You have to write to some advice column to ask what you should do.
I see why he chose you.
He's probably cheating on you too.

Dow Jones and the Temple of Doom: Depends a lot on the dog. If it's a cool dog, then find a way to make it work. If it's a retarded little yippy dog, then the woman is probably nuts herself so it's best to move on.

Most women do not control their dogs(not all women so calm down) so you just have to make sure she knows this isnt proper behavior for a dog, a friend dated and eventually married a girl who had a little Chihuahua that was a pain in the ass, the first time we went over there the damn thing bit my GF's sisters heel ripping her pants and drawing blood. By the end of the year the dog was listening to simple commands and even though it still would start to bark the shiat would only get about 10 steps off its pillow before looking at him to see how he should continue.

Training a dog isnt rocket science and if you have a bad dog the problem is usually you, but in the article the person is treating the dog so badly that he will cause worse behavior later.

Dogs are never the problem, its who raises or tries to raise them.

If the dog was snappy with me, I'd probably not be at my greatest behavior too. Someone needs to control their animal.

/dog person.

thisisyourbrainonFark: [memeblender.com image 500x765]

You do know that the dog is sitting in the cockpit of an airplane.

TsarTom: Same kinda guy who would make the family dog ride cross-country in a crate strapped to a station wagon.

Serious response: you do realize that that's how one typically transports a dog for long trips, right? Stick them in a dog-crate, strap it to the top of the car or leave it in the bed, every couple hours stop at a rest stop so it can run around occasionally. Dogs never like this, but they like being left behind for a month or two at a time even less.

Less-serious response: so you're saying that the boyfriend is probably a secret millionaire that can buy you all the fancy horses and dogs you want? Sold.

suthrnrunt: Beeblebrox: I was attacked by a pitbull. (except for pitbulls) .

wonder which pitbull
[www.ywgrossman.com image 450x700]

A pure-bred pitbull is fairly distinctive, but a pitbull mix is damned near impossible to tell from the other parent's breed much of the time physically, while their innate behavior is different, frequently _extremely_ different. If you know something is a pitbull or mix, handling it is pretty easy, just be fairly reserved and make sure it sniffs you before you touch it and you don't make any sudden moves toward it for the first hour or so.

The problem with the breed is that, for instance, a pit-bull/Lab mix looks exactly like a young Lab and acts exactly like an adult pit bull. And once a Lab has sniffed you once or twice you can immediately start wrestling with it and it won't mind, whereas touching a pitbull too soon means a warning bite at best and the dog trying to take your face off if it's poorly trained and in a foul mood. You can see how this can go bad fast around, say, your neighbor's five-year-old that was raised by a nanny retriever.

spentmiles: I consider myself a catch. If you saw my checking account balance and the inside of my boxer-briefs, I think you'd agree. That being said, I don't put up with much when it comes to relationships. I started dating this woman I met at speed dating a few months ago. We went out a few times, always meeting in public before going back to my place, so I didn't know much about her home life. After my experience, I can add one more question to my screening e-mail: Do you have any pets?

This lady had a 180 pound Rottweiler. Mind you, she was 100 pounds, well maybe not that fat but definitely small. The first time I walked into her apartment, the dog comes tearing at me, snarling, slobbering, teeth snapping. I kicked it in the face which bought me enough time to get back out the door. I didn't want to go back in, but the woman demanded that I apologized to the dog whom she said I startled. I went in and the big Goliath was sitting there growling at me. I don't take shiat from dogs so I kicked it in the face again, knocking it unconscious. The woman lost her shiat and started bawling so I screamed at her to shut up and raised my open hand, which seemed to calm her down.

Then the dog came to and was instantly in attack mode. It lunged at my throat and latched onto my chin. I started uppercutting it as hard as I could in the gut. That wasn't working, so I reached down, grabbed its balls, and squeezed them as hard as I could. The dog let go of my face just long enough for me to spin kick it out the sliding glass door. It tumbled over the balcony, fell into the parking lot where it was crushed by an arriving garbage truck.

I told the woman, who was bawling about the dog and didn't seem to care that my head was nearly torn off, that I didn't want to see her anymore. Suddenly I was this big monster. Well, life's too short for bull crap, so I bid her good day.

8.5/10, you get extra points for this line

frenchcheesemuseum: I'm of the opinion that if the dog generally does not have a behavior problem around people, and it does this around dude, dude probably beats the dog when gal is not home.

Thats exactly what I was thinking.

KatjaMouse: Pray 4 Mojo: Brought a date to my house years ago... right in that 4th or 5th date stage between "dating" and "girlfriend". Got into bed... my lab jumped up and curled up on the foot of the bed.

"I'm not sleeping with your dog. That's f-ing gross."

Took her about 20 minutes to finally realize I wasn't kidding when I told her she could either leave or go sleep on the couch.

The dog was here first... deal with it or GTFO

Similar thing with Future Mr. Mouse. I was still living with my parents when we started dating and they have this Fox Terrier. When we went to bed he was genuinely surprised that she was allowed up with us and a little thrown by it. "Got a problem with it?" He did at first but he liked me enough that he put up with it before getting used to the idea of sharing a bed with an animal. When I moved out I went out and adopted a puppy and now that little b*tch is his baby. I had to sleep on the couch once because when they both get in bed before me they tend to take up most of the mattress and I don't like messing with Goat Puppy when she's asleep. She gets all snappy if startled.

/it feels good converting staunch cat people into dog lovers

Sorry dog beds are for dogs and if you ever have a big dog that farts and snores when they sleep then you know why.......

WalMartian: My adult daughter and I adopted a Jack Russell/whatever mix from the shelter and brought her home. She immediately made herself comfortable sitting with us on the couch that night. All was good until my husband came home from work later in the evening. She growled at him, snarled, and generally made a really bad impression on him.

When my mom and aunts were kids and my grandfather was in Nam my grandmother brought home this ugly little dog that had apparently been horribly abused by its previous owner. Anytime a man would come to the house or the door he was primed and ready to attack and if someone was inside he always made sure to stand between the stranger and his family members. He definitely wanted to let them know you couldn't mess with them. Then my grandfather came home from war and sure enough was greeted by a territorial little sh*t of a dog that was suspicious of this strange male's presence in his territory. Unlike every other male that came into the house before he calmed down in like a minute and they sort of had this respect and co-leadership going on in the house from then on out.

frenchcheesemuseum: I'm of the opinion that if the dog generally does not have a behavior problem around people, and it does this around dude, dude probably beats the dog when gal is not home.

You remember that footage a few years back of that adorable little dog that was getting the sh*t beat out of it on an elevator cam by its owners asshole boyfriend? Apparently security noticed the footage, knew the girl and showed her what happened. Guy got picked up by the cops when she pressed charges and dumped his ass.

Some dogs are crazy. Maybe the question is really: dog or any boyfriend.
The second question was worse. Who leaves a note instead of saving a dog from dying in a hot car?

Jim_Callahan: Serious response: you do realize that that's how one typically transports a dog for long trips, right? Stick them in a dog-crate, strap it to the top of the car or leave it in the bed, every couple hours stop at a rest stop so it can run around occasionally. Dogs never like this, but they like being left behind for a month or two at a time even less.


Typical for who?
Strap suitcases to the roof of the car. Living things ride inside.

Sounds like the dog is terrified about the guy and it seemed to have started after they were left alone. Now it shakes in the corner terrified and pisses itself whenever the man is nearby.

That usually an indication dog got he rough end of treatment a number of times. If it was a child cowering in terror and pissing itself anytime a certain man walked by the Social Services would be there in a heartbeat.

pounddawg: thisisyourbrainonFark: [memeblender.com image 500x765]

You do know that the dog is sitting in the cockpit of an airplane.

You mean that's not real?

notatrollorami: DNRTT but knowing the propensities of farkers I'm guessing I'm alone in saying we don't have much to judge on here. True, the guy may be a jackwagon of heroic proportions. Or the jack russell (an apartment dog who appears to be left home alone all day, which is terrible for this smart, mischevious, and energetic breed) may be an insufferable shiat that runs roughshod over everything and everyone in the house. Guy may be an ass but it's also possible the dogs momma is at fault for getting a dog she had no business owning, never trained it, and alternates neglecting it for days with coddling it and treating it like a human infant. Who knows.

I'm with you on that, but also have enough experience to know that the "locking the dog in the room" and a female dog having an unusual fear of the bf are usually big red flags. The behavior is more in line with an abused dog than one which is poorly trained (but again, who knows?).

Based on what little there is, I'd have to say that the bf is the problem and needs to go, but I'd also want to know more. My fiancee's dog displayed some similar behavior (accidents in the house in addition to other behavioral issues) when we first started dating, but that was more a case of jealously. We recognized it pretty early on, and my first instinct was to not go out of my way to antagonize him without good reason. Treated the dog well, and spent time alone so that we could bond a bit better... few weeks later and the dog was completely indifferent to me (keeshond - they're known for being clingy to "their people" and indifferent to everyone else).

Didn't phase me a bit and I didn't change my behavior (save for getting used to a dog in the relationship). Obviously I wasn't going to be one of the dog's favorite people, but that didn't mean I couldn't be kind to him. When the dog passed (which was far too soon), I learned that he had gathered a toy with him before he died. Out of all the toys available, he chose one of the few which I got him and an old shirt of mine we used as a pull toy from time to time. Could have been a random thing, but I'd like to think that the little bugger remembered the kindness shown him and wanted something with him to remember it (and yes, I'm looking for rationale where none probably exists).

/otherwise, he was a good dog. Crazy, jealous, and neurotic, but I wouldn't have had it any other way
//RIP Remmy

pounddawg: thisisyourbrainonFark: [memeblender.com image 500x765]

You do know that the dog is sitting in the cockpit of an airplane.

Shhhh! You're ruining the funny!

The boyfriend must be hung like a Clydesdale if she's willing to put up with such d-baggery.

haywatchthis

obama running with knives about to eat another dog.jpg



L O L !

steamingpile: Sorry dog beds are for dogs and if you ever have a big dog that farts and snores when they sleep then you know why.......

I've always had terriers that were 30lbs or smaller. Problem is the current one doesn't curl up in a tiny little ball as dogs do but spreads out and stretches her legs out all over the place.

pounddawg: thisisyourbrainonFark: [memeblender.com image 500x765]

You do know that the dog is sitting in the cockpit of an airplane.

Dogs can't fly helicopters?

Well what about cats?

Bunnyhat: Jim_Callahan: Serious response: you do realize that that's how one typically transports a dog for long trips, right? Stick them in a dog-crate, strap it to the top of the car or leave it in the bed, every couple hours stop at a rest stop so it can run around occasionally. Dogs never like this, but they like being left behind for a month or two at a time even less.

Typical for who?
Strap suitcases to the roof of the car. Living things ride inside.

Yeah, I've never heard of anyone ever doing this before Romney. That told me that there's a presidential candidate who didn't know how to pack a car.

LoneWolf343: If the dog was snappy with me, I'd probably not be at my greatest behavior too. Someone needs to control their animal.

/dog person.

If a dog snaps at you repeatedly then its your problem because you are doing something wrong, correct it.

KatjaMouse: steamingpile: Sorry dog beds are for dogs and if you ever have a big dog that farts and snores when they sleep then you know why.......

I've always had terriers that were 30lbs or smaller. Problem is the current one doesn't curl up in a tiny little ball as dogs do but spreads out and stretches her legs out all over the place.

A small dog I could see, especially since we have a cat larger than most small dogs(18lbs and growing) but I had to cut the cord on my rotty sleeping with me when she reached 85 pounds and was snoring so loud it would wake me up.

Still miss that dog and now wish she could sleep with me.

As a kid, we had a black lab/Newfoundland mix who was the most gentle creature I've ever met. Loved people. He even allowed our house to be burgled twice because, I'm certain, the crooks rubbed his belly.

We were having some furniture delivered one day, and the dog was sitting outside by the sliding glass door. The first guy came in and no reaction. Shadow looked at him for a moment, then went back to staring into space.

Second guy comes in and the dog flipped out, snarling and barking. He managed to get to the side window and push off the screen in an attempt to get inside at this guy. I ran out and wrestled him to the ground, but the dog was snarling and snapped at the guy though the glass.

I had never seen him act like that, before or after, until the day he died. I've always wondered what the dog sensed about that guy.

/Good Dog
//Miss him

Luckily, my boyfriend loves my dog. The cats are a different story. He's allergic to cats. He turns into an itchy little boogerball around them. He doesn't like them very much, either. I will clean the house top to bottom, vacuum, and dust before he comes over to get rid of fur and cat dander. I will happily go to his place, or meet up at a restaurant...but I will not get rid of the cats. He knows this, he's okay with it.

/the cats looooove him and try snuggle up on him
//cats are bastards

exick: Angry Drunk Bureaucrat: "You can judge a man by the way he treats his dog."

Yeah but it's not his dog. Not that I'm excusing him for constantly yelling at the dog (possibly an exaggeration) or locking it in the bathroom, but it sounds like her dog could use some training.

How the heck do you get that from the article?

pounddawg: thisisyourbrainonFark: [memeblender.com image 500x765]

You do know that the dog is sitting in the cockpit of an airplane.

You sound like a blast at parties.

Jim_Callahan: TsarTom: Same kinda guy who would make the family dog ride cross-country in a crate strapped to a station wagon.

Serious response: you do realize that that's how one typically transports a dog for long trips, right? Stick them in a dog-crate, strap it to the top of the car or leave it in the bed, every couple hours stop at a rest stop so it can run around occasionally. Dogs never like this, but they like being left behind for a month or two at a time even less.

Less-serious response: so you're saying that the boyfriend is probably a secret millionaire that can buy you all the fancy horses and dogs you want? Sold.

suthrnrunt: Beeblebrox: I was attacked by a pitbull. (except for pitbulls) .

wonder which pitbull
[www.ywgrossman.com image 450x700]

A pure-bred pitbull is fairly distinctive, but a pitbull mix is damned near impossible to tell from the other parent's breed much of the time physically, while their innate behavior is different, frequently _extremely_ different. If you know something is a pitbull or mix, handling it is pretty easy, just be fairly reserved and make sure it sniffs you before you touch it and you don't make any sudden moves toward it for the first hour or so.

The problem with the breed is that, for instance, a pit-bull/Lab mix looks exactly like a young Lab and acts exactly like an adult pit bull. And once a Lab has sniffed you once or twice you can immediately start wrestling with it and it won't mind, whereas touching a pitbull too soon means a warning bite at best and the dog trying to take your face off if it's poorly trained and in a foul mood. You can see how this can go bad fast around, say, your neighbor's five-year-old that was raised by a nanny retriever.

I didn't really have the option of not touching the dog first. It jumped over the inadequate fence and came at me. I have no idea about the dog's pedigree except that the owner's neighbor told me it was a pit and had attacked a couple of his dogs (he was an EMT and also rehabilitated rescue dogs). An animal control officers visited me at home after my visit in the ER and also called it a pitbull. He did let me know that the owner decided it would be easier to just put the dog to sleep than try and actually deal with it. This was not it's first attack, apparently.

/end csb

Bunnyhat: Jim_Callahan: Serious response: you do realize that that's how one typically transports a dog for long trips, right? Stick them in a dog-crate, strap it to the top of the car or leave it in the bed, every couple hours stop at a rest stop so it can run around occasionally. Dogs never like this, but they like being left behind for a month or two at a time even less.


Typical for who?
Strap suitcases to the roof of the car. Living things ride inside.

People that have passengers? Like, say, families with children?

People that actually care about their dog's safety? (Leaving a dog unrestrained in the cab is as dangerous as having a kid crawl around unbelted-- I guess maybe you lash your dog to the seat-back but most of us have dogs that would hate that even more than the crate.)

People with medium or large dogs that start trying to run in circles or crawl in your lap after an hour or two of boredom, making them dangerous to the driver directly as well?

Essentially everyone who owns a medium-sized or large dog that isn't a criminally irresponsible jackass, is I guess what I'm getting at here. As someone who doesn't enjoy actively putting animals in danger for no reason, I use a proper crate for long trips and so should you. I guess if you have a tiny dog you can get to lie down for hours sticking him in the foot-space of the shotgun seat is OK, though.

Bunnyhat: Jim_Callahan: Serious response: you do realize that that's how one typically transports a dog for long trips, right? Stick them in a dog-crate, strap it to the top of the car or leave it in the bed, every couple hours stop at a rest stop so it can run around occasionally. Dogs never like this, but they like being left behind for a month or two at a time even less.


Typical for who?
Strap suitcases to the roof of the car. Living things ride inside.

I'd rather see dogs crated than freely roaming in the back of a pickup truck. I've seen two launched dead onto the freeway this year (road construction + inattentive drivers = a lot of sudden stops). Maybe some people get a thrill out of killing or the risk of killing their pets, but I prefer them secured. Even inside they become an unsecured projectile.

Also WTF Fark:

Jim_Callahan: TsarTom: Same kinda guy who would make the family dog ride cross-country in a crate strapped to a station wagon.

Serious response: you do realize that that's how one typically transports a dog for long trips, right? Stick them in a dog-crate, strap it to the top of the car or leave it in the bed, every couple hours stop at a rest stop so it can run around occasionally. Dogs never like this, but they like being left behind for a month or two at a time even less.

Less-serious response: so you're saying that the boyfriend is probably a secret millionaire that can buy you all the fancy horses and dogs you want? Sold.

suthrnrunt: Beeblebrox: I was attacked by a pitbull. (except for pitbulls) .

wonder which pitbull
[www.ywgrossman.com image 450x700]

A pure-bred pitbull is fairly distinctive, but a pitbull mix is damned near impossible to tell from the other parent's breed much of the time physically, while their innate behavior is different, frequently _extremely_ different. If you know something is a pitbull or mix, handling it is pretty easy, just be fairly reserved and make sure it sniffs you before you touch it and you don't make any sudden moves toward it for the first hour or so.

The problem with the breed is that, for instance, a pit-bull/Lab mix looks exactly like a young Lab and acts exactly like an adult pit bull. And once a Lab has sniffed you once or twice you can immediately start wrestling with it and it won't mind, whereas touching a pitbull too soon means a warning bite at best and the dog trying to take your face off if it's poorly trained and in a foul mood. You can see how this can go bad fast around, say, your neighbor's five-year-old that was raised by a nanny retriever.

/sigh gotta love those that miss the joke.

Sorry guys ------

pounddawg: thisisyourbrainonFark: [memeblender.com image 500x765]

You do know that the dog is sitting in the cockpit of an airplane.

"Who wants to hear a good story about a bridge?"

girljen: Luckily, my boyfriend loves my dog. The cats are a different story. He's allergic to cats. He turns into an itchy little boogerball around them. He doesn't like them very much, either. I will clean the house top to bottom, vacuum, and dust before he comes over to get rid of fur and cat dander. I will happily go to his place, or meet up at a restaurant...but I will not get rid of the cats. He knows this, he's okay with it.

/the cats looooove him and try snuggle up on him
//cats are bastards

I've read that cats love people who either don't like cats or are indifferent to them. Mostly because the cats can interact with the person on their own terms without being petted or mauled in return. People who love cats are always trying to pick them up, pet them, etc.

Putting a dog in a bathroom is torture? What are kennels? The 3rd level of hell? If she really likes the guy, the dogs gotta go. If she is ambivalent towards the guy then I guess its time for a new man. Still, its a dog, not a human child. People often seem to mistakenly conflate the two.

suthrnrunt: Jim_Callahan: TsarTom: Same kinda guy who would make the family dog ride cross-country in a crate strapped to a station wagon.

Serious response: you do realize that that's how one typically transports a dog for long trips, right? Stick them in a dog-crate, strap it to the top of the car or leave it in the bed, every couple hours stop at a rest stop so it can run around occasionally. Dogs never like this, but they like being left behind for a month or two at a time even less.

Less-serious response: so you're saying that the boyfriend is probably a secret millionaire that can buy you all the fancy horses and dogs you want? Sold.

suthrnrunt: Beeblebrox: I was attacked by a pitbull. (except for pitbulls) .

wonder which pitbull
[www.ywgrossman.com image 450x700]

A pure-bred pitbull is fairly distinctive, but a pitbull mix is damned near impossible to tell from the other parent's breed much of the time physically, while their innate behavior is different, frequently _extremely_ different. If you know something is a pitbull or mix, handling it is pretty easy, just be fairly reserved and make sure it sniffs you before you touch it and you don't make any sudden moves toward it for the first hour or so.

The problem with the breed is that, for instance, a pit-bull/Lab mix looks exactly like a young Lab and acts exactly like an adult pit bull. And once a Lab has sniffed you once or twice you can immediately start wrestling with it and it won't mind, whereas touching a pitbull too soon means a warning bite at best and the dog trying to take your face off if it's poorly trained and in a foul mood. You can see how this can go bad fast around, say, your neighbor's five-year-old that was raised by a nanny retriever.

/sigh gotta love those that miss the joke.

Thinking back, the pitbull looked a lot like the little bastard on the bottom right.

Lorelle: Some dogs are very good at judging human character.

CSB: When I was a kid, my family had a little mutt named Mitzi. She was a very friendly dog who loved nearly everyone who came to the house, except for one of my dad's buddies, who I'll call Stan. Mitzi couldn't stand Stan. She barked like crazy whenever he came to visit, and growled at him whenever he tried to pet her. She had no problem with Stan's wife, though.

A few years after our little mutt crossed the Rainbow Bridge, Stan and his wife got divorced. It turned out that he was an abusive bastard who had been beating her for years.

/still misses that little mutt. She was a good dog.

I believe the book title is "gift of fear". The dog is picking up *your* subconscious cues that you won't or can't deal with on a conscious level. Thus it seems to a casual observer that the dog has 'special' powers, which, in a sense, it does.

TsarTom: Dog

This.

Look closely at what your marriage would look like:

When he comes around, she pees on herself. She snaps at him if he tries to sit on the couch by me. He yells at her constantly. He bans her from chairs, couches and rooms. Sometimes I come home early, and he has locked her in the bathroom. When I open the door, she's in the corner just shivering.

Same kinda guy who would make the family dog ride cross-country in a crate strapped to a station wagon.

The dog can sense evil. She needs to toss the dude. He knew what he was getting into because he knew she had a dog. Is this chick seriously considering getting rid of the dog over some dude that will probably be gone within 6 months? Come on!

Pray 4 Mojo: pounddawg: thisisyourbrainonFark: [memeblender.com image 500x765]

You do know that the dog is sitting in the cockpit of an airplane.

"Who wants to hear a good story about a bridge?"

You see that bridge, I built it. Do the call bridge builder? You see that road, I built it. Do they call me road builder? But I tell you, you f#ck one goat....

bagumpity: Dump the boyfriend and buy a jar of peanut butter. the dog a pound of chocolate
/Internet tough guy

uhhh, no. you idiots. fark her and the dog. I have never , never, never seen a female properly manage a dog. they refuse to discipline them and coddle them like babies. i bet this dog is a disobedient farking menace with separation anxiety because this biatch anthropomorphizes the shiat out of it.

Drop the dude, keep the dog. Next?

Beeblebrox: I didn't really have the option of not touching the dog first. It jumped over the inadequate fence and came at me.

Probably a Rottweiler. Where a retriever's favorite game is fetch, a shepherd loves herding shiat, and a pitbull enjoys biting things, a Rottweiler's favorite game is tug-of-war. So where a retriever greets a new person by licking them and bringing them a ball, a Rottweiler greets new people by jumping up and grabbing something then trying to engage in the dog equivalent of arm-wrestling.

They typically don't mean anything by it, but they're rather strong dogs especially for their size so I can see why it'd freak you out. They can pretty easily grab you without injury, but no reason you would have known that and, honestly, the owners should see that coming and train the things to sit properly on command.

//Neighbors had one of the big, slobbery bastards when I was like 6. She used to grab the back of my tiny-ass bike or my backpack and just hold me in place while I tried to pedal away (i was small enough I couldn't escape). In retrospect he was just playing and actually trying to keep me off the street, but at the time I hated that poor dog. Much nicer once I was big enough to pick the dog up and shake it when it did something to annoy me, that generally confused her enough that she'd let go of whatever she was trying to tug-of-war with, though this resulted in some weird teenager dances when it was the cuff of my pants.