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Skriven 2010-04-16 22:13:42 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
  Kommentar till text 36793 av Janis Kracht (1:261/38)
Ärende: Catching up...AGAIN! :)                                  [1]
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Hi Janis,

 JK> > He didn't seem to.  I'm afraid that one of these days he'll decide
 JK> to > get up just as Mom or Dad is trying to get around/over him &
 JK> knock that > parent off balance.  Not a pleasant thought but might
 JK> become real, with > unfortunate consequences.

 JK> Yes, that could be really bad.

But, they keep him around to bark at the bears and other "guard dog"
duties."

>> Yes, it was.  This was a victorian house, even older than the house
>> Ron and I are in now.. Mom's house had very big heavy oak doors.

 JK> > Good, solid doors like you don't find on modern houses.

 JK> Yes, that's very true!  Big double doors, on the front porch.  The
 JK> front porch was a wrap-around, and it was so beautiful. Next time you
 JK> come remind me to show you the picture I have of that house.  It was
 JK> taken by a photographer trying to make some money by shooting pictures
 JK> of some of the grand homes in Warwick, before my parents sold the
 JK> house.

Sounds really pretty--the kind of house I dream about but will never
own in reality. Did the kitchen live up to the rest of the home?

 JK> >Poor kitty.
 JK> > Never heard of a calico Manx tho. (G)

 JK> Really that's so true and that is exactly what the poor kitty looked
 JK> like.  She was a great kitty.. I had her until I left for college.  I
 JK> tried taking her with me, but the landlord said no way, so back home
 JK> she went :(

I had to leave behind kitties too.  It's hard but my parents appreciated
the mousekeeping the cats kid.

 JK> church > building one morning--little scrap of a kitten (She fit in
 JK> Steve's
 JK> > hand.) but sounded like a full grown cat.

 JK> A tiny kitty with a lion roar :)  I always feel bad for kittens I see
 JK> on the street, and usually put out food for them.. Unfortunely there
 JK> seem to be a lot of temporary residents in this area that just pack up
 JK> and leave their animals :(  I guess this area isn't unique in that
 JK> respect though.

No, it's gone on as long as animals have been domesticated & willkeep
going until.........................

>> If > they'd had a complaint, Inge would have been gone faster.

>> At least he let you do that, that was nice.

 JK> > It was; we had her for about 8 months before we had to adopt her
 JK> out. > She always knew when we'd pull out the popcorn pot--and made
 JK> sure she > got her share before we could enjoy ours.

 JK> hahaha I guess she figured she deserved it :)

In comic relief, most definately earned her keep!


 JK> > Sam didn't mind it, especially if Deborah was the one brushing him.
 JK> She > would also brush his teeth and sing duets with him. (G)

 JK> That's great :)  Chester had some other problems though.. he was
 JK> bought at the one of the worst places you can get a dog.. at a mall
 JK> pet store.  I felt so bad for him, because he was 7 months old, still
 JK> in the cage, and had been "marked down"... Not on sale.. marked down.
 JK> Come to find out later when I called the pet store after some
 JK> 'situations', the dog had been returned once already.  My vet at the
 JK> time told me Chester must have had a touch of distemper and he was
 JK> having petit mal seizures.  Poor doggy - no wonder he was so sensitive

My sister got a pet store collie one year for Christmas.  Sweet dog but
not a brain in his body.

 JK> to everything around him.  He was on dilantin for most of his life
 JK> (think we had him for about 10 years).

My parents were realising that they have had this dog for 6 years now.
He was a rescue one; my dad wishes he could claim the dog on his taxform
for medical deductions.  Their last dog they had for about 18 years.


 JK> > Sounds like he's let them know who's top dog in the house.

 JK> I think so, but Toby can be so low status.  I try to let him lead the
 JK> way so he feels more important.  Well hopefully, he'll at least teach
 JK> the pups some manners Lol

They should pick some up from him.


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