The Evolution of Atlas: A Breeding (and Chat) Thread

[speckledhen]

I had to put my oldest dog down last week. She had cancer. I was spending all my time and energy caring for her for the past 2 months. It has broken my spirit. Thank you Cynthia for making me smile. I definitely needed that.

Oh, no, I am so, so sorry! I know how it feels to care for a dog with health issues. I want another, but Tom doesn't and I know it's because he's protecting his heart.

 

[oldhenlikesdogs]

Oh, no, I am so, so sorry! I know how it feels to care for a dog with health issues. I want another, but Tom doesn't and I know it's because he's protecting his heart.

It destroys me to lose one, but I gotta just get another. It's my purpose in life to give dogs a wonderful home. They need me as much as I need them.

 

[speckledhen]

It destroys me to lose one, but I gotta just get another. It's my purpose in life to give dogs a wonderful home. They need me as much as I need them.

 

[oldhenlikesdogs]

So there you have me in a nutshell. Surround me with dogs and critters and I never need to leave here except to get food. Surround me with people and I would run for the hills. Probably your hill Cynthia.

 

[speckledhen]

So there you have me in a nutshell. Surround me with dogs and critters and I never need to leave here except to get food. Surround me with people and I would run for the hills. Probably your hill Cynthia.

You can share my hill. We'll start a society..."Curmudgeons R Us".

Adding that we're too suspicious to allow anyone else in, though.

 

[oldhenlikesdogs]

I don't trust anyone anymore either. It's sad really. I grew up in a time when locked doors weren't done. Now I double, and triple check mine.

 

[getaclue]

oldhens, I can totally relate.

 

[1muttsfan]

I'm sorry to hear that Lisa, they sure do wiggle their way into hour heart don't they?

 

[oldhenlikesdogs]

I'm sorry to hear that Lisa, they sure do wiggle their way into hour heart don't they?

Thank you. Especially so for me, since I couldn't have any children. Dogs are my kids.

 

[speckledhen]

Okay, real estate drama: they can't get in touch with Mark's kids in AZ, and he's trying to do the stuff for them. Apparently, they had three offers. One is automatically void since they found out they cannot put a mobile home on it (told ya, stupid incompetent realtors wasted their time). No idea where the second one even came from. There's still a chance we wont get it. If we don't, I'll use the money I saved to put up a fence with a truck gate around the pasture and on the line between us and them, a row of cypress trees goes up all across that pasture lot to block my view of whatever goes on down there. And I will not be a happy camper. I want my land back.

If someone else gets my land, I just hope they don't want to come introduce themselves. I may be the only person who says to them...great, I've seen you, now don't come back.