People are bloody insane
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We took our car into town to the body shop today and on the way back stopped in at the pet food store to get some cat food. As we pull in we notice the parking lot is packed solid. This is a little pet shop between towns on the highway. We're wondering what the heck is going on, it's never busy there, we get to the door and there is a line of people with dogs going out the door. We figure there must be free doggy tatoos or something going on, get in the door and find out they are all waiting to get their pet's picture taken with Santa Claus! No kidding! A guy is dressed as Santa, sitting in a chair, there is a photographer, a box full of squeaky toys to get the dogs to look at the camera. This is the most freakishly insane thing I have ever witnessed. This isn't Bevery Hills or something, it's the country. Not a single child in the line, all adults.
It's nice to see a good photographer can still get work.
BW
If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the precipitate.
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We took our car into town to the body shop today and on the way back stopped in at the pet food store to get some cat food. As we pull in we notice the parking lot is packed solid. This is a little pet shop between towns on the highway. We're wondering what the heck is going on, it's never busy there, we get to the door and there is a line of people with dogs going out the door. We figure there must be free doggy tatoos or something going on, get in the door and find out they are all waiting to get their pet's picture taken with Santa Claus! No kidding! A guy is dressed as Santa, sitting in a chair, there is a photographer, a box full of squeaky toys to get the dogs to look at the camera. This is the most freakishly insane thing I have ever witnessed. This isn't Bevery Hills or something, it's the country. Not a single child in the line, all adults.
John Cardinal wrote:
Not a single child in the line
I think "their parents" would disagree. ;)
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I know a woman here in town who wants to set up a day spa for dogs. Complete with therapeutic massage sessions. Apparently, there's quite the market...
And then there is this guy in Hawaaii (yep, why live in New York City when pet owners will pay for you to live in Hawaaii?) who is a telepathic canine psychotherapist. At least, he is not charging you airfare for flying down to visit your dog!
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Nishant Sivakumar wrote:
2.5 feet tall, looking-like-a-wild-wolf dog
Bah! They're the nice ones, you want to watch out for the poodles! Seriously though, the big ones are fine since they have more space in their heads for brains (most of the time anyway) and thus can work out that if they want to they can kill you easily. Thus because they know they can they also know that there's no point in doing so since it would be a waste of energy (unless provoked). Interestingly Dobermans are supposed to run with their tail between their legs if you turn on them (havn't found anyone brave (or stupid) enough to try this yet though... :sigh:
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Ed.Poore wrote:
you want to watch out for the poodles
Poodles aren't dogs! :doh: Even other dogs don't think poodles are dogs! :rolleyes:
I'm on-line therefore I am. JimmyRopes
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Well, sometimes it's true. The neighbours have a wolf looking dog, and I pat it regularly over the fence. The trick is to look at their face and their tail, if they don't look aggressive, don't be scared ( your fear can change the situation ).
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Christian Graus wrote:
The neighbours have a wolf looking dog, and I pat it regularly over the fence
You should consider throwing over your leftovers from dinner. :suss: I used to keep a boat in a yard that was patroled by 2 "junk yard dogs". The owner would let them out of their pen if someone that didn't have a boat there was walking around. They were not so much wolf looking but more WWII Nazi trained attack dogs. They were shepherds with dread locks and an attitude. I used to feed them all the leftovers from the galley everytime I returned to port. It never hurts to make friends with beasts that can kill you! :~
I'm on-line therefore I am. JimmyRopes
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Overall, I am in awe of the degree to which people in the US bond to their pets. It's as if it's a release for people who have no human friends. The idea of paying for day care for your dog, for example, is just completely off the scale, in my opinion.
Christian Graus - Microsoft MVP - C++ Metal Musings - Rex and my new metal blog
Christian Graus wrote:
I am in awe of the degree to which people in the US bond to their pets
When folks from the west, not only US but GB also, come to Thailand they try to pet the local dogs. When my dogs jump up on them I try to tell them not to let them. They invariably say it's OK to which I reply no it's not; over here we treat them like dogs! :rolleyes: The point is that if they get used to jumping up on people and hurt a small child it is literally a death sentence for the dog. :omg: We don't tie up the dogs. They are free to roam where ever they like. :cool: If they go someplace they are not supposed to you just chase them out by yelling at them. They will comply because their life depends on it. :~ If a dog is unruly the dog is unceremoniously eaten. All you need to do is inform the dog owner and they will take care of it. It is a kind of natural selection. There are no unruly dogs in the village. :cool:
I'm on-line therefore I am. JimmyRopes
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Christian Graus wrote:
The neighbours have a wolf looking dog, and I pat it regularly over the fence
You should consider throwing over your leftovers from dinner. :suss: I used to keep a boat in a yard that was patroled by 2 "junk yard dogs". The owner would let them out of their pen if someone that didn't have a boat there was walking around. They were not so much wolf looking but more WWII Nazi trained attack dogs. They were shepherds with dread locks and an attitude. I used to feed them all the leftovers from the galley everytime I returned to port. It never hurts to make friends with beasts that can kill you! :~
I'm on-line therefore I am. JimmyRopes
JimmyRopes wrote:
You should consider throwing over your leftovers from dinner.
This is a farm, there are no leftovers. There is no leftover meat, and the veggie scraps go to the chooks.
JimmyRopes wrote:
but more WWII Nazi trained attack dogs.
ROTFL !!!
Christian Graus - Microsoft MVP - C++ Metal Musings - Rex and my new metal blog
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Christian Graus wrote:
I am in awe of the degree to which people in the US bond to their pets
When folks from the west, not only US but GB also, come to Thailand they try to pet the local dogs. When my dogs jump up on them I try to tell them not to let them. They invariably say it's OK to which I reply no it's not; over here we treat them like dogs! :rolleyes: The point is that if they get used to jumping up on people and hurt a small child it is literally a death sentence for the dog. :omg: We don't tie up the dogs. They are free to roam where ever they like. :cool: If they go someplace they are not supposed to you just chase them out by yelling at them. They will comply because their life depends on it. :~ If a dog is unruly the dog is unceremoniously eaten. All you need to do is inform the dog owner and they will take care of it. It is a kind of natural selection. There are no unruly dogs in the village. :cool:
I'm on-line therefore I am. JimmyRopes
When I was in Fiji, the guy driving me around hit a dog. He just didn't bother to swerve or anything. He was telling me something, he just kept talking and I was looking behind, to see if the dog was OK ( it was injured ), and astounded that he just plain didn't care.
Christian Graus - Microsoft MVP - C++ Metal Musings - Rex and my new metal blog
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When I was in Fiji, the guy driving me around hit a dog. He just didn't bother to swerve or anything. He was telling me something, he just kept talking and I was looking behind, to see if the dog was OK ( it was injured ), and astounded that he just plain didn't care.
Christian Graus - Microsoft MVP - C++ Metal Musings - Rex and my new metal blog
For a while, after we first built our house, I thought my neighbor was slaughtering pigs. I asked my wife if he sold them at the market because a pig is pretty big and he was slaughtering more than the family could eat. :confused: She laughed and told me that it wasn't pigs that I was hearing. He was slaughtering dogs to eat! :~ The dogs know who eats dog and who doesn't by the smell of the person. When someone comes over that eats dog there is not a dog to be found around the yard. ;)
I'm on-line therefore I am. JimmyRopes
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We took our car into town to the body shop today and on the way back stopped in at the pet food store to get some cat food. As we pull in we notice the parking lot is packed solid. This is a little pet shop between towns on the highway. We're wondering what the heck is going on, it's never busy there, we get to the door and there is a line of people with dogs going out the door. We figure there must be free doggy tatoos or something going on, get in the door and find out they are all waiting to get their pet's picture taken with Santa Claus! No kidding! A guy is dressed as Santa, sitting in a chair, there is a photographer, a box full of squeaky toys to get the dogs to look at the camera. This is the most freakishly insane thing I have ever witnessed. This isn't Bevery Hills or something, it's the country. Not a single child in the line, all adults.
John Cardinal wrote:
People are bloody insane
You've only just figured this out? John, I thought you were older than that. ;)
_________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb)
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Christian Graus wrote:
Overall, I am in awe of the degree to which people in the US bond to their pets.
What's most fascinating in a scary sorta way is when people tell you that their un-leashed, 2.5 feet tall, looking-like-a-wild-wolf dog is friendly and that we don't have to fear it. Or if they do have a leash, it's long enough to allow the dog to walk into the next park.
Regards, Nish
Nish’s thoughts on MFC, C++/CLI and .NET (my blog)
Currently working on C++/CLI in Action for Manning Publications. (*Sample chapter available online*)We used to have a 1/2 malumute and 1/2 wolf dog. She really was the sweetest--except to cats. One year she buried my cat in the snow. She lost most her tail and an ear.
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We took our car into town to the body shop today and on the way back stopped in at the pet food store to get some cat food. As we pull in we notice the parking lot is packed solid. This is a little pet shop between towns on the highway. We're wondering what the heck is going on, it's never busy there, we get to the door and there is a line of people with dogs going out the door. We figure there must be free doggy tatoos or something going on, get in the door and find out they are all waiting to get their pet's picture taken with Santa Claus! No kidding! A guy is dressed as Santa, sitting in a chair, there is a photographer, a box full of squeaky toys to get the dogs to look at the camera. This is the most freakishly insane thing I have ever witnessed. This isn't Bevery Hills or something, it's the country. Not a single child in the line, all adults.
When I used to do photography I did Xmas pictures for the humane society. There was one family that always brought in their SIX dogs. I kept telling them to give the dogs Benedryl beforehand because they were so unruly. I am one of those people who bonds with animals. I have an 11x14 portrait of one of my cats hanging in my living room. I take my birds to the store with me. When people talk about their kids I talk about my pets. The crazy people are those who try to bring in their cats to be photographed. Nothing more pathetic that a pissed cat in a santa hat. (Not my idea.)
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Haven't you seen the Animal Planet show where dogs go and get acupuncture and take Yoga classes? I don't think the show stayed on very long.
Actually I never believed in acupuncture until I saw it performed on a dog with cancer. This dog was in terrible pain. After 20 minutes of acupuncture he was running around. he had the treatment 3x a week and it extended his life several more months. yoga seems extreme though. I did recently see a segment on theraputic massage for dogs.
____________________________________________________ If at first you don't succeed, skydiving might not be for you.
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We took our car into town to the body shop today and on the way back stopped in at the pet food store to get some cat food. As we pull in we notice the parking lot is packed solid. This is a little pet shop between towns on the highway. We're wondering what the heck is going on, it's never busy there, we get to the door and there is a line of people with dogs going out the door. We figure there must be free doggy tatoos or something going on, get in the door and find out they are all waiting to get their pet's picture taken with Santa Claus! No kidding! A guy is dressed as Santa, sitting in a chair, there is a photographer, a box full of squeaky toys to get the dogs to look at the camera. This is the most freakishly insane thing I have ever witnessed. This isn't Bevery Hills or something, it's the country. Not a single child in the line, all adults.
John Cardinal wrote:
A guy is dressed as Santa, sitting in a chair, there is a photographer, a box full of squeaky toys to get the dogs to look at the camera.
:laugh: I wish I could have seen that :-D
If you try to write that in English, I might be able to understand more than a fraction of it. - Guffa
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Overall, I am in awe of the degree to which people in the US bond to their pets. It's as if it's a release for people who have no human friends. The idea of paying for day care for your dog, for example, is just completely off the scale, in my opinion.
Christian Graus - Microsoft MVP - C++ Metal Musings - Rex and my new metal blog
Christian Graus wrote:
The idea of paying for day care for your dog, for example, is just completely off the scale, in my opinion.
Yes, I agree. My dogs go outside, sit in their dog houses all day, eat and sleep. They don't need a stinking sitter :->
If you try to write that in English, I might be able to understand more than a fraction of it. - Guffa
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Christian Graus wrote:
Overall, I am in awe of the degree to which people in the US bond to their pets.
What's most fascinating in a scary sorta way is when people tell you that their un-leashed, 2.5 feet tall, looking-like-a-wild-wolf dog is friendly and that we don't have to fear it. Or if they do have a leash, it's long enough to allow the dog to walk into the next park.
Regards, Nish
Nish’s thoughts on MFC, C++/CLI and .NET (my blog)
Currently working on C++/CLI in Action for Manning Publications. (*Sample chapter available online*) -
It's nice to see a good photographer can still get work.
BW
If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the precipitate.
-- Steven Wright -
John Cardinal wrote:
People are bloody insane
You've only just figured this out? John, I thought you were older than that. ;)
_________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb)
There's insane and then there's bloody insane. This is so over the top I couldn't help myself, when we got to the counter and realized what was going on I blurted something out like "what the hell is wrong with these people" my wife blushed and gave me the shut up look, I just couldn't help it.
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When I used to do photography I did Xmas pictures for the humane society. There was one family that always brought in their SIX dogs. I kept telling them to give the dogs Benedryl beforehand because they were so unruly. I am one of those people who bonds with animals. I have an 11x14 portrait of one of my cats hanging in my living room. I take my birds to the store with me. When people talk about their kids I talk about my pets. The crazy people are those who try to bring in their cats to be photographed. Nothing more pathetic that a pissed cat in a santa hat. (Not my idea.)
____________________________________________________ If at first you don't succeed, skydiving might not be for you.
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Ed.Poore wrote:
you want to watch out for the poodles
Poodles aren't dogs! :doh: Even other dogs don't think poodles are dogs! :rolleyes:
I'm on-line therefore I am. JimmyRopes
Poodles don't think they are dogs either. They think they are the children of their human parents. A bit like cats, only far more stupid and unlike cats who think they own you.
regards, Paul Watson Ireland & South Africa
Shog9 wrote:
I don't see it happening, at least not until it becomes pointless.
