Wonkette
It’s great that the poor little lonely Obama girls finally got a nice dog that won’t make allergy-prone Malia sick with its dog hair, because it is a special hairless breed. NO WAIT. It is an outrage that the Obama girls were given this dog because it isn’t LEGALLY a “rescue dog.” (Did you know “rescue dog” is a legal term? READ THE CONSTITUTION.) And guess what organization is demanding that Barack Obama personally slice off this dog’s nuts?
PETA, of course! Sadly for both the “People for the Ethical Treatment of the Animals” and Barack Obama himself, the dog — this elitist garbage bear, “Bo,” named for Hollywood legend “Bo Derek” — was already neutered, long ago.
SO? Just make the Obamas pay a lot of money (your tax dollars) to implant some of these “nut-sicles” in Bo’s currently-empty ball sack, and then cut those fuckers off, during that “weekly youtube” Obama likes to do on Saturdays.
But many questions remain about this bi-racially colored swamp cur: Is it Muslim? Probably. Portugal was Muslim for 3,000 years, until it was liberated by the Pope. Is the dog a homosexual? YES EVERY DOG IS BASICALLY HOMOSEXUAL. And is it, for real, a “rescue dog” like Nobama promised? Let’s ask the important national wire service of news, the Associated Press:
Still, conspiracy buffs might speculate that Bo was meant for the Obamas all along. Was his adoption engineered to look like a rescue — or at least blur the line to head off criticism that the Obamas had picked a purebred from a breeder?
Good fucking christ. STOP IT.
Anyway, rescue-dog people are Very Upset because they wanted Obama to pick some dog from a rescue-dog organization. Instead, he and his evil family of fucktards long ago decided they wanted this particular breed of dog, in large part because it does not shed and will not make their daughter sick. ELITISTS.
And it turns out that with this type of dog, the breeders have some Portuguese Water Dog Growers Association code of conduct/moral commitment to take back any of the beasts, if the original buyers decide, “Hey, I hate dogs!” So the breeder took back this full-sized, six-month-old unwanted dog, and Ted Kennedy’s personal army of Dog Trainers took it to Harvard, and now the Obamas will get this dog, okay? Hmm let’s see should Obama maybe not 100% please every goddamned animal fanatic in America or should he just look right into Ted Kennedy’s eyes — yes this is the same Ted Kennedy currently dying of brain cancer — and say, “You know, Ted, I just don’t want your motherfucking dog, right?”
The latter.
You know, a rescue greyhound won’t shed and is hypoallergenic. Just saying.
/hugs is greyhound
Dr. Spaceman: Look, we just went through a White House occupant without any brains. No need to repeat the experience just yet.
We wouldn’t be suffering this controversy if the damn dog had a BIRTH CERTIFICATE.
Oh, sorry, I forgot “!!1!.”
I just want to see the video of Barry running with Bo…and he was named for Bo JACKSON, you douche.
Do we know if this dog was born in the United States? I want to see his papers. Also I heard he will not bark unless there is a teleprompter. He probably prefer Arugula to dog food.
Wellllllll I’ll be…
That is the weirdest lookin’ coon dog I has ever seen!
PETA - The Black Panthers of the black panthers.
I think PETA people should have their nuts cut off. Keep these whack-jobs from breeding.
I already posted this to the wrong thread, but interior designer/presumed terrorist “Skip” Sroka has designed a Muslin doghouse for the Muslin First Dog.
Of course, if Bo is any sort of dog, he’ll have chewed the Muslin to shreds within about an hour, which will then make him a Hero Dog.
Alt-text for the win.
PETA is also requesting that no White House staffers listen to the Pet Shop Boys until they change their name: http://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/Music/04/10/peta.pet.shop.boys/index.html
Yeah, we should let all the dogs procreate to their nuts content, then just do a once yearly housecleaning with some strychnine laced hors’dourves like all those other progressive countries.
Can I assume the LFC stands for Lousy Fuckiing Cunt or is that just a coincidence?
Min: Welllllll I’ll be. That’s the weirdest lion I has ever seen.
Yet another example of B. Hussein going back in his promises. WHERE IS THE DOG’S BIRTH CERTIFICATES??
If they spelled the dog’s name Bho, his name and the president’s initials would be exactly the same. Hmmmm…
http://democralypsenow.blogspot.com/2009/04/woooohooo-america-is-very-excited_13.html
JohnnyMeatworth: Yeah, that outta take some real arm-twisting.
A water dog from Ted K? Please try to make it more challenging to mock you.
Me hopes all them pretty nekkid PETA ladies hold a big ol’ protest on the White House lawn.
Let us be clear: The new first dog, Bo, is not a rescue. While he was returned to the breeder by his first owners, that subtle point is missing from or buried in most news reports and is no doubt lost on the masses of people who will be lining up at pet shops and demanding “Obama puppies.” These puppies will eventually lose their appeal, once people get tired of taking care of them, but because most pet shops and many breeders don’t take “returns,” guess where those unwanted “Obama puppies” are going to end up?
In PETA’s giant walk-in freezer, dead, of course!
Godot: STFW - SOMEBODY has to kill these dogs.
I would be neat to have a house so big that you can run with your dog in the hallways.
DogNutz?
This is one of the funniest things I ever read.
wickedlittledoll: Well, at least they were kind and generous enough to make a donation to the D.C. Humane Society. God knows the price of sodium pentobarbital has gone through the roof so I’m sure they could use the cash.
I read it was named for Bo Diddley.
Portuguese water dog’s main meal is PIRATES!
So, Portuguese Water Dog. Pain in the ass, or low-maintenance? I’m guessing, looking at it, it’s probably somewhere between the batshit meth-addict craziness of a border collie, and the sluggish retardation of a beagle.
Yes, people should get their stupid dogs from the pound and not breeders because it’s good for pound puppies. However, Malia was allergic and how many pounds have pure bred Portuguese elitist gay muslin puppies available anyway? Besides, Ted Kennedy already has that kind of dog and thinks they’re awesome and he’s basically family and he has a BRAIN TUMOR so he gave the Obama’s a puppy. How can you say no to Ted Kennedy? So Barry, knowing dog people would cry and scream, made a donation to the Humane Society. Still people cried and screamed. WHAT THE HELL DO YOU PEOPLE WANT?!@11!!!
Also.
This whole “rescue dog” thing is very confusing. I would have thought a “rescue dog” was, like, a dog suited to rescuing people (or non-human victims, if we’re going with the PETA thing). So now I’m envisioning avalanche victims, and along comes a shivering greyhound too emaciated to carry that little cask of brandy. Or Timmy having fallen in a well, and the Martins afraid to open the door to the rescue pitbull they’ve adopted.
LFC: I am a proud member of PETA (People Eating Tasty Animals).
A retired greyhound is far from a PUPPY the kids were promised. Also, since all the breeds they were reportedly considering were fluffy dugs I’d wager they don’t care for the sleek and boney look. The Obama have to live with dog for years and have it as part of their family if they are proper pet owners; they should pick one that really suits them and appeals to them.
I’ll volunteer to be “rescued” by the prez. I’m housebroken and everything (or not, if appropriate).
What’s the point of castrating the poor little guy. I thought abortions for all were required now - should some little Obamabot-groupie dog sneak into the White House for some hot lovin’
BTW, looove that picture.
Malachite Kingfisher: My cat is laughing at your post!
Lazy Media: I’d say you’ve nailed it.
Personally, I like to pass around the bong to my crrew at the beginning of each day. Just takes the edge off a little.
http://i389.photobucket.com/albums/oo336/brontie2/7of8.jpg
From a commenter on HuffPo:
“This is very disappointing news on many levels. Disappointing that a President who campaigned on an agenda of hope and change, in choosing to go the breeder route, has ended, not only the hope that positive change could be brought about through the influence of this choice, but has also ended the hopes of the millions of dogs that will be killed in shelters this year.”
Barack Obama– puppy killer.
memzilla: I laugh every time I hear my toothless meth neighbor say that.
Jukesgrrl: LA Douchebag: Ha! I beat you guys to the doggie birth cert gag both about a half dozen posts back. So I guess that I win this particular territorial-marking contest.
YES!!1!!! YET ANOTHER BROKKEN PROMISE TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE!! WHY CANT THE NOOOOBAMAS GET AN AMERICNA DOG? WHERS THE DOGS BIRTHCERTIFICATE!!!! WHATS HE HIDING HALFBREED MUSLIN PORTOGEESE LIARZ!!!!1!!911 WHAKE UP SHEEPELS!!!
Can we have some logical Barry determined-compromise on the poor dog’s nuts. How about we just circumcise the little guy? This should appeal to Jews and Muslins alike resulting in some sort of blissful middle east love orgy, which is far more important than Peta blah blah blah*
*although those nude Peta protesters I have complete respect for, and can listen to all day, so long as they are as hot as the ones I’ve seen in the pixxx
Still, Obama should go to the pound, buy the mangiest cur he can find, name it John Boehner and publicly discipline every once in a while.
Custerwolf: Not surprising, since both my parents come from knoxville, and my bloodtype is T Positive (for trailer trash).
Lazy Media: I read up the Porties when I was thinking of adopting one, and heard they are semi-high-maintenance. Good dogs for families, but require a lot of exercise and you have to stay on top of them training-an-discipline-wise, because they are basically smarter than you, they know this, and they will take advantage of it.
I ended up adopting a 13-year-old Cockerpoo (no Porties in the pound, ever) and that old mutt was a disease-ridden, incontinent, arthritic, half-blind, deaf, flea-farming, walking ear infection.
And he was our widdle snuggy wuggums lil’ pooh-bear-pooh, he was. Oh! You’re good doggie, yes!
memzilla: Oooo - are you single by any chance?
dogs kick ass.
The heartbroken tears of frustrated Obamabots will power my house for the next six months. Yum!
Hooray for Anything: Obama personally personally ended the dreams of millions dogs to be euthanized this year? Jesus H. Christ, how many dogs is he supposed to adopt?
WadISay: silly, dogs can’t cry.
Beaufighter: If he’s going to end any dog’s dreams it outta be this one:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJYqMhIYw58
Lascauxcaveman:
Now I know what love is.
- Voltaire
Lascauxcaveman: try Zymox for dog ear infections.
srisly, miracle cure, cheap & all natural.
PETA wants to ,secretly, end all pet ownership. w.a.c.k.o.s. certified.
Lascauxcaveman: You know, every time people start talking about their pets, I remember why I don’t have pets.
Same with children.
sati demise: That’s one hell of an acronym - shouldn’t it be all caps?
Malachite Kingfisher: The image of a greyhound rescuing people in avalanches has made my week. I loves you.
Custerwolf: ZYMOX FOR DOG EAR INFECTIONS.
I ALMOST wish the Obamas had personally started a puppy mill in the Victory Garden, just to see if doing so would physically cause PETA members to implode.
“Here we come to save the day”
Jon Stewart once said about MoveOn.org, how is it they make me hate them, even when I agree with what they are saying. PETA is like that for me. I’m all on board with compassion for animals but when it is wrapped up in an overzealous, righteous package,it makes me want mink and hamburgers.
Malachite Kingfisher: “the Martins afraid to open the door to the rescue pitbull they’ve adopted.”
Which reminds me of a story….
This really happened, about a month ago. A local couple wound up in the hospital’s emergency room with deep punture wounds and lacerations. When asked what happened, the couple reported that they had been attacked by a mountain lion near their home. A Fish and Game officer loaded Mishka, a Karelian bear dog, into his truck and headed off to track the offending cat and dispatch it. When he got to the couple’s house, he turned Mishka loose to do her thing. She showed a total lack of interest in the surrounding woods, but became very excited when they got close to the house. The officer peeked in through a window and spotted the “cougar” which was actually the couple’s white pitpull - covered in their blood. I’m guessing they had lied because they didn’t want the dog harmed. Okay, now THOSE people are godamned freaks.
sati demise: Thanks. In a pinch, Masingill helps to create an inhospitable environment for the ear nasties, too. No douche jokes please. Just be careful - if you suspect the eardrum is punctured you do NOT want to put anything steroidal in the ear.
middlegirl: You do know that mink is a mammal and not actually a fabric, right?
I have had some wonderful healthy purebred dogs of several breeds as well as some great rescue dogs. Most recently I got a standard poodle. I don’t have allergies, but I wanted a smart pooch and I thought we’d get along great and that the not-shedding thing would be pretty swell.
He’s a terrific dog (my dog-not-liking relatives even like him ever so much) and the not-shedding thing is AWESOME.
Sorry if someone thinks I did bad, but we have good times!
Yes, I totally get that and apparently you didn’t get that I was been facetious.
AnnieGetYourFun: Let me guess - you were one of those rebellious little elementary school kids who insisted on playing dogeball every recess and taking all the head shots?
I thought so.
middlegirl: Of course. I’m just reading alot of anti-PETA comments here and I’m thinking - I don’t know shit ONE about PETA (because I don’t need an organization to tell me how to practice compassion), but until they actually step on my toes, no sucker punches are necessary. Y’all sound like these other crazies afraid some group of fanatics is going to force you to do something you don’t want. What the fuck? It’s plain common fucking sense. If you’re going to eat animals - don’t torture them first. If your fashion sense trumps your common sense, knock yourself out, buy a fur. Just educate yourself first, so we know you’re a true asshole and not just an uninformed one. If you want a purebred dog, buy yourself one, it’d just be nice if you keep it for a lifetime. I’m not mad because the Obama’s got a purebred (and fuck off about it being a surprise, yeah, sure it was), I’m mad because this went down like a flaming bag of dogshit.
octupletsmom: Loving any dog is never a bad thing.
BTW there’s no such thing as a non-shedding dog.
LA Douchebag: They’re not even trying to hide the Portuguese pedigree. HARBORING ILLEGULZ IS ILLEGUAL. Also, I bet they’re not even going to tell Bo he’s adopted.
middlegirl: Personally, I love both mink and hamburgers. I especially love wearing mink while eating hamburgers.
Wearing hamburgers while eating mink? Not so much.
Of course BO the Dog is an UNDERQUALIFIED YOUNG BLACK MALE. This adoption is RACIST and SEXIST.
Adopting a foreign dog is giving up ‘Murikun Soverenty to Porchugul! /right wing.
Custerwolf: Sit! Stay!
Poodles don’t shed, donchaknow. Get over it.
Min: I thought that was you I saw at Mickey D’s the other day.
http://i389.photobucket.com/albums/oo336/brontie2/1111.jpg
middlegirl: I’m all for humane treatment for animals, but I always laugh when someone writes “I’m going to eat a cheeseburger just to piss PETA off!!1111!”.
My late lamented pooch was cuter than Bo, had hair like people and never shed, and was a Heinz 57. (There is too such a thing as a non-shedding dog.) They should have hunted through the pounds a little more–if they had, then all the dimbulbs who are going to go out and buy a PWD would go get a mutt.
octupletsmom: Did your poodle tell you that? Did he also tell you he wouldn’t come in your mouth? Poodles are fucking liars. Don’t trust them.
Custerwolf: Oh, please. No self-respecting woman would be seen in public wearing blonde mink.
P.T.T.: Nope. No such thing. Otherwise your dog would still have its puppy fur.
Custerwolf: Word of advice, inform yourself a little more about PETA before you wave you finger at someone for making fun of it. You’ve been here long enough to know that this is a snark site, but snark aside, People for Ethical Treatment of Animals is a hypocritical organization. One of their biggest offenses in my opinion is that with all they extremes they go through to stop animal killing, mills, slaughter, etc, and they’ve euthanized many animals, probably more than the organizations that they rail against. Another thing is that they flip their shit over the word “pet” and demand that pets should be called animal companions. They’ve brought attention to some good causes i.e., mistreatment of circus animals, etc. But there are many orgs out there that don’t act like the Scientology of animals rights to get their point across.
Min: Oh - I’m sorry, I didn’t realize you call that blonde. I thought it was grey and just figured your furrier could only afford the pelts of critters that died of ald age.
octupletsmom: Not bad at all. My mom had gotten two purebred Doberman’s in a row. One was adopted from a previous owner, and one was bought from a pet store. Some people like specific breeds and want to stick with them. It’s a noble thing when you can rescue an animal, but buying is not such a bad thing either. Reading some of these posts make me wonder which is actually more “trendy.”
Secondhand pure-bred dogs are no prize either…my slightly used “sporting breed” is “adorable and sweet” too…and eats soap, and underwear. Sooner or later Bo will show up at home with some tourist’s purse in his mouth, reeking of whatever was dead in the Reflecting Pool when he went for a dip.
Schadenfried: Why bring an organization into this at all? As I said, I don’t know and I don’t particularly care to know anything about PETA - but I am wondering why you are so threatened by them. Have they personally cramped your style somehow? Please enlighten me. Do they do more bad than good? That would concern me.
Custerwolf: “Otherwise your dog would still have its puppy fur.”
You just don’t have a fucking clue.
As said above: “Good fucking christ. STOP IT.”
I’m I the only one to notice how Obama hovers above the floor?… of course, he tries to walk like a mere mortal when others are around, but when Barry’s alone with Bo the wonder dog, they can both let their hair down, as it were…
Custerwolf: If you see the mink fur in that pic as gray, you may need to check your monitor.
Schadenfried: “bought from a pet store.”
Here, let me translate that for you.
“you are an idiot.”
I bought a Sheltie for my daughter when she was a girl just because I grew up with a collie mix. She loved Missy and didn’t tell me that she suffered from her hair for months when it was too late to take her back. She was our dog. But don’t ever buy a dog your child is allergic to.
Custerwolf: They have protested at the medical research facility where I work. That bugs.
You have rescue bloodhounds, right? How big are they? I have a rescue basset hound and am considering a bloodhound. But I’m worried that a bloodhound would outweigh me.
octupletsmom: If anyone wants to make some quick money on a bet - here’s your chance.
Min: I said grey - it’s a little different.
Swampwitch: See, now there’s some real-life experience I can relate to, and sympathize with. I admit PETA doesn’t do any advertising out here - and I don’t get print media so I don’t see ads. But I doubt many others here have had such close encounters as you. Are you a microbiologist perchance? As for the Bloods - my male is 125 - and extremely powerful.They have ear and skin problems and don’t live a terribly long time (8 years average). They will run like a motherfucker if they get loose - and unlike stubby-legged Basset’s will leave you in a cloud of dust.
Custerwolf: Not a microbiologist, chemist currently doing cholesterol research. And there’s been animal rights protests everywhere I’ve worked, even the places that had zero animals. It’s fucking annoying.
Darn it, that’s too big for me. I’ll have to stick to loving my smelly, howly, stubby-legged basset.
Swampwitch: Chemist, eh? I LOVE chemistry but I have a severe mathmatical handicap. Yeah - I hate fanatics of any sort. So fuck me, I haven’t been exposed to that type of shit - didn’t know that was truly going on. I thought PETA just issued their opinions via news outlets like the Humane Society - oh plus the nekked wimmin.
I suspect that the dog is a bitch, a cross-dressing gay Easter egg-rolling male dog who has taken its wealthy person’s (Kennedy!) tax refund to have the operation. And now it is in White House, training Malia and Sasha Baron Obama to grow up as gay-loving liberalistic socialistic foreign-borne teens.
Frightening.
http://thingsyoushoulddo.com/wp2/wp-content/uploads/2007/03/white-house-easter-egg-roll.jpg
Custerwolf: ZYMOX FOR DOG EAR AND SKIN PROBLEMS (!!1!!!)
btw, Had the Jackrabbit hunt of the year on Good Friday.
Sight hounds rule!1!!1!!
Swampwitch: Oh, but the CUTENESS…..
http://i389.photobucket.com/albums/oo336/brontie2/tat.jpg
Custerwolf: Exactly. Where the fuck do those PETA hippies think their drugs are coming from?
sati demise: Which kind?
sati demise: We went through 55-gal drums of Zymox, and yes it does work. Some goop for his eye infections, haircuts every month or two, baths every week. (Dr’s Orders!) But some old dogs are just one infection after another. Our ordeal ended sometime in the little guy’s 16th year, when he did the honorable thing, and just wandered off into the woods. We went out and searched for him, but maybe not all that long?
Min: You know, every time people start talking about their pets, I remember why I don’t have pets. Same with children.
Well, heck. Who’s gonna take care of you, when you’re the one who’s old and feeble and wandering around in the woods with an ear infection?
Y’know, when I’m that far gone, maybe a relatively quick death from exposure would be the best thing.
Well the headline and the lede scared the chit out of me but then the post finishes up with such a big warm fuzzy reality check that it makes me wanna kiss someone.
middlegirl: Well said. Describes how I feel about 99% of the Christians.
Custerwolf: I love them, they look like tall bassets to me. I like the heavy, heavy bones in dogs. And the hound dog eyes and ears.
sati demise: Yes, which kind? I’ve always owned sent hounds, the sight hounds are so diametrically different, I’m always curious.
Swampwitch: True that. Personally, I do not believe it is biologically sound to put another species before one’s own. That said, we don’t have to be complete fuckers to the rest of creation either.
…No snark. Too much cute in the photo.
Custerwolf: Agreed on not being complete fuckers. But there aint no other way to make progress on medical research. It’s done absolutely as humanely as possible.
Swampwitch: Scent hounds. Goddamn I am DUMB.
So who has to do the shovel duty on the White House lawn?
Some black family, I bet …
Swampwitch: A friend of mine just adopted a Saluki out of CA. When was the last time you saw one of those?!
Swampwitch: “It’s done absolutely as humanely as possible.” It’s an imperfect world we live in, so having that as a standard is a pretty noble goal in itself.
Custerwolf: At least a week! Heh. The whole light and super super fast hound dog (with commercial model hair) always throws me for a loop.
Swampwitch: DUMB? I hate you for your math skills.
Swampwitch: Zoloitzquintle. The dog can run 40 mph.
He also ‘hummms’ to himself.
Will guide people to the spirit world when the calendar ends in 2012.
middlegirl:
Fuck.
Now I get it.
I must have been temporarily blinded by my own self-righteousness.
sati demise: sory, that Z is an X…
sati demise: Fucking holier-than-thou Zoloitzquintle (I thought it was spelled with an ‘x’?).
Oh, associated press…”conspiracy buffs” don’t speculate about bullshit like this, assholes do, which is why you guys didn’t think twice about printing this crap.
One other thing I probably should tell you, because if I don’t they’ll probably be saying this about me, too. We did get something, a gift, after the election. A man down in Massachusetts heard Michelle on the radio mention the fact that our two youngsters would like to have a dog. And believe it or not, the day before we left on this foreign trip we got a message from Union Station in Baltimore, saying they had a package for us. We went down to get it. You know what it was? It was a little Portuguese Water Dog in a crate that he’d sent all the way from Massachsetts, black and white, spotted. And our little girl Sasha, the six year old, named it “Bo.” And you know, the kids, like all kids, love the dog, and I just want to say this, right now, that regardless of what they say about it, we’re gonna keep it.
sati demise: My basset has a lot to say, a lot of feelings to get out to the world. But when the calendar ends in 2012, he’s not leading anyone anywhere but his couch.
Lionel Hutz Esq.: Was it wearing a blue duffle coat with a luggage label?
AxmxZ: [sigh...]I REALLY wish that guy wasn’t married.
That dog is really, really cute! Not as cute as my own RESCUE DOG here, of course, but I suppose if our selfish, naive young President really wants to please his daughter who is probably FAKING her asthmatic allergic attacks so that she can get a muslin dog with gay curly hair, and if he wants to BOW to Ted Kennedy, who was probably in on the plot to raise an African communist from birth to take over the US, then so be it. Change we can believe in!
Custerwolf: What has PETA personally done to me? Sea kittens. Fish used to be my favorite food, and now I cry cry cry bitter tears when I think about all the mindless fish I’ve devoured.
lampadadog: Sorry. Doesn’t count. Since no one actually has the power to MAKE you feel guilty, I’d have to say you’re just a pussy.
Gives the Clan of Zymox a whole new meaning.
lampadadog:win.
(and yea, my cutest and smartest dog was a mix….her name was Logic.)
re=288351]Swampwitch[/re]: )Bassets can be huge.
peta is bi-polar. some real good stuff, some terrible
omfg, sea kittens!
I want to see Bo’s birth certificate. For that matter, where the hell’s Mr. “Barack” Obama’s so-called proof of birth? For all we know, they’re both illegals!
http://democralypsenow.blogspot.com/2009/04/woooohooo-america-is-very-excited_13.html
sati demise: Yep. Current basset, Seamus, weighs 65. Previous baby weighed in at 85-90 lbs. That’s pretty big, but not bigger than me. Bloodhounds, good shot at bigger than me.
bago: Jesus that sounds like a herpes support group. Probably a metal band- amirite?
Custerwolf: they think dogs should all be ‘vegetarian’.
some of the peta are batshit crazy. They would rather kill a dog than have them in a less than ‘perfect’ home.
but they helped me once with a horse neglect case, so;
good, and batshit. manic-depressive
Custerwolf: Hokay, Cus-tard.
“you are an idiot.”
Yes, there are issues with pet store dogs that people should know about. But calling someone’s mother an idiot is hardly helpful, to put it charitably.
“Poodles are liars”.
Poodles are at the top of the dog smart chart–and you have bloodhounds, which gave up brains for nose cells. Don’t know where you get off, really, calling someone’s dog–or someone–a liar. My dog is probably more imaginative than yours, but he isn’t deceitful.
Nor am I. You don’t groom my dog and you don’t vacuum and clean my house, do you? I’ll enlighten you as to why Poodle Boy doesn’t have the cute puppy hair he was born with three years ago. Two reasons: Oster A5 clippers, and sometimes, in between, scissor trims. If not for clipping and trimming, Poodle Boy would be Horrid Dreadlock Monster. (Heavily matted snarls can sometimes pull and work themselves out in a clump, but that’s not natural “shedding”, it’s physics. And inadequate grooming.)
I have an older dog who DOES shed. Different color of dog–you know she did it. I’ve had plenty of shedding dogs (especially you, Hannah Labradog!). I know the difference, unlike some people who don’t have a clue.
I hope the Obamas have a great time with their dog, which was obviously selected with care, which is good dog-custodianship and good parenting. When my kids were young, I started to get a mixed-breed shelter dog, and I came home with a puppy that would snap aggressively at the kids, unprovoked. After a couple of days I returned the puppy. I got the kids a golden retriever pup, from a breeder, instead. Later we got another one. Fantastic with the kids–especially with my ADD son. Do. Not. Regret. selecting those PUREBRED dogs for my kids’ kid years.
octupletsmom: So can I assume he comes in your mouth?
I’m a vegetarian, environmentalist hippie who annoys people by giving them advice about how they can reduce their carbon print and PETA gets on MY nerves. Who exactly are they catering to?
sati demise: Wow. So you HAVE dealt with them personally. I thought they were like the HSUS where they were kind of middle of the road. Are they an east coast group? I work with a local shelter, and I don’t belong to any groups so I’m out of the loop. What I do see though, in my limited experience, is lots of neglect cases and overcrowding at the shelters. I mentioned in another post that close to 100 dogs were seized out of my neighbor’s attic in a puppy mill raid. Some had to be euthanized, some were already dead, and some very ill. I’ll be over this whole thing tomorrow, but right now it still smarts a little.
I for one heartily approve of PETA endlessly mocking and pissing off the humorless bastards of the world.
Sight hounds? One Saluki two Italian Greyhounds all adopted not purchased. Only one adorable screwed up Iggy left. Privately adopted after being left abandoned in an empty house for two weeks sick in a tiny cage. It took four extra days to get the local animal control people to intervene because they didn’t want to interfere with any body’s rights and I had to prove the dog was going to die.People need to relax. I once bought a crazy ass much loved fox terrier right out of the glass cages of Macy’s years ago. I had to sign a paper agreeing that she was nonreturnable and was likely a mental case. She was already six months old.I had to teach her to walk across the floor where it changed color from the hallway to the living room. Learning to go down stairs took two weeks. Should I have left these dogs to die because they didn’t come from the pound? I hope there is video soon of Bo pissing on the drapes and eating garbage and most important humping some asshat.Yes,even when you cut off their balls they like to hump asshats.
102415: “I had to teach her to walk across the floor where it changed color from the hallway to the living room. Learning to go down stairs took two weeks.”
CLASSIC signs of a puppy mill dog. Also eating their own shit (who wants to share a tiny crate with one’s own feces?).
And just for the record-
My dog’s bigger than your dog.
My dog’s bigger than yours.
My dog’s bigger, and he chases mailmen.
My dog’s bigger than yours.
My dog’s better than your dog.
My dog’s better than yours.
His name is Tater, and he had puppies.
My dog’s better than yours.
- Tom Paxton
http://i389.photobucket.com/albums/oo336/brontie2/tate.jpg
Aquannissiwamissoo: yea, I want to ban puppy mills, too.
And have stricter licences for breeders, have mandatory spay/neuter for pets.
thats radical in teh dog world.
but, come on, sea kittens?
No leather or meat eating allowed?
Absolutely no medical testing on mice?
sati demise: Please tell me they don’t actually call them sea kittens. Please.
Custerwolf: Nah, it’s better this way. This way Barry is the ultimate forbidden fruit.
Here is an alternative to Peta. Peta does some good but it’s hard to support their high “euthanization” rates. So now I donate to:
http://www.bestfriends.org
octupletsmom: Honestly, who the fuck gives a dog an I.Q. test? Were you at all surprised when they kept on dropping their pencils?
AxmxZ: But that ass….that sweet ass. Those cheeks are absolutely begging to be kneaded like a pliant hunk of sweet roll.
Swampwitch: I’m trying, without success to imagine a 90 pound Basset. We’re talking about an actual canine, right? Not Joe Lieberman?
It’s not as if rescue orgs are going to have a tough time finding homes for any mutt that even resembles Bo. And how much longer must we wait before Barry forces the AP into a surgical bankruptcy?
Yep, sea kittens.
But I can do one better. A number of years ago, I got a mailer from these asshats condemning roach motels.
This is the truth of the sweet Mormon Jesus. It had a cartoon of a roach with a tear in his eye, stuck inside what these perfect morons described as an Auschwitz.
And they suggested engaging in transcendental meditation to get the roaches out of your house. Or humming a tune. That might get them to leave. Also.
Good thing they don’t have teh crazy.
peorgietirebiter: George Leroy Tirebiter! Is that you???
ThePerfesser: I’m fine with the roaches having motels - but I won’t stand for their desk clerks getting paid less than minumum wage. You gotta draw the line somewhere.
Custerwolf: You’re on fire tonight. Cute dog. And yes, sea kittens. Really.
PETA is actually tamer than they used to be, back in the ’80s they used to show up to protest animal research at the University of Wisconsin Vet School, where my folks both worked. One day they came with a puppy, which they proceeded to douse in gasoline and announced on a bullhorn that they were going to light it on fire, to prove how cruel animal research is. The Vet school doors opened and a pack of Vet students came out to confront them. And in Wisconsin, most veterinarians specialize in cattle and are big, strapping, corn-fed Vikings from dairy country. The PETA people were unwashed, anemic vegan types. The vet student spokesman informed them that if any harm was done to the dog there would be violence. PETA packed up and left the puppy, which one of the students adopted.
In retrospect, it may have been an extreme adoption technique on PETA’s part. “Give this puppy a home or we light it on fire,” ala early Mad Magazine, or it may be that they narrowly escaped an ass-beating of biblical proportions. Either way, fuck those guys.
Custerwolf: Actually not really. AKC papers and good breeding. Just got a flea allergy lost some fur and got kept in the back room for six months until the hair grew back and she was deemed attractive again. The janitor who cleaned the cages came out to say goodbye to her. He told me he used to let her out of the cage and pet her. Thanks to him she was just sane enough to live out a good life with a fun loving family and make a little boy happy. I bought her because she would bark like crazy every time she saw a little kid walk by her cage.I loved her because she killed a huge norway rat that came up into the apartment. The perfect breed for a five year old boy who lived in the East Village circa 1980. Puppy mills need to be shut down but the dogs that are already alive need a chance too. I consider her a rescue dog same as the dog I found in the abandoned house or the one I paid $20 for that was chained up in the junk car lot.
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smartypants: “and he was named for Bo JACKSON, you douche.” so we can start with the ” Bo Knows jokes? … like
Bo knows licking his own balls.
Bo knows leg humping.
Bo knows smelling butts.
Truly a new American Treasure
BHO could have cemented relations with So. America with the acquisition of a Peruvian Inca Orchid (Moonflower). Exotic. Think “arugula of canines”. Also good in the hypoallergenic department.
This would have sent the Becktards full retard…
Min: Alt-text for the win.
A-min to that.
Oh lolcats, why must you be so amusing?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Checkers_speech
Also.
Holy shit, Obama isn’t a vegetarian?!
Gallowglass:
There is no shortage of evidence that, for the most part, animal research is pretty useless and basically involves torturing animals so dumbass grad students can have something “empirical” for their worthless dissertations that no one will ever, ever read. It’s not as bad now as it was in the 70’s when psychologists would electrocute dogs to find out if dogs liked being electrocuted, and that’s partially due to pressure from animal rights people.
With that said, PETA specifically has gotten to the point where they’re like the Westboro Baptist Church of the animal welfare world. They don’t really have anything coherent to say, and they think anything they do is morally justified because it’s them doing it. It’s a complete clusterfuck of bored college dropouts and circular reasoning and all they do is make it easy for other people to dismiss the animal welfare movement as fringe lunatics.
Darkness: What can I say, he was really tall. Breeders that keep bassets super short don’t have the pooches best interests at heart.
Personally, I’ve never pictured old mopey Vinegar Joe as a loveable hounddog. Everyone’s different.
GooseInANoose: You’re a moron. And you should quit taking any medications or ever going to the doctor.
Swampwitch:
Yes, because the existence of medicine is totally dependent on whether Jane Q. Dipshit can see if rats enjoy brain trauma in order to get her masters in psychology from Arkansas State University.
Obviously, there is some valid medical research that involves using animals as test subjects, but for the most part, research in general (especially in psychology) is just aimless wankery meant to give people jobs in academia. Unless you can demonstrate some actual conceivable utility for what you’re doing, other living beings should be left out of it.
MR OBAMA!! THERE’S A COW ON THE TRACKS!! GRAB THE DOG AND RUN AWAY!
Swampwitch:
Also, I don’t need your cholesterol meds because I’m not a fat retard, so there.
GooseInANoose: Fuck off. Heart disease kills plenty of skinny smart people, its the number one killer in the US. If you’re so damn smart, you’d know already know that.
AHHH, THE PIC! SO CUTE!
Dammit.
Barry is, like, a camera natural.
Swampwitch:
Yes, there are also skinny people who lead brazenly unhealthy lifestyles as well. Good observation, and I understand the desperate need to justify your employment in these tough economic times. Don’t worry, just like PETA, nothing you ever do could be morally questionable!
middlegirl: Thank you for pointing this out! I was on the subway last week when some shrill nutburger was handing out literature (waste of trees) and screaming about how are digestive systems weren’t meant to house rotting animal corpse. She was mad and extreme and the result was people took her “literature” to humor her and then threw it out on the ground and went to McDonald’s. There are ways to talk to people so that they listen. Why don’t they learn a thing or two from Obama who is in fact a master at that?
Lascauxcaveman: WIN!
These are vicious animals. Ted Kennedy used his Portuguese Water Dog to drown Mary Jo Kopechne at Chappaquiddick. I heard it on Hannity.
ThePerfesser: Jinkies Perfesser, I was upstairs with Porcelain and a creamy tub ‘o slaw! Well, as John Hinckley, Jr. says: sorry I missed you. And stop calling me George, my name’s Adolph.
Lascauxcaveman: WIN!AxmxZ: Too Cute? Wake up people! Obama is doing Cezar “Dog Wisperer” Millan’s “pack leader” schtick. That means Obama is now taking his orders from Cubans(a.k.k Castro) via his talking dog! Also.
TGY: Barry’s love affair with the camera is an old one. Remember those flirty college photos? I bet he’s been whoring himself out to photographers and artists for modeling cash money since puberty abated.
thank jeezuz.. I found my people!
S.Luggo: Oh no you di’int! lmao
I heard this dog was born in Portugal. I wanna see the papers, and not the ones it potty trained on.
I can’t get used to smiling at a picture of a black man getting chased by a dog.
Custerwolf: Here’s my take on the matter, and I speak from experience. I am very allergic to most dogs and I own a Portuguese water dog for that very reason (hence my avatar). Most dogs make me cough and wheeze and give me hives when they lick me. I can lay with my face all over my Portie and he doesn’t bother me at all. There is no real way to “rescue” a Portie because the breeders are very careful and responsible and pledge to take back any dog that does not work out for the buyers. Yes it would have been nice for the Obamas to adopt a shelter dog. But with Malia’s allergy that just wasn’t feasible.
BTW, my dog shares ancestors with Bo, 4 to 5 generations back. And he’s a sweet, wonderful pup, as are most Porties.
thebeatgoeson: Believe me, I sympathize with the whole allergy ordeal. It’s actually the dander that provides the antigen responsible for your misery - and all dogs “shed their skin,” so to speak, nevermind the hair, so you just need to find a breed that has the least nasty effect. And as far as Portie rescues, that speaks well of the breed organization that there aren’t many to adopt out there (i.e., good prior screening).Compare that to say Jack Russell or Pit Bull rescue groups, there is an endless supply of unwanted dogs waiting for new homes. Porties are like Pulik. I have a Puli who was returned at 6 months of age to his Canadian breeder (he was deemed unadoptable), that I subsequently adopted. He’s now 14 and a complete delight. Just to be clear, I have no problem with folks adopting from purebred rescues. It’s the irresponsible over-breeding that galls me. Also - it’s always a bad idea to surprise someone with a living creature as a gift. Take note, Ted.
I think the dog is just darling! I’m glad the girls have a new playmate. I had a dog when I was the oldest’s age and it was so much fun.
Bodhi: I did too and that their grandpa, Michelle’s father, was nicknamed Bo because of that. I think it’s cute.
Swampwitch: I do have one small problem with your research argument, Swampwitch. I think animal research has benefited both animals and humans. But when it comes to the animal welfare issue, I don’t feel comfortable sacrificing all those poor little creatures for the sake of say a new heart medicine, while the fat fucking pukes of this country continue to go into lipid-overload dining on Big Macs and Fries. I mean, here we can’t even do our small part, yet we expect these helpless creatures to give 100%. Not right. Rather than asking some stupid broad with thin lashes to be more careful applying the mascara, we feel it more expeditious to just jab it into a rabbit’s eye’s to see how long it takes them to go blind (actually, I think they outlawed the Draize test, but you get the point). I don’t believe animals are capable of mercy (requires thinking outside the evolutionary box), but WE humans are - obviously. So why can’t we try a little harder not to be such animals. It’s not about how smart we are - that’s just another survival technique, big deal. What makes us truly great is the ability to go out of our own way for someone or something else.
Custerwolf: Heart disease and cancer hit smart otherwise healthy folks too.
I’d never argue for cosmetics research.
Custerwolf: I think that Portie breeding is VERY tightly controlled. Hopefully it will stay that way since countless people are likely to want one now that they have become famous. Like those stupid people who give their kids rabbits or chicks for Easter, some people just adopt pets on a whim. I think the Obamas are thoughtful and caring enough to make a success out of the gift of little Bo. I know he’ll bring them lots of joy.
Swampwitch: I know - but it’s always been a pet peev of mine to hear people complaining about their health issues while tossing a bag of Doritos down their gullet. Personally, I take good care of myself. I don’t exercise as much as I should, but I was blessed with a high metabolism, so I don’t have to bore myself to death on a treadmill or some such nonsense. Genetics have also played a part - not much heart dz in my family or cancer - so I have my ancestors to thank as well. Bottom line - I’m not asking that we stop all research, I’m simply saying we should be more aware of the price we are asking other creatures to pay for our well-being. Gratitude will do more for your heart than Plavix.
At the very least, they could rescue a kitten or two. Or a litter. They were also considering the labradoodle, and shelters all over the country were offering those cute little bundles of love, plus a couple of shelter had these iberian peninsula pooches.
Sorry, but I’m with PETA. Every time you get a dog from a breeder, a shelter dog dies. Same for cats. I wouldn’t feel so strongly about this if cats and dogs weren’t so much nicer to hang out with than most humans.
At least they have money to the shelter, so they can afford the expensive brand of pet-killer drug.
thebeatgoeson: When it’s all said and done, I think Bo will make a fine little curlyqued ambassador for puppies everywhere, thanks to the Obama family.
P.T.T.: Exactly. And they didn’t have to look through the pounds–the CS Monitor featured a article about the shelters around the country offering both kinds of dogs that the Obamas wanted.
My county doesn’t have a shelter. When I’ve reached my limit of adopted dogs (four, currently) I pay to have them put to sleep myself. I pet them, give them a good meal and, I’m sure, give them the only moments of love they’ve experienced before I take them to my vet and keep petting them while she puts the needle in. I stay with them until she tells me they’re gone.
I could haul them to the next county’s shelter, but it’s a college town and they put down animals almost as soon as they get them. Students, you know, who drop off the pet when the semester ends. Little Bastards. The shelter would just be the last scary thing that happened to them before they die.
Trust me–if you had gone through the euthanasia experience as often as I have, and gone the full route by giving the little guy some love before it happens, breeder dog vs. shelter dog would take on a whole new meaning. PTT is right–every fucking fool will want one of these fancy dogs, all because of the Obamas.
I’ve got an idea–rather than give the shelter money, let the Obamas go spend time with the cats and dogs about to be killed. Give them a little love. Every pet deserves a few minutes of it, before they die.
DustBowlBlues: And because no one is reading this and I’m basically just ranting to myself, let me say that I break down into tears every time I have to go through the process of having an animal put down. Fuck anyone who gets a breeder dog. Fuck them.
DustBowlBlues: Not so fast. I’m reading it - and I’m with you in spirit. I’m just trying to find a way to make lemonade out of dog piss.
Here’s the downside to the Obama’s choice.
http://i389.photobucket.com/albums/oo336/brontie2/boog.jpg
It’s a new day in America when both the POTUS and his dog can lick their own.
DustBowlBlues: I’m reading it, too. Do you think that Porties should become extinct? Because that’s what would happen if they weren’t bred. I think there is a BIG difference between responsible breeders and puppy mills. Even Labradoodles can vary in their hypo-allergenic-ness. And I’d be willing to bet that Malia is also allergic to cats. I agree that whenever possible people should rescue animals. It’s unfortunate that the Obamas’ situation is so high profile and that idiots will try to copy them. But as I said above, I don’t think Portie breeders are at all careless about who they sell puppies to. Nor do they over breed. The vast majority are into it because they love the breed, not to make money.
thebeatgoeson: I really hope that’s true. I know only one Portie breeder, and she is a wonderful person and extremely concerned for the welfare of the breed (she’s also quite wealthy, which helps). Unfortunately I know of far too many shitty breeders of other dogs, including the “designer” breeds. I work with Bloodhound rescue and you have 2 classes of people who breed that dog. The backwoods, “let’s go drinkin and coon huntin” inbred fucks, and the very educated and reputable group who do the shows (which are populated with well-intentioned freaks - see the movie “Dog Show” for a good laugh). Whenever I take my Bloods out in my neighborhood- because I live in a rural idiotized area- I always DISCOURAGE folks from getting the breed. If you read a good Bloodhound book, they’ll spend the first whole chapter telling you why you should NOT get a Bloodhound. In the end, when things aren’t done right, it’s always the dog that suffers. That’s my bitch. Literally.
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DustBowlBlues: At first I thought your computer had the hiccupps.