TT, parents do not have children, children have parents!! at their beck and call, as taxis, as loan agents with no chance of getting it back, as a shoulder to cry on when things do not go their way and as cheap, very cheap baby sitters when their own wee ones get in the way of them and their right to have a life. Am I biased of course I am not, "err" much.
Dogs need a short sharp shock, a double barrelled shot gun comes in handy, you can fire into the air if you wish??
BBQ's I have done many in my time, I would fill two ovens to cook off the meat then finish it on the BBQ with appropriate sauce drowning it, I got many compliments on well cooked meat and cooked but unburnt sausage, I never told them and Joan would be laughing her head off as they tucked into it all, the salad came out at the last minute from the fridge in the garage, yes we were organised. The last good BBQ was in California up in the forest with real Yankee steak cooked to a turn and they had the biggest fridge in the biggest mobile home I had ever seen. Herb doing the cooking lit the BBQ nearly two hours before he cooked on it which was the secret, get those coals white hot and not smoking.
GG, not really 'learnt' to train dogs by going to classes, but by growing up with them. I seem to find it easy to slide into a dog's brain and know what's going on in there. I have sworn at the telly when dog borstal has been on, there is the odd rogue dog that's not trainable (my Mum's Skye terrier that tried to bite me when I was 4 is one example), but they are few & far between. The only dog we've had problems with is Max, and we took him to a dog shrink, he didn't really tell us anything we didn't know, he couldn't decide if the constant barking when we were out was separation anxiety or the kids playing football in the street. In the end we think it WAS separation anxiety, after all, he was a rescue and had been around a bit, when he worked out he was in his forever home, he settled down. He knows what 'going shopping' means, an knows we'll be back, and is usually on the sofa before the front door has shut. If he had thumbs he'd be looking for 'Zoo vet' or somthing with the remote.
The biggest problem you find with dogs is weak owners. A dog that's in it's place, right at the bottom of the pack, is a happy dog. No need to worry about defending the place, raising puppies, keeping your place as top dog, finding food for the rest of the pack....bliss, for a dog. Remembering a dog is a wolf with centuries of domestication helps, as there are other important roles in the pack. Beta male and female, rounder-upper, and mediator are some. Bracken was a mediator when she was around, and Max is definitely beta male (or deputy dawg as he's sometimes known as). My favourite has definitely got to be GSD, or crossbreeds with GSD in there somewhere. I'd never have a border collie, I don't want a dog that's smarter than I am. We think Max is a mix of collie and GSD, had I known the mix I doubt we would have taken him on (we thought at first he was GSD and Dobermann).
Anyway, some random rants
* People who light a fag the minute they get out of a shopping centre - can you not wait until you're more than 5 feet away from the doors before lighting your vile cancer sticks?
* People out shopping who suddenly stop in random places with no warning
* Other drivers (in particular, doing 30 on a motorway, not bothering to indicate - I know which way you're going, I'm f*****g psychic, doing 40 in a 30 zone)
* Misuse of the apostrophe (heavens, it's not hard, you take some letters out, put an apostrophe in, use it to show possession, and NEVER use it for plurals).
MMP- agree with all of your list...I would add the ones who don't indicate at roundabouts when others are waiting to enter/exit....inconsiderate t***s, and the ones who park over two spaces when the car park's half empty..
Re dogs...horses are the same. Sorted many that other people have screwed up. You have to take it with a pinch of salt. Some people just shouldn't have them.
blackest- what's a roomba?
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
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Well - as we all know after the hideous death of that poor old man the other day- the owners are always the problem.
The screaming,unruly children have the same problem- the thoughtless inconsiderate owners..I mean parents.
A little gardening related quote I heard many years ago- 'children need to be raised, not left to grow - like weeds'.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
'children need to be raised, not left to grow - like weeds'.
How true FG. Sometimes wonder why parents have children.
TT, parents do not have children, children have parents!! at their beck and call, as taxis, as loan agents with no chance of getting it back, as a shoulder to cry on when things do not go their way and as cheap, very cheap baby sitters when their own wee ones get in the way of them and their right to have a life. Am I biased of course I am not, "err" much.
Dogs need a short sharp shock, a double barrelled shot gun comes in handy, you can fire into the air if you wish??
BBQ's I have done many in my time, I would fill two ovens to cook off the meat then finish it on the BBQ with appropriate sauce drowning it, I got many compliments on well cooked meat and cooked but unburnt sausage, I never told them and Joan would be laughing her head off as they tucked into it all, the salad came out at the last minute from the fridge in the garage, yes we were organised.
The last good BBQ was in California up in the forest with real Yankee steak cooked to a turn and they had the biggest fridge in the biggest mobile home I had ever seen. Herb doing the cooking lit the BBQ nearly two hours before he cooked on it which was the secret, get those coals white hot and not smoking.
Frank.
GG, not really 'learnt' to train dogs by going to classes, but by growing up with them. I seem to find it easy to slide into a dog's brain and know what's going on in there. I have sworn at the telly when dog borstal has been on, there is the odd rogue dog that's not trainable (my Mum's Skye terrier that tried to bite me when I was 4 is one example), but they are few & far between. The only dog we've had problems with is Max, and we took him to a dog shrink, he didn't really tell us anything we didn't know, he couldn't decide if the constant barking when we were out was separation anxiety or the kids playing football in the street. In the end we think it WAS separation anxiety, after all, he was a rescue and had been around a bit, when he worked out he was in his forever home, he settled down. He knows what 'going shopping' means, an knows we'll be back, and is usually on the sofa before the front door has shut. If he had thumbs he'd be looking for 'Zoo vet' or somthing with the remote.
The biggest problem you find with dogs is weak owners. A dog that's in it's place, right at the bottom of the pack, is a happy dog. No need to worry about defending the place, raising puppies, keeping your place as top dog, finding food for the rest of the pack....bliss, for a dog. Remembering a dog is a wolf with centuries of domestication helps, as there are other important roles in the pack. Beta male and female, rounder-upper, and mediator are some. Bracken was a mediator when she was around, and Max is definitely beta male (or deputy dawg as he's sometimes known as). My favourite has definitely got to be GSD, or crossbreeds with GSD in there somewhere. I'd never have a border collie, I don't want a dog that's smarter than I am. We think Max is a mix of collie and GSD, had I known the mix I doubt we would have taken him on (we thought at first he was GSD and Dobermann).
Anyway, some random rants
* People who light a fag the minute they get out of a shopping centre - can you not wait until you're more than 5 feet away from the doors before lighting your vile cancer sticks?
* People out shopping who suddenly stop in random places with no warning
* Other drivers (in particular, doing 30 on a motorway, not bothering to indicate - I know which way you're going, I'm f*****g psychic, doing 40 in a 30 zone)
* Misuse of the apostrophe (heavens, it's not hard, you take some letters out, put an apostrophe in, use it to show possession, and NEVER use it for plurals).
Discuss.
Whew!
Can your dog do this?
Brilliant, Swiss Sue...........how long did it take to train to do this?,can it hoover and dust as well?..........this has got to be the ultimate pet
I have a roomba for hoovering it isn't bad but you need to be a little tidy as it will eat socks if it finds any.
MMP- agree with all of your list...I would add the ones who don't indicate at roundabouts when others are waiting to enter/exit....inconsiderate t***s, and the ones who park over two spaces when the car park's half empty..
Re dogs...horses are the same. Sorted many that other people have screwed up. You have to take it with a pinch of salt. Some people just shouldn't have them.
blackest- what's a roomba?
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Sounds like a dance
close GillyL its a vac.
If this link works you should get the idea