Older dogs seem to start aging rapidly when a puppy is suddenly in their life.
Mal: You tell me right now, little Kaylee, you really think you can do this? Kaylee: Sure. Yeah. I think so. 'Sides, if I mess up, not like you'll be able to yell at me.
'Bushwhacked'
Natter 72: We Were Unprepared for This
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
aurelia - Feb 03, 2014 6:35:56 pm PST #19057 of 30000
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
Zenkitty - Feb 03, 2014 7:25:41 pm PST #19058 of 30000
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
A woman I met in the park, once said of Bartleby (the Dalmatian/Basset Hound)...in a thick Southern accent, "Ih imagine, there was fernitcha involved."
I love this. I can hear the woman's voice.
beekaytee - Feb 03, 2014 7:33:01 pm PST #19059 of 30000
Compassionately intolerant
It was pretty darned funny, Zen. The languid, sideways head roll made it even more charming.
Pix - Feb 03, 2014 9:34:02 pm PST #19060 of 30000
The status is NOT quo.
I can't speak to sane numbers of pets since we are clearly crazy with two dogs and four cats. But also at our max and still able to afford and have love and time for all. We don't have kids, though, which is a big part of being able to wrangle our furry family.
Kaylee would have been happy as an only dog, which she was for almost two years, but Newton needs a companion. He is so attached to Kaylee, and the two of them love each other to bits. Our cats all love each other and snuggle...well okay, Mia as our old lady cat does not always approve of the shenanigans of the two-year-old twins, but she and Seamus are best buds.
It works for us.
Fred Pete - Feb 04, 2014 4:27:01 am PST #19061 of 30000
Ann, that's a ferret.
I can't speak to sane numbers of pets since we are clearly crazy with two dogs and four cats. But also at our max and still able to afford and have love and time for all. We don't have kids, though, which is a big part of being able to wrangle our furry family.
With six cats, we resemble that remark. But everyone has different limits. And if three is your limit, then better to have three well cared for than four or five less-than-well cared for.
brenda m - Feb 04, 2014 4:29:52 am PST #19062 of 30000
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
I go back and forth on Darb. Every so often she meets a dog she is mad for. And as C put it, she still kind of needs some peer pressure / coaching in how to act like a dog. But otoh we've kind of got a groove here and I don't want to mess with that.
ION, putting in an offer on the house today. I think it's pretty likely to be outbid, but we'll see.
-t - Feb 04, 2014 4:39:26 am PST #19063 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Good luck, brenda!
brenda m - Feb 04, 2014 5:35:49 am PST #19064 of 30000
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Kat - Feb 04, 2014 5:46:04 am PST #19065 of 30000
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Good luck on the bid, Brenda!
I had a crappy swim this morning, in part because I am pretty congested and blargh. But I have to give a presentation today so I need to be at work. Here's to a speedy AM.
Consuela - Feb 04, 2014 6:41:51 am PST #19066 of 30000
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Good luck, brenda! That house looks marvelous.
Me, I'm grousing about perimenopause. Bleargh. After I get a cup of tea I will take the dog for a long ramble, which will help my state of mind, I think.