Lies you've told Chaz

If someone is a liar, why would they not lie in this thread?

I have no reason to lie. What is in it for the person who lies on a dog forum? Besides, I don't think I'm smart enough to lie. LOL. Liars usually trip themselves up somewhere. What purpose would it serve on a forum of people you don't even see? How would it change or improve someone's situation when no one really has anything to do with each other's lives...for the most part, unless you meet someone, which some of us have. I think that people who lie and make up stories about their dogs winning OTCHs and things are ridiculous because how is that going to change their lives in reality? Are they that out of touch with themselves? Crazy!

Omitting something or not telling about things that aren't anyone's business is not dishonest imo. Not talking about certain things can bring on the wrath of a lot of members. So, if someone wants to keep something to his/herself, no shame in that, imo.

I can't think of anything I've lied about on here. I'm honest to a fault in day to day life. there are so many times when someone asks me something and I spout off the honest answer and then later think... why didn't I just say NO. Like when door to door salespeople come around. "Do you have this?" "No I don't" "OOOOOOOH well let me show you all the wonderful things this useless thing does" WHY didn't I just say yes I do goodbye? LOL

When I was young, I lied a lot. It was a survival thing. At my place in life now, I never bother to lie.
a) generally speaking, nobody cares very much anyway;

b) generally speaking, I don't much care what most people think anyway;

c) even if telling the truth will bring trouble down on your head, best to just get it over with and move on. SO much easier than trying to keep track of what you've told who, and IME, the trouble's going to come anyway. And be ten times more embarrassing if you've lied about it!

Can't think of anything. Of course, some of the things mine have done are strange enough that I'm sure people THINK I'm lying, or at least exaggerating.

Especially Kharma She is the queen of "you just had to be there."

Or so profoundly insane -- like purposely sticking my hand down in between the two bitches fighting -- as to be unbelievable.

Lol, maybe I'm the only one. :rofl1:

If you go back and read my old posts when I first joined, I pretty much made up a BUNCH of stuff. I was like 14, and I wanted to feel accepted/not get bashed for the way I felt about things then. *shrug* I don't mind admitting that. I'm not like that anymore, so whatever. It's kind of funny though, I was so stupid then. :lol-sign: It had always been my dream to be a dog breeder. And when everyone on here got on my case for it, I made up a bunch of crap so that people wouldn't hate me. I only blame myself for that, I was a kid, and I was dumb. But I do think a lot of it had to do with the fact that almost everyone was really, really mean to me. A few people tried to help me, but most people were just rude to me. (Particularly in pm's). Which is why I usually feel really bad (and sometimes take up for) the other uneducated people who come on here, and get bashed.

Yes, in my very first post. I lied and said my dogs were better behaved than they are. Why? I don't know lol . Like someone else said, I didn't think I was sticking around so it didn't seem to matter.

I don't think I've ever lied on here, but I have left things out. I don't think everyone needs to know every single detail about my life/my dogs (who would want to anyways, LOL) - not to mention it's not just forum members who see this board, it's totally open to the public as well. I don't want private information being read by whoever decided to google "dog forum" today.

Ha ha! I do the opposite. If I'm going to make exaggerated claims about behavior, I make it sound like the dogs are hellions. That way when the person (or trainer) meets them in person, their expectations aren't so high that I'll be embarrassed when one of them does act like a normal dog!

I do call Breez a bad dog and a brat all the time, but she's honestly a great dog. In fact we're on our way to girlscouts in a few to do a demo, then she's off to a Relay for Life kickoff - she does fantastic at crowded events like that which for a 2.5 year old dane pup who still hasn't grown all her brain cells is pretty good

As for lies, I don't do lies. Not tell them or put up with them. (Other than the "no your butt isn't as big as you think it is" variety).
I'm extra sensitive to lying, and have an over-developed BS-o-meter, I know, because of my own baggage. But no, don't do the lying thing, never have, and don't tolerate it very graciously either.

I haven't lied about anything on here. I have tendencies to exaggerate on some things, but not tell full blown lies. Atleast not as much these days.

Never lied on here, however Bella issues have always been exaggerated because when asking for advice I really need solid advice on the worst case scenario. I do the exact same thing in reality when going to a dog trainer/behaviourist. In the beginning when I first started having Bella problems it was DIFFICULT, she was terrible, I hated working with her, I was sorely disappointed, I wanted a friendly with everything dog. She is A LOT better now than she ever was, she still has work to do(actually I have work to do with her), but she is becoming so much easier to live with. Along the way I have been able to cross out opinions that I was given by so and so trainer and so and so person to the point where now, I have been able to identify Bella's DA'ness to just an on leash thing. Also just today we went to see yet another trainer, and finally, I think the trainer has the answer to Bella's issue, and it's SUCH a relief. We have seen at least 6 trainers/behaviourists, and this is the first I feel is on to something.

Funny story: when I left Milo home....when I say bashed I don't mean it was a witch hunt, nothing like other threads, but a few members did make really rude (IMO) comments, telling me what I should have done, shouldn't have done, etc.

What I found funny is that all of the members who did that were either members who had done the exact same thing only a few months before, or members who still live at home with their parents and their dog...I'm curious to see how many of them do exactly what they told me I was so wrong for doing.

I don't recall lying about anything. I did however keep from talking about the problems I was having with my Papillon when I was younger. I rehomed him after failing to work through some serious issues. One of the issues was his incompatibility with other dogs, which caused a significant problem since the dogs he tried to fight with were considerably larger than him.

The main reason Ripley went to another home (and the reason I didn't mention much) was his incompatibility with my father. Ripley was a nervy, overreactive, loud dog and my dad is a nervy, overreactive person. Ripley bit my dad once and that was that - he hated that dog. He thought it was entirely unprovoked because Ripley had the world's lowest bite threshold, and he was convinced that Rip was a "nasty little dog" and wanted nothing to do with him. It became a juggling game, trying to keep Ripley away from dad, Ripley away from the other dogs, and still give him enough training, attention and exercise to keep him happy. For about a year, everything was strained in our household because of that little dog. He fought with our other dogs, he aggravated my dad, he was never fully housetrained and he constantly put himself in dangerous situations that became increasingly difficult to diffuse... It was a poor match on both sides, riddled with mistakes from the very beginning, but I'm still a little ashamed and disappointed that I wasn't able to make it work with him. I really tried and I failed. I think ultimately I did my dog and my family a favor by placing him in a more appropriate home.

I'm not sure why I never really mentioned that; now that I think about it I'm pretty sure I was embarrassed that a lot of the problems were beyond my control. I liked to have everything in order, and my life with that dog was chaos. I think at the time I was worried about being bashed on Chaz - especially since I had only acquired Eve about 6 months ago, and my parents had just bought their second collie, Dash. It's too easy for people on the internet to judge a situation they know nothing about. I was expecting people to jump down my throat about replacing him with Eve, and about my family getting another puppy so soon after rehoming Rip. So, I kept my mouth shut a bit on that.

I don't think I've ever lied. I may not tell every little detail of my life, but I've never lied.

I think the biggest thing I was worried about talking on chaz is taking Art to the dog park. I was afraid what people would say about a dog that is nervous with people at the dog park, but I don't think people really even thought about it. Plus, he does great at the dog park, it's the place I think that has helped him the most in his socialization with people in fact.

No lies here--just don't see a need on any level for it. Judgements happen no matter what the situation--and lying only makes it worse, I think.

I don't think I've ever said how old I actually am. I think I've subconsciously led people to believe that I'm older than I really am...But eh.

BTW I'm 16.

I can't lie, I'm horrible at it. Not to say I might not say a white lie here and there in order to spare someones feelings. I still remember telling a lie when I was a teen to my parents and got caught red-handed in the lie, but kept going with my story, it was humiliating. LOL

So no, I haven't lied, I don't see the need too.

This is a big part of why I didn't say anything to a lot of people about me rehoming Goober and Mika... I was worried that when the time came that I felt I was ready to take on a second dog that people would get on me about that one time I rehomed my cat and ferret. I worried that people might judge my situation and my reasonings for choosing to rehome them and therefor kept my mouth shut.

This was my thought. If someone has lied or has been lying on Chaz, they're not going to pop up in this thread and say "Oh ya, all that stuff I've told you? It isn't true! SURPRISE!"

Anyways, as for me, I have not to my knowledge lied on Chaz. I know enough Chazzers IRL to be called out on it if I ever did (not that I would).

Man, if I were lying on Chaz, I would hope that it would include stuff that is far more exciting than what I've actually posted. I think my life is rather frustrating and unglamorous. What would be the point of lying about THAT? Yikes.







Unless I'm secretly a rich, famous movie star and I don't want you all to know, so I'm making up stories of mediocrity instead.