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Joel, if you need to use a 'day care' to facilitate looking after a dog, you shouldn't have gotten him in the first place. Sorry, but that's not how it works.

by imajes 17y ago

compay 17y ago
Damn, Spolsky can't even get a puppy without people second-guessing him. Can't a guy catch a break?
houseabsolute 17y ago
Because daycare will ruin the animal or in some way constitutes abuse? Those are the only reasons I can think of why it wouldn't "work" that way.
raganwald 17y ago
My co-parent and I have a nanny to facilitate looking after our two kids. Pick the next sentence that appeals to you the most: a) Fuck you for making me feel like I am neglecting them. b) Thank you for making me think long and hard about the decisions in life that really matter.
philk 17y ago
This sort of feedback is the very definition of bikeshedding: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bikeshedding http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bikeshedding I'm sure Joel can work out how to raise a husky and keep it happy and healthy without all of us giving our 2c
parfe 17y ago
The comment originally started wtih "Honestly, fuck you." And had a few ranting paragraphs, but instead, here you go: I adopted a dog and i don't exercise him nearly enough. The other option? He'd be dead. Fucking dead at two months old because people like you think animals need the perfect life. http://fora.tv/2008/12/12/Mike_Rowe_on_Discovery_Realization_and_Lamb_Castration http://fora.tv/2008/12/12/Mike_Rowe_on_Discovery_Realization...
- barrkel 17y ago
  That's a very interesting clip - editorializing to raise attention to it, in case other folks miss it.
- philk 17y ago
  Pretty much every time there's a discussion of dogs on the internet there'll always be at least one guy who pipes up and tells you you're a monster because you haven't sold your house, moved to the country, bought a farm and spent all day carving statues of the dog out of marble. It's quite annoying given that there's a lot worse that can happen to a dog than being owned by an attentive and intelligent owner in less than ideal circumstances.
  - gamble 17y ago
    I've been taking my dog to daycare since she was six months old. She gets far more attention and exercise throughout the day than anyone with a day job or kids to watch could provide. And - though I'm biased =) - I don't think you could find a better behaved or more pleasant dog. She's so eager to leave for daycare each morning, I think that at this point it would crush her not to go.
    - philk 17y ago
      Great to hear that it's working out for your dog :)

Joel, if you need to use a 'day care' to facilitate looking after a dog, you shouldn't have gotten him in the first place. Sorry, but that's not how it works.

by imajes 17y ago

Joel, if you need to use a 'day care' to facilitate looking after a dog, you shouldn't have gotten him in the first place. Sorry, but that's not how it works.

compay 17y ago

Damn, Spolsky can't even get a puppy without people second-guessing him. Can't a guy catch a break?

houseabsolute 17y ago

Because daycare will ruin the animal or in some way constitutes abuse? Those are the only reasons I can think of why it wouldn't "work" that way.

raganwald 17y ago

My co-parent and I have a nanny to facilitate looking after our two kids. Pick the next sentence that appeals to you the most: a) Fuck you for making me feel like I am neglecting them. b) Thank you for making me think long and hard about the decisions in life that really matter.

philk 17y ago

This sort of feedback is the very definition of bikeshedding: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bikeshedding http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bikeshedding I'm sure Joel can work out how to raise a husky and keep it happy and healthy without all of us giving our 2c

parfe 17y ago

The comment originally started wtih "Honestly, fuck you." And had a few ranting paragraphs, but instead, here you go: I adopted a dog and i don't exercise him nearly enough. The other option? He'd be dead. Fucking dead at two months old because people like you think animals need the perfect life. http://fora.tv/2008/12/12/Mike_Rowe_on_Discovery_Realization_and_Lamb_Castration http://fora.tv/2008/12/12/Mike_Rowe_on_Discovery_Realization...

barrkel 17y ago
That's a very interesting clip - editorializing to raise attention to it, in case other folks miss it.
philk 17y ago
Pretty much every time there's a discussion of dogs on the internet there'll always be at least one guy who pipes up and tells you you're a monster because you haven't sold your house, moved to the country, bought a farm and spent all day carving statues of the dog out of marble. It's quite annoying given that there's a lot worse that can happen to a dog than being owned by an attentive and intelligent owner in less than ideal circumstances.
- gamble 17y ago
  I've been taking my dog to daycare since she was six months old. She gets far more attention and exercise throughout the day than anyone with a day job or kids to watch could provide. And - though I'm biased =) - I don't think you could find a better behaved or more pleasant dog. She's so eager to leave for daycare each morning, I think that at this point it would crush her not to go.
  - philk 17y ago
    Great to hear that it's working out for your dog :)