She's a dog, chill.
I'm ranting on behalf of my dog, Nipper. My stepdad is most definitely a control freak. If something's not going his way, he lets the world know. Even if the thing that's not going his way doesn't do it on purpose.
More specifically, he likes to yell at the top of his lungs, "NO!!!!!" at Nipper for so as sitting in a position near the table that he doesn't approve of. He'll also do this when they're on the computer succumbing to their annoying Pogo addiction (I'm always hearing buzzers and bells, even with my door closed) and Nipper is at the door or near them sitting. Then she'll growl at them trying to tell them she wants something. He'll act like she's going out of her way to annoy them. "This has got to stop," he says. As if he can do what he does with me and sit down with Nipper and have this long drawn-out conversation about why she shouldn't be defying his authority. "Go downstairs! Quiet! Stop! Knock it off! NO!!!!" he yells at her as if she understands jack shit of what he's saying. He's actually more annoying to me than Nipper is to him.
Something else he does really makes me wonder about him. He bought himself an air gun so that he could shoot at squirrels that come into our yard and ruin his precious landscaping (also known as burying nuts, a natural instinct, but how can you expect someone who thinks a dog knows what "knock it off" means and clears out trees and plants to put them back in how HE wants to know anything about nature?)
My point is, they're animals. He needs to stop acting like they're smarter than they actually are and have some conspiracy going on where they go out of their way to annoy him. A dog barks and growls by instinct because *gasp* IT CAN'T TALK. Squirrels bury nuts in your yard because *gasp* they were there first, but humans have a superiority complex and think animals don't belong anywhere that humans go. Unless they're dogs or cats. In which case, the pet is actually a family member capable of understanding English. Yes, we treat Nipper like a family member when it comes to acknowledging and loving her, but you can't escape the fact that she's just a dog.
More specifically, he likes to yell at the top of his lungs, "NO!!!!!" at Nipper for so as sitting in a position near the table that he doesn't approve of. He'll also do this when they're on the computer succumbing to their annoying Pogo addiction (I'm always hearing buzzers and bells, even with my door closed) and Nipper is at the door or near them sitting. Then she'll growl at them trying to tell them she wants something. He'll act like she's going out of her way to annoy them. "This has got to stop," he says. As if he can do what he does with me and sit down with Nipper and have this long drawn-out conversation about why she shouldn't be defying his authority. "Go downstairs! Quiet! Stop! Knock it off! NO!!!!" he yells at her as if she understands jack shit of what he's saying. He's actually more annoying to me than Nipper is to him.
Something else he does really makes me wonder about him. He bought himself an air gun so that he could shoot at squirrels that come into our yard and ruin his precious landscaping (also known as burying nuts, a natural instinct, but how can you expect someone who thinks a dog knows what "knock it off" means and clears out trees and plants to put them back in how HE wants to know anything about nature?)
My point is, they're animals. He needs to stop acting like they're smarter than they actually are and have some conspiracy going on where they go out of their way to annoy him. A dog barks and growls by instinct because *gasp* IT CAN'T TALK. Squirrels bury nuts in your yard because *gasp* they were there first, but humans have a superiority complex and think animals don't belong anywhere that humans go. Unless they're dogs or cats. In which case, the pet is actually a family member capable of understanding English. Yes, we treat Nipper like a family member when it comes to acknowledging and loving her, but you can't escape the fact that she's just a dog.
posted by Artifex at 9:42 PM
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