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Whoami
Member
08-03-2001
| Monday, July 03, 2006 - 9:13 pm
Things were relatively quite tonight. Only a few pops heard off in the distance, but still enough to make poor Bomba wary. He even braved going outside a couple of times, but as soon as a distant pop was heard, he hightailed it back into the house. At least he thinks of the house as a safe haven. I've heard too many stories of terrified dogs taking off in a panic and getting lost. As for my yard. The weeds do get out of control sometimes. But I'm not always able to get out there right away to mow. Whether its issues with taking care of Mom, a lawnmower that won't start, or other issues, the weeds do get a little high at times. But certainly not chin high or something. And the darn things sometimes seem to grow overnight at times! LOL. I swear those neighbors are out there with a tape measure, and as soon as one stalk of weed gets above the limit set forth by the city, they call it in. One year, they set up their patio furniture just on the other side of the fence where our dogs do their toilet (and it was in a weird spot, as far removed from their house/patio as they could get it). Then they called the cops to complain about the poop in our yard stinking. And yes, I clean up the poop every week on trash day! Anyway, back to the fireworks. I'm glad today was a better day. But I fear the neighborhood is just saving up their ammo for tomorrow.
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Regee
Member
10-09-2005
| Tuesday, July 04, 2006 - 5:31 am
Who; your neighbor's sounds like my Brother's, he lives in Colorado Springs, and has a rottie, but let Princess let out one little yelp and the law is called even though there 3 dogs have bark fests in the middle of the night.
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Countrydaze
Member
11-07-2003
| Tuesday, July 04, 2006 - 6:22 am
I have the best thing for our four legged friends who don't like fireworks, storms etc. I use Bach Flower Rescue Remedy. You can get it at a health store. It comes with an eyedropper. Put a few drops in the dogs mouth, or put a few drops just on the outer inside of your doggies ear and rub it in (not in the ear) IT REALLY HELPS. It also can be used for people, but not children, it does contain alcohol, it is a Homeopathic Remedy and a stress relief remedy. I just brought a new bottle yesterday.
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Azriel
Member
08-01-2000
| Tuesday, July 04, 2006 - 7:13 am
My grandpuppy has been a bad boy today. He crawled into his mommy AprilJo's purse when she wasn't looking and pulled out her red ink pen. We think he wanted to look festive for the 4th of July, but well...he is more of a pink dog right now. Does anyone have any ideas to remove the ink? She has already given him a couple of baths, but he has sensitive skin and she doesn't want to make him start itching and scratching.
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Whoami
Member
08-03-2001
| Wednesday, July 05, 2006 - 5:29 am
Don't have any answers about the ink Azriel. Sorry. Though you need to take a pick and post it for us so we can see your festive pink dog! Thank goodness the 4th is over. Our neighbors on the other side were popping off some really loud ones, and the smoke from it drifted right into our front yard. It was so thick it looked like fog! Didn't look like they had any illeagle ones though, and they were doing it in their own driveway (city code disallows it on public property, which the neighbors the other day were most definitely in violation of!). Poor Bomba had pretty much all his worse fears thrown at him yesterday. First a few daytime noisemakers to "warm him up." Then Mother Nature decided to get involved and blew in a nasty wind storm (Bomba's convinced there is an evil Wind Monster that periodically tries to blow our house down, or break into the house some how and kill us all). And since that didn't seem to be enough, we ended up with a pretty nasty thunderstorm on top of that! The poor boy just didn't know what to do! First he'd pace, then he'd lay down on my feet, then he'd come and climb in under the computer table. Then he'd get up and pace some more. My hugging him and loving on him and sweet talking had almost no effect. And even if I got up to just walk across the room, he was up and right there beside me. It was like his cheek was velcroed to my knee!! Oh, and then when the weather finally cleared up a bit, the neighbors scurried back outside and popped off a whole bunch more noisemakers. I sure hope they used up all their supplies yesterday!
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Saxywildcat
Member
05-30-2005
| Wednesday, July 05, 2006 - 6:04 am
Poor Bomba! My puppies survived the 4th, that's for sure. We came back to a normal scene from the city fireworks and didn't even hear any in our neighborhood. Who, the neighbors and your weeds certainly sound like the BTK killer.. He was some sort of officer and would be out with a ruler measuring people's yards in his neighborhood. Hopefully your neighbors aren't as psycho as Dennis Rader is.
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Supergranny
Member
02-03-2005
| Wednesday, July 05, 2006 - 8:21 am
I know what you are going thru Whoami. Lucee is not taking the fireworks well at all. She climbed in my lap last nite and her poor little body was shaking. Charlie doesn't know for sure what is going on, he is all bouncy and looking around but he is easy to distract with a toy. This is probably a misuse of the uniform but I made DH get dressed up in his volunteer policeman outfit and go knock on the neighbors door. He did not want to but I kept at him and reminded him our poor dogs were suffering. And it is illegal to shoot fireworks except on the beach. We face the beach which is bad enough but when those kids behind us started in with the firecrackers...poor Lucee couldn't even go in the yard. Anyhow the kids quit...for awhile!!
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Cdbga
Member
10-04-2004
| Wednesday, July 05, 2006 - 2:04 pm
Too bad I don't have your DH (or his uniform) here with me right now Supergranny. As we speak, my idiot neighbors are out in the parking lot drinking and setting off their leftover fireworks. We actually made it through the 4th with none being set off, I thought we were home free. Fortunately the first 2 were duds, just made a squealing noise, which didn't scare Whitney much. Unfortunately, if they don't cut it out, I can't take her out for her evening walk. Ugghhh, I hate my neighbors a little more each day. They are just obnoxious people, and it seems like every time an apartment in my building is vacant, a friend or relative of theirs moves in, so pretty much every other tenant in my building is out there involved in this nonsense...and I am left in no position to complain to management. Whitney and I are so out of here when my lease is up. It is sad, really, because I LOVE my apartment and I love the complex otherwise. It just seems like I ended up in a bad building. I don't see this stuff going on around any of the other buildings. Whitney and I have our first vet visit tomorrow. I have her on Frontline Plus, but she's gotten fleas again and is just miserable. I've been putting a hydrocortisone cream on her, but it only gives her temporary relief. She's up half the night scratching, she's getting little bald spots on her ears from all the scratching. And we are both a bit of a wreck. The vet says she may have a flea allergy. I don't know, I'm just hoping they can help us make it better. She needs some relief from the itching. I spent today treating the apartment for fleas. I did all the carpets, washed & treated all our bedding. I completely changed out the cushion in her crate (I was already intending to do that, the one in there was a little too small). Of course, in an apartment, there is only so much you can do (my neighbors all have dogs, so if they have fleas, we'll just get fleas again...and I can't treat the yard.). Hey, it sounds like the neighbors may have given up and gone back inside! I better get Whit out and walk her while I can.
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Supergranny
Member
02-03-2005
| Wednesday, July 05, 2006 - 4:13 pm
Yeah it's too bad that I can't rent him out!! He takes his volunteering pretty seriously so I shouldn't tease. Ask your vet about antihistamines for Whitney. Sophie was so allergic to the fleas that we had to keep her on pills all year round.
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Sabbatia
Member
08-15-2005
| Wednesday, July 05, 2006 - 8:33 pm
Whoami, We sedate ours for the 4th. The big dog was happily napping Monday, while Jia...who wouldn't take her meds was hiding in the corner. Last night, she took hers too. She slept in the bed for a change with her head on Alan's pillow and her butt in my face....and shook the entire time. Poor Kid!! I HATE fireworks!
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Secretsmile
Member
08-19-2002
| Thursday, July 06, 2006 - 4:09 am
It's been a while since I showed you our furbaby. Riley had his bath and was very patient while I did a poor imitation of a groomer. As you can see he's got face stains that we can't use the treatment on until he's a year old. I tried to trim his head, ears and muzzle area to look like a picture I found on the internet.

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Cdbga
Member
10-04-2004
| Thursday, July 06, 2006 - 5:29 am
He is such a cutie Secret!
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Ophiliasgrandma
Member
09-04-2001
| Thursday, July 06, 2006 - 8:15 am
He looks so silky...what a little prince!
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Supergranny
Member
02-03-2005
| Thursday, July 06, 2006 - 9:06 am
Awww..hello Riley! I could just scoop him up he is so cute.
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Happymom
Member
01-20-2003
| Thursday, July 06, 2006 - 9:13 am
I always love seeing pics of the super cute Riley! Cdbga, Cassidy is allergic to fleas. We give her Advantage every 3 weeks during the summer instead of the recommended 4 weeks per the vet. It really seems to help. Maybe Whitney could have her frontline more often than the package says. Our cats had fleas bad bad bad when we lived in San Diego 16+ years ago (perfect climate for year round fleas), anyway, I got a lot of flea bites before they became indoor cats and was actually taking garlic pills to help keep the fleas from biting me. I can't remember if it worked or not, but maybe you could ask the vet about Garlic for Whitney. Good luck.
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Yankee_in_ca
Member
08-01-2000
| Thursday, July 06, 2006 - 11:27 am
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Christiii
Member
07-07-2005
| Thursday, July 06, 2006 - 11:31 am
okay..how do you post photos??
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Yankee_in_ca
Member
08-01-2000
| Thursday, July 06, 2006 - 11:32 am
Riley is sooo cute! The following picture, taken today, is a typical scene in my office (which I share with my dh). My JRT likes to sleep with his head on my dh's shoulder. He's just *slightly* spoiled...

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Christiii
Member
07-07-2005
| Thursday, July 06, 2006 - 11:42 am

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Christiii
Member
07-07-2005
| Thursday, July 06, 2006 - 11:43 am
wooot!!! it worked!! my two babies...Soleil and Beaumont....lame pic I know...buts all I have on my laptop!
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Christiii
Member
07-07-2005
| Thursday, July 06, 2006 - 12:33 pm
Beau is sooooooo afraid of the fireworks, thos being a rescue he is afraid of most things...poor baby..who knows what he has been thru??
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Retired
Member
07-11-2001
| Thursday, July 06, 2006 - 12:38 pm
Beautiful dogs Christiii!!!!
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Jasper
Member
09-14-2000
| Thursday, July 06, 2006 - 1:03 pm
Great Pyrenes Christiii or a lab mix? Lovely looking couple!
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Vacanick
Member
07-12-2004
| Thursday, July 06, 2006 - 1:05 pm
Adding my Maggie picture. She's a silky terrier. That's her ratty, pink toy in front of her. 
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Christiii
Member
07-07-2005
| Thursday, July 06, 2006 - 1:38 pm
awwww Vacanick...how cute! Jasper, Beau on the right is a Great Pyrenees, tho he is a rescue so i dont know his history...I got him from our Pyr club and I cant imagine there is anythign else in there...and Soleil on the left is Great Pyrenees with about 1/10 samoyed in there....a guy in Tahoe was doing a mix of the two..and she is the perfect mix! Maaa schmooopy!!
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