On Jun 2, 9:24*pm, "modom (palindrome guy)" > wrote:
> D's away at a summer institute at Ohio State. *Has been for almost a
> week. *There's nobody to talk to around here till she gets back next
> week. *Jeeze, I've been married a long time and it's starting to show.
>
> The dogs are following me around like I'm the canine messiah. *I guess
> it's because I'm marginally smarter than they are and I feed them. *If
> they had opposable thumbs, it would be a different story. *Lefty, the
> long haired dachshund, barfed twice this afternoon and his breath
> reeks of something dead he got into out back. *I haven't found the
> dead something yet. *He might have eaten all of it. *He's going to
> want to sleep with me tonight. *The souls of the dammed in the furnace
> of hell want glasses of iced tea, too.
>
> So I'm making dinner tonight, trying not to think about doing the
> dog-towel laundry that must be done, and Lefty's at my feet, waiting
> for stuff to fall so he can scarf it. *Dogs. *Anyhow, he gags once.
> Twice. *Thrice. *I'm saying to him: "It's the dead shit you ate. Don't
> eat dead shit." *Saying it like he comprehends more English than
> "dinner" and "outside," and "where's your baby?" *Well he does get
> "Drop it!" *When he's in the mood to. *But admonitions about proper
> dietary considerations and eating dead shit aren't ever going to have
> any behavioral effects. *His wee brain ain't wired robustly enough for
> that.
>
If my life were as you described above, I would consider it Hell on
Earth.
God, why anyone would allow one of those filthy, stinking animals
inside their house, I don't know. Like you said, they'll eat carrion,
then breathe in your face, and expect to sllep with you. They're so
disgusting that many will happily chow down on cat shit.

> --
> modom

--Bryan

"Michael "Dog3"" > wrote in message
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> Bobo Bonobo® > news:47939b8d-818b-4a0a-864e-
> : in rec.food.cooking
>
>> If my life were as you described above, I would consider it Hell on
>> Earth.
>> God, why anyone would allow one of those filthy, stinking animals
>> inside their house, I don't know. Like you said, they'll eat carrion,
>> then breathe in your face, and expect to sllep with you. They're so
>> disgusting that many will happily chow down on cat shit.
>
> You have just described small children that have the ability to crawl.
>
> Michael
>

ROFLMAO

On Jun 3, 8:55*am, "Michael \"Dog3\"" > wrote:
> Bobo Bonobo® > *news:47939b8d-818b-4a0a-864e-
> : in rec.food.cooking
>
> > If my life were as you described above, I would consider it Hell on
> > Earth.
> > God, why anyone would allow one of those filthy, stinking animals
> > inside their house, I don't know. *Like you said, they'll eat carrion,
> > then breathe in your face, and expect to sllep with you. *They're so
> > disgusting that many will happily chow down on cat shit.
>
> You have just described small children that have the ability to crawl.

Small children do not "eat carrion," nor "happily chow down on cat
shit."
Small children do not smell either, unless the parent seriously
neglects to bathe them. The keepers of human children generally make
sure they get bathed at least every two or three days. The keepers of
dogs almost all allow them to get quite stinky before they bathe
them. It is only a tiny minority of dog owners who thoroughly bathe
their dog(s) twice a week or more.

A house with a cat may or may not smell, depending on the owner's
fastidiousness about the litter box*, but houses with dogs nearly all
stink like dog. Do you know anyone who bathes their dogs sufficiently
frequently that their house does NOT smell like dog?

* Or if the cat is male, and as they often do, he pee around the house
to mark his territory.
>
> Michael

--Bryan

Bobo Bonobo® > wrote in

oups.com:

> Small children do not "eat carrion," nor "happily chow down
> on cat shit."

you never had a small child, did you?

> Small children do not smell either, unless the parent
> seriously neglects to bathe them. The keepers of human
> children generally make sure they get bathed at least every
> two or three days. The keepers of dogs almost all allow
> them to get quite stinky before they bathe them. It is
> only a tiny minority of dog owners who thoroughly bathe
> their dog(s) twice a week or more.

if you bathe a dog that frequently, they *will* stink! too
frequent bathing makes for more skin oil production, which
makes for stinkier dogs, which causes more bathing... it's a
vicious cycle.
BTW, i don't bathe my kid more than once/week except in the
summer when he actually gets dirty & needs it. excessive
bathing is also not so good for humans either.

> A house with a cat may or may not smell, depending on the
> owner's fastidiousness about the litter box*, but houses
> with dogs nearly all stink like dog. Do you know anyone
> who bathes their dogs sufficiently frequently that their
> house does NOT smell like dog?

i have had 11 indoor only cats at one time & my house did NOT
smell of cat. most people were surprised we even had a cat,
nevermind 11 of them.
i now have 5 indoor only cats & 3 indoor mostly dogs (and 2
barn cats who rarely come in and an outside mostly dog). my
house doesn't smell of either cat or dog. i find the smell of
dog rather repulsive, yet i have 4 of them... they do get
bathed as needed & (important thing here!) i keep their
*bedding* clean.
yeah, their bedding. each dog has a crate (well, the Great
Pyr/Border Collie has a room). no dogs upstairs. no dogs in
beds. preferably no dogs on the furniture, but Peanut, the
Boston Terrier, likes the lap thing so she gets special
treatment. my puppy (cattle dog/lab) sticks to my ankle, so
mostly sleeps under my computer chair until i put him to bed.

> * Or if the cat is male, and as they often do, he pee
> around the house to mark his territory.

female cats will do that as well, but they don't smell as bad
as unneutered males.

lee
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> > * Or if the cat is male, and as they often do, he pee
> > around the house to mark his territory.
>
> *female cats will do that as well, but they don't smell as bad
> as unneutered males.
>

FYI, some neutered males do their fair share of territorial "marking,"
both inside and out, regardless of when they were neutered or whether
they have been inside all the time or not.

N.

Nancy2 > wrote in

oups.com:

>
>> > * Or if the cat is male, and as they often do, he pee
>> > around the house to mark his territory.
>>
>> *female cats will do that as well, but they don't smell as
>> bad as unneutered males.
>>
>
> FYI, some neutered males do their fair share of territorial
> "marking," both inside and out, regardless of when they
> were neutered or whether they have been inside all the time
> or not.

yes, i know, but females & neutered males just don't smell as
bad as an unneutered male.

lee
--
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Janet Baraclough wrote:
> You can buy a spray at the vet, which will neutralise the smell to
> human perception and also deter the cat from spraying that area again.
> In the UK the brandname is Feliway.
>
> Janet

There are other things like Nature's Miracle, IIRC. But, again, you
need to find all of the favored spots.

To some degree, too, a Feliway diffuser works to deter a cat from
spraying--but we'd need to have an awful lot of them.

--
Jean B.

Jean B. wrote:

> Janet Baraclough wrote:
>
>> You can buy a spray at the vet, which will neutralise the smell to
>> human perception and also deter the cat from spraying that area again.
>> In the UK the brandname is Feliway.
>>
>> Janet
>
>
> There are other things like Nature's Miracle, IIRC. But, again, you
> need to find all of the favored spots.
>
> To some degree, too, a Feliway diffuser works to deter a cat from
> spraying--but we'd need to have an awful lot of them.
>

Urine glows under ultra violet light. You can buy special lights from
pet supply companies or you can use leftover Haloween or rave accessories.

Kathleen wrote:
> Jean B. wrote:
>
>> Janet Baraclough wrote:
>>
>>> You can buy a spray at the vet, which will neutralise the smell to
>>> human perception and also deter the cat from spraying that area again.
>>> In the UK the brandname is Feliway.
>>>
>>> Janet
>>
>>
>> There are other things like Nature's Miracle, IIRC. But, again, you
>> need to find all of the favored spots.
>>
>> To some degree, too, a Feliway diffuser works to deter a cat from
>> spraying--but we'd need to have an awful lot of them.
>>
>
> Urine glows under ultra violet light. You can buy special lights from
> pet supply companies or you can use leftover Haloween or rave accessories.
>
Apparently not all black lights are created equal. I need to get one
that works. Pronto. Ugh.

--
Jean B.

"Michael "Dog3"" > wrote

> Bobo Bonobo® >

>> If my life were as you described above, I would consider it Hell on
>> Earth.
>> God, why anyone would allow one of those filthy, stinking animals
>> inside their house, I don't know. Like you said, they'll eat carrion,
>> then breathe in your face, and expect to sllep with you. They're so
>> disgusting that many will happily chow down on cat shit.
>
> You have just described small children that have the ability to crawl.

(laughing really loud) OMG, Michael, ain't it the truth.

nancy

Nancy Young wrote:
> "Michael "Dog3"" > wrote
>
>> Bobo Bonobo® >
>
>>> If my life were as you described above, I would consider it Hell on
>>> Earth.
>>> God, why anyone would allow one of those filthy, stinking animals
>>> inside their house, I don't know. Like you said, they'll eat
>>> carrion, then breathe in your face, and expect to sllep with you.
>>> They're so disgusting that many will happily chow down on cat shit.
>>
>> You have just described small children that have the ability to
>> crawl.
>
> (laughing really loud) OMG, Michael, ain't it the truth.

LOL