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Archive through January 21, 2003
Whoami | Sunday, January 19, 2003 - 09:33 pm     Oh, what a cute little ball of fur Rissa! I've heard of pet insurance, but never got it. My sister's dog just finished chemo just before Christmas (and then thier other dog died of cancer instead!). They just about wiped out their bank book with the treatments. But there was no question on whether to spend the money or not! Rissa, my sister's dogs sleep in crates overnight too. Or, at least they used to. After Bear's death, the other two are allowed to sleep with the family. It was Bear who marked all over the house when left loose. Not to mention the other two are now being spoiled even more now that a member of the family is gone. Sab, my boys do look a bit related to your big guy! Mine are German Shepard and "something big and black" mix. That's how I always describe them. Their mother was my sister and her ex's dog Maggie, a German Shepard. Apparantly, Maggie went out on the town one night, and came back preggers! You can definetly see the shep look in Bomba. Thanks for the compliments Weiner! I think we have some pretty special boys here!  |
Jmm | Sunday, January 19, 2003 - 09:33 pm     Rissa, We have a 3 year old mini daschund who is crated at night and when we leave. We just say "Little Bit, time for bed" and she goes and get in by herself. I don't think that if it were a problem she would be so good about it. As long as they don't "live" in the crate, I don't see a problem. |
Mygetaway | Sunday, January 19, 2003 - 09:39 pm     Rissa what a cutie pie!!! |
Twiggyish | Sunday, January 19, 2003 - 09:43 pm     My Mother's little Boston Terrier prefers her kennel at night. Her dog snores terribly, so Mom puts her in there. The kennel is in the den. Her doggy walks right in and settles down. The vet recommended the crate, and it works great at night. |
Whoami | Sunday, January 19, 2003 - 09:46 pm     LOL. Boomer snores huge too! But, I always love it, even if I'm in bed. There's something very comforting about knowing a dog is snuggled up to you, and is comfortable and secure enough to trust you to the point of falling into such a deep sleep that he snores! |
Rissa | Sunday, January 19, 2003 - 09:46 pm     Thanks guys, I needed that. Our dog is the same JMM, we just say "It's bedtime" and he gets up, leaves the room and goes to bed. Whenever we wander by later on we close the door. I think what makes me feel guilty is that for over a year he had NO door on, so I feel like he is being punished for us getting a cat, although I KNOW that's silly. BTW, possibly another heated discussion but does anyone here sleep with their dogs on their pillows? I mean right on the pillow so that you and the dog are sharing it? LOL My in-laws sleep with their dog on their pillow right in between the two of them and apparently the dog 'kisses' them while they are sleeping (translate, slobbers them with dog spit which then stays on all night, crusting up and growing things on their faces LOL). I don't mind a pet on my bed (although none of mine do) but I find a dog's rear quarters on the pillow where my face goes, quite frankly DISGUSTING!!! Are my in-laws the only <> or are there more of that type here? {ducking now from flying-doggie doo} (22) |
Whoami | Sunday, January 19, 2003 - 10:14 pm     My mom had to get one of our dogs (Blackie, who crossed the Rainbow Bridge several years ago) his own pillow. He'd get his head on her pillow, then press up against her. Every time she stirred in bed, he'd ooze over to the part of the pillow she just left, until she was diagonal across the bed with no pillow, and he was smack center in the bed with his head on the pillow! When/if our dogs do use a pillow, they always lay thier heads on it (not their rear ends). Hey, they know what a pillow is for! Now, if I woke up and found a dog's backside on my pillow, I probably would wake him up and ask him to rearrange his position!  |
Riviere | Monday, January 20, 2003 - 03:09 am     I'd like to add a Safety Message about those wireless underground fences... They don't work, save your $... My sis in law has a purebred Boxer named Phil, they had a UG fence but Phil took a chunk out of a guy passing the yard who saw him unfenced and unchained and walked over the 'line' to pet him.. Phil, seeing his yard invaded, growled. The man walked nearer. Phil bit his leg. The man tried to sue and lost but no more 'invisible fence' for good old Phil.. I own Greyhounds who absolutely as sighthounds trained to chase can NEVER be trusted off a lead or alone unfenced, if they don't see the fence, they're past it faster than the 'jolt' reaches and then they'd be afraid to cross it again to get home.. Plus unfenced yards attract strays and wildlife and kids, etc.. Get a fence if you leave dogs out alone even for minutes a day! Resulting lawsuits usually ask far more damages than the fences cost, on top of the worthless UG wireless collar shock crap you paid for... |
Juju2bigdog | Monday, January 20, 2003 - 07:46 am     Whoami, I loved the story of Bomba re-hiding YellowBear! |
Wargod | Monday, January 20, 2003 - 09:37 am     We have a big dog pillow for Harvey to sleep on. It lays in our room next to the window and he has his own blanket to snuggle into. When we got Reily, we had decided to buy her one too...but, she decided she liked sleeping with the kids. She sleeps at the foot of their beds, usally switching which bed she sleeps in in the middle of the night, lol. The kids love it. We let them out to potty right before I go to bed..which is usually later than everyone else, and when Darren gets up in the morning he'll let them out first thing. When the kids get up, they'll open the back door for the day. On very rare occassions that the dogs have to go to potty in the middle of the night, they've both learned to scratch on our bedroom window (floor to ceiling window, bottom part has no screen) one of us will get up and let them out then when they want back in they just scratch and we open it again. We haven't got pet insurance, though I have heard of it. Who, I think Bomba is a little practical joker, LOL. I love their pics!! Reily's idea of playing is to have someone willing to cuddle up with her, hold her, and pet her. She has her own little pile of toys, but other than making sure Harvey doesn't get them (sibling rivalry!) she won't play with them. Harvey on the other hand wants to play with things! At the moment plastic bottles are his favorite and that drives me absolutely nuts. If they're in the trash can, he goes for them, if the kids leave them sitting around he grabs them. It wouldn't be that bad, but he chews them til he tears them apart, then I have to hunt them down. He's got his own toys, just enjoys the bottles. We give him bones, balls, squeaky toys....he don't want them. Rissa, your baby is too cute! |
Dahli | Monday, January 20, 2003 - 10:53 am     Rissa, I apologize if I missed this earlier, but what type of pup do you have?? What a sweet heart, looks like a little stuffed toy! BTW I have 2 whippets and they are crated at night and also from time to time during the day when I need to go out. I feel it's for their own protection in some ways, and I've also heard they feel safe as long as it's warm and comfortable and that dogs are quite happy to sleep or just lay snug in their crates. We made sure it was never treated as a punishing place and that helps them feel it's like their 'den' |
Northstar | Monday, January 20, 2003 - 11:26 am     My girlfriend has a 130# lab, 2 pugs (1 male, 1 female) and a cat. The female pug is the ruler, and when she wants to drive "the boys" crazy, she'll go into the male pug's crate and stare at them. The other animals go nuts. It is very funny to watch, but after a while my friend has to pull her out cuz the barking drives everyone nuts. |
Weenerlobo | Monday, January 20, 2003 - 11:49 am     Rissa and Whoami - I love love love your photos. What great lookin kids! Rissa, we crate trained our basset hound when he was a puppy; by far the best way to housetrain the little guys. We outfitted the crate with comfy blankets and his favorite toys and taught him that was "bed." D.h. is allergic to kitties, so we never had to deal with your dilemma, but I think you can close that door. Once we were certain accidents were history, we stored the crate and Bogie now has a doggie bed on the first floor and his wicker doggie bed in our bedroom. He knows them both as "bed." The Bogemeister is only up on the couch, or our bed, by invitation and that's usually when he's been freshly groomed. Bassets shed and drool so much, that it's really kinda gotta be that way. With that in mind, you know we don't let Bogie share our bed pillows! No way! Once in a while we let him up on the bed to sleep the night with us and Bob and I end up scrunched together and falling off one side of the bed because Bogie alternates stretching out and snuggling up against us. It's pretty funny. |
Wargod | Monday, January 20, 2003 - 12:00 pm     LOL Weener! I don't allow either of the dogs on my bed, but thats for their safety. I'm a kicker, hitter, toss and turn all night and my fear is that having them at the foot of the bed would cause them pain. |
Dahli | Monday, January 20, 2003 - 01:36 pm     I don't know if I'm weird with this, but I would love to cuddle up with my pups on my bed, but I just can't. I don't seem to be able to get over the thought that they walk around in their toilet... and then on my bed!! YIKES! I wish they could take off their shoes first LOL |
Hippyt | Monday, January 20, 2003 - 05:41 pm     Lola would sleep on my head if I let her,so she sleeps between me and hubby. Here she is after bath today. One wet,fluffy,clean Dawg!
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Mygetaway | Monday, January 20, 2003 - 06:33 pm     awwwww.... How cute Hippy... |
Twinkie | Monday, January 20, 2003 - 07:00 pm     What a cute baby you have, hippy!!! |
Babyruth | Monday, January 20, 2003 - 07:32 pm     Lola is adorable!!!!! |
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Ddr1135 | Monday, January 20, 2003 - 08:14 pm     I have to share my dog, Jake, with all of you. He's a 5 year old Jack Russell who is deaf. He knows sign language and loves to cuddle. He lives downstairs in the den with my two cats and loves to sit in the front windows (I live in a downtown area with store front windows). I always get stopped in town with people asking questions about him.
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Ddr1135 | Monday, January 20, 2003 - 08:18 pm     Oops guys, I thought I sent the cropped down version of Jake, sorry. The guy on the side of him is my son, lol. |
Kady | Monday, January 20, 2003 - 09:27 pm     Ddr...both your boys are adorable!! Jake knows sign language. Wow!! How long did it take to teach him? Where did he learn home or school? That is just very interesting!! Tell me more!!  |
Ddr1135 | Tuesday, January 21, 2003 - 03:27 am     Kady, I taught him hand signals, no, come, stay, jump, etc. It really didn't take him long. I had read up on the internet on deaf dogs and one of the things I found was hand signals. The hardest part is getting his attention, lol. 20% of Jack Russells are deaf. I found that out when we went have him tested. My mother has one that's deaf too. |
Twinkie | Tuesday, January 21, 2003 - 03:37 am     Both of your boys are gorgeous!!!!! I will be happy to adopt either one!!! LOL |
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