Unlikely dog tale tops U.S. best-seller list

reuters ^ | Feb 24 06 | Jon Hurdle

[KJC1]

I'll never understand why a !#%!#head dog like this is "funny" or "adorable". This is why half the population hates dogs: they think they're naturally obnoxious beasts. They're mostly just allowed to be that, tho. I'll take a well-trained stable ADULT dog any day. A dog who makes the uninitiated LIKE dogs.

Dogs have their own personalities, and they aren't robots. I have 4 dogs, and the one I mentioned is a great dog, she's just got a puppy personality. She doesn't attack anyone and she doesn't jump on people or slobber on them. She's just fun and playful. I guess if you are predisposed to not like dogs, it might be hard to understand.

[the OlLine Rebel]

This wasn't directed at your dog, but that statement from the article (and I've seen previous articles about it).

I'm an animal lover, and I know they have personalities, but they can almost all be curbed to be manageable and LIKABLE. I don't like an animal who destroys my house, and there's no reason to put up w/it as "just another personality". I believe in discipline - and that dogs not only should, but can be managed, regardless of basic personality. They are much, much better companions when taught manners.

[Publius6961]

Update to this story...

A dear friend just finished reading this book and uttered the shortest and clearest book review I have ever heard:

"Laughed my ass of Friday...
Cried my eyes out Saturday..."

[Publius6961]

Update to this story... A dear friend just finished reading this book and uttered the shortest and clearest book review I have ever heard:

"Laughed my ass off Friday...
Cried my eyes out Saturday..."

[girlangler]

Sorry to hear about your loss.

I know how you feel, I lost my poodle, Prissy, in 2001 and I still miss her. I woke up this morning thinking about her. She brought 13 years of joy to my life.

It'll get easier over time, but I grieved over my precious Prissy for about a year. She was my baby.