 What the heck does Green Dog mean?
#399805 - 11/10/2015 07:14 AM |
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What is a Green dog?   
a) A Dog who's hair has been coloured by a crazy groomer?
b) A dog, who is vegetarian?
c) A stray, who prefers to live, where there are enough plants to give him protection?
d) A dog, who has not been trained at all?
e) A very strange mixture?
f) A human who tries to behave like a dog?
g) Kind of Horrible Hulk dog, who changes colour when angry?:
h) Something else I can not imagine? 
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Re: What the heck does Green Dog mean?
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#399806 - 11/10/2015 09:12 AM |
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i'm gonna go with ( d ) . . .
and not necessarily no training , but maybe very little .
do i win anything ?
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#399808 - 11/10/2015 10:43 AM |
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#399809 - 11/10/2015 10:53 AM |
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I agree with Ian, the closest of your options is (d), though maybe not an exact match. It would be helpful to know the context in which you heard the term used.
Being involved in horses all my life, the term "green" or "green-broke" generally meant a young (or maybe not so young) prospect that had the most basic of training; for example, you could get on and off and walk or trot around safely), but the horse needed further training to be suitable for specific events you may be considering.
With dogs, I have heard the term used primarily in connection with police dogs or other working dogs, again, who are possibly nice prospects for a job or sport but would need a lot of further training to develop their skills.
eta: Kristin and I were typing at the same time. I agree with her definition.
Edited by Cheri Grissom (11/10/2015 10:53 AM)
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#399811 - 11/10/2015 05:03 PM |
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Or ( i ) , a dog that drives an electric car and is environmentally responsible ... ie picks up his own $hit in a biodegradable bag and deposits it in an appropriate receptacle .
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#399813 - 11/10/2015 10:54 PM |
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D would be the correct answer but I like Ian's answer best.
I expect my two dogs to hold the bag for one another so their "green" attitude doesn't "brown" up my lawn.
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#399816 - 11/11/2015 05:51 AM |
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i'm gonna go with ( d ) . . .
and not necessarily no training , but maybe very little .
do i win anything ?
Good answer on the whole.
What do want? A voucher for a groomer's treatment who works with crazy colours?
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#399817 - 11/11/2015 05:30 AM |
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Thanks, I hoped D would be the right answer. In Germain we use an idiom for someone inexperienced until naive. We say: He is still green behind his ears. But we use it for humans not for dogs. 
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#399818 - 11/11/2015 05:50 AM |
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I agree with Ian, the closest of your options is (d), though maybe not an exact match. It would be helpful to know the context in which you heard the term used.
Being involved in horses all my life, the term "green" or "green-broke" generally meant a young (or maybe not so young) prospect that had the most basic of training; for example, you could get on and off and walk or trot around safely), but the horse needed further training to be suitable for specific events you may be considering.
With dogs, I have heard the term used primarily in connection with police dogs or other working dogs, again, who are possibly nice prospects for a job or sport but would need a lot of further training to develop their skills.
eta: Kristin and I were typing at the same time. I agree with her definition.
What a helpful, interesting and illuminating explanation!I don´t remember where I read he expression Green dog, I had red so many times, and it very often did not mke ny sense withi the contexto. But here in the Webbord thanks God every answer points in the same direction. Thanks!
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#399819 - 11/11/2015 06:47 AM |
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Or ( i ) , a dog that drives an electric car and is environmentally responsible ... ie picks up his own $hit in a biodegradable bag and deposits it in an appropriate receptacle .
Good grive! Where or how did you train yout dog? Must be famous n between.
Why don´t you go on training him as service dog, who keeps the streets clean? Congrats!
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