DOGS

dunno what half these look like

someone do a pictorial guide

this really hasn't been done before?

where is the Shiba Inu?!

Write-in votes also accepted

oh God you just reminded me that I had a dream last night in which I had a dog but really didn't want it and kept asking myself "why the hell did I get a dog?"

The Shiba Inu is looking sad at its exclusion from the poll. As is the St Bernard.

http://seattlest.com/attachments/seattle_courtney/st-bernard.jpg

:(

SO SAD!!!

OK out of the choices listed here in no particular order

pug
corgi
boxer
old english bulldog
husky
akita
lab

I'm just going to use the Swiss mountain dog as a stand in for the Bernese but I do so under protest.

I had a Jack Russell growing up so I suspect mine will be the only vote.

http://cdn-www.dailypuppy.com/media/dogs/anonymous/3542/200805083542_1.jpg_w450.jpg

I am so gay for Jon's dogs :'((((((((((

and and write ins for shibas and bernese mountain dogs

http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/44426000/jpg/_44426529_flag_dog_credit416.jpg

http://www.alphadogcoats.co.uk/Staffy_Hoodie_Burberry_-_Large.jpg

WRITE-IN VOTE FOR SHIBA INU

my mother's dog is a tibetan spaniel, where are they?

http://my-doggy.com/images/articles/Tibetan-Spaniel.jpg

OMG WAIT

I can't believe I forgot a very important one

FRENCH BULLDOGS

Let's just petition for an "all" option

ok so my list is actually

pug
french bulldog
oe bulldog
shiba inu
akita
husky
bernese moutain dog

x-post

no way

some dogs suck

for example - really small rat-like yapping dogs. they suck.

dachshunds are pretty incredible, so ridiculous. i always wonder whether they realise it.

That's right E, I forgot about chihuahuas. My sister had one that you couldn't even pet and it just pissed everywhere. Useless animal!

Write-in for "non-Border" Collies.

http://images.paraorkut.com/img/wallpapers/1024x768/c/collie-1352.jpg

Even prick-eared ones. ^^ <3

oh but I remembered two more

brussels griffon
affen pincher

LOOK AT THIS RIDICULOUS BEAST

http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c287/expatrica/Brussels.jpg

Yeah I'm not too keen on chihuahuas

I was in the park with Benson the other day and this little asshole chihuahua came out of nowhere and started barking and nipping at him. The thing was so nasty! I had to pick B up because the little jerk was really starting to bite him.

That last dog looks like a German politician.

LOLLLLLLLLL

Shiba Inu stans can vote Akita Inu if they want, it will be counted. I went via images on Wikipedia so obviously the whole size thing got a bit confusing.

i'm not going to stan for small yappy lapdogs but i feel they often get unfairly slated cuz of their rep - cuz they're such girly dogs, and have those associations w/being kept in handbags etc

way prefer them to pitbulls or whatever

See, okay, that ridiculous beast is actually a puppet/mask from The Dark Crystal. Look, you can almost SEE where the hairs were glued on around the eyes. DQ.

lol laurel

Yeah I hear you Lex but I've just never really met a little yappy one that I loved whereas I have met some really awesome pitbulls (who also get unfairly slated).

English Bull Terrier is surely the worst dog. I saw someone walking a huge one the other day, it was about the size of a small pig.

http://mywhitepaw.files.wordpress.com/2009/09/bull_terrier_h03.jpg

I also automatically assume that everyone who owns one of these is a racist.

Small dogs: I really really hate the lack of dignity in the small dog that insists on bullying and shouting down all other dogs. Some people think this ridiculosity is "cute," apparently? I think it's repugnant, and my first reaction is to want to hurt them until they get a better idea of their place in the world.

I also think "ugly" means "ugly," and not, "Gather round and pity this creature before we put it to death for its own good."

Yeah Yorkshire Terriers are nasty little shits.

http://www.greatdogsite.com/admin/uploaded_files/1191990474pembroke_welsh_corgi.jpg

Corgis though, all the awesome. Too good to be associated with the Queen.

lack of dignity in the small dog that insists on bullying and shouting down all other dogs

Yeah, I know. I don't think I'd ever really noticed this before recently but it's pretty horrible when they do this. I hate Yorkies.

Also I know you hate ugly dogs but the thing is that I don't think pugs, frenchies or bulldogs are ugly at all - I think they're adorable. You want ugly?

This is ugly:

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2010/12/16/article-1339113-0C81AC84000005DC-395_634x908.jpg

I really really hate the lack of dignity in the small dog that insists on bullying and shouting down all other dogs. Some people think this ridiculosity is "cute," apparently? I think it's repugnant

i think it's sweet!

i like bolshy attitudes

re: pitbulls — There's this awesome pitbull I would visit every day in the summer who lives down the block who would always have his head stuck through the bars of the metal fence in front of the building. Once I was walking to the bus stop and I saw his owner walking him and the doggie recognized me instantly and jumped onto me, mortifying his owner.

"i hate yappy dogs" is just a bit of a let-me-prove-my-manliness/coolness cliché to me

It's Little Man Syndrome. If they were human those dogs would be like particularly repulsive contestants on The Apprentice.

I think it's more that people dislike things that show their fear so blatantly. Like a giant Great Dane is probably the most loving thing ever but probably not afraid of anyone.

Stayed with a friend in Spain who had a Yorkshire terrier, a German Shepherd and some kind of bloodhound, and the Yorkshire terrier was the undisputed leader. It was weird but possibly not uncommon.

http://www.we-love-dogz.com/boxer.jpg

Repping for boxers here. They're like a pug's older cooler brother. Manly without being thuggish.

I LOVE boxers (but the pug is just as cool ;p). There is one who lives next door and he's the cutest thing ever.

I esp love boxers with normal flappy ears like that one. :)

Love boxers as long as they belong to other people. :D I just couldn't make room for that much drool in my life, but I'd like to visit it occasionally.

Like when they've just been at the water bowl and then you sit down and they trot over to put their chin on your knee and gaze up at you...and that's the end of whatever your knees are wearing.

I think it's more that people dislike things that show their fear so blatantly. Like a giant Great Dane is probably the most loving thing ever but probably not afraid of anyone.

― mauricio kagel exercise (corey), Friday, December 17, 2010 10:03 AM (5 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

otm

Since moving in with my gf and her Dane I am continually amazed what a giant lovey doofus he is, but some people are just fucking terrified of the dude. I don't know if it's possible to be licked to death but that's probably the extent of the damage he could willingly do. He does tend to knock things over occasionally.

also otm wrt drool

I take that back, she is not protective whatsoever on the leash, just aggressive. She turns into a tasmanian devil and just starts biting whatever she can get ahold of. Usually her leash but twice now it has been me.

Widget also has a few dog enemies, and in general does not like Frenchies, Malinois or English bull terriers. He is in turn disliked by many Yorkies and a pack of three boxers who are tbf just having a pack mentality.

Luckily, all the owners bar the gammony couple with the miniature EBT are reasonable people whose dogs are fine whenever I run into them solo.

when i was little i earned quarter (!) each sunday for taking the big sunday newspaper up to old mrs foster, who my parents encouraged me to call "aunt" foster. it was her husband for whom our lane was named. he'd got big earth moving equipment and dug a series of ditches that drained the land and made it possible to put houses there. long dead by the time i came along, though we'd sometimes find his old empty liquor bottles where he'd thrown them out into the woods. anyway old "aunt" foster had a boston terrier named peanut and he terrified me, barking at me every time i came up that hill with the newspaper under my arm. she'd come out and shoo him away and i'd successfully make it inside and while she cut coupons out of the supplements i'd watch cartoons on her TV until i got hungry for lunch. peanut was nowhere to be seen once i'd made it inside, i guess sulking in the corner that he hadn't been able to keep the intruder at bay. anyway one time he actually fucking BIT me on my ankle, taking off the penny loafer i still had on my feet from church. that fucking dog. aunt foster didn't fuss over me or anything the old witch. i'm pretty sure i stopped going up there after that.

earned A quarter i should say

One of the few accounts I follow on Instagram is Ted from Gone Fishing. It makes me sad to see that this now-elderly dog has become a star in his own right, to the extent that his people have two books out under his name, and now he's going to appear at the London Pet Expo "signing" books and "posing" for selfies. And I just don't think that's right. I'm sure his people will be very careful, but like a dog brought to a cafe, Ted has no real way of indicating that he doesn't want to do it (other than biting somebody). I don't know. I don't like it for him. Poor old Ted.

Was in a cafe just having breakfast yesterday and the owner could hardly control her big dog. It was too big for the narrow space between the tables, they should have sat at the other end but it was nearer the door so colder, but if you are taking your dog maybe deal with it.

She feigned embarrassment at the dog's behaviour, and assumed I would find the dog charming.

Tbf that’s more a shit owner problem, there are so many out there

once when when I took my dog to the pub the only table left was the one by the door. It's a dog friendly pub alongside a canal and popular rambling route. Unfortunately my embarrassing dog was trying to hard-dog any other dog that walked in, but he was muzzled and tied on the leash so no biggie. This miserable old cunt started moaning at me saying if I'm bring my dog I shouldn't sit by the door. Very nice, I said gesturing around the room.. but where the fuck else do you expect me to sit?

even in so called dog-friendly zones, dog owner on dog owner violence is an ever present danger!

I've never had a dog I would bring to even a dog-friendly pub or cafe. Health and safety rules mean you have to keep them on the floor, and none of my dogs would understand why they weren't allowed to sit up beside me. It's just the way we've always done it. I mean, it does help that I don't live in an urban area, so it's not like I'm passing pubs on my dog walk or anything.

They’re totally fine on the floor, it’s when people think it’s ok for them to sit on seats that’s an issue. It’s got to be a pandemic dog thing, right? Lot of poorly socialised/untrained dogs with untreated separation anxiety out there?

So we brought our demon dog Lola back to the no-kill shelter that we got her from. After she bit her 8th person, including me and the dog trainer, we all agreed that it was not going to work out and I could stop trying to make it work with honor. It still felt shitty to bring her back but oh my god, the relief of not having to stress anytime someone came to the door was intense. It was like living with an abusive roommate.

I had a dog like that and he lived to 12. I very stubbornly refused to get rid of him and he held us hostage for all of his 12 years. He was a good boy though -- late in life he was attacked by an offleash dog in the alley and he very valiantly protected me and my other littler dog.

I would not go through all that again. You did the right thing.

If we didn’t have kids, and our kids friends coming over, I would have held out longer. When she jumped up and bit a tall 16 year old on his chest I pictured her doing it to a younger kid’s face and that was the end of it.

Lola was, by any measure, not a good dog. I still loved her though. My nickname for her was GBBG, said in a Pepe Le Pew accent (gee bee bee gee). Girl Boss Baby Goblin.

Excellent selection of dogs at the cafe/bookshop I go to earlier.

In lap of patron - Yorkshire terrier
On floor & on leads - a standard poodle, a Boston terrier, a long haired dachshund and the dog that’s the main reason I have a comment for this post today…looked like a spaniel but had ticking on its face and legs. Mainly blue-black and white in colour. Mainly I’m asking is this a standard colour for any breed of spaniel or is it likely to be a mix? Thought it was adorable. Please see artist’s impression, the handwriting says plumy tail.

https://i.postimg.cc/SxgqF8PT/IMG-0245.jpg

Shout out also to the owners who had all the dogs calm and orderly, not easy when there’s strangers with other dogs there.

when the game developers want to make sure you don't overlook the quest-giving dog https://t.co/iZRhNEhMfe

— Emily (@writerofscratch) March 1, 2026

On the mission loading screen for MGSV, when you have selected Diamond Dog, my small cat considers his movements so lifelike that she will stare at the screen enraptured and occasionally try to touch him with her little paws

lol bless

springers are often black and white with spots on their face (i have heard that the spottier their faces the cheekier they are)

this one's a puppy

https://geniusvets.s3.amazonaws.com/gv-dog-breeds/english-springer-spaniel-2.jpg

this one's a lil more grown up

https://asset.freeads.co.uk/img/353x264/80cb98694c0cece286c384c87ce14a917347308263220.webp

ahhh fuckin webp

Yeah it was relatively small or I would have thought springer

they can occasionally be as small as cockers! they're basically the same breed

our older girl’s Cushings diagnosis is starting to become more apparent— she’s having more and more trouble with her hind legs. have to carry her up and down stairs 75% of the time. she still loves to bound about a little at the park and chew on her toys, though.

having a conversation with our vet about it this week. we don’t want to prolong her suffering, also just need someone who can give us honest talk about when it is time.

honestly even thinking about it makes me ugly cry, this dog has been an instrumental part of my life and our life together for nearly 12 years.

I feel that. Been carrying ours downstairs more and more recently. She goes up on her own okay but loses control going down and tumbles. Hard to watch it happen. Good luck table.

same to you dan m. it is really hard to watch it happen.

at the emergency vet— she isn’t eating and, well. who the fuck knows.

<3

It’s so tough. I’m sorry for you.

Very sorry table

She passed. Utterly devastated. Woke up and immediately started crying. Fuck this.

I’m so sorry, tabes.

Really sorry to hear, table.

So sorry, Table. She sounds like she was a great pal and enjoying her life right up to the last.

So sorry. It’s hard to know when it’s time, but you did the right thing.

<3 table

Sorry to hear that table.

I'm so sorry.

genuinely sorry to hear this about your top best friend Tabes.

<3

thanks yall. i took the day off work, taking the day off tomorrow too. my lacrimal glands are getting a fucking workout.

years ago a friend posted a poem after her pup passed that has been ringing for me. hope it’s okay to share

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1969/01/18/walking-with-lulu-in-the-wood

so sorry table.

I’m sorry tabes.

I'm so sorry. Hugs, table.

Sorry, table. Horrible loss but it sounds like she was truly loved and had a great dog life with you. The best we can do.

Massive condolences to you table, so sorry.

oh no!! <3

i used to give my dog an ice cream once or twice each summer, it was something we could both look forward to since i loved watching him eat it so much. when he started getting up there in age i decided to film it and made it into an endless loop so i could watch him eat ice cream forever. he lived another 5 years after this, almost to the day!
when I look at old photos, i only feel estrangement somehow. but i can watch this video for hours at a time sometimes, and it’s like he’s still here to tickle all my troubles away
wish they could all live forever
https://player.vimeo.com/video/138480944?loop=1

Thanks, y’all.