Well, yes, there’s a dog sitting on the sideboard, which is sort of odd. But it’s a dead dog, and that makes it all okay.
(Found by Leslie. WARNING VERY LOUD MAN SPEAKING VERY LOUDLY IN A LOUD VOICE THAT MAKES ME THINK OF THE ROAD ADVISORIES I LISTEN TO BEFORE DRIVING OVER THE MOUNTAIN PASSES DURING WINTER.)
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Oh, dear, if that’s a real stuffed dog (a former beloved pet), then that is sad.
That bed is not made for short people. A little bit “princess and the pea”. Honey, give me a leg up…
“Has great bones …” :rubs eyes: Did I really see that? Yup. “great bones.” Dog bones.
Okay, I loved my dogs, all of them I had over the course of the years. I’ve got pictures of them, and even those can be hard to look at because it makes me miss them.
You know what wouldn’t make me miss them? Seeing some spooky facsimile with glass eyes, staring out where I remember the living ones.
That’s full on creepy, and not a little bit ghoulish. I really hope that wasn’t a pet, and that is just their idea of being quirky because you know what a creature who loved you with every fiber of his doggy being doesn’t deserve?
Yeah, that. To be turned into a conversation piece, or a way to prove how edgy you are. They’ve got the dog on a sideboard, in a dining room. There’s nothing about a loving memory in that.
Wow, I realize I’m being singularly humorless about this, but what a dreadful thing to do.
Especially near the food. Ick.
*shudder* Too creepy…and right by the dining table! Yeesh….
Is it really dead or do they have a dog that is simultaneously very naughty and very well behaved? “Sit, Rover.” “Not THERE!”
I’m inclined to agree with Minos. Are we sure it’s dead? Because I’d rather think they’ve got a cute, very athletic dog that says “Hey, look what I can do!”, so they tell the realtor to take a picture. This is infinitely better, in my mind, than the sellers saying “Yes, our ex-dog is on the buffet, and no, we’re not going to move it even though it will give potential buyers the heebie-jeebies, just take the dang picture already”.
Don’t even think of pocketing the silverware.
And why exactly is there a dead dog on the buffet. That is sooo creepy. Ewww.
Just because you don’t think it’s a good way to honor a pet’s memory doesn’t mean some people don’t genuinely think it’s lovely and sweet. I don’t really care either way, but calling it ghoulish is tacky.
That said, if I had a stuffed dog, I wouldn’t put it in real estate listings.
Note how the LOUD voiceover tells you that the house is near an animal park. Add the stuffed dog to that and…
And when the photo of Rover appears, he mentioned moutain biking, and all I could see in my mind was that stuffed dog glued to a bicycle seat, going downhill fast. :-O
Huh… maybe I should get one of those. I imagine a dead dog in the dining room would be a fantastic diet aid. I would probably never eat again.
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Ty, apparently you and I have different feelings on what qualifies as “tacky”. For me, taking a once living pet, stuffing it, and sticking it on the sideboard in a dining room facing the table is tacky. Acknowledging such as ghoulish… no, I don’t find that tacky.
Is that dog a border terrier? It sure looks like one! I love border terriers! Though, I would probably never stuff mine when she dies, I would rather have her WHOLE BODY put to rest.
She looks more like a Setter.
As in, “Set ‘er on the sideboard for now.”
no, it’s a border, the otter-like face, the gristle and tan coat and velvety black ears and also it’s leggy like one…
But still, that haunts me and makes me think of my little dog…
Hmmmm…..I have to wonder why we are more wierded by the dog on the buffet than the big game on the wall….
Is it a matter of taste?
OK, dead stuffed dog aside, I actually think the decorating is kind of fantastic, if not every one’s taste. Sure, I know you are supposed to bland down rooms for staging, but for the most part, I really like what they did with the place.
I’m more curious as to what the weasel/cat thing on the windowsill is. I think the only thing that could make that creepier is to replace the stuffed dog with the stuffed ocelot from the item not as described website.
http://itemnotasdescribed.com/2009/10/23/funny-classifieds-stuffed-ocelot-295/#more-2662