This is my ex.

[mickle]

I did some plumbing for a friend years ago. Swapped out a radiator in the bathroom while they were away on holiday. He said don't worry about the cat, its a scaredy cat and will keep out of your way. The neighbour was roped in to feed it. I did the job over a couple of days. Made good. Posted the front door key back through the letter box. I never saw the cat.

The came home a few days after I'd finished. He called me and asked if I'd seen the cat. The neighbour had noticed it had stopped eating its dinner. Nope i said. Sorry.

They heard muffled mewing coming from underneath the shag pile in the bathroom. I'd imprisoned the cat under the floorboards.

 

[BoldonLad]

I did some plumbing for a friend years ago. Swapped out a radiator in the bathroom while they were away on holiday. He said don't worry about the cat, its a scaredy cat and will keep out of your way. The neighbour was roped in to feed it. I did the job over a couple of days. Made good. Posted the front door key back through the letter box. I never saw the cat.

The came home a few days after I'd finished. He called me and asked if I'd seen the cat. The neighbour had noticed it had stopped eating its dinner. Nope i said. Sorry.

They heard muffled mewing coming from underneath the shag pile in the bathroom. I'd imprisoned the cat under the floorboards.

Well done!

 

[First Aspect]

I am most disturbed by the use of carpet in a bathroom.

 

[briantrumpet]

I am most disturbed by the use of carpet in a bathroom.

That's always been a 'WTF?' moment when I see it. Thinking logically, if people like the feel of carpet on their feet at all times, rather than cover the bathroom floor with it they should strap carpet to their feet.

 

[Pblakeney]

That's always been a 'WTF?' moment when I see it. Thinking logically, if people like the feel of carpet on their feet at all times, rather than cover the bathroom floor with it they should strap carpet to their feet.

Commonly referred to as "slippers". 😂

 

[briantrumpet]

Commonly referred to as "slippers". 😂

One would have thought so, but clearly that's not enough for those who need actual fluffy carpet on the soles of their feet (and piss in the shag pile).

 

[Pross]

Actress turned dog sitter somewhat infers that there may not be formal arrangements of that nature.

Sums up the 'professional' dog walking business that has exploded in recent years in my experience. There are some that have all the insurances, proper registered businesses run by people with all sorts of training and pet first aid etc. but the vast majority are at the opposite end of the scale. I regularly see dog walkers turn up and public open spaces (or even private spaces that happen to have a footpath running through them) and treat it like a private training area. Usually they'll have large numbers of dogs and their idea of walking them is to let them run wherever they want. I see one woman who walks through the local farmer's fields with 6 of them running all over the place and there's no way she's getting them back in a hurry if needed. There have been several times where I've had to take preventitive action as they run towards my (on the lead) dogs and the one definitely isn't tolerant of that sort of thing. I'm not sure I'd want to be explaining to an owner how I let their beloved fur baby get bitten by a German Shepherd Dog. Trying to argue that it was at least partly the owners responsibility that she let the dog escape is a bit pathetic, why are people so reluctant to accept they messed up and take responsibility for their actions?

 

[First Aspect]

Indeed and the reason there aren't that many well run doggy daycares with enclosed spaces for them to run around in is that the economics don't add up.

Point of order - the size of a dog doesn't correlate to the likelihood of it being aggressive. I grew up with a couple of German shepherds as family dogs and neither was remotely aggressive. Neither was the one that came along after I'd left home. Terriers on the other hand...

 

[Pross]

Indeed and the reason there aren't that many well run doggy daycares with enclosed spaces for them to run around in is that the economics don't add up.

Point of order - the size of a dog doesn't correlate to the likelihood of it being aggressive. I grew up with a couple of German shepherds as family dogs and neither was remotely aggressive. Neither was the one that came along after I'd left home. Terriers on the other hand...

Sure. Mine isn't aggressive, it's reactivity and mainly a fear response. He's lovely with most people and I think if he met other dogs in the open when he was off the lead he'd probably be better but I can't take that risk. However, if he does bite a dog that runs up to him he's going to do more damage than my little cockapoo.

We had an encounter in the same fields a couple of months ago with two Labs that are even more reactive and arguably properly aggressive. Their owner had them off their leads and they came charging down the hill towards mine, they had no collars for him to grab them and they completely ignored his calls. Initially they stood just outside the circumference of my dog's lead with their hackles up and backs arched and I thought they had the sense to stay there but as soon as mine turned his back one of them charged him and took him down. Unfortunately for the Lab his mate stayed back barking instead of helping him and within about a second of recovering from the shock mine had flipped the heavier Lab over and pinned him to the ground by the neck leaving me to rescue it and get it back to the useless owner who was still faffing around trying to get their leads.

 

[secretsqirrel]

Sure. Mine isn't aggressive, it's reactivity and mainly a fear response. He's lovely with most people and I think if he met other dogs in the open when he was off the lead he'd probably be better but I can't take that risk. However, if he does bite a dog that runs up to him he's going to do more damage than my little cockapoo.

We had an encounter in the same fields a couple of months ago with two Labs that are even more reactive and arguably properly aggressive. Their owner had them off their leads and they came charging down the hill towards mine, they had no collars for him to grab them and they completely ignored his calls. Initially they stood just outside the circumference of my dog's lead with their hackles up and backs arched and I thought they had the sense to stay there but as soon as mine turned his back one of them charged him and took him down. Unfortunately for the Lab his mate stayed back barking instead of helping him and within about a second of recovering from the shock mine had flipped the heavier Lab over and pinned him to the ground by the neck leaving me to rescue it and get it back to the useless owner who was still faffing around trying to get their leads.

That’s a familiar story, as I had similar situations with my reactive GSD who was always on the lead unless she was safe in an enclosed area. She liked people fortunately, but went ballistic when she saw other dogs. She defended herself by just barking very loudly and bouncing around. Unfortunately people could only see a big aggressive GSD, but dogs could see she was actually scared, and were happy to set about or intimidate her, no matter what their size.
If there had been any major incidents guess who would have got the blame? Yep, the big shouty one.

 

[Pross]

That’s a familiar story, as I had similar situations with my reactive GSD who was always on the lead unless she was safe in an enclosed area. She liked people fortunately, but went ballistic when she saw other dogs. She defended herself by just barking very loudly and bouncing around. Unfortunately people could only see a big aggressive GSD, but dogs could see she was actually scared, and were happy to set about or intimidate her, no matter what their size.
If there had been any major incidents guess who would have got the blame? Yep, the big shouty one.

Sounds identical except mine's a male (albeit quite a small one at 32kg). People laugh when they see Dachshunds regularly behaving the same way and think it's cute.

 

[secretsqirrel]

Sounds identical except mine's a male (albeit quite a small one at 32kg). People laugh when they see Dachshunds regularly behaving the same way and think it's cute.

It’s the “it’s ok my dog is friendly” brigade that really annoyed me, they think its ok to approach to say ‘hello’ when I’m trying to back away without setting her off.
Sausages are really badly behaved generally, because people just pick them up if they kick off and don’t treat them like a dog.

 

[First Aspect]

One of my neighbours dogs chased and injured one of our cats last year. Mostly because the cat was scared for its life, ripped a claw climbing a tree and had an abscess and stress induced pancreatitis that nearly killed her.

Anyhow, to illustrate how squinty eyed dog owners can be, the neighbour reassured us that the dog was "soft mouthed".

It has nipped me a couple of times, nice and gently.

Cat owners all intrinsically know firstly that their cat won't hurt anyone, on account of being 4 kg, and secondly is probably, deep down, a cute little daffodil.

 

[briantrumpet]

It’s the “it’s ok my dog is friendly” brigade that really annoyed me, they think its ok to approach to say ‘hello’ when I’m trying to back away without setting her off.
Sausages are really badly behaved generally, because people just pick them up if they kick off and don’t treat them like a dog.

My GSD x collie was as placid as a placid thing normally, not least as he was likely to overcome any aggressors. So when a particularly aggressively yappy dachshund escaped from a garden and came barking aggressively at my dog, he just looked down imperiously at it while it circled him, barking madly. The lack of any defensive reaction whatsoever from my dog so shocked the dachshund that it rapidly scuttled back into its garden, whimpering, with its tail between its legs. It was actually very funny, and no fur flew.

 

[secretsqirrel]

My GSD x collie was as placid as a placid thing normally, not least as he was likely to overcome any aggressors. So when a particularly aggressively yappy dachshund escaped from a garden and came barking aggressively at my dog, he just looked down imperiously at it while it circled him, barking madly. The lack of any defensive reaction whatsoever from my dog so shocked the dachshund that it rapidly scuttled back into its garden, whimpering, with its tail between its legs. It was actually very funny, and no fur flew.

A confident calm dog is a joy in that situation. Had one of those, he was awesome and he knew it.