Playa dogs?

[PEZ]

With the right seasonings I may be able to make it taste like bacon. YUMMMMMY

At first read I saw "With the right seasonings I may be able to taste like bacon."

Anyway, I only eat bacon at burning man but having the animals around would provide for some food in the event of the apocalypse.

[ourania]

I just saw this post in another thread under Tips & Tricks and thought it might be helpful. Apparently, there is a camp this year that will be offering kenneling services to Burners with pooches, so they can bring them to the playa. Does anyone know if BMORG has signed off on this?? It seems like a great gift from these folks to their fellow Burners. They'll need a pretty large camp to accommodate all the running around room that dogs need. The playa seems like a pretty harsh environment for pups but maybe these folks will be set up to make things comfortable for them. All I can say is I hope they keep them contained as I don't fancy the idea of having to tiptoe around the turds on a night-time trip to the loo.

http://brckennels.azcompuguy.com/index.html

[AntiM]

April 1st strikes again.

There are no kennels.

[Sail Man]

I was gonna go with E myself, but I think there should be an I also, not ready for eplaya time

[ourania]

Ok, well colour me embarrassed. My excuse is that I'm still a naive newbie. By the end of this year's burn, perhaps I'll be a well-seasoned snarky bugger. Like Simon.

[Sail Man]

Please bring your dog to Barbarian Camp where it will be smothered in barbeque sauce. Please call ahead with information about the dressed weight of your dog, that way we'll know how much charcoal to prepare. Thanks.

http://www.puppybeef.com/recipes.php

[thisisthatwhichis]

Ok, well colour me embarrassed. My excuse is that I'm still a naive newbie. By the end of this year's burn, perhaps I'll be a well-seasoned snarky bugger. Like Simon.

That's the spirit!!!!!!!............

[mojo]

To all the stick-in-the-mud negativos out there

And now boys and grills reading this thread, when someone says "To all the stick-in-the-mud negativos out there" do you think:
A) What a dweeb!
B) Is a negativo some sort of neutrino?
C) Get a fucking life already
D) Not yet ready for Playa Time
E) Ho hum
F) All of the above
G) Something completely different
or H) All of the above

I think how much a waste of time it is to get into a pissing contest online with someone who doesn't care to hear anything that doesn't support what they want.

Yeah - Ho Hum....

[theCryptofishist]

To all the stick-in-the-mud negativos out there

And now boys and grills reading this thread, when someone says "To all the stick-in-the-mud negativos out there" do you think:
A) What a dweeb!
B) Is a negativo some sort of neutrino?
C) Get a fucking life already
D) Not yet ready for Playa Time
E) Ho hum
F) All of the above
G) Something completely different
or H) All of the above

I think how much a waste of time it is to get into a pissing contest online with someone who doesn't care to hear anything that doesn't support what they want.

Now you've made me realize that I've wasted my entire on-line life.


Blast.

[chiefdanfox]

Mustard, mayo, jalapenos, salsa, no relish. Please. And a bag of them extra-caustic salt and vinegar chips. It would be best to set up the stand somewhere near Arctica, since they feel the most like Home Depot. IMHO.

[Sail Man]

And now boys and grills reading this thread, when someone says "To all the stick-in-the-mud negativos out there" do you think:
A) What a dweeb!
B) Is a negativo some sort of neutrino?
C) Get a fucking life already
D) Not yet ready for Playa Time
E) Ho hum
F) All of the above
G) Something completely different
or H) All of the above

I think how much a waste of time it is to get into a pissing contest online with someone who doesn't care to hear anything that doesn't support what they want.

Now you've made me realize that I've wasted my entire on-line life.


Blast.

Don't worry, there's always soap opera's Well, except for Guiding Light, I hear thats ones going dim soon...

[mojo]

I guess for a good playa name, negativo isn't the worst I've heard.....

[Igneouss]

I was involved in this debate at another large gathering. It played out in a similar manner. I learned alot:
1) All dog owners are perfect.
2) All dogs are perfect.
3) When you allow them in, all sorts of problem happen.
Dogs fight.
Dogs bark.
Dogs bite.
Dogs pee and poop (tell me YOUR dog will not pee on the playa...).
Perfect owners of perfect dogs fight with each other (I mean the humans AND the dogs).
Dogs get loose, lost, hurt.
Dogs die.

Large crwds tend to contain people that do not know how to interact with your perfect dog. That does not make the resultant problem their fault. BM is full of people that have crazy ideas due to alcohol/drugs/the environment etc. Would it be prudent to bring a dog into contact with thousands of people that might do or try crazy things with or near the dog? The event I was formerly involved with was smaller and not nearly as 24/7 hyper as BM. Ordinarily perfect dogs with ordinarily perfect owners routinely got out of control.

People are strange when it comes to dogs. They get irrational. I never understood how any responsible dog owner would even consider bringing a dog to an event like BM.

I'm sure you are the perfect owner of the perfect dog. See the list at the top for a reality check.

Flame away...

[PEZ]

My dogs are ALMOST perfect and humans piss on the playa.

Anyway, since this thread has started both of my pups are now kennel trained.

-PEZ

[Barbie]

I tell Ya DOggs are GOOD!!

[Gil]

[quote="PEZ"]My dogs are ALMOST perfect and humans piss on the playa.

Anyway, since this thread has started both of my pups are now kennel trained.

-PEZ[/quote]

...where, exactly, do you think that they're going to go, if they don't go on the playa? I suppose newspaper/piddle pads could work regarding housebreaking, but you're going to go a lot of them pretty quickly, and would need to transport them back. And everyone makes mistakes, or goes a little bit to the side of the pad. Will you be ready to clean that up?

I don't know how large your dogs are, but it sounds like they're puppies, if you just housebroke them? Bringing puppies to something like BM is an even worse idea than dogs. Puppies need a LOT of attention. Furthermore, they're in a very vital stage where they're "imprinting", and will remember any bad experience they pick up here. A puppy traumatized by the loud noises may be problematic with such things for the rest of their lives. Not to mention that people can do very stupid things, and may scare the puppies, which would contribute to social fear and poorly socialized dogs.

I can't really see any benefits to taking your dogs that aren't outweighed by the negatives. This is coming from someone whose LIFE centers around her dog, and hates being away from her. I can understand why you'd want to bring your dogs, but, really, spare them the problems. (I didn't bother reiterating things that have already been said; heat, lack of veterinary care, the probability that they'll be scared, so on, so forth).

/shuts her mouth

[ourania]

I'm thinking that all this debate's kind of moot. As I understand it, the folks at the Gate simply won't let you in if you've got dogs. Period. It would be a shame to show up at the Gate, after all that planning and expense, only to be turned away. Why chance it?

[HeironymousJosch]

I guess for a good playa name, negativo isn't the worst I've heard.....

How 'bout negatista?

[PEZ]

Hrm...


http://www.koolcollarstore.com/


http://www.ruffwear.com/Swamp-Cooler-Do ... Ruff-Wear#

If the images don't show up lemme know. I thought this quite intriguing though.

Peace,
PEZ

[Simon of the Playa]

By the end of this year's burn, perhaps I'll be a well-seasoned snarky bugger. Like Simon.

i would not wish my condition on my worst enemy.

stay canadian, doe-eyed, and full of wonder....i'm just piss and vinegar, and even fine wine ends up as such.

[ourania]

I just don't believe it Simon, there's got to be more to you than piss and vinegar, if for no other reason than structural support. You've got to have to some solid components man: thistles perhaps? Cacti? Volcanic glass? Clearly something prickly and sharp to complement the acrid tang of the piss and vinegar.

[Simon of the Playa]

yeah, triscuit crackers, but only after you've burned the fuck out of the top of your mouth on something hot and it's blistered.

and yet you still eat it. Why?

is it the triscuit thats just so damn tasty you have to?

or is it the shredding of the roof of your mouth as you tear recently damaged flesh?


and then the salt kicks in.

and so said the scorpion to the frog, "dont be an idiot." "why dont you have some yogurt instead". or something like that.

[ourania]

Triscuits with melted cheese: that way you can burn and flay your mouth at the same time. Sweet.
By the way, I haven't been doe-eyed for a while now.....sloe-eyed maybe, but definitely not doe-eyed.

[Simon of the Playa]

I haven't been doe-eyed for a while now.

obviously in denial.

you are canadian, it is genetically encoded, it's not your fault...i think clean subways and people who actually do what the little light up man at the cross walk TELLS them to do have alot to do with it.

Also, Tim Horton's has been putting smack in their coffee for years now.

[Lord Of Ruin]

Sorry to be the bearer of bad news....

Absolutely ain't gonna happen...no how...no way.

As others have mentioned, those dogs are grandfathered in from a kindler, gentler time when there were far fewer people out there.

No department you work with will allow you to bring pets.

LoR

[ourania]

Does that mean Tim's will start putting meth in the coffee now that they're owned by Wendy's?
We've got you all fooled. Don't tell anybody, but any day now, we're gonna storm the border with our poutine and socialized medicine in tow and politely ask to be admitted. We've been planning the invasion for years.

[Burp!]

I brought my dog to the first few burns I attended(96-98). Though he was having enormous amounts of fun during the day with the endless amounts of stick throwers available, at night with all the lights and noises etc., he was not quite as happy. For me, the stress of leaving him at camp, wondering if he was cool, still there, not bugging people with barking and so on, was enough for me to determine, in his best (and mine) interest, going to burning man was not in the cards anymore. One thing to note that I don't ever see mentioned. The playa is not good on the paws. We all know about play foot, imagine what play paw would be like. the worse part is when the playa mud gets in the cracks of his pads and then dries. Not a happy camper.

Don't do it, leave the dogs at home!!

T.

[Ugly Dougly]

There used to be a lot of personal fireworks. Here, boy, fetch! *
I think that BM's no dog policy was formulated in those days.

[Simon of the Playa]

we're gonna storm the border with our poutine and socialized medicine in tow and politely ask to be admitted. We've been planning the invasion for years.

odds are 10-1 you wont even make it past Buffalo.


if you do, well, you're doomed, like gov. mark sanford is doomed, politically.

dont cry for him. He's always got argentina.

anyway...


rochester is heavily fortified by staunch suburbs, and we sold that damn fast ferry to sever all links to THAT side of the lake.

we are the 2nd meanest mid size city in the US per capita....#3 globally, right behind Mogadishu and Des Moines.

those Iwoanianites are HARD, and dont take shit from No one, especially no Dakotaettes, or Corn husking Nebraskovianins.

where you going? Vermont?....

they're already canadian.

[gyre]

It came to light recently that I am considered unfit to live in canada, or become a canadian citizen.
It seems I might not even be admitted as a tourist.