"I could hump your leg all day long."

Somaticasual: bacon bacon bacon bacon..it's BACON!

Coulda fooled me. Beggin' Strips don't taste like bacon at all.

/uhh...my dogs told me.

Somaticasual: bacon bacon bacon bacon..it's BACON!
This is why humans love dogs, we share a common love of Bacon
/mmmmmm bacon

Some of TFA is flat out wrong. For example, the Dog not learning guilt but acting submissive when the owner is angry. Our old dog would act like that before we found out what she did. So unless we were angry about something we didn't know yet....

Also, the "dogs are the only creatures that can understand a signal like a pointed finger other then humans".

Yes, after lots of trainign that nobody has tried much with any other animal. Except monkeys. People used to train them to do tricks on cues all the time (can fido steal a wallet?).

And contrary to TFA, they don't have that naturally, as anyone who's actually tired to train a dog understands. It has to be taught, as it does with humans. It's just taught in different ways sometimes- humans will pick it up from the society surrounding them, as will dogs if they're raised around other dogs. The teach each other things. But if you bring a puppy at a young age into a house with no dog, you have to teach the dog those things on your own.


In short, it's a 'dogs are great' article with very little actual scientific basis.


\rant over.

"Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey!"

/too lazy to pull of the Far Side

I don't think my dog cares that much about steak he seems just as happy with hamburger drippings over dry dog food. As long as he has something to eat he's happy.

got my Mom's dog after she checked out. Mom made me promise to take care of the dog ( miniature poodle ) if anything happened.
With no formal training (ask Mrs Dogboy) she was able to alert neighbors and lead rescuers to where she was.

/damn, I love that pooch. She is 13 now and has a bad toof ($700 -800) but well worth it.

"Why the hell does he keep getting this West Coast IPA? Doesn't he know I'm in love with the Sculpin IPA? I love you so d_evans45, but you're breakin my ovaries with this beer selection lately."

GrizzlyAdamsRox: Somaticasual: bacon bacon bacon bacon..it's BACON!

Coulda fooled me. Beggin' Strips don't taste like bacon at all.

/uhh...my dogs told me.

Steve has done this so you don't have to. (new window)

gaslight: I have just met you, and I love you!

I hid under your porch because I love you!

It's great how fark memes never die. It's like a website trapped in amber.

LUCKILY, TIRED AND OLD JOKES ARE IN YOUR DOG'S MIND. WITHOUT THESE, OUR COMEDY PANTS WOULD BE ON OVERDRIVE.

I LIKE HAM.

Phil Moskowitz: It's great how fark memes never die. It's like a website trapped in amber.

I'm an ancient meme, so I'm getting a kick out of these replies

AlwaysRightBoy: Phil Moskowitz: It's great how fark memes never die. It's like a website trapped in amber.

Or maybe an amber bee just trying to get out.

Beads?!

Am I the only one who looked at the pic in TFA and thought the dog was dead?

dogboy360: got my Mom's dog after she checked out. Mom made me promise to take care of the dog ( miniature poodle ) if anything happened.
With no formal training (ask Mrs Dogboy) she was able to alert neighbors and lead rescuers to where she was.

/damn, I love that pooch. She is 13 now and has a bad toof ($700 -800) but well worth it.

That's the thing though- no formal training. They pick up on who to talk to and how to get people's attention very early on. It's the same process of learning that humans go through, but it's not just dogs. There are a lot of document incidents of cats doing similar things, or waking up owners in fires, or even dialing 911 (dogs have done this too, BTW).

Contrary to TFA, it's not just dogs who are smart. Anybody who's lived with multiple animals should be able to tell you that. Cats just aren't as good at the "put up with doing repeated tricks to prove it" part.

phenn: gaslight: I have just met you, and I love you!

Not unlike every short, bald man I've run into in the bar.

Why don't you shut your whore mouth. And Duke sucks!

Barakku: AlwaysRightBoy: Phil Moskowitz: It's great how fark memes never die. It's like a website trapped in amber.

Or maybe an amber bee just trying to get out.

Beads?!

Gob's not on board

Dogs got nothing when it comes to the awesomeness of pet rats.

cptjeff: dogboy360: got my Mom's dog after she checked out. Mom made me promise to take care of the dog ( miniature poodle ) if anything happened.
With no formal training (ask Mrs Dogboy) she was able to alert neighbors and lead rescuers to where she was.

/damn, I love that pooch. She is 13 now and has a bad toof ($700 -800) but well worth it.

That's the thing though- no formal training. They pick up on who to talk to and how to get people's attention very early on. It's the same process of learning that humans go through, but it's not just dogs. There are a lot of document incidents of cats doing similar things, or waking up owners in fires, or even dialing 911 (dogs have done this too, BTW).

Contrary to TFA, it's not just dogs who are smart. Anybody who's lived with multiple animals should be able to tell you that. Cats just aren't as good at the "put up with doing repeated tricks to prove it" part.

Thanks! She was the dog from hell (according to the Mrs). but has turned out to be very good.

all my dog thinks about is when to eat, and where to shiat.


/ prays he runs away

My dog is a magnificently manipulative bastard.

I taught him the useful tricks. I'm sure he learned the manipulation techniques from my wife.

dogboy360: cptjeff: dogboy360: got my Mom's dog after she checked out. Mom made me promise to take care of the dog ( miniature poodle ) if anything happened.
With no formal training (ask Mrs Dogboy) she was able to alert neighbors and lead rescuers to where she was.

/damn, I love that pooch. She is 13 now and has a bad toof ($700 -800) but well worth it.

That's the thing though- no formal training. They pick up on who to talk to and how to get people's attention very early on. It's the same process of learning that humans go through, but it's not just dogs. There are a lot of document incidents of cats doing similar things, or waking up owners in fires, or even dialing 911 (dogs have done this too, BTW).

Contrary to TFA, it's not just dogs who are smart. Anybody who's lived with multiple animals should be able to tell you that. Cats just aren't as good at the "put up with doing repeated tricks to prove it" part.

Thanks! She was the dog from hell (according to the Mrs). but has turned out to be very good.

Our dog started out as the dog from hell, but she's grown out of it. We still joke about it though.

It was hilarious to watch when we took in a rescue puppy for a few weeks and she had to put up with a puppy bugging her in the way she used to bug our older dog. What goes around comes around.

Dogs sometimes learn more useless things though. Our old dog learned how to work power windows.

Actually, I was thinking of boobies..


/wrapped in bacon

From the time our dog was 8 weeks old, the only other animal he was around was our old ex-tomcat. At first, the cat just sized him up for a meal and constantly stalked him; we couldn't leave them alone together. As time went by, he grew and grew. he's 90 lbs, cat,less than 10. He and the cat patrol and mark the same territory every day and lay on the carpet together and groom themselves cat style. At night, they go into the woods and hunt together,you can sometimes see two pairs of bright yellow eyes reflecting the porchlight. The dog flushes varmints for the cat but never kills them himself. Seldom around other dogs, he'll play until annoyed then rear up and swat them cat style. It scares the hell out of them. I know he learned that from the cat because despite the size difference, if the cat raises a paw in threat,he's gone. He also has some other less obvious feline traits. But he does know where to go when I point!

Interesting read:
Check it, yo!

The dog in the article looks like a dessicated zombie.

Understanding a pointed finger may seem easy, but consider this: while humans and canines can do it naturally, no other known species in the animal kingdom can.

I seriously doubt that.

I have had other dogs. our German short haired pointer would sit and stare at a steak all night until she was told she could have it.
Would also check everyone on the trail while hiking. I got off the trail on purpose to try and fool her. didn't work, she led me be the hand and showed me the way without any coaching (i did know the way). What a great dog! Too bad some one shot her.

/it paralyzed her had to be put down. we cried for weeks about it.

It is a drinkin' day. I am drunk early, but still love my pooches.

/sorry if I can't articulate that well.

dogboy360 - I have had other dogs. our German short haired pointer would sit and stare at a steak all night until she was told she could have it.
Would also check everyone on the trail while hiking. I got off the trail on purpose to try and fool her. didn't work, she led me be the hand and showed me the way without any coaching (i did know the way). What a great dog! Too bad some one shot her.


Who the hell shot her? And what did she do to provoke someone to shoot her?

My condolences my friend, and I'm also drunk in the AM, don't worry about that.

/Would torture someone who intentionally blasted my babies
//Shotgun or magnum is too easy
///Nails through the kneecaps and into the eyes, though...

D_Evans45: dogboy360 - I have had other dogs. our German short haired pointer would sit and stare at a steak all night until she was told she could have it.
Would also check everyone on the trail while hiking. I got off the trail on purpose to try and fool her. didn't work, she led me be the hand and showed me the way without any coaching (i did know the way). What a great dog! Too bad some one shot her.


Who the hell shot her? And what did she do to provoke someone to shoot her?

My condolences my friend, and I'm also drunk in the AM, don't worry about that.

/Would torture someone who intentionally blasted my babies
//Shotgun or magnum is too easy
///Nails through the kneecaps and into the eyes, though...

No. She didn't do any thing that would provoke anyone. just passing thru, doing dog things. not a mean bone in that dog's body.