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  • chabba
    chabba Member Posts: 5,065
    edited October 2012

    Now that's funny Mac.

  • macatacmv
    macatacmv Member Posts: 1,386
    edited October 2012

    It was pretty funny. My DD wanted to name our dog Cinderella, but we stuck to just Cinder. I now realize a more approprate ending to her name would be block. She is part lab. 

  • Gingerbrew
    Gingerbrew Member Posts: 2,859
    edited October 2012

    Cinder n Ella   lol, a good one! 

    Ginger

  • macatacmv
    macatacmv Member Posts: 1,386
    edited October 2012

    So yesterday I bought a pumpkin and put it on the front porch. This morning I look out and Cinder(block) is happily chewing her way down the stem into the top of the pumpkin. Seeds all over the place. She looks up at me like, thanks for the new chew toy mom! 

  • Mandy1313
    Mandy1313 Member Posts: 1,692
    edited October 2012

    If your post was on facebook, macatacmy, I'd put a big "like". Your Cinder sounds like she keeps you smiling. Smile

  • karen333
    karen333 Member Posts: 3,697
    edited October 2012

    That's a new chew toy, until Cinder, I had never thought of a pumpkin being such a temptation, needing to be put up high.  She's a busy one isn't she?

  • Wren44
    Wren44 Member Posts: 8,585
    edited October 2012

    My foster cat likes to chew. If he thinks we're not paying attention, he'll nip at whatever is distracting us. Paper, books, lapbook screen, you name it. At least he doesn't eat plants like my former cat. He only meows (squeaks) for food or play. He's really insistent when he wants to play. We thought we might have an adopter, but it fell through. It will be hard to say goodbye to him.

  • Gingerbrew
    Gingerbrew Member Posts: 2,859
    edited October 2012

    Stewie must have had heart burn today. He stole a big bottle of Tums and ripped the cap off and ate about 10 before I got to him!   What goes through this dog's mind?   

    It seems they wont hurt your dog. 

    Oh Stewie. 

    Ginger

  • 3jaysmom
    3jaysmom Member Posts: 4,266
    edited November 2012

    ginger.. stewies grown up to be very handsome.. glad you got to the dog park today, mac.. hope all is well with everyone.. im down with yet another bacterial infection, so not around much.. miss all of you here.be well.3jays

  • macatacmv
    macatacmv Member Posts: 1,386
    edited November 2012

    Hello all, have we been so intent on turkey that we have forgotten to post here? I miss marybe! But I have to share this pic of my dog Cinder watching the dog show on tv.

  • elimar86861
    elimar86861 Member Posts: 7,416
    edited November 2012

    macatacmv,  I love your dog's name.  My old dog was deaf, so she needed the closed caption too.  Wink  I was watching that dog show the other day myself, but did not get to see who won Best Of Show?  Did you see who it was?

    Well, I had to put my dog to sleep last Weds.  She was a 16 1/2 year old houndog and she had not eaten for three days.  It was time.  It was so sad and so hard for us to take her, but it was the kindest thing, I think.  I post about this because ever since Marybe met my dog IRL, I don't think I got a PM or call from her where she did not ask about my old girl.  Never would have guessed that she would have outlived Marybe, and I hope her little Harley is doing o.k.

  • Wren44
    Wren44 Member Posts: 8,585
    edited November 2012

    Elimar, Condolences for your loss. It always seems so empty when they're gone.

  • Gingerbrew
    Gingerbrew Member Posts: 2,859
    edited November 2012

    Elimar, I am so sorry for your loss. You gave your dog a good life and a gentle ending.

    Hugs

    Ginger

  • macatacmv
    macatacmv Member Posts: 1,386
    edited November 2012

    elimar, LOL about the CC. I have such ringing in my ears that I always have it on. I have to say over the holiday the spelling got worse as the night went on. Seriously, I am so sorry for your loss! That is such a hard decision to make. May your heart remember the good times.

    I had to look it up because I had forgotten, but the Wire Fox Terrier won best in show for the 2nd year in a row.

  • kmccraw423
    kmccraw423 Member Posts: 3,596
    edited November 2012

    Hi everyone!  I've been away for many months so I thought I better pop in to see what's going on -

    Marybe...Harley is too very cute - I want him!

    Chabba...I love an English bulldog.  That picture is so cute.

    My little Oliver is not doing so well ... a couple years ago he had the idoine treatment for his hyperthyroidism and now he has a thyroid tumor - they think its probably cancer.  We are going to double his meds for his thyroid problem, change his diet to one for cats with thyroid problems and take a 'benign neglect' approach -- he is 15 years old.  I will make him as comfortable as possible, give him lots of love, and will him not to die.  Once he passes, no more animals for me -- I am physically just not fit, cannot afford the vet bills, and especially don't want to have to put another animal down.  It just shatters your heart.  That's why I'm going to WILL Oliver not to die!

  • elimar86861
    elimar86861 Member Posts: 7,416
    edited November 2012

    mac,  I did see that cute terrier.  He was spunky and really loved the attention.  All the dogs there like to show-off. 

    The funniest thing I saw was watching the Westminster KC show some years ago was one of the big winners (from the "dustmop" category) always got rewarded after his walk, not with a treat but by being allowed to sniff his "security blanket" which looked like an old dirty cloth half the size of a pocket hanky.  Too funny!!!

  • macatacmv
    macatacmv Member Posts: 1,386
    edited November 2012

    eli, it's funny what dogs will do things for. I am always amazed at the show dogs and how they are so well behaved. 

    The dogs at the dog park can smell a crumb in a pocket. 

    My dog wants to chase the ball the whole time we are there. Except when she wants to jump up and kiss people. She jumps up and licks their faces. She is part boxer and I think they are big jumpers. She is usually half way across the field and I can't yell loud enough. She was a rescue puppy that I picked out by her picture on the internet 2 years ago. I certainly got the rambunctious, sock stealer from that litter.

    kmcc, that's all we can do, is love them. I hope Oliver enjoys the time he has left. I am sorry for your impending loss. 

    mac

  • macatacmv
    macatacmv Member Posts: 1,386
    edited December 2012

    I take my rambunctious sock stealing dog for a walk everyday at the dog park. Mainly at the same time of day, so that we run into the same group of dogs and people. Because my right arm is weaker now I use a chuckit (plastic device for throwing balls farther). I buy lighter weight chuckit balls, too. They are bright colors and sometimes have a face with eyeballs on them. Cinder (the dog) loves to chase the ball, but sometimes her attention span dwindles and she drops the ball in the tall grass or scrub around the field. This happened the other day and I could not find the ball. But the other morning I was walking out to the car and what did my wondrous eyes spy:

  • Gingerbrew
    Gingerbrew Member Posts: 2,859
    edited December 2012

    Love the Chuck it ball story!  My DD black lab will go into the tall grass at our dog park and come out with two balls at a time!   

    After having Golden Retrievers for years it is pretty lame that my poodle has no interest in bringing a ball back. He does do a good chase for them though. 

    I wish we had a little snow the dogs love it so much. My GOldens all did a nose snow polow thingy that was so cute. 

    Laters friends 

    Ginger

  • karen333
    karen333 Member Posts: 3,697
    edited December 2012

    Gingerbrew, we in WNY got big snow stroms a lot, my Golden, Quincy, used to do that nose plow thing always too.  He would leap off the porch and plow around for a bit before galloping through it all.  Don't have a dog this year, have Snowshoe Siamese rescues, but do have a foot of snow, I live 39 miles east of Bufflo.  And it's snowing again!

  • macatacmv
    macatacmv Member Posts: 1,386
    edited December 2012

    Yesterday at the dog park, Cinder managed to snag someones glove. It must have fallen out of their pocket before they got to put it on. She was running around happily. I was like what is in your mouth? When I finally caught her and found out it was a sheepskin glove, I was mortified. But it was a dog lover and she was frantically looking for her glove. So I just wiped the slobber off and gave it back to her.Embarassed

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