Jenn&Ziggy

Ziggy rarely howls! He only howls when he REALLY wants to go say hi to another dog/person, or if he's tangled around his lead in the backyard Other than that he's pretty much silent!

Signed! I hope the poor baby gets released!

Of course there are actual differences between a child and a dog. They could never be fully equivalent; I just wish people would realize that dogs have feelings too and should not be abused because 'it will forget in 30 seconds'. Yeah I probably will not go out with them again. Haha, thanks! Oh yeah, I poke Ziggy or tap him on the nose messing around and whatnot all the time. These people were hitting their dogs pretty dang hard. Enough to where they ran away with their tail in-between their legs whimpering . There were loads of other things they were doing that upset me too. One of the couples had kids and they were getting wasted (while their kids were swimming in a lake) and talking about getting rid of the kids right in front of their kids. Plus the parents had to drive the boat back and drive a car and did not seem like they were going to be waiting to sober up. They were a danger to everyone. Stupid people. That's an awesome story!! Ziggy was noticeably uneasy about swimming too; I would never just throw him into the lake. I'd rather baby them too! Ziggy is very independent, but I still do not want anything to happen to him and like to be near him at all times (especially since huskies wander!) Thank you! I'm sure there's all kinds of dog owners that have that horrible mentality. It just became prominent when every lab owner at the lake treated their dogs like crap. I agree! I had English springer spaniels growing up and they were always very very loved. Dogs should be a part of the family. Not your 'bitch' (excuse my language ) or just a dog. They deserve to be loved and well taken care of. Right?! Ziggy has been trained 100% on positive reinforcement and we ALWAYS get compliments on how well behaved he is. I'd absolutely LOVE to see them try to train a husky. I don't think they would succeed! However, I'm glad they do not have a husky because they almost definitely would not treat the poor baby well.

That's horrible!!!! I wouldn't be able to be there either. The child is going to grow up abusing their poor dog I hate how rude humans can be. I'm going to steer clear of humans and just get more dogs haha! That's so sad and rude of people! Dogs enhance our lives more than anything ever could; we should repay their never ending love with being considerate of them in our every move; and loving them of course I suppose all you can do is feel sorry for those people that will never learn the unbreakable bond and love of a dog that loves their parents.

Poor doggies That's just not fair to them at all. Dogs can relate to humans a lot more than people realize. The poor things have feelings too! Oh jeez! That's crazy! My family teases that Ziggy is spoiled, but they wouldn't stop talking to me over it!

This weekend my boyfriend and I went to the lake with one of his co-workers and took Ziggy along. All of the people we were with had labs. Well they were all smacking their dogs for the stupidest things and couldn't understand why we never smacked Ziggy. It drove me nuts! It seemed like every 5 seconds someone was smacking their dog. Some of the things that were said to me include: "All dogs need a good beating once in a while." "If your dog growls at me one more time I'm going to hold him under water." *I almost went off on the person that said this* (Ziggy was sleeping in the boat and was sick of being wet; he just wanted to take a nap and nobody would respect him and leave him alone "because he's just a dog". I made a comment to one of the men there about how I hope he never treats his child the way he treats his dog (his wife is pregnant); and both him and his wife replied "oh no, we would never treat a child like we treat our dog". *I wanted to scream! Your dog should be treated like your child...* Ziggy has never swam before so my boyfriend and I were walking Ziggy to the deeper part of the lake and helping him learn to swim and we kept getting told to just throw him in the water and make him figure it out... He did know how to swim, but he was very uneasy about it and having us there to hold him when he got freaked out helped to build his confidence. Well nobody could understand why we "babied him". *sigh* You don't just throw your child into the deep end of a pool!!! Needless to say, it was a very long 7 hours on the sand bar. I barely knew any of these people and was stuck there with them so I kept my mouth shut as long as they didn't touch Ziggy; thank god they didn't, they would have regretted it instantly! I suppose the point of this post is to ask you guys if you've noticed people who have labs displaying the "its just a dog" attitude or if I just happened to stumble into a sad excuse of human life. The poor dogs were getting smacked left and right for all sorts of things. I went home quite upset.

Hahaha woo hoo! My boyfriend hates my guts because I always insist on popping his pimples Haha normal! I do the same thing XD Haha glad you got a laugh out of it! Um... not normal as far as I know. I don't think its unheard of though! Supposedly dogs like to eat the peel? Alright... what other personal oddities can I come up with? Haha! I open up 50 tabs on my internet browser and can't decide which one to read first, so I get overwhelmed and end up not reading any of them after spending several hours opening them all. Normal or not normal?

I'd say normal! You were so set on staying awake that when you did fall asleep you were still trying to be awake somehow XD I have an obsession with popping pimples. I can't stand when they get the whitehead on them and people leave it there (I think you're supposed to leave them alone, but I just can't!). Normal or not normal?

Share some with me! I love rain and we barely get any here Haha, I want a leash umbrella; that's super cool!

Ugh.. I KNOW! I just looked at the forecast and it's going to be 97 here on Monday!!! I can't stand this heat; its miserable. Poor furbabies.

Normal! I'm the same way That or we're both weird hehe. I carry my pillow all over the house with me so I can run the edges of my pillow-case under my fingernails. Normal or not normal?

Eek! Poor duckies! I would have cried too! Little stinkers...

Aw how terribly sad!! I didn't know they could make noise either; hm.

CUTE! Ziggy does the same thing I love watching him wrestle and attack stuffed animals haha! He attacks them for 15 minutes and then cuddles them.

I'm pretty sure that Ziggy's girth is 24 inches or so and we got him a large and it fits well; it's not perfect, but I'm under the impression that no harness really fits amazingly to where it doesn't move at least a little bit.