FOAK: Dog training and 'shock' collars

Discussion in 'UK Motorcycles' started by Stoneskin, Sep 8, 2004.

  1. Stoneskin

    porl Guest

    You could but you'd be wrong. Her name was Kessie (also a victim of an
    uncaring owner), a cat called Smudge rescued by my sister from a river, a
    guinea pig called Susan and a hamster.
    La la la la Not being dragged back into it. La la la la
    I'll use my own thanks. Yours appears to have a picture of Walter Mitty
    pasted on.
     
    porl, Sep 15, 2004
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  2. Stoneskin

    Ben Blaney Guest

    Except that the alpha in your scenario is you, not another dog. It
    /should/ be another dog.
     
    Ben Blaney, Sep 15, 2004
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  3. Stoneskin

    Alan Guest

    So why didn't the hamster get a name then - what you got against
    hamsters then :)
     
    Alan, Sep 15, 2004
  4. Stoneskin

    porl Guest

    It had a name, I just can't remember it. I came back from school one day to
    find it had gone hard. My younger, more inquisitive, brother later owned up
    to playing some kind of Jacques Cousteau game with it in the sink.
     
    porl, Sep 15, 2004
  5. Why?

    Phil
     
    Phil Launchbury, Sep 15, 2004
  6. Stoneskin

    Champ Guest

    Because dogs are dogs.
     
    Champ, Sep 15, 2004
  7. Yes. And?

    Phil
     
    Phil Launchbury, Sep 15, 2004
  8. Stoneskin

    Muck Guest

    Well, dogs aren't strictly dogs anymore. They're mostly man made
    mongrels with all the associated problems of the inbreeding used to
    attain such a shape / character.

    Granted, they've still got a dog brain, whatever that is.
     
    Muck, Sep 15, 2004
  9. Stoneskin

    porl Guest

    You mean talking to plants, waving a lot and sanctioning everything the
    government wants to do in return for keeping their name on jam jars?
     
    porl, Sep 15, 2004
  10. Umm.. you missed one vitally important word out - "pedigree".
    Only one of my dogs is a pedigree - the other 3 are all healthy
    crossbreeds..

    I do agree with your dislike of overbred breeds though - my parents had
    a typical example (boxer bitch with hip dysplasia). Personally I would
    do away with the breed standard idea.

    Phil
     
    Phil Launchbury, Sep 15, 2004
  11. Stoneskin

    Champ Guest

    Given that all domestic dogs are descended from wolves, I'd say that
    even your "healthy crossbreeds" are essentially mad made
     
    Champ, Sep 15, 2004
  12. Stoneskin

    Champ Guest

    .... and people are people.
     
    Champ, Sep 15, 2004
  13. *nice* typo.
     
    William Grainger, Sep 15, 2004
  14. Stoneskin

    porl Guest

    Nice typo. Almost like you're saying that years of breeding have resulted in
    gibbering, mentally-deficient animals. Kinda like down syndrome.
     
    porl, Sep 15, 2004
  15. Stoneskin

    Muck Guest

    I think it's cruel keeping any animal either on the end of a lead, or in
    a cage. They should be out, doing what they do normally... Ok, the
    domestic dog is not natural, but you know what I mean.

    For example, a friend bought over his caged bird. I mean, what a shit
    thing to do to such a magnificent animal.
     
    Muck, Sep 15, 2004
  16. Stoneskin

    Mike Guest

    That *is* a nasty cold you've got.
     
    Mike, Sep 15, 2004
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    Phil Launchbury, Sep 15, 2004
  18. And ne'er the twain shall associate? I didn't have you down as a
    speciest..

    Phil
     
    Phil Launchbury, Sep 15, 2004
  19. porl wrote
    Merkins.
     
    steve auvache, Sep 15, 2004
  20. Stoneskin

    Champ Guest

    I'd be more impressed if it was a two way street, with examples people
    living in wolf packs, subservient to the alpha dog. Do you fancy
    that?
     
    Champ, Sep 15, 2004
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