Comments on: Taste Doesn’t Matter – Good for the Dog; Good for You https://www.somethingwagging.com/taste-doesnt-matter-good-for-the-dog-good-for-you/ Helping Your Dog Love The Boat As Much As You Do Wed, 12 Dec 2018 19:01:37 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Pup Fan https://www.somethingwagging.com/taste-doesnt-matter-good-for-the-dog-good-for-you/#comment-83798 Fri, 14 Jun 2013 02:17:08 +0000 https://www.somethingwagging.com/?p=10131#comment-83798 I’m guilty of the ’80s pop music one, for sure. I do love baseball though. 😉

]]> By: Jodi, Kolchak & FeliX https://www.somethingwagging.com/taste-doesnt-matter-good-for-the-dog-good-for-you/#comment-83762 Thu, 13 Jun 2013 19:39:26 +0000 https://www.somethingwagging.com/?p=10131#comment-83762 YOU DON’T LIKE DISNEY WORLD OR 1980S POP MUSIC? If we were in a car, I would have just pulled over so we didn’t wreck while my head reeled from that information. Strangely, I still quite like you even though at this moment, I can’t possibly imagine what, if anything, we now may have in common.

Come to think of it, while my two best friends are near carbon copies of me when it comes to sense of humour and tastes, but other than them? I don’t have much in common with most of my friends – and I have even less in common with my Hubby.

]]> By: Basil https://www.somethingwagging.com/taste-doesnt-matter-good-for-the-dog-good-for-you/#comment-83460 Tue, 11 Jun 2013 09:16:02 +0000 https://www.somethingwagging.com/?p=10131#comment-83460 A very wise post, as always!

]]> By: Human Rescues Dog https://www.somethingwagging.com/taste-doesnt-matter-good-for-the-dog-good-for-you/#comment-83446 Tue, 11 Jun 2013 07:14:42 +0000 https://www.somethingwagging.com/?p=10131#comment-83446 Some very good food for thought 🙂 I used to believe in ‘soul mates’ – my definition of a soul mate was someone who loved the very same things you did and who believed the same things too. The problem with that notion is that it doesn’t give you any room to grow. Some of my deepest friendships (and most challenging, and most interesting) have been with those who are very different from me in their tastes. My husband is also different from me in so many ways (if I have to watch another episode of Star Trek, I’ll scream!) but that’s what makes it so interesting. If it wasn’t for him, I never would have learnt to love the TV show Columbo or Seinfeld. If it wasn’t for me, he wouldn’t have started watching Curb Your Enthusiasm or Arrested Development. Now, to get him to enjoy Desperate Housewives….
Even ‘love of animals’ is getting negotiable for me. Many of my friends don’t share this passion, but are still interesting, worthy people in their own right 🙂

]]> By: The Lady https://www.somethingwagging.com/taste-doesnt-matter-good-for-the-dog-good-for-you/#comment-83429 Tue, 11 Jun 2013 02:58:20 +0000 https://www.somethingwagging.com/?p=10131#comment-83429 You know, I think this posts hits on something much deeper in our society. Back…way back, people grew up in their town, married a high school sweet heart and your best friend married your spouses best friend. You raised kids together, went to church together…we were based in many smaller towns all over this country. Working in blue collar jobs. We all did the same sorts of things.

Now, we move, we marry, we don’t marry, we try all sorts of hobbies that come from all over the world. We connect to people online that we feel connected to and yet we may never meet them in person. I think with this exposure to a broad range of ideas and people we have had to move away from a one size fits all sort of friendship. I have blog friends, work friends, dog friends, fantasy book friends…my world is much wider than the “small town-marry your high school sweetheart” it would have been a century ago…my friend base has to follow suit.

]]> By: Jackie Bouchard https://www.somethingwagging.com/taste-doesnt-matter-good-for-the-dog-good-for-you/#comment-83424 Tue, 11 Jun 2013 01:35:19 +0000 https://www.somethingwagging.com/?p=10131#comment-83424 I admit, I mostly befriended folks with the same general views until I had dogs. Dogs (at least dogs who are friendly with other pups) drag you up to folks and kinda force you to talk to them. I now walk my dog 3X per week with someone who has very opposite political views to me. (I just don’t bring up politics and change the subject when she does…) And my last pup’s cancer led to meeting tons of folks from all walks of life in a cancer group, many of whom I become good friends with. Could probably say the same for dog-blogging. I’ve become friends with other bloggers, even though we’ve never met – and maybe wouldn’t see eye-to-eye on my fanatic love of professional cycling. It’s mostly thanks to my pups!

]]> By: Sage https://www.somethingwagging.com/taste-doesnt-matter-good-for-the-dog-good-for-you/#comment-83400 Mon, 10 Jun 2013 19:03:07 +0000 https://www.somethingwagging.com/?p=10131#comment-83400 I think Sage gravitates toward dogs of a similar size to her and is a bit intimidated by larger dogs. Dogs of the same breed? Sometimes I see it and other times she could care less.

I have moved a lot during my life and am always having to make new friends. Finding people with similar interests is a good way to start and then a few deeper friendships will develop out of that.

]]> By: GizmoGeodog https://www.somethingwagging.com/taste-doesnt-matter-good-for-the-dog-good-for-you/#comment-83399 Mon, 10 Jun 2013 19:01:06 +0000 https://www.somethingwagging.com/?p=10131#comment-83399 I think when I was younger I tended to choose friends based on how similar our tastes were, but these days I look for compassion, honesty and a good soul…I don’t care if you like NASCAR or dressage…if you’re a good person we might be friends (and maybe I’d learn something along the way) You and I Pamela must have similar tastes…I agreed with everything on your “dislike” list

]]> By: Jodi https://www.somethingwagging.com/taste-doesnt-matter-good-for-the-dog-good-for-you/#comment-83396 Mon, 10 Jun 2013 18:17:32 +0000 https://www.somethingwagging.com/?p=10131#comment-83396 I think the world would be a far better place if people just took a little time to find the common ground.

We may not agree on all fronts BUT if we keep communicating we eventually find a common ground which can become a building block for so much more.

Always thought provoking Pamela.

]]> By: Laurie Luck - Smart Dog University https://www.somethingwagging.com/taste-doesnt-matter-good-for-the-dog-good-for-you/#comment-83392 Mon, 10 Jun 2013 17:41:49 +0000 https://www.somethingwagging.com/?p=10131#comment-83392 What?! No 80’s pop? No Debbie Gibson? No Richard Marx? No The Outfield?! And jeez, I thought I liked you.

Just teasing. 😉

I can get along with just about anyone as long as they consider their dog family.

I’ve gotten to know people just because of our shared affinity for dogs and then realized they are *vastly* different than me and I probably wouldn’t have become friends with them if it wasn’t for our dogs. But by then, I like the person they are, even the parts of them that I disagree with or believe differently about, and it’s all ok.

The dogs are the true catalyst for many friendships.

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