Office Work, Part Deux: Professional Mayhen

[Orchid]

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Awwww. I hate when people do things like that. I'm glad your chickens are safe. What are you going to do with him?

As of right now the neighbor lady is calling around to the two county humane societies, sheriff's dept and maybe a vet or two, on the off chance he's a lost dog, which of course he isn't. I guess it's up to her and I to figure out what to do with him, we're the only two people within two miles except my parents, and I know for sure they don't want another dog.

Cat/dog/horse/kid/chicken safety testing, here we come...

 

[ChickenAlgebra]

I HATE sub-humans that do that to animals. That is why we have almost all of ours except the birds. Even then, ha, the ducks and turkeys got started as rescues.

Our dogs, who have all be starved dogs picked up by us or the shelter, are some of the best dogs in the world if you ask us. They may not be herders, but they will make sure their family, which includes birds, stay on their turf and watch over them. You try to mess with us, you will face the wrath of 5 dogs, followed by my sniper husband.

Our abused donkey, who everyone swore would never be anything but worthless, no, we can't ride her or mess with her. But she rallied the troops and kept the illegally imported black bear at bay until we got out there to deal with the bear and her cubs, at the risk to her life. Our coops may be bobcat safe, but there is no way they are hungry bear safe. The brat has a home until the day she dies, useless as she may be.

 

[Orchid]

You know, Algae, I could happily ship him to you to be your Rufus...

 

[Orchid]

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At my house, you would first trip over the meowing cats who would try to get you to fill their food bowl, then the dog might knock you over in the hopes of being played with, then you'd probably step on some Legos or some marbles and go for a ride down the stairs, and at last you'd meet me, hair standing on end, glasses perched on my nose, gun in my hand, nightie maybe on or maybe not, while my husband blissfully snored through it all.

He's a bear if you can wake him up, though.

 

[MSDeb]

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Hi Michelle, glad to hear you are not dead.

Here, here for the island. I have a donation to make.

 

[MSDeb]

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Congratulations aunti Orchypants!

 

[ChickenAlgebra]

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No. No, no, no and oh yeah NO!!!!!

5 dogs is enough right now. More than. Esp in dump season. We will likely wind up with another 3 or 4 here looking for homes in the next 3 months.

Here, you would find FURIOUS snarling dogs, ready and willing to chomp down HARD and at no concern whatsoever to their own wellbeing. Cats may be begging for food, toys may be in the way. The dogs alerting wakes up DH instantly, and if he wakes up at night, he grabs his rifle and is ready and on alert. You want to keep trying, be my guest. The sheriff may live across the street, but he might be out on a call and slow to respond.

And/or why the children have NEVER tried to sneak in the house because they will be faced with a very ticked off father.

 

[ChickenAlgebra]

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Congratulations aunti Orchypants!

How did I miss this??? Congrats Orchypants!!!!!!!

 

[sparkles2307]

Just had a call from the school.

The Bigger One got 2 detention slips this week.

First, they caught him hitting his brother in the privates because little bro didn't want to play with him.

Then they caught him using a permanent marker to "decorate" playground equipment.

He's 7. He's been a lot more emotional the last 2 weeks than normal, but I thought he was going thru a growth spurt, and the end of the year stress was getting to him. But this is bordering on "you'll be eating bread and water in your room for a month"....(and I mean that not LITERALLY so no parenting attacks, I work at social services.)

Thoughts?

 

[Orchid]

Is he working at mastering a new developmental level of some sort, sparkles? I have noticed that my kids' behavior deteroriates just before they master some new skill, be it emotional, physical or cognitive. My solution is usually more sleep. I'm such a scientist, I know.