# Dog Owners **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [November 21, 2002, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dog-owners/137864 "2002-11-21T03:23:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Hanna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b3f665/32.png) [@Hanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hanna)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2002, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dog-owners/137864/21 "2002-11-21T04:34:34Z")
> [@](#): > > _Originally posted by BZ00000 \* > Unless you have a real need for a dog,_\* this doesn’t include you \*\*are a lonely empty person and want to buy something that loves you and you can love back, you should have to put your dog to sleep or you should be shot. Whew. This doesn’t include me, so my dogs and I can rest easy. ---
**Author:** ![Qwisp](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qwisp/32/397_2.png) [@Qwisp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qwisp)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2002, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dog-owners/137864/22 "2002-11-21T04:37:30Z")
Given the choice between putting my dog to sleep or putting **BZ00000** down, guess who I choose.At least when the dog speaks to hear his own voice,the dog makes sense. ---
**Author:** ![chique](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4491bb/32.png) [@chique](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chique)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2002, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dog-owners/137864/23 "2002-11-21T04:39:58Z")
Um. Yeah. Last time I supported a troll [sub]Silo. Please don’t stone me\*\* I was proved wrong. _Really_ wrong. BZ00000, however, does bring up a debatable point which may have received a more interesting discussion had it been started in GD. I don’t hunt, I don’t own cows, I don’t need a guard, I don’t need to beat down the badgers. Why do I want a dog? ---
**Author:** ![Ringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/779978/32.png) [@Ringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ringo)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2002, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dog-owners/137864/24 "2002-11-21T04:41:20Z")
Rowwrff? ---
**Author:** ![SisterCoyote](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/958977/32.png) [@SisterCoyote](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SisterCoyote)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2002, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dog-owners/137864/25 "2002-11-21T04:52:04Z")
Because dogs are companion animals for humans, and have been for a number of years? Because dogs sometimes prove to be lifesavers in event of fire? Because you can train the dog to get the newspaper off the lawn on those Sunday mornings you don’t want to get dressed? Because it gets cold on winter nights? (Down, pervs.) You might not need a purebred dog (but then, I think very few people _need_ purebred anythings. Come on. _people_ are hardly purebred) but I can think of a number of reasons for having a dog that isn’t a “working” dog. If my parents didn’t own dogs, my father’s heart attack would have been fatal. If I owned a dog, I’d get a lot more exercise. And guess what? Love is a plenty good reason as far as I’m concerned. ---
**Author:** ![AwSnappity](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a3d4f5/32.png) [@AwSnappity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AwSnappity)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2002, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dog-owners/137864/26 "2002-11-21T05:15:24Z")
> [@](#): > > _Originally posted by jacksen9 \* > \*\*\*\* Now… go B in the zoo._\* They’ll treat you _real_ respectable-like! ---
**Author:** ![MrVisible](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/46a35a/32.png) [@MrVisible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrVisible)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2002, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dog-owners/137864/27 "2002-11-21T05:29:54Z")
If I hadn’t taken both of my dogs in, they’d be dead. It’s a responsibility I take seriously. **BeZero** , however, I think I’ll take frivolously. ---
**Author:** ![snermy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d6d6ee/32.png) [@snermy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snermy)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2002, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dog-owners/137864/28 "2002-11-21T05:49:00Z")
Unless you have a real need for opposable thumbs, this doesn’t include you are a lonely empty person and want to buy attention by posting half-illiterate crap, you should go back to compulsive masturbating with prawns or you should be taught. (I know no one’s really going to learn anything, but since we’re throwing around pointless threats here…) ---
**Author:** ![Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troy_mcclure_sf/32/4150_2.png) [@Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troy_McClure_SF)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2002, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dog-owners/137864/29 "2002-11-21T05:52:17Z")
[tosses BZOOOO a kibble and/or Bit] BZOOOOO- you going to explain any of this, maybe? ---
**Author:** ![Jurhael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/cab0a1/32.png) [@Jurhael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jurhael)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2002, 6:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dog-owners/137864/30 "2002-11-21T06:05:09Z")
Isn’t this the same person who thought that time travel was possible because of something he saw in Superman?? ---
**Author:** ![anya\_marie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ebca7d/32.png) [@anya\_marie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anya_marie)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2002, 6:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dog-owners/137864/31 "2002-11-21T06:49:07Z")
My dog says hi, and predicts the eventual demise of your existence @ the SDMB. ---
**Author:** ![elmwood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmwood/32/3060_2.png) [@elmwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elmwood)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2002, 7:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dog-owners/137864/32 "2002-11-21T07:12:07Z")
[http://www.cyburbia.org/tmp/bailey\_guinness\_1.jpg](http://www.cyburbia.org/tmp/bailey_guinness_1.jpg) My dogs. Can’t say that there’s a good reason that I got them, but I can’t live without them. If you’re going to shoot them, you’re going to have to shoot me first. ---
**Author:** ![Scorpio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Scorpio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scorpio)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2002, 8:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dog-owners/137864/33 "2002-11-21T08:09:11Z")
Please people - tone down the funniness - I’m at work and my boss gets suspicious if I keep laughing. ---
**Author:** ![techchick68](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ea5d25/32.png) [@techchick68](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/techchick68)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2002, 8:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dog-owners/137864/34 "2002-11-21T08:18:13Z")
I don’t “own” my dog or my cats. They are part of my family. So what’s the deal with the OP anyway? I don’t get it. I don’t get it. What a stupid topic. Geezus. ---
**Author:** ![techchick68](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ea5d25/32.png) [@techchick68](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/techchick68)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2002, 8:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dog-owners/137864/35 "2002-11-21T08:20:01Z")
Oh and don’t forget having children. I mean if you adopt a child for any amount of money, you “own” the child and then you should be shot or have your child euthanized because you suck. Great topic, asshole. ---
**Author:** ![Silentgoldfish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@Silentgoldfish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silentgoldfish)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2002, 8:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dog-owners/137864/36 "2002-11-21T08:21:58Z")
I’m currently taking in all the stray dogs I can. Once I reach a million or so I’m going to start training them to run counter to the earth’s rotation. I figure if I get enough, and they do it long enough, they will start to reverse the spin. After that it’s only a matter of time before they’re going fast enough to go back in time, and then I can FINALLY ask out that cute girl in my grade 10 class. See? There’s a perfectly good use for a dog! I’m surprised you didn’t think of it first. ---
**Author:** ![LindyHopper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ebca7d/32.png) [@LindyHopper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LindyHopper)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2002, 8:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dog-owners/137864/37 "2002-11-21T08:29:35Z")
Because they’re friendly. Because they’re cute. Because they’re always glad to see you. (the most obvious reason) Because being responsible for another living thing gives me the warm fuzzies. (the best reason, IMHO) Because they (mostly) come when called. **BZ00000** , you’re a complete tool. Have a nice day. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![jackelope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a6a055/32.png) [@jackelope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackelope)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2002, 8:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dog-owners/137864/38 "2002-11-21T08:58:58Z")
Wait a minute; ohmigosh he’s RIGHT! We really DON’T need dogs! And for that matter, we don’t _need_ friends, either! Or music! Or wine! Or poetry! Or college football! Or warm pajamas and down comforters on cold winter nights! Or hair conditioner! Or flowers! Or croissants and Vivaldi and the _NY Times_ crossword on sunny Sunday mornings! My God, we don’t need ANY of this stuff! Let’s get rid of all of this bullshit RIGHT NOW and get back to what really matters, which is keeping our lives stripped down to a grim, cheerless subsistence that makes death seem a rollicking party! Ys truly, Jackelope and his [pal](http://fff.fathom.org/pages/jackelope/zeke-edit.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Michael\_Ellis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/977dab/32.png) [@Michael\_Ellis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Michael_Ellis)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2002, 10:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dog-owners/137864/39 "2002-11-21T10:22:59Z")
BeZero, you’re a moron. First that Superman nonsense, then the time travel fiasco, and now this stupidity. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Pythagras](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/45deac/32.png) [@Pythagras](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pythagras)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2002, 10:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dog-owners/137864/40 "2002-11-21T10:25:51Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by BZ00000 \* > \*\*Unless you have a real need for a dog, this doesn’t include you are a lonely empty person and want to buy something that loves you and you can love back, you should have to put your dog to sleep or you should be shot. \*\* What if Im a lonely person and I want to have a relationship with another person, should I be shot too? I buy my people love with sexual favors… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dog-owners/137864.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dog-owners/137864.md?page=3)