The Old Folks Home

[drumstick diva]

Get a Clue, I was thinking the same thing - Macho Roofer man killing itty bitty silkies - maybe he'd just faint and forget about the whole thing. SCG just needs to splash a lot of blood at him when she is showing him how-to. I'm ready to puke and I'm not even gonna be there.

 

[Peep_Show]

My DH has pointed out it was always the biggest burly dudes that keeled over in the Service on vaccination day.

I find it fascinating, though, the number of guys in pickup trucks that have chihuahaus riding posse.

 

[Cynthia12]

Wisher I am right there with you. I have no problem paying people a decent amount to do a decent job. We paid $207K to have the house built. That works out to about $100 a square foot. We paid another $25K to have the barn built. The roof was not put on to code on the barn. I have a lot of other cosmetic (well I hope it is cosmetic work) I have to get fixed before I could even ever put this place on the market. My parent's home, built by a development contractor (not quite as good as a custom builder), was finished in 1976. They lived there for 30 years and never replaced the roof. Granted it needed to be replaced before we could sell the house when my dad passed away, but the ceilings never dripped in 30 years. The walls never cracked. I could go on but it just gets me

They really don't build them like they used to. Bought a newer home in Payson, after living in an older home in Mapleton for years. Only stayed in the Payson home for about a yr. and half, stucco coming off...other things..came to this nice 1977 home around 7 yrs. ago. It's been great so far. Knocking on wood.

 

[drumstick diva]

Don't kid yourself Chihuahuas are like soccer balls with teeth. - they've been regarded as "ankle snappers," for as long as I can remember. They are so itty bitty that people are too embarrassed to "nudge(?)" them away to get teeth off their pants leg.

The lady on the corner had 3 but, I think the alpha female killed the other two. She'd let the mutt run loose and it would catch me on my walk home. The dog was seriously attached to the bottom of my jeans and the woman just continued to make small talk. All I was wishing for was for her to disappear so I could "deal with" the dog. She just didn't care. When she decided to go back inside she called the dog and it reluctantly let go - growling at me as it retreated.

I was just speechless. I have known that woman and her kids and husband for many years. She was always kind and thoughtful till that episode.

Then she got a Puggle - the dog started out fine till it learned from the Chihuahua that you are supposed to bark, growl , pursue and attack. Somehow the lady developed a vacuum between her ears.

 

[ronott1]

Don't kid yourself Chihuahuas are like soccer balls with teeth. - they've been regarded as "ankle snappers," for as long as I can remember. They are so itty bitty that people are too embarrassed to "nudge(?)" them away to get teeth off their pants leg.

The lady on the corner had 3 but, I think the alpha female killed the other two. She'd let the mutt run loose and it would catch me on my walk home. The dog was seriously attached to the bottom of my jeans and the woman just continued to make small talk. All I was wishing for was for her to disappear so I could "deal with" the dog. She just didn't care. When she decided to go back inside she called the dog and it reluctantly let go - growling at me as it retreated.

I was just speechless. I have known that woman and her kids and husband for many years. She was always kind and thoughtful till that episode.

Then she got a Puggle - the dog started out fine till it learned from the Chihuahua that you are supposed to bark, growl , pursue and attack. Somehow the lady developed a vacuum between her ears.

What?

We have one like that across the street. They do try to keep it in but it is very unruly....

Did the neighbor get Alzheimer? Is that what vacuum between the ears is?

 

[tnspursfan09]

I just don't get the tiny dog thing, and I certainly don't wish to offend anyone, but why? If your dog can fit in your purse why not just get a cat? Some stores size discriminate, too. Could you see me walking in the Walgreens with Daisy? Of course she'd never fit in a purse...people would have a hissy. The drool alone. Okay, the drool could be hazardous to other shoppers so maybe they could possibly have a point.

The main part of our house was built in 1848. When we first moved in we had to remove about fifteen layers of wallpaper from the upstairs rooms. No closets. At all. I love it, though...it has so much character.

Big burly men. I love 'em. DH is 6'4" and stout. A Viking. Bawls like a baby all the time. Loves musicals. Both parents taught music and all of his siblings play an instrument. DH plays the trombone. He just made me sit through The Music Man for the umpteenth time the other day. I don't mind, I've made him watch 13th Warrior just as many times. People tease us all the time and claim that we have it all backwards because he does most of the cooking and cleaning and I'm the one watching sports. He collects old movies and I collect medieval weapons. (and play with them) He is scared of the roosters. And he's the perfect guy for me.

 

[tridentk9]

I just don't get the tiny dog thing, and I certainly don't wish to offend anyone, but why? If your dog can fit in your purse why not just get a cat? Some stores size discriminate, too. Could you see me walking in the Walgreens with Daisy?

Because ADA covers Service Dogs (though the use of miniature horses is allowed with limitations). Some states allow Service Cats but most do not. Stores and restaurants might actually toss them out if they brought in a cat.

Though out of all the chihuahuas and purse dogs I've seen in stores and restaurants, none have behaved like a legitimate Service Dog. None of the owners have understood ADA either so I guess they go together..

As far as Chihuahuas, they're supposed to have "terrier-like qualities of temperament".

 

[vehve]

I can understand some small dogs, dachshunds are excellent trackers and terriers keep the rat and mouse population down. But chihuahuas I don't like, or breeds with too flat faces to breathe, or people who feed their dogs into lardballs.

 

[tnspursfan09]

We do have a dachshund, my DDs dog, but she's for rodent patrol. Before Maddy was born we rescued great Danes. Daisy is the only one that we actually got from a breeder.

 

[vehve]

Our sausage dog is getting older, I haven't seen her catch a mouse in years. She eats them though, so I wouldn't know.