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Supergranny
Member
02-03-2005
| Tuesday, March 07, 2006 - 7:31 pm
Saxy...what a fun picture! It reminds me of when I agreed to train a german shepherd, he weighed over 100 lbs and his owner weighed less. Any way the first time I saw him...he was sprawled on the back of the couch like Sandy. I thought "OMG what have I gotten myself into". But I wanted the money for this umbrella cockatoo. So everyday for 10 weeks I worked with that dog, my shoulders and arms would ache at nite. But at the end she could take him for a walk and put him on down stay etc. And I got my umbrella cockatoo. Then we discovered that DH is allergic to that white dander that they shed...
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Tabbyking
Member
03-11-2002
| Wednesday, March 08, 2006 - 12:45 am
sorry, super, i had to laugh at the end of your story. what a long, long road you hoed only to find out the end wasn't going to work out. (or did you get rid of dh instead?) just kidding!
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Tabbyking
Member
03-11-2002
| Wednesday, March 08, 2006 - 10:49 am
whoa, time for some puppy toys! i think all the ones we bought are at the north house, since he didn't seem interested in them. what a sense of humor this guy has! i specifically put my shoes up on a chair. he was sleeping with both of them this morning, but nary a nibble on either, thank God! (i had a puppy chew a white work shoe and i had to wear it to work for the day with little dog bite holes in it til i could go to a uniform store at the end of the day!) he also took the box of lightbulbs off the table. little nibbles on each edge of the box, but lightbulbs still intact. then he took dd's backpack and dragged it around until everything was out of it. he then placed the backpack by the front door! (thank God he didn't chew her cell phone or her disk she has her AP history and english assignments on!) today i am going to get him some tennis balls, and i'll have dh bring some of his chew toys home when he comes for the weekend. he isn't 'bad', he's just mischievous! we have to make sure we hang our car keys out of reach, though. they are the plastic kind where the key folds in...if he chewed them up, we'd be in a world of hurt! he seems to know what is a toy and what isn't and hasn't chewed the 'what isn'ts', but you never know! he did a lot of reverse sneezing (snorting) last night. i'll bet it went on for a full minute. but then he didn't cough once even when he got up this morning and his nose looks a lot better. i am so excited to see the real pet inside the sick little boy! yesterday, he was out back with me and i wanted to go inside. he goes everywhere i do, and i guess he wasn't ready to come in yet. he grabbed my pant's pocket lightly in his teeth. i laughed and stayed outside for another minute or two. then he walked to the door and was ready to go inside.
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Calamity
Member
10-18-2001
| Wednesday, March 08, 2006 - 12:13 pm
Oh I love Archie, Merrysea! He shares a b-day with my niece, she'll be four this year. Saxy: How did Sandy get up there, lol?! What great photos! Supergranny: Funny story!
Yea Kendall!
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Julieboo
Member
02-05-2002
| Wednesday, March 08, 2006 - 12:59 pm
Well he is a "toddler" Tabby!! We have plenty of rawhides (though sometimes they can be rough on the gums) for our boys. Pigs ears are a once in a blue moon treat. (Vet says they are not very healthy, bit once in a while is okay).
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Merrysea
Member
08-13-2004
| Wednesday, March 08, 2006 - 1:12 pm
Thanks, Calamity! I think he's special! Saxy, our sofa is in front of the window, and Archie likes to climb up on the back to look out. Of course, he's not nearly as big as Sandy is!
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Tabbyking
Member
03-11-2002
| Wednesday, March 08, 2006 - 3:56 pm
dog, who is now almost well and showing his true colors, decided he HAD to go with me on errands. so i look out the window at one place where i'm paying a bill and the dog has half his large body out a window that is open 5 inches tops. i run outside to save his ass. i look out again and he is behind the wheel and laying on the horn. when i finally leave that first place, i get in and start to back up and realize the rearview mirror is missing. not just adjusted, but gone. i find it in the back seat, under the dog. i take him home and continue on with my other errands unaccompanied.
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Supergranny
Member
02-03-2005
| Wednesday, March 08, 2006 - 4:46 pm
Kendall is a hoot! He sounds as busy as Lucee aka Queen of Eternal Mischief. You will never be bored.
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Ophiliasgrandma
Member
09-04-2001
| Wednesday, March 08, 2006 - 4:52 pm
I bet Kendall has that 'Don't be mad at me, mom.' look down to a fine science.
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Watching2
Member
07-07-2001
| Thursday, March 09, 2006 - 12:57 am
ROFL Tabby!!!! How great to be able to have a laugh out loud moment about Kendall after how sick he was! He sounds a lot like my DS was as a pre-schooler. He used to love to pull himself up on the rearview mirror of our minivan..and yep... the mirror went with him. I won't even get into the OTHER things he did. It would take days! LOL So happy to hear Kendall is doing so well. YAY!!!!!!!
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Tabbyking
Member
03-11-2002
| Thursday, March 09, 2006 - 2:55 pm
two steps forward, one step back with this cutie! today his nose is running more than the last day or so, but a lot less than 1-2 weeks ago. his appetite is less than yesterday's, but yesterday he ate everything that wasn't nailed down! he's probably still full (except for full of gas, because he got rid of a lot of that last night as we tried to watch american idol through the fog!) if he still is the same on monday, i will see if he needs more meds--he finishes up with everythinig tomorrow. i am thinking it's the same as with humans, however; your nose continues to run for a while after your cold/other symptoms are gone. he likes his two tennis balls on a braided rope, but can only attack it for a short while because he needs to breathe through his mouth!
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Supergranny
Member
02-03-2005
| Thursday, March 09, 2006 - 6:34 pm
Well we have results of more tests and x-rays this afternoon. Sophie has bone cancer. All these unrelated symptoms, wheezing, limping etc. It is spreading so fast that even surgery or chemo are not a good choice. It might give her a couple more months is all, he said. It is hard for me to reconcile that there isn't something they can do to fix her. Right now she is feeling real good...she is on steroids. As long as she is happy and not in pain she will be at my side.
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Tabbyking
Member
03-11-2002
| Thursday, March 09, 2006 - 7:07 pm
oh, supergranny. how sad. i know we only had a couple of months left with vito, too. and he'd have those pretty good days when i really thought he would somehow be super dog and live for another year or so... when we got kendall--because i KNEW i had to have a dog in my life--people (including at the vet's office) said, "oh, are you replacing vito?" well, you can't replace a specific dog. i told them i was replacing 'a dog' but not vito. i am so sorry to hear about sophie. i think people who don't have dogs can't quite understand just how much they mean to us...i hope the time you have left together is wonderful. i am so sad for you because i know sophie is a family member, not "just a pet". hopefully, she won't be in too much pain and you can enjoy some good times together before she crosses the rainbow bridge. how old is sophie?
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Saxywildcat
Member
05-30-2005
| Thursday, March 09, 2006 - 7:22 pm
(((((((((((((SG))))))))))))))) It's always hard to know you only have little time left with a pet. Even with my guinea pig who I hadn't had as long as you would have dogs, I was unhappy about the prognosis of his breast cancer.
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Supergranny
Member
02-03-2005
| Thursday, March 09, 2006 - 8:54 pm
Sophie would be 9 in July. She was 2 when we got her, she was a French bulldog rescue. It is unbelievable that such a precious dog would be so abused that when we got her, she would shake so hard with fear that I would have to sit down on the floor with her and hold her. She did not know how to socialize with people, she wasn't housebroke and it was obvious that she had been whipped over it. If we raised our feet or even the newspaper she would completely freak. She had to be completely hidden when she did her business. That was the hardest obstacle to overcome. It probably took close to a year for her to completely blossom and become the darling little clown she is. She completely trusts people and is a little too friendly at times. She has been the ideal pet and a good traveler in our motor home. I do know that for the past 7 years we have given her the best life a little dog could have.
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Jimmer
Moderator
08-30-2000
| Thursday, March 09, 2006 - 8:55 pm
Saxy, That was Bacon wasn't it? I loved that name you gave him and he was a cute guy! So sorry to hear about Sophie, SG. She sounds like a wonderful dog. Tabby, what you said is so true about never “replacing” a pet. Each is individual and irreplaceable. We are simply finding another new and special friend.
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Thursday, March 09, 2006 - 9:30 pm
Aw, Supergranny I am sorry. Our pets are family, there's no way to replace them when they're gone, but if we're very lucky we might find another little friend eventually to enrich our lives.
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Wendo
Member
08-07-2000
| Thursday, March 09, 2006 - 10:42 pm
Sorry to hear about Sophie SG. My thoughts with you and your pet.
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Ophiliasgrandma
Member
09-04-2001
| Friday, March 10, 2006 - 9:30 am
SuperG, I am so sorry about your little girl.
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Happymom
Member
01-20-2003
| Friday, March 10, 2006 - 11:04 am
Oh oh SuperG, I am so so sorry for you about Sophie. That is so very sad. I love the picture of her that you posted recently. For some reason, Sophie's little face really sticks with me a lot. Was her face a lot darker when she was younger? ((( SuperG ))))
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Calamity
Member
10-18-2001
| Friday, March 10, 2006 - 12:16 pm
Sophie Oh no, Supergranny. I'm so sorry. That was a darling photo of Sophie. I'm so glad you rescued her and she was able to have these happy years with you. Hope she's comfortable for now.
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Supergranny
Member
02-03-2005
| Friday, March 10, 2006 - 6:38 pm
Thank you all for your support. It really does mean a lot. My family and friends are all as upset as we are and it is hard to talk to them. I am calmer today and full of optimism. Did research on internet last nite and there has been cases where the bone tumors have healed with immune system supplements. So today I had a calm discussion with my vet. He has sent Sophie's x-rays to a specialist in North Seattle. No charge to us, bless his heart! But in the mean time we have started Sophie on Power Mushrooms (Chinese) and then later get her on Licorice. As long as I can feel like I am doing something to help....makes me feel better!
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Friday, March 10, 2006 - 7:00 pm
{{{{Supergranny and Sophie}}}} Give it a go, I say! I've seen some amazing things happen and have learned to never say never. You've been the best home Sophie could have ever had and when the time comes, be it sooner or, hopefully, much later, you'll know.

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Slinkydog
Member
11-30-2005
| Saturday, March 11, 2006 - 10:30 am
Supergranny, I'm so sorry to hear about Sophie's illness. On the other hand, I'm so happy to hear how loved she has been for the past 7 years. You've made her life wonderful!
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Saxywildcat
Member
05-30-2005
| Saturday, March 11, 2006 - 10:40 am
Jimmer, that was Bacon. He's now over the rainbow bridge though, so he's happy, lumpless and eating lots of lettuce and carrots
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