You better hope your little ratdog pulls through.

The BBQ Pit
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Because if he doesn’t, he’s getting an all-expenses-paid trip to Raleigh. Well, his head is, anyway.

I don’t care if the little fucker’s been vaccinated for rabies, and neither does the state. If he dies in the next 10 days, we’re chopping off his crumbsnatching little head.

See, he bit the everlovin’ fuck out of me last night. It took him several tries and a few procedures, but he finally managed to get one of us. I’m not talking about a quick snap, either; once he managed to get hold of me, he held on till I literally shook him loose. He damaged my thumb badly enough that I went to the ER, even though my husband’s a doctor and can and does treat all sorts of stuff for me. We can’t tell just yet whether I have permanent nerve damage or not.

So, you see, if he doesn’t make it or you guys decide to euthanize him, he’s taking a fun-filled trip to the state lab. It’s state law, I’m afraid. Not a thing any of us can do about it.

When you get your next dog, though, you might want to actually socialize it. I know that exposing your dog to strangers once in a while is a really radical concept, but you might want to try it. It might keep the next one from turning into a nasty little landshark who lunges for people’s throats with no provocation. I don’t care how painful or nervous he is, there’s no excuse for going after someone just for unlatching his kennel door.

All that leaping and lunging he was doing was not only dangerous to us, it was incredibly bad for him. If you have severe enough injuries to need a chest tube, you need to be lying still and concentrating on, I don’t know, maybe NOT throwing yourself into respiratory distress. Judging by the amount of blood on his bandages when we finally got him out of there, he hadn’t been doing his internal injuries a bit of good.

Your dog is going to stress himself into a heart attack and die over simple shit like making sure he’s not hypothermic. And frankly, I can’t say that I’ll be the least bit sorry when he goes.

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I always love your pit rants, CCL!

He sounds like an awful ratdog. And sending his head to Raleigh is a fantastic threat - can I steal it?

(“You’d better fix this screw-up, Mr Bank Manager, or I’ll send your head to Raleigh !”)

Hope your thumb still works!

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I fucking hate ratdogs. Terriers, chihuahuas, shi-tzus, they’re all little fucking bastards.

I know lots of dogs and lots of dog people, and I have never met a nice ratdog. All the pit bulls and dobermans that I know are nicer than the nicest ratdog, and some of them are downright surly. But they’re well trained and they’re friendly, once they know you.

I think the senile old ladies who seem to like the little fuckers are convinced that because they’re so small, they don’t need to be trained to exist in a civilized universe.

Fuck em all.

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I would’ve punted the little shit across the parking lot.

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…why does this remind me of the dinner scene in ‘Theatre of Blood’, where Vincent Price serves Robert Morley his poodle’s heads on top of a cake?

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Actually I did know a really nice chihuihui once. The difference was that he was the dog of a woman that bread both German Shepards and Chihuihuis and she didn’t believe in treating their training any differently. He was well socialised and used to being handled by all sorts of people. He was a little nervous in big crowds of people, but thats simply self preservation for something that can get dead if it gets stepped on.

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I paid $352.00 for a dead rat dog last year.

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I know that a bite is horrible, but it would be nice to see CrazyCatLady post something nice about the place she works. I get the steady impression that she hates every animal that shows up there.

I know plenty of small dogs, namely the five chihuahuas across the street that are friendly, well trained, cheerful and a joy to be around.

My dog once bit a vet tech because they grabbed her injured leg accidentally. I’m glad no one cut her head off for it.

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Yo quiero take it all Franka!

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I’ve also known nice ratdogs. And nasty, sucky non-rat dogs.

jarbaby, I keep hoping she’ll start an “Ask the Vet” thread. I’m sure she’s got many hilarious stories as well.

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I’d love to hear some of them cowgirl. I know being a vet or vet tech is stressful and at times dangerous but I’d like to think that when I drop my dog off for surgery that the people there aren’t calling her a ‘rat’, a ‘fucker’ or a ‘crumbsnatcher’. My dog is SCARED to death of the vet (because she’s had surgeries and has been abandoned before and has serious issues…a total goofball) and I would hate to think that they perhaps have a few pets or kind words for her when she’s there over night.

Hope you feel better CrazyCatLady (man, there’s just no way to shorten that username politely :slight_smile: )

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I should point out, in agreement with furlibusea, that often, small dogs are allowed to get away with behavior that big dogs would be put down for. This leads to a certain laxity in raising them. Proper raising of most dogs will result in a perfectly healthy and kind animal companion. IMHO, of course, though I have some experience in the matter, having two breeders in the family, and more as friends, not to mention having wanted to be a vet for long enough to do quite serious studying on the matter.

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Amen jarbaby. CCL hates little dogs. She’s admitted as much. But her attitude makes me wonder – my dog knows when people dislike him. Did this little “fucker crumbsnatcher” bite CCL because it’s an antisocial little monster or because her attitude about him (and all little dogs) was transparent as she reached for him?

By the way, I know a couple of very warm, cuddly little dogs – my mother’s included, the nicest little fluffball in the world once he gets to know you – who hate being kenneled, hate being stuck in cages at the vet or the groomer and are prone to going after anyone who doesn’t give them a huge amount of latitude even when doing things like unlatching their kennels, because they’re rescued dogs who have a history of abuse, neglect, abandonment and shelter life. Some dogs are just like that. It’s usually some person’s fault, not the dog’s.

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Jarbabyj, I am with you. I think I want someone that likes my animals to take care of them. I think injured and scared animals react differently than healthy animals do even if they have been socialized.

A bite is a bad thing. Maybe gloves would be a good idea when handling injured aggressive small pets in the future.

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[slight hijack]Did you ever see ‘Theatre of Blood’? Vincent Price serves Robert Morley a cake with his dog’s decapitated heads on top. Not that Raleigh would be too happy getting the dog’s head served atop a Betty Crocker Special… [/slight hijack]

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hamsters spit back up my post…damn…never mind.

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That’s not the impression I get.

I get the impression that she likes animals, and wants to give them good care, but is occasionally justifiably pissed off at irresponsible owners who either neglect their animals, or fail to socialize their animals so that they can be treated by someone else.

Facing long term damage to one’s thumb gives ample reason to hate the little piece of shit dog that caused it, and perhaps want the opportunity to blow off some steam about it.

Good luck on the thumb, CCL. I hope it heals nicely for you.

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No, I think she’s right in being pissed off if this dog is a menace. I may love animals in general but there’s no excuse when people cannot bring up an animal correctly. My late cat may not have liked vets but he wouldn’t attack his vet or myself / other humans.

It’s very much like hating “little brats”. I don’t hate children, I hate dumb parents who refuse to bring up their children in a socially correct manner.

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I agree with YWalker. I have rarely seen CCL actually get mad at an animal, although she’s got some blistering things to say about the owners.

That said, we do hear a lot more about the horrible experiences than the nice ones. It would be nice to hear about the adorable kittens that came in to be vaccinated, and were so polite and well behaved, every now and then.

I hope your thumb heals well, with all nerves intact, CCL.

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I’m tempted to make some recommendations to you about where you may cram various artifacts ;). But before I do, I’d like to know what you consider a ratdog? Is it a definition by size or by attitude?