Iamsemisweet
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Joined: 4/9/2011 From: The Great Northwest, USA Status: offline
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We have 5 dogs, so we try to avert problems by carefully managing tha pack. If something gets destroyed, it's our fault, not the dogs'. My friend had a Great Dane that chewed up little kitchen throw rugs. One day, she came home and the dog had chewed up a Persian carpet. That had great sentimental and financial value. My friend's husband wanted to kill the dog ( he was an asshole). My friend pointed out that the dog had already told them it was going to chew up rugs. It was their fault, they should have confined the dog in a room with no rugs. I had a tervuren bitch I dearly loved. She was a counter surfer and couldn't be trusted not to steal food. My relationship with her was more important to me than fighting with her about this bad habit. I made a habit out of keeping food out of her reach. One year I got careless, and she ate the Xmas goose. My fault for leaving it where she could get it. She was a pain in the ass, but god, I loved her.
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Alice: But I don't want to go among mad people. The Cat: Oh, you can't help that. We're all mad here. I'm mad. You're mad. Alice: How do you know I'm mad? The Cat: You must be. Or you wouldn't have come here.
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