What Do Dogs Want?????

Christian Science Moniter ^ | 2/23/05 | Miriam C. Daum

[SweetCaroline]

I miss my good friend, Tonya, she'll be gone 4 years Easter Sunday.

[NorCalRepub]

Max simply wants you to wonder what the hell he wants. He just wants to see you get that goofy human problem solving behavior.......he really doesn't want a damned thing, just to tick you off.......like you said, poodles are one of the most intelligent breeds.......and he just outfoxed you guys.....

[Hodar]

I can sympathize. I've loved and lost more than one dog. We are blessed with a little guy now, he's 6 and going strong, but sooner or later the inevitable will happen. My wife is convinced there will never be another dog in the family, but she loves the one we have now.

So, I enjoy every moment, every bark and every snuggle I get. Dogs are truly man's best friend.

[Recovering Ex-hippie]

My canine companion and spiritual mentor, Lola, does the same thing. It means she usually wants to communicate on a deeper level. So I just stare into her eyes back at her, tell her how beautiful she is. Then she wags her tail, jumps around and laughs.

Lola is a Freepr who was standing at street corners during the election campaign with her huge sign ( that I held ) that said, " PETS FOR BUSH ". CHIEFTAIN'S canine companion, Brenda, joined us in the sign holding. Somewhere there is a picture of them.

[Vicki]

My companion Adina died April 29, 2003. I think of her every day. She was a wonderful dog.

[SweetCaroline]

the inevitable will happen....that's what has kept me from getting another, but I am sooo lonesome for a dog (I have two cats) I plan to go to the pound soon!

[rwfromkansas]

Karen, a Cairn Terrier (think Toto except with lighter hair) died last year. She got this skin disease that hurt her a lot and we had to put her down. She was a great dog, my first dog, and she lasted for 14 years. Maybe once a week I think of seeing the life drain out of her on the table when they put her to sleep. Man. That was tough. I am pretty desensitized by movies etc., but when she was gone, I cried. I don't know how my mom was able to keep from doing so, but she is one tough woman. Ah, I guess when I am in heaven, I will ask for my little dog to be by my side.

I wish I took more pictures of her.

Ah, alas. Here is a pic that comes close.

[Sam Cree]

Dogs want to eat deer meat. They adore it.

[Ditter]

What are you waiting for? Adina wants you to be happy. Get another dog and think of Adina looking down from Doggie Heaven wagging her tail and smiling. Life is too short to remain dogless.

My tagline should be: So many puppies so little time! ;9)

[Vicki]

Adina was a Basenji and they insist upon spending all their time with you. If you leave them, you must crate them, otherwise they tear and eat everything up.

I do plan on getting another. I could get another type of dog and that would probably be fine as I love all dogs, but I really like Basenjis. I want to get my life set up a little better to accommodate another Basenji.

I dream about Adina quite often and the dreams are so real that I feel she has truly visited me.

[Goodgirlinred]

My Harm communicates exceedingly well. He is a three year old Malamute/Husky/Lab mix. He wakes me at 5:30 with degrees of barking in my ear and pushing his muzzle under the covers to get to my face until I get up to feed him. Food is the most important thing to Harm. After his canned dog food (his dry food is out all the time for his convenience) he barks for his dog biscuits. He has a pet door for his convenience, so he does not have to walk with me. I go back to bed. He comes in and barks very loudly to make me get up. He wants to play. He brings in his stuffed toy and drops it on me. I have to play fetch until he is tired. I am up. Then he goes to bed. Harm rules.

[js1138]

Max isn't thinking about anything in particular. He is bored.

[Chieftain]

Recovering Ex-Hippie holds Lola the Womderdog's sign.

Brenda the Bush Dog

Lola the Wonderdog

[Jet Jaguar]

ping

[Chieftain]

Love your FReeper homepage!

[HairOfTheDog]

Our new dog "Homer" is an interesting personality, I think we underestimated his depth at first... He has come to us as a lost stray at middle age... no history provided, only guessed at, we know someone used to cruelly pull his ears, because he worries about us handling them. He whines sometimes, and has a depth in his eyes that tells me he has seen something in life... much more complex than the unbridled optimism of my eternal puppy Gidget. When he's happy, he's happy all the way.... but sometimes he pauses a moment and sits, very upright, quietly looking far off, solemn and very regal, he looks very sad.

I have a friend who would say our Gidget has a 'young soul'. I think Homer is an old soul. I don't know all he's seen.

Ping!

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[Joe 6-pack]

"...we know someone used to cruelly pull his ears, because he worries about us handling them."

Have you checked for infection; ear mites, etc?

[HairOfTheDog]

Yes - his ears are clean. It's not that they hurt from infection. He's not bad about flipping the ear back and looking inside, it's if you grab or hold his ear flap itself that he cries and pulls away.

As a flop-eared-dog touchy about his ears, I sortof dread ear infections in him, my old lab got them a lot, and Homer will not be good about it if he needs treated.

[speed_addiction]

My girlfriend has a border collie named Patches. He is extremely smart and loves it when I come over. He plays with Yvette's two daughters, but their style of play is a little too dainty for him and he likes to tussle and play tug of war and stuff with me. He has a favorite toy (a stuffed toy bone with a squeaker in it)and whenever you say, "Let's go play, Patches" he digs through his toys and drags it out. Of course outside we play with that bone, a frisbee and other toys. When play time is over and we are going inside, I let him get to the door and then say, "Where's the bone?" He gets this look like he wants to slap himself on the head and will go get it.

Yvette does not give him his breakfast until the girls are at the table and it is his job to go wake them up and heard them into the bathroom. Since he won't get to eat until they do, he will get into a panic if they lolligag or are moving too slow and will bark to move them along. Great dog. A genius compared to the lovable, but dumb as a sack of wet mice, dog I have.

[Flyer]

Dogs want to eat deer meat

Especially assuage!