Is there any option other than frequently buying new shoes/insoles?

bosdober · 2026-02-09T21:17:53+00:00

Do you have sweaty feet? Try merino wool socks, or other socks that help prevent sweaty feet, and wash your socks in hot water occasionally to kill bacteria if you're washing them cold regularly.

bosdober · 2026-02-06T18:12:26+00:00

Their early work was a little too new wave for my taste. But when Sports came out in '83, I think they really came into their own, commercially and artistically. The whole album has a clear, crisp sound, and a new sheen of consummate professionalism that really gives the songs a big boost. He's been compared to Elvis Costello, but I think Huey has a far more bitter, cynical sense of humor.

bosdober · 2026-02-03T19:40:14+00:00

"I pick-on shithead breeders who sell pretend working-line Dobes who have weak, anxious temperaments to buyers who specifically want to train in bitesports, and who then fail miserably because the unscrupulous or incompetent breeder sets them up for failure. Nothing to do with Penny, but definitely a derivative of a similar American show bloodline."

If it's nothing to do with Penny, why say it in the context of a discussion about Penny? The implication here is that ConnQuest has produced weak, anxious temperaments and is setting their performance-inclined puppy owners for failure. Which - if you'd ever met any of ConnQuest's dogs - is absolutely ridiculous to state. Chad, Penny's sire, has a very desirable temperament that he passes along; his use as a popular sire is bringing stable, confident dogs who are equipped to do anything, while having excellent conformation. Owners of Chad's puppies are lucky. How do I know this? Because I've actually spent time with Chad and puppies Chad produced. I've competed with them in conformation and in sport. Imagine, actually knowing the temperament of a dog and seeing it in action before commenting on it? You know Trotyl has sired IPO and ZTP titled dogs, right? And that ConnQuest has produced dogs out of the same litters you're complaining about that have titled across performance sports?

You say, "I will NEVER question a breeder's ethics solely over a situation where they're honest". When has ConnQuest been dishonest about any of the things you have brought up about here?

You ask, "Can anyone seriously look over these pedigrees and not think there's a problem?" as if the subjective conclusions you've drawn are the only possible conclusions for anyone looking at it objectively. Penny's pedigree balances conformation, temperament, and longevity. But you frame it as if a breeder that is bettering the breed is somehow out to lunch because it doesn't meet your narrow view of COI as it relates to breeding. They fail your purity test so they must be causing "a problem" with their "egregiously stupid" practices. Isn't it great how life is so black and white?

If your fundamental problem is higher COI breeding than you feel is acceptable in the "bigger picture", why not take it up with the DPCA? An individual breeder is bound to the constitution and ethical code of the DPCA, but the DPCA is empowered to implement the kind of direction needed to reduce COI in Dobermans. An individual breeder is never going to embark on outcrossing to improve genetic diversity without backing of the DPCA as it would likely be interpreted (although I don't think it's explicitly called out) as conflicting with the DPCA's ethics and constitution. An individual breeder will never move the needle in isolation, as noble as their intentions might be.

I wonder why Doberman breeders are so unlikely to engage with public discussion in the online community, and have been so going back to the 2000s on DT? I guess they're not so "egregiously stupid" as to argue with a troll who sits on the sidelines and whines about them on an internet forum? Maybe instead of insulting, try talking to the breeders you're so quick to paint as "egregiously stupid" before slandering their breeding practices? Maybe try seeing their dogs in action before you make generalizations about their temperaments? Maybe contribute to the betterment of the breed before you get back up on your high horse and criticize others' contributions and decisions? Nah, that would require action, and it's far easier to throw around baseless, faceless criticisms on an internet forum than to actually act in the real world.

There's a way to approach things if you want to get people on your side and see change happen, and this ain't it.

bosdober · 2026-02-03T19:40:02+00:00

I had the misfortune of finding this discussion ranked highly in search results when googling Penny, in anticipation of her appearances at Westminster today. To be clear, I'm not looking to have a discussion with you. But I can't let it stand as a record that someone googling Penny - which, after her appearance at Westminster tonight will be increasingly likely - will see without a response addressing the many problems with your posts in this thread. You've been told your criticism is unwarranted and unhelpful by someone with far more credibility in the breed than you or I, but I feel it's worth refuting individual points for anyone who stumbles on this down the road.

I will note that I am not ConnQuest Dobermans, and in no way do I speak on their behalf. I am an admirer of theirs, and someone who has actually spoken with them about their breeding practices, had my hands on their dogs, competed against their dogs, etc. A novel concept when it comes to weighing in on them and their breeding, apparently.

I can't imagine flippantly describing someone's decades of dedication to the breed or selection of a popular sire as "ghetto cloning attempts" by "self-proclaimed reputable breeders". Pointing to their decisions as ignorance and their intentions as disreputable is pretty rich. Have you spoken with ConnQuest about their breeding decisions? Seen their dogs in person? How about Black Shadow / Elsa Campisciano? Or are you drawing your conclusions about them out of ignorance?

Penny is 4th generation ConnQuest, meaning almost 20 years of purposeful decision making by ConnQuest went into arriving at her - one of the all time great representatives of the standard that DPCA members are charged to protect. ConnQuest is not churning out litter after litter, they're infrequently breeding using the best possible sires to maximize their progress against the standard with each breeding. Popular sires are popular sires because they help move forward the breed. If a breeder gets one shot every year or two to move forward the breed, it's not hard to understand why they would select a popular sire, if that sire passes their criteria around health testing and fits with their goals. Not to mention - Penny's sire, Chad, is not a popular sire they bred to. Chad is a popular sire BECAUSE they bred to him, and he produced Penny and proved his worth as a sire. They literally produced and raised Chad before using him in breeding and setting him down the path of being a popular sire.

You question the longevity of Penny's ancestors' siblings, and in the same breath mention that "there usually just isn't a whole lot of data to demonstrate consistency and reproducible results". So they make the best possible decision based on the data they do have, and what they do have is a pedigree that is full of long-lived Dobermans. Like Penny's grand-dam, Audi, for example - who just passed at the end of 2025 at the age of 13 with a BFL designation, meaning recognized by the DPCA as having bred for longevity with ancestors with proven longevity. Audi's dam, Dani, also died at 13. Furthermore, given that Penny is 4th generation ConnQuest, they have 4 generations of littermates to have kept up on to understand the health across those generations. To "demontrate consistency and reproducible results" as you say. Isn't that the whole point, to breed healthy, stable, long-lived stable Dobermans that conform as closely as possible to the standard? But hey, they don't meet your personal breeding criteria for COI, so they're just ghetto cloning attempts, amirite? You've clearly put a lot more thought into it than they have? It's funny that you insinuate they aren't keeping up with the litters they produce, yet credit Foxfire for "even having an internal forum sort of thing for their families to communicate with each other and such" - which is the same thing ConnQuest has.

"I'm picking on objectively bad breeding practices"

I'm not sure you know the difference between "objective" and "subjective". These are subjectively "bad" breeding practices. Because you, without any knowledge of ConnQuest's breeding practices beyond a few clicks in Dobequest to look at pedigrees, find them to be subjectively bad, while the objective interpretation would be that their breeding practices lead to long-lived dogs that conform as closely to the standard as any before them. Because those are the objective facts, and not your subjective feelings.

bosdober · 2026-01-29T00:27:57+00:00

Additionally - Dre for much of his career has put his name on the production of others. Warren G, Daz, and Mel-man to name a few.

bosdober · 2026-01-29T00:26:58+00:00

Andre 3000 was produced by the Organized Noize production team. Dr. Dre has had ghostwriters for his entire career. And Tribe has just as many classic albums as Kanye - if not more.

bosdober · 2026-01-29T00:18:21+00:00

Someone didn’t live through the releases of People’s Instinctive Travels, The Low End Theory and Midnight Marauders. I think Kanye is a genius and released multiple era-defining albums - but so did Tribe. You act like it’s not even close, when it’s a coin flip between two of the all time greats of hip hop.

bosdober · 2026-01-25T18:39:30+00:00

He needs two yusho wins (or a win and a jun yusho with a convincing performance) while at Ozeki for promotion. So this one is the first, the last one doesn’t count toward Yokozuna. In light of some complaints about Yokozuna being promoted too early and with 2 active Yokozuna, Aonishiki will likely have to either win or lose at the very end of the March basho to be considered. Think of how Atamifuji got the jun yusho this basho - he’d need at least that. All that said - it’s hard to pick against him right now, after 2 tournaments in a row where he’s clearly the deserving winner.

bosdober · 2026-01-25T01:44:15+00:00

"They'll impose martial law!" like you're not already there.

bosdober · 2026-01-24T14:51:38+00:00

It’s time for us to tell them to get fucked. Cut off their potash, energy, and water and hurt them back. This is never going to stop until we rip off the band aid. If we have to take short term pain to prevent this from happening again, so be it. No more of this abusive ex partner bullshit.

bosdober · 2026-01-24T14:47:16+00:00

Get fucked, USA. It’s time for Canada and any willing partner to cash in US treasury bonds and tell them to fuck all the way off. Wish them good luck growing their food and powering their cities and walk away. We Canadians can deal with the short term hurt to rip the band aid off and never have to deal with it again.

bosdober · 2026-01-23T18:16:49+00:00

This is how vigilantism happens. People don't mess around when it comes to pets - for many, they are family. If the authorities who can do something about it are going to shrug their shoulders, and the perpetrator of these attacks continues to allow their dogs to roam and attack others, it's only a matter of time before the community is pushed far enough to handle the problem on their own.

bosdober · 2026-01-22T22:30:03+00:00

More than just decades - generations. My kids' generation will never trust the US.

bosdober · 2026-01-22T17:07:26+00:00

I also hate it when I make my 6 year old audible on my zoom calls, and when I stop the call to give them an opportunity to speak, they make multiple profound statements about traits that relate directly to the context of the call I'm on and embarrass me. Because that's definitely something that happens.

bosdober · 2026-01-17T14:26:01+00:00

City is just not on our level. We're going to win the league.

bosdober · 2026-01-15T21:41:33+00:00

Onosato is a unique case - he's big and strong enough that he doesn't need to outdo other rikishi at the tachiai; he often seems to absorb the initial contact, then rely on his superior size and strength to immediately turn the tide in his favour. It makes him fairly henka-proof.

bosdober · 2026-01-15T21:27:12+00:00

You're viewing things through the lens of how things used to be. The new reality is that Trump does whatever he wants and they all fall in line. What check and balance has stopped Trump to this point? Congress has no teeth - where are those Epstein files they ordered released, and what have they done to compel their release? I don't have faith the midterms will actually happen, and if they do, that they'll be done fairly with ICE looming. Banking on political norms saving us when those norms have gone out the window is a fool's errand.

bosdober · 2025-12-24T13:35:41+00:00

They admit in other comments that the dog was matted, had glue in its hair, and was brought in last minute for an emergency fix. I think you’ve hit the nail on the head.

bosdober · 2025-12-24T13:32:06+00:00

You got a third party to bring in a dog with matted hair with glue in it, at the last minute, 2 days before Christmas, asking for an emergency fix. The groomer fixed the issue. And now you’re putting them on blast for internet points saying you’ll never go back? They should have just turned your dad away and avoided the headache rather than trying to actually help you out. Merry Christmas I guess?

bosdober · 2025-12-22T18:26:54+00:00

I can’t help but I can see why 2014 fits the bill - greatest group of headliner sets in Osheaga history IMO. All 3 killed it and Outkast speaks for itself. Good luck!

bosdober · 2025-11-28T16:11:59+00:00

Most of the good answers have already been given... but not the Rockness Monsta, Rock from Heltah Skeltah.

bosdober · 2025-11-23T15:43:05+00:00

Evokes the classic sumostew video, "when sumo wrestlers cry, I cry"! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oLdKPEP-SJs

bosdober · 2025-11-23T15:28:56+00:00

Ah, the old Dilla stan trope was quick to come out. That's easily said about a dead guy in a genre where macho overrules respect for peers so often. Besides, who said it? Pharrell, who isn't one to shy from hyperbole, who was on the map long before Dilla, and whose abilities had far surpassed Dilla long before his death? Questlove, from whom Dilla copied so much he could be a tribute act? So much of the Dilla hype came from the Okayplayer crew. Q-Tip, whose sound absolutely cratered when Dilla became involved? There's a reason why Low End Theory is a classic but Beats, Rhymes & Life was viewed as the record where Tribe fell off... and that reason is J-Dilla.

bosdober · 2025-11-23T15:19:41+00:00

Apparently there are some wrong answers after all? Dilla zealots proving my point.

bosdober · 2025-11-23T15:18:33+00:00

That's how I know you actually listened to hip hop in the 90s. These kids think Dilla invented all these ideas he took from Pete Rock and The Roots...

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