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[Chickielady]

chickmanna just left, what a nice lady she is !
Of course I was filthy & cleaning coops & pens !

Guess I better get my show entries done & mailed....and figure out if I can even go......................

At least it is a 1 day show so there is no hotel required for us, just have to leave here soooooooooooooooo early in the AM, load the day before, etc, etc, etc...........

 

[Chickielady]

Where is everyone today ???

 

[pettec63]

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I certainly agree!!

 

[pettec63]

Okay Chickie Lady STOP SHOUTING. Use your inside voice. All you guys should move out here. If I even hint I would move in with DS, he's ready to split for the border. Have to make him think it's his idea. Yah that's it. Actually I love it out here - have been here 42 1/2 yrs. Besides when my DS comes for a visit I see more of him than when he lived here.

I haven't had my Marek's vaccination but I did have a Shingles shot - that must count for something.

Ha ha what she says!!!

That there that's funny!!! LOL!

 

[pettec63]

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Ha ha CR! Mine are gonna hatch before yours does!!! I go into lock down Friday!! YIPEEE!!!

BTW does anybody use the LG for a brooder?? just wondering??

 

[pettec63]

Well I had a very frustrating day. The traffic was fabulous, but the Great Dane never did sit done and chill for than 5 minutes at a time. She kept going from the back seat to the back of the station wagon, and back to the back seat, and....... She did offer to drool in my hair, and right towards the end of the drive, she snuggled up her nose under my arm, and told me that she really really loves her Grammy. Nala’s Grammy is delighted that she is back with her parents. It's going to take me weeks to get all the Great Dane dog hair out of my house. So I really hope that it will be a long time before I get to babysit again.

So at that point I was very happy and I headed north to Lynnwood.

It was at Paws that I got the run around, and things went south. I had all the paper work together, and I filled out the application. Right off the bat it was fairly clear that the clerk didn't seem to like me. They had me put Teddy back in the car because of bio-security. I thought that was very reasonable. But they wouldn’t adopt Oso out today. They want me to bring all of my permanent Yorkies back to meet Oso tomorrow. So that means I would have to take a 7 and half week old pup into the same shelter that they didn’t want Teddy in the day before. I don’t think that I can bring myself to expose Miss Bubbles to what could be going around a shelter. She hasn’t even gotten her first shots yet. And Miss Gabby gets extremely car sick.

They also need to have DH meet the dog. Given that DH is in Hawaii at the moment. This means that there will have to be at least 2 more trips to Lynnwood and back. Each trip is at least 120 miles round trip, and there is clearly still there is no guarantee that we can adopt the dog. Oso does have so major social issues, but I know that I can help Oso overcome them. I have done this before with Chuckles our rescue Komondor.

What really got me was when she told me that the manager wasn't there. She obviously went and talked to the manager in the back. She was in the back office for more than 10 minutes talking to someone. I really got the feeling that they just didn't want to adopt Oso out to me. Part of me wants to fight for Oso, but another part of me doesn't think that it is going to be worth it. They just don't want me to have this dog. I am really crushed. I know that I could have given Oso a forever home, and he would have been happy. He is even more handsome in person. I should have called the shelter before I drove all that way.

After I left the shelter I headed north to the Mukilto ferry. I walked, and I met up with BYC member poultrypalacewhidbey's at the Clinton ferry terminal, and I got a dozen Silver Grey Dorking eggs. That I think is the only think that made the day worth it. After I got back to the Mukilto side of the sound, I stopped at the Ivar’s that is right next to the terminal. As I was waiting for my dinner, a young woman asked if I knew where a bathroom was. We talked a little when I realized that she and her friends had gotten stranded at the Mukilto ferry dock. They needed to get back to the Bellevue YMCA. So since I was going that way any way I gave them a ride back to the Y. I also found that they hadn't had anything to eat, so I bought them dinner too. They were the nicest kids, and they slept off and on all the way to Bellevue.It’s an odd thing, I very rarely even consider doing things like this, but there was just something that said that I needed to do this. After I dropped off the kids, I stilled had to swing by the in-Laws home in Renton. It was a long day for me.

So at this point I think that I am going to go to Las Vegas, and drive out to the town of Mesquite. They have a Black Russian Terrier/Giant Schnauzer that needs a home. I talked to the shelter there and the guy I talked to was more than willing to work with me, and they allow out of state adoptions. So I am going to call them tomorrow and arrange things. I kind of hate giving up on Oso, but I don't think that I am willing to fight the shelter staff here. Sometimes the answer to a prayer is no, and I try to respect that. I keep finding that I am so honest, that I mess up things all the time.

I do have more animals than is allowed without a kennel license. If I had all the pets licensed I wouldn't be able to afford to care for all of them. I have taken on the responsibility for more animals than I am allowed, and I have been flying under the radar for years. I do know that we care for all the pets, better than average though. I am spending at least 120.00 every two weeks on just food. We also keep the pet waste picked up on regular basis. Our dogs are always kept on our property besides. The cats I must admit have run of the neighborhood. But given how much time they spend hanging out in my garden, I don’t think that they are any more annoying than any other the other neighbor’s cats.

So as outrageous as it seems it may be much simpler to adopt a dog from out of state than from a local shelter. This is the second time I have wanted to adopt a shelter animal, and have been essentially turned away. It is very depressing to think that I am not an approved pet owner. It makes me wonder who is considered good enough. There are times that I wish I was better at lying. But as some of you know, I can talk way too long, and say too much. This must be what happens when a kid is taught to be a public speaker from birth.

I know they think that leaving the animal behind chain link and on concrete is "safer" ?? They crack me up!! I know the process, seen it before! You have to give up your first born, just to do them and the animal a favor!!! But, wait!! Then they cry they don't have enough money to feed and take care of these guys??? Hmmmm something wrong with this picture!! I have adapted LOTS of pets from shelters, in fact my brown and white cat is a guy I rescued from the Casper HS. And countless dogs in the past!! Sorry you have to go so far!!! But, glad if you get the dog you want and give it a good home!!

Ok that's julie's rant for the day!! LOL!!

 

[pettec63]

As I'm sure most have observed, I'm super cranky today. So getting off till I can be nice.

So sorry!!

Catcha later!!!!!

 

[Greg Richardson]

This is why I said call cause around 25 years ago I went to the same one and they wanted this and that and I told them I guess you are more concerned with your rules then animals dying.

I've had dogs all my life I don't need some one telling me I need a fenced yard out in the country and the rest of your rules.

You can take your rules and stick them where the sun don't shine when you pumping that needle needlessly into another animal cause all you so called experts sat down in a room one day deciding this is how your world would look like.

We went to the Little Nickle which back in those days was the Criaigslist now and got a free dog from there.

Then they have the nerve to ask for more money and complain about how many pets they need to adopt out.
Unreal.
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[hallerlake]

Quote: Maybe you should cut back on the treats.

 

[FlyRobinFly]

I also cannot find tuna canned with no soybean oil...soybeans are in everything !

What about the Italian or Spanish ones in olive oil?