My older dawg is a better person than you.

[The Good Reverend Roger]

My older dog is an arthritic old girl who, in her youth, had the disturbing habit of killing any small animal or bird she could get her jaws on.  She wasn't evil - dogs are not capable of evil, as I will outline below - she was just wired to hunt things.  When she sleeps, she twitches her feet and whines, because in her dreams, she's a dire wolf hunting down elk on the steppes.

When she's awake, though, she's the most loyal, cheerful creature on the planet.  When I walk into the house, she runs up with her tail wagging, saying hello to one the alphas of her pack, at least in her mind...When Enabler walks in, that look changes to "It's GOD!"

So you have two states of mind, here.  One is a killer, but in the hunter sense of the word, and the other is a loyal, protective, and cheerful old girl who spends all her time with her head on the lap of her God.  Neither of these is evil, in any sense of the word.

Particularly not in the real sense of the word.  Evil is banal.  Evil is the shitty compromise, the impersonal and faceless bureaucracy that mangles citizens out of nothing but a sense of inertia, the intelligence organization that fucks with millions of people just because they can, the very idea of walking past someone who is suffering, simply because you couldn't care less, the desire to see people pushed deeper into the shit than you are, etc.

Only humans can actually be Evil.  Hell, even the fallen angels in the Christian mythos did what they did out of pride and anger...evil with a small e.  Humans, on the other hand, do what they do because they can't be arsed to do or think anything different, and THAT is Evil with a capital E.

You've seen it.  It's the little things.  Cops who like to lean on people they stop, just a bit.  Jackasses defending torture "to keep us safe".  The desire by the masses to be ruled by a king (many Americans believe the president can fire congressmen, for example), in their essentially servile natures.  Assholes who beat up their wives.  The same wives standing by while asshole abuses the kids for good measure.  The bitter campaigns to keep ugly truths under wraps.  The constant need most people feel to define what rights people don't have¹.

Dogs don't do any of this shit.  Dogs just spend all their time loving their humans, even though they know we keep the best food for ourselves.

So get the hell off of my planet...But the dogs can stay.

Or Kill Me.



¹ This is why Anarchy will never work.  People WANT government, so they can force their beliefs on other people. 

[Luna]

Fuck, Roger.

I miss my dog. 

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

Awww.

It's true.

[East Coast Hustle]

Yeah. My dog is the absolute shit. I feel the same way about my rat, but even more strongly. That little fucker would take on a bear for me, no doubt.

[The Good Reverend Roger]

Fuck, Roger.

I miss my dog.  

So get another dog.

It is my belief that most humans can't fully be humans without having dogs around.  Hell, they've been with us twice as long as we've had civilization (15,000 years, civilization developing a mere 7400 years ago.).

[Dysfunctional Cunt]

Very true.  Sad, but true!

I cannot wait to move somewhere the kids and I can have a dog.

[Luna]

Fuck, Roger.

I miss my dog. 

So get another dog.

It is my belief that most humans can't fully be humans without having dogs around.  Hell, they've been with us twice as long as we've had civilization (15,000 years, civilization developing a mere 7400 years.).

I would, I'd take my OLD dog, she's at the house with the not-yet-ex-husband.  However, I'm now in a third floor apartment... and I am not home so much these days.  This is a good thing for me, right now, and the cats... well, the cats don't care if I'm home, as long as the food bowl is filled regularly and the catbox is kept in reasonable condition.  While I have issues with the NYEX, he loves that dog, too.  He's said I can borrow her whenever I like, but she's happy at the house.  Uprooting her is unfair, particularly if I'm going to leave her alone most of the time...  

But that doesn't mean I don't miss her.

Next free Saturday, though...  I may take him up on the offer and take her out to play somewhere.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

Fuck, Roger.

I miss my dog.  

So get another dog.

It is my belief that most humans can't fully be humans without having dogs around.  Hell, they've been with us twice as long as we've had civilization (15,000 years, civilization developing a mere 7400 years ago.).

She's moving into an apartment... probably not a good idea for someone whose life is in flux to get a dog.

But I agree with your statement about not fully being humans without dogs... I took mine to the beach yesterday, and the pleasure I experienced watching her flipping out, running up and down and leaping over logs, was really primal.

[Richter]

You also put your finger on some of my favorite issues, nature and reason.

The dog's got a good natural sense for what to do.  She's hardwired to be that stone cold timber wolf killer, but around her family, her pack, she's locked in to the idea of following the training she's been given.  She knows who she can be safe and affectionate with on the same set of instincts.    

Humans have fooled ourselves into thinking our brains don't work this way.  We've got the possibility to think outside of our vestigial and shriveled monkey heirarchy ideas, but we don't.  Lots of the fuckers would rather sit, content to think that the elected alphas will sort everything out, or delude themselves that their opinion or vote doesn't matter, rather than go against that grain whan they think something is wrong.  They'll hoot, holler, and bitch, but immediate hit the dirt in supplication when they're called on it.  

We can recognize it, we've got the forebrains.  Seems insulting as HELL to most to be compared to apes, but as a whole we're not acting much better.  We can go agaisnt it, whether it's right to do so or not, but lots of folks will not sit up and grow the pair required to do so.  Like you said, they can, but they don't, and it's sickening.  

[Luna]

Fuck, Roger.

I miss my dog.  

So get another dog.

It is my belief that most humans can't fully be humans without having dogs around.  Hell, they've been with us twice as long as we've had civilization (15,000 years, civilization developing a mere 7400 years ago.).

She's moving into an apartment... probably not a good idea for someone whose life is in flux to get a dog.

But I agree with your statement about not fully being humans without dogs... I took mine to the beach yesterday, and the pleasure I experienced watching her flipping out, running up and down and leaping over logs, was really primal.

Yep.  And, lease says cats only.  

I haven't really decided what I'm going to do once all this is over, or where I'll be.  The apartment I've got is a little quirky, but good, but...  I dunno, yet.  Decisions pending resolution of current situations.  We'll see.  Once my life is stable again, I'll consider more pets.  (I kept two cats because I couldn't leave them ALL behind, and the orange one was pining without me... and beating the fuck out of the other cats.  The second cat was to keep him company when I'm not home.)

[Elder Iptuous]

fuck.
good stuff, Roger!
I had to put my dog down a little over a year ago, and my wife has just gotten over it, so we got a new puppy.
it's a helluva thing becoming a god to a dog all over again...
i agree with your assessment that a person is more of a person when they care for a dog.

kiddos named her 'Corndog'.  

[Thurnez Isa]

 

Makes me wanna get another dog... but being a student the constant moving around wouldn't be fair.
Thinking about doing the rat thing. Had a friend with rats and they were really enjoyable creatures.

[East Coast Hustle]

Rats are awesome pets. I prefer males because they tend to be more chill, more affectionate, and you can get away with keeping them solo. Females are more active and more fun to watch in a group, but they don't do well without a group. I've observed that in groups of 3 or 5 there will always be one or two that end up being bullied, so it's best to have them in even-numbered amounts.

[President Television]

Rats are awesome pets. I prefer males because they tend to be more chill, more affectionate, and you can get away with keeping them solo. Females are more active and more fun to watch in a group, but they don't do well without a group. I've observed that in groups of 3 or 5 there will always be one or two that end up being bullied, so it's best to have them in even-numbered amounts.

This is truth. My cousin in Miramichi has a rat, and that rat's honestly one of the most loving pets I've ever seen. He'll eat anything and loves to crawl all over things.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

Rats are really amazing pets. The only shitty thing about them is that they don't live long enough.