Where are you going @pineappleoranges ? Last flight I was on a kid threw themselves on the floor in the aisle and had a complete temper tantrum complete with screaming and punching the floor. Goooooood times. Hope your time goes quickly.
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Post by mustloveerica on Apr 20, 2016 6:40:04 GMT -5
Why does the Starbucks app not have more options? I literally ended up not getting Starbucks today because what I want wasn't on the app (and I'm too lazy to build it). Ain't nobody got time to stand in line to order!!
Last flight I was on a 6 yr old stranger girl kissed my child on the lips and crawled into my lap. WEIRDEST thing ever. Then we all got sick. Strange child cried the entire flight begging her weird mother to go play with the baby. J and I hid in the back and pretended to be sleeping.
Post by mustloveerica on Apr 20, 2016 6:52:45 GMT -5
Also I almost lost one of my dogs last night. People are idiots sometimes. Here I am walking 2 large dogs totaling about 250lbs all by myself. We round the corner and this chihuahua comes flying down the street yapping at us. My dogs start freaking out and my girl dog slips her harness and takes off down the street after the chihuahua. It takes me 15 minutes or so to wrestle my Great Dane to calm down and get him walking respectably again but my girl dog is nowhere to be seen. I find her about a half a mile down the road still chasing this chihuahua who's owner is sitting on her porch doing nothing. So of course girl dog won't come to me because she's having s joyful time. So I ask chihuahua lady "would you mind clipping this leash on her?" Because I'm still trying to control my Dane. The lady goes "oh no I don't want to touch your dog". Ugh, fine. So after a while I finally get her leashed and start dragging my dogs away. The lady lets her freaking chihuahua follow us all the way down the street and around the corner!!!! Wtf lady!! Get your dog under control!!! My Dane was clearly very anxious about the situation. He was growling and freaking out the whole time. Don't you think if someone has a very large dog that seems to be uncomfortable around yours you might maybe take control for your dogs safety? Like seriously wtf? I was so irritated and exhausted by the time I got home. And my dogs usually walk extremely nicely so this was completely out of the norm.
Also I almost lost one of my dogs last night. People are idiots sometimes. Here I am walking 2 large dogs totaling about 250lbs all by myself. We round the corner and this chihuahua comes flying down the street yapping at us. My dogs start freaking out and my girl dog slips her harness and takes off down the street after the chihuahua. It takes me 15 minutes or so to wrestle my Great Dane to calm down and get him walking respectably again but my girl dog is nowhere to be seen. I find her about a half a mile down the road still chasing this chihuahua who's owner is sitting on her porch doing nothing. So of course girl dog won't come to me because she's having s joyful time. So I ask chihuahua lady "would you mind clipping this leash on her?" Because I'm still trying to control my Dane. The lady goes "oh no I don't want to touch your dog". Ugh, fine. So after a while I finally get her leashed and start dragging my dogs away. The lady lets her freaking chihuahua follow us all the way down the street and around the corner!!!! Wtf lady!! Get your dog under control!!! My Dane was clearly very anxious about the situation. He was growling and freaking out the whole time. Don't you think if someone has a very large dog that seems to be uncomfortable around yours you might maybe take control for your dogs safety? Like seriously wtf? I was so irritated and exhausted by the time I got home. And my dogs usually walk extremely nicely so this was completely out of the norm.
I fucking hate irresponsible dog owners.
IDGAF if your dog is so small I could punt it across a football field. MAKE SURE IT'S UNDER CONTROL, otherwise it's your own goddamn fault if they get hurt.
Ugh mustloveerica I get all kinds of anxious sometimes out walking the dogs. My boys are good 80% of the time but can get riled up, esp if they're on leash and other dogs aren't. And when owners don't even try to contain their dogs, it makes me ragey.
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mustloveerica that is awful! I hate irresponsible dog owners! I totally would have been screaming at that woman.
We walk around our neighborhood pretty much daily and people always want to come up and let their dogs play with ours. Both dogs on leash. You know nothing about my dog. He could be totally aggressive(he's not). He's a large fluffy guy and kids are attracted to him like flies. We have had people let their kids run up behind him and basically jump on his back or grab him in a huge hug. Thank goodness our guy has never reacted but come on people!!!!
Post by hydrangea1019 on Apr 20, 2016 7:23:50 GMT -5
Bad dog-owners drive me crazy mustloveerica! If she wants to let her dog out without a leash, she needs a fence. I'm sorry you had to deal with that. So frustrating!
I remember there was this time I walked our dog, and we were headed back towards our apartment. My neighbor just got a puppy (big puppy) and clearly was over his head with the poor boy. He let him off his leash and the dog came running at us. My girl isn't very good with other dogs most of the time, so I knew it was going to be difficult. Before I could reach down to pick her up the puppy had chased her around my legs so I'm completely wrapped up. And here comes the other owner laughing and taking his sweet time. I finally looked at him and told him he wouldn't be laughing if my dog bites yours and he needs to hurry up before it happens.
H has been wanting to do something active/sporty with me and I don't do sports. The only activity I feel coordinated enough to do is run but he thinks running is boring. We agreed that he was going to teach me to play soccer once a week, starting tonight. We'll see how that goes!
H has been wanting to do something active/sporty with me and I don't do sports. The only activity I feel coordinated enough to do is run but he thinks running is boring. We agreed that he was going to teach me to play soccer once a week, starting tonight. We'll see how that goes!
Our physical activity is doing agility classes with the pups!
H and I were in the garage Monday afternoon painting cabinet doors. I was in the middle of the garage and H was off to the side so no one would know he was there. Suddenly I look up and this guy with both his dogs is IN our yard, easily 15 feet from the road, and about 5 feet from our garage. WTF dude. I have no idea why he was so close to me. It freaked me out. Then he slowly walked away, but continued to walk his dogs through our yard.
WTF to all these terrible dog owner stories. The only time Daisy is off leash is in our fenced back yard. And I don't want to speak for all small dog owners, but for me, if there is a big dog around and there is tension between the big dog and Daisy, it is a heck of a lot easier for me to scoop up my 15 lb. dog and hold her rather than expect the other person to wrangle a 100+ pound dog. And sometimes it is that big dog who is scared of my little dog, who thinks everyone wants to be her friend.
H has been wanting to do something active/sporty with me and I don't do sports. The only activity I feel coordinated enough to do is run but he thinks running is boring. We agreed that he was going to teach me to play soccer once a week, starting tonight. We'll see how that goes!
Our physical activity is doing agility classes with the pups!
Post by kayladawn91 on Apr 20, 2016 8:10:28 GMT -5
I LOVE my neighbors. They're the best neighbors you could have, honestly. Except the fact that they let their little dogs bark nonstop at like 6:00 every morning (even on weekends) and do not care. They even bark like that during the day or evening when I'm in my own backyard and they're sitting in their hot tub doing nothing about it. So annoying. I don't let me dogs bark at neighbors like that.
A lot of people here have the invisible fences, it always makes me nervous since you can't tell if the dog is loose or not and I don't fully trust the dog to stop at the fence anyways.
Ours does. My dogs at my parents house have dug under their fence more than my dog has left our yard with the invisible fence.
WTF to all these terrible dog owner stories. The only time Daisy is off leash is in our fenced back yard. And I don't want to speak for all small dog owners, but for me, if there is a big dog around and there is tension between the big dog and Daisy, it is a heck of a lot easier for me to scoop up my 15 lb. dog and hold her rather than expect the other person to wrangle a 100+ pound dog. And sometimes it is that big dog who is scared of my little dog, who thinks everyone wants to be her friend.
That's exactly what was happening. Our Dane actually loves other dogs. But the chihuahua was jumping all over him and yapping so he was visibly upset about it. I was so close to just scooping up the little dog myself so D would calm the fuck down.
A lot of people here have the invisible fences, it always makes me nervous since you can't tell if the dog is loose or not and I don't fully trust the dog to stop at the fence anyways.
We have an invisible fence. My subdivision only allows a 4 ft fence and I think my dogs would be able to jump it, so I feel safer with the invisible fence. My dogs won't even go near it anymore.
WTF to all these terrible dog owner stories. The only time Daisy is off leash is in our fenced back yard. And I don't want to speak for all small dog owners, but for me, if there is a big dog around and there is tension between the big dog and Daisy, it is a heck of a lot easier for me to scoop up my 15 lb. dog and hold her rather than expect the other person to wrangle a 100+ pound dog. And sometimes it is that big dog who is scared of my little dog, who thinks everyone wants to be her friend.
Thank you for being logical and picking up your small dog. I cannot pick up my mastiff anymore.
Post by onesweetworld on Apr 20, 2016 8:20:52 GMT -5
I think it's time for me to find a job without stress and closer to home. I'm sick of my hour RT commute. I know some of you have much longer commutes but I'm sick of driving.
We went to petsmart last night to get dog food and I wanted to adopt all the kitties! We need a bigger house for that to happen though.
I took my dog to petsmart last night and he was a perfect gentleman - I didn't even recognize the dog. He walked right next to me and didn't try to get attention from anyone else.
Also I almost lost one of my dogs last night. People are idiots sometimes. Here I am walking 2 large dogs totaling about 250lbs all by myself. We round the corner and this chihuahua comes flying down the street yapping at us. My dogs start freaking out and my girl dog slips her harness and takes off down the street after the chihuahua. It takes me 15 minutes or so to wrestle my Great Dane to calm down and get him walking respectably again but my girl dog is nowhere to be seen. I find her about a half a mile down the road still chasing this chihuahua who's owner is sitting on her porch doing nothing. So of course girl dog won't come to me because she's having s joyful time. So I ask chihuahua lady "would you mind clipping this leash on her?" Because I'm still trying to control my Dane. The lady goes "oh no I don't want to touch your dog". Ugh, fine. So after a while I finally get her leashed and start dragging my dogs away. The lady lets her freaking chihuahua follow us all the way down the street and around the corner!!!! Wtf lady!! Get your dog under control!!! My Dane was clearly very anxious about the situation. He was growling and freaking out the whole time. Don't you think if someone has a very large dog that seems to be uncomfortable around yours you might maybe take control for your dogs safety? Like seriously wtf? I was so irritated and exhausted by the time I got home. And my dogs usually walk extremely nicely so this was completely out of the norm.
People like that are the reason why there's so much small dog hate. My chihuahua isn't yappy at all, but I still keep him on a tight leash around other dogs in case he gets the urge to be an asshole. And if he does decide to be an asshole, I can just scoop him up because that's the benefit of having a 10lb dog. Sorry that lady was a lazy, irresponsible pet owner. Glad you and your dogs are safe!
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