Man or dog?

[+ purplekow]

With the bad weather gripping much of the country, I am posing a hypothetical question. You are home alone on a very Cole snowy night and you hear some noise outside your door. You open the door and there is a large, friendly dog shivering in the cold. Do you offer it shelter in your home? Now change the scenario and there is a large, friendly appearing average looking man at your door. Do you offer him shelter?

I am sure about the dog, that is a yes. the man, well I may have to call the police and tell him to wait in my garage.

So which are you going to be kinder to, man or beast?

[Guy Fawkes]

Man.

[+ Lucky]

The man could do a lot more harm than the dog. I could be dead before the dog even finished shitting on the floor!

I vote: Dog.

[Mjonis]

While I like dogs, not a fan of large ones. However, I would maybe put it in my insulated garage or some room I didn't care about in case it destroyed things.

I like men too. haha. But in this day and age, you don't know if the guy will slit your throat at night, etc. Now, if this is all fantasy then in my fantasy the average guy is harmless and has a shaved set of balls and uses my shower and I forget to give him a towel right away.

[Guest]

Shelters are available for both. I’d offer a ride to one of them (and yes, I know where they’re located)

[+ jeezopete]

I watched every season of Criminal Minds. I wouldn't even answer the door for the man.

The dog, no question.

[+ nycman]

The dog.

[+ azdr0710]

the dog can warm up with me in my bed.......the "average-looking man" is relegated to the lumpy pull-out sofa

[BSR]

I watched every season of Criminal Minds. I wouldn't even answer the door for the man.

The dog, no question.

Forget any fictional series, just read the newspaper. Through the door, I would ask the man what he wanted and see if there were some way I could help him, but I wouldn't let him in. Maybe his phone died & he just needs to make a call, or maybe he's planning to kill whoever answers the door.

 

The dog? Let him in, feed him, play for a good long stretch, set up a makeshift bed for him, then take him to the shelter in the morning.

[+ Cash4Trash]

What does the man look like?

[+ Charlie]

Dog. Unless the man is shivering because he's only wearing a jock strap.

[+ Charlie]

Dog. Unless the man is shivering because he's only wearing a jock strap.

[alrajee]

Dogs don't have ulterior motives when they're in distress and actively seek help, so I'm a lot more willing to welcome one into my home. I can't keep one for a long time, for health reasons, so it's unfortunately going to the shelter as soon as weather conditions improve (and the dog's been given warmth, a meal, and sufficient time to rest).

 

Another man, on the other hand, might sound like a fun idea on paper, but I don't want to appear in the next day's paper with the headline "Charitable gentleman murdered in cold blood."

 

The most I'm willing to do is to give him a warm coat (I have a few for-donation coats that I won't miss if he takes one with him) and call the police for him as he waits outside.

[alrajee]

Dogs don't have ulterior motives when they're in distress and actively seek help, so I'm a lot more willing to welcome one into my home. I can't keep one for a long time, for health reasons, so it's unfortunately going to the shelter as soon as weather conditions improve (and the dog's been given warmth, a meal, and sufficient time to rest).

 

Another man, on the other hand, might sound like a fun idea on paper, but I don't want to appear in the next day's paper with the headline "Charitable gentleman murdered in cold blood."

 

The most I'm willing to do is to give him a warm coat (I have a few for-donation coats that I won't miss if he takes one with him) and call the police for him as he waits outside.

[Luv2play]

Ten years ago I took in a stray dog who was wandering the street one block away from my house. I saw he was abandoned, collar but no tag, and took him home with me and my other dog, who was on the walk with me.

 

I fed him and gave him water which he vacuumed and yes, he did shit on my dining room carpet. I cleaned up and kept him the night. My dog didn’t mind the company of the strange dog, and both were about the same size although the foundling was obviously underweight for his size.

 

The house was quiet all night and I found the dog to be friendly and house trained after his initial accident which I put down to nerves.

 

Long story short, I still have the dog, my other one died 2 years ago, and I love this dog every day more than the last.

[+ poolboy48220]

I've stopped a couple times when I see stray dogs wandering the street. There was one wandering my neighborhood, I took her in my back yard & called the number on her tag. Turned out it lived two houses down, I didn't even know that family had a dog.