About to buy a GSD
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She is probably young and has no choice of where her dogs live. My family also has wood floors. Our backdoor is located in our kitchen, where we have nice wood flooring. Muddy footprints are very common when we get rain. We make sure to have a big pile of rags near the doorway and bring the dogs in one by one to have their paws wiped off. It's a hassle, but we can't keep them outside. They'd die, even though we'd take good care of them - the weather is too much for them to handle and mentally they'd go crazy.
well i think this is whole miscommunication. You dont leave your dog outside all day and night in winter right? they get warmth whether it be outside or inside right?
yes sand stone some people dont walk their dogs but that makes them not the best owners. And i know you must be a good one be3cause you care enough about your dogs to come on this ite. we were just thinking you left them out all the time, (like some people do) like day and night for a seqason. I hope your outside a lot to help socialize and play with them. But they come inside to right so yea....
yes sand stone some people dont walk their dogs but that makes them not the best owners. And i know you must be a good one be3cause you care enough about your dogs to come on this ite. we were just thinking you left them out all the time, (like some people do) like day and night for a seqason. I hope your outside a lot to help socialize and play with them. But they come inside to right so yea....
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The problem is that he doesn't see the middle ground between people who have their dog sleep in their bed and eat their dinner food and people who don't walk their dog and leave them outside all the time. Trying to justify that you are not a bad owner because you walk your dogs and other people don't is not a good argument at all. It just says there are bad owners out there. What's new?
I don't have the dogs sleep in my bed, and they never get any of my food (ok maybe once every two weeks), but I wouldn't even consider leaving them alone outside for more than 10 minutes, because dogs are social animals that need to be with people. And he seems to be more obsessed with his clean floor than the happiness of his dogs, that's what is bothering me. I have no doubt either that if it's rainy for a week his dogs will be outside for a week. And I just can't understand that.
Yet his only way of answering our concerns is to attack us, instead of trying to explain his actions. A muddy floor is hardly enough an argument to justify this in my opinion.
Bah, whatever, I give up, some people you just can't reason with. And I totally agree, this forum is by far the best I have seen, full of wonderful people, and we all argue with each other from time to time but we learn from it, because we just care about what's best for our dogs. I don't think this guy would learn anything from it, he would just get angry at everyone.
I don't have the dogs sleep in my bed, and they never get any of my food (ok maybe once every two weeks), but I wouldn't even consider leaving them alone outside for more than 10 minutes, because dogs are social animals that need to be with people. And he seems to be more obsessed with his clean floor than the happiness of his dogs, that's what is bothering me. I have no doubt either that if it's rainy for a week his dogs will be outside for a week. And I just can't understand that.
Yet his only way of answering our concerns is to attack us, instead of trying to explain his actions. A muddy floor is hardly enough an argument to justify this in my opinion.
Bah, whatever, I give up, some people you just can't reason with. And I totally agree, this forum is by far the best I have seen, full of wonderful people, and we all argue with each other from time to time but we learn from it, because we just care about what's best for our dogs. I don't think this guy would learn anything from it, he would just get angry at everyone.
WAIT! OMG! umm.just a few minutes ago me and fran were disagreeing about something on another thread. i was saying she was wrong and visa versa. but see wwe dont hate eachother. sometimes stuff like this will happen. im starting to think ur young cuz your not listening to me when i say we argue but then we laugh about something else......
Sorry, didn't know you were not a guy. Usually I assume that people who post here at girls, but sometimes they get annoyed when they are guys, so I don't know anymore, lol.
For the floors, well, you started getting angry before trying to explain everything. So of course people assume that what they thought in the first place is right. People are great here, but they all get touchy when it comes to dogs - don't we all?
If people misunderstand, explain yourself, I know it's hard not to get angry (I've done it), but don't let it get to you, everyone just wants what's best for the dogs.
And I've seriously done researches on google for new forums (not to leave, but because I have way too much time in my hands), I just love the people here the best.
For the floors, well, you started getting angry before trying to explain everything. So of course people assume that what they thought in the first place is right. People are great here, but they all get touchy when it comes to dogs - don't we all?
If people misunderstand, explain yourself, I know it's hard not to get angry (I've done it), but don't let it get to you, everyone just wants what's best for the dogs.
And I've seriously done researches on google for new forums (not to leave, but because I have way too much time in my hands), I just love the people here the best.
(i dont want to start sounding like those evil people on www.qualitydogs.com)