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apogee
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Technically expert, safe belayer, can lead if easy
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Topic Author's Original Post - Oct 5, 2015 - 09:48pm PT
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I don't care if they don't (or can't) 'love' me. Or if it's their lymbic or amygdala speaking to me. Whatever...that's besides the point.
I love them because of their simple, gentle, pure spirit. I wish mine could be so simple and fulfilled.
Dog owners....that's another story. Too many of 'em are an irresponsible pain in my a*#.
I love my pup, more than most humans on this earth. That's all that matters to me.
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GDavis
Social climber
SOL CAL
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Dogs are cool. What you see is what you get. There isn't any ulterior motive, they aren't hiding something. People want to live their whole lives with a mask, a wall, something that they don't even understand sometimes that exists to keep them from sharing real true emotion with other humans.
Dogs don't do that sh#t. They love you. Or hate you, but that's probably your fault.
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Alpamayo
Trad climber
Davis, CA
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Never trust any as#@&%e that doesn't like dogs.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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I love my Madagascar Hissing Cockroach!
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Patrick Sawyer
climber
Originally California now Ireland
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I joked on the "I ate dogs" thread.
I am having first world problems.
Jennie is in a nursing home, I miss her, and I cry every night. Weak me.
Car is packed up, wheel bearing, driveshaft I was just told.
No hot water as my water boiler has decided to go on the blitz.
Four days, dishes are piling up, and no bath though the Celtic Sea is just a walk away.
But who shows up by my side?
A dog. Aggie, an angel.
She seems to know my problems.
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yanqui
climber
Balcarce, Argentina
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clinker
Trad climber
Santa Cruz, California
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What hind of dog is Max? Hard to tell from that pic.
I am fortunate to have Sherlock, a great dog, a border collie mix. He made me a (his) dog person.
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L
climber
California dreamin' on the farside of the world..
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This is one of the many things I love about Dogs:
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mtnyoung
Trad climber
Twain Harte, California
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I agree with the way apogee said it. Exactly.
As a side note, I immediately recognized where Max is standing to within five feet. You climb up here on Sonora Pass?
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apogee
climber
Technically expert, safe belayer, can lead if easy
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Topic Author's Reply - Oct 6, 2015 - 07:28am PT
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Max is a Rat Terrier- they are the mellower cousins of Jack Russells. As smart & personality-filled as their cousins, but waaaay less spazzy. Rattys are usually 12-22 lbs...Max is considered a 'Teddy Roosevelt' variety of RT, which is shorter & stockier. He's closer to 30 lbs, which is big for a RT...he is the Max!
Yep, that's Sonora Pass- we were there a couple of weeks ago cragging (for the first time) with a buddy of mine. What a great place!!
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jeff constine
Trad climber
Ao Namao
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dont' forget to pick up your dog poop. I see it all over the place at the crags.. Lazy pet owners suck.
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skitch
Gym climber
Bend Or
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Leave your dog at home.
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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One for Apogee. No sour grapes.
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apogee
climber
Technically expert, safe belayer, can lead if easy
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Topic Author's Reply - Oct 6, 2015 - 12:10pm PT
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That's awesome, mouse!
Go Dodger Blue!
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Reeotch
climber
4 Corners Area
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I have a love/hate relationship with dogs. I love well behaved and cared for dogs. I hate aggressive dogs. And, I pity neglected dogs.
Examples:
I love my dog, Jack (I know, some here don't)
I hate the dogs, 3 of them, that chase me out onto the highway on my afternoon bike ride. The other day I came prepared. It made my day to pepper spray those muthafukers right in the nose:)
I pity the neglected dog that lives next door, and keeps us up at night barking at nothing. I feel like pepper spraying the owners.
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Scylax
Trad climber
Idaho
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I am definitely a "dog person". In fact, I have a hard time trusting people that don't like dogs.
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Ksolem
Trad climber
Monrovia, California
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The last thing I wanted was a dog. Then along came this guy, who has enriched my life in ways I could never have imagined.
I'm suspicious of people who don't like dogs, but I trust a dog when it doesn't like a person.
Bill Murray
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SteveW
Trad climber
The state of confusion
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MEOW!
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looking sketchy there...
Social climber
Lassitude 33
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"Does this make me look me look like The Donald?"
Senor Chico is a Jack Russell-Chihuahua mix we picked up as a puppy from the local shelter. We didn't really see ourselves getting a dog (or a smallish dog at that), but our youngest convinced us. He's a true gem of a pooch.
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Ksolem
Trad climber
Monrovia, California
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Nice! Those two breeds usually hate each other in real life. Is your dog a doppelganger?
I got Max away from some creep who kept him cooped up in a cage with two chihuahuas. For a while I thought he was scarred for life but he's come around.
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looking sketchy there...
Social climber
Lassitude 33
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Kris, your picture of Max inspired me to post one of Chico. Chico loves almost everyone, but is fairly timid with other dogs (he was the runt of the litter). One of his brothers was twice as large and looked to have a career as a circus performer.
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Ksolem
Trad climber
Monrovia, California
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My neighbor did something smart. He got two Labs from the same litter. He picked the alpha and the runt, they get along great.
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Craig Fry
Trad climber
So Cal.
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Our baby Butters
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drljefe
climber
El Presidio San Augustin del Tucson
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Edit: ^^^^^^ Butters is a classic mongrel!
Nice Sketchy... and everyone else.
Chihuahua mixes are some of the best dogs ever.
Rosie
Another dog thread is ok by me.
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GDavis
Social climber
SOL CAL
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Dec 14, 2015 - 08:42pm PT
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We had to put the family dog down yesterday. He was young and had way too much energy for such a small creature but an unknown tumor ruptured. I got the news when I was in Joshua Tree, much too far away to make it to the vet before the family said goodbye.
I think when you get a pet you are setting up having a really bad day 10, 8, 5 years in the future. Just as you get to know this loving ball of fuzz their teeny inbred bodies give out and with their last breaths they love you still.
It wasn't my dog, it was my dads. And my brothers. And my sisters, and mine, and to anyone who ever met Jake he was pure love. It's really hard to lose that. It's hard to get it, too. Unless you get a dog.
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thebravecowboy
climber
The Good Places
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Dec 14, 2015 - 08:52pm PT
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Greg.
I had a similar out of nowhere sarcoma [grapefruit sized cancerous body, ruptured] bullshit take my Sassafrass at six. She died because she ate sh#t food. no more f*#king cancerous corporate dogfood.
also, no mo purebred bull
mutts=best
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overwatch
climber
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Dec 14, 2015 - 10:00pm PT
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You mean dags...yeah I love dags
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Ken M
Mountain climber
Los Angeles, Ca
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Dec 14, 2015 - 10:25pm PT
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Not really meant as off-topic, but I think dogs are one of the strongest arguments against religion, which generally has no place for them in heaven.
no heaven I want to be a part of......
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thebravecowboy
climber
The Good Places
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Dec 14, 2015 - 11:09pm PT
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word Ken.
someone wise said:
best thing we done as humans is the dog.
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