The Men’s Rights subreddit responds to my previous post:
Men’s Rights Movement, I say to you: You can’t handle the kittens! YOU CAN’T HANDLE THE KITTENS!
I rest my case.
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The Men’s Rights subreddit responds to my previous post:
Men’s Rights Movement, I say to you: You can’t handle the kittens! YOU CAN’T HANDLE THE KITTENS!
I rest my case.
Polliwog, what a cute goggie! I love her eye spot!
aaaaaaah, look at that good dog. good fucking dog.
How does the whole dog bathing thing work? It seems like as soon as they’re bathed they immediately try to get as dirty as possible again. So what’s the point? Is it just to keep them from getting stinky?
i want to pet that dog and then make her overdose on belly scratches
BTW I met an adorable beagle on Wednesday. It was sitting outside a diner whining at its people, who were inside, so I stopped to say hi and it jumped up and gave me both its paws. Stopped whining as soon as I started paying attention to it. I felt bad leaving, but I figured if I stayed for too long the people would get worried that I was about to dognap it.
it takes them a little while to build up that level of filth again.
also, bathing dogs is good for them. my family has mostly had labs and/or goldens, and they tend to excrete a lot of oil onto their skin, so that’s a thing you have to be concerned about.
This a thousand times, but cats that seem unexpectedly happy at humans making them do silly things are also measureably cute.
Earlier this week I saw what must’ve been just about the world’s smallest kitten gleefully galloping along on a leash held by what must’ve been the world’s smallest woman. I’d have been sad were kitty being sort of pulled along and unhappy, but s/he was barelling along like s/he was having the time of zir life.
@Sharculese
Now, if only there were a variety of fluffy domestic animal that was self-cleaning… oh.
I love dogs, but we can’t have them in the place we’re at. My neighborhood is full of dogs, so I have a stash of treats on the front porch. Blanca, Dexter, and Tico make out like bandits when they come by, and I get some dog time.
eh, dog bathing is an occasional chore that is more than made up for by the fact that WHO’S A GOOD GIRL?! YES YOU ARE A GOOD GIRL. DOES THIS GOOD DOG NEED A BELLY SCRATCH PRONTO? WHERE’S THE BALL? WHERE’D IT GO? GO GET IT!
I once encountered a happy kitty on a leash, at a furniture store. People and kitty just walked right in there like you would with a dog, and kitty proceeded to climb all over all the furniture. The only time the people picked it up was to go up/down the escalator.
That, and to keep ticks and fleas off. (Plus, it makes her fur feel super soft. She tends to get even more cuddles than usual in the days following a bath.)
And while she does quickly get as dirty as possible again, it generally takes her at least a couple of weeks to build up the same quantity of grime she had before the bath, so it’s not too much of a losing battle.
She would totally support that plan. She loves everyone and everything (except for baths, thunder, and coyotes howling in the distance), but her love for people who will rub her tummy exceeds all bounds.
🙂 I’m rather a fan myself.
@CassandraSays
There is a place on Earth where walking dogs (and cats, I guess) in a furniture shop is a Done Thing?
@ lowquacks
Yep. It’s called California. People are rather obsessive about pets here – I once saw a gym/spa for pets right in the middle of a trendy street (in West Hollywood).
i cannot stress the degree to which THAT DOG IS WEARING A FUCKING HAT
my brother works in dog day care and for st. patrick’s day they have dog bandanas that are covered in shamrocks and also rainbow and glittery. we’re getting one for clover (because a shamrock is basically a clover) and it’s going to be the best thing ever. i will post pictures.
We tried getting a leash for Lilly because she was really curious about the outdoors, but she turned into hellbeast when we went to put the harness on and tried to eat it. Plan abandoned.
My tendency to leash reindeercat was eventually deemed unwise because whenever I would take him to the park he would try to pick fights with dogs. Hey there, tough guy, that’s not a good idea…
Putting stupid things on my dog’s head is kind of a hobby of mine. She’s ridiculously good-natured, which makes it impossible to resist the urge to borrow any hat that enters my house and take a picture of it on her head.
In fact, I think I have a couple more pictures of her in silly hats online – let me check!
Used to be a guy around my way who rode his bike down Main Street with a cat perched on his shoulder. Those who’ve spoken to him report that he referred to the cat as his wife.
@polliwog
teasing your dog by making her wear ridiculous things is the sign of a loving dog owner!
i am the ultimate belly scratcher. all dogs grovel before the power of my totally awesome belly scratches.
Polliwog, OMG you have such an adorable dog. I logged in just to see if there were more pictures and I am so glad — she just looks so happy and lovable! I am rubbing her belly through the internet. SHE WEARS A HAT.
I walk to work so I meet a lot of dogs being walked. There’s one beagle who, every time she sees me coming, sits down and won’t move until I scritch her ears for a bit. Her human says she doesn’t do this for anyone else on her walks, so apparently even though I am a cat person I have at least one dog fan.
PLEASE POST MORE PICTURES OF DOGS AND CATS IN SILLY HATS. I need to store them up for bad days. 🙂
Silly hat pics found!
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Doggie + hat = awesomeness.
You guys, I wish to share the news of something awesome – a chain of fancy pet food stores that have onsite bathing facilities for dogs. So whenever you go in, you can usually see people bathing their dogs in the back. It’s usually big dogs, I guess since tiny dogs are easier to bathe at home. Last time I saw some sort of mastiff and a huge rotweiller. The mastiff looked resigned, but the rott seemed quite happy.