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I thought this was cool, from the link:

A famous Austrian experiment has shown dogs can pick up on the thoughts and intentions of their owners from many miles away and don’t just rely on physical clues to interpret what their owners want.

In the study, conducted by Dr Rupert Sheldrake, a dog and its owner were filmed simultaneously in separate environments.

Dog could sense its owner
The female owner went out for the day while the dog remained at home. The owner was instructed to return home at a time chosen by the researcher and to do so in a taxi so as not to provide any familiar car sounds.

Just 11 seconds after she was told to go home, the dog moved to the window, where it could look out and await her arrival.

It remained there the entire 15 minutes it took the woman to travel home, proving, says Dr Sheldrake, that thoughts and intentions can be transmitted to dogs.

We all know people who grossly overestimate what their pets are capable of thinking and feeling, but there’s no doubt little animules do some spooky shit.

As soon as I saw your post photo, the first thing that popped into my li’l haid was “suicide dogs”. I read about ’em several years ago somewhere – Sunday newspaper supplement, I think.

Weird shit, fo’ sho’.

And the Mama Dog said, “…and if your friends were to jump off of a bridge…”

BTW, Suicide Dogs is the name of my next (i.e., first) punk polka band.

Very cool looking bridge.

Just like in-tune mothers to their children, I believe there is that same kind of energy between folks and their beasts. You either pick up on very subtle behavior changes or you ‘sense’ things.

i.e…when the kidlets were babies/toddlers, it never failed, the nights I was most restless and could not sleep as if something was not right, they woke up at 2am to puke.

why the same spot every time?

Because it’s the lowest spot they could find when they see the little mink bastages pop out of their hidey holes.

You can’t see anything from dog height, even at the low spots. And there are other low spots. <shrug>

Oh! I went back to the pound today for the first time in a few days (if there was something bad going around, I didn’t want to spread it on my hands. And there’s no point going if you can’t skritch anybody).

ALL but one of my buds got adopted. The older guys, I mean. And no, they didn’t die and the shelter is lying to me. I asked. And a couple were still there with notes pinned to their cages.

Anyhow, while I was there, a family group of about eight kids all aged around 9 to 12 (their varied ethnicity makes it certain they were strung together via adoption) came in to adopt a cat. And they picked — psycho kitten!

If I were playing pick-a-disaster, I would put Beelzebub the Vicious in a household full of grabby, screamy kids.

I give him a week.

Dr. Rupert Sheldrake sounds like a creation of the twisted, perverted, genius mind of Stanley Kubrick. If they ever make a movie of that Austrian dog experiment (and the way Hollywood is going, there’s no reason to think that they wouldn’t), they should get old, cobbled-together footage of Peter Sellers to ‘play’ the part of him.

I’m supposed to pronounce ‘dour’ like ‘poor’ rather than ‘hour’? Holy shit, I’ve been doing it wrong. No wonder I’m a social outcast.

Jesus fuck, this is depressing. Those poor little woofers.

I refuse to pronounce dour like door. Especially since – so far as I can recall – I have never once used the word in spoken conversation.

Badger, Gibby – How do you pronounce jaguar?

A lady friend of mine told me once that she thought my trailhorse had a death wish. I’m not sure I believe that but I can’t help but think about it when we’re out in the steep bits.

Who the heck knows about the dogs. Maybe they are more aware then previously credited.

Oh! Psycho-kitten. Well, he’ll be well-fed with young’uns before the adopters get rid of him.

It’s gonna be a blood bath.

Jâ-gyoo-â as opposed to jâ-gwar. I know Americans pronounce it as the latter, but I’ve never heard of anyone over here pronouncing it like that.

Hey Swease…would carrying a little bottle of hand sanitizer help with your trips to the pound? Sanitize between cages?

Gibby – I knew it! Three syllables!

Ode to a Suicide Dog
-(With apologies to Richard and Linda Thompson)

She was there one minute and then she was gone the next –
Lying in a pool of herself with a twisted neck.

Did she jump or was she pushed?
Did she jump or was she pushed?
Did she jump or was she pushed?

Weas, are you sure it’s the mustelid factor and not the “God, I’m such a damned ugly dog” factor?

http://www.sonoma-marinfair.org/uglydogvote08.shtml

The dour/pour thing. I’m guessing, but if Gibby has a Yorkshire accent, that would explain why we pronounce it differently. It’s a North/South thing. I’m sure y’all understand 😉

Sheldrake is all too real and a very controversial figure. He’s been researching into human and animal telepathy for years. He’s beloved of the Foretan Times crowd and is the sort of scientist who makes James Randi have a fit.

I think he’s onto something.

I must reconsider my visits to SWeasel, when I saw this I was compelled to go into the kitchen and jump face first from the table into a hot burner on the stove….
The dog made me do it, the med bill will be in your mailbox soon…

Okay, Buffoon. I’ll pay your vet bill. But while you’re in there, we’re having you snipped.

Snipped…and wormed! That’ll teach ‘im.

I give him a week

O RLY? They don’t know who they’re fucking with.

The doggies are simply being thoughtful and sparing their loving families the horrendous vet bills that typically come with a terminal disease.

That thought ought’a cheer ya up.

WOOT! The booze is back in Baghdad!

http://www.newsweek.com/id/142639?GT1=43002

Suck on that Seth.

WTF? Help, I’ve fallen into akismet and can’t get out.

Personally, I’ve always seen dour used to describe Scottish stuff, and have always therefore pronounced it poor, but with the brogue. Besides, usually a person is dour because he’s too poor…

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Hi, Stoaty: I found this looking for more L. Wain pixes & thought you might like it. I hope my sister doesn’t see your angel-dog … looks too much like her JRT (who has been ailing of late, but does not appear suicidal). His name is Nelson Eddy R*, and he’s my favorite dog.

Whoa, that’s quite the art dump, Felix. Why that turned up on a search for Wain, I could not say…

Weasie, update your email address. I tried to send you some schroedinger pics, and the email bounced.

You got a bounce from stoaty@sweasel.com? You sure? Damn! That probably means my mail server is screwed up again. I’ll check it when I get home.

Want kitten pics!

well, hurry. He won’t be a kitten for long. He’s Groowwwiiinnngggg like a weed……..