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We had a Cocker when I was a kid, all I remember is that when it crapped on the carpet, it looked like liquid melted Rolo candy.

My mom had a pet shop and dog grooming business back years ago. She said chows and cockers were two of the worst to bite when she was grooming them.

Dachshunds are known as biters as well. Groomers and veterinarians routinely have to muzzle them.

About half the cockers Ive been around were cross eyed, inbred little devils. If I had to take one, it’d be to the dump.
Someone asked about chows, same as cockers. Though a childhood buddy had a big black chow that was a great dog. It was an outlier for sure.

People are stupid. They think dogs are just little babies in fur suits. I keep an eye on my kids around our own dogs and they’ve never shown aggression towards them or other people.

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By most scales we are in the sticks, but it's a small town with maybe close to 5000 people. About 2000 out in the rest of the county. Pine/fir forest to the north, and sagebrush desert to the south. Three grocery stores, a big hardware store, about 4 gas stations, a McDonalds, Dairy Queen, a Ford dealer, and several smaller specialty shops and stores. Also, a grade/middle school and a high school, and good little hospital. About 5 churches. No railroad or commercial flights in/out. Agriculturally cattle and alfalfa are king, too high for row crops or grain. About 70% of the 10,000+ square mile county is public land either BLM or USFS. Government (Federal, State, City, or County) is probably the major employer. Elevation's about 4000+ ft, so we have some cold winters. Annual precip in the basin is about 12" and mostly snow. Summers and falls are quite dry. If one wants Walmarts, Lowes, Wincos, Taco Bells, Burger King, Payless etc, yes, it's about 130 miles one way to either Ontario (east) or Bend (West). Five hours to Portland, Or and three hours to Boise, Id. Nearest commercial airports 3 hrs either east or west.

Seems about 35% of those that transfer in will make a career of it. Wives, used to malls, theaters, high end shopping, and fine dinning are usually the push to vacate.

Grew up back east in Tenn, Va, and WVa, and I like it here.

Housing is tough to find here now. Very little building going on, but lots of metropolis folks coming to escape city eveils.

That’s been an old story about dobermans as well. Not sure I put much stock in it.

Most references I see on Chows suggest they are a 1-person deal.

Haha! I used to hear "He (Or she) doesn't bite" from customers all the time. My standard response was "No... it doesn't bite you!" It would amaze a lot of people the dogs that are docile to down right sweet to ya when the owner is present that would try to tear you up if the owner was not home and you showed up to make a delivery.

I hope that my sarcasm got through.

A great line that around here is mostly heard during brandings. A bawling stretched out calf brings an angry mother cow in to about 4 ft and the classic line is repeated about 10 times a day. "I know that cow. She won't hurt you."

They some chicken killing machines.

Ducks too

Yes it did. It just made me laugh remembering that some people can not believe that their dog would ever hurt anybody.

I'd gotten bit by our Cocker a couple of times though it was my fault. One day our daughter was sitting in the middle of the kitchen floor twirling a tupperware container with her finger while swinging her head making her hair flip all over the place. Scruffy was standing at her side staring at her like he was in a trance when all of a sudden he lurched at her, bit her on her cheek. Scruffy was broadside to me about a step away. My right foot caught him under his chest full force, he flew about ten feed and smacked into a door. He never bit anyone after that. Dumb dog would chase after birds in the back yard. Birds would fly just above him until they were close to the fence where they'd fly up to clear the fence, dumbass dog would smack a fence pole knocking himself out. Wife thought he'd killed himself a few times...

How did it taste 👅!!!

Like the owner!! 😁😁

Say how did Meeeeeeeechgan do in the big 10 tourney??

Just like Sparty eh!

I'm averse to dogs in general. Cleaning up dogschit is not my bag.

Ducks kill chickens?

That's just one of the added benefits of others sharing their dogs with you.

Oh ? Thought this a special thread for Old Toot and Jimmy “Loves him a niqqer” Jr. !

Yup.

My buddy had one as an indoor pet for well over a year.
It wasn't bad enough that it mauled me out of the blue.
It seemed fine for that whole time it knew me. Sitting in the living room munching popcorn in front of the tv.
Next week it chewed up his girlfriend's friends face.

I heard that he gave it to a farmer.