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[John Picard]

And here she is mixing it up with Rupert. She has quite the battle cry for such a little dog.

I think all Lab pups are like that. When I was about 8 or 9, my oldest brother picked up a Lab/Setter mix that was just a wee thing. At the time, we had a 12 year old Pyrenees Mountain dog, and he tolerated all kinds of hell from the pup. We had linoleum tile floor in the kitchen, and with a deep growl, she'd grab him by the tail and drag him across the floor with him desperately trying to gain traction with his claws She gave him all kinds of hell, and he was very, very gentle/tolerant of her.

 

[SmoothieX]

All Rupert ever did as a pup was wail and cry his brains out. Poor guy couldn't deal with being anywhere other than in as much physical contact with us as possible. Us being out of eyesight was a 5-alarm emergency for the first month.

I'm just not used to a relatively confident, independent pup.

 

[captcalhoun]

'crate training'?

 

[John Picard]

'crate training'?

It's the newest form of cruelty passed off as "the best training" for dogs. I think it's a load of BS, but those who pass it off claim that dogs feel secure in an enclosure and liken it to a cave. Dogs allegedly have this mystical "caves are safe" imprinted in their DNA. You, as the owner, lock the dog in the crate every night so he's trapped. If he whimpers, whines, etc. you ignore him.

Basically, it's bad when puppy mills do it, but OK when John Q Owner does it. I've owned dogs for years and call me silly, but every dog I see, especially on a sunny day, loves to be SPRAWLED OUT in the open.

 

[Misfit Toy]

Gee my dog goes into her crate whenever she wants to - and she sleeps in there every night, with the door open.

 

[Me-Ike]

Helena is adorable!
I love how a young lab's skin is way too big for their bodies. When ours was a puppie, you could pick him up at the neck and he was basically still sitting solidly on the ground.

I also really love the name Rupert.

 

[TrekkieMonster]

'crate training'?

It's the newest form of cruelty passed off as "the best training" for dogs. I think it's a load of BS, but those who pass it off claim that dogs feel secure in an enclosure and liken it to a cave. Dogs allegedly have this mystical "caves are safe" imprinted in their DNA. You, as the owner, lock the dog in the crate every night so he's trapped. If he whimpers, whines, etc. you ignore him.

Basically, it's bad when puppy mills do it, but OK when John Q Owner does it. I've owned dogs for years and call me silly, but every dog I see, especially on a sunny day, loves to be SPRAWLED OUT in the open.

With all due respect, (but as a former skeptic turned convert and owner of 2 labs who voluntarily choose to go into their crates at their discretion), may I suggest that perhaps this thread isn't the most appropriate forum for this particular and potentially controversial topic of conversation?

I'd be happy to discuss the relative merits if you choose to start a separate thread.

 

[cyph]

Had to do a piece that related to a recent NY Times article, so I did a spin on the recent runs on the LHC. Here I am smashing atoms the old-fashioned way :-D

Click for full size

edit: and if you wonder, here are my stocks:

 

[captcalhoun]

needs more lens flare

*runs*

 

[TheSeeker]

Had to do a piece that related to a recent NY Times article, so I did a spin on the recent runs on the LHC. Here I am smashing atoms the old-fashioned way :-D

Click for full size

edit: and if you wonder, here are my stocks:

Nice work!

 

[SmoothieX]

Helena is adorable!
I love how a young lab's skin is way too big for their bodies. When ours was a puppie, you could pick him up at the neck and he was basically still sitting solidly on the ground.

I also really love the name Rupert.

My wife, since she was a little girl, always wanted a male, chocolate Lab named Rupert. Don't know why, she just did.

Helena is relatively slim for a puppy, but still fumbles around in her own skin a bit.

Had to do a piece that related to a recent NY Times article, so I did a spin on the recent runs on the LHC. Here I am smashing atoms the old-fashioned way :-D

Sweet dude! I'm envious of the artistically gifted folks. About all I can do is drop a picture into AutoCAD, put a big circle around something, and label it.

 

[RandyS]

Had to do a piece that related to a recent NY Times article, so I did a spin on the recent runs on the LHC. Here I am smashing atoms the old-fashioned way :-D

Were you going for a "Time Machine" type of thing here? That's what this picture makes me think of.

 

[Raven_Shayde]

This produced much frustration from my 7 year old trying to draw this

 

[John Picard]

^^ Give your 7-year old a gold star and a hug. Job well done.

 

[Mr Awe]

'crate training'?

It's the newest form of cruelty passed off as "the best training" for dogs. I think it's a load of BS, but those who pass it off claim that dogs feel secure in an enclosure and liken it to a cave. Dogs allegedly have this mystical "caves are safe" imprinted in their DNA. You, as the owner, lock the dog in the crate every night so he's trapped. If he whimpers, whines, etc. you ignore him.

Basically, it's bad when puppy mills do it, but OK when John Q Owner does it. I've owned dogs for years and call me silly, but every dog I see, especially on a sunny day, loves to be SPRAWLED OUT in the open.

I don't often agree with you, but you are correct about this.

Mr Awe

 

[Raven_Shayde]

^^ Give your 7-year old a gold star and a hug. Job well done.

I did Sheer geek pride!

 

[cyph]

Had to do a piece that related to a recent NY Times article, so I did a spin on the recent runs on the LHC. Here I am smashing atoms the old-fashioned way :-D

Were you going for a "Time Machine" type of thing here? That's what this picture makes me think of.

Time Machine? Like HG wells? Not really; if you watch The Simpsons, there's an old episode where Mr. Burns was reminiscing about his grandfather's old "Atom Smashing" mill, as transcribed by IMDB:

[Mr. Burns is reminiscing about his grandfather's old Atom Smashing Plant]

Burns' Grandfather: Come on, men! Smash those atoms! You there, turn out your pockets.

[Two goons seize a waifish worker and turn out his pockets]

Burns' Grandfather: Aha - atoms! One, two, three, four... SIX of them! Take him away!

Waif: You can't treat the working man this way! One of these days we'll form a union, and get the fair and equitable treatment we deserve! Then we'll go too far, and become corrupt and shiftless, and the Japanese will eat us alive!

Burns' Grandfather: The Japanese? Those sandal-wearing goldfish tenders? Ha ha! Bosh! Flimshaw!

Mr. Burns: Oh, if only we'd listened to that young man, instead of walling him up in the abandoned coke oven.

 

[Arrqh]

Not really; if you watch The Simpsons, there's an old episode where Mr. Burns was reminiscing about his grandfather's old "Atom Smashing" mill...

That was the first thing that came to my mind when I saw the picture.

 

[Amaris]

I found a picture of me from 2002.

J.

 

[RoJoHen]

I want to say you've lost weight, but I'm not sure I've ever seen a picture of you below your shoulders.