The Dong Thread

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Mar 28, 2005
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I've been giving a lot of thought recently to buying a dog. After a lot of research I'm pretty set on a chocolate lab. Great disposition, intelligent, good in an apartment, short haired. I'd love to have someone to take on hikes around area lakes for exercise, and dogs are really good at exercising their owners. Plus the kid has really been hounding me (sorry) a lot lately about getting one.

I'm assuming we have some dog owners in here. Any advice, insight, etc.? I've only ever owned cats, so I'm concered about a dog eating $10,000 worth of food every month, eating all of my belongings and pissing and shitting on my bed every day when i'm at work.
 
Adopt from a shelter.
Regulate the feeding.
Adopt from a shelter.
Keep him contained or crated during the day.
Adopt from a shelter.
Treat him like a child and not a thing and you will not have behavor issues.
Adopt from a shelter.
 
You have a ~900sqft apartment? I wouldn't recommend a lab, their tails are disasterous.

Also, puppies suck, get a dog that is already housebroken.
 
You have a ~900sqft apartment? I wouldn't recommend a lab, their tails are disasterous.

Also, puppies suck, get a dog that is already housebroken.

My short list for a dog is:

1. good disposition
2. short hair
3. intelligent
4. won't talk to itself very loudly all day long

That's pretty much a lab. And yeah, my apartment is about 920 square feet, but 85% of that is living room. It's wide open. And I don't have knick knacks and other girly things.
 
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Adopt from a shelter.
Regulate the feeding.
Adopt from a shelter.
Keep him contained or crated during the day.
Adopt from a shelter.
Treat him like a child and not a thing and you will not have behavor issues.
Adopt from a shelter.

Adopting from a shelter makes me nervous, like I will end up with the undiagnosed crack baby.
 
My short list for a dog is:

1. good disposition
2. short hair
3. intelligent
4. won't talk to itself very loudly all day long

That's pretty much a lab. And yeah, my aparment is about 920 square feet, but 85% of that is living room. It's wide open. And I don't have knick knacks and other girly things.

You got rugs?

It'll shit on your floor at some point.
 
My short list for a dog is:

1. good disposition
2. short hair
3. intelligent
4. won't talk to itself very loudly all day long

That's pretty much a lab. And yeah, my aparment is about 920 square feet, but 85% of that is living room. It's wide open. And I don't have knick knacks and other girly things.

You only possess one of those 4, why should you impose such restrictions on your pets?
 
OMG I took Diego to camp a couple weeks ago. And he had so much fun. And he came home and ate dinner and when right to bed for like 14 hrs.

:lol: Lu was the Doggie of the Month last month

She goes 3 days a week and will continue to do so until we close on the house, then she will have access to the tiled portions of the house while we are gone (laundry, hall, foyer, kitchen, family room) I think she'll still go at least one day a week because it's such good socialization for her.
 
My short list for a dog is:

1. good disposition
2. short hair
3. intelligent
4. won't talk to itself very loudly all day long

That's pretty much a lab. And yeah, my apartment is about 920 square feet, but 85% of that is living room. It's wide open. And I don't have knick knacks and other girly things.

My brother had a yellow lab... those things can make some noise, and they're just as stubborn as any other dog. It's how you handle them, granted there are some dogs that are just lumps, but most times you have to really work with a dog to make them good. It's hard.
 
Adopting from a shelter makes me nervous, like I will end up with the undiagnosed crack baby.

Shelter dogs tend to be better than bred dogs, on average, because they've seen what a shitty life can be like and are infinitely grateful for saving them from it. Bred dogs have a higher chance of being neurotic or have health problems.

Also, most shelters let you bring back a dog in 30 days if its not working out and they're much cheaper than a breeder.
 
Damnit April, WTF are you doing? This is like the one chance there is of us actually agreeing on something and you're too busy shaving fly's asshole to post.