BS: Why are dogs so uncritical?

Subject: BS: Why are dogs so uncritical?
From: Little Hawk
Date: 26 Feb 08 - 03:17 PM

What could it be? Why will they eat almost anything without objection? Why are they almost always excited and enthused by anything new that you offer them? Why do they not care who you vote for or what shoes you decide to wear?

Could it be that they are smarter than we are????

Subject: RE: BS: Why are dogs so uncritical?
From: Emma B
Date: 26 Feb 08 - 03:24 PM

yup!

Subject: RE: BS: Why are dogs so uncritical?
From: Goose Gander
Date: 26 Feb 08 - 03:29 PM

While some dogs are rather uncritical, others are quite discriminating in their tastes. One really shouldn't make blanket statements about entire species, you know. I suspect that it is your anthrocentric point of view that limits your perceptions of the rich variety of dog experience.

Subject: RE: BS: Why are dogs so uncritical?
From: Bee-dubya-ell
Date: 26 Feb 08 - 03:35 PM

Uncritical? I once had a St. Bernard try to bite my face off just because he didn't like the way I looked!

Subject: RE: BS: Why are dogs so uncritical?
From: dwditty
Date: 26 Feb 08 - 03:35 PM

Perhaps because not one of them is a Mudcatter....it's a joke! sheesh.

dw

Subject: RE: BS: Why are dogs so uncritical?
From: Emma B
Date: 26 Feb 08 - 03:38 PM

we're listening to this you know.....

Subject: RE: BS: Why are dogs so uncritical?
From: gnomad
Date: 26 Feb 08 - 04:34 PM

Because they are not cats.

Subject: RE: BS: Why are dogs so uncritical?
From: Linda Kelly
Date: 26 Feb 08 - 04:38 PM

my dog was very critical -wouldnt eat tinned dog meat, growled if the grandcchildren came near her when she was trying to sleep. Hated the vet --and I miss her every day.

Subject: RE: BS: Why are dogs so uncritical?
From: Little Hawk
Date: 26 Feb 08 - 05:20 PM

LOL!!!!!!!!! Love the Basset picture!

Subject: RE: BS: Why are dogs so uncritical?
From: Georgiansilver
Date: 26 Feb 08 - 06:07 PM

Not critical maybe but not too fussy either when it comes to trying to have sex with one of your legs.

Subject: RE: BS: Why are dogs so uncritical?
From: Little Hawk
Date: 26 Feb 08 - 06:09 PM

That's true, and they give NO thought whatsoever to how your other leg might feel about it!

Subject: RE: BS: Why are dogs so uncritical?
From: John Hardly
Date: 26 Feb 08 - 06:10 PM

Dogs are not uncritical. For instance, mine do not read the mudcat forum.

Subject: RE: BS: Why are dogs so uncritical?
From: Georgiansilver
Date: 26 Feb 08 - 06:11 PM

LOL @ LH

Subject: RE: BS: Why are dogs so uncritical?
From: Mr Red
Date: 26 Feb 08 - 06:28 PM

Sure they are smarter. They know if the person at the door (unseen) is known to them or not. They bark. Now if that ain't critism what is it?

WOOF WOOF WOOF = OK yer miserable excuse for an intruder, lets see how ya can run ya wimp

woofwoof = OK I ain't biting the had that feeds me but you call that chocolate? Sheesh!

Subject: RE: BS: Why are dogs so uncritical?
From: MaineDog
Date: 26 Feb 08 - 06:33 PM

because they are (mostly)not folk singers
MD

Subject: RE: BS: Why are dogs so uncritical?
From: Peace
Date: 26 Feb 08 - 07:20 PM

. . . because they're dogs!

Subject: RE: BS: Why are dogs so uncritical?
From: Charley Noble
Date: 26 Feb 08 - 09:01 PM

Because them are so much dumber than cats.

Someone had to say the truth!

That's not to say that having a dog as a loyal pet isn't good. Just don't count on his advice when you can't meet the next payment on your adjustable subprime mortage.

Cheerily,
Charley Noble

Subject: RE: BS: Why are dogs so uncritical?
From: Ernest
Date: 27 Feb 08 - 02:13 AM

So will you share your cats wisdom on adjustable subprime mortgages with us, Charlie?

And I think cats are not more intelligent than dogs - especially when it comes to politics: a cats answer on any political question will be MAO. Even the Chinese are getting more critical about him now...

;o)
Ernest

Subject: RE: BS: Why are dogs so uncritical?
From: Slag
Date: 27 Feb 08 - 06:22 AM

Cats are psychopaths. They really only care about themselves. They barely tolerate another cat's presence unless it is mating time. They will let you pet them IF they want you to pet them and ONLY if they want you to pet them. And then they can go off and some times they really go OFF!

Dog are oriented to others. They find their identity in a pack. The are fiercely loyal, keen observers have incredible sense of smell. The will fight when they have to and won't give up ( not quite true of ALL dogs though). They don't care about who you are or what you are. The love you unreservedly. The aren't necessarily smarter, just less encumbered by our problems. They keep it simple and what they do, they do well. They save human lives, often and can be trained to do the same. When is the last time you saw a rescue cat? Or a team of cats pulling a sled? Fetching game? Leading a blind person? Sniffing out explosives? Killing cats?

Oh, COME ON! Cats kill everything they can get their claws and fangs into. Mice, gerbils, squirrels, birds, birds and more birds, lizards and the bigger cats like Bobcats and Pumas kill dogs and people. So give me a break!

Dogs are wonderful animals and if you have a cat, well, that fine too. Just keep it on a leash when out of doors.

I'm afraid dogs DO criticize. For instance, my father had a wonderful German Shorthair, bred 3/4 field champion. He would hunt upland game, point and hold the point until you released him. He would fetch game with a tender mouth and if ever the bird was still alive that's how he returned it to your hand, still alive. He never once chewed a bird. But... if you flushed a bird and missed your shot he'd really cuss you out. He was greatly indignent if he began to run after the bird's track and the bird didn't drop. He was good; he knew he was good and YOU had better be good too!

I guess, like people, some dog are and some aren't. Critical, that is.

Subject: RE: BS: Why are dogs so uncritical?
From: Big Mick
Date: 27 Feb 08 - 06:59 AM

I have lived among the critters being discussed and I have a couple of things that I always keep in mind:

First, always remember that dogs have owners, cats have staff.

Second, never.....I repeat.....never believe that you are as good as your dog thinks you are.

All the best,

Mick

Subject: RE: BS: Why are dogs so uncritical?
From: The PA
Date: 27 Feb 08 - 07:10 AM

Our collie seems to have a permanently split personality.

The pointy end with teeth growls ferociously at exactly the same time as the fluffy tail end is wagging away furiously.

Its a talent she has. Confuse the humans then they can't possibly know what you're thinking, what mood you're in or what you're going to do next ?????????????

Subject: RE: BS: Why are dogs so uncritical?
From: Mr Red
Date: 27 Feb 08 - 07:39 AM

Hey - that's canine sarcasm.

Subject: RE: BS: Why are dogs so uncritical?
From: Ernest
Date: 27 Feb 08 - 07:47 AM

If cats have staff clearly people living in the same household with a cat ARE staff.

This does not lead to the conclusion that dogs are dumber than cats. But it might suggest that cats are more intelligent than the humans in the same household. At least as those who quote the abovementioned saying without noticing that they in quoting it make themselves inferior to cats.

;0)
Ernest

Subject: RE: BS: Why are dogs so uncritical?
From: Big Mick
Date: 27 Feb 08 - 07:51 AM

Ya think, Ernest???????

Mick

Subject: RE: BS: Why are dogs so uncritical?
From: Ernest
Date: 27 Feb 08 - 07:59 AM

Yes Mick - no offense meant.

Best
Ernest

Subject: RE: BS: Why are dogs so uncritical?
From: MaineDog
Date: 27 Feb 08 - 08:00 AM

Actually, Dex gets upset if I throw his frisbee and it goes somewhere he doesn't expect. He thinks he's got the calculus thing pretty well figured out, but he hasn't learned that the calculus no longer works when the frisbee is so chewed that it won't fly right.
MD

Subject: RE: BS: Why are dogs so uncritical?
From: Big Mick
Date: 27 Feb 08 - 08:02 AM

Ernest...I think you missed the context....my comment was tongue in cheek... absolutely no offense taken.....***chuckle***.....no offense intended on my part either.

All the best,

Mick

Subject: RE: BS: Why are dogs so uncritical?
From: An Buachaill Caol Dubh
Date: 27 Feb 08 - 10:27 AM

There's a book called "Dogs never lie about love" (it's got some good scientific material in it, and some photos of laughing dogs - yes, really - on the cover), in which there's one observation that intrigues me. Briefly, when two dog-people meet, with their dogs, and speak, and then move on, the dogs go with their "owners". We've all seen it. The author remarks that dogs must be the only creature that prefer the company of another species to that of their own.

Subject: RE: BS: Why are dogs so uncritical?
From: Goose Gander
Date: 27 Feb 08 - 11:24 AM

"The author remarks that dogs must be the only creature that prefer the company of another species to that of their own."


That's because they think we're big dogs on two legs.

Subject: RE: BS: Why are dogs so uncritical?
From: Little Hawk
Date: 27 Feb 08 - 01:39 PM

Well, I have always tended to prefer the company of lizards, actually, so it isn't just dogs. ;-)

Subject: RE: BS: Why are dogs so uncritical?
From: Emma B
Date: 27 Feb 08 - 02:41 PM

and so talented too

Subject: RE: BS: Why are dogs so uncritical?
From: GUEST,Appaloosa Lady
Date: 27 Feb 08 - 02:43 PM

Is it because they're not 'folkies'?   

*wink*

Subject: RE: BS: Why are dogs so uncritical?
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 27 Feb 08 - 04:01 PM

Big Mick said: Second, never.....I repeat.....never believe that you are as good as your dog thinks you are.


I prefer to put a positive spin on that:

I endeavor to be as good a person as my dogs think I am!

SRS

Subject: RE: BS: Why are dogs so uncritical?
From: Big Mick
Date: 27 Feb 08 - 04:48 PM

Why you pickin' on me, Maggs?????????? I am going to sic my dog onya. He will knock you down, lick your face until you canna breath, and lay on your head. Git 'er, Riles!!

Mick

Subject: RE: BS: Why are dogs so uncritical?
From: Little Hawk
Date: 27 Feb 08 - 05:01 PM

My dog's most potent weapons are his breath and body odor!

Subject: RE: BS: Why are dogs so uncritical?
From: Richard Bridge
Date: 27 Feb 08 - 05:22 PM

Oh no. A REAL dog's most potent weapon is the fart. Particularly after eating brussels sprouts.

Subject: RE: BS: Why are dogs so uncritical?
From: Little Hawk
Date: 27 Feb 08 - 05:25 PM

I include that under the general category of canine "body odor".

Subject: RE: BS: Why are dogs so uncritical?
From: Big Mick
Date: 27 Feb 08 - 06:08 PM

The fart thing reminded me of my guy, Riley. He has such an expressive face, and he is smart as hell. He was laying with his head on my lap. He didn't lift a muscle with the exception of his tail. It went straight up in the air, this whistling sound....phweeeeeeeeeeeeehug....comes out, and the most gawdawful smell ever. My eyes were tearing up, and he lifts his head, and looks me straight in the eye. I swear he was saying, "Let's see you do that, Skippy!". That made me laugh out loud, which made me inhale, which made me gag...... and the ladies in the house were sitting there just laughing at the scene.

All the best,

Mick

Subject: RE: BS: Why are dogs so uncritical?
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 27 Feb 08 - 06:11 PM

My dogs eat once a day, usually in the evening after a walk. They gobble it down in about 90 seconds. I pick up a handful of the chunks from each bowl before they start eating so when each finishes her bowl she looks to me for the rest, not to the other's bowl. I have them do a few tricks and to catch chunks of food tossed to them. My pit bull has the funniest way of catching, crunching, and burping all at once.

SRS

Subject: RE: BS: Why are dogs so uncritical?
From: ard mhacha
Date: 28 Feb 08 - 03:35 PM

Very lucky with dogs all my life I never had a bad one,and if I get to Heaven and those dogs don`t come running to greet me, then, to hell with it.

Subject: RE: BS: Why are dogs so uncritical?
From: MMario
Date: 28 Feb 08 - 03:42 PM

Or a team of cats pulling a sled

there was a cat team entered in the Iditerod at least once. I believe they finished.

Subject: RE: BS: Why are dogs so uncritical?
From: Bee
Date: 28 Feb 08 - 03:51 PM

Finished what? Their owner? I'm betting that's what my cats would do if I tried such a thing.

They're going to be royally peeved next week anyway, because I've agreed to take in a neighbour's old girl-dog for a week. I may never see Snowball again.

Subject: RE: BS: Why are dogs so uncritical?
From: Little Hawk
Date: 28 Feb 08 - 04:48 PM

Dachshunds have never, to my knowledge, been used as sled dogs. I wonder why? ;-)

Subject: RE: BS: Why are dogs so uncritical?
From: Donuel
Date: 28 Feb 08 - 06:01 PM

Slag gives a convincing argument. Come to think of it, I have never seen a seeing eye Jaguar.

Subject: RE: BS: Why are dogs so uncritical?
From: Nick E
Date: 28 Feb 08 - 06:18 PM

Have you ever heard of a cat dragging it's owner out of a burning building?
No but we have all heard of...
Cataracts
Cataclysm
Catastrophe
Ca(t)stration!
And think how many people have died in Airplane accidents!
The first powered flight was where.... Kitty Hawk !

Subject: RE: BS: Why are dogs so uncritical?
From: Leadbelly
Date: 29 Feb 08 - 03:42 PM

Nick, forgotten and much more dangerous : Cat-holicism.
On the other hand there's a cat-walk (for models); not bad at all.

I do believe, that dogs mostly behave like their owners are.

This wasn't meant completely cat-ty, but nevertheless...

Manfred

Subject: RE: BS: Why are dogs so uncritical?
From: MaineDog
Date: 29 Feb 08 - 04:08 PM

Actually, one of my music group sent me a photo (circulating in cyber space) of a blind dog who had a seeing eye cat for a friend. Its just that the won't do it for people.
MD

Subject: RE: BS: Why are dogs so uncritical?
From: Leadbelly
Date: 01 Mar 08 - 03:04 PM

By thinking this thread over I came to the result, that dogs are not uncritical. On the contrary, they are mighty clever. They just do what human beings do expext and consequently they are in a situation to lead a comfortable life. You really do not know what they are thinking by doing foolish things just to please their family and... to get a fantastic meal.

Subject: RE: BS: Why are dogs so uncritical?
From: Little Hawk
Date: 01 Mar 08 - 04:38 PM

So true. The 2 dachshunds who live here are past masters at the art of living a life of total leisure and being fed well to do it.

Subject: RE: BS: Why are dogs so uncritical?
From: MaineDog
Date: 01 Mar 08 - 06:19 PM

We are sitting here on a snowy nite, listening to the Prarie Home
Companion, and the sound effects guy just barked. Dex went wild, and looked all over for his challanger. So I guess he is uncritical in some areas. Can't even tell a dogue from a people. Yup, that's about right in other areas, too.
MD