Buying a dog

[MickyD]

5 hours ago, Youri McAnespie said:

it's a bit rich when someone goes on about animal rights inbetween mouthfuls of a sausage, bacon and egg butty.

To be fair, the two are poles apart. I can happily eat a bacon butty telling some posh twat in a red jacket he’s a twat! (I don’t, but I could.)
 

The animals involved in providing meat for food are (mostly) ethically killed in order to provide meat. Without the food on the plate at the end of the process they just wouldn’t have any existence at all. Sure, the idealism seen by veggies and vegans still has the cattle, sheep, pigs and other livestock animals living happily ever after. Not going to happen!

The vegan society putting stickers on meat products, “This beef once roamed in fields and was called Annabelle.” is bullshit. Just try explaining to them that Annabelle’s life wouldn’t have happened.

Bloodsports, on the other hand, are the games for cunts. Killing for fun = wankers.

[Traf]

Yeah, the food you buy in butchers/supermarkets etc has been bred purely for us to eat, whether we like that thought or not.

Setting a pack of dogs on wild animals is just fucking wrong.

[Youri McAnespie]

9 minutes ago, MickyD said:

To be fair, the two are poles apart. I can happily eat a bacon butty telling some posh twat in a red jacket he’s a twat! (I don’t, but I could.)
 

The animals involved in providing meat for food are (mostly) ethically killed in order to provide meat. Without the food on the plate at the end of the process they just wouldn’t have any existence at all. Sure, the idealism seen by veggies and vegans still has the cattle, sheep, pigs and other livestock animals living happily ever after. Not going to happen!

The vegan society putting stickers on meat products, “This beef once roamed in fields and was called Annabelle.” is bullshit. Just try explaining to them that Annabelle’s life wouldn’t have happened.

Bloodsports, on the other hand, are the games for cunts. Killing for fun = wankers.

You've obviously never ate fox vindaloo. It's sublime.

[Dimron]

Wife spotted this yesterday on fizzbbok:

You may have seen in our last post that we had 58 applications for Mabel. As much as it fills us with joy that so many people wish to adopt a rescue dog, it saddens us that since posting Diesel on our page we haven't had a single application. A gentler, calmer, more loving companion than Diesel would be very hard to find, it's so sad that he has had no interest at all. Please consider this wonderful boy.

Guess who's going to be residing at Dimron Towers from next week?

Quite apt really.. old, grizzled and unwanted just like his new dad

[Youri McAnespie]

5 minutes ago, Dimron said:

...Guess who's going to be residing at Dimron Towers from next week? Quite apt really.. old, grizzled and unwanted just like his new dad

 

Dave Lee Travis? The ghost of Max Clifford?

[Not in Crawley]

Dave Lee Travis would be a great name for a dog.

The kids are bugging me for one, my collegue is trying to hook me up with some sort of Romanian dog rescue place?

I dunno, if I get one, it'll have to be a rescue dog, but don't want some mental case. Nice, scruffy, smallish mutt.

That's if I can be convinced. Its not the dog itself, its the vet bills, the disruption and extra costs on holidays.

 

[Youri McAnespie]

1 minute ago, Not in Crawley said:

Dave Lee Travis would be a great name for a dog.

The kids are bugging me for one, my collegue is trying to hook me up with some sort of Romanian dog rescue place?

I dunno, if I get one, it'll have to be a rescue dog, but don't want some mental case. Nice, scruffy, smallish mutt.

That's if I can be convinced. Its not the dog itself, its the vet bills, the disruption and extra costs on holidays.

 

A dog from Romania - are you mental? Strays there basically revert to wolves, they'd rip your throat out for a leftover bit of bacon sandwich. Fifteen or so years ago folk in Bucharest would go on killing sprees of packs of strays, they were such a menace. Why not take on a mangy urban fox instead? Get three Dobermans and mistreat them so they become vicious to everyone except you.

[Rudy]

15 minutes ago, Not in Crawley said:

Dave Lee Travis would be a great name for a dog.

The kids are bugging me for one, my collegue is trying to hook me up with some sort of Romanian dog rescue place?

I dunno, if I get one, it'll have to be a rescue dog, but don't want some mental case. Nice, scruffy, smallish mutt.

That's if I can be convinced. Its not the dog itself, its the vet bills, the disruption and extra costs on holidays.

 

The fact you’re considering it means its already on its way. It’ll be tarmacking your drive and flogging heather by the end of the month 

[Dimron]

11 minutes ago, Not in Crawley said:

Dave Lee Travis would be a great name for a dog.

The kids are bugging me for one, my collegue is trying to hook me up with some sort of Romanian dog rescue place?

I dunno, if I get one, it'll have to be a rescue dog, but don't want some mental case. Nice, scruffy, smallish mutt.

That's if I can be convinced. Its not the dog itself, its the vet bills, the disruption and extra costs on holidays.

 

Our last dog was a rehome at 9 yrs and was a real gentleman. Diesel is 10 yrs and walked really nicely on the lead this morning. There was a comment earlier on the thread (I think by Rudy) that they couldn't consider a rescue as they had children, from my experience there shouldn't be a problem as long as you choose your dog and settle them in.

He had a quiet independence about him this morning, they often tend to withdraw when in kennels, he had lived in the same home from a puppy and now its all been taken away, like doing bird without knowing why.

He'll need time and patience to get to feel part of things and secure but the rewards are massive.

[Dimron]

23 minutes ago, Youri McAnespie said:

Dave Lee Travis? The ghost of Max Clifford?

I'm a Silver Fox, ladies love it 😉

Said to the missus on the drive back... got my trophy dog with a studded collar to go with my BWFC coat when I walk around the village now... no one knows we're both as soft as sh1t

[Dimron]

13 minutes ago, Youri McAnespie said:

A dog from Romania - are you mental? Strays there basically revert to wolves, they'd rip your throat out for a leftover bit of bacon sandwich. Fifteen or so years ago folk in Bucharest would go on killing sprees of packs of strays, they were such a menace. Why not take on a mangy urban fox instead? Get three Dobermans and mistreat them so they become vicious to everyone except you.

My neighbour opposite brought two dogs back from Iraq when he was over there with the SAS, really nice dogs, passed away now.

[MickyD]

28 minutes ago, Not in Crawley said:

my collegue is trying to hook me up with some sort of Romanian dog rescue place?

Just in case, here are some easy to remember phrases:

Sit down - așezați-vă

Please don’t shit there, it’s the neighbours garden - Te rog, nu te chinui acolo, este grădina vecinilor

fuck off you little shit - la dracu' de la tine

Edited January 13, 2022 by MickyD

[Not in Crawley]

19 minutes ago, Rudy said:

The fact you’re considering it means its already on its way. It’ll be tarmacking your drive and flogging heather by the end of the month 

To be honest I could do with one for company here at home.

Although, when I'm in town for meetings etc for the day, are dogs OK to be left for a bit by themselves? Haven't got a clue.

[Youri McAnespie]

13 minutes ago, Dimron said:

My neighbour opposite brought two dogs back from Iraq when he was over there with the SAS, really nice dogs, passed away now.

He's a Walter Mitty - they keep it quiet, they don't go around advertising it. He probably got them from a gypsy site and he probably works on the waltzers on a travelling fair.

[Youri McAnespie]

1 minute ago, Not in Crawley said:

To be honest I could do with one for company here at home.

Although, when I'm in town for meetings etc for the day, are dogs OK to be left for a bit by themselves? Haven't got a clue.

Just lace its Goodfeast chub with Oxazepam, then train it to savage anyone that isn't you by giving it a little jab with a fork or whatever. I thought you had a gay cat anyway? Your new vicious trained to kill hound would savage it to death - the homophobe.

[Dimron]

2 minutes ago, Youri McAnespie said:

He's a Walter Mitty - they keep it quiet, they don't go around advertising it. He probably got them from a gypsy site and he probably works on the waltzers on a travelling fair.

You've not met him, definitely the real thing, still works out there working n "security" for the oil companies.

Took out a couple of loud mouthed trouble making strangers in the village pub in about 10 seconds after one pushed a barmaid.. bish bosh and they were both down with cable ties on their wrists. We have a quiz team including a surveillance officer in the serious crimes agency so he had them picked up in no time.

[Duck Egg]

6 minutes ago, Not in Crawley said:

To be honest I could do with one for company here at home.

Although, when I'm in town for meetings etc for the day, are dogs OK to be left for a bit by themselves? Haven't got a clue.

Course they are, as long as it's not too long.  Personally, I'd say 4 hours max but build up to that slowly.

Lots of rescue dogs from all over Europe are currently being fostered in the UK.  At least you can have a proper look at them first and get to know a bit more about them than if they just go Bucharest》Van》Crawley

[Rudy]

8 minutes ago, Not in Crawley said:

To be honest I could do with one for company here at home.

Although, when I'm in town for meetings etc for the day, are dogs OK to be left for a bit by themselves? Haven't got a clue.

Depends on the dog. But never for long periods. My collie has to have spells at home but they’re very independent and he can go outside and back in on his own and it’s never more than 4 hours without someone there but if it was longer on the rare occasion he’s fine but you can’t get him out of your shadow when you get back home

[Dimron]

9 minutes ago, Not in Crawley said:

Although, when I'm in town for meetings etc for the day, are dogs OK to be left for a bit by themselves? Haven't got a clue.

Depends on the dog, every breed has its traits but they all are individual characters.

Generally I'd say the older ones don't mind as much, they probably appreciate a bit of peace and quiet

[Sweep]

2 minutes ago, Dimron said:

Depends on the dog, every breed has its traits but they all are individual characters.

Generally I'd say the older ones don't mind as much, they probably appreciate a bit of peace and quiet

it rarely happens these days, but our dog can be left on his own for 8-10 hours, and he doesn't seem to mind. We try not to do that, but occasionally we do have to leave him, in all fairness, even when we are here, he spends most of his time sleeping, I reckon he must get a good 18 hours a day 😁

[Duck Egg]

4 minutes ago, Sweep said:

it rarely happens these days, but our dog can be left on his own for 8-10 hours, and he doesn't seem to mind. We try not to do that, but occasionally we do have to leave him, in all fairness, even when we are here, he spends most of his time sleeping, I reckon he must get a good 18 hours a day 😁

Yeah, when they're much older and settled, it shouldn't be an issue once in a while. I can work from home all day and the lazy get barely moves in that time!

[Youri McAnespie]

He works on the waltzers - gypsies are hard, so knocking out two pisspots is easy, why the fuck would anyone have cable cuffs in a fucking pub? I saw that bearded one in a pub in Ealing and he gave me a funny look, I asked "What the fuck are you looking at?" and he shit himself and retreated like a frightened tortoise. This village, do they like their own? Bashing someone up then cuffing someone is a crime.

[MickyD]

18 minutes ago, Youri McAnespie said:

He's a Walter Mitty - they keep it quiet, they don't go around advertising it. He probably got them from a gypsy site and he probably works on the waltzers on a travelling fair.

Old woman over the road has been a friend of MrsD’s since the Covid outbreak. Wife knocked on a few doors offering to do bits and bats of shopping for them. Prior to this we were at the neighbourly level of wave and shout hello if you were both in your respective gardens.

Well, she tells MrsD that her son is in the SAS. That’s fine, so we live opposite a trained killer’s mum. It could come in handy in later years.

He came over to see us during a trip home to thank us for looking after his mum. I couldn’t resist asking him about life in “the regiment”.

He laughed. It turns out he IS with the SAS and if ever I wanted to fly to Sweden, Norway, Finland, etc., then maybe he could help through his job with Scandinavian Air Service

[Escobarp]

2 hours we can leave ours but think that’s more driven by me being too attached. I think he would be fine for longer. Will gradually increase it over coming months 

[Youri McAnespie]

1 minute ago, MickyD said:

Old woman over the road has been a friend of MrsD’s since the Covid outbreak. Wife knocked on a few doors offering to do bits and bats of shopping for them. Prior to this we were at the neighbourly level of wave and shout hello if you were both in your respective gardens.

Well, she tells MrsD that her son is in the SAS. That’s fine, so we live opposite a trained killer’s mum. It could come in handy in later years.

He came over to see us during a trip home to thank us for looking after his mum. I couldn’t resist asking him about life in “the regiment”.

He laughed. It turns out he IS with the SAS and if ever I wanted to fly to Sweden, Norway, Finland, etc., then maybe he could help through his job with Scandinavian Air Service

Real ones say 'Sass' not S-A-S. Fact.