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July 31, 2012 7:53 AM Subscribe
I bet the downstairs neighbor loves this trick...
Hammie is now, after an awakening, a French Lion.
posted by JohnnyGunn at 7:56 AM on July 31, 2012 [3 favorites]
Hammie is now, after an awakening, a French Lion.
posted by JohnnyGunn at 7:56 AM on July 31, 2012 [3 favorites]
The youtube video is captioned, "A medley of Hammie doing her favorite indoor activity"
Those are some rather prominent testicles on Ms. Hammie.
posted by zarq at 7:58 AM on July 31, 2012 [1 favorite]
Those are some rather prominent testicles on Ms. Hammie.
posted by zarq at 7:58 AM on July 31, 2012 [1 favorite]
Jealous much?
posted by shakespeherian at 8:00 AM on July 31, 2012 [2 favorites]
posted by shakespeherian at 8:00 AM on July 31, 2012 [2 favorites]
LEETLE GALLOPING FEETS
posted by elizardbits at 8:01 AM on July 31, 2012 [7 favorites]
posted by elizardbits at 8:01 AM on July 31, 2012 [7 favorites]
I'm no veterinarian, but I don't think those are balls, zarq. Dog balls have a lot more swing.
posted by griphus at 8:02 AM on July 31, 2012
posted by griphus at 8:02 AM on July 31, 2012
Dude could use a vacuum.
posted by brand-gnu at 8:03 AM on July 31, 2012 [3 favorites]
posted by brand-gnu at 8:03 AM on July 31, 2012 [3 favorites]
That is definitely a girl dog.
posted by elizardbits at 8:04 AM on July 31, 2012
posted by elizardbits at 8:04 AM on July 31, 2012
griphus: "I'm no veterinarian, but I don't think those are balls, zarq. Dog balls have a lot more swing."
elizardbits: "That is definitely a girl dog."
Really? But then what am I looking... nevermind.
Have never owned a male dog, so I'm gonna take your word(s) for it and not go all "DOGGY BITS CSI!" on the vid. Suffice it to say I would have apparently failed canine bio 101.
posted by zarq at 8:06 AM on July 31, 2012
elizardbits: "That is definitely a girl dog."
Really? But then what am I looking... nevermind.
Have never owned a male dog, so I'm gonna take your word(s) for it and not go all "DOGGY BITS CSI!" on the vid. Suffice it to say I would have apparently failed canine bio 101.
posted by zarq at 8:06 AM on July 31, 2012
zarq it is time to admit you have a problem. We're all your friends here. Go ahead.
posted by shakespeherian at 8:08 AM on July 31, 2012 [2 favorites]
posted by shakespeherian at 8:08 AM on July 31, 2012 [2 favorites]
Dog balls have a lot more swing.
There's no ding-a-ling if they ain't got that swing.
posted by uncleozzy at 8:10 AM on July 31, 2012 [2 favorites]
There's no ding-a-ling if they ain't got that swing.
posted by uncleozzy at 8:10 AM on July 31, 2012 [2 favorites]
Pffft. A cat would have caught the red dot.
posted by Tomorrowful at 8:12 AM on July 31, 2012 [5 favorites]
posted by Tomorrowful at 8:12 AM on July 31, 2012 [5 favorites]
Oh god, save the speaker!
posted by humboldt32 at 8:26 AM on July 31, 2012
posted by humboldt32 at 8:26 AM on July 31, 2012
That dog sure runs at some tilt. I had a vision of it braining itself on the table edge.
posted by Jehan at 8:31 AM on July 31, 2012
posted by Jehan at 8:31 AM on July 31, 2012
Dog balls have a lot more swing.
The More You Know ☆彡
posted by Think_Long at 8:38 AM on July 31, 2012 [10 favorites]
The More You Know ☆彡
posted by Think_Long at 8:38 AM on July 31, 2012 [10 favorites]
I like the dual turntable setup, but am wondering whether he has to contend with scary static zaps, what with chasing his dog around a carpeted floor wearing socks.
Go dog go!
posted by obscurator at 8:38 AM on July 31, 2012
Go dog go!
posted by obscurator at 8:38 AM on July 31, 2012
Adorable, and yes that is a girl dog.
posted by MrBobaFett at 9:43 AM on July 31, 2012
posted by MrBobaFett at 9:43 AM on July 31, 2012
I'm not sure what it says about me that my thought process during the video was: "Aw, Hammie, snuffle, chasin' the las................................DUDE YOU NEED TO DECOUPLE THOSE SPEAKERS DUDE C'MON! So cute, snort.............NO REALLY, ISOLATE THOSE SPEAKERS RIGHT NOW YOU'LL THANK ME LATER."
posted by FelliniBlank at 9:50 AM on July 31, 2012 [1 favorite]
posted by FelliniBlank at 9:50 AM on July 31, 2012 [1 favorite]
That dog sure runs at some tilt. I had a vision of it braining itself on the table edge.
Luckily french bulldogs are 25% skull bone by volume.
posted by 2bucksplus at 10:04 AM on July 31, 2012
Luckily french bulldogs are 25% skull bone by volume.
posted by 2bucksplus at 10:04 AM on July 31, 2012
nowhere near as cute
hi you're wrong
ok bie
posted by elizardbits at 10:13 AM on July 31, 2012 [2 favorites]
hi you're wrong
ok bie
posted by elizardbits at 10:13 AM on July 31, 2012 [2 favorites]
Also, French Bulldogs? Man, they're so.... French. You want an English bulldog. You want a bulldog that looks like an ugly old barrel-chested streetfighter run to seed, and who sounds like an asthmatic breathing chlorine, but who'd still happily tear your throat out if he could reach.
posted by Decani at 10:14 AM on July 31, 2012 [2 favorites]
posted by Decani at 10:14 AM on July 31, 2012 [2 favorites]
Isn't laser pointer teasing really bad for dogs' psyche if you don't end up giving them a reward every so often?
/spoilsport
posted by porpoise at 10:27 AM on July 31, 2012
/spoilsport
posted by porpoise at 10:27 AM on July 31, 2012
Had a westie that loved to chase the laser pointer... I found this out when I was playing with the cats one day. The big difference was that the cats were smart enough / apathetic enough to not care once I stopped... The westie would search the house for HOURS for the red dot... Nose down to the ground, sniffing everywhere, DETERMINED to find it.
I felt really guilty when it went on like hour 4 or so.
posted by MysticMCJ at 10:43 AM on July 31, 2012 [2 favorites]
I felt really guilty when it went on like hour 4 or so.
posted by MysticMCJ at 10:43 AM on July 31, 2012 [2 favorites]
Hmm, that's suspiciously like my dog. The one that weighs 80 pounds and still goes after the laser pointer with gusto. The cats, unfortunately, don't enjoy the laser pointer as much now that we have this "new" dog...
posted by wierdo at 11:51 AM on July 31, 2012
posted by wierdo at 11:51 AM on July 31, 2012
I so wanted to get a laser pointed for our Frenchie, but my partner thought it would be a complete waste of money. Wait till I show him this!
So: like a cat but noisier and nowhere near as cute.
PISTOLS AT DAWN.
posted by peripathetic at 11:51 AM on July 31, 2012
So: like a cat but noisier and nowhere near as cute.
PISTOLS AT DAWN.
posted by peripathetic at 11:51 AM on July 31, 2012
DUDE YOU NEED TO DECOUPLE THOSE SPEAKERS DUDE
They're sitting on carpet, there's already a layer of foam between them and the subfloor...
posted by flaterik at 1:08 PM on July 31, 2012
They're sitting on carpet, there's already a layer of foam between them and the subfloor...
posted by flaterik at 1:08 PM on July 31, 2012
My pug would keep searching for the red dot for easily 15 or 20 minutes afterward. One thing that worked was to let them watch while red dot slowly went up the wall up to the ceiling. At that point, she kinda figured it was out of reach when it disappeared, so she wouldn't continue searching for it.
posted by chimaera at 1:49 PM on July 31, 2012
posted by chimaera at 1:49 PM on July 31, 2012
My parent's Brittany was MAD for the laser pointer. We first tried it when she was a puppy, quickly realizing that she became obsessive. She wouldn't search for it-- she would just stare. If she knew that you had a laser pointer, she would follow you around as if you were filled with über-treats. She would go on point if she thought you were about to get it out... and just shake. It wasn't long before her obsession translated to flashlights, reflections off mirrors or glass... absolutely anything that emitted or reflected light, and might possibly move. Same for anything that looked vaguely like a laser pointer-- batteries were the big one. Pens if we held them like laser pointers.
We couldn't decide whether she enjoyed chasing the pointer or if it caused her more anxiety than enjoyment. We settled on anxiety.
Poor thing is 14 now, and still just as obsessed, despite my family's efforts to keep reflections and flashlights out of sight. She chewed on very few things that she wasn't supposed to, but to this day I still chuckle to myself when I pull out the flashlight out of my car glovebox and it's covered in teeth-marks.
posted by supercres at 3:55 PM on July 31, 2012 [1 favorite]
We couldn't decide whether she enjoyed chasing the pointer or if it caused her more anxiety than enjoyment. We settled on anxiety.
Poor thing is 14 now, and still just as obsessed, despite my family's efforts to keep reflections and flashlights out of sight. She chewed on very few things that she wasn't supposed to, but to this day I still chuckle to myself when I pull out the flashlight out of my car glovebox and it's covered in teeth-marks.
posted by supercres at 3:55 PM on July 31, 2012 [1 favorite]
I love this, which was pretty much guaranteed before I clicked on it, but I'm commenting about the apartment. Excepting the laser pointer itself, nothing in the video of that apartment would have looked out of place in 1980. It's just a side effect of their vinyl fondness and plain living, but it looks pretty neat.
posted by Countess Elena at 4:02 PM on July 31, 2012
posted by Countess Elena at 4:02 PM on July 31, 2012
Cute dog, but I'm kind of surprised to see that this made it onto the blue.
posted by gohabsgo at 5:19 PM on July 31, 2012
posted by gohabsgo at 5:19 PM on July 31, 2012
supercres - Brittany might benefit from retraining; pull out the laser pointer again, and use it to lead her to treats whereupon you turn the pointer off. Repeat intermittently.
posted by porpoise at 6:34 PM on July 31, 2012
posted by porpoise at 6:34 PM on July 31, 2012
Hah, that could be my apartment that I posted an AskMe about today. The Ikea EXPEDIT shelving line is the best record storage invention of the past 20 years.
posted by rhizome at 11:54 PM on July 31, 2012
posted by rhizome at 11:54 PM on July 31, 2012
porpoise: not only is she so elderly that we worry about her hurting herself running after the pointer, but I know for a fact that she will ignore treats (and basically anything else) when it's laser-time. Sigh. Thanks though.
posted by supercres at 5:33 AM on August 1, 2012
posted by supercres at 5:33 AM on August 1, 2012
[The speakers are] sitting on carpet, there's already a layer of foam between them and the subfloor...
Whew, that's a load off my mind. I was so distracted by Hammie that I didn't look closely and thought that was just a thin rug. Plus my own house has floor joists made of Slinkys and dogs with far more battering-ram potential than a Frenchie, so I guess I was projecting.
posted by FelliniBlank at 7:08 AM on August 1, 2012
Whew, that's a load off my mind. I was so distracted by Hammie that I didn't look closely and thought that was just a thin rug. Plus my own house has floor joists made of Slinkys and dogs with far more battering-ram potential than a Frenchie, so I guess I was projecting.
posted by FelliniBlank at 7:08 AM on August 1, 2012
The big difference was that the cats were smart enough / apathetic enough to not care once I stopped... The westie would search the house for HOURS for the red dot... Nose down to the ground, sniffing everywhere, DETERMINED to find it.
This is because canines possess gray matter in quantities sufficient to form memories.
posted by mistersquid at 9:49 PM on August 1, 2012
This is because canines possess gray matter in quantities sufficient to form memories.
posted by mistersquid at 9:49 PM on August 1, 2012
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