Welcome to General Chat - GAW Community Area
This General Chat area started off as a place for people to talk about things that are off topic, however it has quickly evolved into a community and has become an integral part of the GAW experience for many of us.
Based on its evolving needs and plenty of user feedback, we are trying to bring some order and institute some rules. Please make sure you read these rules and participate in the spirit of this community.
Rules for General Chat
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Be respectful to each other. This is of utmost importance, and comments may be removed if deemed not respectful.
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Avoid long drawn out arguments. This should be a place to relax, not to waste your time needlessly.
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Personal anecdotes, puzzles, cute pics/clips - everything welcome
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Please do not spam at the top level. If you have a lot to post each day, try and post them all together in one top level comment
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Try keep things light. If you are bringing in deep stuff, try not to go overboard.
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Things that are clearly on-topic for this board should be posted as a separate post and not here (except if you are new and still getting the feel of this place)
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If you find people violating these rules, deport them rather than start a argument here.
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Feel free to give feedback as these rules are expected to keep evoloving
In short, imagine this thread to be a local community hall where we all gather and chat daily. Please be respectful to others in the same way
My home is ruined, just got back to Colorado to see it's still a sinking ship infested with toxic ideology. Win of the day was taking my dog to his favorite dog park growing up. Meet a very nice Hispanic lady from Mexico who translates for a living, we decide to walk a lap and she's telling me about her son in the Navy, I'm chatting about being a local by birth and my travels... improving my Spanish. I casually ask her opinion about the "migrant" problem in Denver. She tells me about her relative's 22 year struggle for citizenship and her own efforts to immigrate legally.
I asked her why she is adamantly against this "surge" and she reiterated her struggles to become American. Stated, "It's not fair my family has worked so hard to be here and they just get welcomed in". I asked her about her immigration and pointed out that she came here for a better life bringing her children with but everyone with a "free pass" are all military aged males. I damn near saw the light bulb above her head illuminate.
About this time a dog weighing 100lbs plows into her, I half catch her fall and deflect. Her chin is slightly bloody and I am looking around for the owner after making sure she's okay... She assured me she'll be okay. While walking her up the hill the uncontrolled dog returned and I stepped in front of her. Dumb dog jumps up towards me and I kicked it in the throat (steel toed Ariat FYI).
Dumb bitch shows up finally to pretend she can control her dog and glares at me like I did something wrong. I ask her right before she's about to go off on me if she's going to pay medical expenses for my new friend to go to Urgent Care.... practically did a burnout fleeing in her Subaru, so much for her COEXIST sticker on it.
Every dumb liberal witnessing cleared out of the park shortly after. Literally a dozen dogs and owners left immediately. I've never single handedly cleared out a busy dog park until today 😂. I hope my new friend is okay, at least she has a story now.
I greatly dislike people who cannot control their pets. Especially people with large dogs. They’re reprehensible. 🤬
My dog is 120lbs and I can whistle for him to come from across a crowded dog park. Doesn't jump, my tiny nieces parade around with food in hand that he won't snatch. I have a gentle giant but if your dog jumps at me I will kick it. Feel free to teach my dog boundaries as well, I'm the guy who'll thank you after you smack him for doing something wrong. I wish it were the same privilege with some people's children.
I agree with you 100%. I’m a pet sitter for a living, and all the problems that any dog has go out the door the minute the owner leaves. It’s always the owner.
There’s only one dog that I have not been able to manage as well as others, and that’s a standard poodle. But that breed is more difficult if they’re not trained from the beginning. Other than that, every other dog that I’ve ever pet sit for, I’ve been able to train to be a good listener, and to behave when the owner is not around.
I was even able to train a dog that would charge people when they would walk down a specific hall, not to do that anymore. They literally contacted my boss to tell her how happy they were. 🤷♀️
Sounds like you have a great dog and your dog has a great owner. Enjoy.
I've always had good dogs also because of the amount of time I put in. My dog is always with me. The entire back seat of my truck has his bed and toys etc. If he can't be on a jobsite I just go throw a ball for him at lunch. It's pretty difficult to aquire bad behavior when I'm constantly there to immediately correct it.
I'm sure you see it all the time, they spend hardly any time training their dog and then wonder why other people's dogs listen to them.