Wednesday, September 07, 2005
and speaking of dogs, here's a little thing i noticed while working in many many many people's backyards:
big dogs often have nothing to prove.
for some reason alot of people have a tendency to own 2 dogs that would have nothing to do with each in real life situations. and of course, i find this to be mean.
there's the little yippy dog that constantly barks, and does not stop... until about a half hour after you leave. if they are inside the house, they constantly jump against the doors and windows and scratch everything up inside just to let you know that they don't like you being alive anywhere near where they live and poop. if they are outside, they won't get anywhere near you if you try to pet them and get to know them so they won't see you as a stranger. but they will jump at you and try to bite your ankles. they are lookin for a good kickin!
the big dogs, for the most part, will just give you a big "WOOF" or two. then just come up to you and get to know you. even follow you around and be your buddy. i swear i've seen it in some big dogs eyes: "i'm really sorry for the little punk that i have to live with. at least you only have to deal with the puny turd for about a half an hour. i deal with this ankle-biter 24/7."
i've noticed this same peculiarity in people as well. the little guy who's got something to prove so he picks fights constantly to try to prove himself.
and then the gentle giant, who has nothing to prove, so he just flexes his muscles only when it's necessary and tries not to scare anybody. ...or accidentally crush them.
i'm sure i could have worded this whole entry a lot better and thrown in more jokes, but i was also trying to soothe a baby into sleeping. and he has this thing about needing to be walked around instead of just sitting being bounced in a chair while daddy rants at the rest of the world. mommy just took him, if she can't get him to sleep within 15 minutes he's gonna hang out with me and watch napoleon dynamite from the spot where we left off last night.
this doesn't have very much to do with dogs and their self esteem/size difference, but i hope you see my point.
big dogs often have nothing to prove.
for some reason alot of people have a tendency to own 2 dogs that would have nothing to do with each in real life situations. and of course, i find this to be mean.
there's the little yippy dog that constantly barks, and does not stop... until about a half hour after you leave. if they are inside the house, they constantly jump against the doors and windows and scratch everything up inside just to let you know that they don't like you being alive anywhere near where they live and poop. if they are outside, they won't get anywhere near you if you try to pet them and get to know them so they won't see you as a stranger. but they will jump at you and try to bite your ankles. they are lookin for a good kickin!
the big dogs, for the most part, will just give you a big "WOOF" or two. then just come up to you and get to know you. even follow you around and be your buddy. i swear i've seen it in some big dogs eyes: "i'm really sorry for the little punk that i have to live with. at least you only have to deal with the puny turd for about a half an hour. i deal with this ankle-biter 24/7."
i've noticed this same peculiarity in people as well. the little guy who's got something to prove so he picks fights constantly to try to prove himself.
and then the gentle giant, who has nothing to prove, so he just flexes his muscles only when it's necessary and tries not to scare anybody. ...or accidentally crush them.
i'm sure i could have worded this whole entry a lot better and thrown in more jokes, but i was also trying to soothe a baby into sleeping. and he has this thing about needing to be walked around instead of just sitting being bounced in a chair while daddy rants at the rest of the world. mommy just took him, if she can't get him to sleep within 15 minutes he's gonna hang out with me and watch napoleon dynamite from the spot where we left off last night.
this doesn't have very much to do with dogs and their self esteem/size difference, but i hope you see my point.
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heh ankle-biter = gnome in World of Warcraft... I'm gonna go back into my room and watch some Star Trek.
you can meet the dog by my house the is really yippy! it drives me insane!! lol.. the other day.. i was getting out of my dad's car.. and the dog starts barking... and I never realized that it was still alive. Maybe I got use to the noise.
This made me think of you space.
So yesterday I got a quiz in physics that started off "If Chewie and Han Solo are trapped in the garbage shoot of the Death star and Chew fires a bullet at the wall traveling (blah blah physics words/numbers) how long before the bullet gets squished?
Then it goes.. (Our heros escape through a trap door).
Heh.. teachers these days go to extreme measures to get you to try and understand what they say. :)
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So yesterday I got a quiz in physics that started off "If Chewie and Han Solo are trapped in the garbage shoot of the Death star and Chew fires a bullet at the wall traveling (blah blah physics words/numbers) how long before the bullet gets squished?
Then it goes.. (Our heros escape through a trap door).
Heh.. teachers these days go to extreme measures to get you to try and understand what they say. :)
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