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Since I've become a "full time" drummer I don't read this forum very often, but I watch this thread almost every day because it's the best dog thread I've ever seen. 
Since I've become a "full time" drummer I don't read this forum very often, but I watch this thread almost every day because it's the best dog thread I've ever seen.
I’ve never even played the bass guitar. I just finance a bass player (along with a guitarist and drummer) and am their roadie, luthier, driver and sound guy.
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Wow, you do a lot of stuff.
I'm a former professional singer and pianist. I started guitar as a hobby, kept me busy for around 20 years, then I switched to bass and last year I started drumming. I joined a school and it will keep me very busy for at least one year. I also like recording and producing, and I always kept my instruments in shape all by myself. We have a lot in common. Maybe it's just the love for music in all its forms.
Breaks my heart to see these pups waiting to be adopted. Myself, I have a hard time going to a shelter. I want to bring them all home.
I’ve never been a professional. I was serious a horn player until my early 20s but while I was technically very good and was a very good sight reader, I couldn’t improvise and was less artistic than others in my peer group. So I left it to those better equipped to be real musicians.
Then I messed around on the mandolin in my 40s. That caused my kids to get the bug and they decided to start a band to raise money for a dog rescue group. That was 3 years ago, and I figured I need to learn a bit about it and ended up on a few forums. They’re still at it and I’m still learning:
I love how the dog runs away as soon as the guitar solo begins lol. I guess he prefers bass.
They're good!
They're good!
Rita is now skilled in operating the Roomba. Why that button has to be so large and dead center I will never know.
Anyone got a duct-tape MacGyver solution to this?
Anyone got a duct-tape MacGyver solution to this?
buldog5151bass
Kibble, milkbones, and P Basses. And redheads.
Can dogs get a purple heart?
I hope one of the soldiers wants to take him home with him/her.
I undestand it touched your heart and it touched mine too, but I'm gonna say something unpopular right now.
These poor dogs don't have a choice. They're basically raised to be sacrificed. They're not heroes, they're slaves.
It always makes me sick to read articles like that.
While I feel very bad about a dog getting injured in the line of duty, there are a bunch of dog breeds who are most happy if they have a job.
Belgian Malinois is definitely one of them, ...a Border Collie, Australian Cattle dog, Great Pyrenees, and a good number of other working breeds.
Some working dog breeds become pretty neurotic if they can't do something daily that approximates what they were bred for.
In some cases, real working breeds have been changed into just a good family dog like the (Americanized) Doberman Pincher in the last decade or two, but those still need a a lot more than a couch potato dog does.
