>> ^A10anis:

kids that age should not be allowed near dogs. They pull, poke, prod etc. Then the parents wonder why the dog snaps...


Or the dog could just get up and walk away if it was bothered, which it clearly wasn't.

>> ^messenger:

The researcher says about sheep: "They have a reputation for being extremely dim and their flock behaviour backs that up as they are very silly animals when in a group – if there is a hole they will fall into it, if there is something to knock over, then they will knock it over."
Amen sistah! Testify!
I wouldn't ordinarily take an animal analogy to such lengths, but you brought it up twice as if it means something.
@ChaosEngine too>> ^shinyblurry:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/s
cience-news/8335465/Sheep-are-far-smarter-than-previously-thought.html



Sheep need a good shepherd.

>> ^ChaosEngine:

"Only a mile away from the shepherd and his flock was a goatherd and his herd. The merest accident of microgeography had meant that the first man to hear the voice of Om, and who gave Om his view of humans, was a shepherd and not a goatherd. They have quite different ways of looking at the world, and the whole of history might have been different.
For sheep are stupid, and have to be driven. But goats are intelligent, and need to be led."
-- Terry Pratchett
For once, shiny, we are in total agreement.
>> ^shinyblurry:
His sheep hear His voice.


http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/science-news/8335465/Sheep-are-far-smarter-than-previously-thought.html

"Only a mile away from the shepherd and his flock was a goatherd and his herd. The merest accident of microgeography had meant that the first man to hear the voice of Om, and who gave Om his view of humans, was a shepherd and not a goatherd. They have quite different ways of looking at the world, and the whole of history might have been different.

For sheep are stupid, and have to be driven. But goats are intelligent, and need to be led."
-- Terry Pratchett

For once, shiny, we are in total agreement.
>> ^shinyblurry:

His sheep hear His voice.

>> ^Fletch:

Still waiting for a similar cat video.


Cats are to self obsessed and deficient in many many MANY ways compared to a dog.. so dont hold your breath.

Cats are good for snake and greasel food though.

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i own a pit/shepherd mix, who, at 6 years old is, believe it or not, a bigger baby than this girl =P

and im currently living in my sisters spare bedroom. she has two daughters. my nieces are all the kids i want right now. fun with playtime, then when they start acting up i just let "mom" take care of em =)

>> ^mxxcon:

>> ^smooman:
this is simultaneously why i want kids and why i dont want kids. hilarious
You know you could always rent one for a few days...
Or get a dog.

Shiloh Shepherd? Well now I know what name to use on my next Mass Effect playthrough.

after watching this, the main thing that strikes my mind is what if buehler had just been some ordinary joe shmoe and not a west pt grad/army vet/stanford mba...

would he be in more serious trouble? would this have still made the news? if so, to the same degree? and what does that say about our media?

he'll have all charges dropped, i'm sure, if the police dashcam doesn't show him intentionally spitting on the officer... but i doubt he'll have any tortious legal claim

aside from all of that... this whole snafu just highlights for me again how aggressive us police officers can be -- i've spent close to two decades as an american living in asia, thirteen of those years in taiwan... the difference between the police at home and those here is night and day...

patrol cars here actually drive around, very slowly, with their police lights lit at all times - this struck me as odd initially, but i came to realize that it acts as a deterrent to lawlessness - there're also no speed traps, and if you're stopped by the police, they're always very courteous... almost apologetic

there are a few downsides to this though... they're slow to respond to calls for help, and practically do backflips in order avoid any sort of paperwork on their part

i often wonder about what the cause of such differences (i.e. aggressiveness / discourtesy) between the two might be -- part of it is certainly the fact that everyday americans have ready access to firearms, whereas the only armed taiwanese are gangsters -- another aspect i suspect is the level of officer empowerment by the local government (e.g. us officers are given an enormous amount of power to be used and/or abused, while taiwanese police for the most part act as society's shepherds in uniform)

how to reconcile these differences, and perhaps reach a happy medium?

What Jesus said is clear..Hell is a place of eternal punishment created for the devil and his angels, and anyone who wishes to follow in their ways. It is not an invention of the church, it is in scripture, clear as day.

@enoch

Matthew 25:31-40

“When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, he will sit on his throne in heavenly glory. All the nations will be gathered before him, and he will separate the people one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats. He will put the sheep on his right and the goats on his left.

“Then the King will say to those on his right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by my Father; take your inheritance, the kingdom prepared for you since the creation of the world. For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in, I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me.’

“Then the righteous will answer him, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you something to drink? When did we see you a stranger and invite you in, or needing clothes and clothe you? When did we see you sick or in prison and go to visit you?’

“The King will reply, ‘I tell you the truth, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of mine, you did for me.’

“Then he will say to those on his left, ‘Depart from me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels.

For I was hungry and you gave me nothing to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me nothing to drink, I was a stranger and you did not invite me in, I needed clothes and you did not clothe me, I was sick and in prison and you did not look after me.’

“They also will answer, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or needing clothes or sick or in prison, and did not help you?’

“He will reply, ‘I tell you the truth, whatever you did not do for one of the least of these, you did not do for me.’

“Then they will go away to eternal punishment, but the righteous to eternal life.”

Had a beagle do that to me. Same park, more or less the same reaction. Her name was Baggage.

Dad took her off the lead, she spotted a deer in the twilight and went after it. Deer got away, I dont think there was ever any danger of it actually being caught but that fucking dog chased it well out of sight. Eventually we could no longer hear her barks. We spent a good hour or two going around the immediate area of the park making ourself hoarse until we lost the light, gave up and informed the park rangers.

We left the park and started walking home when we spotted a woman with two dogs, a German Shepherd and a Beagle also walking away from the park. We went over to talk to her and ask her if she'd seen a Beagle just like hers. Turns out it wasn't hers (surprise). She'd taken her wolfish German Shepherd off her lead so she could keep the fucking Beagle from shooting off again. Her dog was perfectly behaved, ours tried to eat anything and everything she could get her mouth around.

Much as I love Dogs I'm so glad we found a good owner for that Beagle not too long after. We inherited her from a sick relative, and with our rather pokey city living this mischievous stomach on legs was a little too much to handle.

If you're a dog owner then much respect. Amazing Animals but the time investment is monstrous.

OK, It does not help that I had a drink after trying to get one of my evil demon German Shepherds to go potty (when she said she'd rather kill the neighbors' little yappers - whatever tiny dogs they have.. I mean teeeeeeny.. but very yappy! Thank goodness we all have fenced yards!)

But anyway, thank you all for the pqueue visits. The upvotes. The nice comments and congrats. Everybody has been nice, and a drink or not, I feel loved And thanks Lucky for your extra nice words

I sift - therefore I am. Even if that's sporadically! Right now I will sift until my fingers turn into these little stubbly things, and that would not be pretty! OK, I will sift and use hand moisturizer until it turns ugly!

I may be a city boy, but if that's what sheep really look like, I am becoming a shepherd right now.

Hands up who wants to see the german shepherd in the field rounding up the sheep? Woof woof...