Archive through March 16, 2003
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Archive through March 16, 2003
Wargod | Thursday, February 06, 2003 - 02:16 pm     Who, I keep saying they're just like kids! They know you will take care of them and find their stuff for them....because of course you're mom! |
Juju2bigdog | Thursday, February 06, 2003 - 06:20 pm     Aside from your poor creaky knees, Whoami, that is a hilarious story. |
Twinkie | Thursday, February 06, 2003 - 06:58 pm     Ahhhh, Who. I can so relate. Thank goodness you found Yellow Bear!!! |
Moondance | Thursday, February 06, 2003 - 06:59 pm     What a funny & sweet story, Who! |
Julieboo | Thursday, February 06, 2003 - 07:00 pm     That is sweet Who. Maybe you should buy a backup YB--just in case.... |
Squaredsc | Thursday, February 06, 2003 - 07:10 pm     cute story who, and good thing you found yellow bear. |
Mygetaway | Thursday, February 06, 2003 - 08:01 pm     Thanks Who for the story.. I know how ya feel. |
Whoami | Thursday, February 06, 2003 - 08:17 pm     Thanks for letting me share my "traumatic" day! One thing I found out a while ago. There is NO replacement for Yellow Bear. When we got YB, we also got a Red Bear. (two dogs, two toys in each purchase!). Well, poor RB rarely even gets touched. He is intact and whole. When Yellow Bear got his first crack in the plastic, I worried about him getting destroyed. When more cracks appeared, to the point of pieces falling off, I tried to repair him. I didn't want to try Super Glue, or anything like that, since YB goes in Bomba's mouth. So, I tried putting tape over the cracks. The reaction I got from Bomba was intense. He made it clear that tape was unacceptable. After I removed the tape, and washed off the sticky stuff, Bomba laid with YB between his paws and glared at me. It was clear, "keep your hands off my Yellow Bear, and don't be messing with him." For quite a while after that, the only time I was allowed to touch YB was when I was to hide him in the Yellow Bear Game. Any other time, if I picked up YB, Bomba would come and snatch him away from me. Apparantly, Yellow Bear has a distictive scent. When Bomba comes in to do his search, he comes in sniffing the air, and often zeros in on him by scent. Unfortunatly, I don't think there is any way to replace Yellow Bear (which is why I was so upset today, when I couldn't find him). When Bomba was giving me this, "I don't know why you were so worried" look, I explained to him, "I know Yellow Bear is special to you Bomba, which makes him special to me." Even Boomer understands Yellow Bear is special to Bomba. Boomer is very much into playing with any toy he comes across. But he rarely touches Yellow Bear. It's like he really respects YB as sacred! |
Squaredsc | Friday, February 07, 2003 - 08:27 am     who can you get another yb to keep as a backup? |
Lucy | Friday, February 07, 2003 - 08:54 am     What a great story, Who!! |
Webkitty | Friday, February 07, 2003 - 08:55 am     Who, does Bomba have a favorite doggie treat? Maybe you could cover Red Bear in the scent and hide YB away somewhere he couldn't smell it. Then, play hide and go seek with Red Bear. I had to do this with one of my cats and his favorite toy mouse. It worked, thank heavens, the mouse was in tatters! lol. |
Sawheel17 | Friday, February 07, 2003 - 03:42 pm     Whoami, what a wonderful story. Thanks for sharing.It's so amazing how they get attached to their toys. It's just like a baby with their binkies. Thank goodness Connor(my dog) will play with anything. |
Babyruth | Monday, February 10, 2003 - 07:30 am     Pampered pooches hit the gym Sat Feb 8,11:35 PM ET By Elaine Lies TOKYO (Reuters) - So good has a dog's life become in Japan that an increasing number of pampered pooches are hounded by weight problems.
But now canines eager to cut calories can turn to a special doggie health spa for help that includes running on treadmills and a long soak in a therapeutic bath. The service is just another in a growing line of products allowing pet-loving Japanese to lavish their animals with the latest in luxury care. On a recent day, a Shetland sheep dog named Disney panted gamely on a tiny treadmill -- made specially for animals -- before a long soak in a bubbling Jacuzzi, its waters fragrant with a special concoction of tea tree and cypress oils combined with elements from a noted Japanese hot spring. "Running alone doesn't yield weight loss results as fast," said Kensuke Hirakawa, explaining the reasons behind the "Ken 21" doggie spa he runs in a corner of his pet health food store. "It seemed to me there were a lot of overweight dogs around," he added. "I thought the combination of training on a treadmill and hot baths would be a really effective way for dogs to lose weight." The service costs 2,800 yen (14 pounds). Hirakawa blames the rising number of corpulent Japanese canines both on over-indulgent owners and an increasingly sedentary lifestyle. "Dogs in Japan live in such narrow houses they have no room to run, and leaving a dog tied up outside all day is now seen as animal abuse," he said. PARTICULARLY PAMPERED PETS Statistics are not kept on Japan's spending on pets, but the industry seems immune to the chill economic winds that have caused consumer spending to otherwise slump. Although pet owners in any nation want only the best for their animals, high disposable incomes and demographics -- including, perhaps, the nation's falling birth rate -- have made Japanese pets particularly pampered. A wide range of luxuries are now available for dogs, including aesthetic salons where beauty treatments include massages with mud from the Dead Sea. There are also scores of Internet sites selling deluxe, imported leashes and other essential goods for the well-heeled canine, such as silver food dishes engraved with the dog's name. Others offer bows, neckties or necklaces to add a hint of glamour to the daily walk. Industry observers say pets are particularly popular in Japan now because they help comfort owners stressed by the woes of a languishing economy and rising unemployment. This is not limited only to animals such as dogs and cats. A number of Japanese are embracing more unusual pets -- reptiles, ferrets, and the latest fad, miniature pigs. |
Northstar | Monday, February 10, 2003 - 09:22 am     Any ideas on the breed of the little white one? I think it's adorable. |
Myjohnhenry | Friday, February 14, 2003 - 01:04 pm      |
Whoami | Friday, February 14, 2003 - 04:54 pm     Just had to share a pic of my "nephew" whom I mentioned briefly in the Rainbow Bridge thread. Romo is the one remaining dog now in my sister's house (see the Rainbow Bridge thread). Isn't he just beautiful! Such a cuddler. That's my sis he's snuggling on. If you look real close, you can see their dear departed Warshawski curled up in the chair behind my sis.
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Hippyt | Friday, February 14, 2003 - 07:10 pm     I just love St. Bernards. They really are such sweet-natured loving dogs.Gentle giants,indeed. Nice photo Whoami. |
Aunt_Bob | Friday, March 14, 2003 - 03:00 pm     I thought this was funny...
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Denecee | Friday, March 14, 2003 - 03:20 pm     ROFLMAO! I love it! The little doggy doesn't know the danger of his little hide out. |
Hippyt | Saturday, March 15, 2003 - 05:49 pm     Would someone please come over and groom this dawg! Lola is the messiest,worst groomer I have ever owned! She comes in from the back yard with mud all over,and grass hanging off her head! She's also the funniest and most loving dog I've ever had! |
Kstme | Saturday, March 15, 2003 - 08:38 pm     OMG! ROFLMAO! And...I thought my two looked like they'd had a "bad hair" day!! She's ADORABLE, Hippyt!! |
Draheid | Saturday, March 15, 2003 - 09:20 pm     Ok, here's a pic of our 3yo miniature Dachsund huddled in the corner of our loveseat out of self preservation I think. Look in the Cat Thread to understand why she is!
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Squaredsc | Sunday, March 16, 2003 - 10:35 am     ooh such cuties. who, my aunt and uncle have had 2 st bernards, the first names fritz and the 2nd named cujo. i was scared of fritz(they had him when i was a lil girl) but cujo was just cudly. i need to add a pic of angel, he just got his haircut 2wks ago and looks so cute. |
Kstme | Sunday, March 16, 2003 - 01:32 pm     I'm going to do a little ranting here. Blowing off some steam regarding the snobbiness of some Sussex Spaniel breeders. I am so angry, I can barely type!! We have two "fixed" puppies. The reason we had them fixed has a LOT to do with the way the US treated me when we got Oliver. They make the words "campanion dog owner" sound like swear words!! I belong to a group at Yahoo and most of them are breeders, but not all. A lady asked about how to groom her Sussex and I told her how we groom Ollie and Maggie. One of the breeders actually had the audacity to attack me because I am a "campanion dog owner!" *#@%$&)*##@! I owned a Sussex before this person was in diapers!!! I wish breeders would get it through their heads that dog owners who "chose" not to breed are not imbeciles! OK...I feel sooooo much better now!!! Dra...CUTE pic!!! I'll bet the kitties have a blast terrorizing her! |
Hippyt | Sunday, March 16, 2003 - 02:16 pm     You just stick over here with your lowly,'companion' dog owner friends,Kstme! Sheesh,what snobs! |
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