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Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.


Spidra Webster - Apr 25, 2006 9:20:49 am PDT #3491 of 10002
I wish I could just go somewhere to get flensed but none of the whaling ships near me take Medicare.

I'm still waiting for my Administrative Professionals Day gifts. Never. Ever. Got. One.


tommyrot - Apr 25, 2006 9:36:41 am PDT #3492 of 10002
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

The New York Times Book Review offered a capsule review of a new book by TV dog trainer Cesar Millan (host of the show Dog Whisperer):

Millan likes to talk about the importance of being a pack leader and projecting what he calls "calm-assertive" energy around your dog. The thing to avoid, he writes, is being "angry-aggressive," a trait he identifies in Bill O'Reilly of Fox News. This type of person "would not make a good pack leader," Millan writes, "because the other dogs would perceive him as unstable." (Our presidents are often unable to control their dogs, Millan said in a recent lecture. He added, "We are the only species that follows unstable pack leaders.")

bt? Is this so?

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Kathy A - Apr 25, 2006 9:43:56 am PDT #3493 of 10002
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil

Cesar Millan's show is great--he does things with fractious dogs that I wouldn't believe possible in such a short period of time. His philosophy is basically not letting your dog be dominant over you and always being confidant without being pushy about it (thus "calm-aggressiveness"). Also, treat your dog like a dog, and not like a human.

Of course, I kiss and cuddle my cat, so who am I to talk?


§ ita § - Apr 25, 2006 9:46:00 am PDT #3494 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Also, treat your dog like a dog, and not like a human.

But I am a human. Oh, you mean treat the dog like it's a dog. No problem. Totally accept. No kissy face for me.

A friend mentioned that his brother broke his tooth in a dog-kissing incident. See! Don't kiss dogs! I said.

Then he pointed out that the dog in question was a Rhodesian Ridgeback.

If they ask for a kiss, you might as well give it up, and plead duress afterwards.


Scrappy - Apr 25, 2006 9:48:01 am PDT #3495 of 10002
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.

I love Cesar. He has lots of helpful tips and is also a cutiehead. Using his methods with our pup have stopped her from reacting to neighborhood dogs who bark and lunge from behind gates. She was never agressive but did want to go towards them and pulled really hard and made little barks. Now she glances at them and walks right by, too cool for school.


Fred Pete - Apr 25, 2006 10:04:46 am PDT #3496 of 10002
Ann, that's a ferret.

I kiss and cuddle my cats, too. At least, as much as they'll let me.

Marie doesn't like to be held, much less kissed. And Max doesn't like to be kissed or head-butted.


bon bon - Apr 25, 2006 10:09:11 am PDT #3497 of 10002
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.

We love Cesar, too. Bob is kind of obsessed with him, though neither of us have owned dogs. Exercise, discipline, affection!


Kathy A - Apr 25, 2006 10:11:40 am PDT #3498 of 10002
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil

Amarna doesn't like to be picked up, so I only do it when I'm going to shove her into her carrier, so she hates it even more! But, she does love to jump on top of me and curl up on my chest for some petting and snoozing, which only lasts for ten minutes tops, and then she's had enough and goes to sit at the end of the couch or on "her" chair.


Dana - Apr 25, 2006 10:11:49 am PDT #3499 of 10002
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.

Do you find yourself wanting to discipline people who annoy you with a quick "shh"? That's my usual side effect from watching Dog Whisperer.


Kathy A - Apr 25, 2006 10:14:36 am PDT #3500 of 10002
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil

Do you find yourself wanting to discipline people who annoy you with a quick "shh"? That's my usual side effect from watching Dog Whisperer.

That, and a tap on their hindquarters with my foot. Of course, wanting to give someone a boot in the ass has been around long before "The Dog Whisperer"!