New dog

[auld argonian]

This is what I appear to be stuck with:



And Jerry is correct...I walked him yesterday while we were visiting my mom and dad and chick magnet is an understatement.

Best

AA

[Yaish]

I was looking for sympathy, not encouragement to accept the thing. I talked to my brother last night, and I think we're going to call it "Kitty". My two brothers don't really care for it, and claim (and I quote) "it's as dumb as a stuffed Hodag".

Your mom bought the dog, not you. Her house, her rules, her pets. Sorry, you didn't get the dog you wanted, the bond between a boy and his dog is an important one and it's too bad you didn't get to choose. On the bright side, when you move out you will have the opportunity to get whatever pet you desire, so just buck up for a little while.

(Edited because I was being testy)

[Wompet]

It's those damn weiner-dogs that you gotta look out for! Dachshunds! Nothing uglier than a weiner-dog attack...torn socks, ravaged ankles! They ought to all be put down! They just go berserk and tear your shoelaces to shreds! Bastards...

Our first dog was a full-sized dachshund who would go out and bring back woodchucks as big as himself. And when I say "go out and bring back," I mean go out in the woods, down in the burrows, get the woodchuck, and haul its carcass the 100-300 yards back to the house. He took on a lab and a setter at the same time once and won. He was a DOG. And when he bit that neighbor kid who provoked him, that kid had a 100 yard head start and still got nailed. And Hansel didn't go for his ankles. Hansel could jump. If you wanted to sit easy, you didn't mess with the dachshund. He's been goine 21 years now, but he's remembered.

Our second dog was a not-quite mini-/not-quite fullsize dachshund. Mom picked him out - my brothers and I wanted a "real" dog. Arnold may not have been "real-sized," but he had the attitude and he had the drive. He wasn't an ankle-biter either. He waited until you bent over, and the softer targets (hands, arms, face) were within jumping range. It's been six years since the cancer took him.

[McFarkus]

And as to Chihuahuas, third type that's squat, well muscled and really buff. Those buff ones look like pocket pit bulls...if I had to go Chihuahua, I'd have to go with one of those.

A neighbor of mine had two of these and they were awesome. Not afraid of anything.

I must admit I'm partial to dachshunds though. We had a couple growing up. One of them used to babysit the cat's kittens when she went out catting (She was the Brittney Spears of cats)

[Wompet]

She was the Brittney Spears of cats

I think that may be an insult to cats ...
Back to the topic at hand, think of your mother and the words of Saint Bernard: "Qui me amat, amet et canem meum."

[beloitpiper]

I think that may be an insult to cats ...
Back to the topic at hand, think of your mother and the words of Saint Bernard: "Qui me amat, amet et canem meum."

I don't know French. If you don't translate it, it means nothing to me.

[wingedferret]

I don't know French. If you don't translate it, it means nothing to me.

It's Latin, "Love me, Love my dog."

[ccga3359]

I don't know French. If you don't translate it, it means nothing to me.

Not this thread again! Actually it's Latin;

'Whoever Loves Me, loves my Dog also'

[The F-H.C.A.G.]

...My two brothers don't really care for it, and claim (and I quote) "it's as dumb as a stuffed Hodag".

What's a Hodag? And miniature poodles are one of the smartest of the small dogs, so if this one is stupid, maybe you got a defective one?

Be well,

[Coinneach]

Say what you will about poodles, but mine is a poodle and a half!