Strange Dogs: Canine Forteana

[Floyd]

Why will our dog happily swim in freezing cold water or lie in the snow- but refuses to go for a wee at home when it's slightly drizzling?

 

[Trevp666]

Why will our dog happily swim in freezing cold water or lie in the snow- but refuses to go for a wee at home when it's slightly drizzling?

There's an easy answer to that. Dogs are dumb.
Plus they're probably being considerate, not making their human helpers go out in the rain.

 

[hunck]

Why will our dog happily swim in freezing cold water or lie in the snow- but refuses to go for a wee at home when it's slightly drizzling?

That's unusual - most dogs are only too happy to go outside whatever.. Nice looking mutt btw.

 

[Floyd]

That's unusual - most dogs are only too happy to go outside whatever.. Nice looking mutt btw.

That's an old photo. I have some recent videos of her swimming, but don't think I can post them on here.

 

[uair01]

Dog wash:

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1597977808868761600

 

[Mooka]

That's unusual - most dogs are only too happy to go outside whatever..

I thought the same until being introduced to Cavalier King Charles Spaniels I kid you not I’ve been known to go out on our back garden when it’s raining holding an umbrella over one of our Cavaliers, otherwise he has refused to go out. Another stunt they like pulling is when it’s pouring with rain only going out on the garden if I go with them.

 

[Floyd]

I thought the same until being introduced to Cavalier King Charles Spaniels I kid you not I’ve been known to go out on our back garden when it’s raining holding an umbrella over one of our Cavaliers, otherwise he has refused to go out. Another stunt they like pulling is when it’s pouring with rain only going out on the garden if I go with them.

Our old dog who was nothing like this one ie hated mud and water etc, wouldn't even go out if it had rained hours before and the pavers were just slightly damp.

 

[Floyd]

I thought the same until being introduced to Cavalier King Charles Spaniels I kid you not I’ve been known to go out on our back garden when it’s raining holding an umbrella over one of our Cavaliers, otherwise he has refused to go out. Another stunt they like pulling is when it’s pouring with rain only going out on the garden if I go with them.

Ours also does a good Ranulph Fiennes inpersonation (He lives nearby so perhaps she's seen him about);

 

[hunck]

I thought the same until being introduced to Cavalier King Charles Spaniels I kid you not I’ve been known to go out on our back garden when it’s raining holding an umbrella over one of our Cavaliers, otherwise he has refused to go out. Another stunt they like pulling is when it’s pouring with rain only going out on the garden if I go with them.

Do you also have to wee in the garden at the same time to encourage it?

 

[Mooka]

Do you also have to wee in the garden at the same time to encourage it?

I suggested my husband try it but we didn’t think the neighbours would appreciate it.
Since I always follow the dogs outside they in turn follow me to the toilet as they obviously think that’s how it works

Ours also does a good Ranulph Fiennes inpersonation (He lives nearby so perhaps she's seen him about);

Lovely dog! Our last dog was a springer and loved water and snow. He often ended up looking like Ranulph too

 

[hunck]

I suggested my husband try it but we didn’t think the neighbours would appreciate it.
Since I always follow the dogs outside they in turn follow me to the toilet as they obviously think that’s how it works



Lovely dog! Our last dog was a springer and loved water and snow. He often ended up looking like Ranulph tooView attachment 61260
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That is one happy dog!

 

[maximus otter]

'Reckless driver' turns out to be dog behind wheel of Texas parking lot crash​

KILGORE, Texas - Police in Texas "apprehended a reckless driver" Thursday that turned out to be a dog who crashed into two cars in a Walmart parking lot.

According to Kilgore Police Department, one of the victims noticed the suspect "barrelling down on him" but couldn't get out of the way.

"He was shocked to see the driver was a dog!," KPD shared on social media. "Yep, the pooch was actually behind the wheel when the crash occurred."

The investigation revealed the furry friend was sitting in an unoccupied vehicle waiting on his family while they shopped.

"He apparently got a little antsy and bounced around the cab setting this truck in motion," the police continued. "The steering column had some prior damage and this pooch must have placed the vehicle in drive."

Officials added that the dog was also wearing a leash, and it’s believed that he got it caught on the emergency brake and released it.

https://www.fox5ny.com/news/reckles...e-dog-behind-wheel-of-texas-parking-lot-crash

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[hunck]

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Shows the stupidity of leaving the engine running whilst shopping unless the dog also had a key or pressed the engine starter button.

 

[Floyd]

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Shows the stupidity of leaving the engine running whilst shopping unless the dog also had a key or pressed the engine starter button.

I think he released the brake and it just rolled without the engine running.

 

[hunck]

I think he released the brake and it just rolled without the engine running.

It says the dog put the vehicle in drive - I don’t think it would move without the engine running. Neutral maybe, but not drive..

 

[Trevp666]

It might have been nice if the dog had also tooted the horn and flashed the lights.

 

[Mythopoeika]

 

[hunck]

Dog picks up plastic bottles on walks

In Nuneaton.

Scruff the 13 year old collie loves to collect them & has picked up more than 1000 this year.

Owner Yvonne Faulkner-Grant says he paw-sed to grab 104 in November, as #scruffsbottlepatrol on Facebook shows.

"He'll see one on the other side of the road and look at me as if to say, 'Can I get it?'," the 47-year-old says.

She and her husband David, 48, said that about a year ago, they realised that Scruff would pick up a bottle but then drop it when he found the next

"It seemed wrong that he would pick the bottle up and then drop it again - we thought people would think we were dropping litter," said Yvonne.

"So we got him to start bringing the bottles to us and we put them in a bag and then count them up at the end of the walk - I'd say he will have collected at a least 1,000 this year.

Neighbour and friend Caroline Round, who also gets to walk Scruff, says he "will not go past a bottle without picking it up - he's so intelligent".

"He will always stop on his walk and won't move on until he's picked it up. If you're in a field with him, he will be off the lead and away," she says.

"And, when he comes back he will always have [a] bottle in his mouth.”

Now Yvonne and David just have the mammoth task of counting how many bottles he has collected - before taking them all to the recycling centre at the end of the year.

 

[lordmongrove]

Dog picks up plastic bottles on walks

In Nuneaton.

Scruff the 13 year old collie loves to collect them & has picked up more than 1000 this year.

Owner Yvonne Faulkner-Grant says he paw-sed to grab 104 in November, as #scruffsbottlepatrol on Facebook shows.

"He'll see one on the other side of the road and look at me as if to say, 'Can I get it?'," the 47-year-old says.

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Nuneaton is the dump i was born and raised it. An utterly depressing hole.

 

[hunck]

Nuneaton is the dump i was born and raised it. An utterly depressing hole.

Scruff might agree with you. He’s doing his bit to improve the place though - every little helps..

 

[lordmongrove]

Scruff might agree with you. He’s doing his bit to improve the place though - every little helps..

He's a lovely dog, border collies are my favourite breed.

 

[Swifty]

Nuneaton is the dump i was born and raised it. An utterly depressing hole.

I went to college in Nuneaton. It wasn't that bad in the early 90's from memory although I was stoned for a lot of it.

 

[Trevp666]

I drove through Nuneaton once. I think it was closed for repairs.

 

[Floyd]

Nuneaton is the dump i was born and raised it. An utterly depressing hole.

When Richard Branson was doing the car/boat thing a few years ago, I had to deal with a very strange guy from Nuneaton. He looked like catweazle too.

But at least you had the great Larry Grayson!

 

[maximus otter]

An afternoon with Shayna Maydele, possibly the most Jewish dog in New York

In my decades as a journalist, I’ve interviewed some pretty powerful, important and, yes, even famous people. But never before have I been so excited — starstruck, even — to meet a subject, and this one wasn’t even human.

I was positively giddy to visit the Upper East Side home last week of Shayna Maydele, a small, white dog who has captured the hearts of thousands of adoring fans on Instagram. Shayna Maydele’s popularity isn’t just owing to her adorable punim — though her punim is 100% adorable, as as this committed fluffy-dog lover can attest. It’s also because her Instagram is filled with charming, authentic expressions of Jewish pride, as well as humorous takes on life in New York City.

Leaving aside the big question of whether or not a dog can be Jewish (I say yes!) — or even if owning a pet is a Jewish thing to do — every Friday, Shayna Maydele’s account features a heartwarming “Shabbat shalom” message. The Shabbat photos often include homemade challah, other times they might feature her “Papa,” or her owner’s dad. I always let out a squeal of delight when I see the posts, and I’m hardly alone: “I wake up each a [sic] Friday and await such good posts,” wrote one commenter on a Shabbat post earlier this month. “Shabbat Shalom, Shayna!”

“My Shabbat posts get the most likes out of everything,” Shayna Maydele’s owner, Heidi Silverstone, told me.

Since emerging on social media in 2019, Shayna Maydele (whose name means “beautiful girl” in Yiddish) has garnered nearly 9,000 (and counting) fans from all over the world.

https://www.jta.org/2022/12/15/ny/a...dele-possibly-the-most-jewish-dog-in-new-york

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[hunck]

This is well worth a watch: Snow Dogs on iplayer.

Wildlife film-maker Gordon Buchanan gets close to seven incredible huskies on a treacherous dogsled adventure through Canada’s spectacular Yukon wilderness, gaining a new appreciation for dogs and our place in nature.

Gordon arrives in Canada’s vast Yukon wilderness to try and master the ancient skill of dog sledding. Inspired by Jack London’s novel The Call of the Wild, it has been Gordon’s childhood dream to command a team of dogs out in the Yukon wilderness and follow in the footsteps of the historic Klondike Gold Rush explorers who used this trail. Gordon meets Pierre-Luc Fortin, expert musher and owner of 29 loyal Alaskan huskies, and is introduced to his seven-sled dog team.

He has trouble & makes mistakes to start with but after several days, bonds with & gets the trust of the dogs & gets the hang of it.

The dogs can cover an incredible 150km a day pulling a loaded sled.

 

[ramonmercado]

A woof xmas.

A dog is believed to have started a fire after accidentally turning a hairdryer on.

Essex Fire Service said it was called to Hockley on Christmas Eve to find a smouldering blaze in a bedroom.


They believe the pet dog jumped on a bed and turned the hairdryer on, eventually causing it to set the mattress on fire.

The dog was waiting by the front door when the homeowner returned. Both needed treatment for smoke inhalation.

Imageic: Essex Fire Service
Watch manager Gary Shinn said people should always unplug electrical appliances when they are not being used.


He said: "The homeowner was out and came back to find her house full of smoke.

"We believe the fire started because a hairdryer was left plugged in and on a bed.

https://news.sky.com/story/warning-...A dog is believed to,set the mattress on fire.

 

[ramonmercado]

Give that dog a bone!

Mountain rescuers said finding a pair of lost walkers near England's highest mountain would have been "doubtful" without the team's dog.

Keswick Mountain Rescue were called out at about 17:30 GMT on New Year's Day to find a couple who had got lost while descending Scafell Pike.

The team's dog Isla found the walkers in a "steep-sided gully away from the paths" a spokesman said. It was an "excellent and impressive find", he added.

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-cumbria-64150018

 

[ramonmercado]

Figuring out dog years.

The 7 dog years to 1 human year fallacy was empirically corrected when a research team published their 2017 Quantitative Translation of Dog-to-Human Aging by Conserved Remodeling of the DNA Methylome study in the journal Cell Systems, laying out new methodology using DNA Methylome to create an epigenetic aging clock for dogs and wolves in relation to a human year.

Quantitative Translation of Dog-to-Human Aging by Conserved Remodeling of the DNA Methylome | Cell Systems

love how the above illustration points out that at human year 1, dogs are roughly 31-32 years old, so we're talking Tom Hanks in Splash (1984), The Man with One Red Shoe (1985) and Big (1988). Also of note in the above illustration, at around 4 human years, a dog is roughly Tom Hanks ala Charlie Wilson's War (2007), and at 9 human years is everything that comes afterwards; that's Angels & Daemons (2009), Toy Story 3 (2010), Cloud Atlas (2012), Captain Phillips (2013), Bridge of Spies (2015), Sully (2016), Toy Story 4 (2019), A Beautiful Day In The Neighborhood (2019), Greyhound (2020), News of The World (2020), Finch (2021), Pinocchio (2022), A Man Called Otto (2022), some unnamed movies and everything to come till 2024; all of that and a bag of chips can be captured in 5 human years from 4 to 9. ...

https://boingboing.net/2023/01/15/dog-years-is-to-human-years-as-7-is-to-1-wrong.html

 

[maximus otter]

Dog goes viral after ripping off letterbox and chewing through door

A dog has gone viral on social media after ripping off a letterbox and chewing through the front door of its home in Fife.

A stunned passer-by snapped the pooch popping its head through the middle of a chewed door on Croftangry Road, Kelty.

The picture appears to show a hole where the letterbox of the uPVC door should be – and the animal attempting to make a break for it.

https://news.stv.tv/east-central/do...terbox-and-chewing-through-door-in-kelty-fife

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