Well, my book is getting done. I am just today finishing up the terrier section. So the groups I've done so far have been the greyhounds (yes, I separate them from the hounds), the herding group, the toy breeds, the hounds, and now the terriers. Next is the sporting breeds, or gun dogs. That's the group I dislike the most. I don't like gun dogs at all! Except for the spaniels, like cockers. But things like labradors, golden retrievers, setters, german shorthairs, I can't stand those breeds!! UGH!!! So working on this group is going to be boring. But I'm going to do it right. I said when I started this project that in describing each breed, I wasn't going to be prejudice.
Oh speaking of dogs, Eva finally took the step and got her children an old english mastiff. Already I am hearing about how "the damn dog shits on the floor!" LOL!!! Eva's just not used to dogs. She's always been a cat person. Eva says she still looks in on the Pluba forums. I told her about meeting Metalraptor and him telling me how I get all freaky sometimes, and I think the cause of it was my looking in on the Pluba and SE forums, so I told her that I stopped looking in on forums at all. I haven't even lurked on any forums since I met him, let alone post on any. There are some forums I used to go into, and stopped. The Rockband lounge, that was the most useless forum I've ever been on! I only went in there a very few times, and most of those times was waaaaaaay back in 2006. They were the most unfriendly people I've ever seen! They won't talk to you unless you are in a certain "clique" and I am not, and don't want to be, in any cliques. At least the people on the Pluba forum give newbies more of a chance (since Rose stopped going in there). Most of them anyway. There are a few on there who don't get to know you for themselves, but instead let others tell them who they think is good or not and those people will actually believe it. I don't know why Eva still looks in there. She was telling me about a few posts and I was like "I really don't want to hear about them." Because if I do, I'll be tempted to say something, and I cannot. Metalraptor won't let me go into that "freaky" stage again!
Sometimes it is so frustrating when you want to say something and can't. But I found out not only is Metalraptor reading this, but my supervisor as well!! Trisha will burn my butt if I get too much like that. So, I need to work on my attitude. I can still cling to my opinions though. LOL! That's one thing I won't do is let go of my beliefs. Never again! I learned my lesson there! hehe! But sometimes I want to say something to some people, but I'm so afraid if I do, I'll go into that freaky stage again. But it is OK for them to get freaky if they want to, and they all have. The latest is someone who signed my chihuahua's guestbook, only that person made the entry private. I can always put it on public setting if I want to. But I wanted to respond to that person, and I didn't, because first of all, I thought what was the point? LOL!! It's private she can't read any responses. Even if it wasn't private, I can't say anything cuz my supervisor might read it!! I don't know if she looks in on my chihuahua site though. The post did have that person's e-mail, but it was a freebie e-mail account, and most likely a bogus one. Besides, I'm not going to take the chance if this person is a bad person (and I believe she was) and getting my ISP #. There were some things this person said that if she were actually a good person, she never would have said them. So, my instincts kicked in again, and said she's no good! So there is no way I'd ever e-mail her!!! LOL! I haven't even updated the address on my chihuahua site!! Just because I don't want people like that to find me.
Can you tell I am somewhat paranoid? LOL!! I think I've gotten worse because of Groucho dying the way she did. I never did find out who killed her, and I don't want to take any chances with Vegas and Odessa. It's all for their protection.
Speaking of which, I got my easy chair and I LOVE it!!!!!! It is BIG! Almost too big for this tiny little apartment! LOL! But at least I can sit comfortably in it, have both dogs up here and my computer all at the same time. It's wonderful. Now, if I am working on my computer, I can just reach over and pet the dogs if I want to, and I very often do, because they're right beside me. hehe! Took forever to get here on Saturday! I knew I was going to be dead last on their list of deliveries because we live way out in the middle of nowhere practically. It was between 5:30 and 6 PM when they arrived, and it was a good thing they did, I was getting tired of waiting. Anyway, I love this chair! It's the best chair ever! hehe! It also gets HOT!!! I thought that by having it in suede that I can keep cool in warm weather! But no, this chair gets HOT it's self! I still love it though. I cannot wait 'till ma comes back home and sees it.
Well, off to work some more on my book.
2 comments:
Well I am glad you like your chair. Even Vegas and Odessa seem to like it, because they can cuddle.
I am going to say hounds are very hard to work on. I am not too crazy about gun dogs myself, but I dont really "hate" them like you do. Its the way that backyard breeders and puppy millers are mixed breeding them out of existence and creating these stupid designer mutts. And also making them look more like mixed breeds than pure breds. An example being a golden retriever with a red or orange color coat and passing them off as a purebred. I have seen them before, and they do look ugly in that color. If they are going to do that, they might as well change the name of the breed to orange retriever. But I am going to say that in about 50 years time, purebred Labradors may become extinct or damn near close to extinction if this crap breeding keeps happening. I rarely see it happening with setters, its mostly retrievers that get bred into these designer mutts. Thats what I cant stand. I refuse to attend a dog show where "labradoodles" will be displayed. Believe me, in this case, I am sure you will agree with me.
I just think they are dumb; well, maybe not too dumb, some are used as service dogs these days. I am suprised they havent been moved to the working group right now. And the ugly fact that they always seem to be the only type of dog that would walk up to a person and stick their noses up their butts. I know all dogs do that, but for some reason, gun dogs seem to get a big kick out of it. Thats why so many of these dogs end up in shelters.
Back to designer mutts: breeders who do this are not "improving" any breed. They think they are creating a "new breed" of dog, but all they are doing is creating more and more problems for that dog, such as genetic disorders to a greater mass, so that the breeds will become extinct.
In the case of purebreeds, man has spent thousands of years perfecting them into the dogs we see today. These so called designer mutts have only been around for a few years, and now they seem to be dominating the dog world. Another thing too, if breeders are going to create a new breed, they gotta come up with a more better name than "labradoodle." That name is a dead giveaway for a mixed breed.
Congratulations on the book :) Sorry to hear about Groucho :(
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