Author Topic: I'm in the dog house, again (Read 1214 times)

Sourdough · « **on:** January 17, 2012, 10:50:51 AM »

I don't normally buy Hunting Videos, they just don't do much for me. The only time I like looking at them is when I might learn something. I was in Sportsman's Warehouse last Friday and a video caught my eye. It was about long range shooting Coyotes. I was interested in the equipment they were using, caliber, bullet weight, that sort of thing. We went to dinner Friday night and did not get home till late. Saturday and Sunday were busy for us, but Monday being a holiday, wife and kid were home. We watched a couple of movies the wife wanted to see. Had dinner and sitting in the living room relaxing before going up to bed.

I remembered the video, and got up to put it in. The wife went to the kitchen to make pop corn. I started the video. First these three guys showed their equipment, which is what I wanted to see. Then they go out into the field. They are using a decoy dog. Dog would go out and chase the Coyote, then turn and run back towards the shooters. When the dog started running away the Coyote would give chase. The dog knew what it was doing and would stop where the Coyote was in a good spot to be shot.

Now here is a big Coyote, standing up on a bank, challenging the dog below. They zoomed in where you could see both animals, and I have to admit that Coyote was beautiful. Standing there high above, challenging that dog. The wife had gotten her pop corn and had came back. She was intently watching this exchange between the dog and Coyote. She started talking about what she thought the Coyote was saying to the dog. The wife is really getting into it. She is going on and on like she is the Coyote, and saying what she is going to do to that cowardly traitor of a dog. The camara zoomed in closer where all you can see is the Coyote, and no longer the dog. The wife keeps going on almost yelling, then BOOM. The Coyote just stiffens up, rolls over out of sight, then there is four feet sticking up and that is all you can see. The wife screamed, I don't mean a startled yelp, a full blown scream.

She went to yelling "What happened"? I said "They shot him", to which she replied, "Why"! Then she went into a rant. Experlatives were flying about the traitor dog, the shooter, and me for playing the video. I let her see this beautiful animal, being so majestic, rulling his domain, then BOOM, it gets killed. The whole time Sky is laughing so hard he can't talk. She got up turned the DVD player off and stormed upstairs. After she left, Sky looked at me and said "You are in big trouble". He was right.

This morning she still would not speak to me, as she got ready for work. When Sky got ready to leave, he went to say bye to her, she looked at him and said, "You are on my XXXX list too, you laughed at me last night"! He looked at me and said, "See what you did, now we are both in trouble".

Yeap, She's a keeper. She will get over it, just going to take a few days. Maybe a nice quite dinner some place nice will help speed it up.

KIMBER45 · « **Reply #1 on:** January 17, 2012, 12:02:00 PM »

You said the video stopped your wife from talking- what is the name of the video and where did you get it. Sounds like a good one for me to have.

Conan The Librarian · « **Reply #2 on:** January 17, 2012, 12:06:14 PM »

The key is to never get out of the dog house. While there you can do as you please.

52bagman · « **Reply #3 on:** January 17, 2012, 12:15:49 PM »

That was good, had me laughing hard.

victorcharlie · « **Reply #4 on:** January 17, 2012, 12:20:12 PM »

Maybe there is something else bothering her?

no guns here · « **Reply #5 on:** January 17, 2012, 12:36:57 PM »

My wife would be interested and comment on the shot. If I bought it without saying anything to her... then I'd be in the dog house. It's a place I am more and more willing to sentence myself to as the years go by.

NGH

Swampman · « **Reply #6 on:** January 17, 2012, 12:48:45 PM »

Here in the south any canine found in the woods today will be found there tomorrow.

myronman3 · « **Reply #7 on:** January 17, 2012, 12:49:55 PM »

i dont reward bad behavior like that. if i was you, i'd give her the silent treatment right back. if she is going to get bent about something like that, let her be bent. my days of putting up with crap like that from women are over. and yes, i tried marriage twice and ended up divorced twice for my efforts.

right now i practice catch and release. i have a rotation, with each girl getting assigned certain days. good behavior gets them more days, and choice days. stupidity or attitude gets them less time and possibly bumbed right out of the rotation; especially if they get stupid about the other women around. i am up front about it...everything is performance based. and let me tell you, i have never been treated better by women in my life. it isnt how i am wired, it takes a deliberate effort from me behave in that way. but it does work.

i dont profess to know it all, but from what i have seen over the years, us men tend to relax as we go further into relationships and hand control over to the lady.....and from what i see, this is when they get unhappy. even when they want that control, and push for it. us being generally decent people, think that giving that to them will make them happy. i've never seen that work out. the men that i have met that have successful marriages have maintained control of their status as the head of the house. and yes, i am confessing to have lost that status twice. and once that head of the house status was lost, it blew up in my face.

good luck with your current situation.

hillbill · « **Reply #8 on:** January 17, 2012, 01:23:27 PM »

Quote from: myronman3 on January 17, 2012, 12:49:55 PM

i dont reward bad behavior like that. if i was you, i'd give her the silent treatment right back. if she is going to get bent about something like that, let her be bent. my days of putting up with crap like that from women are over. and yes, i tried marriage twice and ended up divorced twice for my efforts.

right now i practice catch and release. i have a rotation, with each girl getting assigned certain days. good behavior gets them more days, and choice days. stupidity or attitude gets them less time and possibly bumbed right out of the rotation; especially if they get stupid about the other women around. i am up front about it...everything is performance based. and let me tell you, i have never been treated better by women in my life. it isnt how i am wired, it takes a deliberate effort from me behave in that way. but it does work.

i dont profess to know it all, but from what i have seen over the years, us men tend to relax as we go further into relationships and hand control over to the lady.....and from what i see, this is when they get unhappy. even when they want that control, and push for it. us being generally decent people, think that giving that to them will make them happy. i've never seen that work out. the men that i have met that have successful marriages have maintained control of their status as the head of the house. and yes, i am confessing to have lost that status twice. and once that head of the house status was lost, it blew up in my face.

good luck with your current situation.
[/quote catch and release, good for the enviroment! i think sourdough is a happy married man but i hear ya brother!

powderman · « **Reply #9 on:** January 17, 2012, 01:28:45 PM »

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You said the video stopped your wife from talking-

ROG. And the problem is?

??POWDERMAN.

OldSchoolRanger · « **Reply #10 on:** January 17, 2012, 02:24:55 PM »

Quote from: KIMBER45 on January 17, 2012, 12:02:00 PM

You said the video stopped your wife from talking- what is the name of the video and where did you get it. Sounds like a good one for me to have.

I second that emotion! What's the name of the video?

Conan The Librarian · « **Reply #11 on:** January 17, 2012, 05:00:51 PM »

I dont recommend a dinner as a peace offering in a case like this. Perhaps a new coat is more in order. One with a coyote fur ruff on the hood, and maybe even some nice warm coyote fur lining.

gypsyman · « **Reply #12 on:** January 17, 2012, 07:53:38 PM »

Go out and rent ''Old Yeller''. And, if she thinks she's overweight, cook up some deer/moose and play Bambi on the video. gypsyman

magooch · « **Reply #13 on:** January 18, 2012, 03:19:03 PM »

Quote from: myronman3 on January 17, 2012, 12:49:55 PM

i dont reward bad behavior like that. if i was you, i'd give her the silent treatment right back. if she is going to get bent about something like that, let her be bent. my days of putting up with crap like that from women are over. and yes, i tried marriage twice and ended up divorced twice for my efforts.

right now i practice catch and release. i have a rotation, with each girl getting assigned certain days. good behavior gets them more days, and choice days. stupidity or attitude gets them less time and possibly bumbed right out of the rotation; especially if they get stupid about the other women around. i am up front about it...everything is performance based. and let me tell you, i have never been treated better by women in my life. it isnt how i am wired, it takes a deliberate effort from me behave in that way. but it does work.

i dont profess to know it all, but from what i have seen over the years, us men tend to relax as we go further into relationships and hand control over to the lady.....and from what i see, this is when they get unhappy. even when they want that control, and push for it. us being generally decent people, think that giving that to them will make them happy. i've never seen that work out. the men that i have met that have successful marriages have maintained control of their status as the head of the house. and yes, i am confessing to have lost that status twice. and once that head of the house status was lost, it blew up in my face.

good luck with your current situation.

Hot dang, now I know who you are. You're Charlie Harper.

myronman3 · « **Reply #14 on:** January 18, 2012, 03:39:28 PM »

i must confess my ignorance to who charlie harper is....?

Hooker · « **Reply #15 on:** January 18, 2012, 03:53:05 PM »

My old man use to say " If them women weren't so much fun to cuddle with they'd be just like coyotes, there would be one hanging off every fence post"
I don't know about that but, I feel sorry for a man who ain't found one that he don't mind puttin up with.
Heck after 36 years I figure my little brides been the one puttin up with me.

Pat

Old Syko · « **Reply #16 on:** January 18, 2012, 04:06:52 PM »

Quote from: Hooker on January 18, 2012, 03:53:05 PM

My old man use to say " If them women weren't so much fun to cuddle with they'd be just like coyotes, there would be one hanging off every fence post"
I don't know about that but, I feel sorry for a man who ain't found one that he don't mind puttin up with.
Heck after 36 years I figure my little brides been the one puttin up with me.

Pat

Agreed! 40 years come April. It ain't easy from either side and it takes a lot of tolerance and understanding to make things last but some things in life are worth working for.

I'll grant ya, there are a ton of wacko's out there though.

Sourdough · « **Reply #17 on:** January 18, 2012, 04:17:53 PM »

Like I said, She Is A Keeper. Even when she explodes. I've kept her around for over 33 years. She is good to me most of the time, when not it's my fault.

OldSchoolRanger · « **Reply #18 on:** January 18, 2012, 04:25:41 PM »

Quote from: myronman3 on January 18, 2012, 03:39:28 PM

i must confess my ignorance to who charlie harper is....?

mm3 - He's the lead character on Two and a Half Men. Or should I say was, the lead character.

OldSchoolRanger · « **Reply #19 on:** January 18, 2012, 04:27:44 PM »

Quote from: KIMBER45 on January 17, 2012, 12:02:00 PM

You said the video stopped your wife from talking- what is the name of the video and where did you get it. Sounds like a good one for me to have.

Sourdough - C'mon man share!

myronman3 · « **Reply #20 on:** January 18, 2012, 05:45:59 PM »

i have a buddy that says that if they didnt have a certain physical trait, we would hunt them from horseback....lol.

williamlayton · « **Reply #21 on:** January 19, 2012, 12:57:47 AM »

My doghouse is fitted out to be quiet comfortable--well, because I seem t o spend a great deal of time in there.
Sometimes I like it---a good letting alone is not ALL bad.
Blessings

Glanceblamm · « **Reply #22 on:** January 19, 2012, 02:36:35 AM »

Great story Sourdough and your timing and delivery were perfect

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The Coyote just stiffens up, rolls over out of sight, then there is four feet sticking up and that is all you can see.

I knew this was coming of course and my amusment was growing by the second...Kind of reminds me of the post in Vamin\Pred forum about the Coyotes and the lady from New Yawk city.

I also know some of what you were feeling (read accusing stares) from the Wife and Daughter once while watching the hunting channel. The guys on that one were doing a great job with a grunt call when the Daughter ask me why they were tormenting that poor animal?

I explained to them that the deer was in a forest, and not fenced in, and had the choice to do whatever it wanted to.

On a sad note, I was reminded of the late Joe Bice aka oso45-70 as he had a dog that knew how to find them yotes and bring them back.

Hope you get out of the dog house soon.

BBF · « **Reply #23 on:** January 19, 2012, 10:30:45 AM »

I hope it is heated considering were you are

!

To some extend I agree with MM3.
We let (not I) them women get away with way to much. Now they are even driving 18 wheelers

Sourdough · « **Reply #24 on:** January 19, 2012, 12:08:05 PM »

BBF: My 83 year old Mother was driving an 18 wheeler when I was a Teenager. She was in her 30s then. She drove with my Father, from Nashville to LA, and back.

Spirithawk · « **Reply #25 on:** January 20, 2012, 04:56:53 AM »

The key to surviving being in the dog house is to build a nicer dog house. Complete with fridge, microwave and tv.

SHOOTALL · « **Reply #26 on:** January 20, 2012, 05:04:47 AM »

Wife watched out the window as I shot a 6 pointer in the back yard ( had no idea she would be watching one of her favorite deer ) so I know what ya'll are talking about. She did admit it tasted good and another buck showed up to watch............

blind ear · « **Reply #27 on:** January 20, 2012, 07:02:51 AM »

Sourdough, did you begin to chuckle to yourself as soon as you put in the video or was it just before the shot?

ear

BBF · « **Reply #28 on:** January 20, 2012, 08:16:05 AM »

Quote from: Sourdough on January 19, 2012, 12:08:05 PM

BBF: My 83 year old Mother was driving an 18 wheeler when I was a Teenager. She was in her 30s then. She drove with my Father, from Nashville to LA, and back.

Some of them women are just rebels

My Mom was one of the first women in her area that got a driver license and had rocks thrown at here while dring thru small towns. She learned on one of those contraptions where the shift lever was on the outside of the car.

Sourdough · « **Reply #29 on:** January 20, 2012, 10:23:20 AM »

Ear: I did not know it was coming at that point. I sort of knew the Coyote would get shot, but did not know when.

These guys got a lot of footage of the Coyotes standing and challenging the dog. That alone was worth the price of the video to me. It was funny to see the this Coyote standing up on the high ground challenging the dog. Then after the guys yelled at the dog to "go and get him". The dog would rush the Coyote, chasing it for a hundred yards or more. Then turn and run back like it was scared. The Coyote would then give chase. Sometimes the Yote would stop again on the high ground, with another challenge. The whole scene would be repeated, but eventually the Coyote would continue to chase the dog to within range of the shooters. Real interesting when a second Coyote came along while the dog was working one Coyote. Now the dog was in trouble and the shooters got busy.