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The Chillout Zone (Off-Topic Thread)
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TooManyDogs, for Christmas get her a giant wooden dolls house, and assign family members a room each to furnish in wooden furniture. Other suggestions - rag dolls, wooden toys, a puppet show theatre, a dress-up box is something that can be constantly added to (and costumes can be home-made), Bird-houses, feeders, tables, insect farms etc. are all the rage for my niece so it's fairly easy here.
When she's old enough to have parties have an eco-friendly themed party, use handwritten recycled paper invitations, make up party bags in brown paper bags with little ethically produced knick-knacks, and serve home-made party food in little wooden bowls, they'll all get the hint after the first party
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Having a very annoying and confusing sleep pattern the last few weeks and not being able to fall asleep before at least half 4 every single night. :rolleyes: Regardless of whether I have to be up for college or work the next morning.
No Sympathy from me! What has your sleep pattern messed up?
When I'm not working I wake at 4am DYING for chocolate and coffee because it's my usual break time in work. It's ridiculous, even when I've had a few days off I still wake up at wrong hours. And because I have had to learn to make myself get up and go when it feels like the "wrong" time, once I wake up I can't go back asleep my brain goes into work mode. I used to be able to grab up to 18 hours sleep after a week of nights, now I'm lucky if I get 7. I believe I'm slowly becoming a proper insomniac.
Was it you Zapperzy who recommended a holiday home in donegal?0 -
No Sympathy from me! What has your sleep pattern messed up?
When I'm not working I wake at 4am DYING for chocolate and coffee because it's my usual break time in work. It's ridiculous, even when I've had a few days off I still wake up at wrong hours. And because I have had to learn to make myself get up and go when it feels like the "wrong" time, once I wake up I can't go back asleep my brain goes into work mode. I used to be able to grab up to 18 hours sleep after a week of nights, now I'm lucky if I get 7. I believe I'm slowly becoming a proper insomniac.
Was it you Zapperzy who recommended a holiday home in donegal?
Initially letterkenny rag week but now it's just become habit, so self inflicted I suppose. Oh yes the night time munchies, I'v been known to get up at 5am to make breakfast before going back to bed for a few hours and get up for work. 
It was indeed, can't recommend it enough, we went there twice with two dogs and loved it. I think I'm allowed link to it? http://www.donegalholidayhome.net/ You thinking of heading up that way?0 -
Not only thinking about it - we've booked it
What is around the house? Like directly around it. In front, behind, either side. Is there privacy?
What were the best and worst bits.
We booked it on your recommendation so I'm hoping it's great!0 -
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TooManyDogs wrote: »Took the dogs for their walk today and counted at least 20 piles of dog **** on the ground in the space of 2 miles!! :mad: It's disgusting. And the worst bit myself and my friend get glared at by neighbours because we have 8 dogs between us and so all the **** must result from 'all those dogs'. I wouldn't mind but we're about the only people in our village who does pick up after their dogs, if I can't find one of my dogs poo I'll pick up a random one cos that way I figure the poo karma is sorted.
It's the same with the route I walk most of the time too, obviously it's the same person who walks their dog the same route every day because along a wall maybe less than a hundred yards long there's a same size poo every 2 or 3 foot. :mad: I'd hate to get the blame for it simply because I walk that route often too. Right beside a playground as well. If anyone said anything to me I'd wave a bag full of poo in their face! 0 -
Came into this thread wondering what's in the kitchen for a nibble,
happily pressing the down arrow while pondering on this and watching tv
- then like a slap in the face: Oh yes the night time munchies,
:rolleyes: Now I'm ruddy starving, what's quick to make and tasty and won't keep me up all night if I eat it.
Down arrow . . .
sandwich?
down . . .
soup?
down . . .TooManyDogs wrote: »if I can't find one of my dogs poo I'll pick up a random one cos that way I figure the poo karma is sorted.
Hunger disappearing, maybe I'll just have a couple of pringles
down ...If anyone said anything to me I'd wave a bag full of poo in their face!
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Oh god, my mother was walking Cato in the park today, she turned her back for 5 minutes during which Cato stole some mans sandwich :eek:. Mortified isn't even the word.
I was going to ask if this was in Griffith park and if so not to worry as there was a man dumping a bag of sandwiches on the grass (
) this morning but I've just seen that you're in Cork lol!!:pac: 0 -
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Both cats are in yaay! The stink of tom cat scent is unreal though,:eek: poor feckers dont know what they're in for tomorrow. Cant wait for the drama of gettin them in the crates at 7am. Anyone have chainmail gloves i can borrow 0
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Nightmare altogether so it was. The alarm went off @5.30am and here was me on ny hands and knees trying to tempt them with ham. Had both toms in and Merlin did go into the trap cage,but the door was faulty so it took me too long to get it down and he flew out. The other lad went MENTAL when i scruffed him (lovely cut on my wrist now).TooManyDogs wrote: »Did you survive crating the cats?
Stopped trying at 6am and went back to bed as they were havin none of it. But guess who loved the trap cage....even though i was p!ssed off Beanie made me laugh so much seein him sittin there. The one cat i didnt want in there lol!
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Lol @ Beanie with his arms folded relaxing!!
Bailey was at daycare today for the 2nd time since his op- his nose is all skinned from poking it thru the bars of the crate and now we don't know what to do!! He can't go into the beds cos he'll jump up and may hurt his legs. He used to do this before and it was healed up but he looks like Rudolph today! It's not like he's not used to being in a crate at this stage either! GAH!0 -
Oh I am a cruel dog owner. I showed Charlie a tin of beans and pretended to throw them in the kitchen, he spent about 10 minutes walking circles all around the couch sniffing every inch of it and sticking his nose down all the corners in it frantically looking for the tin being egged on by me, eventually I showed him the tin on the countertop and let him sniff it but no he still believed there was a tin stuck down the couch somewhere. Showed him another tin, nope still wouldn't believe until he licked some beans off a finger and seen someone else eating a plum. Oh karma will get me back some morning if he decides to dig up the couch in search for a tin of beans! 0
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Cereal Rapist wrote: »Finally, after moving my life out to Malta 7 weeks ago my girlfriend and our 2 dogs arrived yesterday morning safe and sound after a 5 day journey from Dublin.
Delighted is an understatement! The family is back together lol 0 -
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So I was just walking Gussie, and we bumped into who we think is his sister! She was exactly the same as him except she was fully golden. Gussie is mainly black. The same size and everything, so cute! Reunited! They had so much fun playing together, I think they must have remembered each other! 0
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STRAINING not to reply to a recent new thread so posting here instead. :mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad:
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I had a funny thing happen last week.. walking by the playground (dog on lead of course) and a kid roars 'OH NO A DOG IS COMING!!!" - I must have :rolleyes: because the mother tore strips off him as we passed saying it was very rude. He was right to be worried - he had half a sliced pan in his hands for the ducks - Bailey would have gobbled it up in seconds given half the chance!! :pac::pac:0 -
I had a funny thing happen last week.. walking by the playground (dog on lead of course) and a kid roars 'OH NO A DOG IS COMING!!!" - I must have :rolleyes: because the mother tore strips off him as we passed saying it was very rude. He was right to be worried - he had half a sliced pan in his hands for the ducks - Bailey would have gobbled it up in seconds given half the chance!! :pac::pac:
haha funnily it's not that thread.
Would bailey take the bread from the kid do you think? I reckon Phoe would if he got close enough, he assumes ALL food belongs to him. :rolleyes: He's very gentle but has always been very food obsessed. Harley wouldn't, I know he'd nose at the bag and look all expectant, but would take it unless offered. Fair play to the mother.
It's so sad when you see a child who is afraid of dogs, like properly afraid. There is a little girl on our road who used to get hysterical if we drove past with Harley looking out the window! She was having a nose in the sitting room window one day and started screaming about the dog when he looked back out. :eek: I was shocked when I heard her mother encouraging the fear, telling her that the dog was going to eat her while we were walking past one day. Although in fairness, we met her with her father and he asked if she could say hello, and he stood her on the garden wall and got Harley to put his paws up beside her. She did very well patting him and trying to be brave. She still walks into a garden when she sees us coming but doesn't scream any more and always has a big wave for us.
We were walking our two yesterday, when we're feeling lazy we go to a place about 20 mins walk away where they can be let offlead for a swim and all. It's totally enclosed so once you keep an eye on the gate for other walkers we're generally ok. We were there for over an hour when out of the back of the field 3 people appeared. Thankfully both boys are pretty good off-lead but we always put them back on when we see people, just in case. When they left we walked to where they had come from and saw the start of a trail along the river! It was starting to get dark so we left it, but will head back down soon to see where it goes. 0 -
haha funnily it's not that thread.
Would bailey take the bread from the kid do you think?
I don't know if he's just go up and rob it but would probably beg? He swam in front of people who were throwing bread in to the ducks one time and caught the bread they were throwing - they weren't impressed lol!! If there's bread that's sunk to the bottom he sticks his head under the water to get it lol :rolleyes:0 -
Cereal Rapist wrote: »Finally, after moving my life out to Malta 7 weeks ago my girlfriend and our 2 dogs arrived yesterday morning safe and sound after a 5 day journey from Dublin.
Delighted is an understatement!
I spoke too soon. They have to go into boarding kennels until 1st April.
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Two cats outside and they seem to singing
Meowing as best they can
I wish they'd stop
It sounds like a baby infant outside, it's creepy :eek:
Then I get woken up at night by other cats fighting
Lying in bed and messing around on youtube and you'd get a jump with the sudden racket
Quieten down out there
I have anti-social cats living in my estate
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I have finally discovered the secret to cat poo stuck in terrier hair.
1. Wash dog with good quality dog shampoo
2. Apply Christies 'The Stuff' liberally while still wet.
Two weeks on and it looks like nothing will stick to this dog :eek: I've often removed little pieces of dried in mud with my nails and thought we had one of these yesterday. However to my horror my nail went right through it as it turned out to be not dried mud but a tiny slug 0 -
So proud of my little guy. Went for a walk last night and met someone walking a little shihtzu x, was contemplating crossing the road as usual but decided not to, two dogs met each other with no hassle from either of them, no pulling, no barking and we stood for ages letting them have a good sniff, when we went to walk away I thought oh here now he'l start (thats normally when he would start up if the initial meet and sniff goes ok) but he trotted away without even a backward glance. Must have been that she's a nice little bitch!
Then this morning first of all two bikes cycled past us from behind (again a typical reaction from him would be bark and pull especially when they sneak up behind him) at fairly medium speed, not even a pull on the lead out of him, kept on trotting beside me happy out. Same story last week, guy cycling at him head on that 6 months ago he would bark and lunge and generally sound like he wants to kill the guy (don't blame him, same fella wanted to buy him off me to let off after the foxes :rolleyes:), just looked at him and kept on trotting by my ankle. Then met a woman walking 3 dogs offlead who she distracted by throwing stones to lure them away from us, but charlie still seen them and walked close enough to one cocker spaniel without any barking, just 1 little grumble from him and that was it. Again 6 months ago it would have been holy war and a sore arm trying to drag him away.
Have noticed also in the past few weeks him getting a lot better in general with traffic, normally a tractor, bus, large noisy lorry or a rattley trailer would all warrant a lunge, pull and consistent bark at but lately only a really rattley trailer or lorry get an ears pricked up 1 little yap before a quick return to my ankle.
So all in all I'm very proud of my little guy, has only taken 4 years but were getting there. Still waiting for the day he doesn't bark at strange cats but being a typical terrier I won't be holding my breath! 0 -
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