The Daily Peeve / Rant

[catherine]

Yes! I am looking forward to living in Hermann where our house has three rooms on the first floor with doors that close, so we could easily have a foster dog and shut dogs away from each other. Plus, I could do a condo live-in stint with a dog. Secretly, I would like to dognap J.J. and hole up with him for a week in my tiny condo. He is one of those special dogs—-funny, laid-back, confident.

How about adopting J.J., then fostering him out for a few months until the dust settles on your renovations?

[iris lilies]

How about adopting J.J., then fostering him out for a few months until the dust settles on your renovations?

No, I can’t permanently adopt a dog that will not get along with my dog.keeping dogs in various rooms in Hermann would be a foster situation.

Our rescue head wouldn’t put J.J. in my house anyway because she knows how flaky our dog Whiskey is.

[catherine]

No, I can’t permanently adopt a dog that will not get along with my dog.

Our rescue head wouldn’t put J.J. in my house anyway because she knows how flaky our dog Whiskey is.

Oh...bummer. How about creating a bulldog rescue and hiring someone to manage it and then you could go and play with the doggies whenever you want! (Just thinking out of the box.. I know it's not in the cards, but you'd be great at it.).

[iris lilies]

Oh...bummer. How about creating a bulldog rescue and hiring someone to manage it and then you could go and play with the doggies whenever you want! (Just thinking out of the box.. I know it's not in the cards, but you'd be great at it.).

That is kind of what I already do. I’m on the board of local bulldog rescue because it affords me opportunity to play with multiple smoosh faced dogs.

[Teacher Terry]

It does feel good to give a dog that needs one a home. Fostering is the perfect solution once your abodes are ready. I have to say I don’t miss having 4 dogs. Two is perfect.

[catherine]

That is kind of what I already do. I’m on the board of local bulldog rescue because it affords me opportunity to play with multiple smoosh faced dogs.

That's awesome! Every time my neighbor bitches about all the geese coming from the lake onto our common land, despite her coyote decoys and firecrackers and CDs strung up with twine, the first thing I think of is, "If you guys [meaning all my neighbors]would only leave the vegetative buffer alone and not mow it all down to the nub the geese won't have easy access to our lawn! Duh!"

But then my second thought is, "Gee I could be the neighborhood hero if I get another border collie mix and let it out a couple of times a day to chase the geese away." Hmmm... maybe someday soon. But no new doggies wintertime in the wintertime.

[LDAHL]

That's awesome! Every time my neighbor bitches about all the geese coming from the lake onto our common land, despite her coyote decoys and firecrackers and CDs strung up with twine, the first thing I think of is, "If you guys [meaning all my neighbors]would only leave the vegetative buffer alone and not mow it all down to the nub the geese won't have easy access to our lawn! Duh!"

But then my second thought is, "Gee I could be the neighborhood hero if I get another border collie mix and let it out a couple of times a day to chase the geese away." Hmmm... maybe someday soon. But no new doggies wintertime in the wintertime.

You might have a business opportunity there. I used to work for a county government who had to contract with a guy who provided dogs specifically trained to chase geese. One of our golf courses was essentially unusable due to geese attacking golfers, and they became a significant hazard at our airport as well. This guy actually trained his dogs not to bark when chasing geese so as not to annoy the neighbors. Personally, I thought the noise created by large numbers of geese were worse than anything a half dozen dogs could manage.

[catherine]

You might have a business opportunity there. I used to work for a county government who had to contract with a guy who provided dogs specifically trained to chase geese. One of our golf courses was essentially unusable due to geese attacking golfers, and they became a significant hazard at our airport as well. This guy actually trained his dogs not to bark when chasing geese so as not to annoy the neighbors. Personally, I thought the noise created by large numbers of geese were worse than anything a half dozen dogs could manage.

Ha! That would be great idea, but my neighborhood is more "socialist" than "capitalist"--it's common land. We all share the mowing, and the guy who likes to do gravel, brings gravel for the path to the dock and the woman that loves a clean beach rakes away all the seaweed. So, I would love to be able to contribute a canine. But I certainly would not expect payment.

(If only our neighborhood's politico-ecosystem could be replicated on a larger scale

[LDAHL]

Ha! That would be great idea, but my neighborhood is more "socialist" than "capitalist"--it's common land. We all share the mowing, and the guy who likes to do gravel, brings gravel for the path to the dock and the woman that loves a clean beach rakes away all the seaweed. So, I would love to be able to contribute a canine. But I certainly would not expect payment.

(If only our neighborhood's politico-ecosystem could be replicated on a larger scale

Or maybe your neighbors are evil crypto-capitalists building a case for adverse possession.

[catherine]

Or maybe your neighbors are evil crypto-capitalists building a case for adverse possession.

Hmmm.. not sure my particular neighbors would even know what that is... and that includes me.