogs have attacked me (while I was doing my job) seemed to not care that they attacked me.  So, yeah, I've been pretty much turned off when it comes to dogs in general.

 

 

well that's just wrong .. dogs can't just rule the roost and people need to train them and be responsible. 

[Thorn Wilde]

3 minutes ago, Jdonley75 said:

 

 

Don't get me wrong.  I had a dog at one point in my life and he was damn near perfect as far as I was concerned.  I trained him and he loved everyone and he lived a wonderful life.  We went lots of places together and he never once gave me reason to regret having gotten him.

 

And I think that's my problem with dogs now.  None of them compare to what I had in Sam.  

 

Also, I've been attacked by dozens of dogs and been injured by a few in the past 5 years and the last one probably would have put me in the hospital or morgue if not for some wild random moment.  I have a friend who's overeager dog tried to bite my face on multiple occasions.  My friend is great with pets but his dog is completely unruly and the people whose dogs have attacked me (while I was doing my job) seemed to not care that they attacked me.  So, yeah, I've been pretty much turned off when it comes to dogs in general.

 

 

 

The angry react is for shitty dog owners who don't train and leash their dogs properly.

In Oslo it's illegal to have your dog off the leash, always, except for out in the forests, and even there only for some months out of the year.

[Mikiesboy]

2 minutes ago, Thorn Wilde said:

Ugh... I feel so tired and depressed today. At least it's finally quiet since my flatmate's gone to bed.

 

I really do like dogs. They're just not for me, I think. Not at the point I'm at in my life right now. I grew up knowing lots of lovely dogs. My aunt had a Groenendael named Glory. Another of my aunts raised Lundehunds. My uncle (my dad's best friend, not an actual uncle, but he was always uncle to me) always had Border Collies. And my godmother had a Komondor named Emma. So I grew up with medium to big dogs. I'd want a big dog if I was gonna have one. So it feels like, well, a dog.

having a big dog in a small place, well we feel its wrong.  Ripley was a poodle, but just cut short.. never all that fluffy nonsense. He walked, not rode and was a dog. Small but a dog. He was a natural retriever like all poodles are and he played a mean game of pine cone soccer.  Even my giant of a Husband would get another in a heartbeat. Small or large.. dogs are dogs if you bring them up like one.

[mollyhousemouse]

5 minutes ago, Thorn Wilde said:

Ugh... I feel so tired and depressed today. At least it's finally quiet since my flatmate's gone to bed.

 sorry to hear that Thorn i hope that you feel better tomorrow

 

6 minutes ago, Thorn Wilde said:

I really do like dogs. They're just not for me, I think. Not at the point I'm at in my life right now. I grew up knowing lots of lovely dogs. My aunt had a Groenendael named Glory. Another of my aunts raised Lundehunds. My uncle (my dad's best friend, not an actual uncle, but he was always uncle to me) always had Border Collies. And my godmother had a Komondor named Emma. So I grew up with medium to big dogs. I'd want a bigger dog if I was gonna have one. So it feels like, well, a dog.

i've always had dogs, Dachshunds, Australian Shepherds , and Phil and i have had a series of mutts

a good friend of mine from work has the greatest little dog, her wife would bring him with her if she dropped of lunch and i loved getting a little love from that little guy (she moved on, doesn't work with us anymore)

8 minutes ago, Mikiesboy said:

well that's just wrong .. dogs can't just rule the roost and people need to train them and be responsible. 

this is true! Rubin still has crowd issues, so he doesn't get to go out with us as much as Bella does.

[Thorn Wilde]

9 minutes ago, Mikiesboy said:

having a big dog in a small place, well we feel its wrong.  Ripley was a poodle, but just cut short.. never all that fluffy nonsense. He walked, not rode and was a dog. Small but a dog. He was a natural retriever like all poodles are and he played a mean game of pine cone soccer.  Even my giant of a Husband would get another in a heartbeat. Small or large.. dogs are dogs if you bring them up like one.

 

Not saying small dogs can't be dogs. Just saying that if I were to have one, I'd want it to be a bigger one. I mean, for tiny critters I already have my cat, and I'll never stop having cats, so... 

 

3 minutes ago, mollyhousemouse said:

 sorry to hear that Thorn i hope that you feel better tomorrow

 

i've always had dogs, Dachshunds, Australian Shepherds , and Phil and i have had a series of mutts

a good friend of mine from work has the greatest little dog, her wife would bring him with her if she dropped of lunch and i loved getting a little love from that little guy (she moved on, doesn't work with us anymore)

 

I love Australian Shepherds! I wrote one into Storms. They're such gorgeous dogs. And, thank you. I'm sure I will. Having the gang over for dinner and drinks tomorrow, so that might cheer me up.  

[Mikiesboy]

1 minute ago, Thorn Wilde said:

 

Not saying small dogs can't be dogs. Just saying that if I were to have one, I'd want it to be a bigger one. I mean, for tiny critters I already have my cat, and I'll never stop having cats, so... 

 

 

I love Australian Shepherds! I wrote one into Storms. They're such gorgeous dogs. And, thank you. I'm sure I will. Having the gang over for dinner and drinks tomorrow, so that might cheer me up.  

our weekly visitor is part anatolian shepherd ...60lbs of fun .. but too big for our place but we love him

[mollyhousemouse]

1 minute ago, Mikiesboy said:

our weekly visitor is part anatolian shepherd ...60lbs of fun .. but too big for our place but we love him

i love to hear about him! but he is a big boy!

[Mikiesboy]

Just now, mollyhousemouse said:

i love to hear about him! but he is a big boy!

funny how big dogs think they are small... cuz brutus wants to always sit on my knee...

[Thorn Wilde]

...so when I open a new tab in Safari these days there are some kind of random blurry moving images going on in the background and some of them are flesh coloured pulsing things, and it occurred to me that this is what it must be like watching porn if you're severely myopic and not wearing glasses, and now I can't get that thought out of my head. There's something wrong with me.

[Thorn Wilde]

3 minutes ago, Mikiesboy said:

funny how big dogs think they are small... cuz brutus wants to always sit on my knee...

 

One of my friends has a Malinois who thinks he's a puppy. He'll try to sit in your lap. He's lovely, but damn, is he heavy... He weighs 30kg.

Edited December 30, 2018 by Thorn Wilde

[mollyhousemouse]

1 minute ago, Mikiesboy said:

funny how big dogs think they are small... cuz brutus wants to always sit on my knee...

they do don't they?

Rubin is 40 pounds and likes to lay on Phil's lap!

 

[Jdonley75]

47 minutes ago, Thorn Wilde said:

...so when I open a new tab in Safari these days there are some kind of random blurry moving images going on in the background and some of them are flesh coloured pulsing things, and it occurred to me that this is what it must be like watching porn if you're severely myopic and not wearing glasses, and now I can't get that thought out of my head. There's something wrong with me.

That's... an interesting observation.  I'm glad you shared it.

 

In related news, I just learned that coffee coming out of your nose is not a pleasant experience.

[Mikiesboy]

1 minute ago, Jdonley75 said:

That's... an interesting observation.  I'm glad you shared it.

 

In related news, I just learned that coffee coming out of your nose is not a pleasant experience.

no ... i recommend swallowing (always) or using saline solution if you need a neti pot

[Brayon]

3 minutes ago, Jdonley75 said:

In related news, I just learned that coffee coming out of your nose is not a pleasant experience.

Chilli with beans is not good too.

[Mikiesboy]

1 minute ago, BHopper2 said:

Chilli with beans is not good too.

ummmm ... it does not bear thinking about....LOL

[Brayon]

4 minutes ago, Mikiesboy said:

ummmm ... it does not bear thinking about....LOL

Does not bear feeling either. lol

[Mikiesboy]

Just now, BHopper2 said:

Does not bear feeling either. lol

omg ... was it like hot n spicy??? 

[Thorn Wilde]

14 minutes ago, Jdonley75 said:

That's... an interesting observation.  I'm glad you shared it.

 

In related news, I just learned that coffee coming out of your nose is not a pleasant experience.

 

Was my observation to blame for this unfortunate mishap? If so, I apologise.

 

I once got a laughing fit while eating onigiri (Japanese stuffed rice balls) and had rice coming out of my nose. Also not particularly nice, but at least it wasn't hot.  

[Brayon]

Just now, Mikiesboy said:

omg ... was it like hot n spicy??? 

Yes. One of the ex-roomies made it and used a habanero extract in it. I was expecting the heat and coughed/sneezed while taking a bite.