Man's Best Friend

govmentchedda · Post by **govmentchedda** » Tue Jun 06, 2023 8:29 pm

L-Jam3 wrote: ↑Tue Jun 06, 2023 7:38 pm So around a month ago we got our second Maine Coon. This guy is blue smoke and we named him Dewey (not a reference to the Delaware beach). Him and his older brother Dinky took only about two days to get used to each other, and now they parkour around to her house.

I posted on the Gram just now a video from last week.

The mutt my parents adopted a few years back was named Duke, and he quickly became known as Dewey. Sweet dude. Maine coons are great cats. How nuts are yours about water? Ours would not leave us alone when we turned the sink on. RIP Shorty.

govmentchedda · Post by **govmentchedda** » Tue Jun 06, 2023 8:30 pm

It doesn't get much better than a pet from the Humane Society.

Giff · Post by **Giff** » Mon Jun 19, 2023 11:14 am

If you've never been serenaded by a snoring pug, you're really missing out.

GoodKarma · Post by **GoodKarma** » Mon Jun 19, 2023 8:25 pm

Giff wrote: ↑Mon Jun 19, 2023 11:14 am If you've never been serenaded by a snoring pug, you're really missing out.

Our last rescue pug slept perpendicular between our heads on a pillow...when he passed the youngest one took that spot over. 9 years of that but it was like living next to train tracks...eventually you don't hear it anymore. At least neither one of them was gassy.

wlu_lax6 · Post by **wlu_lax6** » Mon Jun 26, 2023 4:45 pm

good girl

https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyl ... 3af017007b

Post by **Shirley** » Mon Jun 26, 2023 5:48 pm

The Sybian · Post by **The Sybian** » Mon Jun 26, 2023 5:49 pm

Sorry, Dave. Beautiful pup.

rass · Post by **rass** » Mon Jun 26, 2023 6:36 pm

I’m sorry man

sancarlos · Post by **sancarlos** » Mon Jun 26, 2023 6:45 pm

Sad for you. That one hits home, because my old girl is 15 years old also, and about the same size.

Nonlinear FC · Post by **Nonlinear FC** » Mon Jun 26, 2023 6:47 pm

Sorry Dave.

L-Jam3 · Post by **L-Jam3** » Mon Jun 26, 2023 6:48 pm

Aw man, I’m sorry.

govmentchedda · Post by **govmentchedda** » Mon Jun 26, 2023 6:54 pm

So sorry, Dave.

cerranoredux · Post by **cerranoredux** » Mon Jun 26, 2023 7:42 pm

Sorry, Dave.

Johnny Carwash · Post by **Johnny Carwash** » Mon Jun 26, 2023 7:44 pm

Sorry, Dave.

EnochRoot · Post by **EnochRoot** » Mon Jun 26, 2023 7:46 pm

Damn it. I'm sorry man.

Steve of phpBB · Post by **Steve of phpBB** » Mon Jun 26, 2023 10:16 pm

I’m so sorry, Dave. It’s so brutal.

Post by **Shirley** » Mon Jun 26, 2023 10:18 pm

Sorry to bum out the thread, guys. Thanks for the condolences. She was on a long, slow decline for the past several years. But she just kept going. This past week, it was obvious that she'd had enough. And her degenerative myelopathy progressed such that she could no longer stand at all. Unfortunately, the wife and kids were out of town, so I hoped she'd make it until they got back. She did. But it was still clear it was time.

Like I said, she had a really good run for a lab. And especially a dog that went through two long chemo treatments plus a third cancer scare where we removed a tumor from behind her eye. None of those got her in the end.

Pruitt IV · Post by **Pruitt IV** » Tue Jun 27, 2023 6:53 pm

Oh poor sweet Lucy.

I hope she's in a place where the squirrels are slow and the treats are plentiful.

MaxWebster · Post by **MaxWebster** » Mon Jul 10, 2023 6:32 am

on a much much lighter note (although I'm not fully there yet; gimme 'til this afternoon maybe)...:

i woke at 3am to a series of frantic one-off yip barks from our golden that made me know this wasn't a standard obnoxious call to the dog over the back fence. Distress signal. I struggled out of bed and hobbled downstairs where she had wide eyes for me. I let her out - we have a small fenced-in backyard and she *sprinted* out there. Feeling like i was in a fever dream as I watched what can only described as a Benny Hill dance on speed at 78rpm for a good 3-4 minutes, stopping every 10 seconds or so for a second at a time then resuming. Finally found "the spot" and drained herself. After she was "done" she hippety-hopped around again for 30 seconds, produced an encore then came back.

I just crashed on the couch figuring it wasn't over and was right - 30 minutes later i felt heavy *heavy* breathing in my face and let her out again. Dead-silent at 3:30am of course and she went to the furthest part of the yard and ... well, i didn't know the dog could blow ass that loudly. I of course started sleep-giggling like the 12yr old that I am.

Cleanup out there is gonna be fun this morning.

I am extraordinarily tired.

Pruitt IV · Post by **Pruitt IV** » Mon Jul 10, 2023 9:59 am

When we first brought our rescue home, she was a nervous wreck with a bad stomach. A number of times she ran out into the yard, squatted and let out what sounded like a champagne cork popping before spraying the lawn.

sancarlos · Post by **sancarlos** » Mon Jul 10, 2023 11:48 am

We’ve been dealing with our old dog’s bad stomach and ploppy poop off and on for quite awhile now. We take her off dog food and onto chicken and rice and things get better. Then we wean her back onto dog food and things are good for awhile but eventually it gets bad again. We’ve tried several different kinds of sensitive-stomach dog foods, but eventually we always go back to square one. It’s exhausting.

And, to compound matters, she’s got a cyst on her back, right above where tail starts. Sh always licks and bites it if she can which prevents it from healing (and probably affects her stomach), so she’s been wearing the cone of shame, too.

Pruitt IV · Post by **Pruitt IV** » Wed Jul 19, 2023 10:03 am

“You can’t have a bad day when there’s 500 golden retrievers around you,”

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Wed Jul 19, 2023 10:18 am

On the flipside, you can have a morning get a little worse when a labrador retriever decides to shit near the door. He does get credit for going hardwood over carpet.

The Sybian · Post by **The Sybian** » Wed Jul 19, 2023 10:27 am

Pruitt IV wrote: ↑Wed Jul 19, 2023 10:03 am “You can’t have a bad day when there’s 500 golden retrievers around you,”

How many people started to walk off with the wrong dog? And most goldens will happily walk off with anyone. The dogs must have flipped out having 500 canine friends and countless new humans to meet.

Pruitt IV · Post by **Pruitt IV** » Wed Jul 19, 2023 10:50 am

The Sybian wrote: ↑Wed Jul 19, 2023 10:27 am
Pruitt IV wrote: ↑Wed Jul 19, 2023 10:03 am “You can’t have a bad day when there’s 500 golden retrievers around you,”
How many people started to walk off with the wrong dog? And most goldens will happily walk off with anyone. The dogs must have flipped out having 500 canine friends and countless new humans to meet.

One well thrown tennis ball would have caused absolute mayhem.

The Sybian · Post by **The Sybian** » Wed Jul 19, 2023 11:13 am

Pruitt IV wrote: ↑Wed Jul 19, 2023 10:50 am
The Sybian wrote: ↑Wed Jul 19, 2023 10:27 am
Pruitt IV wrote: ↑Wed Jul 19, 2023 10:03 am “You can’t have a bad day when there’s 500 golden retrievers around you,”
How many people started to walk off with the wrong dog? And most goldens will happily walk off with anyone. The dogs must have flipped out having 500 canine friends and countless new humans to meet.

One well thrown tennis ball would have caused absolute mayhem.

That is hilarious.

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Mon Jul 24, 2023 8:22 am

Hug your pets, Friends. Lost our older gecko this morning. He waited for me to come down and turn his warming lights on. And then gave up. I got to tell him goodbye, and I think he kinda told me, too. So I have that.

But the lights are off now.

Giff · Post by **Giff** » Mon Jul 24, 2023 8:26 am

Aw man, sorry friend.

rass · Post by **rass** » Mon Jul 24, 2023 8:33 am

sorry man

cerranoredux · Post by **cerranoredux** » Mon Jul 24, 2023 9:32 am

Sorry, Aaron.

govmentchedda · Post by **govmentchedda** » Mon Jul 24, 2023 9:43 am

Sorry, bud.

L-Jam3 · Post by **L-Jam3** » Mon Jul 24, 2023 9:58 am

Aw man, sorry to hear that.

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Mon Jul 24, 2023 9:59 am

Sorry, AB.

Johnny Carwash · Post by **Johnny Carwash** » Mon Jul 24, 2023 10:26 am

Sorry to hear, AB.

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Mon Jul 24, 2023 10:31 am

Appreciate it fellas.

Worst part is my son is on vacation with a friend and he will be as upset as I am. haven't told him yet, waiting for a good moment when they aren't busy doing things.

Pruitt IV · Post by **Pruitt IV** » Mon Jul 24, 2023 10:43 am

That just sucks.

Sorry.

GoodKarma · Post by **GoodKarma** » Mon Jul 24, 2023 11:28 am

Sorry to hear that AB…it’s always tough.

What was his name?

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Mon Jul 24, 2023 11:33 am

GoodKarma wrote: ↑Mon Jul 24, 2023 11:28 am Sorry to hear that AB…it’s always tough.

What was his name?

Sam. He was going to be 6 this fall I think. These geckos can live over 10 years, but he's been struggling for a few months. We've been to the vet for random stuff and this weekend he just started acting erratic and hadn't eaten in a few days. From the googles what he ended up most likely having is not uncommon in leos.

sancarlos · Post by **sancarlos** » Mon Jul 24, 2023 3:05 pm

My condolences, AB. Sorry to hear.

(But, I doubt his astrological sign was a factor.)

cerranoredux · Post by **cerranoredux** » Mon Jul 24, 2023 8:07 pm

sancarlos wrote: ↑Mon Jul 24, 2023 3:05 pm My condolences, AB. Sorry to hear.

(But, I doubt his astrological sign was a factor.)

It was his confirmation name.