PUPPIES!

I finally got to meet my ex's new sheltie puppy. She is very cute,
though I am very glad that she does not live at my house. She yaps at
everything. My ex was commenting on how much she sheds (his wife

Suja...

The whole low barking threshold thing would drive me up a wall. There are a
lot of things I don't mind in a dog; barking at nothing isn't one of them.

Paula...

Sammie the mini poodle gets on my nerves enough. He doesn't bark at
nothing, but he has a tendency to bark at more little almost nothings
and not to want to shut up. He responds really well to "Get your butt
back in here!" though. That makes him shut up and run back to where I
am and wag his tail at me. The big dogs respond to "okay, that's
enough," but he needs something else to do with all his energy, I
guess. He does respond every time, though. Now we are backing it up
to getting him to stop and come back when he first starts tearing in
the direction of the noise and before he has started the barking. It
is going okay, but I wish it were going faster. The sheltie yaps
constantly, though, for no reason at all. She will put herself in her
crate (the door is open) and yap in there like she wants out, but the
door is wide open. She is incapable of running without yapping and, as
a puppy, she runs a lot. The mouth is connected to her legs somehow.
All kinds of cuteness when she snuggles up to you, though, and, like I
said, I don't have to live with her.

assured him you could give the dog pills so it wouldn't shed and also
refused to get an underake or shedding blade because they looked cruel
so they are using a soft people's hairbrush to brush her). I told him

Suja...

So the magic pill didn't work? Damn. I guess I have to resort to raking
Khan then.

Paula...

Maybe they just used the wrong magic pill. I'm sure there actually is
one that will stop all shedding. I'd be even happier with a magic
pill that would keep their nails from growing. Molly is the biggest
PITA when it comes to doing anything with her nails, but they grow so
quickly that she is always clicking. I'd pay big bugs for a no nail
growing pill.

Darla Vladschyk...

Actually, I don't think you're going to find many takers for your big
bugs. Maybe you could throw in a few of those oatmeal-and-cranberry
cookies you were talking about. Just a thought.

Paula...

Oh, like you've never made a typo, Ms. Vladschyk! Anyway, I'd give
all the big bugs I have for absolutely nothing. I'd pay big bucks for
something that made Molly's nails stop growing so I wouldn't have to
go through the whole, "NOOOO! You're TORTURING meeeeeee!" routine.
For a big bad German Shepherd she sure is a wimp. I can't find my
dremel and I'm wondering if she managed to hide it or throw it away or
something.

he should have listened to his daughters when they tried to steer him
toward a less shedding breed and when he went with the dog his wife
wanted instead, tried to get him a proper brush. I told him before
that they knew what they were talking about since they do much of the
GSD brushing around here. I didn't mind getting sheltie hair all over
my t-shirt. But the, I wouldn't recognize any of my clothes without
some dog hair on them, anyway.

My oldest daughter's best friend's sister's pug just had puppies. The
sad thing is that they are BYB and she is trying to sell them. She
doesn't live at their home any more, so I don't know her and never
heard that she was contemplating that or I would have asked her to
reconsider. But the puppies are fun to hold and play with. My
daughter's friend watched them for her sister for a weekend and of
course we were ordered over there to see them while they were around.
It was hard to play with silly little pug puppies, but in the
interests of friendship, we managed. I did tell them that I wouldn't
buy one or help advertise them for sale and why. I hope they think
about things like health testing at a minimum should they even think
of breeding puppies again. It kind of surprised me, actually, because
the mother and I have had long talks about the importance of having
rescue dogs (their family is a GR that came from a shelter. My guess
is she wasn't asked first and you can't make grown daughters living on
their own behave.

At least all I have to do with any of it is to have more puppies to
snuggle with and play with but not to care for or worry about.