The cute will melt your face off
September 3, 2015 7:55 AM   Subscribe

 
HE DOESN'T UNDERSTAND THE IGUANA

Also I was walking home from work the other day and a guy was walking this stout, brindle, barrel of a bulldog mix in the heat. And they stop and he opens up his water bottle and just pours it over the dog. I passed by after the shaking stopped and barreldog looked VERY happy.
posted by griphus at 8:01 AM on September 3, 2015 [1 favorite]


OK, I opened up the video and my hands involuntarily started moving toward the screen while making fur-squishing motions. All is right with the [puppy]world. What a bunch of perfect little mooshies!
posted by divined by radio at 8:18 AM on September 3, 2015 [2 favorites]


BULLDOG PUPPIES LOOK LIKE THEY ARE WEARING THEIR OWN FUR AS PAJAMAS <3<3<3
posted by clavicle at 8:20 AM on September 3, 2015 [4 favorites]


PUDGY LITTLE PINK BELLIES

SCREAM
posted by poffin boffin at 8:22 AM on September 3, 2015


I like the one with no teef who sounds like it's trying to talk.

I mean, I like bunches of em, but that one's my favorite, except maybe the roomba one.
posted by Mister Moofoo at 8:30 AM on September 3, 2015 [1 favorite]


BULLDOG PUPPIES LOOK LIKE THEY ARE WEARING THEIR OWN FUR AS PAJAMAS

Which is why Marshall was so offended at being made to wear further clothing.
posted by sparklemotion at 8:32 AM on September 3, 2015 [5 favorites]


As a reminder, this is Metafilter, and so everything you love is terrible. To wit:

“There is little doubt that the anatomy of the English bulldog has considerable capacity to cause suffering,” Dr. Nicola Rooney and Dr. David Sargan concluded in one of the reports, “Pedigree Dog Breeding in the U.K.: A Major Welfare Concern?” “The breed is noted to have locomotion difficulties, breathing problems, an inability to mate or give birth without assistance. . . . Many would question whether the breed’s quality of life is so compromised that its breeding should be banned.
posted by leotrotsky at 8:38 AM on September 3, 2015 [8 favorites]


Yeah, there's a lady on my block who is presumably using her (english bully) dog as a stud, since he looks wildly inbred (horrifically underbitey mouth that can't close around his huge protruding tongue, constant terrible wheezing, inability to walk at anything other than a slow plod, etc) and has immense comically swinging testicles, and every time I see him gasping down the sidewalk like a tubercular octogenarian, I hiss at breeding standards everywhere.
posted by poffin boffin at 8:50 AM on September 3, 2015 [6 favorites]


I have the same conflicted feelings whenever I see English bulldogs too. I think all that really needs to happen is for the AKC to incorporate some manner of health standards into their breed standards so that healthy, long-lived, dogs=champion dogs. Then watch as most breeders scramble to pay attention to that breed's health issues. Though there are plenty of good breeders that breed dogs for shows who won't have to change a thing.

That said, it's not the dog's fault so I feel like it's totally okay to sqee over puppies and dogs of any breed. There are no bad dogs, just bad owners and breeders.
posted by VTX at 9:18 AM on September 3, 2015 [4 favorites]


My head just exploded. Thanks!
posted by Halo in reverse at 9:47 AM on September 3, 2015


Awfully cute. They have so little time before transitioning from clumsy puppyhood to adult morbidity. Fucking breeders.
posted by LarsC at 9:57 AM on September 3, 2015 [1 favorite]


That video did save the best for last -- exactly how I feel when I get back in bed after hitting snooze. Also, is that sound at 3:02 for real?
posted by klausman at 10:05 AM on September 3, 2015


That was just medicine for the heart! I didn't know bulldogs had their own sound
posted by mumimor at 11:31 AM on September 3, 2015 [1 favorite]


leotrotsky: Many would question whether the breed’s quality of life is so compromised that its breeding should be banned.”

It's not that "everything you love is bad"; it's that "not giving a damn about the quality of life of our pets is inhumane. Even if they are cute."
posted by IAmBroom at 11:33 AM on September 3, 2015


more cuteness within the folds
posted by Namlit at 11:36 AM on September 3, 2015


SCREAM

Did the screaming start as your face melted. I would like an answer before I click on the link. I don't actually like my face all that much, but getting another is always such a hassle.
posted by GenjiandProust at 11:47 AM on September 3, 2015


Mod note: Couple comments deleted; sorry, metacommentary like "this post should be deleted" doesn't go here in the thread -- it goes to the contact form or MetaTalk, plus you can flag posts.
posted by LobsterMitten (staff) at 11:58 AM on September 3, 2015


As a needed antidote to the problems that breeders are responsible for: We Put the New Star Wars BB-8 Toy in a Room Full of Puppies
posted by zombieflanders at 12:00 PM on September 3, 2015 [5 favorites]


Bulldog puppies are teh cute, English or French. But they grow up to be dumb as a post. I remember when I was a kid and we came home from Safeway. My mom emptied a paper sack and tossed it in the middle of the kitchen floor, where it landed upright and open.

And Willy and Maggie came running into the kitchen and suddenly skidded to a stop. It was as if they had gotten the fright of their lives. They were barking and barking at it like it was a grizzly bear. We laughed until we cried.

But what great hearts they have.
posted by y2karl at 12:21 PM on September 3, 2015 [3 favorites]


Wow. We're cat people at Team Thistledown HQ but I do love dogs, too. That said, I've never heard any dog vocalize quite like these puppies do. Is that unique sound because of their head shapes?
posted by Thistledown at 3:18 PM on September 3, 2015


I. Cannot. Resist. Pink. PUPPYBELLIES!
posted by Conway at 5:34 PM on September 3, 2015


I really wanted to just adore this video but the woman saying, "Marshall are you mad at mommy?" Got in the way of me enjoying that segment. If I were Marshall I would have peeed in her shoes. But then she faded away and it was back to pure cuteness
posted by biggreenplant at 5:55 PM on September 3, 2015


Okay yes the human voice was annoying but the way the puppy managed to roll over indignantly, come on.
posted by Holy Zarquon's Singing Fish at 8:34 PM on September 3, 2015 [1 favorite]


There's an adult female bulldog down the street from us. The wheezing, guttural noises she makes remind me of Linda Blair in the Exorcist. Whenever we (the dogs and I) happen by, she comes out into the street to object to our presence. If I offer my hand to smell, she does that, but making gruff noises like, "I'm not really enjoying this, and it doesn't mean we're friends!"

Her name is Pamela.
posted by Short Attention Sp at 5:40 AM on September 4, 2015 [3 favorites]


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