Off Topic 2010

[l3ulvl]

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Ummm dogs need to go out more then twice a day. If you can't take him out more then twice a day, then you need to put his food down only at the times you can take him out 30 minutes after he is done eating.

I guess it depends what you do when you take him out. My roommate works all day so I watch her dog while she's out, and take him for a walk usually between 1pm-2pm. I do this so he'll completely empty out and I don't have to worry about taking him out again for the rest of the day (roommate comes home around 10 and he becomes her problem).

Funny sidebar, this old lady once stopped her car in the middle of the road to yell at me to make him go in my own yard.... I didn't know if she was serious or not and just smiled at her, then she drove away. Today that same lady stopped and yelled at my roommate while she walked the dog. She claimed she had to cut down 2 trees in front of an apartment complex because the dog peed on them.... I mean seriously, cmon lady.

My roommate was pissed (she loves confrontation) and she tore this lady up. This dog weighs 9 lbs, believe me his pee doesn't cause any trees to die. There were a few big storms here recently and I noticed the wind had ripped a couple branches down and then 2 days later they'd cut the trees down completely. This clearly had nothing to do with the dog.

And besides that, this dog is tiny, he runs out of pee before we even get near those trees, he just flips his leg up and fakes it (idunno why) but he's on empty. The trees in question have never even been peed on by him lol. Like i said earlier, my roommate is the queen of confrontation and she can't wait til this old broad starts up again...

[BurghFan]

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So my dog's been pooping inside the house lately. We have to keep him indoors because we don't really have a backyard, but he's trained well to go outside. We take him out twice a day at the same time, no change in type of food, etc

What's the deal? We're thinking of removing the food after a certain time (like leaving it out for consumption for only an hour before we take him out), but how long does it take for the guy to digest?

We're really lost on this issue.

For humans, it takes about 24 hours give or take a few for food to move through the digestive tract. I doubt letting him eat whenever he wants is the cause though as we let our chocolate lab eat whenever she wanted (she had a habit of eating in the middle of the night when she was younger) and never had any problems. There are a number of things it could be? You say you haven't changed his food, but has anything else changed in the household (a new family member, someone coming for an extended vistit, etc.)? Some dogs are are extremely sensitive to change and will get stressed out easily (My chocolate lab was a prime example of this). Also, have you or your family been giving him any new kinds of treats lately that perhaps have an ingredient that isn't in his food or other treats? Certain types of food allergies or intolerance are apparently common in dogs (My mom's Newf can't eat chicken based foods). Finally, are his stool of a normal consistency and color? He may have worms or something that are messing with his ability to hold it and it may not be a bad idea to take a stool sample to his vets.

If I had a dog, I'd name it Millsteve

Trying to suck up to the admins now are we? Looking to get your name color changed to orange? :wink:

Funny sidebar, this old lady once stopped her car in the middle of the road to yell at me to make him go in my own yard.... I didn't know if she was serious or not and just smiled at her, then she drove away. Today that same lady stopped and yelled at my roommate while she walked the dog. She claimed she had to cut down 2 trees in front of an apartment complex because the dog peed on them.... I mean seriously, cmon lady.

I hate it when people let their dogs pee in other peoples yards. The edge of the front yard at my moms old house was always half dead from people letting their dogs pee in our yard. We always trained our dogs that they were only to go in our backyard and never let them pee while on walks. In fact, I think our 1st Newf learned not to pee outside his yard a little to well as when we left him at a kennel when we went on vacation one summer, he refused to go in the common yard and kept going in his run.

[TheMatrix31]

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Yeah, we were thinking maybe the walks need to increase, but I mean, A) thats really difficult and B) how many times could we walk the guy, he's gotta learn.

The other thing we were throwing around (my Dad is convinced) is that we should only feed him once a day.

[TheMatrix31]

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For humans, it takes about 24 hours give or take a few for food to move through the digestive tract. I doubt letting him eat whenever he wants is the cause though as we let our chocolate lab eat whenever she wanted (she had a habit of eating in the middle of the night when she was younger) and never had any problems. There are a number of things it could be? You say you haven't changed his food, but has anything else changed in the household (a new family member, someone coming for an extended vistit, etc.)? Some dogs are are extremely sensitive to change and will get stressed out easily (My chocolate lab was a prime example of this). Also, have you or your family been giving him any new kinds of treats lately that perhaps have an ingredient that isn't in his food or other treats? Certain types of food allergies or intolerance are apparently common in dogs (My mom's Newf can't eat chicken based foods). Finally, are his stool of a normal consistency and color? He may have worms or something that are messing with his ability to hold it and it may not be a bad idea to take a stool sample to his vets.



Trying to suck up to the admins now are we? Looking to get your name color changed to orange? :wink:

No major changes with anything like that, treats, etc. I think my parents said its been a little softer than usual, so that's whats making me think he ate something he shouldnt have or something like that.

[Gotmadskillzson]

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Hmmm yeah I am a one of those yard owners who don't like other people dogs doing their business on my grass either LOL. Will it kill a tree no. Kill a plant, if done repeatedly during the course of one week yes. Will it kill grass ? If done in the same spot every day yes.

But being everybody in this area has a backyard an acre or more, they just walk their dog around their backyard. I don't walk my dog, I just put him on a 30 ft steel cable and let him roam in the backyard. My yard is 5 acres big. Kind of funny, my dog will only go in the back yard. If we take him to the front yard he won't even go because it doesn't smell like his area LOL.

Why I just let him outside to do his business for the night. Only takes him about 5 minutes. And being at night time out here it be pitch black outside, he doesn't care to be out there no longer to do his business.

During the day time however he likes looking around or just sun bathing on the back deck. It was pretty chilly tonight too so he didn't appreciate the cold air either LOL. One can easily tell when he is ready to go back in the house. He will walk up to the back door and scratch at it with his paw a couple times, then just stand there and turn around look at you like he is saying I am done, open up the damn door you human. LMAO

[l3ulvl]

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I hate it when people let their dogs pee in other peoples yards. The edge of the front yard at my moms old house was always half dead from people letting their dogs pee in our yard. We always trained our dogs that they were only to go in our backyard and never let them pee while on walks. In fact, I think our 1st Newf learned not to pee outside his yard a little to well as when we left him at a kennel when we went on vacation one summer, he refused to go in the common yard and kept going in his run.

I only take him that way because it's a sidewalk about a half-mile long in front of a row of apartments. I live very close to a rich section and never let him walk in front of actual houses b/c I don't want him to do his business in people's actual yards. I also make sure he goes on the road side of the sidewalk.

EDIT: Plus this little ******* refuses to do it in our yard... maybe I need to get to work on that...

[NDAlum]

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I detest the majority of online ranked gamers. I'm going to start a group here at OS labeled: S.O.S.

Strategy Over Skillz

Not a shot at you gotmadskillzson!

[Bellsprout]

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I just saw a photoshopped picture of a VERY well endowed Larry King naked.

Thanks, Earth (The Book). *gags*

Spoiler

And before you say "why were you looking there?", if you see the picture you'll see it's almost impossible to miss it.

[USF11]

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I detest the majority of online ranked gamers. I'm going to start a group here at OS labeled: S.O.S.

Strategy Over Skillz

Not a shot at you gotmadskillzson!

Back in 2003? I was ranked in the top of Madden for a few months. Online Madden was new and there wasnt that many exploits.

After that online console gaming exploded and it became a game of abusing AI mistakes.

It's just not worth it to play people you dont know. Except for being bored.

[ryan36]

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Lol, I was just making a joke. There's really no advantage being "orange" just more work. And since my laptop fell off my couch, my spacebar has seemed to stopped working very reliably. This could be a problem for my online classes. Ugh.

[NDAlum]

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Back in 2003? I was ranked in the top of Madden for a few months. Online Madden was new and there wasnt that many exploits.

After that online console gaming exploded and it became a game of abusing AI mistakes.

It's just not worth it to play people you dont know. Except for being bored.

I went to this "Madden Ballers" tournament in Chicago. I payed $50 to get in the tournament and I beat a former Madden Tournament Champion.

I played a good mix of sim & stick skills. I've told the story a couple times on these boards. I was in the tourney and they were shocked by my stick skills as I stood out in the crowd. They were throwing money around on our game saying he would come back. Well I took him down...even with him cheesing with Vick. Nope they didn't give me any of the winnings lol

Anyways...I lost to a guy who cheesed with Vick and finished 3rd. After that tournament it changed me to never play like "they" did. They is referring to the cheesefest online ranked gamers.

Any game is going to be exploited and people are going to win by all means necessary.

I just hate them coming onto the boards and jumping in threads where offline games are saying "Yea I like this feature I think it's great" and they proclaim "Son you ain't go no skillz you need to step yo game up and get on my level son. You is a loser son who can't game fo nothin"

I view them as extremely unintelligent and they seem to be growing in numbers.

[USF11]

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I went to this "Madden Ballers" tournament in Chicago. I payed $50 to get in the tournament and I beat a former Madden Tournament Champion.

I played a good mix of sim & stick skills. I've told the story a couple times on these boards. I was the lone white guy there and the guys were 100% blown away I was sticking it to this guy. They were throwing money around on our game saying he would come back. Well I took him down...even with him cheesing with Vick. Nope they didn't give me any of the winnings lol

Anyways...I lost to a guy who cheesed with Vick and finished 3rd. After that tournament it changed me to never play like "they" did. They is referring to the cheesefest online ranked gamers.

Any game is going to be exploited and people are going to win by all means necessary.

I just hate them coming onto the boards and jumping in threads where offline games are saying "Yea I like this feature I think it's great" and they proclaim "Son you ain't go no skillz you need to step yo game up and get on my level son. You is a loser son who can't game fo nothin"

I view them as extremely unintelligent and they seem to be growing in numbers.

Running the ball 20-30 times and controlling the clock still tilts the hell outta people.

[ImTellinTim]

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Hopefully the last dip of my life just got popped in. I'm gonna miss ya, Grizzly Wintergreen.

Man, I had a great weekend of doing nothing for a change. I bet I posted 300 times through all those football games.

[l3ulvl]

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Hopefully the last dip of my life just got popped in. I'm gonna miss ya, Grizzly Wintergreen.

Man, I had a great weekend of doing nothing for a change. I bet I posted 300 times through all those football games.

Good luck, man. It's never easy, I quit the green stuff in April and still holding strong... I've tried to quit beer but that never works. I tried the big dipper before and never really got into it, but I can see how it could be tough.

[NDAlum]

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Hopefully the last dip of my life just got popped in. I'm gonna miss ya, Grizzly Wintergreen.

Man, I had a great weekend of doing nothing for a change. I bet I posted 300 times through all those football games.

I managed to never even try a tobacco product all the way through college baseball.

Good luck quitting!