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[Pax]

The thought is at a neutral place, maybe meet in the middle like Oregon somewhere dogs are allowed.

www.traveldog.com

Hope they get along, a neutral place is an excellent idea...much less posturing that way. Give Mae a snuggle for me 'k?

[kelownagirl]

CC - thinking of you today. Been in Edmonton for 4 days, heading home tonight. Weather's been good - only about -5 and clear. Supposed to have a high of -24 by Thursday so I'm glad we'll be gone by then!

[mimitabby]

-24?? that's COLD!
no matter what thermometer you're using.

[KnottedYet]

Mae is an alpha-dog female.

Stinky Butt Dog is an omega-dog neutered male.

His goal in life is to be bossed around. I don't think there will be a problem. Mae and SBD have smelled each other on my clothes and such, and SBD "gave" Mae one of his stinky ol' stuffed squeaky toys. (more SBD smell, and in a fun package, too!) She reacted just fine. And Mae likes me, even though I smell like SBD.

(Mae likes me cuz i "gave" her a *really* good chewy toy at my last visit: my $1,000 bite splint! Oh, boy! What fun! Crunchy and chewy and smelly! )

[Trek420]

sorry about that

Mae is a pound pet, lab/pitt/sumthin/sumthin/sumthin/sumthin....she looks like a yellow lab.

She has met and likes chickens, pigs, geese, horses, llamas, a kangaroo, cows, cats that she considers her cats and all kinds of people ... but right after DPITA adopted her I found she went ape shot, nutso crazy dog if she so much as saw another dog.

So Mae and I sat down and had a chat and I told her dogs on this planet are only allowed where dogs can go, so it's likely that she's going to see other dogs because she's not the only one in the world and has to get used to that.

And we worked and worked and worked, I took her to an obedience class (which she had to attend from an adjacent room) and continualy socialise her. I got custody of the dog at the break up, she's my dog.

She may never be a dog I can just set loose in the dog park but she enjoys going there, seeing the dogs, sliding on the kiddy slide there ;-) and getting treats for calm behavior.

And now she has some doggie pals: Presley who is probably the worlds homliest dog who she sees on walks here and likes, a shepard and two dalmations she visits through the fence on walks, something she'd never have before.

But this Mickey dog was an enormous step for her.

[Bikingmomof3]

X, AG, and AG's little guy have been having quite the day. I just spoke with them and X was shopping in Trader Joe's-her first time ever! I was helping her choose the correct TJ foods.

But that is not all folks.

X purchased a brand spankin new bike!!! I will let her tell everyone about it tonight and she promised photos.

[DebW]

I spent some time today modifying my hammock by sewing buckles onto the straps near the hammock and loops in the strap ends. Now, instead of having 7 feet of strap attached to each end of the hammock, it has short pigtails with buckles. And instead of wrapping straps 3-4 times around the tree and tying a knot, I just girth hitch them and thread them through the buckles. Now I can adjust it easily without retying knots. Here's a picture. The green part is the hammock, the gray part is an overbag that I slide around the hammock after I'm inside to keep my bottomside warm.