dogs

[frankfred]

What are dogs for?

[radiogaga]

biteing young children, ******* on every street. smelling your private area. i could go on but id be here all night.....

[paddywak]

bringing happiness and pleasure to an awful lot of people,helping blind people, arresting criminals to name but a few. I'm sure their will soon be a long list of posts extolling their virtues

[leelapops]

Pets as Therapy dogs are incredible, working in nursing homes and hospices, schools and community projects to bring happiness and love to those who need it badly, doing what paddywak says, also doing what they were bred to do, but you could find out each breed's "job" online, so I won't list them all.
Not even going to bother responding to radiogaga.

[Lonnie]

All depending on your nationality, Food.

[radiogaga]

carrying rabies and other disease's.
salavating and staring at you when your eating.
status symbols
making lots of noise, barking, howling growling.
pissing everyware.
humping your leg
getting run over

[jules77]

Dogs are loyal, provide unconditional love, and dont answer back!

1.carrying rabies and other disease's - humans carry and pass on diseases too - AIDS/MRSA/CDIF to name a few?
2.salavating and staring at you when your eating - MEN!
3.status symbols - what men use dogs for
4.making lots of noise, barking, howling growling - as 2, plus snoring!
5.******* everyware - no explanation needed!!!!!!
6.humping your leg - no comment......!
7.getting run over - men when drunk.....

[clairey-s]

Exactly Paddywak!!!!! Searching out drugs in a way no human can, providing companionship, the initative to exercise and in some cases, a reason to live!

[radiogaga]

lol !!
ok im no fan of our four legged friends.
i do appriciate all they do for us, in terms of companionship
police work, guide dogs.
i like cats better you see.

[leelapops]

That explains it all radiogaga ;) I on the other hand, am very much a doggy person (not hairy and slobbery, I mean I LOVE dogs!)

[lankeela]

Sorry folks, but I could see where this was going so decided to stay out of it.

[frankfred]

Dog owners never acknowledge that their animal is a damn nuisance and don't care when it is, they go out and leave it for others to suffer, my neighbour goes to work for five hours and in that time it. yaps 6,000 times, talk about the proverbial dripping tap, it's a ****** or some such name, bring back the dog licence x 100, except for working dogs

[frankfred]

Why so sensitive about its "make", in my last post I mentioned that the dog in question is a ******, don't know the spelling, but the letters are prudishley replaced by asterisks!

[frankfred]

******

[frankfred]

Not what the preview stated!

[radiogaga]

mmm my mums neighbours have this gorgeous huskie
who's never been taken for a walk, he's just shoved out in the garden all day, left to do its buisness, worst still they have 4oo kids one of which is 16 months walking in and out around the garden. dosen't bear thinking about.

[seekeerz]

sorry to come in so late on the discussion, but if you can ask a Q like that, then what are you for ???????

[frankfred]

It's a question of what any living creature is for, some are useful, some are misused and made miserable by their owners , who want to own something cute and then, without regard for its welfare locks it up almost daily and leaves it to suffer a life of boredom while they go off to work, not at all what an animals life should be, running free in the fresh air, on a farm, perhaps, not in a suburban house from 8 until 6 with its only entertainment barking at passers by for ten minutes, its owner blissfully unaware of this,but not the neighbours!

[jedimistress]

Then your question should maybe read "what are humans for"

[leelapops]

Well done lankeela-in a fit of indignation I must've inadvertently responded! frankfred, you are tarring every dog ndf owner with the same brush, and if you read back through animals & nature over the past few months, everyone has already responded in various ways to this question. Just because you are inconvenienced by ONE dog, you throw a hissy fit about them all?

I have a Border Collie (yes I know, you all know!) He isn't on a farm, and if he was, he would have probably been killed as a pup because he was surplus to requirements, and not the correct standard for a working dog (runt, wrong markings etc.) My partner works nights, I am currently very flexible and will continue to be so for some time. He is exercised, stimulated, fed, watered, played with, loved. No, he doesn't herd sheep from 6-6, but he is happy. If you only allowed working dogs, a lot of breeds would be lost, and rescue centres would be further overrun with litters deemed unsuitable for work. Think about what you are saying.

I am all in favour of a dog licence, but I think it's not enough: everyone who wants a dog, through any source, needs an extensive examination to determine whether or not they have researched appropriately their chosen breed, and the ins and outs of keeping a dog. Any fool could buy a licence, money doesn't mean intelligence, believe me.

[O'Reilly]

Well apart from great company some work for a living like a guide dog for the blind or a hearing dog for the deaf and others risk their lives sniffing out bombs. They also make a great Indian curry