Saturday, April 4, 2015

D is for Dogs

R.a.n.t. of day 04/04/15
I realize this r.a.n.t. will be disagreed upon by many people. Most people know I'm not a big dog person. But the truth is, I've had a love/hate relationship with dogs for a long time. I have many friends who have dogs and when I stop by their house, I'm willing to pet and play with their dog. My sister has a dog, and when the dogs dies, I'll likely cry too. So, I don't hate dogs. This isn't a dog hating rant. I do know I'll never have one for myself. Essentially, I hate dogs owned by certain neighbours. Most recently there was a dog in the apartment above me. All hours of the night the dog was running back and forth. Sometimes I thought the dog was practising his tap dancing routine because the clack-clack-clack never seemed to stop. It was maddening.


When I was a child, I was chased down by a mean, vicious dog on two separate occasions. I did not appreciate that on either occasion. Even today, walking past certain houses will yield a wild and crazy dog running up to the fence and barking it's bloody head off. PASS!

Jeffrey Scott's Story Time:
  Once upon a time, I was running a 5K when I passed a neighbour and his dog. The dog decided to follow me instead of stick around with his owner. (The r.a.n.t. photo of the day is the same dog.) I was on a tight schedule, so what do I do? I keep running. Dogs eventually give up and return to their owner. Right? Wrong! it was soon apparent he wanted to run the 5K with me. So I had to stop my stopwatch and address the dog.
  "Go Home!" I told the dog. "Go, your master wants you." The dog just looked at me like I was crazy.
  "Ruff, rufff rrrrrrruf ruff ruff ruff rruufff" (Translation - You are my new owner, I like you). Long story short, the neighbour eventually decided to come collect his dog.
  "Hey, where you going with my dog?" he asked.
  "I was taking him to the pound," I said. I was upset his stupidity was taking away from my time. Though I was joking, he didn't find the comment humorous and he started chasing me. So my 5K continued with new-found motivation. He huffed to a stop after about ten steps and collapsed on the grass. His dog took off running the other way. Most likely home. I hope to lock the dumb jerk out of his own house. Some people just shouldn't have pets.

Some questions for discussion:
Do you own a pet? If so, what kind?
How do you deal with irritating neighbours?
What's the worst experience you've had with an animal?

8 comments:

  1. Good thing that guy was out of shape!

    Although I like Golden Retrievers and say I want to get one some day, I'm a cat person.

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    1. Agreed. I'm a cat person. Unfortunately I don't have one, but I used to. She would sit on my shoulder like a pirate's parrot, even when I would walk around the house.

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  2. My A-Z Challenge theme last year was on dogs. If you have a problem with dogs, its the owners not the dogs that are at fault, The dog that followed/ran with you probably just wanted some exercise.

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    1. I don't have a problem with dogs, per se. I think a lot of dogs have a problem with me. But I agree, it's the dog owners at fault.

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  3. I have a dog because family couldn't look after it anymore the kids love her but whilst I look after her well I'll never be a dog lover and I'll never have one again. I don't like many dog owners either but yeah dogs (and cats im afraid !) whilst Id never be horrid to either, I really am not a fan! I'm a hamster lover haha!

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    1. I think of all pets, I'd have a cat more than anything. Dogs can be loud and, birds seems to make so much noise all the time and fish annoy me for some reason. Mostly because they seem pointless. Cat at least will give you affection and will leave you alone.

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  4. Hello there.
    I'm a cat lover myself, always have been. Used to be owned by four of them before I came to the US (lol). My dad has 5 dogs - he says they're his kids now that the human kids have all grown up and left home. I like how you described the noise as tap dancing...one of the many downfalls of apartment living...been there...hate it!

    Entrepreneurial Goddess

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    1. I saw this funny youtube video a while back with this upstairs couple who told everyone their job was to make noises for the downstairs neighbours. You'd see them roll bowling balls around the house just for laughs. LOL

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