The joy of Dog Ownership (and Beer)
31 October 2008, 10:13 PM
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The joy of Dog Ownership (and Beer)
Forgotten how great it is, tonight we went for a walk (as we do every night),
Stopped in the boozer for a couple of pints, Bob loved it, sat there in the Tap room enjoying being the centre of attention, got chatting to a few people, normally when I am on my own thats how I stay, a Dog ensures all manner of drunken nutters chatting to you !
Carried the walk on, went through the local beauty spot, a place called Lindow Common, a few acres of marshy land with paths, with a lake in the middle, I guessed me and the hound were the scariest things about so didnt mind it being pitch black, he was in his element, I clocked two lads sat on a bench enjoying a "Smoke" (I could smell it), they didnt see me but Bob was doing his full on sheep stalking being a Border Collie, they didnt know that, all I heard was "What's that" , "Whats what", "That over there" , "F*ckin ell" and then he steamed over to say hello, they shat themselves seeing this beast emerge from the lake having had a smoke, I shouted "Its a Dog" and they sat back down and looked sheepish
On the way back, we stopped for some chips at "Wing Wah", the delightful Chinese chippy, the owner always says "Where your friend" meaning J4ckos mate, she said it tonight and I said "He is down here" and pointed at the dog, I said I had swapped him for the dog, but she wasn't fooled, unlike the times when we tried to book a table there from the pub, when she asks if we want our chips "tw-eet now" and all stand there doing bird impressions.
I sat there on the Barbers steps like I was in a Streets video, me and the dog eating chips, he isn't a greedy hound and only had three, not that he was getting many more anyway.
I put my chip papers in the bin and crossed the road, past the boozer, the dog did his best to drag me back in, honest, pulling and grunting but I had had enough, but what a wonderful dog, one that wants me to have that extra pint, for that I will forgive him for chewing the kitchen door frame.
Stopped in the boozer for a couple of pints, Bob loved it, sat there in the Tap room enjoying being the centre of attention, got chatting to a few people, normally when I am on my own thats how I stay, a Dog ensures all manner of drunken nutters chatting to you !
Carried the walk on, went through the local beauty spot, a place called Lindow Common, a few acres of marshy land with paths, with a lake in the middle, I guessed me and the hound were the scariest things about so didnt mind it being pitch black, he was in his element, I clocked two lads sat on a bench enjoying a "Smoke" (I could smell it), they didnt see me but Bob was doing his full on sheep stalking being a Border Collie, they didnt know that, all I heard was "What's that" , "Whats what", "That over there" , "F*ckin ell" and then he steamed over to say hello, they shat themselves seeing this beast emerge from the lake having had a smoke, I shouted "Its a Dog" and they sat back down and looked sheepish
On the way back, we stopped for some chips at "Wing Wah", the delightful Chinese chippy, the owner always says "Where your friend" meaning J4ckos mate, she said it tonight and I said "He is down here" and pointed at the dog, I said I had swapped him for the dog, but she wasn't fooled, unlike the times when we tried to book a table there from the pub, when she asks if we want our chips "tw-eet now" and all stand there doing bird impressions.
I sat there on the Barbers steps like I was in a Streets video, me and the dog eating chips, he isn't a greedy hound and only had three, not that he was getting many more anyway.
I put my chip papers in the bin and crossed the road, past the boozer, the dog did his best to drag me back in, honest, pulling and grunting but I had had enough, but what a wonderful dog, one that wants me to have that extra pint, for that I will forgive him for chewing the kitchen door frame.
31 October 2008, 10:21 PM
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Get him some toys Jacko, the more the merrier. Means he wont get bored. My nutcases have a few footballs that they rip apart & some daft rubber toys & my place hasnt been touched at all.
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Awww, it's nice to have a doggy companion.. we used to have a black lad when I was a wee lass, and he used to go into the local with my dad all the time.. they even kept him his own ashtray behind the bar, which he used to have a slurp of beer from
Our boxer, Ben, went through as phase of chewing the door frames... he had more toys than Pets At Home, and had more affection lavished on him than my other half... but he still chewed. He was a couple of years old - we tried everything to stop him from chewing ... rubbing mustard, perfume, and orange onto the wood.. the only thing which stopped him dead in his tracks was a dab of deep heat
Our boxer, Ben, went through as phase of chewing the door frames... he had more toys than Pets At Home, and had more affection lavished on him than my other half... but he still chewed. He was a couple of years old - we tried everything to stop him from chewing ... rubbing mustard, perfume, and orange onto the wood.. the only thing which stopped him dead in his tracks was a dab of deep heat
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I used to have a dog that did the same. The off licence was on the way to the park. She'd insist I went in as the owner always gave her a little treat of pork scratchings or biltong (she preferred biltong).
That shop owner was a clever b@stard - made thousands from me
I loved that mongrel - cleverer (more clever?) than the wife of the era
That shop owner was a clever b@stard - made thousands from me
I loved that mongrel - cleverer (more clever?) than the wife of the era
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Obviously I am not the type to waste time and money in a pub when I take the dogs out...........
That's why my wife was confused when I was at work and the local phoned up asking if someone could collect my 3 dogs which had turned up looking for me in the snug
(they had escaped from the garden gate which someone had left open)
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That's why my wife was confused when I was at work and the local phoned up asking if someone could collect my 3 dogs which had turned up looking for me in the snug
(they had escaped from the garden gate which someone had left open)
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it was nice lovely fresh day but alittle muddy,
here where we went,
Wilmslow - Styal
me j4cko my two kids and my niece and bob the dog
its a nice dog,
j4cko do you want to know something funny,
after sam moaning about walking back thru styal village , giving us cheek, and saying his legs were aching. he's on the wii fit now.
here where we went,
Wilmslow - Styal
me j4cko my two kids and my niece and bob the dog
its a nice dog,
j4cko do you want to know something funny,
after sam moaning about walking back thru styal village , giving us cheek, and saying his legs were aching. he's on the wii fit now.
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01 November 2008, 07:56 PM
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Its nice to have a youngish dog, he is six so a good few years in him yet hopefully, definitely a mans dog, not too big, not too small, not aggressive but not feeble, not chavvy but not poncey and he likes a walk, I am getting fitter, with 14 miles on the bike a day and 3 or 4 walking, I just need to do some swimming and its a mini triathlon every day !
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Nice tale of everyday folk....
Dylan decided that Trick or Treat was an excuse to put his Staffi head on and scare the carp out of a lad who knocked last night. He had a pair of crutches and a "Scream" mask as an outfit, sadly Dylan took it very badly, the lad nearly cacked himself.
V.Funny. Mainly because he loves kids but will batter an adult without thinking, a product of his rescue dog status. We think he was bred for fighting as at four and a half stone of staffi-lab cross he's quite a lump.
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P.S. Not Photobucket friendly myself, but VMS to the left for a pic !
Dylan decided that Trick or Treat was an excuse to put his Staffi head on and scare the carp out of a lad who knocked last night. He had a pair of crutches and a "Scream" mask as an outfit, sadly Dylan took it very badly, the lad nearly cacked himself.
V.Funny. Mainly because he loves kids but will batter an adult without thinking, a product of his rescue dog status. We think he was bred for fighting as at four and a half stone of staffi-lab cross he's quite a lump.
DunxC
P.S. Not Photobucket friendly myself, but VMS to the left for a pic !
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Its funny, all common sense says a Dog is a pain in the ****, and they are, but I love having one and have missed it for a long time, our last Dog, Molly the Cocker was a nice Dog, but we had seven years of her being blind and deaf, plus other ailments so I have missed the good side of having a Dog as she couldn't really give much feedback, not her fault and it was difficult to watch her decline but we had to let her have her dotage.
Its nice to have a youngish dog, he is six so a good few years in him yet hopefully, definitely a mans dog, not too big, not too small, not aggressive but not feeble, not chavvy but not poncey and he likes a walk, I am getting fitter, with 14 miles on the bike a day and 3 or 4 walking, I just need to do some swimming and its a mini triathlon every day !
Its nice to have a youngish dog, he is six so a good few years in him yet hopefully, definitely a mans dog, not too big, not too small, not aggressive but not feeble, not chavvy but not poncey and he likes a walk, I am getting fitter, with 14 miles on the bike a day and 3 or 4 walking, I just need to do some swimming and its a mini triathlon every day !
I have never been a doggie person, but since getting Jet, I never knew dogs could be such fun. He is fantastic. And my bum has never been trimmer with all the walking.
Get some new pics up of Bob please. Would love to see how he is doing
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02 November 2008, 04:36 PM
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Indeed and a big Crapper ! took him for a walk around lindow again and he was on a two stop strategy again. He is so good with other dogs, he came into contact with two Bassett hounds, lovely dogs but very fat, like the Moog off Willo the Wisp (kids programme) crossed with Flash from the Dukes of Hazard, they were woofing at him and he wasnt bothered, they were hillarious.
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