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Hukdonreality
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09-29-2003

Tuesday, February 21, 2006 - 1:46 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Hukdonreality a private message Print Post    
Here is a cute baby/puppie picture that may make you smile today:


Tabbyking
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03-11-2002

Tuesday, February 21, 2006 - 1:52 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Tabbyking a private message Print Post    
we made a ramp for vito a few years back, but mostly we just lifted him in and out of the suburban. anyway, dh took four boards about 6 inches wide and and inch thick and maybe 8 feet long. he then cut them in half and hinged two pieces together, so that folded, each was about 4 feet long. when you open them out, place them next to each other or a few inches apart. have the hinged side so that it doesn't fold when the dog is walking up; it will just put a little pressure on the hinges if you get good, strong ones. it doesn't have to look pretty :-) you may have to step on the bottom of the ramps if your dog doesn't step off til he is at the very end, but we never really had trouble with the ramps ends flying up when the dog got to the 'top'. actually, i think our suburban storage area is 46 inches wide and 54 inches long or something. if you wanted to store the ramps sideways, they would have to be a little smaller than 4 feet when folded.
as vito got a lot older, we just put him a blanket and two of us would each take an end and put him in 'hammock' style. he would stay on the blanket in the car and we would lift him out the same way.

Ophiliasgrandma
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09-04-2001

Tuesday, February 21, 2006 - 4:03 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Ophiliasgrandma a private message Print Post    
Chihuahuas are starting to look better and better. LOL

Cndeariso
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06-28-2004

Tuesday, February 21, 2006 - 6:22 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Cndeariso a private message Print Post    
melee

here's Emlee tonight right after her bath waiting for her treat for being a good girl. doesn't look much like a schnauzer with her hair all grown out for the winter.

Happymom
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01-20-2003

Tuesday, February 21, 2006 - 6:24 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Happymom a private message Print Post    
Oh Tabby, thank you for describing Vito's ramp, especially now when you are grieving. Thanks for the blanket info. too. Again, I'm so sorry about Vito. (((Tabby and family)))

Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Tuesday, February 21, 2006 - 6:53 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seamonkey a private message Print Post    
Cnd, she's so cute!!

And Oscar is looking great!!

Tabbyking
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03-11-2002

Tuesday, February 21, 2006 - 7:02 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Tabbyking a private message Print Post    
CNdear, what a cutie patootie. i love shnauzers.
oscar is so sweet! what symmetrical coloring he has!
i can't wait til kendall gets better and acts like a real pup. he coughs himself dizzy and is pretty leery of me these days because i tried to use a warm damp cloth on his poor, crusty nose! it will be nice when his nose quits running! he runs over, through, around and behind the couches when i try to get near him! until nighttime, when he sleeps quite near me!

Cndeariso
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06-28-2004

Tuesday, February 21, 2006 - 7:18 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Cndeariso a private message Print Post    
oh, my! oscar is handsome!

Hukdonreality
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09-29-2003

Tuesday, February 21, 2006 - 7:29 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Hukdonreality a private message Print Post    
Personally (and who asked me anyways), I think Schnauzers are way cuter with their fuzziness than when they're shaved! Look how damned cute that pup is...awwww!

Cndeariso
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06-28-2004

Tuesday, February 21, 2006 - 7:31 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Cndeariso a private message Print Post    
that pup is 12 years old and still going strong!

thanks, huk.

Tabbyking
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03-11-2002

Tuesday, February 21, 2006 - 10:47 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Tabbyking a private message Print Post    
i agree they are at least as cute unshaved and that pup looks a lot younger than 12, even with the gray!!! maybe because they are so often gray, you don't notice when they get older?

Watching2
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07-07-2001

Tuesday, February 21, 2006 - 11:40 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Watching2 a private message Print Post    
{{{{{{{{{{Tabby}}}}}}}}}} I'm so sorry to hear about Vito. :-( I know we all have to face that time sooner or later, but it doesn't make it any less painful. I hope Kendall continues to improve.

Oscar is absolutely gorgeous!!!! And I agree about the Schnauzers (and other breeds!) looking cute w/o their "haircuts." Emlee is a doll!

Hukdonreality
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09-29-2003

Wednesday, February 22, 2006 - 4:15 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Hukdonreality a private message Print Post    
Looks like the people have spoken...Emlee will stay a fuzzie baby this year! Yay!

oh, I forgot that you have the overriding vote, Cn...sorry!

Cndeariso
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06-28-2004

Wednesday, February 22, 2006 - 5:20 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Cndeariso a private message Print Post    
LOL Emlee will stay fuzzy until warm weather. she likes to go to the beach and that sand sticks to her like glue. so, off will come most of the fuzz for bikini weather.

Happymom
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01-20-2003

Wednesday, February 22, 2006 - 9:15 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Happymom a private message Print Post    
I love seeing all the pics! Wow is Oscar is such a big handsome guy now! I purposefully look for pics. of him. Cute Emlee really does not look her age. Huk, I think I'll look at that pic anytime I'm feeling mad, I know it'll lessen the anger, what a cute pic.

Tabby, I sure hope Kendall feels better soon.

Jasper
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09-14-2000

Wednesday, February 22, 2006 - 10:05 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jasper a private message Print Post    
I am so proud of Oscar, he is such a handsome goofball. I'll post one more picture (Happymom I remember you mentionned your daughter remembered him and you looked for pics, I'll let him know he is a star!), my mom says he has the most gentle eyes. He is almost 14 months old now and he has lived with us for a year! Hard to believe. Cndear - w or w/o Emlee looks sweet, it also looks like she is formulating some sort of plan.


Cndeariso
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06-28-2004

Wednesday, February 22, 2006 - 10:25 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Cndeariso a private message Print Post    
LOL, she was, jasper! she was thinking how she could get to the dog treats herself since i was wasting her time taking a picture.

Hukdonreality
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09-29-2003

Wednesday, February 22, 2006 - 10:41 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Hukdonreality a private message Print Post    
Emlee looks a lot like Toto, don't you think? I'd keep my eyes out for that old Miss Gulch riding by on her bicycle if I was you!



Saxywildcat
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05-30-2005

Wednesday, February 22, 2006 - 12:12 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Saxywildcat a private message Print Post    
Jasper, Oscar really is a handsome fellow! And I think of my Mocha when I see some of the things he does in his pictures, like sprawling all out on his back!

Emlee is adorable, and yes, I kinda think she looks like Toto too! LOL

This morning, Mocha found out that it is possible to sit on the bean bag under one of the windows. At first she was just brave enough to climb up on it to look out the window. When I first saw her, I thought she was peeing, then she just continued to sit there and look out the window. She looked so uncomfortable.. LOL Then she finally just plopped down and curled up. Boy.. I'm ready to go home and snuggle with my puppies right now! LOL

I will get a picture of Mocha in the bean bag soon. It's due time for a pic of her since all the pics I posted the other day were of Sandy!

Tabby, How are you/family doing and how is Kendall?

Hukdonreality
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09-29-2003

Wednesday, February 22, 2006 - 3:30 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Hukdonreality a private message Print Post    
Yeah, wouldja? All we see is Sandy, Sandy, Sandy...
ha ha ha ha, I crack myself up

Tabbyking
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03-11-2002

Wednesday, February 22, 2006 - 10:22 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Tabbyking a private message Print Post    
saxy, kendall goes to the vet tomorrow for a check up. i would like to check his weight and his temp. his eyes are still very red and his cough is horrible--the good thing is his cough is only about 40 times a day now, where he hacks and hacks and i nearly gag with him. it used to be almost literally non-stop. he will sleep now for 2 hours or so and not cough. so i know he's getting better, but this has been the longest 10 days of my life! i will spend one more night on the couch and then my back will be screaming for my bed. my cats cry because they always sleep with me when i am in this house. one is too shy to come downstairs with the dog, so he cries on the stairs at night for me to go up to him.
dog seems to get along fine with the cat who is venturing nearer. they have touched noses a couple of times and slept near each other in the family room.
i am going to have the vet ask for an extension on the neutering. do you know that if you don't do it in 30 days from the adoption (unless you get an extension from the vet due to illness) they will come and take the dog back?! here you are bound by law to have a shelter pet spayed or neutered. you could have a purebred golden retriever or boxer or whatever but you cannot breed them. (well, i guess if you were quick and did it in the first month you had the pet) but i had to sign a paper that i would not breed my dog and that he would be neutered by march 7. (which from feb 7 is only 28 days, not 30, but the lady at the shelter didn't get it. she does month and day to the next month and day only. february adopters get cheated!)
the family is doing pretty well. ds called tonight to ask if we had vito cremated. i told him we did not. he and dd want to plant a tree at the new house for the dog. they are going to choose one as soon as they know what growing area we are. in the south house, we are 9-10 so a cactus would work :-)
ds asked about planting a pine tree and i smiled. he hasn't seen the new house yet. we have at least 200 pine trees, some of which are 100 feet tall!
we do have two cherry and one apple tree and wild strawberries. maybe another fruit tree that can take freezing temps...

Citruscitygal
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08-07-2003

Wednesday, February 22, 2006 - 11:46 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Citruscitygal a private message Print Post    
The Spirit of a Dog

I was standing on a hillside in a field of blowing wheat
And the spirit of my Dog appeared suddenly at my feet.

He looked at me with kind dark eyes, an ancient wisdom shining through
And in the essence of his being I saw his love for me, too.

His mind did lock upon my heart as I stood there on that day
Then he told me of this story about a place so far away.

I stood upon that hillside in a field of blowing wheat and in a twinkling
of a second his spirit left my feet.

His tale put my heart at ease my fears did fade away
He helped me know where he had gone when he left me on that day.

"I live among God's creatures now in the heavens of your mind, so do not
grieve for me, my friend as I am with my canine kind.

My collar is a rainbow's hue my leash a shooting star my boundaries are
the Milky Way where I sparkle from afar.

There are no pens or kennels here for I am not confined
But free to roam God's heavens among my own kind.

I nap the day on a snowy cloud gentle breezes rocking me
And dream the dreams of earthlings and how it used to be.

The trees are full of liver treats and tennis balls abound
Chew bones line the walkways just waiting to be found.

There even is a ring set up. The grass all lush and green,
and everyone who gaits around becomes the Best of Breed.

For we're all winners in this place, we have no faults you see, and God
passes out those ribbons. To everyone, even me.

I drink from waters laced with gold my world a beauty to behold
And wise old dogs do form my pride to amble at my very side.

At night I sleep in an angel's arms her wings protecting me.
And moonbeams dance about us as stardust falls on thee.

You picture me as I was on earth just before I died,
the pain is gone I am whole again filled with canine pride.

So when your life on earth is spent, and you stand at Heaven's gate
Have no fear of loneliness, for here, you know I wait."

Original Author Unknown


Tabby~ I think planting a tree in memory of Vito is a lovely idea. He was surely loved and will be truly missed. My thoughts are with you and your family.

I hope the report on Kendall from the vet tomorrow is positive. This sounds like a tough bug to fight. Sending healing vibes his way.

Watching2
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07-07-2001

Thursday, February 23, 2006 - 12:36 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Watching2 a private message Print Post    
Awwwww Citrus.... *sniff* Thanks for sharing!

Tabbyking
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03-11-2002

Thursday, February 23, 2006 - 1:45 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Tabbyking a private message Print Post    
RN, kendall is being tested for valley fever and distemper. valley fever is only found in our valley. my husband had it in the 70's when he was stationed near here. the valley fever titre will take about 4 days and the distemper titre will take about a week.
we took him off the clavamox and doubled his baytril. the vet would not rx zithro; said he doesn't ever use it. (the lady vet i have been seeing was not in this morning. i wish they had told me when i called for the appointment yesterday. it's hard to see different vets who aren't familiar with your pet or their illness, to evaluate if it's better or worse. plus, this guy and i had it out about 5 years ago and i refused to see him for many years!)
this vet said it could be kennel cough, but he doesn't like that it's moved to the nose now. he said it could be kennel cough, valley fever or distemper or ALL 3! please pray that it's kennel cough and hasn't turned into pneumonia. and that's it not valley fever or distemper. both are over 80% fatal.
i am sad today...


i posted this in the right now area earlier. i have since discovered valley fever is in areas of arizona and texas, too. for years it was only heard of in the san joaquin valley. even doctors one valley away had never heard of it!
anyway, it was sad when i was with the dog waiting for the doctor to come back in and do bloodwork because they have a beautiful frame on a shelf with the rainbow bridge on it. i was thinking of vito and hoping kendall can have a lot more time before he has to pass over the bridge. he's too young to not be able to have more out of life first...i was almost crying when the vet came back into the room. i had to kind of cough before i could talk over the lump.

Yankee_in_ca
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08-01-2000

Thursday, February 23, 2006 - 1:53 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Yankee_in_ca a private message Print Post    
Tabby, I am praying that it is kennel cough.