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Sunrvrose
Member
08-13-2001
| Wednesday, September 13, 2006 - 9:36 pm
Coco and all, it warms my heart to know that you think of me. Your comforting words have been a blessing. My Cavalier finally just got his name about 3 days ago. It was so strange. After asking for suggestions here, then I found a Cav specific message board a week ago, and asked for suggestions there, and so many people offered so many great names, but the "thing" that makes a name feel right wasn't there. Then, as I said, 3 days ago, I was driving home from work, puppy was here at home waiting for me, and something in my brain said, "Toby". And that is it. That will be his name. I will register him with AKC as "Tobias of Cedars", in tribute to my little Cedar. So often when I started to call Toby, I would start to call Cedar... uh, Otter... uh, shake my head and finally say "Rudy" which was his old name. Regarding the hearing I have to go to on the 18th, Yes, they have appealed. Our first court date was July 24. My dogs had been killed on July 7. At the July 24 hearing the Pits were declared vicious and ordered to be destroyed and the people were ordered not to "possess, control, etc, etc, ANY dog for 2 years. Animal control picked up the 2 pits who killed my dogs, on the 25th of July. The people appealed a couple of days later. So Animal Control has continued to keep the 2 killer pits. When AC picked up the pits, one of them was covered in bites and various wounds. AC suspects that they had been using that one in fights. AC has spent a ton on money to treat this dog for the wounds and infections. In the meantime, just as we suspected, the third pit they had gotten has had a litter of 5 puppies. And they still have the stud of that litter on the property. Plus a german shephard who has been declared "potentially dangerous". AC could not go pick up all of the other animals on Aug 24, as the court had ordered, because of the appeal. George, the AC guy, came to my work today and served me with the official subpoena for court and, apparently forgetting who he was talking to, said we will win this, we have great pictures. I reminded him that those great pictures were of my baby Cedar on his little blanket with his throat torn out, and of my Little Otter, with her throat torn out. He kinda got quiet, then said, well it is because of your testimony and those pictures that we will be able to keep those dogs from killing again. Very unfortunately, in the past week or so, in this county a 3 year old girl and a 60ish woman have been attacked and seriously injured by dogs. Had nothing to do with my case, but the atmosphere has been "poisoned" as they say in legal speak. The very same judge who ordered the pits in my case to be returned to their owners months ago, after they attacked and mutilated the head of a horse, but long before they killed my dogs,will be hearing the case on the 18th. In the first case, she found that there was insufficient evidence that the dogs were killers. She is the same judge that is presiding on my Civil case. So now, she gets to see the horrendous results (pictures of my dead dogs) of her first decision in the pit bull case, then she gets to hear that the day my dogs were killed I was in her court on the Easement Civil Suit. I swear, if someone wrote all of this as fiction, no one would find the plot plausable. And as if my world isn't bad enough, my favorite kitty, Princess Grace, the seven-toed wonder has vanished. She has been gone for 3 weeks, so I'm assuming she is gone forever. She was my snuggly girl, loved to crawl under the covers and sleep in bed with me. And last, but certainly not least, the day after my last court thingy on the Civil suit, my Saturn's transmission went out. So I now the proud driver of a 21 year old Olds Cutless that had been (thank God) sitting in the weeds on this 5 acres for a year and a half. Minimum cost to repair Saturn, $2000.00. Maximum I could afford, $200.00. I can say without a speck of self-pity, it sucks to be me right now.
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Sunrvrose
Member
08-13-2001
| Wednesday, September 13, 2006 - 10:04 pm
Kstme, I am so sorry for your losses. I get so emotional about my furbabies because I haven't had a human in my life for a long time. I lost the most important person in my life almost 11 years ago. That was my Mom. I've been single for a very long time, and I only lost a husband to, shall we say, other opportunities, not death, so I cannot image what you are experiancing. I feel that most of the time I avoid self-pity by repeating the phrase, "I was sad because I had no shoes until I met a man who had no feet." You have helped me remember that.
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Escapee
Member
06-15-2004
| Thursday, September 14, 2006 - 1:36 pm
I thought I would share some picture of my furbabies: Boo is the brown dog and dusty is the other dog.

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Ophiliasgrandma
Member
09-04-2001
| Thursday, September 14, 2006 - 4:41 pm
Good looking guys!
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Watching2
Member
07-07-2001
| Thursday, September 14, 2006 - 8:38 pm
Great photos everyone. I too, have been caught up in "BB land!" Sunni... I'm so sorry you're going through so much. I also think of you and what you went through and have been so happy you found Toby. My dog is not longer in a crate, hasn't been for many years, but I do remember putting a blanket over her crate at times too to make her feel more secure. She wasn't a baby though. She was about 3 yrs old when adopted, but she hadn't been house trained and didn't know how to go up and down stairs! She got so she loved her crate and we'd just leave the door open for her so she could come and go. Good thoughts to all and big *hugs* to all who are feeling losses.
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Escapee
Member
06-15-2004
| Friday, September 15, 2006 - 6:57 am
Dusty is a girl. What kind of dog (if you had to guess) would you say Boo is?
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Ophiliasgrandma
Member
09-04-2001
| Friday, September 15, 2006 - 7:13 am
He looks to have a lot of Rotty or Dobby in him from his markings and color.
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Vacanick
Member
07-12-2004
| Friday, September 15, 2006 - 7:42 am
Escapee ... Dusty & Boo are both great looking dogs! I like the pool to the side of the picture .. is that for them?? 
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Retired
Member
07-11-2001
| Friday, September 15, 2006 - 8:20 am
Escapee, nice looking dogs.
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Escapee
Member
06-15-2004
| Friday, September 15, 2006 - 9:46 am
Boo bays like a hound at night. Yes the pool is theirs. It is kind of dirty, but that is because Boo likes to roll in the dirt then roll in the pool. I have to dump it out every couple of days because it just looks icky, but he loves it. Dusty is my swimmer. She's just like an otter. She is queensland and lab, I think Boo is Doberhound. (new breed?) Thanks guys. They are my babies, I just wish I had more time to spend with them or I wish I could find someone who would spend more time with them.
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Sunrvrose
Member
08-13-2001
| Friday, September 15, 2006 - 1:31 pm
HELLO EVERYONE, I'VE GOT PICTURES OF TOBY!!!

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Sunrvrose
Member
08-13-2001
| Friday, September 15, 2006 - 1:36 pm
Here is one with his litter mates, he is the one on the right.
And here is one with his brother, Toby is on the left.

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Sunrvrose
Member
08-13-2001
| Friday, September 15, 2006 - 1:40 pm
Oops, too big, will try to resize.
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Saxywildcat
Member
05-30-2005
| Friday, September 15, 2006 - 2:02 pm
what an adorable puppy!!! Thanks for sharing!
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Sunrvrose
Member
08-13-2001
| Friday, September 15, 2006 - 2:13 pm
Thank you, am trying to do a couple more. Toby with brother

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Vacanick
Member
07-12-2004
| Friday, September 15, 2006 - 2:17 pm
Oh Sun ... Toby is just beautiful! Love his big eyes! 
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Sunrvrose
Member
08-13-2001
| Friday, September 15, 2006 - 2:22 pm
Trying another method. See if it works Toby and littermates. http://static.flickr.com/92/244055027_731e4bb1cb_m.jpg
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Vacanick
Member
07-12-2004
| Friday, September 15, 2006 - 2:25 pm
I think I'll take them all!!! 
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Sunrvrose
Member
08-13-2001
| Friday, September 15, 2006 - 2:25 pm
Mods, can you clean up my messes. The link does work to a hosting site for pics, I guess that is the only way this is going to work for me.
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Sunrvrose
Member
08-13-2001
| Friday, September 15, 2006 - 2:27 pm
Wow, Vacanick, how'd you do that? Toby is the one on the right. Heck I'll do a couple of more from the hosting site.
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Sunrvrose
Member
08-13-2001
| Friday, September 15, 2006 - 2:35 pm
Toby and brother http://static.flickr.com/86/244055022_d77438e637_m.jpg Just Toby and his brother's legs. http://static.flickr.com/91/244055029_61e1164ed8_m.jpg
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Vacanick
Member
07-12-2004
| Friday, September 15, 2006 - 2:38 pm
This is called teamwork Sun! lol! They really are such cute dogs!!!

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Sunrvrose
Member
08-13-2001
| Friday, September 15, 2006 - 2:45 pm
Can you see why it was love at first sight??
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Dolphinschild
Member
06-22-2006
| Friday, September 15, 2006 - 2:45 pm
Sunrvrose!!! AWWWWW Toby is so cute, I love the pics... When are you going to make your own folder so I can leave you posts there? I have a folder , so you can leave me messages there. How was the Bo Bice concert? Sorry I didn't get to go with you, hopefully there is another one we can go do together in the future...
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Sunrvrose
Member
08-13-2001
| Friday, September 15, 2006 - 2:46 pm
Well, you are my hero, how come I couldn't get the image to show?
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