Cats or dogs?

[Gurn Blanston]

Here are our two "sentinels": Basset Hounds through in through.

Grover, our old man:


Max, our young gunslinger:


We got both are from our local Basset rescue society

Very nice, Bill. Bassets are a great dog. And rescuing them was a very nice thing. We got our last Scottie through a rescue society, as well as a Jack Russell Terrier and our current chihuahua. They have all been splendid animals, and it gave us a sense of satisfaction to weigh against our snobby preference for purebred dogs.  0:)



PS - Love the avatar. "The Maltese Falcon" is one of my all-time favorites! 

[Mark]

If I owned a dog, I'd choose this sort:



English Springer Spaniel

But the wife would prefer one of these:



King Charles Cavalier Spaniel

[Bogey]

If I owned a dog, I'd choose this sort:



English Springer Spaniel

My wife grew up with Springers....her family raised them.  Here is a beauty Mark:

[Gurn Blanston]

If I owned a dog, I'd choose this sort:



English Springer Spaniel

But the wife would prefer one of these:



King Charles Cavalier Spaniel

Ah, very nice. English Springers are inordinately active, but if you have a good place to exercise them daily, they are quite a trainable animal and a fun companion. In our pre-Scottie days we had one, and she would run our Airedale Terrier into the ground just bouncing around. 

Never had one of the "toy" spaniels, although I had a Cocker for years. A great dog. If you are city dwellers, that might really be the dog for you. They're kind of cute to, if that counts.

[Mark]

... although I had a Cocker for years. A great dog. If you are city dwellers, that might really be the dog for you. They're kind of cute to, if that counts.

My mum has a Cocker. And no, we're no city types - wide open countryside is all you'll find round these parts. Cities suck.

[Bogey]

My mum has a Cocker. And no, we're no city types - wide open countryside is all you'll find round these parts. Cities suck.

Look out mark, your last statement may derail this thread.....

[Mark]

Look out mark, your last statement may derail this thread.....

Yeah? Bring it on, city slickers!

[Gurn Blanston]

Yeah? Bring it on, city slickers!

Now you're talking.

Douglass, Texas. Population 650, spread out over 40 square miles. Dog's country! 

[Mark]

You and me, Gurn. We'll take 'em all on (and out). How's your aim?

[Gurn Blanston]

You and me, Gurn. We'll take 'em all on (and out). How's your aim?

Don't get me bragging. I'll just say "damn good" and leave it at that.

[Mark]

I'm not so hot. Unless you hand me a bow and arrow. Then I'm pretty mean. (Man, I loved that archery course )

Hey, maybe we could play real cowboy and fake Indian?

[Kullervo]

I like it, it shows a comfortable disregard for convention...

I kinda like it too, but I was just curious.

[Choo Choo]

A King Charles Spaniel is just a nuisance to have around. 

Springer Spaniels are a whole different proposition.

[Solitary Wanderer]

But the wife would prefer one of these:



King Charles Cavalier Spaniel

I've known a few people who've had those King Charles Spaniels and they've all had problems with them getting excited and peeing on the floor. Every time you visit them there would be a noisey scene with the dogs going berserk which ended with the hosts mopped their dogs urine off the floor while you stand there

[Solitary Wanderer]

Could be.  It certainly hated other dogs.  Having to deal with other dog owners in a state of hysterics was a regular feature of "walking" that maniac.

Yes, I've observed that kind of scene many times and it always amuses me. The dogs seem to be the ones in charge

[sunnyside_up]

I've always loved cats best. We had a dog when I was a kid but she was put to sleep after biting a friend of my Dad's when they shook hands to say hello. She was a beautiful kelpie (Australian cattle dog) - my protector from the school bullies. RIP Honey

Here's a pic taken a few years ago of my boys: Rudy (now sadly deceased), Eddie and Rufus. Actually Rudy wasn't mine, but he adopted me, and he was one of the most loving, gentle animals I've ever known.


Eddie and Rufus (both from the local cat shelter) are in disgrace at the moment after destroying one of my house plants. They were playing and somehow Rufus got the stem tangled around his neck, and dragged the whole plant right through the house, in a panic, with Eddie chasing him with his tail all fluffed up.

[carlos]

Sara Bernhardt in one of her master rolls

[Mark]

Beautiful animal, Carlos. Is she a pointed Siamese or Tonkinese? It's so hard to differentiate these days, what with the varying extremes of breeding standards from country to country.

[Sergeant Rock]

We're lizard people. This was Fafner:



His species is known by various names: Bell's dab lizard; Spiny-tailed agama; Veränderlicher Dornschwanz; and Uromastyx acanthinurus. They are indigenous to North Africa and related to the Iguana. They are affectionate and very low maintenance: they can go a year without food or drink. Fafner's favorite food was the dandelion. Like others of his species, Fafner was a vegan and considered himself morally superior to us.

Sarge

[Gurn Blanston]

...Like others of his species, Fafner was a vegan and considered himself morally superior to us.

First vegan I've seen that would make a nice belt...

(No, please don't hate me, I couldn't help myself    )