English Bulldog escaped while I was gone and chewed 2-inches of one pintail and 1/2-inch off the nose of my son’s newly completed fish. It’s not even 2-weeks old.
I guess you can’t resin foam to foam? I cut a piece of foam to the missing chunk (sanded well first). How do I go about reconstructive surgery in 1-1/2 hours before he gets home from school?
I think I’m f*cked.
BB
You were the kid in class with the “dog at the homework” excuse, weren’t you?
For starters, yea, you’re F’d, there’s no chance of completing that before he gets home. Even then he’s gonna notice. You were the parent that tried to replace the dead goldfish, weren’t you?
There’s a lot of supporters of cabosil here… I’m on the foam coalition. The small one you should probably just fix with cab, but 2” is enough for new foam in my book.
Hack out the mangled foam, taking off as little as possible – smooth out the edges (use a sanding block, you also need those edges straight). Cut out a piece of foam of similar shape… use some sandpaper to make the fit tight. You can leave all other dimensions in excess. Put a little lam resin in there, match up the piece, and tape it on real tight. The tighter you hold it on there, and the closer tolerance you got the two pieces of foam, the less you’ll be able to notice that resin line (the board wasn’t colored, was it?). Come back when it’s dry and sand it to shape. Glass it like a repair.
I have a client that owns “UGA” the world famous mascot to the University of Georgia Dawgs sports team.He is an English Bulldog and let me tell ya they are dumber than worms…he doesn’t eat fish but he is a bonified leg humper from the word go.
Actually, it’s pretty well documented that Bulldogs are very intelligent - they can learn up tp 100 words. This Bulldog just got loose and went a-chunka-chunka.
I think the dumbest ar Dalmations.
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check the stool you may be able to retrive the 2’’ nose dont be hasty…the nose repair could be a real conversation piece… if it’s too late then encase the nose piece in casting resin and call it bling bling … ambrose…isnt there a cult that collects bulldog process jewlery?
I just hated the anticipation of my son’s face when I had to tell him, after we worked on this board for 3-weeks. Yeah, initially he took it bad (wanted to sell the dog to Korea), but I told him “all boards that are ridden eventually get dings. Look at the ones at the beach and you see a ton of them. It’s just that your board’s first ding was by your English Bulldog.”
I went over the repair procedure with him and it’s already halfway done. He’ll see that it might even turn out better, especially when we Posca Pen over the areas and design something cool. You all know what I mean? Things happen in life but you just have to rise to the occasion and make it a positive.
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Boondock,
Your stoked. Now you have an excuse to make another board. Your son will be stoked, too, because he’ll have two boards now. There’s an English Bulldog at the beach that rides a skateboard. Leans into turns and everything. What a great dog. mike
Two links seem appropriate…
I must state that I,in no way,meant to besmirch the intelligance of the afformentioned English Bulldog.They are loyal and brave to the Master that they hold in the highest esteem.The leg humping is a sign of affection and respect as is the “marking” of carpets etc. to claim territorial rights.The farting,snorting and drooling is a result of selective breeding by English Animal Husbandry Masters.A fine example of this breeding can be seen on TV.Just tune in to the “Osbournes” and watch Ozzie’s bulldog perform amazing canine tricks.
Howzit John, That's a great video and one smart dog. Aloha, Kokua
I’ve had Labs, Great Danes, Dachsunds, Chihuahuas, mutts, Alaskan Huskies, Dalmations, and lo and behold, our English Bulldog, Lola, wins hands down. My son found her on the internet in Montana 2 xmas’s ago. They flew her out on Delta, which has a first rate “Pets First” program. Yes their snoring and chorting is legendary. Extremely smart, brave, and you don’t have to throw the ball a hundred times a day! They run anywhere from $1500-$3000.
Our “Lola” took over my wife’s Barcalounger last year. Don’t ever take them into a pool - they can’t swim. They’re like a cinder-block with legs.
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My Dalmatian learned 101 words.
Dogs must like fish! Tommy Hogan, owner of Warm Winds surf shop in Narragansett, R.I., had 2 Saint Bernards, Hildy and Hannibal. One day they played tug’o’war with his new fish, it had no nose and tail when he got home from the shop!
Is the dog okay? I hope she didn’t eat too much resin…can’t be good for the system.
I’ve got a bully too. That sounds very typical!
(We’ve been lucky here I guess since I don’t have a similar story)
Ours isn’t much of a leg humper but my husband swears he was being amorous with my skateboard.
Yo Boondockbill…I’m just joshing you about your dog but whats really funny is that the insane Bulldog on The Osbournes TV show is named Lola also.
My Queensland mix plays piano, is writing his first novel, and is a ghost shaper for Dick Brewer. Mike
Proposal for gold plated perpetual trophy for threads like this one.
That’s the coolest trophy I’ve ever seen! Everyone with a surfboard-eating dog will smile. And thanks for all the support from Swaylock’s people - I don’t think I’ve EVER come across a better bunch on ANY discussion board. And that’s from the heart. We just got back from Refugio Beach - head high south. My son (on his surgically fixed fish) and his friends surfing till they dropped, my great wife supplying us with bevies and food, our surfboard chewing dog Lola happily greeting everyone in her sight, 80 degree outside temp, water getting warmer, BBQ’s everywhere - the ultimate definition of a great, great, California beach day. And for those of you who don’t know Refugio, it’s the best kept secret on the West Coast. And this is from a guy who grew up on Catalina, learned to surf at Pismo, rode everything in Santa Barbara and Hollister Ranch as a teenager, lived in Hawaii, and finally settled down in Santa Ynez Valley!
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PC- That is all time, we should have you design the trophies for Memorial Day. Paul loved riding your mat- he said it was it was really fun. See ya soon