So you think you want a dog?

LMH

Mar 14, 2005
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This relates to Staffords but relates to all breeds. LOL!!

SO U THINK U WANT A STAFFORD?!?!?

To prepare for the Stafford, go to the local Veterinary Surgeon. Tip the contents of your purse/ wallet onto his counter and tell him to help himself. Then go to the pet shop. Arrange to have your wages paid directly to their accountant. Go home and read the paper in peace for the last time.

Before you finally get a Stafford, find a couple who already have one and berate them about their methods of discipline, lack of patience, appallingly low tolerance levels, and how they have allowed their dog to run riot. Suggest ways in which they might improve their dog's sleeping habits, toilet training, table manners and overall behaviour. Enjoy it - it'll be the last time in your life that you will have all the answers.

To discover how the night feels, go to bed at 10pm. Set the alarm for midnight, wake up and throw yourself violently onto the floor. Place a 56lb bag of potatoes on the duvet and attempt to get back under the covers. Reset the alarm for 5.30am and, just as you are waking up, slap yourself in the face with a large wet sponge. Get up, make breakfast, keep this up for 14 years, try to look cheerful.

Can you stand the mess that dogs make? To find out first throw 2 gallons of mud onto a newly mopped kitchen floor, smear the excess up the sides of the cooker and kitchen units. Tread a little into the hall and living room carpets. Stick your fingers in the flower-beds and rub them on the clean walls. Now, how does that look?

Walk down the road with one arm fully extended, break into a jog extending the arm even further. Say 'heel' nicely, several times. Shout 'heel' several more. Scream 'stop pulling damn you'. Ignore looks from passers-by.

Forget the BMW and buy a Ford Sierra. Buy a rawhide chew, a packet of dog biscuits and a large bone. Mash them down the back of the rear seats. Go to the hairdressers and obtain a week's floor sweepings. Distribute liberally on the seats and carpets. Run a garden rake along both sides of the car. There, perfect!

Get ready to go out, try to sneak out of the door without making a sound. Go halfway down the garden path, come back. Five minutes later try again. Come back. Put on the stereo and make soothing noises. Try again. Come back. Ring friends and tell them to come round to see you instead.

Practice sitting on not more that 1/8th of the sofa and try different methods of balancing a hot cup on your knees. When, if ever, you perfect this, try eating a packet of crisps/ biscuits silently whilst keeping the packet totally out of sight. Give up and sprinkles crumbly residue down back of sofa.

Tie 2 dinner forks together and put a dog lead on a door hook. Rehearse picking up the dog lead silently. When it rattles scratch yourself very hard down the shins with the forks. Repeat procedure several times. Go to the sports shop and obtain a pair of goalkeeper's shin pads.

Now for a final tip start practicing even trying to see your computer screen while balancing 40 odd lb's of Stafford on you lap. IMPOSSIBLE.....Nah you just need to start practising when they are tiny Now using the keyboard is an artform.

Always repeat everything you say at least five times. Always repeat everything you say.Always repeat everything you say.....Always.....Get the picture
 
Mar 13, 2007
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you forgot to mention going out for a walk 3x a day no matter what the weather including it being the first thing you do in the morning at 7am and the last thing you do at night 7 days a week, no lay-ins on sunday when you have a dog.

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Yeah, I can relate to all that, and I have a tiny Jack Russell dog that I have just adopted.when I lost my two Shiba's aged 16 and 14 I said no more, I can't go through that again, so parted with everything, so guess who now has all my money,Jack and the Petshop.LOL.

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You've got the wrong kind of dog ya old tyke.

We have two Mini Schnauzers who are quite happy to just run around in the garden or go for longer walks. Our Lhasa Apso needs to stand on a skate board for a walk, she's bone idle and wont walk anywhere. She only goes out twice a day in the garden and that's only for her business.

All of them hate water so wont go out in the rain. In the morning when we get up they just sniff the air if it's raining and go back inside.
 
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This is really great Lisa. I think I'll print it out and make my eldest son read it (5 times of course) as he's desperate for us to get a dog (cocker spaniel is top of his wish list)

"Mum, you said that if we got a caravan, we could have a dog"

Got to admit that it was one of my persuasive arguments when talking Rob into buying the van.

Might have to rethink!
 
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You've got the wrong kind of dog ya old tyke.

We have two Mini Schnauzers who are quite happy to just run around in the garden or go for longer walks. Our Lhasa Apso needs to stand on a skate board for a walk, she's bone idle and wont walk anywhere. She only goes out twice a day in the garden and that's only for her business.

All of them hate water so wont go out in the rain. In the morning when we get up they just sniff the air if it's raining and go back inside.
hi LB she is a 13yo carin terrer and can hold her water about as long as ME (10 mins)
 

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