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The Chillout Zone (Off-Topic Thread)
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My little 10 year old birdy Marky, I have so many arguments with him because for the last ten years he's only stopped shouting for about four hours a day on average, but he's too cute for words when he's being good like this! I might feel different at 2 or 3am when he decides it's time to play (and shout). We just had a nice day together today! He's tame as in he likes to come talk to me, land on my bed and walk around having fun, but he HATES to be touched. I got him when he was barely 6 weeks old and tamed him the same as all my other birds so it's just him, he's a little independent free spirit!
He lives with a lutino hen bird called Yellow (my ex was very imaginative) who is 5 years old, she flirts with my (male) flatmate, which is quite hilarious! I have to get it on video one day!0 -
SillyMangoX wrote: »Sound like you're having a fun time at the moment
Any more pics of him? Are many people still mistaking him for a husky? :P
No more cases of mistaken identity since
I'm having a bit of trouble trying to figure out the settings on my camera for the blue eyes, can't figure out how to do action pics with red eye settings. I have lots of pics of a devil dog and lots that are just a blur 
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GAH!! At a training thing at the weekend and didn't realise I'd have to leave big boy in the car for a few hours unattended until it was too late to cancel.. Sat wasn't too bad cos I was parked down the other end of the carpark and he didn't seem too stressed..yesterday a different story he FREAKED out and was just outside so I could hear him!! I went out at one stage and it looked like somebody threw a bucket of water in the back he was panting and drooling that much.. ended up having to take him out and stand inside where I couldn't really see or hear..then got frustrated and just went home. I thought he was getting over the separation anxiety but this seems to have set us back big time! 0
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GAH!! At a training thing at the weekend and didn't realise I'd have to leave big boy in the car for a few hours unattended until it was too late to cancel.. Sat wasn't too bad cos I was parked down the other end of the carpark and he didn't seem too stressed..yesterday a different story he FREAKED out and was just outside so I could hear him!! I went out at one stage and it looked like somebody threw a bucket of water in the back he was panting and drooling that much.. ended up having to take him out and stand inside where I couldn't really see or hear..then got frustrated and just went home. I thought he was getting over the separation anxiety but this seems to have set us back big time!
A dog training thing? Could they not let you in with him?0 -
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Peach was happily sleeping in her box this evening when my mom decided to test if an old hair dryer was working. My god I've never laughed so much in my life! Peach kind of did a half jump up then a complete backflip out of the box where she then startled at one of her toys. She has been jumping at everything all night as she still doesn't know what scared her in the first place! I feel so bad for laughing but her reaction was just so funny.
What would make it extremely funny is if there had been someone visiting the house who didn't know we had a cat. That picture keeps playing in my mind and I just find it so funny!
For anyone concerned, she god a feed of tuna, some cat milk, millions of cuddles and is now tucked up nicely with her brother in bed for the night
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Lol just picturing her flipping!! My cat (rip) used to do the same!! My bro managed to startle our guy once and he flipped like that - he was always trying to do it again but never managed it! The cat would be walking along and he'd say 'CHAH!!!' and clap - worked once but never again lol 0
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I dropped Bailey off at daycare this morning with a muzzle (with a sack of treats inside I might ad)- this is my latest attempt at stopping him coming out with a beaten up nose. I witnessed him over the weekend opening his car crate (at least I know now that I'm not losing my marbles now thinking I've left it open!!) and trying to open one of the daycare crates. He can open some and thinks he can open all of them so gets a baldy/scraped nose in the process. He has no probs wearing it because he knows he'll get a treat and told he's very good for wearing it.
From this morning and on Sunday (i tried it for size in the crate he's usually in) the reactions from people - wowzers!! The looks of horror to see me with a muzzle in my hand - like obviously if he was a savage he wouldn't be at daycare lol?! When I see a dog wearing a muzzle I think responsible owner. And when I see a RB dog walking around with a muzzle hanging around it's neck I just laugh because it looks funny - it reminds me of somebody with sunglasses on their head or something! 0 -
I dropped Bailey off at daycare this morning with a muzzle (with a sack of treats inside I might ad)- this is my latest attempt at stopping him coming out with a beaten up nose. I witnessed him over the weekend opening his car crate (at least I know now that I'm not losing my marbles now thinking I've left it open!!) and trying to open one of the daycare crates. He can open some and thinks he can open all of them so gets a baldy/scraped nose in the process. He has no probs wearing it because he knows he'll get a treat and told he's very good for wearing it.
From this morning and on Sunday (i tried it for size in the crate he's usually in) the reactions from people - wowzers!! The looks of horror to see me with a muzzle in my hand - like obviously if he was a savage he wouldn't be at daycare lol?! When I see a dog wearing a muzzle I think responsible owner. And when I see a RB dog walking around with a muzzle hanging around it's neck I just laugh because it looks funny - it reminds me of somebody with sunglasses on their head or something!
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Weighed the fat dog again today and she's lost 300g in two weeks. She probably still needs to lose at least 2kg but glad to see being strict with her is working. Feel really guilty giving the other two extra bits and excluding her but needs must. 0
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What is a sandboy? Something very happy I assume
I asked my colleague from Cork on the off chance and he didn't know lol
I was stuck choosing between 2 harness there a while back and went for the ezydog one. Happened to be in maxi zoo yesterday evening and they had the other one - the Julius K9 and I much prefer it - mainly for the better grabbing handle at the back especially with the river being so high and my water baby being a bit fearless lol!! Tempted to get it now as a leaving work present for myself/him lol :pac: I was in maxi zoo looking at their muzzles - my muzzle plan worked in the crate until the afternoon 'break' when he managed to get it off and scraped his nose a little bit - it's a bit too big for him so going to try a slightly smaller one.0 -
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So AJ did they come and take you away?
I have had to do the same before (numerous times:o), once had to climb onto a flat roof and in an upstairs window of a flat I lived in, I'd just moved in, and the guards did turn up.
Opened the door and I was unpacking (could of looked like packing stuff to rob)
I was told to get spare key cut and leave it with a neighbour and also don't leave the window open as it if I could get in anyone could:eek:0 -
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Ah I wish Bailey slept on my bed!! I stopped letting him up about 2 years ago now what with his legs and all cos we've no carpet on them and I was afraid he'd slip!! Maybe it's time to get them covered so I can start to have lie ins while I'm taking a few months off! 0
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I must post the photo I have of the cat sleeping on the big dog cushion and the poor dog curled into a ball on a blanket on the floor beside her.
It's a bit blurry but you get the idea, she's a stubborn cat!
Ah I wish Bailey slept on my bed!! I stopped letting him up about 2 years ago now what with his legs and all cos we've no carpet on them and I was afraid he'd slip!! Maybe it's time to get them covered so I can start to have lie ins while I'm taking a few months off!
You might not get much of a lie in with a snoring dog shoving a paw into your back to move over! 0 -
There's a little cairn x female in my local pound, spitting image of my fella, just a little slighter and scruffier. Oh I'd love a second one.http://www.facebook.com/#!/photo.php?fbid=409529875735963&set=a.168595216496098.33407.168594389829514&type=1&theater 0
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My dog is currently warming my bed, the cat is in his too Zapperzy:D
I have a kingsize bed and I sometimes wake up to a dog and two cats pinning me down!
Thankfully little dog can't get up as she's too short and its quite high, but my daughter lifted her up a few times and I woke hanging off the edge, little dogs do take up much more space. 0 -
I was pre-warned about Shelties finding their voice between 10 and 12 weeks, apparently if it's nipped in the bud immediately you have a non-barking dog for life but if goes on until 14 weeks you have a barking dog for life :eek:.
My neighbours got 2 pups on Wednesday and they were left in the house on their own yesterday. I put my two on in the run at 3pm yesterday as I've been easing the pup into the routine my mum will have when I go back to work. Next doors pups were screaming their heads off, que barking from my pup, so I left him out there until he had stopped for half an hour, 3 hours he was out there, two and half of them barking constantly while Poppy sat on the roof of her kennel looking totally depressed. Then he had a good old bark at me for not letting him rob stuff of the table, for putting him in the crate for his nap and he had a good old bark at my niece for not wanting to play tug and one at Poppy for taking his toy. So he just didn't get his way and I threw a blanket over his crate and ignored him when he was kicking off in there. I couldn't put him out of the room for a time-out because he can't cope with that at all and makes a puddle on the floor. I still have a splitting headache from yesterday, but not one single bark today.
Is that it? Have I won
Or will sods law come back and bite me tomorrow for posting this? :P He'll be 12 weeks on Monday, I'm back at work on Tuesday and not very confident about my mums ability not to cave and give in to him! 0 -
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Swallows have begun to nest in our outhouse and the noise from my two is deafening!
This is the first year with them nesting that we've had Benson, for the past couple of years with them nesting it's just been Coco and she would bark at them for a little bit but now she has a partner in crime and it's getting bad!
Keeping them indoors just winds them up even more as the door to the outhouse is about six feet away from the french doors so they sit there and go crazy. And if the weather is nice we always leave the doors open.
When they're outside they run in and out of the outhouse after the swallows and they sit there barking at them while the swallows sit on the ridge of the house roof or the electricity wire. They momentarily stop when called but then after about a minute start barking again.
They're on high alert as well. Benson sat down and let out an audible fart.
Coco went ballistic at the noise, misinterpreting it for a noise the birds might have made so then the two of them went crazy.
Of to the beach now for an extra long swim and a run, try and tire them out!0 -
Just back from a lovely walk, on the way back we have a 4 foot bank to climb up. I climbed up first and turned for Kieran to pass the dogs up to me but little Phoe backed up, wiggled his little ass and threw himself up the wall
So after the Phoe managed it, we thought Harley would be grand. Sure he's twice the height! Well he whinged, barked, half jumped, barked, ran around in circles, barked, tried to clamber up, barked. Kieran had to lift him, all wet and smelly from the river.0 -
adrenalinjunkie wrote: »I often wake up to find I've either manoeuvred myself around the dog or I've been converted into a dog lounger, move her out of the way, then she moves herself back :rolleyes:
One of mine gives me a dirty look if I move her, an other growls and bares her teeth. The boy just does as he's told and slumps down elsewhere with a big sigh. 0 -
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All day hangover! Why do i do it to myself....:o
Well at least you didn't have to be told the stories and shown the photos of you making a fool of yourself on a bouncy castle the next day while hungover as I did during the week.You recovered yet anniehoo?
We had a bit of drama earlier this evening. We had a fire lit with bits of wood to start it, I was cooking dinner while Kieran sat in the sitting room, so the fire gate wasn't in place. The phone rang, Kieran went to answer it and 2 mins later Phoe toddled in........ carrying a flaming stick like a torch. :eek:
I bet Phoe was so proud of himself for fetching a stick to play with! Seriously though I hope ye're alright and nothing was damaged. 0 -
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I have exams starting tomorrow, so of course that means I'm not studying and instead teaching the cats to sit
Cream: Success, moving onto stand command.
Peach: Slapped me then flopped onto the floor.
Who says you can't train cats! (some of them anyway!)0 -
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Nevermind the couch, what if he'd chewed it! It'd be an odd one to be explaining to the vet how his mouth got burnt! :eek: Stop making me look bad! By the way he was carrying it it looked like he knew exactly what he was doing. Gingerly, by very end of the stick. He's always trying to root in the fire. We have to keep a very close eye on him. We can't leave the briquettes in the sitting room anymore because if he's left alone for 2 mins he tries to eat them.
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Stop making me look bad! By the way he was carrying it it looked like he knew exactly what he was doing. Gingerly, by very end of the stick. He's always trying to root in the fire. We have to keep a very close eye on him. We can't leave the briquettes in the sitting room anymore because if he's left alone for 2 mins he tries to eat them.
I hate my job. Anyone wanna give me a job?
Of course he knew what he was doing, he's probably been planning it for months waiting for you to turn your back! My fella would probably do the same, we have a gas fire so it's a real treat when he visits other houses with an open fire and finds sticks beside it!
Me too, wanna swap? Can't wait until I'm qualified and free to leave this place and get another job that I actually enjoy doing. That sounds a bit ungrateful, happy to have a job when there's so many who don't but getting treated like crap ain't nice either.0 -
Haha, I think he saw his opportunity and pounced.
Yes lets swap. I can't complain too much, I actually do like the work, it's interesting for the most part and my manager is lovely, but the hours are terrible and the money is about 30% of what I used to be on before I lost my "real" job (which I REALLY hated). And we're contract staff, so if the real staff make a mistake it's automatically our fault
Lucky you, qualifying for something (am I right in thinking vet nursing?).0 -
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Why are cats so stupid!? I brought in my 2 early today as we are having the house painted and I knew they wouldn't come if they saw the painters in here (they are racist, the hate polish people for some reason?)
Cream is bombing it around the house doing a really low guttural meow, and I know that means he needs to go to the toilet - understandable, he was in about 4 hours early today. But no matter how much I bring him to his tray he just will not go! He is fully litter trained, he was a solely indoor cat for a year, and he has no medical problems, he was at the vet yesterday ffs! He just likes to pee al fresco.. well he can forget it, no way he's going out in the dark! I'm going to lock him in the bathroom with the tray till he goes 0
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