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| Re: Puppy Story Continued [message #4517 is a reply to message #4509 ] |
Mon, 10 November 2008 17:30   |
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Wonderful story. Made me tear up there a wee bit (being so NOT British). You're a good neighbor. Well done.
"And by the way you look fantastic in your boots of Chinese plastic."
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| Re: Puppy Story Continued [message #4535 is a reply to message #4509 ] |
Mon, 10 November 2008 18:00 |
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 Lianne
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I’m the sort of pathetic person who kneels down in the street to talk to strange puppies.
Why is this pathetic? I kneel down in the street to talk to just about any (and every) dog. Less threatening than looming over them, and I love to say hello. When I was wandering around Sparks, Nevada while waiting for someone to get out of a conference, my highlight of the day was meeting two strange dogs: an English Springer spaniel on the street, which prompted a nice chat with the lady walking her, and a yellow Lab mix in a little museum. They were both formerly abused dogs who'd been rescued. The second was more cautious than the first, though she liked the petting, but she decided I was a really good person after her owner suggested I feed her a treat of turkey. :> After I'd looked round the museum and was about to leave, she perked up her ears and positively LEANED into that goodbye scritch.
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| Re: Puppy Story Continued [message #4583 is a reply to message #4509 ] |
Mon, 10 November 2008 20:00 |
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Oh, he is so adorable. Lovely color, too.
And I'm VERY glad Daisy was open to receiving him and ready to start taking care of him. What a lovely thing you did!
Smooshes!
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| Re: Puppy Story Continued [message #4584 is a reply to message #4581 ] |
Mon, 10 November 2008 20:00 |
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| Black Bear wrote on Mon, 10 November 2008 19:59 |
Never having had a puppy, may I just say....
OMG WTF SO FRIGGIN CUTE GAHHHHHHH
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Summed it up beautifully! LOL
I've got a plan so cunning you could put a tail on it and call it a weasel ~ Blackadder
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| Re: Puppy Story Continued [message #4586 is a reply to message #4509 ] |
Mon, 10 November 2008 20:04 |
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Duh! I just now figured out where THE PUPPY pics were, and oh, I just want to eat him up! What a sweet puppy! (Until he eats that carpet.)
"And by the way you look fantastic in your boots of Chinese plastic."
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| Re: Puppy Story Continued [message #4587 is a reply to message #4584 ] |
Mon, 10 November 2008 20:04 |
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| b_twin_1 wrote on Mon, 10 November 2008 20:00 |
| Black Bear wrote on Mon, 10 November 2008 19:59 |
Never having had a puppy, may I just say....
OMG WTF SO FRIGGIN CUTE GAHHHHHHH
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Summed it up beautifully! LOL
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i totally agree that he is absolutely adorable.
Bonnie Holmes the faster ahead I go, the more behind I get
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| Re: Puppy Story Continued [message #4602 is a reply to message #4509 ] |
Mon, 10 November 2008 20:23 |
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Oh man, Mesquite was such a biter as a puppy. My hands were always bleeding. And none of the dominance things worked. We had to negotiate everything. It was like the Cold War. But it was worth it. (Mesquite, not the Cold War.)
"And by the way you look fantastic in your boots of Chinese plastic."
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| Re: Puppy Story Continued [message #4614 is a reply to message #4509 ] |
Mon, 10 November 2008 20:45 |
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Very cute puppy!
I'm much agreed.... baby animals are cute (though I'm much less fond of baby humans), but when I go to adopt, I'll always go for an older pet. I like a (cat, in my case) that has a personality developed already, rather than a bouncy kitten. Not to mention that more often the older an animal is, the harder time it'll have getting adopted, 'cause most people want a kitten.
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| Re: Puppy Story Continued [message #4619 is a reply to message #4596 ] |
Mon, 10 November 2008 20:55 |
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| judith wrote on Tue, 11 November 2008 01:16 |
Old dogs just get richer with age.
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Old dogs and cats are just delightful. We adopted one cat aged ten and she was such a sweetie, a tortie called Okie, who could wrap humans round her paw with ease. Yet she'd had an awful past and always wanted endless amounts of food, after years of on-off starvation...
Someone says "pie" and we all go on alert, like meercats. "Pie? Where?" - Blackbear
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| Re: Puppy Story Continued [message #4628 is a reply to message #4619 ] |
Mon, 10 November 2008 21:31 |
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Daisy is so lucky to have a very fine puppy, and folks in her life to who arrange such a wonderful gift. Your pictures make me think "yes, dog." However, two cats are enough for a two room house.
Gouda and Puck came from a shelter where they had lingered a long time 'cause they came as a pair. Puck is a carrier of feline AIDS, so they have to be in kept indoors and away from other cats for the rest of their days.
Puck can drive us (Gouda and I) wild because she seems to lack a sense of "this is me, that is you" so she has a habit of walking all over her sister and I while we are asleep, or relaxing over a book. She is also imperious about being petted RIGHT NOW.
Gouda gets cranky and snarls and snaps at Puck, while I moan and tell her she's an idiot. But all in all, we get along fine because Puck is always eager to have somebody to cuddle with, very convenient in a cold climate.
Gouda is quite the opposite. Sensitive to those around her, smart, she makes eye contact whenever one is having a conversation with her, verbal or physical. She very much understands the difference between you and me, and sometimes wants her space. I feel so blessed having them to love.
"Winning a war is like winning an earthquake" Jeanette Rankin
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| Re: Puppy Story Continued [message #4669 is a reply to message #4666 ] |
Tue, 11 November 2008 06:41 |
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| AJLR wrote on Tue, 11 November 2008 12:05 |
| L.R.K. wrote on Tue, 11 November 2008 07:33 |
She's very shy with strangers and under the bed is her refuge during stressful situations. (Which makes me extra angry with the burglars who had dragged the bed from the wall! May they... )
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Oh dear, poor Sassi - and poor you! I hope this was some time ago and everything is as recovered as it can be from such a situation.
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It was in the summer of 2006 (I always expect something nasty to happen in the summer...). They took money and my jewelry (my wedding jewelry and I believe [I still hope against hope that I'll find them somewhere] my paternal grandmother's ear-rings). What makes one so cross is that somebody just barges into your home and throws your things around (the place was a mess). Luckily they didn't touch Sassi or my books or I would have wanted to hunt them down personally... as it is I content myself with wishing nasty things to happen to them...(I'm not of a forgiving disposition). Thanks for asking and sorry about the lengthy answer! But I'll never forget how I came home from work and found the door open (we live in a flat on the sixth floor, by the way), and I found my husband in the hall; "Why is the door open?", I asked - "It isn't open, we've been burgled" he answered and just for a moment my brain utterly refused to believe it. Sassi poor dear was rather nervous - and no wonder! Luckily she is very sensible and not likely to run off...
Why, I feel all thin, sort of stretched, if you know what I mean, like butter that has been scraped over too much bread.
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| Re: Puppy Story Continued [message #4687 is a reply to message #4681 ] |
Tue, 11 November 2008 12:51 |
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| Erika in Colorado wrote on Tue, 11 November 2008 16:28 |
L.R.K., sorry to hear about the burglary. It takes a while not to expect something like that to happen again.
My apartment was robbed in 1997 while I was at work. My roommate called and I got there as soon as I could (she wasn't there at the time it happened either). They had broken my window and stepped in by way of my bed (and my wonderful roommate had already cleaned up most of the glass). They took my stereo, but apparently, they did not like my taste in music as they left the CD that had been in it (and didn't take any other CD's after rifling through the case). They also stole my leather jacket but didn't want the mints I had left in the pocket, so those were on the closet floor. They took our tv and a few other things, but we got off lucky.
I was freaked out and mad for a long time, but now I just laugh at the picky and stupid burglars.
I really feel for poor little Sassy. My cats get freaked by anything out of the ordinary and when we moved, Duncan wouldn't come out from under the bed for most of a week. I'm glad to hear she's OK.
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Thanks, Erika! Yes, idiot thieves! We had very cheap second-hand cars in the beginning - well, actually, we were too poor to have any car at all, really! - and both of them got stolen, driven around and found and had to be towed back again...In one of them, there happened to be a roll of toilet paper - and they took it! Now that I do find funny! (Oh, and the burglars did have a look at my husband's fishing-gear, but didn't take anything...)
Why, I feel all thin, sort of stretched, if you know what I mean, like butter that has been scraped over too much bread.
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| Re: Puppy Story Continued [message #4711 is a reply to message #4509 ] |
Tue, 11 November 2008 17:03 |
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SoItGoes31
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Speaking of puppies....
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Asked that question in his first news conference since being elected, Mr Obama said there were two priorities: to have a "hypoallergenic" breed that sheds less hair, because daughter Malia has allergies, and to have a rescue dog.
The problem, he said, was that lots of rescue dogs are "mutts like me" - a reference to his mixed ethnic background - rather than specific breeds.
"Whether we're going to be able to balance those two things, I think, is a pressing issue on the Obama household," he said.
Hypoallergenic options could include a labradoodle - a cross between a Labrador and a poodle - a schnoodle (schnauzer and poodle), or a cockapoo (cocker spaniel and poodle).
Malia, however, is rumoured to favour a goldendoodle - a poodle crossed with a golden retriever.
In an American Kennel Club survey of 42,000 people this summer, a pedigree poodle came out as the top choice for a new First Dog.
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Here's the whole article- it has some interesting stuff about talking to a rescue center and other presidential pets: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/us_elections_2008/771448 0.stm
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| Re: Puppy Story Continued [message #4715 is a reply to message #4642 ] |
Tue, 11 November 2008 17:28 |
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| Maren wrote on Tue, 11 November 2008 04:47 |
I just noticed they quote William Ayers on that page made in 2006-07. Those innocent-looking dogs are obviously pallin' around with terrorists. (Or even better, the SNL version: cavorting with terriers.)
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We cannot let terriers and rogue nations hold this nation hostile or hold our allies hostile.
--George W. Bush
Des Moines, IA
08/21/2000
Someone says "pie" and we all go on alert, like meercats. "Pie? Where?" - Blackbear
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