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Alej said:

And you live in Mexico! I saw dogs, donkeys, and chickens all over the place in Tijuana when I was there.

You KNOW they're doing crazy animal shit at night up the theh.

Imago said:

So many people in Thailand have dogs yet absolutely *HATE* them and kick them, beat them or neglect them. They then complain about all the barking and fighting. Our dog mauls us the moment we open the taxi door when we come back home. Michael Vick should move to Thailand. Dogs organise themselves here and I'm pretty sure the ones around here hold a late night fight club in our street every night.

Fauxie said:

YES!!!

Lawd, remember when y'all dropped me off at my aunt's house? And within seconds of my getting out, I was surrounded by at least 6 of those fuckers. Of course, even the alpha male dog in that group is a pussy though. I just hate them being so loud and dirty. Disgusting animals.

And are there ANY pure breed dogs in Thailand?

Just once I'd like to be able to say, "Oh look at that gorgeous, well groomed, Hungarian vizsla"


No wonder Thais nap. They can't get any damned sleep at night.

Fauxie said:

MrsMdiver said:

It's true.

The dogs all have a certain nervous disposition about them. You can tell they'd get aggressive with you if they could, but most are balancing that urge out with the fear of being beaten or kicked.

Thailand needs a serious animal spaying/neutering campaign.

Imago said:

That last line is probably right. That and because so many of them get up way before it's light. I'm up by 6am but my mother in law has usually been up for at least an hour by then. All the people across the road from us are awake for work by 4am and my brother in law and his wife usually come home around 5am and sleep during the day. Plenty of people working in the city have to get up at 5am or even earlier to have enough time with the awful traffic to make it on time for their 8am start to the workday.

Not many pure breeds, no. Thais absolutely fawn over golden retrievers and the like. Most of them are stuck with scruffy mutts. Like us. Our dog Mee is getting more and more aggressive. He runs at us and scratches and is starting to bite. He's not actually mine and Mon's dog but we may have to do something about him. We know nothing about dogs though.

Fauxie said:

I doubt you'll do this as I have never seen this done in Thailand , but one quick way of breaking a dog that shows a bit of aggression is to take it walking alot... on a leash. and never allow it to walk in front of you. It must always walk beside you--this enforces in it's brain that you're the pack leader and to be respected. Dogs have a pack mentality and are incapable of snapping out of that. Trainers simply use this mentality to their advantage.

My Grandma's dog 'Bop' up in North Thailand was a mut (as they all are). And one morning I woke up butt-ass early to go to the bathroom (in it's own shack), and when I returned 'Bop' was at the stairs leading up to the sleeping part of the house. He was growling at me under his breath.
I had to do some soul searching as to just how sleepy I was. "Do I just sit here until sunup when others stir, or do I try and step over 'Bop' risking getting bitten by a mangy, nasty, flee bitten dog? .

I stepped over him of course. The mosquitos out that evening helped me make up my mind



Yah. Thailand.

Imago said:

I *HATE* having to get up to go to the bathroom in the night or very early in the morning. We always have rats in there if nobody has turned the light on for an hour or so, we often have cockroaches and occasionally there will be a frog or maybe a cat or possibly a snake.

That idea makes perfect sense with straightening out an aggressive dog, but no, I doubt I'll be doing it. I'll just make do with stepping over New's safety gate at the front door with one flip-flop on and one in my hand being waved at Mee. This gets me over and with two feet on the ground. Then I'll punt the beach ball at him or just push him away with my foot. Once I'm out on the street he'll run at me and try to jump up and I usually have to brandish one of my flip-flops again.

Fauxie said:

what the fuck is this thread about again?

Imago said:

Does it matter?

Fauxie said:

not really

Imago said:

I don't think Alej is in a position to get upset about thread-jacking.

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Fauxie said:

I was thinking the same damned thing



He just got his as Noriega'd by us!

i don't "nap", i pass the fuck out

PricelessHo said:

my medication has a sideffect that knocks me the fuck out, so I take plenty of good naps

tinaz said:

Oh GOD that shit is good.

PunkMistress said:

When I take a nap I wake up pissy and bitchy

Imago said:

Well, I don't know about Tijuana, but they do some crazy shit here that I don't even want to think about !!!

Imago said:

Fauxie said:[quote]

Imago said:

I *HATE* having to get up to go to the bathroom in the night or very early in the morning. We always have rats in there if nobody has turned the light on for an hour or so, we often have cockroaches and occasionally there will be a frog or maybe a cat or possibly a snake.

WHAT! this is going on in your BATHROOMS??

Fauxie said:

wtf? The other day I scared the hell out of my mom cause there was a lizard in the bathroom and I got out all screaming and shit I would probably die if I ever got close to a frog

Alej'edly

Cinnie said:

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