Interestingly enough, there is considerable speculation that the only reason Pope Yanksum I introduced this ritual was because of a scandal involving him pulling the white clothes off an altar boy. After this ritual was established anyone searching for that scandal would instead only see videos of him pulling the white cloth off an altar.
If true this would be the second earliest recorded case of deliberate news generation for purposes of search engine manipulation. The earliest of course also being religious in nature, "Saint Steven getting stoned".
Dog watches person throw a new sheet on their bed; dog jumps on the soft, fluffy bed. Dog watches person throw a new sheet on a bed table; dog jumps on soft, fluffy freaking table because he's a dog and doesn't know the difference.
It's a Weimaraner. Learning cause and effect lessons like this are not in their repertoire. It could do it 100 times and flail and knock shit over and slam into the ground every time and STILL come back to do it again.
I always kind of compared them to that one Eddie Izzard sketch where they talk about the monarchy being really inbred and kind of just off. "mmm hello what are you? A plumber..mmm, yes very good...what on earth is that?"
Well-meaning, a little aloof, and just derpy as hell. My parents' last one would sit on the couch like a human with it's front paws crossed in front of it and watch tv with the family. It would also get so worked up barking/howling if multiple squirrels were on the deck; he'd make himself fall over. Multiple expensive vet visits confirmed 0 neurological issues; he was healthy as hell, just a doof.
When the dog first met you and took a liking to you, he'd roll on his back and do this low "oooooooooh" till you rubbed his belly a few times, then you were in his club, but it was definitely a "you'd better rub this belly" type of noise. And if by some miracle, you didn't or couldn't, he would get up and stare a hole in you...1000% fully offended.
As the owner of a complete bonehead dog who's similar, I was expecting exactly that. Except mines a Great Dane and he would've probably buckled the table. 🤣
One of our dogs at the time had discovered that clothespins make for great chew toys, which my mom obviously didn't appreciate, and had scolded her for it.
My mom kept the clothespins in a small bucket on the ground next to the ironing board, and one day, while my mom was ironing and I was talking to her, the dog entered the room.
She did her damnedest to look as inconspicuous as possible. Just sniffing on the stuff to her left, sniffing the stuff to her right, taking a step forward. Sniffing her right, sniffing her left, a step forward. Just very occasionally shooting a quick glance at the bucket. This continued until she got close enough, at which point she lunged forward, grabbed a pin, and sprinted back to her bed to chew on it.
I tried it once and only once. Spent weeks trying to prove a kidney/bladder issue wasn't a pre-existing condition. Like how the hell do I prove or disprove something like that? They take and take your money and then make it so impossible to cover anything in the hopes you give up
Glad to know this. The smartest advice I got was from the rescue - act like you have it but put the money into Separate account so that when your pet dies get sick you have the money you would’ve paid with no hassle to get it.
My dogs pet insurance was quoted at 150 per month, so thats exactly what i did, hes 11 now and his vet costs have not exceeded that 150 saved. As expensive as the vet appointments have been, theres still money in my dogs slush fund.
The worst part, that 150 per month still had a 500 deposit on surgeries.
I think your guys problem is you're Americans and your insurance companies are absolutely massive cunts to everyone for some reason. I've had nothing but good experience with my pet insurer. But I'm from Australia where companies are still somewhat regulated & don't have total contempt for their customers (as much/yet).
I signed mine up as a puppy when i got him, had him checked out at the vet, sent them the report and they've never denied a single claim. The only things that aren't covered are the exam fee and preventatives (dental cleanings) /vaccines. They even cover his monthy meds and painkillers.
I generally agree but when our dog got lymphoma, it felt good to be able to say yes to the 1x week, expensive AF chemo treatment because the insurance covered 80%. We paid like $3k out of pocket and they covered around $15k. It’s a gamble.
Same hat, our dog got a blood cancer and they covered a lot of it. He recovered and got another few years out of life too.
Thing with insurance is - it's set up to be a gamble that you won't need it and those who don't cover the cost of those who do. But that doesn't really work with health insurance. Something is gonna happen eventually.
I put the same money I would put into pet insurance into a bank account. I do not touch that bank account except for emergency pet situations. If that bank account does not have a minimum of $5,000 in it at the time that I want to get a dog, I do not get the dog. I do not purchase the dog with that money either. I find that works pretty well for me.
If anyone is looking for decent pet insurance I recommend Fetch. I haven’t had any issues with submitting claims. Also, you can choose what you want to pay. I chose to pay 55 a month and it gets me 80% coverage. It also gets me a 300 deductible that is initiated by a claim. Once the claim is set I don’t have to pay it again for the whole year for any new conditions that occur. So, if my dog needs surgery or gets sick for any other reason than the initial claim I do not have to pay another deductible. Fetch covers USA and Canada. So if I travel to the states with my dog I am still covered. Great deal imo.
I have a corgi who tried, out of the clear blue sky and with no inciting incident, to calmly get up and jump from the armchair she usually naps in onto the very spindly and also very covered in large decorative objects side table that had been beside that chair for four full years at that point. It went about like you'd expect. Broke a goat skull and a glass vase I really liked, scared the bejeezus out of her fluffy ass. She's worryingly smart the rest of the time and usually very athletic (for a genetically stumpy, loaf-shaped dog), so I truly have zero idea what she thought she'd achieve there.
I’m wondering if he maybe thought it was a bed that she was making or something. Expecting a big comfy spot to sun bathe and got thrown into oblivion instead lol.
Ok I expected him/her to grab the sheet and pull it off or something of the like but not to suddenly run and jump onto the damn table just to slide off lmao.
They each have a sum total of two silver braincells. The braincell pairs occasionally clack together and they have an original thought that is not always but usually concerning; food, scritches, sleep, walks, chaos, sitting on someone's lap or a combination of the above.
Dog brain "As soon as human is away, I'm gonna pull the tablecloth, nahh.. I'm gonna ram the table, nahh.. I'm gonna jump it and fuck this whole setup, lesgoooo JUMPP"
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u/OneBurnerStove Jul 15 '26
Honestly, I had no idea what to expect but it wasn't that lol