This is not The Haters Club You're Looking For discussion
I hate that I can't take my dogs inside public buildings.
Portland businesses and recreation areas are pretty awesome about dogs.
There goes Portland being perfect, again.
There goes Portland being perfect, again.


You're turning out to be a really, really lousy sidekick, you know that?



I hate that Rusty says this while sporting a typically "dog" name.
I love dogs and I can understand dog owners' passion and love for them, but I FUCKING HATE when they feel the need to take Fido EVERYWHERE with them and then leave them in the car in a parking lot while they go inside and shop.
Whenever I'm confronted with a barking, snarling, yipping lap dog of Satan (read: poodles) confined in its owner's vehicle, I take great delight in tormenting the shit out of it in the hope Fifi will piss all over the front seat.
I'm funny like that... Leave the damn dog at home for a quick minute fer Crissakes!
Whenever I'm confronted with a barking, snarling, yipping lap dog of Satan (read: poodles) confined in its owner's vehicle, I take great delight in tormenting the shit out of it in the hope Fifi will piss all over the front seat.
I'm funny like that... Leave the damn dog at home for a quick minute fer Crissakes!

1. All the pretentious names were taken (ahem), so I went with a dog name.
2. Are you hitting on me?
3. Unlike a dog though, (or a dog person for that matter) I can go where I please, when I please.
Fonoso, the dog my mother-in-law used to have hated me. She was fricking terrified. She would bark and whine and even pissed herself a couple times. I know she had been abused before the in-laws adopted her, and the abuser must have looked or smelled a lot like me, because during the three or four years they had her, she never got used to me.
Also, that's disgusting when people make out with dogs like that. Do they not know how dogs clean themselves?




Hospitals? You want animals in hospitals? Those places are already breeding grounds for some very nasty bacteria, making long-term patients prone to serious set-backs due to sickness, infection, etc. and you want people walking in and out of there with their effing dogs? I don’t want the well-groomed ones in there either, but you know that most aren’t. So your idea is to have filthy, parasite-ridden dogs going in and out of hospitals all day?

Cocho's post made it seem (at least to me) as though he/she wouldn't mind if any joker off the street walked in with their dog. And that seems a bit insane to me.

But I hate The Power of One for sort of ruining that word for me.
(was it The Power of One where he compares something to the backsplash of an Indian toilet in Mango Season or do I have my books mixed up?

But I hate The Power of One for sort of ruining that word for me.
(was it The Power of One where he compares something to the ba..."
For a second there I tought you was making a reference to sonata arctica. http://darklyrics.com/lyrics/sonataar...
BunWat wrote: "Rusty, hospitals and nursing homes and childrens wards have therapy dog visitation programs because it has been demonstrated that people in hospitals who sign up for and get visits from dogs get we..."
You'll get no argument from me on this part, BW, but it's the world in which some of those with a tenuous grasp of reality live where dogs get better treatment than some humans I can't come to grips with.
You'll get no argument from me on this part, BW, but it's the world in which some of those with a tenuous grasp of reality live where dogs get better treatment than some humans I can't come to grips with.

1. All the pretentious names were taken (ahem), so I went with a dog name.
2. Are you hitting on me?
3. Unlike a dog though, (or a dog person for that matter) I can go where I please, when I please."
1a. The boy's name Rusty \r(u)-sty,rus-ty\ is pronounced RUS-tee. It is of English origin. Nickname for a person with red hair or a ruddy complexion; also a short form or nickname for names like Russell and Ruston.
Rusty has 1 variant form: Rustyn.
So, you have red hair??????
2a. I hit on everyone. How many licks does it take, dog-boy? ;)
3a. You may not go where you please. Only where you are allowed or invited. Otherwise, it's called breaking-and-entering.

Cause you'll never find a corner big enough.

Hospitals? You want animals in hospitals? Those places are already breeding grounds for some very nasty bacteria, making long-term pati..."
i was being sarcastic...
cocho wrote: "so, essentially you're saying you'd rather be a dog?"
Well, I definitely don't want to be one of the local basset hounds removed from a home for severe abuse and neglect, yesterday. Watching that story put me back off the news.
I do want one of those basset hounds, though. Oh, I do.
Well, I definitely don't want to be one of the local basset hounds removed from a home for severe abuse and neglect, yesterday. Watching that story put me back off the news.
I do want one of those basset hounds, though. Oh, I do.

i was being sarcastic..."
Hhhhhmmmmmm.....I'm going to stick wih my indignant rant. It was fun.

@Bunny, you should just walk in with your dog like you own the place. Have you tried it? You just need to pick up some books on hold right, not browse for any length of time? So you just waltz up to the counter, get your books and you're out of there. I'll bet no one says anything because he's such a good dog. If anyone does you just say he's a service dog and you forgot his vest or whatever they wear. Who's going to argue with you? This is how we create change. This is how we turn "NO DOGS! GRR! ANGRY FACE!!" into "ill-behaved dogs are frowned upon."
@the rest of you: this is getting to be ri-god-damn-diculous!! What is the big deal allowing dogs in buildings?? Is this really such a huge deal? I don't get it. If a dog misbehaves, they should kick it out. If it behaves it should be fine. On the other hand, lets not start putting animals above humans. The only reason to take a dog into the library is because a human wants to go to the library with their pet. A dog doesn't need to go to the library because it cannot read, and therefor is NOT greater than a human. The company of a dog may be preferable to the company of some humans but that's not quite the same thing.
I don't understand why people were so bothered, either.

"Whenever I'm confronted with a barking, snarling, yipping lap dog of Satan (read: poodles) confined in its owner's vehicle, I take great delight in tormenting the shit out of it in the hope Fifi will piss all over the front seat."
So it was you. Thanks a lot! I'll put a little surprise sack under your wipers!


I can walk to my post office to drop off media mail. But not with my dogs.
I can walk to the public park with my dogs...."
I am so glad that u can´t walk to the library, post office etc. with your dog. May be people have allergy , may be they are afraid of dogs, in a short way, you can do everything with your dog in your area, but you have to respect to the other people in PUBLIC places.

Public sidewalks also...
And before you use the "indoors" card, plenty of places (like Tractor Supply Co.) allow dogs in their stores.
And since public property is "maintained for or used by the people or community" it would follow that there would be many types of people from many walks of life at these places - all with their own idiosyncrasies that I have to deal with. So why not deal with mine? Provided that, like Bun posted earlier, that they are well-behaved.



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HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!

See, a dog would never say such mean things! ;)
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I can walk to my post office to drop off media mail. But not with my dogs.
I can walk to the public park with my dogs. But I can't pee while I'm there.
Oh. And I can apparently get a ticket from the police if I tie them off somewhere while I quickly run an errand in any of those places.