I fucking hate little dogs. oh god I don't know if I could have held a kick to its face back, if I were in that position. ffs.

Oh my gawd... I would have turned that little bitch into a slipper if it had done that to my art... I honestly hate most toy breeds of dogs myself, especially if they are not trained properly... I'm terribly sorry about what happened and I hope everything turns out for the better.

Turn it into a slipper before or after killing it? ;)

After, cant have the little fucker squirming about as I lodge my foot twenty thousand leagues up its butt now can I?

But it makes such a funny noise with every step you take if it's still alive ;)

Obviously the dog doesn't have respect for you. Maybe you should smack it next time, show it that when you are around and it does stuff stupid something bad happens. Just like any "alpha dog" you shouldn't put up with shit. I have two 50 pound dogs in my house at all times. They stay on the floor and stay damn calm when they are supposed to. In fact they know better than to get rowdy when I am around...they better fucking know better.

I didn't catch her in the act, unfortunately. I've trained a lot of dogs since my folks bred shetland sheepdogs and my own rescue mutt was super alpha, so I do not put up with canine shenanigans. If I had caught her i would have smacked her. She is deaf so voice commands are null.

Yeah most people would yell ABUSE! for the act of smacking, but hell you seen an alpha dog take care of another dog who is acting up? I have it cost me 3000 dollars to fix both my idiots...but my younger dog don't fuck with my older dog anymore that is for sure. So I know a smack across the back end or upside the head is nothing compared to a bite in the neck or a shredded ear.

I curse at my dog, personally. Whenever he's done something bad. . . a STRING of profanity that would make a sailor cringe is fired in his general direction. It avoids having to fap him with a newspaper or spank him, AND satisfies my need to vent my frustrations, in a thoroughly New Yorker way. And it's not like the dog's feelings are hurt. . . .

Why do you have this dog?
I assume it's not your dog, it's your folks?

I dislike little dogs so much I don't have one.

I am staying with friends, the dog belongs to them.

And so what did THEY do to keep the junior pest away from you after that?

BITE YOUR FRIENDS!!!

That sucks- it really sucks. I hate other peoples pets usually. I've dealt with enough ugly, obnoxious little toy breeds to know that some canine genetics just shouldn't be had. Whoever owns the dog needs to be responsible for it. When someone lets their dog do that, it's disrespectful to othersw and themselves.

I have a deaf dog that's fairly well trained (and only 10 lbs!) so if you want some advice for how to properly train her, shoot me a note. Smacking her isn't going to teach her anything except to be afraid.

As a note, that wasn't a dig, either. I just don't use a lot of emoticons, in general. c: Tone was helpful, since I know deaf dogs can be a serious handful.

Thank you. This comment makes me happy. Most people don't understand that to have a well behaved dog, you have to TREAT IT LIKE A DOG!

Damn straight! You gotta speak their language and sometimes pushing one to the ground and holding it there will speak volumes more than blindly yelling at it...though our biggest dog (a lab mix) anything will work for her in all honesty. She has always had "lower than dirt" attitude with us. Now if she can just get it with our older dog (an aussie mix) we will have a sane household.

Mhm! I hate how people freak out when I treat my dogs like dogs though. They tell me I'm hurting him, or that I'm being mean. But I'm not! He doesn't think I am, and I'm WAY gentler than if another dog was doing the exact same thing, which they would in the wild. :/

Actually, alpha dog stuff is bullshit, and has been debunked. Dogs don't challenge us for "dominance." They do it because that's how they test their boundaries, and they often don't know better. The guy that originally coined the term "alpha" has even said it's incorrect and outdated now.

Well it may not be "alpha" but I do know that testing their boundaries, if they did that to another dog that was dominant would get bit and/or have a fight break out. And if they aren't being dominant towards you then why did my female dog when she was younger and new to our home tried to hump me/my leg? Is that not a dominance gesture that all dogs use on one another?

It is, but it is also a "coming of age" thing as well. And "alpha" wolves are generally not "alphas" so much as they are the mother and father.

We still don't fully understand dogs, and new things are coming to light every day. Keeping up with what's being revealed as right or wrong is part of being a good animal owner.

Maybe so but I have seen dogs 5 years+ hump their owners male and female...so I don't think the "coming of age" thing is always the case. I have seen my husband's family dog revert back to old neurotic behaviors now that he is older because the owners aren't sticking to their once "alpha dog" mentality with him and are just letting him do whatever he wants.

It may not be called "alpha" but you do have to be the boss of your animal, call it whatever you want. And its not always the case that alpha wolves are moms and dads 100% of the time. I know plenty of times its siblings fighting one another for dominance over one another too as well as wolves that aren't 100% related.

Call it what you want dominance is dominance and respect is respect. Dogs and wolves both have a universal language to show how much respect they have for you regardless of "alpha" or not.

D: Terrible, vile little critters.
My mom has 5 chihuahuas. I know the feeling of wanting to field goal punt them. :c

Yeah, I hate all little dogs. Chuhuahuas, pomeranians, toy poodles, dachunds, etc. (<spellings?)
They all annoy me and piss me off easily, but I do like welsh corgi's, they're okay for a small dog

That's weird. My Dachshund is very well behaved. And she's only 13.5 lbs. =\

Well that is probably because she is overweight! Probably to damn tired to bother you. Make any animal fat and they won't want to do anything...

Wait. What?

A 13 pound Dachshund???!?!??! I have owned 3 in the past and none of mine were anywhere near that weight. Even an animal a few pounds overweight will not be active like a nice trim and fit dog. Smaller dogs have more problems dealing with added extra weight than the larger dogs.

Most people think Dachshunds should look like round sausages without curves ect.

Miniature dachshunds, sure, but standards are actually quite large. My dachshund mix is 20 lbs or so, and he's not overweight in the slightest.

Yeah. Standard dachshunds are around 10-15 pounds.

I hate all this mini and micro breed stuff. It just confuses me. I just got a new dog recently and we thought she was a puppy and that she would get bigger but it turned out she's just a chihuahua and that that's the size chihuahua's are supposed to be.

She's the biggest chihuahua I've ever seen in my life. Good dog though. She's not a snooty, vicious little bitch like all the other chihuahua's I've met.

THIS.

It's ignorant for that person to have called my dog overweight without having even ever seeing her. She's in perfect shape. I keep an eye on her weight. =\
Not EVERY Dachshund is a miniature Dachshund. e_e

I hate when people think that all chihuahuas (for instance) weight two pounds. Or Yorkies should all be "teacups." Arrrrg.

I know omfg. They keep breeding smaller and smaller...
1 hundred years ago half these dogs didn't look like they do today, and I wouldn't call it an improvement.
Especially with today's current German Shepherds. Not because of size. But because they are bastardizing their hips.
That 'stance' they find so appealing really isn't the best thing for the dog. 8|

But whatever, I am getting too ranty...sorry. XD

Oh, I could - and do - go on for hours about how angry what most "purebred" dogs have become. Bassetts are a joke, as are dachshunds...neither could effectively do the jobs they were bred for. Shepherds of all sorts, Border Collies, Boxers, god. And then we can think about how awful most of today's "pit bulls" are. And then we could get into the Bulldogs, the peke, the shih tzus...the pugs and bostons and and and.

And don't even start me on designer dog breeds and poorly bred "teacup" things. Rrrrrf.

/vet student bitchfest

I'm just obsessed to the max about dogs so...

But yeah, I watched this special not too long ago on the horrible breeding many legit breeders do....it's sickening.
I love my Dachshund, of course, but she definitely doesn't look like a Doxie did way back when...

My dog is not overweight at all.
Keep in mind not EVERY Dachshund is a miniature Dachshund. There are Standard Dachshunds and Miniature Dachshunds and then a less popular size in between.

My girl is in perfect shape and is kept on a strict diet.
Thank you very much.

Well I didn't mean to offend I am just going by what my vet had said for all three of mine.

Well maybe you have a mini. I was supposed to have a mini, but she's just bigger than most minis I have met.
She is kept on a strict diet, fed no table scraps and eats a very good brand of food.
Her body is just bigger, not due to fat.

I could show you pictures, and trust me, she's not a lardo.

Well you have to agree most people think they should look like sausages. Sorry that I came off rude totally didn't mean it.

Some people just feed their dog shitty scraps every time they see the dog. It's unfortunate.
But no, my dog runs around and plays hard with a full grown St.Bernard, so she's definitely fit.

what breed?

boston terrier.

ugh. Big dogs for the win

^5

ughh...little purse poopers...I hate how they think they're big shit until the big dog walks over to them and they yelp and run away. It's almost as if they realize that the big dog's going to sit on them if they continue being so moronic.

That'd make my day...seeing some big ass dog sit on some chihuahua (as long as it's not injured or anything like that...)

Jesus christ... That was my fear on this one.... Boston fuckin' terrier's... I feel your pain there.. My little sister has one, and I can't fuckin' stand it... I like dogs, but toybreeds are not my thing, save for corgis.
The next time it does something like that, give it a good pop somewhere. ._.

The thing's got a constant HURRfaec doesn't it.

LOL. I live with two bostons, and every now and then one of them will destroy something (which is why they are not allowed in my space when I am not there to watch them). I sympathize. Those dogs are batshit insane. xD

I hate little dogs.

I hate the little dogs that come running after you and snap at the back of your leg. I get atleast 1 or 2 n my average day of delivering mail to poeple.
The worst is when the people laugh about it. Especially when they do bite and rip your pants. It happend once and i stood on the leash so the dog was squashed face down to the ground demanding compensation for new pants. That women started screaming at the that it was my own fault, all i needed to do was grab my phone and saying i could also just call the police.

Everything under 40cm height cant be called a dog tho.

There's two little dogs in my neighborhood that used to bark at/chase me when I'd come home in the mornings on my motorcycle. They never actually tried to bite and couldn't have bit through my chaps if they did, but it was still annoying. Now the owners keep 'em penned up in a yard with plenty of room to run around where they can't annoy people.

I don't dislike all small dogs, just the badly behaved ones. If I ever get to talk to a dog expert I'm gonna ask 'em what is it about dogs that the smaller they get, the bigger their ego is.

its not the dogs its the owners ;)

i just spent the last 7 fucking hours helping my roomy with his chihuahua which is in labor O.o

annoying as shit, the fucking dogs too small to pop out one of the pups, and they had to drag my ass along, interrupting three RP's all at least two hours into em, and a important convo with my mate >-( . . . . . fuck small dogs

funny, if it was a big husky or kawaii wolf, you woudn't be saying that.

yeah id be saying the same damn thing no matter if the dog was small or large, seeing as how we just got back from the vet.

shes fine, had one pup died but three healthy.

but i havent slept in the last . . .36 hour because of that dog O.o

I know this totally isn't what you want to hear... But a dog is a dog to me no matter the size.
Big dog poorly trained is just as annoying as a small dog, just happens to be more small dogs get away with it. :\

Naw there is nothing I want to hear nor dont want to hear.

Animals are animals. Little dogs yap, big dogs have big pees and poos, cats spray, birds screech. They bring all sorts of emotions out of us, be it negative or positive.

Finally someone who speaks some sense. I don't like all the little dog hate, especially since my late puppy was 21 lbs and incredibly well behaved. Like you said, any poorly trained dog, regardless of size, can be as obnoxious as hell.

seconded. it's funny how everyone's saying they want to do some kind of horrible thing to a small dog, yet most of them would throw a fit if someone mentioned smacking a husky or something if it did something wrong.

I dunno, I feel for Vantid, but all the small dog hate in the comments are just ridiculous.

I agree. For animal lovers there's sure a lot of violent thoughts up in here. I feel for Vannie being angry at the dog cuz hey, I've been there, but no one else really has an excuse other than empathy but they're going a bit far IMO

actually i own a wolf/malamute and she gets a good swat on the butt if she chases the cats or something like that.

Thirded... my late pup was 18 pounds, and supposedly one of the "obnoxious ankle biter" breeds. Wolfy never displayed any of the behaviors commonly associated with "annoying" small breeds. A dog is a dog, no matter the size. And a poorly trained dog is a poorly trained dog, no matter the size.

Any dog reflects in their demeanor the training they have received. There are some owners that deserve the punishment, not the dog.

I agree here an animal can be this way, you have to take time to train the thnigs. What I hate are lazy fucking owners, who want a pet but don't take the time to train them and then abusive them. I look at pets as a child you have to train cause if you don't they will turn out to be like my roommate dog were he rules over his owner. Now that's what I hate.

Fourthed X3
I very much dislike all this little dog hate going on in this thread.

My family has a little dachshund and she may be a diva but she knows right from wrong and is relatively well behaved. I'd be afraid to let alot of the people in this thread around her because they seem very angry towards them just for their size....

yes, THIS.

SO MUCH THIS.

I hated little dogs until Jessie slept on my feet that one night and made me all relaxed so I could rest.

<3 She liked you :)

Amen. I have a 10 lb deaf dog and a 19 lb neurotic, abused dog, but guess what? They're well behaved and well trained. Dogs are dogs.

Yeah, there's an unnecessary amount of hate in these comments directed toward little dogs. I have two, both rescues, which are not yappy and perfectly well trained. One happens to be half chihuahua and I get so much grief over it. Meanwhile, I also have a scar where my friend's shepard mix bit my arm because I had the nerve to exist...And which of us has to deal with their dog being constantly ridiculed? Me. >_<
Badly trained dogs are almost always the fault of the owner, not simply the breed.
That said, sorry Vantid...dealing with someone elses poorly trained anything is a pain in the ass. I say toss it in the owners bed, still covered in mud, but I'm guessing they wouldn't care.

redcoatcat: THIS. Most of the dogs I've ever had growing up were chihuahuas so small dogs hold a special significance to me so it ruffles my fur the wrong way to hear so many negative, violent comments towards small dogs. =/

THANK YOU. All this small dog hate is making my blood boil.

TOY BREEDS SUCK!!!!! Ive had my moments also. Various timeshave I wanted to hold it by the ribcage and SQUEEZE! God theyre so damned annoying.

"Anything that bounces when it barks, NOT a dog."

and by bark im sure he meant YAP. Ugh.

For me, dogs come in three sizes, the blender dogs (those that fit in a blender), the kick-me dogs (those you can properly punt), and then the other dogs.

Perhaps have a one-way conversation with the actual owner of said dog about getting it trained or giving it to someone willing to take the time to train the damn thing.

It's messing with your livelihood. Not something to be toyed with by an animal that's not yours.

In the meantime, may I suggest baby gates? >3 Shut the sucker in the kitchen.

It's one of those situations where it's hard to explain. I am normally in a separate building and the art never goes in. However today i went straight in to make dinner and I set my work on the desk...which is supposed to be safe from a dog.

I am also a guest here, so I am not in a place to make such requests. I will be careful from now on.

tell the owner of the dog that they owe you money for their dog destroying a commission?

The owner is one of my closest friends...and I am a guest in his house. Its crappy, but it's no one's fault.

I'm not fond of small dogs either... I just think that people are just... evill for pourpoucelly breeding dogs to such... outrageously deformed shapes, though I supose people just wanted to keep dogs but wanted it to be cheep, smaller dogs = less food and less to clean up after, and givven their size you can afford to not bother much with training it cuase the chances of those yappers actually seriously injuring somebody is not that great as say with a big dog... witch if untrained can be a serious threat not only to randome people but even to it's owner, wtich is why larger dogs are usually well trained. And still, when ever I see dogs that could get pawned by a cat... or dogs that are so deformed that it makes you think it's some sort of mutant... all I can do is shake my head thinking of the poor animal for having to live with a body like that... in truth you can only really blame the people that breed them like that... one of my bigest dislikes are wheiner dogs... dogs with relativelly long bodies but with legs so damn short that most of the times you are wondering if they are dragigng their belly on the ground when walking... that's not a dog... that's a defect in evolution... caused by humans!

Now I can understand that dogs can get so deformed "naturally" too... strays are usually crossbreeds that tend to be like that, but these are pureblood races that people are so damn proud of... THAT just makes me sick. Beying proud of something so... wrong.

If I could have a dog... I'd want a big one... I realise that would mean a lot more work in lookign after it... but at least it's a real dog... not some inbread mutant crossbreed.

Oh well... enough rambelings... sorry for your work... must have been quite anoying, hope you can salvage it! Best of wishes...

This is the first post in this thread that I can really agree with. While any dog of any size that has poor training will behave badly, it also has to do with the breed. Most toy dogs are BRED to do the obnoxous things they do
(digging/barking/snapping/etc), and sometimes you just can't train breeding out of a dog. You can take preventitive measures, but instinct will always take over.

Most dog breeds still alive today are truly the result of breeding by humans, mostly for reasons of hunting/guardianship/occasionally purely for companionship. I truly think breeding of small types like the boston terrier, the chihuahua, the pug and the shih tzu is plain and simple cruelty because of the high rates of respiratory problems and heart murmurs, all BECAUSE of their breeding (and in many cases, inbreeding). It's nice to have a cute little pedigree pal that you can carry with you everywhere, but if you don't take extra special care of it, it will have a much shorter lifespan that it's meant to. That's usually not the case with larger breeds.

You know large dogs are also very deformed, right? Pretty much any pure breed is going to have issues that it really shouldn't all because someone wanted a dog to look a certain way. Great Danes can die from torsion, as can greyhounds, because of their body shape.

The one major truth here is that small dogs get a bad reputation for being misbehaved because, as you said, a small poorly behaved dog and a large poorly behaved dog are very different things. A small dog jumping on you is 'meh' while a bigger dog can knock you right off your ass.

This is the most ignorant statement I have seen on here so far. My best friend owns two "ankle biters". One is older and very chill, the younger one has been through agility training, and is one of the most well trained dogs I know. This is opposed to the larger dogs I have seen at the dog park that knock people over, nip, ignore their owners, and are too rough with other dogs.

It is not about the size, it's about the training. If you do not train your dog, it will be obnoxious, big or small. EVERY dog needs to be trained, EVERY dog is a big responsibility. People who pick small dogs usually pick them because of the spaces they live in, or because they just plain like them. They can be just as destructive as large dogs, and I can assure you, they hurt just as much when bitten by them. It's not easier by any means.

And you do realise large dogs have a large amount of health problems as well, right? This isn't a small dog issue, it's an every dog issue. Huskies, Rottweiler, even Retrievers have quite of list of health problems they could have. (could being the key word) Big isn't better.

Also, Dachshunds were bread to go into tunnels and flush out badgers. That is why they look like they do, not to please some weird sense of aesthetics. Most funny looking dogs have been bred to look a certain way for the jobs they do for hundreds of years.

well I wasn't aware of that... I knew about why they made breeds like poodles the way they were... I honestly didn't know about the weiners... I take my words back then... they still don't look any more apealing though, at least to me.

Weiners are way more badass than everyone thinks they are.

Weiners were bred so small like that so they could run into fox and badger holes and fight the fuckers to the death.

When was the last time you killed a badger?

Miniature and toy poodles, maybe -- but then they're just bred to be smaller versions of the very large standard poodle -- and how the standard poodle looks has nothing to do with breeding for aesthetics. Yes they do huge poofy haircuts,, but that's about all that's changed about them. Poodles are actually hunting dogs, and the particular styling of the fur (minus the poofiness) that is so common among them was actually created to help them move through the water (they're mostly used for hunting fowl, and have a water resistant coat).

I actually knew all that already... saw it on animal planet. those patches of fur were meant to protect vital spots on their bodies...

that...really fucking sucks D= i'd want to punch the dog too >_<

1- Dogs aren't meant to be jumping up on the desk
2- little dogs can be cute, but they're mostly just annoying, yappy little shitheads.

big dogs ftw indeed.

AND WELL TRAINED DOGS FTW D8<

Eh, I am not a fan of the small dog hate. My dog is 13.5lbs and she's well trained.

I understand you're upset, but small dogs aren't to blame due to one dog screwing something up for you.
Plenty of my art has been destroyed by the drool of a HUGE St.Bernard, but I still love him and big dogs. *Shrug*

Not trying to get on your case here, juuuust speakin' my mind.

Blame the individual dogs, not their size, breed, gender or anything. Just the particuluar dog.

Now I will be off, as I am not trying to start anything up.

On the whole, I dislike small dogs, and not because of one instance. I just...dont like them. I would rather own a well behaved large dog than a well behaved toy dog.

But it's always a case by case thing. The king charles spaniel that is in this same household is annoying, but I ignore her. The chihuahua mix is chill, I like her. My big 80 lb mutt that I used to own ruined heap plenty of my artwork.

The animal that ruined my work has ticked me off several times before.

Oh trust me, there are small dogs that piss me off all the time. But there are big ones too. Like the ones who go out of their way to harass my small dog for no reason.

I'd take any dog so long as it's got a good personality. Even certain breeds I am not crazy about. Like Schnauzers and Chihuahuas.

I was always a big dog person. Always, but where I live, I can't have a big dog. It's too small a house and just wouldn't be fair.
We got my current dog, a Dachshund, and she's just about the sweetest thing ever. She has a few quirks sure, but what dog doesn't?

Just to be different-
My best friend has two chihuahuas. Very quiet and well mannered. Cuddle butts who are easily excited, yes, but they don't bite enough to hurt or be annoying (little play nips when you get rowdy with them), they don't bark, and you'd melt when you saw them.

Sure, there are a lot of annoying little dogs, but not all of them have a hyper, biting or nipping streak in them.

I suggest training it to stay off the desk, or if the desk is high enough, don't provide an environment where it can jump onto your work :) And if you work in a room you can keep the dog out of, might I recommend a baby gate in the doorway?

See above comment, and

It's one of those situations where it's hard to explain. I am normally in a separate building and the art never goes in. However today i went straight in to make dinner and I set my work on the desk...which is supposed to be safe from a dog.

I am also a guest here, so I am not in a place to make such requests. I will be careful from now on.

Ah. Well, things happen that aren't always avoidable I suppose. At least you'll know for next time :)

if it is any consolation i would have made the dog into art by slamming it into a wall before i even knew what i was doing. and i have had a commission meet with the same fate multiple times on the same piece. no matter where i had it and thought it was safe some dumb ass two legger or four legger would find it and fuck it up. took me two years to get it to the person due to all manner of fucked up shit. salsa damage, soda damage. muddy little feet prints. fire, more corrections that any piece of art should ever have. and i got a whole 20 bucks out of it... i spent more than that on the coloured pencils i used on it. considering my old blending technique used up black and white pencils like they were condoms in a whorehouse.

;-; That really, really sucks. oiergh. My dog bit through the cable of my wacom tablet, so I totally relate to how you feel. I found out and just locked him straight in his crate because I was too tempted to smack at him for it. It was awful ;-;.

And to think, the toy breeds are related to wolves, at least in some form of distant genetics... WE, yes, WE humans have done this to such a noble species! WE are responsible, and the bad part is... we continue to do such an injustice to nature, to continue to breed and own such abominations! The fact that we are arrogant enough to have a race of creature around just simply for us to 'look good amongst our peers' is flat despicable.
And on the subject of 'big' dogs, its sad that more isn't being done on a breeding front to isolate and eliminate weak hips and other similar problems in several large dog breeds. Its like, from the breeding end, we don't care about the quality of life past about five years old =-.-= Its frustrating. There are flaws in the genes, we CAN work them out slowly, carefully, we just refuse to. All in all, two few 'humans' <has to resist spitting the word> care enough about the quality of life of anyone but themselves, animals least of all... to be concerned with genetics, and what exactly it is that we are doing to these wonderful creatures!
Do you know that boston terriers all must be born by c-section? Their heads are too large at birth for natural birthing. Again, human tampering.... *growls*... we have gone too far, with too many breeds... and I for one believe the human race will have to answer for it someday.
My 2c... and sorry for the rant.

Its strange how you consider small dogs abominations for being simply created to 'look good around our peers' while big dog are not abominations but need to have better breeding to eliminate health issues. You obviously don't know that most small breeds of dogs were indeed breed for a purpose but said purpose has been changed with the time and the stereotype of the handbag dog was born. Take the Dachshund for example, a little dog that had been developed to go down borrows and take on Badgers or the Jack Russell which was used as a hunting dog. Even some breeds were developed for companionship....such as the Yorkshire terrier, which keep mill workers company back in the 18th and 19th centuries. Even the annoying little Chihuahua has a history dating back to maybe as far as the Aztecs.

But alot of big dogs are also breed to make us 'look good' nowadays. Take the pit bull for example, most people don't know how to own this dog, they get one to make themselves look tough and for nothing more. Or people that get a doberman and then crop its ears and tail, they are not doing it for why it was originally done (for hunting purposes) but because it 'looks good' And when 101 dalmatians came out in the 60s it gave huge attention to the breed and people bought lots of them because they looked good and not for the right reasons.


I know you want to rant but its very unfair to kick a small dog just because its small, all dogs are related to the wolf whether you like it or not, from chihuahua to great danes and irish wolfhounds. Its something we humans have created and not for the purpose of 'looking good' but for practical reasons and above all companionship.

I can see you have obvious contempt for your own species but I highly doubt our breeding of dogs is such a huge sin that one day we will pay for it.

<3

That is all.

To add a note on your post here... Chihuahuas were actually bred in Mexico as pack hunting dogs. Smaller game in that part of the country led to smaller hunting dogs, in packs to get the job done. Hence the "big dog" attitude. Hunting dogs HAVE to have that attitude or else they can't do their job. :)

Should have gave the bastard a hard shove right off the table.

Damn, and here I am just pissed at the chihuahua belonging to a woman downstairs that barks all day. Nope, your story is worse, I am atleast happy the cat is pretty good about not stepping on my drawing pads (and if she does, she doesn't go outside so no mud, but litter sometimes...ick)

Hell my cat knows better than to get on any of my furniture...and the one piece she is allowed on has a blanket for her to lay on. Don't think cats can't be taught to stay off shit too.

After an incident involving a cellphone hitting her in the head (she was ok, I checked!) she listens to us when we tell her to stop doing something. She'll still sit there and make slow attempts to go back to it unless we chase her off, but a sharp "AHAH!" makes her stop long enough to remove her from temptation.

(In fairness, it was throw something at the cat to make her stop chewing plugged in wires as neither me or my bf could get to her quick enough or .....a fried kitty)

No worries explaining yourself hun, out cat has gotten good at dodging random things like pillows, tupperware, cups, ect. ect. too.

Also I have noticed that as soon as you see your cat doing something you don't want (our cat has always pulled out her own fur obsessively) that if you look directly at them and use the same short phrase with an authoritative tone each time, loud enough to startle them out of it but not so loud it will make them run away, they will eventually get what you are trying to say.

If you watch two cats having a dispute its all about the eye contact and most of the time who can "yell" the loudest so to speak. Usually the cat with the loudest deepest growl/yowl will get heard.

I would've thrown it across the room without a second thought.

But that's just me.

Mob mentality - "Everybody hates little dogs, I have to hate little dogs to, I don't want to be different from the mob."

As a freaking amateur dog trainer in less than 30 minutes while talking to my relatives I taught their dog to not rush into the kitchen, it was a huge dog.

I don't "hate" little dogs, I simply don't have them and let them for people with patience...

I hate this situation.
Having work (anything) ruined by (something) and may hate more or less this thing...
I have had art ruined by someone who picked it with their wet hands to write a phone number on it.

I'd probably have thrown the dog against the wall or something like that. Those tiny dogs often have an inferiority complex, thus are messed-up. Agreed, there are cool one, but still... I'm glad they aren't aware of what they really look like in the mirror, so they don't have a level of conscience high enough to think "uh oh do I really feel that ridiculous"? - *pinches itself to see if it's true - realizes it's true - commits suicide out of horror*. Hopefully they aren't able to realize that...

Absolutely shocking the number of people who would have injured or killed a small animal over it doing something as innocent as walking around.
It's an ignorant animal.
It stepped on something it shouldn't have.

Re: Vantid, however..
I can definitely sympathize. :/ I've had my share of moments like that, where a new foster does something effing INFURIATING... but I don't catch it in time or have to remind myself that it's just a dumb animal that I haven't taught how to not infuriate me yet. :|

People who talk about punching dogs or throwing them across the room, whether it's in anger or a joke, disturb me because there are people who've actually thrown little dogs across the room or beat them and the dogs have died often for no real good reason. They make me wonder if any dog, big or small, should be left alone with them.

I have a little dog and she's well-behaved, doesn't jump up on anything except the couch or the coffee table - because she gets hot in the summer and the glass is always cool and she loves to snuggle on the pillows. I have more trouble handling my brother's lab because he's very clumsy and thinks he's a lap dog and likes to give people "hugs."

agreed. We have a big and a small dog. They are both pretty well behaved (but like any dog they have their little problems) and I find our little dog (a dachshund) far more easy to handle then our big dog (pit bull, boxer, lab mix) because while she can be a lap dog, he also thinks he is a lap dog and will jump and and sit with you XD Such a big couch potato that one is as he hogs the seat and leans on you all loving like but his weight makes him a bit hard to handle when he's taken you over.

Agreed. People who know me are already well aware of the fact that if someone even TRIES to raise their hand to an animal around me, limbs get broken. I'm rabidly against hitting animals, no matter HOW angry or WHAT the reason is. There are other means of getting the desired result. As the responsible parent, they should know better.

And god-forbid anyone DOES punch or fling a dog against a wall anywhere near me. Body bags will be involved, rest assured. >_>

I hope you see the irony in this post.

Given how little I feel for humans as opposed to animals ... not really. I understand the sentiment you're coming from, but I just simply don't share it. =/

1. Humans ARE animals.
2. You're claiming you would murder one living being for striking another. That's kinda stupid. Actually it's a lot stupid.

But then, I've already commented here about hyperbole. Just wondered if you had any idea what you were saying there. Since that isn't the case by your admission....

/point
/laugh

*sigh* Okay ... let's clear the air, real quick.

There are three things I would kill an asshole for doing, without reservation:

1) Harming my family

2) Harming my fiance

3) Harming an animal

Someone who would do any of these things isn't even worthy of being able to plead their case in a court of law, from where I stand, but I tend to think that a lot of laws are bullshit for a lot of personal reasons I doubt you're interested in hearing.

I'm well aware that humans are primates, members of the animal kingdom, and that doesn't do much to endear them to me, given everything they've capable of. Again, these are my opinions based on previous experiences which, again, I'm fairly sure you don't give much of a damn about hearing.

I'm not going to further hijack Vantid's journal post and neither should you. If you care enough about the issue to want to discuss/debate this like two mature adults, feel free to note me. Otherwise, I think we're done having this discussion and I'm sorry you feel that the only way to get your point across over the "anonymous interwebz" is to engage in troll-like behaviors.

Have a nice afternoon.

Sorry, kid, I can only hold adult conversations with other adults.

But don't feel too bad! You'll grow out of this adolescent "internet tough guy" phase someday, and develop the maturity to realise that criticism and trolling are not the same thing. –Or, if you're really the "big tough man" you want these furries to believe you are, you'll become a serial killer. That's cool too I guess.

In the meantime? Please. Really. Please. Do not insult our collective intelligence by pretending anyone believes you'd literally kill someone for kicking a dog.

The one whose failing to hold an adult conversation--or even make comments like an adult--is you.

And the only ones trying to be "tough guys" here are the ones saying they'd "make slippers out of" or "punt across the room" or otherwise threaten a naive little dog who doesn't understand he/she is getting in the way, doesn't realize it's ruining something. Yeah, it takes a REALLY big person to make threats like that against a being one tenth your size, huh?

And no, you're prolly right, I wouldn't outright KILL them. But you can sure as shit bet that I'd at least break a few fingers. Raising your hand against a creature that can't defend itself, nor realizes that it's done anything wrong? That's barbaric and cruel. Even an internet troll like YOU has to agree with that much.

And some facts for you, even though I doubt you'll care. I'm a 24 year old female collage student, not this pre-adolescent testosterone factory you seem inclined to think I am. I know perfectly well what cause and effect are and I also have beliefs that I vehemently stand by; anyone who would abuse the weak deserves to be punished.

Unlike these other people trying to garner favor by spewing hateful words about harming animals, I'm not trying to "prove" anything. You're inclined to believe or disbelieve whatever you want about my beliefs, my intentions, and my moral code. I don't know you, and you certainly don't know me. But DON'T make any assumptions, as I have made none against you.

And yes, I've had moments where my dog has stepped on my sketchbook. I didn't blow up. I held my breath, counted to ten, and then I put my dog on the floor and straightened up my stuff. Drawings can be fixed and or replaced, animals can't be fixed as easily or replaced.

I glared at the dog for a while and came and typed up a whiny journal. Again, I grew up with dogs, lots and lots of dogs. My dog was a special needs animal with canine epilepsy. He ruined several things I liked during and after his gran mal seizures, including art, I would never hurt an animal for doing something like step on my art.

Now, jumping up on a desk where it's not supposed to be? Swat and remove if caught in the act. If not caught, glare at dog, count to ten, whine about it.

Start over on the work.

The dog doesn't understand or know that the piece of art it stepped on was important to anyone. You don't know what's going on in the dog's head when it jumps up on the table or couch or whatever. The dog might just want to say "hello" or be near you but they jumped a little higher than they should have.

Wait, what? Where does this comment come from? I just explained that I don't hurt animals for ruining my things. If I catch an animal misbehaving, then yes there is discipline. In this situation I didn't even see the animal trample my art, I was mad and didn't do anything but LOOK at the dog and came and vented here.

I didn't say you did anything. I just said that the dog didn't know that the piece it stepped on was important to you and that there may have been other reasons for why it jumped on the table.

I had a little dog (10 lbs) but she wasn't yappy or jumpy or retarded. It's just that a lot of little dogs are terriers, which are hyper bastards. Mine was derived was a cavalier, derived from spaniels and designed to sit around on the lap of Victorian ladies, which is exactly what she did!

I don't think I would have been able to hold back throwing it across the room or something. Thats BS. fucking little dogs.

I hate them, but i'm always nice to them and I pet them, they don't deserve it :(

Sorry to hear about your art being f'd up.

And this is why I'm a cat person 8D Cats > dogs any day. Dogs have too many issues, while cats just go around not giving a damn as long as you feed them and give them some good pets. xD

Add in pet them on demand any time of the day or night and I will agree.

iawtc

cats are awesome

Don't punch the dog, punch his owner who forgot to train his dog any kind of behaviour. A dog has to learn respect but not by violence but by his owner, so if the owner does not teach the dog behaviour, teach the owner behaviour. My neighbour has a dog who barks all the time and always tries to bite people. So I went to the owner and told her if she doesn't get her dog under control, I would sue her fucking fat bitch-ass. And look, the dog now has respect of others...

I like cats. If they jump on the desk the worse you get is fluff everywhere.

You obviously haven't seen a fat ungraceful cat at work then :D

Our cat has knocked over drinks, papers and more whilst waltzing across our desks, on TOP of the excessive amount of shed fur. Oh well, what can you do.

Hehe :)

Ah, Bostons. Lovely little beasts, my neighbors have three, but God are they high strung. I love my neighbors' Bostons, they're fun to visit and play with, but I wouldn't have the patience to train that.

Honestly, it's all about the training. I had a Shi Tzu until recently, and while yappy, she wasn't an obnoxious ankle biter. But then, she was always in a house with bigger dogs and had no misconceptions about her tiny, stompable size.

Ugh... I hate toy dog breeds too. I refer to them as 'football dogs...' as in, at any moment they will be mistaken for a football and kicked. In the place that my parents live in, half the people have small white dogs. :/

pocket protectors anybody???

Now, that's where I have an advantage over most people. Small dogs hate me. Larger breeds love me, but with few exception, small dogs prefer to bark at me from quite a distance away.

let's hope the retrace is better than the original then ^^

I'm glad you didn't hit the dog, because I love dogs (I have one currently, who's 18+ years old).

To be honest, striking any pet is a major No-No in my book. Showing the self control in the face of blind rage is a good thing, but a warning...

... My advice is to keep the studio door shut if this happened at home

it isn't a dog unless it is more than 40 pounds.....


nuff said.

what if it's an overweight toy dog? o.O

stuffed?

mind you i don't really know the weight class of the "toy dog"

but wouldn't a toy dog of that weight be the jabba-the-hut of dogs?

a 40 pound chiwawa? Wow.

my corgi begs to differ :p

dumbass.

there is very little reason for language like that.

oh my lord, a lot of the comments here are downright disgusting!

i'm more than a little concerned about some FA dwellers now. thank the lord none of you will ever be around my (medium sized and well behaved) dog! jesus christ, how vile. i really hope some of you are being internet tough guys and wouldn't REALLY PUNT AN EFFING DOG.

that having been said, the only dog that ever bit me in 10 years of HS/kennel/vet tech work was a small dog. one has to have extra patience with those. and it sounds like that little monster has worn yours thin, Vannie. i'm sorry that happened to you

All of this talk of blenders, punting, throwing against walls. I just don't get these stupid comments.

just crawling up the OP's ass i'd wager.

Omg you hate something LET ME HATE IT HARDER FOR YOU!

MAYBE NOW WE CAN BE FUR-IENDS

I know, right? D: I was thinking about asking Andy to bring Arbo or Taco to FWA for an afternoon to socialize a bit, but now I don't know... apparently people would kick them and stick them into blenders for being 'yappy little shitheads', despite the fact they are extremely friendly and well-behaved.

There are moments I get similarly angry at kiwi, but I know she just doesn't know what she's doing is wrong. Like when she poops indoors when the backyard is wet. All I can do is take a deep breath and yell at something else.

It sucks to redo an image :[ I hope you got a good restart on it.

That dog never wants to poop when I ask her to, I was grateful when she pooped in my house because it meant I didn't have to take her to the doggie hospital. She hadn't pooped in like, 2 days, I was worried XD

There is an ongoing battle between my brother-in-law and myself. I say that if his dog is smaller then my cat, it's considered a rodent and my cat has every right to beat the living daylights out of the yappy little pile of fur.

Joking aside, I'm sorry the dog wrecked your artwork :( Like all animals I think how the animal acts is related to how it is trained. Sadly since Small dogs are so easily left to their own devices because they dont really seem like they need 'dog' training or attention or are thought of as 'human', They take on traits that can cause angst, frustration and anger from family and friends of their owners.

Very sorry to hear about the destroyed work, Vantid. I do have a suggestion, though: after you've traced what you need from the original and remade a new one, put the muddy destroyed one up for auction just for the hell of it. Maybe the damage and story behind it will add character to it and find an interested buyer. Make lemonade out of that muddy dog piss!

I like this idea lol. Make something positive out of the negative experience!

Ohgod. I hate Boston Terriers. With everything about me.

You should take a picture of the muddy picture and put it here. Sometime in the far, distant future, you'll be able to look at it and chuckle. c:

It makes me sad when people don't like little dogs as a generalization. :'c

I've met little dogs before that're little monsters, but I think it's all in the training. People with little dogs are less likely to go forward with all the training that they'll do for their larger dog. If a small dog snarls, begs, jumps on you, etc it's cute whereas larger dogs are taught not to do those things.




Either way, though, it sucks he decided your art should be doormat. x_x

Just the right size to throw against the wall, that tends to shut them up pretty good!

Punt it.

It's not little dogs that make me mad, it's misbehaved dogs. And then I get pissed at their owner. Even little dogs can be good dogs, they just need to be taught. Little dogs aren't my dog of choice though. Big dogs kick ass. :3

It's not the little dogs that are the problem. It's the retarded owners of little dogs who are mainly at fault here. People tend to think "Well he/she's so tiny so we can't possibly be mean to little poopsy because it will hurt his/her little itty bitty precious feelings". And thus the cycle of a tiny spoiled misbehaved shivering yappy dog commences. Little dogs HAVE to be treated JUST like big dogs, or they'll become frightened annoying little shits who don't know right and wrong. My mate has a little dog, and his family spoils the living hell out of him. I mean SPOIL, like if he bites someone, they pick him up and cuddle him and tell him it's ok and comfort him because he was "scared" rather than scolding him for his bad behavior! I've seen many great small dogs, like my grandma's toy poodle who was raised properly, and I've seen many awful little dogs who have owners that boojie boo over every damn thing the dog does.
It kind of hurts me when I see little dogs like that, because I know deep down they could have been great dogs if only the owners had more responsibility and put more time into properly training their dog. People are dumb, that's all I can really say after all this. Smaller doesn't mean easier, and people need to stop thinking that.

Wow, started up some controversy here.

My cats have knocked over stuff onto my artwork before. It's not like they know what they're doing is wrong. Animals are animals. It sucks, and I've screamed and cried. Bleh, I feel for you, I do.

I dislike toy breeds, it's not a dog if an intruder can punt it.

I have 2 long hair chihuahuas and they are well behaved and good little girls. Its not the size or the breed, its the owners who trained the dogs who are at fault. The dog doesnt know what art is and the owners seriously lack in training skills. How did the little dog get up on your desk in the first place? Floor to chair to desk? Our dogs would never do that. In any case I like little dogs and love big dogs but probably wont have any after moms 2 dogs are gone because I dont want to deal with the clean up, vet bills, responsibility in general.

Aw man woman.

I hope some of the posters here understand the huge, huge difference between 'wanted to punch' and 'would have punched/would punch/did punch'.
I don't think people get what it means to re-address anger into a harmless vent made up of text on a screen INSTEAD of unleashing anger into a physical act.
For goodness sakes.

Clearly we must abuse animals in order to get our point across!

You're right. Harmless venting =/= call to action!

Yay to people overreacting to someone else overreacting!

I tend to just call any canine under 20 pounds a fake dog. They don't look like a dog or act like a dog, and certainly don't have a dog's redeeming traits. I don't know what they are, but it's sure not man's best friend.

People on the internet sure do like to lecture. I could seem very well-informed and talk about how people tend to discipline small dogs less consistently therefore leading to them being psychotic little shits, but I somehow don't think your small dog rage had anything to do with ignorance.

Don't you know, you need to write a disclaimer for everything you say on the internet or people are going to jump all over the opportunity to be contrary!

I do feel a bit of an uncomfortable twinge inside when people talk about throwing small dogs or anything though, since people actually do. You see an awful lot of chi and chi mixes in rescues with screwed up legs that never got treated- moreso than you'd ever see with large breeds. But still, I think it really should be kind of self-evident you're an animal lover and wouldn't do that, regardless of what emotions make one say :\

If it's small enough for me to drop-kick over a fence, then it's not a dog.

Then what is it? A ball with legs?

SURE. Let's make Yappy Dog Soccer a reality.

My mutt would never have tried something like that. She know's she'd get tied to the railing out back if she tried. lol. JK. naw my dog is a 53 pounder and gets a stern no and locked in the kennel for 5 min when she does something wrong. a swat on the butt is reserved for when she pees in the house. but i would have field goaled that little football if it woulda walked on my art, i hate little dogs. that's why i have my wolf pup. 7 months and 53 pounds and all trouble. lol.

I would have picked it up and thrown it at a wall, I hate small dogs with a passion.

i hope to god you don't own any animals, you sick fucker

I do and I love them. I just don't own any small dogs, though I am nice to the things, I don't see them as something that should have been breed.

Sorry for sounding so horrible D: I'm not the biggest fan of toy breeds.

*coughs* I lived with someone for a VERY very short period of time who did just this.. dog got in the way, tossed on the floor/wall/bed it went. Same for cat. Won't name names but you know if them, half the internet knows of them, and photos of said dog's front legs that I took are floating around the internet.
Yeh, it's actually shocking to see it firsthand IRL. Like, "woah shit did that just happen??"

i've had so many run-ins with art and animals, i know exactly how you feel. my rabbit has chewed on sketchbooks, shredded up loose papers, and even broke a finished mask.

good luck restarting!

Dogs are never at fault, it is always the owners. They do not think like us nor do they think about what they're going to do, they just react. Dogs live in the NOW, not the future or the past. When a dog misbehaves, it's always the owners' fault. No dog has "evil" intentions. A lot misbevaing can be due to lack of exercise and/or lack of training on the owners part. Dog's dogs don't come programed to act like how we want them to, us humans are strange creatures as we are the only species that are unbalanced. Small dogs are not at fault, owners are just to damn lazy to train them right because they think their size is "cute" or they might "harm them"....

{quote]Great Danes can die from torsion, as can greyhounds, because of their body shape.[/quote]
Actually it's not really the whole body shape, it is because they have a deep narrow chest. Any dog that has a deep chest can get bloat, ie great danes, standard poodles, german shepherds, rotties, irish wolfhounds, etc.

And on the subject of 'big' dogs, its sad that more isn't being done on a breeding front to isolate and eliminate weak hips and other similar problems in several large dog breeds. Its like, from the breeding end, we don't care about the quality of life past about five years old =-.-= Its frustrating. There are flaws in the genes, we CAN work them out slowly, carefully, we just refuse to. All in all, two few 'humans' <has to resist spitting the word> care enough about the quality of life of anyone but themselves, animals least of all... to be concerned with genetics, and what exactly it is that we are doing to these wonderful creatures!
There are MANY breeders who are working, to strive for a better generation from the first. Bad hips is genetic but there are many breeders working to get this out of many breeds. The only "breeders" you are apparently focusing on are the backyard breeders, puppy mills, etc, you are not looking at the thousands of reputable breeders out there that test for health problems, get titles in many sports, and look at many pedigrees/dogs to decide which dog/bitch is right for their dog/bitch for years sometimes before even breeding. It's not easy to become a breeder who breeds to better the breed but with time, and effort each line they produce can become better then the previous one. It takes true dedication.

1- Dogs aren't meant to be jumping up on the desk
2- little dogs can be cute, but they're mostly just annoying, yappy little shitheads.
1. Then train the dog not to jump on the desk
2. Then train the dog, dogs are born calm/submissive but the problems you see today are caused by PEOPLE, it's never a dogs fault.

[quote]I tend to just call any canine under 20 pounds a fake dog. They don't look like a dog or act like a dog, and certainly don't have a dog's redeeming traits. I don't know what they are, but it's sure not man's best friend.
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Then I call all furries fake people with mental issues..... Get my point?
Small dogs ARE dogs, they are just smaller. Sure not every small breed has a purpose but a lot of toy dogs did have a purpose at one time. Terriers were bred to either hunt, dig into underground passageways after animals, or to fight. Many people today can't handle the terriers tenacity, the stubborness they have so they don't bother to train them, they should get another breed or learn to train their dog.

Most "pet" owners are dumb... They have no clue how a dog thinks or to even train a simple command. Dogs need exercise EVERYDAY. Not to the car or down the block, they need good exercise, yes even small breeds need exercise. If people would just exercise their dogs, give them rules, and train them, we wouldn't have any misbehaving dogs. IT'S ALWAYS THE OWNERS FAULT.

I'm with you on this one sweety. I've never felt the need to punch a big dog, even the chow that bit me for no reason. But I have also on many occasions wanted to do that to a little dog. You have every right to be angry and I'd bitch just as much about/at the owner of that little shit for training it so horribly. I hope you redoing your piece makes it come out better than the original! :)

I hate toy breeds too. They're not dogs to me. Just little shits who happen to occasionally look cute. In pictures.
And ya can't romp and wrestle with them like a Lab or other bigger breed.

So much small dog hate. :( They do not deserve the bad rap.

I agree. I'm appalled at the amount of "I'd throw it at a wall" comments.

I thought you people were supposed to like animals!

That only applies to the larger ["tougher looking"] animals like wolves, foxes, big cats.

Oh shit. I just dont know what to say. I would want to talk to the owner too, but if your indebted to them its hard to. I would really want to show them what happened though. Except that I hope you can redo the art and put the incident behind you quickly.

Dogs that are small enough to jump onto desks and walk all over art aren't true dogs. You'd never see a bigger breed do that - most they could do is get YOU all muddy while you're trying to do art XD

Just because you've never seen them do it, doesn't mean they don't do it.

A dog is a dog no matter what it looks like. Not every canine is going to look like a lab or retriever or shepherd or wolf-dog of some kind. And not everyone wants a big dog in the house. Some people might just want small to medium-sized dogs like pugs or Bichons or cocker spaniels or Jack Russels or beagles.

Oh, I know. But I still don't consider anything smaller than a toaster a dog. |D

Does that also mean you don't consider the Fennec Fox to be a fox too because it's small?

No.

Look, I KNOW a dog is a dog is a dog. That's what you're trying to get at. But in my OPINION, I don't consider them dogs. Get it? It makes sense to me, okay. :C

The worst ones are the ones that KNOW what they're doing is wrong.
We have this bugg that uses the kitchen floor as a bathroom instead of the paper. You come along while shes near it and she takes off so she doesn't get in trouble. WTF!!!

Dogs don't do things "for vengeance" and generally don't do things they know they'll get in trouble for. She thinks you don't like her pottying at all, most likely. You should be re-housetraining her.

I disagree that a dog doesn't do things for vengeance. I now when an otherwise well behaved dog, like mine was, is made angry they will do something like piss on the bed while staring right at you. A friend's dog pooped on the bed of someone she didn't like, the only person who ever yelled, really yelled! at her.

That's "I'm unhappy and this is how I'm showing you," not "I hate you." It's a small difference, but it's there.

Well, actually, wait. Rephrasing is needed, there.

What it is: "I'm unhappy and this is how I am showing you because it's the only way I know to express that."
What it isn't: "I'm doing this to hurt/anger you because of what you did to me earlier."

Sorry, should've been more precise.

LOL I know who that was, and he deserved that shit bed.

We have a pug at home that was abandoned. After we brought her home, she started peeing on my moms clothes, the bed, whatever smelled like her. She would actually pull her things out of the laundry hamper so she could pee on them. I will never own a pug. Not ever.

I fucking hate little dogs >:(

Like one in a hundred might be cute and friendly because it was raised nice, but most are owned by old people who just train them to have the same world hating cynical view about everything that the owner does... Well, that may be a generalization.

In this case, its just one of those "fffff no respect" moments c..c

Damn that sucks. Good thing you have means of salvaging it. This sort of thing reinforces the case for small reptiles as pets IMO. -_- The closest my snakes have ever come to being destructive is pooping on a shirt due to my own bad timing.

For those going "ZOMG small dog hate makes baby Jesus cry":
I very intensely dislike small dogs. Most of us who do have a variety of reasons, not just arbitrary dickishness; and saying "Goddamn I hate little yapdogs" does not make someone a puppy-mangling monster. Those saying they'd have thrown the dog against the wall are in all likelihood no more serious than the people saying they'd literally murder someone for hitting a dog. It's called hyperbole. It's not an uncommon element in our language.

Tell you what. I'll respect the fact that you like small dogs if you respect the fact that I don't. Simple, yes?

Finally someone makes sense. *eyetwitch*