My dad

and also thanks for reminder about my box being full, I'll take care of that
appreciate it, my friends:aw:
 
dogmom said:
so today he is fine and actually before we left hospital he ordered lunch cuz it was gonna be a while til they finally got all the papers ready for him to go. he ordered a bacon cheeseburger with all the toppings and some fries and cheesecake and also ate some my mom's fries and some of her other stuff that I had picked up for her in the hospital cafe:lol: He VERY carefully transported the cheesecake home! He LOVES dessert. He's a tall, very thin guy with what has been a fast metabolism so having all that stuff sure isn't an issue and we were both happy to see him enjoy his food:)
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My kinda guy! :lol:
I am glad he is doing better. Keep an eye on him and watch for any changes, though.
 
:ty: Beo and yup, good to still watch for any changes - my mom is going with him to his follow-up doc. appt.s-
 
I hate house showings! I had my house on the market for a while (much longer than I would've liked because of the housing market.) All that cleaning, last-minute notice, get-out-quick-and-stay-out! Well, it gave me an excuse to go to the VFW and sip a drink :lol: We even bought pull-tabs and played bingo :)
 
:wave:AC,

yeah, it's that "hurry up and wait" syndrome and also much more difficult with the dogs as you can't explain why it's happening.
but at least you got some fun out it, Alley! maybe in your case you liked the potential buyers to take a longer time looking at your place so you could enjoy your time at the VFW!
:lol:
 
I'm glad to hear your father was ok after all. It's really difficult all the things that start going wrong as parents age. We have a lot of that stuff going on in our lives too.
 
:ty: Bott!
yeah, it's hard and am sorry about similar happening at your end, too:aw:
 
So glad to hear the problem with your dad wasn't serious.

And bummer about the no-shows! If the next scheduled people come, can't you then just go take the dogs for a walk or something? I can sure understand not making a big effort to get them out beforehand, considering past history.

Good luck with it.
 
:ty: BG,

yeah it's a nice idea to go out walking but for me, not safe to walk both dogs myself, due to their combined strength/intensity and also different behavioral needs. we don't walk in the neighborhood due to number of kids, people interested in Rotties for the wrong reasons and loose or stray dogs. we also have BSL here <Breed Specific Legislation> so my dogs will always be scrutinized more closely than others. One of my girls is dog-reactive on lead and the baby is people-shy and especially wary of men; it's a genetic temperament fault that the breeder's puppy tester found and which we got info. about in her puppy packet. Kaylee <baby> has improved and that's part of why I put her in tons of puppy, basic and novice agility classes, sometimes taking a class several times - but she still does show the trait.
so it would be setting up both dogs to fail if I took them out walking together, not hot from a training perspective.

:)
 
Oh, very understandable. That would make a whole new set of challenges for you, for sure.
 
we used to go out walking a lot with the first two dogs - one of whom was the Lab I just lost - and I actually walked them individually as well by myself, but there were so many instances of dogs running out of yards at us - including the attack on my then-young-Lab who I just gotten through rescue - a smaller Terrier-mix dog ran out of a HOUSE at us. I stopped to let them smell cuz I didn't want to have tight leash on my dog and have a problem - well, I had a problem anyway when they started have a fight at my feet - like many mostly benign canine disagreements, this was mostly noise and motion but someone could still have gotten seriously injured by accident and I thought - if I'd had my Rottie <Rottie from that time frame; first beloved black and tan> that moment, we could easily have had a very dead neighbor dog and whose dog would be blamed?? So that incident led to my new-to-us, shyer Lab becoming dog-reactive.

so that -type - of thing in general happened quite a lot to the point where I started carrying extra bits of food including a whole raw egg < as a means of distraction for an on-coming dog>, defensive spray, extra leash for any friendly loose dogs, cell phone etc. and then I started having my husband walk with me because we kept seeing - and I rescued when I was just by myself - stray dogs including stray Pitties. I love Pitties. The reality is though that in particular <NOT categorizing as a whole!> a dog-reactive or aggressive on-coming Pit vs. one of my Rotties would be a huge bloody mess <including me> with a very poor outcome and there is very little chance of my re-directing or stopping an AGGRESSIVE oncoming Pit Bull due to type temperament/history.

we also got people who asked if my girl was spayed and did I want to have her mate with so-and-so's dog? and once someone wanted to walk WITH me because he saw I had a Rott and asked to go with me....:confused:
so we just stopped walking in the neighborhood altogether
 
dogmom said:
so today he is fine and actually before we left hospital he ordered lunch cuz it was gonna be a while til they finally got all the papers ready for him to go. he ordered a bacon cheeseburger with all the toppings and some fries and cheesecake and also ate some my mom's fries and some of her other stuff that I had picked up for her in the hospital cafe:lol: He VERY carefully transported the cheesecake home! He LOVES dessert. He's a tall, very thin guy with what has been a fast metabolism so having all that stuff sure isn't an issue and we were both happy to see him enjoy his food:)
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Was the cheesecake wheeled out in the W/C and your dad walked out! LOL
cheesecake was a big deal with my family growing up too! That is great your dad is going better and back home. I thought he would need to have his blood pressure taken while sitting then standing up.
 
Not easy! We've never had much of a problem, but in our neighborhood here, there is one house with three large dogs that have come out to greet our two little ones when we walked by. They weren't aggressive, but I didn't care for the scenario, either, so asked the owner to call his dogs back, which he did.

Now he will generally reach down to hold onto his dogs, if they are out when we come by. They seem to be fine, but they are LARGE and things could turn around in a heatbeat.
 
I am glad of hear you I hope be you expect :) hugs dogmon
 
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