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Buying a Dog [Springer Spaniel]
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Insanity: repeating the same actions, but expecting different results.
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Originally posted by threaded View PostWell a good dog != springer spaniel, most of them are born insane. If you want a right good pet dog lad, get yerself a whippet, or if you've a bit of space a greyhound.
You've come right out the other side of the forest of irony and ended up in the desert of wrong.
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Originally posted by bogeyman View PostGoodness. A greyhound isn't exactly an easy dog, is it?Insanity: repeating the same actions, but expecting different results.
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Originally posted by threaded View PostMake great pets though. Lots of charities out there will gift you a retired racer, i.e. a 4 year old. Short hair that doesn't seem to be as bad for those with allergies, they're quite light makes them so easy to pick up, yet tall so they're easy to stroke. All sorts of colours to choose from. Don't seem to tug on the lead, and don't really need that much more exercise than other dogs.
Are you sure they don't need more exercise than the average dog?
If that's the case I might just get one.
You've come right out the other side of the forest of irony and ended up in the desert of wrong.
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Originally posted by bogeyman View PostThey are very appealing, but I though the exercise thing was the deal breaker.
Are you sure they don't need more exercise than the average dog?
If that's the case I might just get one.Insanity: repeating the same actions, but expecting different results.
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Originally posted by threaded View PostDon't need to take just my word, there're lots of charities for retired greyhounds, get in touch with your local one.
You've come right out the other side of the forest of irony and ended up in the desert of wrong.
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Are you looking for a Welsh or English springer? They are not the same breed and Welsh springers are easier to train than English springers.
I prefer cocker spaniels because they are easier to train, need less exercise and are less boisterousLast edited by Lambros; 5 January 2009, 21:58.Comment
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For Heaven's sake don't get a greyhound! My sister has two of the brutes, so I know.
Indoors they just mooch around looking mournful and undemonstrative, and that's in the short spells when they're awake. They spend almost all the time comatose, only coming to life at meal times (when they eat like ogres, wolfing down expensive steaks in seconds) and walk times (which require at least five miles and a run around).
The only other time they come to life is when someone else's pet strays into view. Dog or cat, it makes no odds. Your greyhound will dart after it, catch the offending pet of course, being so fast, and expensively savage it. (My sister has spent at least a couple of thousand for neighbours' pets to be patched up after attacks by her greyhound mutts.)
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I'd recommend a Sony Aibo, if they still make them.
It won't poo on the carpet. The only running costs are batteries.
It won't chew you out of house and home. It won't smell. It won't go "psycho" and attack a 3 month toddler. It won't get tapeworm. You can turn it off when you get bored with it. You can go out / on holiday without having the hassle of arranging dog-sitters.
However, the only other thing it won't do is offer you unconditional love.
Which, providing you are not emotionally insecure and need to feel "loved", shouldn't be a problem.Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience.
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Originally posted by Board Game Geek View PostI'd recommend a Sony Aibo, if they still make them.
It won't poo on the carpet. The only running costs are batteries.Comment
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