Not really just you Rico, but a few people.
I mean some people are trying to judge Professor X’s character on how hard they think he’s looking for his dog.
What’s worse is I can’t do much about this. Most people didn’t even know I had a dog. He wasn’t a loud dog and didn’t even bark much. If I don’t find him, I pray he is in a nice home. That dog was special. He watched movies with me…and seemed to really be trying to understand what he was looking at.
It’s a little pathetic that anyone would come into this thread just to start shit.
That’s exactly what I said on page 2 or something…I lost a dog a few years ago ( I was at work, so …um, technically my girlfriend lost him, but I don’t say that) and the only thing that consoled me was that if someone took him…then he was hopefully in a home where someone was feeding him and all that.
Sure that wouldn’t work with a child that was abducted, but with a stolen dog you tend to assume that the person who stole him will at least take care of him the way a pet should be cared for.
I mean I hate the idea of losing him…I sort of think what the little boy will be thinking in his little doggie head (WHERE’S MY MAN? WHERE’S MY MAN? I NEED MY MAN! WHERE’S MY MAN?) but if I can’t find him I hope he will learn to live with those new fucking assholes. Sorry, but I think you might know what I mean.
[quote]Nards wrote:
That’s exactly what I said on page 2 or something…I lost a dog a few years ago ( I was at work, so …um, technically my girlfriend lost him, but I don’t say that) and the only thing that consoled me was that if someone took him…then he was hopefully in a home where someone was feeding him and all that.
Sure that wouldn’t work with a child that was abducted, but with a stolen dog you tend to assume that the person who stole him will at least take care of him the way a pet should be cared for.
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That dog never left my side from the moment I walked in the house. He would cry if I left the room and he didn’t see where I went. There is no fucking way that dog suddenly bailed out and drove away when he hadn’t even eaten food yet that afternoon.
[quote]Professor X wrote:
[quote]Nards wrote:
That’s exactly what I said on page 2 or something…I lost a dog a few years ago ( I was at work, so …um, technically my girlfriend lost him, but I don’t say that) and the only thing that consoled me was that if someone took him…then he was hopefully in a home where someone was feeding him and all that.
Sure that wouldn’t work with a child that was abducted, but with a stolen dog you tend to assume that the person who stole him will at least take care of him the way a pet should be cared for.
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That dog never left my side from the moment I walked in the house. He would cry if I left the room and he didn’t see where I went. There is no fucking way that dog suddenly bailed out and drove away when he hadn’t even eaten food yet that afternoon.[/quote]
That would tear me up something fierce then if I knew someone else was behind this.
What sucks is we live in a country where you can’t even be safe in your own backyard no matter how far removed you are from society. The last dog I had that young, I lived in an apartment so the only time he was outside was when I walked him. I made the poor assumption that leaving my dog in my backyard was something I could get away with for a short time.
I won’t make that mistake again.
[quote]Professor X wrote:
What’s worse is I can’t do much about this. Most people didn’t even know I had a dog. He wasn’t a loud dog and didn’t even bark much. If I don’t find him, I pray he is in a nice home. That dog was special. He watched movies with me…and seemed to really be trying to understand what he was looking at.
It’s a little pathetic that anyone would come into this thread just to start shit.[/quote]
Cant for the life of me picture this. What movies did you two watch together?
[quote]andrew_live wrote:
[quote]Professor X wrote:
What’s worse is I can’t do much about this. Most people didn’t even know I had a dog. He wasn’t a loud dog and didn’t even bark much. If I don’t find him, I pray he is in a nice home. That dog was special. He watched movies with me…and seemed to really be trying to understand what he was looking at.
It’s a little pathetic that anyone would come into this thread just to start shit.[/quote]
Cant for the life of me picture this. What movies did you two watch together?
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He hated scary movies with women screaming. He hated to hear women scream. I had to turn off Saw because he was getting worried.
One of my dogs can “recognize” TV, so don’t be a goof.
I looked all week and didn’t find him. Someone has him…and I hope he is treated well. Whoever got him now has one awesome dog who was taken care of as best I could. I have had things stolen from me…but to spend that much time trying to raise a dog right and teach him…and then have him snatched is a little tough.
hmmm… I feel like if I had a heart it would be wrenching.
Prof: would you get another dog? Breed/type? increase yard/home security?
[quote]WhiteFlash wrote:
Does anyone here even halfway believe the OP just happens to live next to sociopaths capable of making a dog disappear? Thought not, so that’s covered.
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Shows how little you know about HOA communities. There are some decent people in them, but the large majority are complete fucking psychopaths.
I don’t doubt for a second the plausibility that a neighbor did something repulsive. If not out of boredom, then likely just out of spite.
Sorry for your loss, man. I know how much I love my dogs, and how inconsolable I’d be if I were in your shoes. Chances are that someone picked him up and has given him a good home. Hopefully that thought eases the pain.
[quote]SkyzykS wrote:
[quote]WhiteFlash wrote:
Does anyone here even halfway believe the OP just happens to live next to sociopaths capable of making a dog disappear? Thought not, so that’s covered.
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Shows how little you know about HOA communities. There are some decent people in them, but the large majority are complete fucking psychopaths.
I don’t doubt for a second the plausibility that a neighbor did something repulsive. If not out of boredom, then likely just out of spite.
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In a gated community? That implies upper class. You know how many dogs find their way out of a yard and roam neighborhoods a day? Couple that with no tags on the dog and it’s easily conceivable that the dog went wandering and was picked up by a passerby.
I had an English sheep dog when I was little that made it from sw Houston to Webster. That’s an hour DRIVE. No clue how the dog got there, but we went and picked him up when they called. The odds of someone hurting the dog out of spite are really slim.
X, shelters don’t make dogs available for adoption immediately. There’s a waiting period, because their preference is that owners have time to show up before they pay for checkup, shots, etc. Not sure they’d have the dog online until it’s adoptable. Go to the shelters.
Also, assuming you do find him (my hope and expectation) you might try putting his poop in holes and around favorite digging spots as a deterrent.
[quote]EmilyQ wrote:
Also, assuming you do find him (my hope and expectation) you might try putting his poop in holes and around favorite digging spots as a deterrent. [/quote]
Heh heh!
I had to do that when our Min Pins began digging.
Works like a charm.
I know! It was almost instantly effective when my lab was digging. We started as X did, trying to fill and secure the holes, but he just moved down the fence.
Poop, man. Like MAGIC.
[quote]EmilyQ wrote:
I know! It was almost instantly effective when my lab was digging. We started as X did, trying to fill and secure the holes, but he just moved down the fence.
Poop, man. Like MAGIC.[/quote]
I eventually had to sink 4x4 treated wood beams into the ground all around the perimeter/under the fence.
[quote]Professor X wrote:
I looked all week and didn’t find him. Someone has him…and I hope he is treated well. Whoever got him now has one awesome dog who was taken care of as best I could. I have had things stolen from me…but to spend that much time trying to raise a dog right and teach him…and then have him snatched is a little tough.[/quote]
Sorry to hear about Lex, Prof.
Reading your first posts, I wondered why you left him outside instead of taking him in and letting him sleep by your side.
We all learn from our mistakes. Hopefully, he’s in good hands right now.
Take some time to grieve him, then get excited about your next dog.