The Chillout Zone (Off-Topic Thread)

Poor Opie is delighted he's finally back to normal indoor duties Finally got the wooden floor down and all the painting done (bar a bit of gloss that has to be done right before bed to minimise fumes). Poor fecker has had to spend the better part of the day in the little room alone or out in the garden with all 24 of his toys, some of which were stuffed with mince and frozen dog food.
He's back inside now and has a face on him like I chained him up outside with no food or water for the past week!

gah! Bailey was in the bushes yesterday evening and woke me up crying at 5:00am to go out to the loo and then had another explosion on the way to the park. Had to get him in the river swimming to clean him off and then I had a dilemma of whether to leave the puddle or go back with the watering can and brush (which I did)...he'd gone in the gutter at the side of a the road - his preferred spot where he can give me a heart attack waiting for a car to come!!! He's had another one since I came to work - asked my mum to let him out the front so he could do it in front of all the neighbors lol!! Ages since he had an episode like this - I'm very careful about what I give him so god only knows what he found and ate when I wasn't looking!

We now have 4 cats reallyrose, Jake lived with his brother for 7 years, was very shy, his brother died suddenly and he seemed lost, we got a pup at the same time and they got on great, then we adopted an adult male cat of approx 5 years, Toby was fine with dog, himself and Jake kind of ignored each other but got on ok, shortly after we got another pup, everyone fine. Then I took in a couple of kittens, dogs and Jake love kittens, Toby hates them with a passion. Every time I took in kittens to rehome, Toby hated them. One stayed and he finally accepted her at 8 months old, they became best friends but sadly she was killed on the road, two more kittens have stayed since then, both he only accepted once they were about 8 months or so. He still hates kittens. Jake meanwhile loves everyone regardless of age or species. Two younger girls play together often, but none curl up together except Jake and youngest girl.
Currently we have a 14, 12, 2 and 1 year old cats, 6 and 7 year old dogs.
Entirely depends on the animal is what I am trying to say.

angeldaisy wrote: »

Do you know something, I really love my dogs, but they are being so f#@#@#g annoying today.

Mine had me up at 5:00 to bring Bailey to the loo - Lucy coming out too of course :othen were back up the stairs in my bed before I had the door closed and looked at me like I was mad for telling them to get up to go on a walk! :pac: Bailey seems to be fine now thank god!! I gave them each a big chunk watermelon rind there so hopefully it doesn't come back to bite them and me in the a$$ :P

Found my first kitten of the season last night, at 1.45am on a country road at least half a mile from nearest house. I nearly ran it over in the middle of the road, stopped and searched but no sign of any others or mother cat. She's about 6 weeks and definitely used to being handled

She's settled in the bathroom, well fed with a heat pad for warmth. I'm a sucker I know, but once she's wormed and fed up a bit, I think I'll home her easily.

Pics now in the photo thread!

I cat believe she's two already!
Happy birthday Lucy.x

I can't believe she's two either!! I think this time around we were able to enjoy her being a puppy more than we did with Bailey - she was/is so relaxed and chilled out - no dry food hyphens etc etc so we weren't waiting for the day when she'd grow up and calm down a bit - she was already calm!

Anyways I spend months stressing out that the boot is too small for the dogs and that poor Bailey is being crushed to one side by Lucy (my last suv was a LOT bigger than this one so had way more space), trying different combos of seats up and down, figuring out if I can afford to get a bigger car one etc etc.. Eventually I decide to try a crate for Lucy which she loves - gets in the boot via the step no hassle and Bailey is happy to have his space back... He's been crying in the car lately and couldn't figure out what he wanted until this morning - he managed to stretch his car harness strap as far as possible and climb into the crate on top of her lol!! He got out after a few mins though!

I got another new tattoo today, I really am a glutton for punishment! For Those who have said before that pain is putting them off the idea, never ever get your ribs done! I've sat for hours in the past without a problem on other areas, had to ask for a break after 20 mins of this one. Verrrrry painful :O

ShaShaBear wrote: »

Tattoos are like babies. If you want one, and get one, you forget how sore they are and get another, and another, and possibly another.
And people who never had one or don't want one will think you are utterly mad :pac:

It's true! Every time I get one I'm like, I'm done now, never again. Then I see something pretty or something meaningful and I have to have it :P

ShaShaBear wrote: »

I only have one tattoo, but have had work done three times. First was the center piece, and that was meant to be all of it, but I got a small piece added to it when I was getting it redone, and then another piece shortly after that. It started out 2 x 2 inches on my inner forearm, now it stretches from my wrist to just past my elbow :pac:
I desperately want another but can't until after this baby comes out, and as far as I know, most places won't tattoo you if you bf, so will have to see - might get one done after the wedding next year :pac:

Oh wow, that must look really cool! I'd love to have tattoos on my arms but so far all of mine are easily hidden, have to find a secure job first :P as far as I know no place will tattoo when pregnant/bf because your body will react differently - even when auntie flo is visiting it an effect how your body takes to the tattoo with swelling and stuff, it's fascinating really!

Spanner thrown into the works, new puppy might be a different breed than I had been currently seeking. The original plan might be happening again and a lot earlier than I was intending, yeeepers.