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Skriven 2010-04-24 20:15:55 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
  Kommentar till text 37047 av Janis Kracht (1:261/38)
Ärende: Catching up...AGAIN! :)                                  [1]
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Hi Janis,

 JK> > He probably wouldn't care one way or the other if it were a
 JK> small-ish > one.  He's scared of thunder storms so it couldn't be a
 JK> loud one.

 JK> Right, most dogs are a bit afraid of thunder, etc.  I'll never forget
 JK> how Toby and Priscilla would jump on the bed and get under the covers
 JK> with us when we'd get a bad storm :)  So far, the puppies and the
 JK> kittens haven't seen a bad storm.

Hope you had a sturdy bed with 2 dogs of that size! Laddie just takes
off running away usually.  If my parents catch on in time that a storm
is brewing, they'll bring the dog inside, close the drapes and put some
music on.  He also has a tranquilizer they can give him if the above
efforts aren't strong enough.  If he takes off tho, my dad used to get
into the car and try to track him down.  I think that will be less of an
option now.


>> owning one like that as well.  The kitchen was huge.. Cherry cupboards
>> all over up and down - a desk one end.. but the one thing I wish they
>> had done.. there was one of those huge old fashioned fireplaces (like

 JK> > Sounds a lot nicer (G) than the kitchen I've got here.  Sounds more
 JK> like > a kitchen I'd love to have.

 JK> Same here.  Though I do like this kitchen -now-.. after all the work
 JK> we've done in it.  We're still not done though even though it's been 2
 JK> years since the picnic here. This summer I expect it will be finished
 JK> though, since Ron has plans to get help with some of it.  And the

I was wondering how the remodel job was coming.  It was nice that you
had enough work space for a bunch of crazy (!) cooks and kibbitz space
for the eats.  After Steve tried your KA mixer, he convinced me to get
one.  I think the difference is that Rachel (I tried and wasn't thrilled
with hers the previous winter.) has a less powerful model and yours is
the professional model.  We got the latter; I am using it a lot more
than any stand mixer I've ever had before it.

 JK> puppies and general 'dog' expenses will be less than they've been as
 JK> well... Poor Priscilla cost us over a few thousand dollars before she
 JK> died, but that's life.  And come to think of it, it was pretty much
 JK> after the picnic when it all started for her - not that the picnic was
 JK> related to her being sick, it's just an indication of how long she'd
 JK> not been doing well.

Sometimes it takes looking back to fully bring everything into full
focus.  As a kid, nobody ever suggested I had asthma but I was short of
breath quite often and had several incidents that my parents termed
"just a bad cold."  After I was diagnosed with asthma, I realised that
I'd had it since childhood and those "bad colds" were, in all
likelyhood, bronchitis.  But, we got to meet Priscilla at the picnic;
she played the role of the grand dame to the hilt. (G)


 JK> > It would have been--but would you want to spit roast all your meats
 JK> on > it?

 JK> She also had a double wall oven so she wouldn't have had to use it if
 JK> she didn't want to.  That was on the same wall, but more to the left.

Not unless the power went out. (G)  A double wall oven does sound nice.
I had a single wall oven in our quarters at Fort Hood, TX--they were
former officer quarters--and really liked it.  That was the place, that
even tho it had 3 bedrooms, only had one bathroom.  Since Steve had to
get cleaned up from PT & get out the door for work at the same time the
girls had to finish getting ready for school, he got the bathroom.  I
made sure there was a wash cloth, towel and their toothbrushes in the
kitchen.

>> that was great at Christmas expecting Santa to just show up one day

 JK> > And all the stockings that could be hung on them.  It would cost a
 JK> small > fortune in oranges, nuts, etc to stuff them too.

 JK> Most assuredly ... I remember getting lots of ribbon candy too.

Our standards were an orange and a box of raisins. A small gift (roll of
film or similar) was included, some years a candy bar was too.

 JK> Some > females have been decent, as have some of the males.

 JK> Oh yes, definitely.. we had a female named Sweetheart who was a great
 JK> mouser.. I at least always thought she was the best, until I saw our
 JK> later kitty named Fred, a male, and how he literally cleaned the
 JK> neighborhood rodent population :)  You couldn't find a mouse or a
 JK> chipmunk for miles.. once in a while you'd see a little puff of a tail
 JK> lying around.. eeew. (g)

In the later years, I think Simon was the best mouser.  I don't remember
which of the other ones was, but undoubtedly several were.

>> Yes, it's so sad seeing the populations of the rescues and shelters..

 JK> > The latter is where my parents got their last couple of cats, and
 JK> their > current dog. Over in Delhi.

 JK> There are some beautiful animals in the various shelters and rescues..

Sadly, yes.  So many people don't realise how much of a responsibility
having a pet entails.  Or, they will get one that is completely unsuited
for their life style.  That cute little puppy can grow into a big dog
that won't fit in a studio apatment.  Or, a little dog will be too high
strung to get along with little kids.  Then they get put out for
adoption, hopefully to a better home.


 JK> > Very much so!  A lot of changes in our lives since then, a few pets
 JK> but > not too many.

 JK> I think these two will most likely be our 'last' ones.. it's a lot to
 JK> keep up with..

When I was at home, my dad used to fuss about his older brother and the
dogs he had. Dad didn't think, that, at his age, (some years older than
my dad) he could take care of them properly.  I'm seeing some of the
same with my dad now.  Having the pets does give him something to do for
part of the day but it takes so much out of him, getting the food ready,
etc. Mom has even more trouble so, much as I know they like having the
cat & dog, I know they would be better off without them.


>> Right here in PA, the puppy mills are 'infamous'.  The area is trying
>> to close them down though.

 JK> > That would be a major, but very worth while job to get them shut

 JK> Yes, it would.  It was a real surprise to me to read that the amish
 JK> people were some of those running those puppy mills in PA.. just
 JK> didn't expect it :(

No, you just don't think of them as running a puppy mill.

>> I can understand that.. well there is dog/cat insurance now, I'd
>> rather not start paying for that though!

 JK> > That's the way they feel too.


 JK> I can just hear how those companies would deal with 'pre-existing
 JK> conditions' Lol

I can just see those eyebrows raising now.  Claimant has tendency to run
away, unless tranquilized, during thunderstorms.  Requesting
reimbursment for tranquilizers.  Yeah, right!


>> > They should pick some up from him.

>> They are getting a long with the kitties more and more, which is good.
>> Leo was walking around today like he owned the place haha.. and the
>> puppies did chase him, but stopped when he turned to look them in the
>> eye :)

 JK> > Just one look.............................

 JK> And again today Leo was strutting around, and went up to the pups and
 JK> gave them a snoot :)  It was funny :)

I can just picture it!  Leo sounds like he's trying to be alpha dog,
even tho he's a cat. (G)


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