Caturday preempted

• [ldobe]

  My yellow lab tries the same thing.  Except his head’s way too big to fit through my legs when I cross them.  So he just bumps my balls.  He knows I’m gonna jump when he headbutts my balls, which of course can cause me to drop whatever sandwich or piroshki I’m involved with.  He’s a little too smart for his own good.  And I’m not sure how to train him not to headbutt me painfully.  He’s 11 years old, but still acts like a puppy.  I honestly think it’s a ruse, to trick the humans into thinking he’s not as smart as he really is….

  I had great results with dominance training when he was a little puppy.  The very first time he bit me (not the play bite, but I think it was to get my attention) I held him down and did the dominance thing till he gave up and peed.  It’s seemed to work.  He won’t mouth at all.

  Sorry for rambling so off topic.

  Very cute beagle. (is it a beagle?  I can’t really tell)

  • [An Infinitude of Tortoises]

    Maybe a dab of Tabasco sauce on the, ah, area in question?

    • [ldobe]

      Eh, what worked to make him stop counter cruising and garbage diving were mousetraps rigged to set off partysnaps.  Glue partysnaps to the kill bar, and set the trap in the garbage can or on the counter with a little dab of something smelly on the trigger plate.  When he noses the trap the whole thing jumps and goes off with a bang.  It only took him twice to stop counter cruising, and it took a half dozen times for him to stay out of the garbage.

      I’m thinking I’ll just stop eating in a vulnerable position.  He’s getting to be an old dog, and he’s probably not going to learn anything new, if he doesn’t want to.

      He’s a good dog, and it’s just easier to change a small behavior of my own nowadays.  And he’ll be gone soon enough, and it’s going to break my heart.  (watched Marley and Me today.  I’ve already seen it…Maybe I like being emotionally manipulated by Owen Wilson)

• [Gino | My Nomadic Habits]

  such a funny pic and the caption is very clever! 

• [Dean Putney]

  YOU STEP OFF CATURDAY https://dl.dropbox.com/s/t7hp63zfce5hi45/salem_bitch_slapping_sabrina.jpeg

  • [Alpacaman]

     I watched that gif for well over a minute. I don’t feel like that was time wasted.

• [Aeiluindae]

  I’m sorry, but did you come into my house and take a picture of our beagle?  He does that exact thing all the time.

• [Rob Beschizza]

  That is Tricksy, an Aussie Shep / Coyote mix from New Mexico. Rescued. Here she is, troubled by events in Syria: http://i.imgur.com/ZsSej.jpg

• [TheBehinder]

  Waaaaiiit aaa miiiiniit! That’s no cat!

  • [dr]

    LOGICIAN [to the Old Gentleman]: Here is an example of a syllogism. The cat has four paws. Isidore and Fricot both have four paws. Therefore Isidore and Fricot are cats.
    OLD GENTLEMAN [to the Logician]: My dog has got four paws.
    LOGICIAN [to the Old Gentleman]: Then it’s a cat.

    (Ionesco, Rhinoceros)

• [Halloween_Jack]

  CROTCH DOG WILL NOT BE DENIED

• [chgoliz]

  I am so glad to see that BB is no longer conforming to the prejudice of the rest of the intertoobs.

  Caturday is great and all, but why not buck tradition and add Sunday-has-gone-to-the-dogs to the schedule?

• [An Infinitude of Tortoises]

  Words can barely begin to express the perfection of this one.  Bravo.