The Chillout Zone (Off-Topic Thread)

Advise - is this harness to small or is it a 'pefect fit' lol? There's no room for adjustment on the chest piece and not sure if it's a bit snug on her? Very hard to get photos because she's sleepy and just wants to lie down!

It's definitely a tighter fit than mine. Maybe replace one of the pieces? Even if it's a bit loose she'll soon grow into it.

Looks a wee bit too snug to me too, tk123.

Woke up in great form, sun shining, coffee in hand and headed off to the local dog pound. Everything went downhill from there and I have gone from full on great form to the most thunderous mood ever in the space of 3 hours. I am absolutely fuming :mad::mad::mad::mad: I don't even know where to start I am so annoyed, so I either need to suck it up and snap out of it or stay in a bad mood for the rest of the day.

This country is beyond baffling,frustrating and downright cruel sometimes. *sigh*

Whispered wrote: »

What are you getting TK?

An ix35! Delighted! Possibly getting a free dog guard too - guy said he thought there were a couple in stock and he'd include it in the price. The guard is cool - it's mesh and goes from floor to ceiling so you can have the seats down and the guard is still in place.

In animal news Lucy's retriever genes are kicking in - she was in the water again today and retrieved sticks She's also fascinated by birds lol

Poppy vomited on one of the seats in the lounge yesterday so we took off the cover and washed it, but kept the bare cushion on the seat for the day covered with a smaller cushion because it's 'her' seat and she likes to lay there. Well, that was a mistake, came home today and the seat cushion has more craters than the moon from her either biting or digging at it :pac:. Salvageable at least, you can't even notice a thing now that the cover is back on.

Poor wee Sylbey is mad to come inside, just sits and stares in at us the whole time. He let me put my hand right up beside him while he ate his dinner yesterday, got a fright when I patted him but went straight back to eating and I didn't try again because I didn't want to push it. My OH seen him between out shed and a wall today, I wonder if that's where he lives.

Two other strays were by last night: Froggy, a massive black cat came by for food, his head is a bit to big for the food bowl so he sticks a paw in and scoops it into his mouth so fast it's like he thinks its his last meal and a new, small black cat that came by so I took a bowl out to him/her which was wolfed down. I'm gonna be so worried about all these kitties once winter comes properly

It would seem that there are a few female dogs at Ollie's daycare as he has now started squatting to pee Or else he's just really clever and has figured out how to pee when it's windy without getting it all over himself.... but I doubt it!

tk123 wrote: »

Cleaning the car out before it goes tomorrow and the amount of dog stuff that was in it!! 2 bags full to the brim now of treats, poo bags, leads/collar/harnesses I didn't even know were even in the car, doggy first aid kit, human first aid kit, etc etc and still have to take out vet bed(s), cover, guard and harness straps lol! I spent WAY too much on a boot liner for the new car to try and keep it clean (old one had leather seats so it was easy - this one has cloth).

I reckon you have a pet shop worth of stuff for the dogs! I'm always buying bits and bobs online and feeling guilty and then I think "Na TK would have waay more than me!":D

The husky I'm fostering that had a fractured hip, back leg and broken toes on his front leg unfortunately had to have his back leg amputated on Friday. He came home today, and was delighted when I opened the van door and he saw that he was 'home'. Hopefully he'll recover quickly now, and learn to run around on 3 legs.

DBB wrote: »

Jeez, don't knock it!
TK is my "go to" woman when I'm thinking of buying ANY new product for the dogs

Oh definitely, the unofficial road tester for the forum by default!

I wrote a while back that Isabella was having some fur loss and we brought her to the vet who suggested that it was anxiety related to her environment. Well we moved her cage into the hall (less traffic and less outside noise from the street) and already her hair is getting much better! Looks like she's not picking at it half as much, which is brilliant. She's definitely slowing down though, she takes ages to come out of her bed in the evenings, and seems a bit 'stiff' when she does. Poor thing. But hey, so long as she's comfortable... Need to make sure she has enough heat when the winter comes in though...

Pumpkinseeds wrote: »

My 3 male cats are quite tall and I'd noticed over the past month that they'd been doing a lot of lip smacking and a bit of reguritation, especially Toby. I read something about it possibly being excess stomach acid and that raising the food bowls might help, well it has made a huge difference. I raised the bowls a week ago and there's been no more incidents of lip smacking or regurgitating food. I just put the bowls on plastic plant pots, about the size of a mug.

If anyone else is having simillar issues with their cats it might be worth a try, of course nothing beats a proper vet check in case there is a serious underlying illness.

Thats very interesting because one of my cats will sometimes regurgitate her wet food straight back up - I think its because she eats it too fast (never does it with the dry). Worth a try to raise the bowls if it may help with regurgitation:-)