Black Watch Debatable Posted August 15, 2006 Report Share Posted August 15, 2006 I think my next dog will be a Bull Massive. Or a Malibu From the East Bay SPCA Blog (a great read): The following are breeds as they were documented by the clients on clinic registration forms. [misspelling -- correct name]Begall Beagle Malibu Malamute Bull Massive Bull Mastiff Bull Mater Bull Mastiff Patedillon Papillon Pegniece Pekingese Pequenes Pekingese Chewawa Chihuahua Chiguagua Chihuahua Chiwawa Chihuahua Chiyaya Chihuahua Chuchcan Chihuahua Pet Bull Pit Bull Pick Bull Pit Bull Pip bull Pit Bull Pit Bowl Pit Bull Pul Bull Pit Bull Put Bill Pit Bull Chow-Wow Chow Chow Puppy Chow Chow Chow Cracker Spano Cocker Spaniel Crocker Spaniard Cocker Spaniel Papamarian Pomeranian Pomerena Pomeranian Checo Sovakain Wolf Czechoslovakian Wolf Pomeria Pomeranian Datsun Dachshund Pub Pug Doxin Dachshund Winner Dachshund Weener Boy Dachshund Hot Dog Dachshund Rottwielderer Rottweiler Rockwiler Rottweiler Rod Guiler Rottweiler Rotwilder Rottweiler Roukweilr Rottweiler Wrot Rottweiler Dolmotion Mex Dalmatian Mix Girman Heaper German Shepherd Jurman Sheperd German Shepherd Keltie Sheltie Shit Zoo Shih Tzu Lapso Upso Lhasa Apsa Lapsa apso Lhasa Apsa Siemeis Siamese Lasa Opso Lhasa Apsa Simon Siamese Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aronomy Posted August 16, 2006 Report Share Posted August 16, 2006 Haha, the Shit Zoo one made me laugh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sea4th Posted August 16, 2006 Report Share Posted August 16, 2006 I love these. Lhasas---If I heard Lhasa Upso from someone talking about this breed, they are one step ahead. Most people I've heard just stumble over the name and can't spit it out. I've also heard---Pibble - pit bull Biggle - beagle shizzoo - Shih tsu My mailman has 3 Great Dames---whoa! He probably can't wait to get home----unless they're all bitches, that is. Then he'd work overtime. And I just love that northern breed---Alaskan Muskie----great visual of them howling at the moon in the wilds of Alaska. Thanks for sharing those. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PSmitty Posted August 16, 2006 Report Share Posted August 16, 2006 Cracker Spano? LOL! That's too funny! Thanks for the morning laugh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack & Co. Posted August 16, 2006 Report Share Posted August 16, 2006 Papamarian sounds like something you should see the doctor about! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixie_Girl Posted August 16, 2006 Report Share Posted August 16, 2006 ROFLMAO!!! People sure crack me up! I have to say that I do have a Shit Zoo. We keep it in the backyard! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BustopherJones Posted August 16, 2006 Report Share Posted August 16, 2006 Alaskan Muskie - Isn't that a variant of the Great Lakes fish? Papamarian - Sounds like a medical procedure in...never mind... And someone should tell that person that Datsuns have been replaced by Nissans... One to add to the list: I have often been asked if Annie is one of those Sheep Dogs, because the person did not know the name of the breed (Border Collie). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AK dog doc Posted August 16, 2006 Report Share Posted August 16, 2006 I used to get to see a lot of Rockwelders in CA when I interned there... never saw any of them weld any rocks, though. I kept hoping. Up here I have seen ads for Palmeranians in the paper (this may be because there's a town in the Valley called Palmer, and some confusion ensues).... the BF has a last name very similar to that of a "major" road up here (to the extent that there is such a thing in AK) and suffers similar misnomers from time to time, so maybe that's geographical confusion, not a new breed. A friend of mine has a nephew who claimed to have a rare Flaming Siamese (it was an orange tabby, not a flame-point Siamese - er, Siemeis - and gives absolutely no indication that it has a single Oriental gene in its entire body.) I think I need a Girman Heaper, though; that would be a big help around the house. Maybe a Puppy Chow. God knows I can go through a bit of THAT in a month, and extra would come in handy (does it poop kibbles or something? Or would that be a Poopy Chow?) But if I can only choose one, I'd have to say I've always wanted to own a Pub. But then it'd probably always be full of drunken Crocker Spaniards which I would have to sic my Bull Massives on them to keep order.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Watch Debatable Posted August 16, 2006 Author Report Share Posted August 16, 2006 dog doc, that was hysterical. I'd prolly wind up with a Dolmotion Mex --- ethnic pride and all :cool: ETA: Most kids I know say "pet bull," and I've met a few people who keep "Rocks." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kat's Dogs Posted August 16, 2006 Report Share Posted August 16, 2006 Shit Zoo, that is good! Most people can't seem to spit that one out right. We have given lots of lessons to people on how to pronounce it! We have gotten things like "shihoos" "shizoos" "shitz" and so on! One person said, "oh well, I can't say it so I will just call you Cute!" I also liked Bull Massive. That is what they SHOULD be called! And the Chihuahuas! Wow, lots of wrong spelling on those - I like Chiyaya! That is too funny - and even funnier if you have on of the breeds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrSnappy Posted August 16, 2006 Report Share Posted August 16, 2006 I saw an ad for a rottweiler for once that was declared "hip displeasure-free." RDM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PSmitty Posted August 16, 2006 Report Share Posted August 16, 2006 I once saw an ad in the paper for someone selling a "Skipper Key". Now, I know that one is hard to spell, but I figured if you *own* it, you should be able to spell it. I now see that I was very wrong! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack & Co. Posted August 16, 2006 Report Share Posted August 16, 2006 It's also helpful to know that a dog has been "spade." (You see that a lot in the newspaper want ads around here.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ladylupin Posted August 16, 2006 Report Share Posted August 16, 2006 what's a skipper key? I feel kinda stupid but that doesn't sound like anything to me That was hilarious though! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
painted_ponies Posted August 16, 2006 Report Share Posted August 16, 2006 Originally posted by ladylupin:what's a skipper key? I feel kinda stupid but that doesn't sound like anything to me That was hilarious though! phonetic spelling for schipperke - one of these: http://www.schipperkeclub-usa.org/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack & Co. Posted August 16, 2006 Report Share Posted August 16, 2006 Schipperke (pronounced skipper-key) is a small Belgian breed of dog that originated in the early 16th century. They are small in size, but big in character. There has been a long debate over whether this type of dog is a terrier, spitz or miniature sheepdog. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schipperke Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Watch Debatable Posted August 16, 2006 Author Report Share Posted August 16, 2006 I saw an ad for a rottweiler for once that was declared "hip displeasure-free." RDM And you know he'll be good with kids, since he's had his "distemperament shot." Jack & Co.: Yep! People are always telling me they're going to get their dogs "spaded." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AK dog doc Posted August 16, 2006 Report Share Posted August 16, 2006 And you should be ESPECIALLY certain to have your dog spaded if it has hip displacement (another term for hip displeasure, for those of you without a medical background).... A client once came in to the clinic to ask for their dog's leprosy medication. Eh? Leprosy? Say what? The office manager looked up the chart and was able to give the client the dog's medication - for epilepsy. I also had a client come screaming into the emergency clinic at 5 a.m. demaning "5 cc's of Detracycline, STAT!" for her dogs. (Apparently she was having an early morning fantasy that she was an ER doctor and I was her underling.) I told her there was no such drug as Detracycline, but if she meant Tetracycline, we didn't give it to puppies. She insisted that her breeder had given Detracycline to her puppies when they had respiratory problems. Meanwhile her basket of Shar Pei pups, which had just managed to fall asleep, became too quiet for her tastes, so she shook them vigorously to wake them up and get them screaming again (apparently she was under the impression that sleeping puppies are dead puppies). She insisted I call her breeder (at 5 a.m.) and ask what the drug was. I did, (with great reluctance) and the breeder (bless her) was a cheery sort and said, with a laugh, "Oh, my gracious, no! It was dexamethasone!" "Oh, dexamathasone," with a pointed look at the client. "It's the SAME THING!" she exclaimed in an angry and waspish tone. After thanking the breeder and apologizing profusely for waking her, I turned to the client and said, "No, it is NOT the same thing, and the reason your puppies are not squealing is that they're asleep and you should just leave them alone." She didn't like me very much after that. I can't think why. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lunar Posted August 16, 2006 Report Share Posted August 16, 2006 OMG, dog doc. I don't know how you handled that. O.O Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Watch Debatable Posted August 17, 2006 Author Report Share Posted August 17, 2006 "Oh, dexamathasone," with a pointed look at the client. "It's the SAME THING!" dog doc, you're killin' me! LOL Looks like it's time to walk the Pit Bowls Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liz P Posted August 17, 2006 Report Share Posted August 17, 2006 AK Doc, how long did it take you to learn how to deal with clients? I hear all these horror stories and I don't know how I would have reacted! While I was working as a tech we had a client who came in drunk. I had never been more impressed by the vet I worked with when she calmed him down and got him to go home before he insisted that we do something perfectly legal but extremely gross and stupid to his recently deceased dog. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kat's Dogs Posted August 17, 2006 Report Share Posted August 17, 2006 Skipper key is cute! My trainer has several belgain sheepdogs and then one "skipper key" - they look so cute together! The big and little: Doc, that is too funny! At 5am, no wonder the pups are sleeping! Great job keeping your cool! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AK dog doc Posted August 17, 2006 Report Share Posted August 17, 2006 Liz, I'll let you know when I DO finally figure it out. It's an ongoing process. Mainly I try not to burst out laughing or strike people. Also, the eyerolling and sarcastic sighs and snorts are right out. If you try to be patient and just go, "Well, no, it's more like ____" (fill in the blank) and take a matter-of-fact approach, it generally gets you through. There have been times I've been so outraged or shocked or just plain aggravated that I've not been able to keep it under wraps completely, but I TRY. Really I do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muddy bob Posted August 17, 2006 Report Share Posted August 17, 2006 Wow, That happens to vets too? When I first started shoeing I was horrified at the number of horseowners that would tell me how to shoe a horse. Then they tell me how rude the last farrier was and I can only wonder why. Working with people and their animals is a great way to continually hone one's people skills. muddy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PSmitty Posted August 17, 2006 Report Share Posted August 17, 2006 Doc-too funny! LOL Kat-what a gorgeous bunch of dogs! I like the token Skipper Key. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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