Dogs

[CJ]

I'm not talking owning a dog, but working in a customers house who have dog/dogs.

Job I'm on at the moment........downstairs bathroom (nice, no stairs :smilewinkgrin🙂

Thing is, they have a Rottweiler which is the size of a shetland pony......but with big, BIG teeth.

Started off on Monday with the women blocking the dog in another room whilst I bought in my gear.......which set the old bum humming straight away........she then proceeds to tell me that she (the big Rotti) did'nt like the plasterer one little bit (bum humming again)

Then she says, lets see if she is ok with you :yikes::yikes: (playing tunes now)
When a shetland pony sized dog comes up to you, with no tail wagging or at least looking like they are not gonna rip ya leg off just for the fun of it, it tends to make you worry a bit..........wots the saying, "they can smell fear" I'm not surprised when its running down the back of ya legs.

Anyway......sweet little "Maisy" had a little sniff, then tried to jump up for a play. Jeezzzzzz all 12 stone of her. After I had been scrapped off the floor and Maisey wandered off with the thought, "he's no fun" I thought I would make a start.

Shat myself everytime I had to pop out to the van, Maisy giving me the beady eye everytime I walked past.......but at least she seemed to be not bothered about me.

Set up my cutter in the garden......in between the shetland ponies left over tradesmen before me....never knew a dog could do such big poo's....and lots of them.

Job going ok so far.........maisy did take a dislike to my bag of addy in the garden........and proceeded to pee over it........but I was'nt gonna stop her.

Today she decided I WAS a good time plaything, and decided she did'nt like my right foot........everytime I tried walking back into the house she pounced on my foot, and gripped it a wee bit painfully in her mouth..............."Oh she likes you" the owner said......"she's playing" as her teeth scratched my bone.......thank 🙁 for the next door neighbours cat turning up........I wonder how long that fence panel will last :dizzy2:

On well.........there's always tomorrow :yikes::smilewinkgrin:

 

[Leatherface]

Know what you mean about Rotties, my mate had one. One evening at his house i was sat on carpet chatting, dog came up to me so I started stroking it, its head was level with my face. As I had been familiar with dog for a long time I saw no problem.
That is until I tickled under it's chin...
I heard an almighty growl and snarl and its jaws came towards my face. At that point my mate shouted at the dog and it stopped inches away from ripping my face off. He told me afterwards that she did no like that part of her chin being touched. Idiot should have told me before :incazzato:
Since then I have had a mortal fear of Rottweilers ! In my mind they are devil dogs

 

[White Room]

Just remember CJ if the dog gets on yer nerves a swift kick in the goolies helps but just make sure your fit enough to reach your van just in case you missed that sensitive area:lol:

 

[CJ]

Just remember CJ if the dog gets on yer nerves a swift kick in the goolies helps but just make sure your fit enough to reach your van just in case you missed that sensitive area:lol:

:lol: Not sure how many "MAISYS" You know with man vegetables.

I'll wear trainers tomorrow........and I bet I can get through that fence panel quicker than her :lol:

 

[White Room]

:lol::lol::lol:

 

[Colour Republic]

All dogs work on the 'pack' basis, so you have to show her you're the Alpha male!, you're the top dog! Tommorow you walk straight in there bold as brass unzip the old trousers and start marking out you're territory in every room, this works on many different levels another being once the owner finds the offending wet patches she'll boot the dog in to next week and the garden, then Masiey will know you're not to be messed with

 

[cornish_crofter]

We've got a dog, so I immediately adopt the 'alpha male' status to any dogs if I think they're going to be trouble.

I've never come across a rotti at a customer's house, but I have come across some large alsations. One in particular used to be quite agressive, but got used to me.

The customer's right, the dog is just being playful, but it's forgotten it's no longer a puppy, and the owner is deficent in not bringing that to its attention.

If it's a hazard, you should ask the owner to keep it away from you. After all, you've got to earn and if it injures you and you're off work, is she going to compensate you?

 

[kilty55]

:lol: Not sure how many "MAISYS" You know with man vegetables.

I'll wear trainers tomorrow........and I bet I can get through that fence panel quicker than her :lol:

pmsl that storys made my day:lol::lol:

 

[grumpygrouter]

:lol: Not sure how many "MAISYS" You know with man vegetables.

I'll wear trainers tomorrow........and I bet I can get through that fence panel quicker than her :lol:

Tenner says you can't...........:lol::lol::lol:

 

[chris.tiling]

A mate of mine had a rotti / lab cross. I had been staying with them for the weekend, but on the Sunday after sitting with them & it for a couple of hours, I went upstairs to the loo. As I came back into the room it jumped at me to protect its owners....needed the loo again very fast!

 

[Deleted member 9966]

:lol::lol::lol: you don't half pick 'em CJ...

I'm pack leader in our house, which is why our little princess pooch always sits with hubby and never with me.

 

[mikethetile]

i have one where the dog barks constantly from the moment i pull up in the van and can still hear it as i drive off

drives me nuts, ive tried everything including having the dog on my lap whilst working, couldnt work as it stopped barking and starting licking my face

i get all her work as im her dogs friend and they wouldnt dream of having anyone else in the house

xmas a large bouqet arrived, not from her, from her dog..............explain that to the missus

 

[davy583]

lol mate had a westie hanging on the back of my trousers for a day and a half last week. hard to work when the dogs like that.

to the customer KEEP YOUR DOGS OUT THE WAY LOL LOL

 

[Fred]

cj likes a good dog.................:lol:

 

[lucius]

Ive had dogs all my life at the moment a Lurcher and Terrier but i must admit all dogs bite depending on situation but when a Rotty bites you can be a problem dont like them myself.
Lucius

 

[andy-p]

talking about dogs , one tiling job the lady of the house left for something leaving me alone with the dog , couldnt believe my eyes when a wee while later when it turned the handle of the door with its paws , opened the door and legged it.... oops :lol:

 

[lucius]

Ime doing a job at the moment where the door handle is missing from the inside of the front door the previous owners took it of as the dog could open the door the problem was when the new owners moved in the door slammed and they got locked in for 4 hours, okay it was two girls and they didnt know they couldnt stick something in it and open. But the best one was on a job in the City in the 80s my mate turned up in the summer in his BMW cabriolet with hood down sandwiches in back seat come 10 am whent down to get them, sandwiches been eaten by mut who is now asleep on back seat and any attempt to move him ends up in a growl, stand of for 2 hours untill police are called the mut casualy stretches yawns and then toddles of on his own peeing on the police car as he goes.CLASS
Lucius

 

[doug boardley]

always had dogs in the family, same as with the kids, as long as they leave the tools alone we'll get on ok

 

[Spud]

Ime doing a job at the moment where the door handle is missing from the inside of the front door the previous owners took it of as the dog could open the door the problem was when the new owners moved in the door slammed and they got locked in for 4 hours, okay it was two girls and they didnt know they couldnt stick something in it and open. But the best one was on a job in the City in the 80s my mate turned up in the summer in his BMW cabriolet with hood down sandwiches in back seat come 10 am whent down to get them, sandwiches been eaten by mut who is now asleep on back seat and any attempt to move him ends up in a growl, stand of for 2 hours untill police are called the mut casualy stretches yawns and then toddles of on his own peeing on the police car as he goes.CLASS
Lucius

good one

 

[CJ]

Update.

Maisy has got used to me.......but my ar55e is still not sure :smilewinkgrin:

She still watches me like a mutt about to pounce :yikes: and at around 12 stone.....and me about 11st.......my breathing through my bum has got easier.

This afternoon at around 3pm seems to be playtime for her........so my right foot got attacked.....in a playful manner..........well. Thats wot the owner says it is :yikes:
She then took a dislike to my half bag of white addy..........and picked it up and rip a dirty great hole in it........white cement on damp garden slabs is a ***** to clean off :mad2:

She was playing at scaring the poo out of me then........:incazzato:

Then when i tried walking away........she decided that SHE had'nt finished, and my right foot got it again ffs.

Not there tomorrow.......few tiles short and they arrive on Friday :mad2:

By then she will have forgotten me and it will all have to start again.

Oh.....GG. hope you don't mind........but I will not be taking up your bet of £10 for fastest through the fence........but I had my trainers on just in case.

 

[Fred]

Take some steak around with some prozac in it, that will sort her out.........

 

[davy_G]

Did a big floor in a house with 2 labs that rulled the house.

Brushed and vacuum'd before grouting but still had to pick loads of dog hairs out of it. Pain!
Still i didnt get attacked, more licked to death...not in a good way!

 

[cornish_crofter]

I've just finished a dry lining job at a house.

I've done work for them before. They've got 3 dogs. One goes to work with the daughter every day. When I do see it it barks at me constantly and has to be kept in a cage to stop it from stressing out. The other two aren't too bad. They are fine when the third dog isn't around.

The owners have a stairgate to stop the two other dogs from going upstairs, more for the dogs' sake than theirs. One of them has bad hips and whilst it can go up without a problem, it can't come down very easily.

He wanted me to keep shutting the stairgate everytime I went upstairs, the job is in the main bedroom. As you can imagine, with a small bedrooom and a large bed I had about 3 feet to work in! So all materials had to be cut outside. Several trips, shutting the stairgate each time wasn't an option unless the customer wanted to pay the extra time taken to do the job, so we agreed that the dogs be shut in the lounge whilst I'm going up and down the stairs.

 

[gaz man]

i know what you mean cj a did a bathroom a while back and the owner had 2 rhodesian ridgebacks and for a full 8 hours they dogs just sat and stared at me as if i was their next meal i made sure all the tiling was done in 1 shift and sent back the apprentice to grout the following day
(THANK GOD FOR APPRENTICES)

 

[tile55]

CJ you need to stand up to that dog, show it whos the boss good god man haven't you been watching the 'Dog Whisperer', sort it out :lol:lol

 

[CJ]

Well, job has been finished...........and fully paid for, with £20 tip

Loading up my van today, Maisy, the shetland pony with teeth, would no stop whining everytime I went to the van.....the owner of said beast said she has never acted like this before :smilewinkgrin:

Had to spend quite a bit of time rubbing her tum this morning........the dog not the customer :lol:. She was like putty in my hands.

Maybe it had something to do with the jumbo mars bar she scoffed when my back was turned.....paper and all :yikes:

Anyway.......I finished the job with all limbs still attached, and just a sore right foot from constant assaults on it.........but alls well that ends well