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Christiii
Member
07-07-2005
| Sunday, July 09, 2006 - 6:43 am
heres a good topic about our dogs... Stupid comments you get from non dog people: here are a few of mine....keep in mind that mine are a really big... 1. Hey, who's walking who??? 2. wow...Ill bet you are broke just feeding those guys! 3. ohh, Ill bet they are soooo hot and miserable this time of year...then they give a sad pathetic face like Im torturing them.... (umm...nooo...they are either in their baby pool, laying in the shade or in air conditioning...ALL at their own leisure, since they usually are doing what ever they please around here) 4. do they shed?? (umm helllooooo...dont most dogs shed?? they are cleaner and cuter than most kids!!) And my favorite: one lady ACTUALLY came into my boutique and asked me if Beau could walk...and yes....she was SERIOUS! I mean, he does lay around like a slug, but what else do you do in a boutique?? I answered her very seriously that No, I just pull him around in a cart ...she just kind of looked at me like REALLY??? and her friend said no, he can walk, she saw him standing up earlier.... I also have people ALL the time come in and talk to the dogs and say stupid things like..ohhh Are you an old doggie?? really pathetic like, ( they usually are asking that of Beau, who is four but has the soul of an old man) or ooohh are you reallly hooooot, you poor thing....I know thye expect me to answer fo the dogs, but if the comments are rude...then I dont....I know people dont mean any harm, but sheesh...I dont walk up to their kids and ask them if they are sad or miserable.... dont get me wrong, Im really nice to my customers i swear..but some of the comments...people just dont think! I actually had a lady come in yesterday, but a $10 item and have me gift wrap it...great...no problemo...then she said..."you know, this misic really doesnt go with your store, and I find it very shocking", and her look at me was of pure disgust.....ummm....okaaaay....it was the SPICE GIRLS! I was so surprised by her comments, that anyone would actually SAY that (even if you are thinking it) but I finally said, uhhh...well I think my boutique is really fun, so I try to play fun music (I also play the Partridge family, monkees etc...just stuff to make you smile and that is not so serious and pretencious....he if she woulda bought my $1000 bed, Ill play dj for her for the rest of the day.... okay...sorry..done rambling now...Happy Sunday!!
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Regee
Member
10-09-2005
| Sunday, July 09, 2006 - 7:41 am
Sun: Ohhh, I am so happy for you and Charlie, how did the night go. He is probably gonna have the run of you and everything else as soon as he realizes he is there now and doesn't have to share the attention with all the other dog's. And I am also VERY bad in giving my 2 boxer's ice cubes they love them. Hoping for an update soon, but glad that you may be sleeping in a bit. Reg'ee
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Sisalou
Member
07-12-2002
| Sunday, July 09, 2006 - 8:00 am
Sunrv, just popping in to check on you. I am glad to hear about Charlie. I know you two will be best buddies. My little dog has to get her anal glands expressed occasionally and I always take her to the vet. My mom has a dog that does have an odor when her glands get full and its not very pleasant. {{{Sunr}}}
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Chewpito
Member
01-04-2004
| Sunday, July 09, 2006 - 8:01 am
Those are cute stories Christi, thanks for sharing some laughs...somthing you wrote in your post above it really got me though, my older dog "queensland healer" I rescued and she had been abused, she is the best dog but a little skiddish when frightened so I only keep her with me or my daughter to keep her calm. we had to go out of town for 5days and I asked my friend to look in on my girl cause I couldnt take her, long story short - but it took till the 5th day for her to warm up to my friend, she wasnt mean but she just would keep her distance and wouldnt let my frend touch her. When I returned I had bought a gift for my frend as a thankyou for watching my "special needs pup" while I was gone.. and she was sweet but her husband goes off saying that my dog is a WHACK job and FREAK cause she was so stand offish....Well, my dog was scared,confuzed, she is allways with me and suddenly this other person is showing up. I was so mad because...just like you wrote above.. "Dont they know that they are-our babies"?.. If thier kid was throwing a tantrum over "whatever", Id keep my thoughts to myself.. any way I was mad at her husband for days and maybe still am... oh well...
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Chewpito
Member
01-04-2004
| Sunday, July 09, 2006 - 8:04 am
I hope you had a good night Sun..
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Supergranny
Member
02-03-2005
| Sunday, July 09, 2006 - 8:18 am
Anxious to hear how you are doing Sunrvrose. I bet you are busy bonding with Charlie right now. There is going to be such an amazing bond between you two...you both needed each other. When you get a chance let us know how things are going. Our pug Lucee loves ice cubes and carries them in her mouth. We have to keep her steered away from the beds or we end up with big wet spot!
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Eeyoreslament
Member
07-20-2003
| Sunday, July 09, 2006 - 8:21 am
My little dog has to get her anal glands expressed occasionally and I always take her to the vet. My mom has a dog that does have an odor when her glands get full and its not very pleasant. OMG just READING that was unpleasant. 
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Sisalou
Member
07-12-2002
| Sunday, July 09, 2006 - 8:33 am
Sorry to be so graphic Eeyoreslament! 
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Max
Moderator
08-12-2000
| Sunday, July 09, 2006 - 9:36 am
{{Sunrvrose}} I've just caught up on what's been happening with you and your babies. I cannot fathom what you are going through and I'm not sure I'd have the restraint you've shown in dealing with the "neighbors." Of course, then the "men in tan" might be coming to take ME away! I'm so glad Charlie came along for you. Nothing will replace your lost ones, but having a new bundle of fur (and fleas and dirt and dog smell) around with all that unconditional love and trust is a good thing. BTW, I grew up in Quincy. With your mentions of Marysville, you probably know where that is, too. Hope you and Charlie had a good night. 
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Happymom
Member
01-20-2003
| Sunday, July 09, 2006 - 9:48 am
(((Sun))) I am so so sorry for your huge losses. I am thinking so much of you and hope Charlie is comforting you. Again, I'm so so sorry for you. I wish I could help in some way. I hope Charlie is. I wish I lived closer in California. I would gladly come help you in anyway. I know you outside city limits. Our city has certain restrictions on pit bull dogs. ------- Cassidy had problems with anal glands for about 8 mos. I cannot remember now if there was med for this problem. Cassidy's glands were infected. She was at the vet a lot. She got to the point (thankfully it was near the end of the 8 mos.) where the vet had to sedate her to express her anal glands because Cassidy couldn't relax enough. This was a few years ago and even still she shakes whenever we go to the vet...something she didn't do before the anal gland problems. Whenever I get the slightest whiff of that certain smell, I lift her tail and look. Thankfully once the problems were cleared up, she has not had any since. I do remember that the anal glands naturally get expressed by the dog when the dog goes to the bathroom...or that is how it is supposed to work anyway. Our vet always took Cassidy into one of the back rooms, I never saw or had to smell this full on. Good luck with Charlie. Take care. (((Sun)))
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Eeyoreslament
Member
07-20-2003
| Sunday, July 09, 2006 - 9:54 am
Would YOU be relaxed if someone was pokin' at your chocolate starfish? Yikes!! Poor puppies with poopie problems!!
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Dlmmo
Member
11-20-2003
| Sunday, July 09, 2006 - 10:06 am
Sun I am so happy to hear you have Charlie! This is the first time I have come back to this thread and haven't started crying again. Hope you have a good day.
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Sunrvrose
Member
08-13-2001
| Sunday, July 09, 2006 - 3:28 pm
Hello Everyone, sorry I didn't get here sooner to thank you again and again for your wonderful support. Spent about 2 hours again this morning with George from Animal Control. I completed a very lengthy statement. He believes that he will be able to confiscate the dogs tomorrow. Ok, this is going to start us all crying again. We still can't find BJ, but this morning while George and I were sitting on my deck finishing the paperwork, the first wiff (IM SORRY) came on the wind. BJ must have run very deeply into the forest, because we still can't find his remains. As the days go on from now, it will become more apparent which direction to look. I can't do it. I hope that my family gets home soon so they can help. Having Charlie last night was the best medicine I could have had. He slept on my bed. I awoke in the middle of the night and cried because Charlie isn't Cedar, and he doesn't streach along my back like Cedar did. But I know Charlie cannot be Cedar, and I really don't expect him to be. Charlie seemed so sad that I went and got a puppy from the same lady this morning. Charlie and the puppy have lived in the same place, so thought it might make Charlie happier. NOT. Well, anyway, not yet. Now I have a depressed appearing Charlie and a yelping puppy. Puppy is licking my toes and biting at my toenails right now. All of this has lifted (as in made it better) the level of my anguish more than you can imagine. Since my dog yard was destroyed, I have to take the new dogs out on a leash every hour or so. I will not let them out of my sight, so I've been really busy watching them. Hopefully I'll have the funds to build a new yard for them to play in, in a couple of weeks. This one will be right out my front door and absolutely impenetrable. I'm thinking wrought iron panels, buried in concrete, with razor wire at the top...well maybe not razor wire, but nothing will ever get the chance to hurt an animal of mine again. As I said, AC will try to impound pit bulls tomorrow and they are going to do everything they can to get a court order prohibiting the people from owning ANY dogs for 2-4 years. With so many of us suing them, both in small claims court and filing claims against homeowners insurance, maybe we can drive them out of the neighborhood. So that's the latest. I expect very little sleep tonight with the baby puppy. She is very cute, looks like a mini pincer. Thank you to each and every one of you. You were so there when I needed you, I don't know how I could have made it thru the first day or so without you. My whole family is camping in Colorado, no way to reach them, so they still don't know. My sister offered to fly down from Oregon, my boss offered to let me come and stay at her house for a couple of days, but it was TVCH that made it bearable. You guys ROCK!!
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Sunday, July 09, 2006 - 4:03 pm
I happen to think that you ROCK for opening your home so soon to two new guys that need your love. What a very special person you are, that even in your grief, you can still be open to love. God bless you.
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Herckleperckle
Member
11-20-2003
| Sunday, July 09, 2006 - 4:24 pm
You know it, Mamie. Sunv, you are a giver. And I am so glad you chose to give again, despite your impossible wounds. That is the way to live a good life. Breaks my heart about your shepherd, hon, but I think you are doing the best waiting for family to come home to help. Btw, the pit that pushed his way into our home scaled his own 6-foot fence to escape and run across the street to our house to attack. (We never even knew he existed til that day.) So if you can afford it, I'd recommend you construct your new kennel using fencing over the entire top. Let you breathe easier, for sure.
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Chewpito
Member
01-04-2004
| Sunday, July 09, 2006 - 4:28 pm
Oh Sun, thankyou for the update. You have been so heavy on my mind thru all of this and I know what you are saying about your cedar sleeping along your back, thats what my little pito does and I cry every time I think about if he was not there for me....Your new little friends will get more comfy in time and you will probably find new things that they do that will become so special.. You have got to be One strong lady to be going thru all of this...and im glad your family will be home soon as well.... I do hope that you find your other dog though so that you can at least have that closure. Im hoping that every day gets a little easyer, but dont let this tragedy get swept under the rug.. make sure that thease people get punished for this...I think you will do that.. Be well.
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Whoami
Member
08-03-2001
| Sunday, July 09, 2006 - 4:49 pm
Awww Sun. I sure wish I knew where in Colorado your family is camping. I'd want to drive out there and snag them up myself, hand them my cell, and tell them to call you! Of course, I'd also have to be brave enough to make the drive, and have a car that could make it too. But that's another story. Maybe their camping trip will be cut short. Its been miserable and raining here all day. Do you have their itinerary? In the off chance they were to end up anywhere near me, I'd sure consider looking them up for you!
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Saxywildcat
Member
05-30-2005
| Sunday, July 09, 2006 - 6:45 pm
Hi Sunv, Thanks so much for checking in! I have been checking often all day as I (as well as the rest of us) have been worried about how you're doing. I am anxious to see photos of Charlie and the little puppy. I bet Charlie will eventually get used to things. It just may take a couple days.
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Supergranny
Member
02-03-2005
| Sunday, July 09, 2006 - 7:11 pm
I have to repeat the story I put in Jinksy's folder. She recommended the Bully sticks for the pugs to chew on. We went to pet store and bought some of these Bullys which is a dried bull p*nis...12 to 14 inches long. I opened them up in the car and said "So this is what a dried p*nis looks like." DH glances over and says "Not mine". Okay this is funny but the funniest story is when I was talking to our son and I told him what his dad said. There was silence and then he cleared his throat and said "Oh". Then it hit me...I had crossed the line. Not only do kids not want to think of sex and their parents but we are OLD I was hysterical.
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Saxywildcat
Member
05-30-2005
| Sunday, July 09, 2006 - 7:35 pm
LOL. I certainly know I don't want to hear *my* parents talk about sex. My dad will make sex jokes in front of me now that I'm married and it's just like, "No, I don't ever want to hear that from you again!" LOL So, how do the pugs like the bully sticks? Gotta love the name.. LOL
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Chewpito
Member
01-04-2004
| Sunday, July 09, 2006 - 7:52 pm
that is soooo funny Supergranny...Ive never heard of a Bully stick (and maybe a little nervous to see one,let alone have my dog chewing it,lol) My little pito is half pug, he loves to chew on those Hooves, (sp).. any way, they stink to high heaven while he goes wild chewing the thing, but he loves them...they last for ever too.... Hope your resting well Sun, tomorrow will probably be a long day...good luck with everything..
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Herckleperckle
Member
11-20-2003
| Sunday, July 09, 2006 - 8:00 pm
Wait, Supergranny, doesn't your dh--uh, kinda cross his legs tight--when he watches the dog chewing on the Bully stick? Wonder if the retailers know they could cause a sensation marketing the whale ones? If you're brave, click HERE and scroll to next to last pic.
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Sunday, July 09, 2006 - 8:03 pm
I'm kinda sorry that I was feeling brave! LOL
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Watching2
Member
07-07-2001
| Sunday, July 09, 2006 - 8:13 pm
Thanks so much for the update, Sunv. I've been thinking about you so much and wondering how things were going. I so admire your strength. I'm a basket case if I think ANYTHING serious is wrong with my babies. Although I did manage somehow when I had to take Jade in to be put down, but would have loved to have someone w/me. With what you've experienced.... I'd be hysterical and looking for anyone I could find to come be with me! You're so giving to go and get a pup to help Charlie feel more comfortable, even if it didn't quite work out as you hoped. Hopefully, they will bond soon! Supergranny - I also recently had a funny experience with my 18-yr-old son re: bull penises when we were at the pet store. I picked one up and asked him if he knew what it was. He didn't so I told him and then put it back in the box with the rest. Then he asked me if I felt weird that I had it in my hand. I told him no...cuz it was cooked and stuff. LOL
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Herckleperckle
Member
11-20-2003
| Sunday, July 09, 2006 - 8:15 pm
LOL, Mamie! Woke you up, huh?
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