I'm with the Britman, How can you not like dogs??

[Skinhead]

These animals continue to amaze me.  Good Girl, Jade!

http://www.lifewithdogs.tv/2013/11/hero-dog-discovers-newborn-baby-girl-abandoned-in-park/

[Xtracho]

Dogs rule for sure...our girl Maya...

[Moonshot_1]

Then there is this end of the spectrum.

Gracie, mistress of destruction. Professional dis-assembly.

[hubcapsc]

Gracie, mistress of destruction. Professional dis-assembly.

My dog would never do that...



-Mike

[fordmano]

I so LOVE my dogs.

Brothers from a rescue shelter.
At about 12 weeks.


At about 6-7 months, I think?


Somewhere around 3-4 years old?

The date is not correct on that last picture.

Did I say I love my dogs? Oh yes I did!

[Xtracho]

Beautiful boys ford.

[shortleg]

  I have always been amazed how dogs can sense things
around and about us.
   When I have been sick my nieces dog , which is also a K9
police dog will stay at my side when I am there. He sort of
follows me to make sure I am OK.
          Shortleg[Dave] 

[Spirited-6]

I have always said that anyone that loves dogs can not be ALL bad.  Dogs are my weak point in Life. 

[Skinhead]

If some people behaved more like them, the world would be a better place.  (man I sound like some tree hugging looney moonbat)

[Xtracho]

If some people behaved more like them, the world would be a better place.  (man I sound like some tree hugging looney moonbat)

I agree Skinhead....just glad we still shake hands when we meet and not sniff each other's....well you know.

[The Anvil]

Depends on the dog. I generally prefer cats to dogs but a good German Shepherd can't be beat. You know the Germans make good stuff.

But the dogs I have now (2 pugs and an aussie) are useless hunks of flesh and I can't wait to replace them.

[Skinhead]

If some people behaved more like them, the world would be a better place.  (man I sound like some tree hugging looney moonbat)

I agree Skinhead....just glad we still shake hands when we meet and not sniff each other's....well you know.

I'm with you on that one!

[fon1961]

Depends on the dog. I generally prefer cats to dogs but a good German Shepherd can't be beat. You know the Germans make good stuff.

But the dogs I have now (2 pugs and an aussie) are useless hunks of flesh and I can't wait to replace them.

http://www.jokideo.com/i-love-dogs-and-i-hate-cats-and-this-is-why/

[JimmyG]

We lost our  brindle boxer to a head on collision with a car a couple weeks ago.  Sweet heart of a dog. I never had a more family oriented dog in my life. She always wanted to be with you and loved to ride in the car or truck with us.  Yeah, dogs are cool and can be great companions.

[John Schmidt]

Dogs sure do have a keen sense of how you're doing healthwise. When I had my first bypass about 11 yrs. ago, my stepson and wife had a mixed breed named Abby. They had rescued her from a litter caught in all the forest fires in an adjacent county and Abby and I had rough-housed from the day they brought her home. She was only a few days old but quickly became a fast friend of mine, and the bond grew as she matured. Back then, the day after I got home from the hospital they came over to visit and Abby bounded in the door and bolted for me, expecting the usual fussing and tussling. She stopped short, looked at me, then sniffed my legs where they had removed the veins. Then gently raised up and sniffed my chest where the incision was, followed by sniffing my breath. She then laid down across my feet and gently licked my ankle for a minute. She absolutely would not play, when I would sit in my big Lazy Boy she'd come and lay down across my feet. I finally figured out why....for a while following surgery my feet were always cold and she knew it. Later, when I started walking a lot in the house I would make a rather large circle going from the kitchen to the living room, through the dining room and back to the kitchen...a fair distance without using a cane or walker. Abby would trot along beside me the entire time. The kids moved to the Gulf Coast and I didn't see Abby for about six months. The first time we went to visit them my wife wondered which apt. they had, I heard the pooch barking and howling....told my wife I knew which one. Sarah, step daughter-in-law(is that what they're called?) opened the door and out charged Abby and headed straight for me. I crouched down and she stopped short, came up and sniffed me all over and then sniffed my breath...stuck her nose right up against mine. Then suddenly jumped all over me, howling and yelping, running in circles...the whole bit. I was healed to her satisfaction and the games were on.

She died last year at 14 yrs. old, had gone partially blind and suffered from cancer. Tough to see her go, I wonder if she'll be there to greet me when I finally leave this blue marble.

[alph]

Depends on the dog. I generally prefer cats to dogs but a good German Shepherd can't be beat. You know the Germans make good stuff.

But the dogs I have now (2 pugs and an aussie) are useless hunks of flesh and I can't wait to replace them.

wow, we've got something in common after all!!  I prefer a cat too!  they're easier to throw!!    (insert sarcasm font......)

my in laws had a house dog when my wife was growing up, it was my wife's job to clean up after it and feed it all the time, she hated that thing while my sister & brother in law got to "enjoy" it.  so because of that we'll never have a dog.  they were really kinda nasty with the dog too, letting it eat off their plates, sharing food with it.  then i'd hear the stupid saying "a dogs mouth is cleaner than a humans" !?!  who the hell believes that?  ever watch a dog eat cow chit?  or lick it's butt?  then they'd share their ice cream with the darn animal!!  DISGUSTING!!  

we've got fish.  something that's easy to flush down the toilet when they die..... try that with a 150# pooch !!

[The Anvil]

Depends on the dog. I generally prefer cats to dogs but a good German Shepherd can't be beat. You know the Germans make good stuff.

But the dogs I have now (2 pugs and an aussie) are useless hunks of flesh and I can't wait to replace them.

http://www.jokideo.com/i-love-dogs-and-i-hate-cats-and-this-is-why/

See, that's the thing, people who like cats like them for all of the reasons that some people don't like them. You can train a dog to do tricks because they're all about pleasing you. While it can be charming it's also kind of pathetic. Tell a cat to roll over or sit and if they could, they'd give you the finger. I appreciate the "I'm not a clown here to amuse you" attitude.

They're also much closer to being wild animals than dogs are.

[fon1961]

differences definitely make the world a more interesting place 

[Momz]

Joey loves riding motorcycles

[Tundra]

Dogs are good
This article is my town, 1/2 mile from my home. We have seen coyotes twice in a month here. One morning one ran right in front of my truck crossing 6 lanes of traffic.
http://www.myfoxtampabay.com/story/23673292/pitbull

Sorry for your loss JimmyG

[Xtracho]

Cats make good shark bait.
Cats cannot lead the blind or know when its owner is going to have an epileptic fit.
Cats cannot sniff out drugs and protect Law Enforcement Officers with their lives.
Cats will not give their lives to protect their loved ones.
Cats are useless. Cats are for lazy people.

Dogs are the only animal that loves you more than it loves itself.
Pathetic? Hardly.

[fordmano]

Thanks Xtracho, I think my boys are just about perfect as a yard dog family pet goes.
I work night shift and sleep in the daytime. I don't wear ear plugs to cut out noise since I never like missing. Phone call or a knock on the door, just never know how important it might be with aging inlaws. Anyway my dogs just don't bark when I am trying to sleep unless it really is important. Someone looking over the fence or attempting to get over the fence.

As far as you cat comments....  I think we are of the same mind!
I was raised with dogs and game birds my dad loved exotic wild birds and we had plenty over the years we live deep in the inner city ghetto so a cat just would work out for us on many levels now my wife loves cats BUT she is deathly allergic  to them and not bothered by dogs so we are a DOG only family.

[Skinhead]

Dogs sure do have a keen sense of how you're doing healthwise. When I had my first bypass about 11 yrs. ago, my stepson and wife had a mixed breed named Abby. They had rescued her from a litter caught in all the forest fires in an adjacent county and Abby and I had rough-housed from the day they brought her home. She was only a few days old but quickly became a fast friend of mine, and the bond grew as she matured. Back then, the day after I got home from the hospital they came over to visit and Abby bounded in the door and bolted for me, expecting the usual fussing and tussling. She stopped short, looked at me, then sniffed my legs where they had removed the veins. Then gently raised up and sniffed my chest where the incision was, followed by sniffing my breath. She then laid down across my feet and gently licked my ankle for a minute. She absolutely would not play, when I would sit in my big Lazy Boy she'd come and lay down across my feet. I finally figured out why....for a while following surgery my feet were always cold and she knew it. Later, when I started walking a lot in the house I would make a rather large circle going from the kitchen to the living room, through the dining room and back to the kitchen...a fair distance without using a cane or walker. Abby would trot along beside me the entire time. The kids moved to the Gulf Coast and I didn't see Abby for about six months. The first time we went to visit them my wife wondered which apt. they had, I heard the pooch barking and howling....told my wife I knew which one. Sarah, step daughter-in-law(is that what they're called?) opened the door and out charged Abby and headed straight for me. I crouched down and she stopped short, came up and sniffed me all over and then sniffed my breath...stuck her nose right up against mine. Then suddenly jumped all over me, howling and yelping, running in circles...the whole bit. I was healed to her satisfaction and the games were on.

She died last year at 14 yrs. old, had gone partially blind and suffered from cancer. Tough to see her go, I wonder if she'll be there to greet me when I finally leave this blue marble.

Great story John.  My sister has a Jack Russel Terrier that I swear saved my mothers life once when her pacemaker started acting up.  Trixie woke up my sister and then wouldn't leave my mother until my sister called the Paramedics.  Those JRT's are crazy and fearless.  Great dogs.

I hear that they are trying to use dogs to detect cancer in people, I hope that works out.

I've had cats as well, and they are a lot easier to take care of, but they just don't have the personality that  adog does 

[BF]

Gracie, mistress of destruction. Professional dis-assembly.

My dog would never do that...



-Mike

My lab mix would do that.  

I always knew when she was pissed about something because we'd come home and she'd have dug out toilet paper from the garbage can and shred it all over the house.  

She only did it when she was mad about something.  

I still miss my dog.  

[hubcapsc]

Cats make good shark bait.
Cats cannot lead the blind or know when its owner is going to have an epileptic fit.
Cats cannot sniff out drugs and protect Law Enforcement Officers with their lives.
Cats will not give their lives to protect their loved ones.
Cats are useless. Cats are for lazy people.

Dogs are the only animal that loves you more than it loves itself.
Pathetic? Hardly.

Cats like me, they're my pals and go for walks in the woods with me.
I guess Cats probably don't like you...



-Mike

[The Anvil]

Cats make good shark bait.
Cats cannot lead the blind or know when its owner is going to have an epileptic fit.
Cats cannot sniff out drugs and protect Law Enforcement Officers with their lives.
Cats will not give their lives to protect their loved ones.
Cats are useless. Cats are for lazy people.

Dogs are the only animal that loves you more than it loves itself.
Pathetic? Hardly.

Cats are clean.
Cats are relatively self sufficient (they do not really need us at all).
Cats have self-respect.
Most of all, cats don't care what you think. :p

Bit it's a myth that cats are cold and unfeeling. They (like dogs) will grow up as they are raised. If you are affectionate with them as kittens they will grow up to be affectionate adult cats. My cats come running at bedtime to bunk with us. They like to be picked up and held (when they're in the mood for it) and they can have a ton of personality if you know what to look for. I had a Maine Coon  (best breed of all) that would stand on my dresser and wait for the dogs to walk by below him. When they did he would push items (like cans of deodorant) off of the bureau and try to him them. When he scored he was visibly proud of himself. It was hysterical.

And every time is see a dog eat crap (it's own or someone else's) I wonder what in the hell is wrong with them.

[Skinhead]

And every time is see a dog eat crap (it's own or someone else's) I wonder what in the hell is wrong with them.

When I was a kid we had a cat, a beagle, and a German Shepard all at the same time.  The beagle would eat the cat turds out of the cats litter box, we called them Sarah Lee Nut rolls.

That is the one thing I don't understand about dogs, why they eat do do.

[Novavalker]

Cats Are Democrats, Dogs Are Republicans

[Daddie O]

We have all sorts of critters at my house.  Two dogs, a cat, two guinea pigs, two hermit crabs, a hamster, a corn snake, and a rose hair tarantula.  I do like the cat, but if I had to narrow it down the dogs are keepers.  Luna is a wolf-hybrid, and Shasta is a White Shepherd.




Blanco is a real sweet kitty though



 

[The Anvil]

Cats Are Democrats, Dogs Are Republicans

Self sufficient, takes no crap, doesn't need to live off someone else, secure enough not to need your approval... Yep, cats are definitely democrats to the dog's freeloading, insecure Republican. 

[Daddie O]

Even a thread about our love of our pets turns political...sheesh

[fon1961]

actually seems like all good fun...

[Pappy!]

Hey Anvil......think you are Bass Ackwards on that last statement but oh well !
I have a rescue dog as well. Chesapeake Bay Retriever. Getting older now at around 9 and getting gray but still acts like he is less than a year old.
Also have a black cat that I brought home with me from when my 96 year old Uncle died in Tennessee. She is amazing. Has the whole neighborhood wrapped around her little paws. She comes flying from wherever she is when she hears the Jeep or one of the bikes coming. Flops over with a heavy "thunk" for you to pet her chest then happily follows me to the mailbox then inside for a snack. Can call to this one and she will hear and come running. Coolest cat I have ever had.

[BF]

Even a thread about our love of our pets turns political...sheesh

You seem to be the only one whining, bitchin' and crying about it. 

[Xtracho]

Beautiful dogs Daddie-O. Always been a Labrador guy. Raised and trained 5 over my life to hunt and retrieve. But this English Bull Terrier we have...well...she is something else. Grand baby went out with her mom and grandma trick or treating the other night. Of course, Maya had to suffer the indiginity of wearing a doggie halloween costume as well. Everytime the grand baby would get out of her sight, Maya would start barking and looking for her. They are best buds. I don't think we have ever owned a dog with more personality than this Bull Terrier.

[The Anvil]

Hey Anvil......think you are Bass Ackwards on that last statement but oh well !

Oh come on man, of all of the goofy things that happen here assigning political orientation to cats and dogs is right up there. 

[Novavalker]

Hey Anvil......think you are Bass Ackwards on that last statement but oh well !

Oh come on man, of all of the goofy things that happen here assigning political orientation to cats and dogs is right up there. 

Its just a funny video...everyone needs to chill out.

[Otus]

I like my dogs to be big and stupid.

[3fan4life]

Depends on the dog. I generally prefer cats to dogs but a good German Shepherd can't be beat. You know the Germans make good stuff.

But the dogs I have now (2 pugs and an aussie) are useless hunks of flesh and I can't wait to replace them.

http://www.jokideo.com/i-love-dogs-and-i-hate-cats-and-this-is-why/

See, that's the thing, people who like cats like them for all of the reasons that some people don't like them. You can train a dog to do tricks because they're all about pleasing you. While it can be charming it's also kind of pathetic. Tell a cat to roll over or sit and if they could, they'd give you the finger. I appreciate the "I'm not a clown here to amuse you" attitude.

They're also much closer to being wild animals than dogs are.

I have always had cats and dogs.

I like them both.

one of these days I would like to have one of these.............




It's called a Savannah Cat, they get up to about 60lbs and can be taught to do tricks like a dog.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Savannah_(cat)

[art]

Depends on the dog. I generally prefer cats to dogs but a good German Shepherd can't be beat. You know the Germans make good stuff.

But the dogs I have now (2 pugs and an aussie) are useless hunks of flesh and I can't wait to replace them.

http://www.jokideo.com/i-love-dogs-and-i-hate-cats-and-this-is-why/

See, that's the thing, people who like cats like them for all of the reasons that some people don't like them. You can train a dog to do tricks because they're all about pleasing you. While it can be charming it's also kind of pathetic. Tell a cat to roll over or sit and if they could, they'd give you the finger. I appreciate the "I'm not a clown here to amuse you" attitude.

They're also much closer to being wild animals than dogs are.

I have always had cats and dogs.

I like them both.

one of these days I would like to have one of these.............





It's called a Savannah Cat, they get up to about 60lbs and can be taught to do tricks like a dog.

That is one kickass cat, beautiful. I love cats and dogs. We don't have any dogs now but have had them for 40 years and cats for about half that time and had a great time with both. I would not want to live in a house that didn't have one or the other. I feel that anyone that would do harm to a cat or dog is an idiot.