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Kasha, Is Lester your grandog or do you have a new pet? I'm drawing a blank.

mprssdbyu wrote:Kasha, Is Lester your grandog or do you have a new pet? I'm drawing a blank.

Lester is the granddog. Poodle. We must have him 50/50. Long story of crazy. The bottom line is he thinks he is mine at this point and I take care of him the best and with large heart. He is however, my daughter/son-in-law and grandsons'.

@Kashathediva You need one of those stair lifts. Just sit on it with her in your lap and you can go up or down. She looks adorable.

When Oz had to be crated during his rehab, I just slept on the couch. Since he sleeps next to me I put his crate on the coffee table so he was on the same level and pulled it next to the couch when I went to sleep. He'd put his little paw out so he could touch me. I tried leaving him and going upstairs to bed, but I just felt too guilty.

That's what it is--guilt. I'll see. I may have to camp out downstairs with the dogs. I have to try to talk myself out of trying to carry her up the steps and down. I can see myself trying to do something crazy. I do crazy things. LOL

Kashathediva wrote:That's what it is--guilt. I'll see. I may have to camp out downstairs with the dogs. I have to try to talk myself out of trying to carry her up the steps and down. I can see myself trying to do something crazy. I do crazy things. LOL

Could you manage if you strapped her to your chest in one of those baby carrier things?

I don't think that would work. I'm only 5'1". She's a 23 lb sheltie. 12 steps of wiggling and not being able to seeing what I was walking down in front of me. I don't want to be the lady yelling help I've fallen and I can't get up and then 4 days later be found like an episode of CSI with maggots.
Camping it is.

It is with a lot of joy...and a lot of sadness...that I announce that after 10.5 months, Benjamin has finally been adopted. He went to his forever home on Sunday and his new mom has been kind enough to send me some photos and let me know that he is settling in nicely. I had pretty much resigned myself that he would be joining our pack if we made it to a year, but I guess it was not meant to be. He has been my longest foster ever and it was hard to let him go. We will all miss the little bugger.

@Sprite I'm so glad his new mom is still going to keep in touch. You showed him what it felt like to be loved. I wish that all animals could experience that in their lifetime.

@Sprite Awwe that's so sweet! I'm glad he found his forever home. You have a heart of gold providing love and comfort to these babes until they find their forever homes. I imagine it's hard to let them go, but knowing they are going to be happy in their new home, must be a huge upside!

Long weekends for me although I look forward to them, this long weekend consists of thunderstorms fireworks, thunderstorms fireworks, another round of thunderstorms on the way and my pups are already starting to quiver.

I have tried everything to keep them calm nothing works. Playing iLDivo Cd calms them somewhat, but it's very challenging to see them so afraid. I've even brought them to the window to see fireworks that are at a nearby park, not a good idea.

@GuardianAngel Have you tried the thunder shirts GA? They sort of swaddle the animal and it calms them. I know some people that say they work pretty well. Some have also used aromatic oils. I'm very thankful my two don't care and sleep through everything.

I have thundershirts. Cost me a fortune for two of them. They freak out when I take them out it's as if they know. I haven't used oils because my little girl is very sensitive to fragrence. Loud soothing music seems to help. The shirts didn't do anything. One night during a 1am thunderstorm, I did wrap the bed sheet snuggly around them, and held them close, that did seem to help. They say you're suppose to act normal but that hasn't worked 11 yrs for one and 7 yrs for the other. I just hate it if I'm not home, I know they are so scared.

This was last year. They didn't know where to go or what to do.



This is what they do, they come to me and crawl all over me, behind me, in front, trying to get to the wall squishing themselves in that spot, both of them.



My own pics.