Dear God: It's me, the Dog

[Ludwig]

Dear God:

Is it on purpose that Our Names are spelled the same, only in reverse?

Why do humans smell the flowers, but seldom, if ever, smell one another?

When we get to Heaven, can we sit on your couch? Or will it be the same old story?

Why are there cars named after the jaguar, the cougar, the mustang, the colt, the stingray, and the rabbit, but not ONE named for a Dog? How often do you see a cougar riding around? We love a nice car ride! Would it be so hard to rename the 'Chrysler Eagle' the 'Chrysler Beagle'?

If a Dog barks his head off in the forest and no human hears him, is he still a bad Dog?

We Dogs can understand human verbal instructions, hand signals, whistles, horns, clickers, beepers, scent IDs, electromagnetic energy fields, and Frisbee flight paths. What do humans understand?

More meatballs, less spaghetti, please.

Are there mailmen in Heaven? If there are, will I have to apologize?

Here is a list of just some of the things I must remember to be a good Dog:

1. I will not eat the cat's food before he eats it or after he throws it up.

2. I will not roll on dead seagulls, fish, crabs, etc., just because I like the way they smell.

3. The Litter Box is not a cookie jar.

4. The sofa is not a 'face towel'.

5. The garbage collector is not stealing our stuff.

6. I will not play tug-of-war with Dad's underwear when he's on the toilet.

7. Sticking my nose into someone's crotch is an unacceptable way of saying 'hello'.

8. I don't need to suddenly stand straight up when I'm under the coffee table.

9. I must shake the rainwater out of my fur before entering the house - not after.

10. I will not come in from outside, and immediately drag my butt across the carpet.

11. I will not sit in the middle of the living room, and lick my crotch.

12. The cat is not a 'squeaky toy', so when I play with him and he makes that noise, it's usually not a good thing.

P.S. Dear God: When I get to Heaven, will I still be neutered?

[Grammar Rules]

One of mine learned today that if she pulls the stuffing out of the quilt provided for her to lie on in the den, she gets to go back outside in the 26' weather.

[IronErnin]

That should teach you to not wash it in floral scented Downy, bad, Grammar! :(;)

[Night Owl]

All dogs will go to heaven. All cats won't.:))

[mac]

All dogs will go to heaven. All cats won't.:))

i would take it even a step further and say that"not only will all cats not go to heaven, No cat will".......mac

[xzochye]

i would take it even a step further and say that"not only will all cats not go to heaven, No cat will".......mac

I'm so glad my heaven is different than yours.

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[Scarlett]

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My dog. ;)

[Ludwig]

If I could figure out how to put pictures in my posts I'd show you my dogs and my cat.

BTW: Nice looking dog, Scarlett. He looks almost like a cat. :))

[xzochye]

If I could figure out how to put pictures in my posts I'd show you my dogs and my cat.

BTW: Nice looking dog, Scarlett. He looks almost like a cat. :))

Are you on a phone or computer?

[Ludwig]

Computer, PC, Windows 7

[xzochye]

If you look at the little tool bar that is above where you type you will see a little picture. To me it looks like a frame with a picture in it (3rd over from the right). You click on it and then follow the prompts. Select filr, find your pic and then upload.

[Ludwig]

If you look at the little tool bar that is above where you type you will see a little picture. To me it looks like a frame with a picture in it (3rd over from the right). You click on it and then follow the prompts. Select filr, find your pic and then upload.

I think I got it. Thanks. 4167

[Scarlett]

That's an odd looking dog, Lud.

[Ludwig]

That's an odd looking dog, Lud.

Watch out how you talk about my momma! That's just a test picture. My puppies will follow later.

[Scarlett]

I fear that now that Ludwig has been taught how to post pics, we have unleashed the Kraken!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gb2zIR2rvRQ

[Ludwig]

I fear that now that Ludwig has been taught how to post pics, we have unleashed the Kraken!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gb2zIR2rvRQ

No. I will not abuse you folks with my pictures. But here are the promised ones:
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[Scarlett]

Here's my other cat on the weekend...


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[Scarlett]

Lud your dog must be part of the same breed as mine!!



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[rubytuesday]

Two of my babies:

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[Ludwig]

Lud your dog must be part of the same breed as mine!!

IDK. Mine are registered Shih Tzu.

[Imagine]

Well, ok. Since it's show and tell time, here's my little angel doggie (literally angel).
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[Imagine]

Whoops. Some how I clicked too many photos. Sorry Rick and Scarlett; I promise I won't post any more pics.

PS. Christmas last year.

[Scarlett]

Don't be sorry. This is turning into the best thread yet!!!

[siamcat]

Love seeing all the pictures. Trying to figure out how to do it, so bear with me.

Ok, my dog meeting a cow and my cat as painted by my daughter.

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[Night Owl]

Your daughter has talent.

[Grammar Rules]

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Mine...pest control experts.

[Imagine]

What's not to like about furry critters? Except, of course, the rodent(s) that are smarter than I am. Wonder if I could get him to pose for a glamour shot? :)

If that one mystifies you, you can follow my adventures on the "Oh, Rats" thread

[Ludwig]

The snake is harmless and serves a useful propose in rodent management. They also make a good snack for other animals higher up the food chain.

[Imagine]

Haven't thought too highly of snakes since my oldest sister Eve had a run in with one. That snake "done her wrong," and she fell for it.

[Imagine]

Love seeing all the pictures. Trying to figure out how to do it, so bear with me.

Ok, my dog meeting a cow and my cat as painted by my daughter.

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Did she do this at the Painting with a Twist? I think I want to sign up for one of their sessions where you paint a portrait of your pet from a picture.

[Grammar Rules]

It was a rat snake, Ludwig, and I shooed off the dogs so it could continue on its way. My dogs don't discriminate among snakes, and they will poke their noses into the coils of a rattling rattlesnake. So far, I've managed to scream at them until they back off.

Imagine, shall I try to trap the next rat snake I see for you? ;)

[Grammar Rules]

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My cats want equal time. Here they are soaking up some rays.

[Ludwig]

Imagine, shall I try to trap the next rat snake I see for you? ;)

I would appreciate that. I'll release it at my daughter's farm in the feed room.

[CenTexDave]

This is mine.

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He's older now. I found him 13 years ago where I used to work in Leander. Was just hanging around the building, someone said he'd been around for a few days, so was obviously just dumped. Bought him some food and he wouldn't leave my side. Tossed him in my car and brought him home. I figured if he was still here in a few days I would take him to the vet, which I did, and the vet examined him and figured he was about two years old at the time, was neutered, and was in generally excellent health. He's my buddy.

[xzochye]

This is mine.

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He's older now. I found him 13 years ago where I used to work in Leander. Was just hanging around the building, someone said he'd been around for a few days, so was obviously just dumped. Bought him some food and he wouldn't leave my side. Tossed him in my car and brought him home. I figured if he was still here in a few days I would take him to the vet, which I did, and the vet examined him and figured he was about two years old at the time, was neutered, and was in generally excellent health. He's my buddy.

He is beautiful!

[xzochye]

Okay here is my zoo. http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/12/10/y8yqequh.jpghttp://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/12/10/5upapa2u.jpghttp://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/12/10/sezejuzy.jpghttp://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/12/10/a7uvaguz.jpg

[Grammar Rules]

My brown tabby looked like one of yours when he was, oh, about 17 years younger. :)

[Imagine]

It was a rat snake, Ludwig, and I shooed off the dogs so it could continue on its way. My dogs don't discriminate among snakes, and they will poke their noses into the coils of a rattling rattlesnake. So far, I've managed to scream at them until they back off.

Imagine, shall I try to trap the next rat snake I see for you? ;)

Ummm. Snake versus rat. Tough choice. How do I get rid of the snake once he's gotten rid of the rat? So actually no choice

[Imagine]

This is mine.

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He's older now. I found him 13 years ago where I used to work in Leander. Was just hanging around the building, someone said he'd been around for a few days, so was obviously just dumped. Bought him some food and he wouldn't leave my side. Tossed him in my car and brought him home. I figured if he was still here in a few days I would take him to the vet, which I did, and the vet examined him and figured he was about two years old at the time, was neutered, and was in generally excellent health. He's my buddy.
Yep. He definitely looks like the master of his world.

[CenTexDave]

That he is. You want rid of that rat? Guaranteed results. One morning I freaked out when I got up, walked down the hallway and took a glance in the kids' bathroom. There was half of one of the largest rats I have even seen - head down to behind its front legs. He used to go into the woods and down the hill behind the house and clean out the vermin. One time a few years ago he came through the doggie door with a huge lizard in his mouth. My daughter screamed, startled him so he dropped it, the lizard started running around so my daughter pushed open the patio door and out runs the lizard. The cat goes half the speed of light through the doggie door after him. lol
He's slowed down now. About one year ago tangled with a raccoon and got his butt kicked pretty good. But I also saw the raccoon a couple of days later and he was all beat up too. lol

[xzochye]

Yikes! Sorry the pics are so big! I uploaded from my phone! Uhmmm Rick? LOL

[mac]

good Lord! is that cat on the kitchen counter?.....mac


Okay here is my zoo. http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/12/10/y8yqequh.jpghttp://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/12/10/5upapa2u.jpghttp://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/12/10/sezejuzy.jpghttp://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/12/10/a7uvaguz.jpg

[xzochye]

good Lord! is that cat on the kitchen counter?.....mac

Nope, she is in the sink and preventing me from finishing my housework...lol.

[Scarlett]

Anyone who owns a cat and thinks their cat doesn't get on the counters is delusional. ALL cats get on counters....maybe not when you are home, but they do!

[mac]

Nope, she is in the sink and preventing me from finishing my housework...lol.

kitchen sink?

[mac]

i kinda s'pect that's true. in fact, it's my guess that if you have a cat in the house there is absolutely NO place that cat hasn't been in or on....mac


Anyone who owns a cat and thinks their cat doesn't get on the counters is delusional. ALL cats get on counters....maybe not when you are home, but they do!

[Scarlett]

My son left his dresser drawer open yesterday....I found one of our cats sound asleep on top of the PJ's.
I am one of the blessed ones....my cats seem to not notice the large tree in the living room covered in what, apparently according to every other cat owner I know, is cat toys. They haven't touched the tree. Weird. But I usually find them in weird places or way up high on top of things. For the life of me, I can't imagine how they get UP on the schrank the way they do....but they are there quite often.

[siamcat]

Did she do this at the Painting with a Twist? I think I want to sign up for one of their sessions where you paint a portrait of your pet from a picture.

No, she did this at home a few years ago. Took her to Painting with a Twist but it was too limited for her. Her picture was amazing, I'll have to see if they have advanced classes.

[Imagine]

No, she did this at home a few years ago. Took her to Painting with a Twist but it was too limited for her. Her picture was amazing, I'll have to see if they have advanced classes.

Wow.

[CenTexDave]

Mine has finally gotten old and mellowed. Used to climb the Christmas tree and play with the blinking star on top, then jump over to the top of the curtains and sit on the curtain road. lol

[xzochye]

Mine has finally gotten old and mellowed. Used to climb the Christmas tree and play with the blinking star on top, then jump over to the top of the curtains and sit on the curtain road. lol

My 2 oldest never cared about it. Now this kitten we recently adopted...oh my! I went and bought double sided tape and put it ever under the tree and on the bottom branches. Seems to be doing the job.

[Night Owl]

This started as a DOG thread and now everyone is talking about stinking flippin' cats.




Oh wait this is CTT isn't it.:)):))

[Grammar Rules]

Maybe you'd prefer we talk about OWLS?

I think not....:O)

[CenTexDave]

We changed the subject because we know how much The Owl likes cats. :)

[siamcat]

This started as a DOG thread and now everyone is talking about stinking flippin' cats.




Oh wait this is CTT isn't it.:)):))


That's because cats are cool. Had one years ago that fetched.:)

[CenTexDave]

I was trying to teach mine to fetch me a beer from the fridge, but by the time he retrieved it he had drank it all. :)) :glug::glug:

[siamcat]

Don't tell my dog to fetch a beer. He's a lush:)

[Imagine]

Mine would've come back with Smoky if I had asked him to fetch me a beer. What can I say? I said he was adorable; I never claimed he was smart. He was rather like the dog in the "Garfield" comic strip...always friendly, always playful, with a sixth sense of when I was stressed or down in the dumps, but intelligent? He was adorably clueless.

[Night Owl]

We changed the subject because we know how much The Owl likes cats. :)
Yea, I like one or two a day, depending on size. Nice and juicy.:))

[mac]

actually, they kind of taste like rabbit.....jack rabbit, not cotton tail.....mac


Yea, I like one or two a day, depending on size. Nice and juicy.:))

[Ludwig]

The Chinese seem to like cat for dinner. If the need arises, I will eat cat also but I try to make it my practice not to eat carnivores and limit my consumption of omnivores like chicken and pork. In all cases, the first order is survival.

[CenTexDave]

Believe it or not, I know a guy who has. Said it is delicious. Yuck. :))

[mac]

Believe it or not, I know a guy who has. Said it is delicious. Yuck. :))

it was the preferred meat of the old mountain men, more so even than buffalo hump or beaver tail.....mac (direct descendent of old joe meek)....mac

[prideworks]

I'm so glad my heaven is different than yours.

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Dogs have owners; cats have staff.....8-;

[Ludwig]

My cat tolerated me in the past. I took him in to get "snipped," de-clawed, and chipped today. I dread his attitude when I pick him up from the vet tomorrow.

[Grammar Rules]

Give him a nice treat and he will forgive you. Maybe.

[Imagine]

Poor baby.

[Grammar Rules]

My cats are neutered and declawed, but not chipped. Since declawed cats have no means of defense, owners traditionally keep them as indoor pets, exclusively. Just curious, Ludwig, why did they chip your cat?

Is he a golden Abyssinian singing feline who might be cat-napped? Wait, that's wrong....kidnapped? Stolen?

[Ludwig]

He is an indoor cat but he is very fast and does not respond to voice commands thus I fear he might escape.

[xzochye]

Where did you get him declawed at? Do you know the price for just declawing?

I am trying to decide if I should get my kitten declawed. She doesn't scratch on anything but I don't want her to start either. My vet is outrageously expensive for declawing.

[CenTexDave]

Declawing is expensive and very painful for the kitten.
Just get it a scratch post and try to train it to use the post.
Mine usually goes outside to my pile of firewood and tries to shred a log. If I catch him in the house trying it all I have to do is give him the look with a "Ehhh!" and he's running.

[Ludwig]

My vet is Dr. Murray at the Aztec Vet Clinic in Harker Heights. I will check on the de-claw only when I pick my eunuch at 3 this p. m.

[Scarlett]

I also go to Dr. Murray at Aztec. Both my cats were fixed and de-clawed there.
It's a lot less painful for them to get that done than it is to deal with my wrath if they shred my furniture!
My cats recovered very quickly. The big one still goes outside...she refuses to stay IN. But for over 4 years she goes out, roams around her hood, and knocks on the door when she is ready to come back in. It freaks my friends out...it sounds just like a person knocking on the door...and when I open it, the cat strolls in giving me the typical cat look of, "What took you so long, human?"
If I don't answer fast enough, she will go around and knock on the back door. If I ignore that one, and I have already gone to bed, she goes to my bedroom window and knocks on it until I go to the back door and let her in. She is rather persistent...it is either let her in or stay awake listening to her knocking!

[CenTexDave]

Get a doggie door. They are worth their weight in gold.

[siamcat]

My cat usually didn't look at me for a day or two after a vet visit.

He went outside too, but learned that if he didn't come in before we went to bed he was stuck in the garage, since we left it open just a bit for him to crawl under. The next morning he would protest at being left outside, but after a while he learned to come in when it was cold.

The knocking thing is freaky:).

[xzochye]

Get a doggie door. They are worth their weight in gold.

I installed a doggie door into a closet that we never use. Now that is where the litter box is, all nice contained and hidden. :-)

[Scarlett]

She stands on her hind legs and rat-a-tat-tats away with her front paws. Loudly!!!

[Ludwig]

.... Do you know the price for just declawing? ...

I paid only $147 for the combo declawing and 'nad snipping. I forgot to ask about the cost for declaw only but will take care of that tomorrow. Poor guys feet bother him so much, they're in booties until tomorrow, that I don't think it even misses the nether parts. The dogs keep trying to tell it that there's something missing but it gets lost in the translation.

[prideworks]

I have two that are outside cats...I can't bring them inside cause they hate each other and start marking...The older one; Sweetie, has a habit of crawling up to my bedroom window and screaming(and I mean screaming) at me....to open the door.

[Grammar Rules]

Aren't they less likely to mark or spray if they're neutered before kitty puberty? My old guys have never done that. Any cat that sprayed in my house would get to walk The Green Mile.

[Ludwig]

Where did you get him declawed at? Do you know the price for just declawing?

At the Aztec Vet Hospital the price for declawing the front feet is $83.50 and the pain meds an additional $15. FWIW it costs less to castrate.

[xzochye]

At the Aztec Vet Hospital the price for declawing the front feet is $83.50 and the pain meds an additional $15. FWIW it costs less to castrate.

Thanks, appreciate it.

[CenTexDave]

Why, you gonna get Ludwig declawed and castrated? :)

[Ludwig]

Too late. Wife's already done that. ;)

[Rick]

Here's my trained assassin.
http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/12/15/teny2eby.jpg

http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/12/15/ba5abape.jpg

[Night Owl]

Cute puppy.

[siamcat]

What a cutie.

[Rick]

Cute puppy.


What a cutie.
Better not let her hear you say that. :bluerofl