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Wargod

Thursday, February 06, 2003 - 02:16 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
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 EditMoveDeleteIP
Aside from your poor creaky knees, Whoami, that is a hilarious story.

Twinkie

Thursday, February 06, 2003 - 06:58 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Ahhhh, Who. I can so relate. Thank goodness you found Yellow Bear!!!

Moondance

Thursday, February 06, 2003 - 06:59 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
What a funny & sweet story, Who!

Julieboo

Thursday, February 06, 2003 - 07:00 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
That is sweet Who. Maybe you should buy a backup YB--just in case....

Squaredsc

Thursday, February 06, 2003 - 07:10 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
cute story who, and good thing you found yellow bear.

Mygetaway

Thursday, February 06, 2003 - 08:01 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Thanks Who for the story.. I know how ya feel.:)

Whoami

Thursday, February 06, 2003 - 08:17 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
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 EditMoveDeleteIP
who can you get another yb to keep as a backup?

Lucy

Friday, February 07, 2003 - 08:54 am EditMoveDeleteIP
What a great story, Who!!

Webkitty

Friday, February 07, 2003 - 08:55 am EditMoveDeleteIP
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 EditMoveDeleteIP
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 EditMoveDeleteIP
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.


treadmill

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 EditMoveDeleteIP
Any ideas on the breed of the little white one? I think it's adorable.

Myjohnhenry

Friday, February 14, 2003 - 01:04 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
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Whoami

Friday, February 14, 2003 - 04:54 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
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.

Romo

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Hippyt

Friday, February 14, 2003 - 07:10 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
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 EditMoveDeleteIP
I thought this was funny...

jj

Denecee

Friday, March 14, 2003 - 03:20 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
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 EditMoveDeleteIP
Lola

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 EditMoveDeleteIP
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 EditMoveDeleteIP
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!

littlebit
Little Bit

Squaredsc

Sunday, March 16, 2003 - 10:35 am EditMoveDeleteIP
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 EditMoveDeleteIP
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 EditMoveDeleteIP
You just stick over here with your lowly,'companion' dog owner friends,Kstme! Sheesh,what snobs!