The Chillout Zone (Off-Topic Thread)

tk123 · 28-03-2015 7:18pm

Lucy won me a big Lindt bunny at her class earlier for being the best a loose lead walking!!!

...she also got a pink rosette

SillyMangoX · 29-03-2015 2:57am

I'm getting sooo broody for a puppy. I keep seeing them pop up on rescues facebook pages and I want them all so badly! Never going to happen while I'm living at home but I should be moving in the semi-near future... And knowing me, less than a week later there will be new puppy pictures to add here

honerbright · 29-03-2015 10:30am

SillyMangoX wrote: »

I'm getting sooo broody for a puppy. I keep seeing them pop up on rescues facebook pages and I want them all so badly! Never going to happen while I'm living at home but I should be moving in the semi-near future... And knowing me, less than a week later there will be new puppy pictures to add here

When I moved to Cork we finally got a house with a yard and enough room for a dog. I moved there on a Saturday, and by the following Sunday we had adopted Poppy :pac:

tk123 · 29-03-2015 1:26pm

Advise please! Bailey's swelling has gone down - I think I still feel a small lump.... although it could just be normal/ scar tissue from his op. He's not happy for me to feel it or open is mouth which is not like him - we did loads of practice with me opening his mouth and examining it so he'd be used to it for the vet so he's happy to have it open and fingers inside etc because he knows he'll get a treat.

I'm thinking of taking him over to our vet tomorrow evening (she was finished for the day when we went over on friday) to get her opinion?... Or am I just worrying over nothing and they'll think I'm mad lol!

aonb · 29-03-2015 1:40pm

You know you are not going to relax until you get that lump checked. As you say its probably scar tissue, but if you bring him to your vet and she tells you that, then you can relax and not be feeling for it and worrying. Anyway, vets never think we are nuts to have things checked - they know we just love our pets! Poor Bailey, hes been through the wars - any idea what caused it to flare up again? Maybe hes always going to have sensitivity there after the original damage. Jeez on his jaw there is very little you can do to protect that too.

tk123 · 29-03-2015 1:48pm

Thanks aonb. No - no idea what caused it although there have been HUGE bumble bees around the garden the last week.

on_my_oe · 29-03-2015 2:31pm

I'd second that.. You won't settle until you know what's wring, and it's hard for our furry friends to explain if any things bothering them, so nothing wrong with double checking!

borderlinemeath · 29-03-2015 3:53pm

Your gut feeling is always to check anything that your not sure of. In Baileys case your gut has always been right. He might just need some antibiotics or another anti inflammatory to eliminate whatever the last of the problem is. And your vet will know whether there was scar tissue in that particular spot or not.

tk123 · 29-03-2015 4:18pm

Going to take him tomorrow! He won't be pleased lol!

aonb · 29-03-2015 10:03pm

tk123 wrote: »

Going to take him tomorrow! He won't be pleased lol!

poor Bailey, hes prob sick of the vets at this stage. Lots of treats and TLC to make up for it. Let us know how it goes

tk123 · 29-03-2015 10:38pm

aonb wrote: »

poor Bailey, hes prob sick of the vets at this stage. Lots of treats and TLC to make up for it. Let us know how it goes

I know!! I thought we'd be done until the end of May when he's due his bloods.. Trying to decide now if I should take a half day or go in the evening - last time we were there for an evening appointment we left the house at 7:00pm (we live 2 mins away) for our 7:10 appointment and didn't get home until 8:45!! Zzzzz

Pumpkinseeds · 30-03-2015 12:09pm

Somebody's cat sneaked in through our open cat flap this morning and got chased into the shed by Jazzy. He had it cornered in there for 40 minutes before the other cat did a runner. We have a gap under the shed door that's just big enough for a cat to squeeze under and there's some bedding in there, so it's cosy. I'm guessing it was a female since Jazzy runs from the sound of other male cats fighting and has a habit of picking on girls.:rolleyes:

tk123 · 30-03-2015 2:36pm

I decided to give Bailey a reprive after he was running around playing with Lucy this morning in the park. When I was stung by a wasp last year my hand was bruised and sore for days so if it was a sting it'd probably still be sore for him. Going to keep giving him arnica and silicea and see what he's like in a few days. We're so lucky to have the vets on our doorstep!

muddypaws · 30-03-2015 4:18pm

I would really like to know which one of my lovely dogs pulled all of the paper, yes, every single sheet, out of the packet and then put dirty pawprints on it. Almost brand new packet of white printing paper, stored on the shelf underneath the printer. Grrrrrrr

Cherry Blossom · 30-03-2015 6:53pm

Teddy was 3 years old in February and has never cocked his leg to pee until today. He did it this morning and again just now. Think he has finally realised he's a boy lol.

VonVix · 30-03-2015 7:00pm

adrenalinjunkie wrote: »

Teddy was 3 years old in February and has never cocked his leg to pee until today. He did it this morning and again just now. Think he has finally realised he's a boy lol.

Mine didn't start until they were 2, and that's also when they started marking!

Cherry Blossom · 30-03-2015 7:20pm

VonVix wrote: »

Mine didn't start until they were 2, and that's also when they started marking!

Oh dear, i hope we dont have any marking in the house!

VonVix · 30-03-2015 7:52pm

adrenalinjunkie wrote: »

Oh dear, i hope we dont have any marking in the house!

I had a heap of potty training issues with my boys (basically, everything was done completely the wrong way!) and there has been zero marking issues in the house. Just my personal experience but yeah.

tk123 · 30-03-2015 8:47pm

Bailey has never cocked his leg (vet reckoned it was due to weight bearing with sore legs etc etc ) but at times you can see him puzzled where he want's to mark something but can't figure out how to wee higher lol! :pac:

Knine · 30-03-2015 9:35pm

I've never had an intact male mark in the house but occasionally they do pee on the girls

muddypaws · 30-03-2015 9:43pm

A completely off topic rant. I had a FB argument a few weeks ago with someone about the fact that Ireland is an independent country, not part of Britain, she is British, and so I kind of accepted that people there sometimes get confused. However, tonight I emailed someone in France to talk about Irish competitors entering an event next autumn, and the reply I got was that we have to talk to the British federation about it, as they cover the whole of the UK!! I am really stunned that a French person thinks that.

Anyway, breathe and rant over.

tk123 · 30-03-2015 9:59pm

In my last job I got a call at 5 or 6 am one saturday morning telling me a server in Cardiff was down and asking me if Dublin was near Cardiff.. eh yeah I'll just drive over in the ferry o_O

Cherry Blossom · 30-03-2015 10:33pm

Teddy was neutered about a year and a half ago, so not intact. He was house trained in 3 weeks and never had any accidents. He does try to pee in his water bowl outside for some unknown reason, but I don't think he would mark in the house even if he does start marking outside. Maybe i should get one of those stakes for the garden and put his water bowl next to it to encourage him to go there in case he does start marking?

on_my_oe · 30-03-2015 11:22pm

muddypaws wrote: »

A completely off topic rant. I had a FB argument a few weeks ago with someone about the fact that Ireland is an independent country, not part of Britain, she is British, and so I kind of accepted that people there sometimes get confused. However, tonight I emailed someone in France to talk about Irish competitors entering an event next autumn, and the reply I got was that we have to talk to the British federation about it, as they cover the whole of the UK!! I am really stunned that a French person thinks that.

Anyway, breathe and rant over.

I once phoned Ford UK Customer a Service and was asked by the young guy with a strong Essex accent if Dublin was in the UK.. He was also surprised to learn that Dublin was Ireland's capital. Too much drinking in Kos Greece for him.

muddypaws · 30-03-2015 11:28pm

tk123 wrote: »

In my last job I got a call at 5 or 6 am one saturday morning telling me a server in Cardiff was down and asking me if Dublin was near Cardiff.. eh yeah I'll just drive over in the ferry o_O

In fairness now, Dublin would be a lot nearer to Cardiff than Edinburgh would be :P

Pumpkinseeds · 31-03-2015 5:28am

There was great commotion here at 4am. Cat howls coming from the kitchen turned out to be that neighbour cat having come in our cat flap and encountered Jazzy, who chased it out into the street, where it then encountered Toby who'd only gone out a few minutes before. That led to a fight somewhere in the distance and Toby didn't come home for an hour. He doesn't look too much the worse for wear and hopefully there won't be any need for a trip to the vets.

Toby is finally semi settled on his bed in the living room but the 4 of them are on a heightened state of alert.

tk123 · 31-03-2015 10:42am

muddypaws wrote: »

In fairness now, Dublin would be a lot nearer to Cardiff than Edinburgh would be :P

Yeah but they had a support team in Cardiff too lol!!

Anyways... my easidri towel has just arrived!! I'm sure I won't have long to wait before trying it out on the dogs lol! :pac:

01-04-2015 2:32am

muddypaws wrote: »

A completely off topic rant. I had a FB argument a few weeks ago with someone about the fact that Ireland is an independent country, not part of Britain, she is British, and so I kind of accepted that people there sometimes get confused. However, tonight I emailed someone in France to talk about Irish competitors entering an event next autumn, and the reply I got was that we have to talk to the British federation about it, as they cover the whole of the UK!! I am really stunned that a French person thinks that.

Anyway, breathe and rant over.

ARGH!! I was going to a conference there about ten years ago in England, they had sign in desks for UK and International. Us ROI folks went up to the international desk to be sent to the other desk. I caused a massive fuss, but unfortunately, my boss was Northern Irish but one of these more Irish than the Irish types, and I got a verbal clip round the ear for trying to "stir the sh*t". I still haven't forgiven that!

01-04-2015 2:39am

Amelia has been four weeks in her new house! She started going outside after just days, I was worried, but she's one of these cats who never goes very far because she's a coward at heart. She's started to try to engage the two cats here in play, but they just think she's running at them and run away! She knows how the catflap works now, both in and out, and she's started to beg from my housemates now too. She can be a total pain in the hole once she's comfortable with you! In fact she's started going into my housemate's bedroom and sleeping on his bed, and he's too nice to her to move her! I heard her earlier wailing to get into my bedroom, I'm trying to wean her off her right to come in and out of my room as she pleases because my budgies will be here soon. My housemate was trying to reason with her! "You want food? No food? Go outside? No? You want to come into my room? I don't understand you Cat!!" I was laughing, but I held out fast, she can't come into my room all the time.

One of the other cats came into my room tonight, hid under my bed and proceeded to hiss and growl at me. He's moody so I ignored him and picked up my laptop. Amelia came rushing in, knowing a cat was in "her" space! They don't fight, so it's fine. Nathan walked out once he'd made Amelia aware that he'll be in here if he damn well likes, but she "chased" him out, just so she won, you know!

muddypaws · 01-04-2015 9:48am

Deleted User wrote: »

ARGH!! I was going to a conference there about ten years ago in England, they had sign in desks for UK and International. Us ROI folks went up to the international desk to be sent to the other desk. I caused a massive fuss, but unfortunately, my boss was Northern Irish but one of these more Irish than the Irish types, and I got a verbal clip round the ear for trying to "stir the sh*t". I still haven't forgiven that!

I grew up in the UK, and have no issues with Britain at all, but if that was me, I would have refused to go to the other desk, good on you for causing a fuss.

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