Reply #42: I second this... [View All]

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

dogs aren't like cats. Cats own you and you have no choice. Dogs can be owned and should be (especially if a larger breed).

Our old, crazy German Shepherd, Cheyenne, loved my mom the most it seemed. She was also dominant over my mom. Wouldn't listen to a word she said, but stayed faithfully at her side. My father & I both agreed in the "act like pack-leader" method of training. The dog would listen to us completely and she liked us, but we were no where near my mom in the level of "love" we got.

One funny moment...
I come running down the stairs and Cheyenne comes around the corner and lunges up at me. Me, being an equally crazy motherfucker at times, leaps back at the dog and snags her by her collar, putting her on her back. I got on top of her and yelled, "Do you know who I am?" She never did that again. My mother made it all funnier because I'm telling her about the situation and she goes, "Well, what did she say?" and she was serious about it. My sister & I look at my mother and I go, "Mom, it's a dog. She didn't say anything." Mom goes, "Oh yeah, you're right" and wanders off. She's kind of Stepford-y.