Mad Matt earns 1000 stupidity points. Safety tip for dog own

Mad Matt · Post by **Mad Matt** » Mon Mar 05, 2001 10:03 am

Now for the safety tip. I earn 1000 stupidity points. I usually let my dog keep me company in the shop. The stump I put this thing on is a little lower then most (knee height). Long story short. I'm bashin a disk with a 12# sledge (tentatively thank god) and my dog jumps up mid-swing and I nailed his paw. $180 later at the vet and he's got a few stitches, came home stoned to the point where he couldn't walk (man he's heavy) and some antibiotics. Nothing broken luckily and he can walk on it. So the moral of the story is. As much as your dog and you enjoy it. The dog doesn't come into the shop when you're usin the big hammers. Man did I ever feel like crap after that.

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Gundo · Post by **Gundo** » Mon Mar 05, 2001 10:52 am

My dogs don't *ever* get to come in the shop. I don't sweep nearly often enough for that; too many various sharp bits of metal littering my floor.
Hell, I don't go in there in anything other than work boots.

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Galileo · Post by **Galileo** » Mon Mar 05, 2001 11:35 am

Gauntlets for dogs?

G--
(sorry to hear about your dog, Matt)

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white mountain armoury · Mon Mar 05, 2001 11:40 am

my dog is often in the shop with me, fortunatly my shops is large enough where i can keep him away from specific areas, i did however have to have a splinter of rattan about 1.5 in long taken out of his foot.
My cat Jones is always in my shop, but she is realy amazing about keeping away from diff tools, sometimes ill find her winding around my leg while im working but she is easy to just shoo away

Mad Matt · Post by **Mad Matt** » Mon Mar 05, 2001 11:49 am

Yeah I've got two cats always in my shop. They don't come near me when I'm working. The dog is a whole nother matter. He's super hyper and super playfull.

I always pick up all metal bits and put em in a box as soon as I finish cutting each piece. Also all power tools are unplugged when not actually being used. I can just picture the dog jumping up on the workbench with the grinder on it to get at the cats and turning the grinder on.

I try to keep my shop safe for anyone or anything to be in.

My puppy's 10 months old and 83 pounds. He likes to run around people's legs just like cats do. It's just a little harder to stand when he does it. Usually when I work he just plays with a little stump. I guess the louder hammer made him think I was playing.

Heh he probably learned to respect hammers for the whole 20 seconds he was yelping. And then promptly forgot that they bite. So no dog when power tools or bigger hammers are in use.

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Dave · Post by **Dave** » Mon Mar 05, 2001 12:03 pm

I have a Doberman that visits the shop frequently. He's also the armourys so-called mascot. He does enjoy metalwork, but only by watching. He has a favorite hammer too.
He seems to like chewing on the handle, so I gave it to him. But, all in all, he's the best there is too keep you company when
working. I even made him a box weave maile
necklace. That's the least I could do for
a dog that loves hammers and armour.

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Mad Matt · Post by **Mad Matt** » Mon Mar 05, 2001 12:12 pm

Yeah mine's a rottie and he likes the hammers too. That's why my hammer rack has the handles encased in the rack. If he had a hammer for a week all that would be left is the head. When he stops growing I'm gonna be makin him a transitional harness. Rotties mature at 3 years. He's gonna gain a lot of weight soon since I'll be starting him on draft (pulling) training. It'll be fun to go to the city and go downtown then put my trans harness on put his trans harness on and just ride around in a war chariot behind him.

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Dave · Post by **Dave** » Mon Mar 05, 2001 12:28 pm

Here's my Doberman. He's the hammer chewer.

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Yeh, he's a good one. Armour Dog. Woof! Woof!

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TrooperBill · Post by **TrooperBill** » Mon Mar 05, 2001 12:41 pm

I don't know what makes me more jealous... all the talk of armouries, or about dogs.

One of these days, I'll buy a hose, get a workshop, and find a dog...

Morgan · Post by **Morgan** » Mon Mar 05, 2001 2:06 pm

And then what? Wash the workshop and the dog with the hose?

Sasha · Post by **Sasha** » Mon Mar 05, 2001 4:22 pm

I had a newfoundland named Tannith to keep me company in the workshop.

Mostly she just went flump on the old cloak in the corner or under a workbench for hours at a time.

Always had excellent workshop sense and manners.

Working out there has not been nearly as much fun without the huge lump of black fur snoring away in the corner.

When we move into the new place, there WILL be a newfoundland pup in short order.

Sasha

Lord Charles · Post by **Lord Charles** » Mon Mar 05, 2001 7:28 pm

Doesnt that make you feel horrible.

I stepped on one of my dogs years ago in the dark and broke his leg. I was a guilt riddled husk for months.

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TrooperBill · Post by **TrooperBill** » Mon Mar 05, 2001 8:12 pm

Apparently I need to hire someone to type for me. That shoulda been "house" not hose.

Krag · Post by **Krag** » Mon Mar 05, 2001 9:14 pm

Don't let them near grease based buffing compound! Evidently, my dog thought this stuff tasted better than a well groomed groin! he ate a 5lb block. He had the prettiest shiny white teeth, but was stopped up on the lower GI tract for a couple days!

I re-used the compound anyways! It came out in roughly 1 lb hunks (large breed dog) and it's expensive stuff!

I miss my dog.

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Harold the Bear · Post by **Harold the Bear** » Mon Mar 05, 2001 9:42 pm

Sasha how much do Newfoundlands cost? I have always admired that sort of dog.

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Sasha · Post by **Sasha** » Mon Mar 05, 2001 11:06 pm

The prices vary greatly depending on where you are getting them form and whether you want a show-grade dog or a pet (always go for the best pet).

Around $800 Australian is what they cost here....but there are many rescue and adoption centres run through the newfoundland clubs, from there you can usually get adopted by a dog that has proved "too much" for its original owners and now needs a second chance.
Dogs from these places are nearly free (cost of vaccinations and de-sexing). I recommend this form of aquiring a newfy.

The most important thing is getting the hips checked or getting accurate hip-scores form a reputable vet/breeder (going back for a couple of generations). The lnger snouted version drools less...and the females drool less then the males (so what's new?).
Living near water so that the newfy can swim at least three times a week is also good (these are total water dogs).

As I said earlier, good hips are the one essential thing with this breed. They get up to over 100kg and bad hips means that the dog collapses in pain and needs to be put down. Bad thing.

They are entirely too clever by half. Think of it as living for the next 12-14 years with a perpetual 6 year old. That is what dealing with a newfy is like.

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Owen · Post by **Owen** » Mon Mar 05, 2001 11:41 pm

Cats are too smart to get near a dishing stump in use; at least the dog didn't lift a leg on your current project!

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CBA · Post by **CBA** » Tue Mar 06, 2001 1:15 am

My cat Freeway is always in my backroom "shop"

Wierd thing about cat's, she does't mind drills and other power tools but she is scared to death of the Shop Vac.

That is what separates us from the lower animals.. We are not afraid of the vacuum cleaner.

Owen · Post by **Owen** » Tue Mar 06, 2001 8:04 am

Prehistoric Cats had one mortal enemy; we don't know what it looked like, but it sounded just like a vacuum cleaner.

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Mad Matt · Post by **Mad Matt** » Tue Mar 06, 2001 9:20 am

I second Sasha on the hips thing. BUT there is a way to help prevent large breed dogs from having hip problems. Draft work. Pulling a cart is good for hip and heart.

My last dog was half St. Bernard and half Golden lab. She had hip problems and had to be put down at the tender age of 6. In people years.

I imagine that newfies are easier to find in Canada. Especially eastern Canada. After all that's where Newfoundland is.

Charles: Exactly!

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Lodhur · Post by **Lodhur** » Wed Mar 07, 2001 11:20 pm

Matt: 10 months old, eh? Too bad. If you hadn't waited so long youd've had a nice soup.

Seriously though, I had a hermit crab once. Used to watch me do leatherwork. & a fish named Eric...