The Chillout Zone (Off-Topic Thread)

muddypaws · 18-07-2014 12:27pm

tk123 wrote: »

Well we got soaked this morning in the rain AND there was thunder and lightening when we were out(!) I was yipping and cheering like a mad woman because Bailey has become afraid of thunder/fireworks in the last year and was a bit worried. Hopefully it worked because there was more thunder when we were on the way home and when we were inside and he came to me for a treat instead of running to hide!! Lucy had a stand-off in the river with a herring - Bailey mustn't have liked it (like me!) and went over and barked to make it fly away lol!!

I'm sorry tk, I wasn't going to post, but your typo really did make me lol this morning when I read it, I have a brilliant mental image of a fish suddenly sprouting wings and flying up into the sky.

borderlinemeath · 18-07-2014 12:55pm

muddypaws wrote: »

I'm sorry tk, I wasn't going to post, but your typo really did make me lol this morning when I read it, I have a brilliant mental image of a fish suddenly sprouting wings and flying up into the sky.

I laughed too - I assumed it was done on the phone. My phone autocorrects some words on me time and time again. There's been times when I've text an order of duck necks only to ask for either dick necks or f**k necks

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muddypaws · 18-07-2014 1:37pm

borderlinemeath wrote: »

I laughed too - I assumed it was done on the phone. My phone autocorrects some words on me time and time again. There's been times when I've text an order of duck necks only to ask for either dick necks or f**k necks .

:pac::pac::pac::pac::pac: Brilliant.

tk123 · 18-07-2014 2:02pm

Stupid phone! :pac: It was the bird not the fish.

I was surprised he let her get so close - too close imo and then Bailey went over and barked it away!
I have a funnier one than the duck necks though lol!! My mum and aunts think they're cool using txt speak - eg tq for thank you, cu for see you...etc My bro text my mum saying he'd be out next Thursday and she and she proceeded to text him "see you next Thursday" but in her txt speak it was CU*T lolololol!! Luckily she realised before she sent it lol! :pac:

xzanti · 18-07-2014 7:50pm

xzanti wrote: »

I have 2 new arrivals in the house.. Mojo and Winnie.. 2 beautiful guinea pigs..

Mojo is a short haired, about 7-8 months old I'd say.. and Winnie is a little long haired who's about 2-3 months old.

I have no pics yet as they are extremely shy and I'm trying to just give them some space until they settle.. so apart from cleaning the cage and feeding, I don't bother them too much.. I've noticed they are getting more relaxed though.

Mojo is very protective over Winnie which is so sweet.. he always sits back and lets little Winnie at the food first in the mornings

I still miss Moe so much but watching these 2 funny critters is good medicine.

I just caught Winnie 'popcorning' for the first time

I'm so happy!!!! :P I feel like they're finally settling in

Zapperzy · 18-07-2014 9:06pm

Our regular walk along the sea has been taken over by a convoy of caravans all from one family. The last evening I drove past them and there was about a dozen kids of various sizes scattered everywhere all over the narrow road along with bikes, buggys etc. The adults don't seem to pass any heed of their kids getting mowed down on the road and don't make much if any effort to call them in. This evening we practically got attacked by these kids while walking the dogs. About 6 of them varying from toddlers to the oldest looked about 7 surrounded us to maul the dogs asking 'does he bite, will he kill me, can i pet his tail'. I'm minding someone's little bichon x at the moment and she's used to older kids but I'v no idea what she's like with very young kids pulling out of her from all angles. Made me very nervous because the kids literally surrounded us from all sides. I'm sure the parents looking out from inside their caravans would've been fairly quick to run out if one of their little darlings got bitten but not one person called the kids back.

Quite angry as it's our regular walking place and we'l now have to go somewhere else or cut our walks short to keep away from them.

mymo · 18-07-2014 9:15pm

I text someone called Caoimhe and my phone changed her name to felonies!
Auto correct has made a lot of embarrassing texts for me too.

SillyMangoX · 18-07-2014 11:40pm

I remember texting my friend telling her what I want from the Chinese. I did not want dick in plum sauce! Have never lived that one down!

Has anyone else heard the superstition that it's good look if a bird poops on your left shoulder? Because today, Dude pooped on my left shoulder. I wonder what that means :pac:

Pumpkinseeds · 19-07-2014 10:02am

We used to have an absolute nightmare trimming Poppy's nails. Because of the pillow pad issue with her paws they are about double the size they should be, so her claws don't wear down the way they normally should when she claws her scratchy post etc.

We tried cat clippers but she wouldn't let us do that so we'd end up taking her to the vet which was an absolute nightmare for all involved. I bought a little human nail clippers and trimmed a couple of her claws while she was sprawled on our bed yesterday, she didn't even bat an eyelid so I'll get a few more today:)

honerbright · 19-07-2014 1:51pm

So, torrential rain outside.
Both dogs need to pee, but Poppy acts as if you are abusing her if you even say the words 'outside' and it raining, so she's put herself to bed and refusing to leave.
Roisin raced outside, absolutely delighted with life and got herself soaked for a full 10 minutes before remembering why she was out there :pac:

We were driving on the South Link Road in Cork the other day from Ballincollig to Wilton when this gigantic Heron just flies in front of us and pants himself int he middle of the road :eek: Thank good it was a quiet time of night and we had enough time to swerve and avoid him. He just stood there staring us down. Such mad creatures!

SingItOut · 19-07-2014 5:51pm

I was on the train home this evening and was reading the new pet products page in last months dogs today magazine, in japan they actually have "dog washing machines" ! You actually place your dog in a washing machine with their head sticking out the top and water/shampoo comes out the sides. They describe it as "a funfair for dogs" :O

Tranceypoo · 19-07-2014 7:39pm

SingItOut wrote: »

I was on the train home this evening and was reading the new pet products page in last months dogs today magazine, in japan they actually have "dog washing machines" ! You actually place your dog in a washing machine with their head sticking out the top and water/shampoo comes out the sides. They describe it as "a funfair for dogs" :O

Now that really is mad Ted

SingItOut · 19-07-2014 9:20pm

It's apparently really popular over there

don't think my two would enjoy it at all!

Pretzill · 19-07-2014 9:39pm

SingItOut wrote: »

It's apparently really popular over there don't think my two would enjoy it at all!

I could have done with one this evening after my lil guy covered his ruff with fox poop! He is at the age where he thinks being washed is an outright attack on him - but we turned a corner he actually let me clean him after much gentle coaxing! Fox doo has to be one of the foulest smelling things but to him it's the best perfume.

honerbright · 19-07-2014 9:44pm

Just looked out in the back yard there and I seen a gigantic rat sitting on the picnic table eating bird food :eek: :eek: :eek:

Neighbour has had a full skip in their driveway for almost a month. Gonna assume it wandered over from there? I opened the door to scare it off and it leapt into the bushes at table height so who knows where it is now.

Pumpkinseeds · 19-07-2014 9:59pm

honerbright wrote: »

Just looked out in the back yard there and I seen a gigantic rat sitting on the picnic table eating bird food :eek: :eek: :eek:

Neighbour has had a full skip in their driveway for almost a month. Gonna assume it wandered over from there? I opened the door to scare it off and it leapt into the bushes at table height so who knows where it is now.

OH DEAR GOD :eek::eek: I think I'd be sick. Felix had 1 wriggling in his mouth 1 evening last Summer. I looked out the kitchen door and he was just sitting there with it:eek:

honerbright · 19-07-2014 10:15pm

Pumpkinseeds wrote: »

OH DEAR GOD :eek::eek: I think I'd be sick. Felix had 1 wriggling in his mouth 1 evening last Summer. I looked out the kitchen door and he was just sitting there with it:eek:

It was so big that my first thought was that it was a squirrel :P

I think I'd have a heart attack if one of the cats caught it... I'm so glad that they're indoor cats, I hope it means it won't come near the house

mymo · 20-07-2014 9:09am

Honerbright, get a bird feeder you can hang from a tree or the washing line, you can get flat table like ones that you can hang.
Washing line is best or a small branch of tree. Stops rats getting the food, my uncle has 7 cats, inside and out, but had a rat last month in his kitchen!

honerbright · 20-07-2014 11:33am

mymo wrote: »

Honerbright, get a bird feeder you can hang from a tree or the washing line, you can get flat table like ones that you can hang.
Washing line is best or a small branch of tree. Stops rats getting the food, my uncle has 7 cats, inside and out, but had a rat last month in his kitchen!

That's actually the type of feeder we have, I never thought of the washing line to hang it off! Our yard is lined by 6 ft hedges and none of them are suitable to hang the feeder so I'll give that a try.

:eek: I really would have thought 7 cats would deter a rat. Not feeling so safe anymore!

mymo · 20-07-2014 11:56am

honerbright wrote: »

:eek: I really would have thought 7 cats would deter a rat. Not feeling so safe anymore!

That's what he thought, ended up having to trap it, it was a big one, dumped it a few miles away from home. (Live trap)

Pumpkinseeds · 20-07-2014 12:19pm

It might be best to stop putting the bird food out for a bit, just to try to discourage the rats, where there's one there's more. When the birds eat from the feeder bits will fall on the ground and that'll still attract the rat. We used to have a bird feeder hanging in the garden but our cats just hung around waiting for a bird to land so that was the end of that. We just feed them on the green area out front when the cats are asleep.

ncur · 20-07-2014 1:09pm

Came out the back a few days ago, and startled a rat that had climbed my fruit tree to try and snaffle a plum! I have a cat but she's so disinterested in the local wildlife it's become a bit of a running joke, the birds frequently help themselves to the food from her bowls and she's snoozing right beside them. Hadn't seen one in a long time but clearly a mild winter and a warm spring/summer will lead to an increase in the population.

honerbright · 20-07-2014 2:03pm

Pumpkinseeds wrote: »

It might be best to stop putting the bird food out for a bit, just to try to discourage the rats, where there's one there's more. When the birds eat from the feeder bits will fall on the ground and that'll still attract the rat. We used to have a bird feeder hanging in the garden but our cats just hung around waiting for a bird to land so that was the end of that. We just feed them on the green area out front when the cats are asleep.

There's a family of blackbirds and a pigeon that live in my yard and I'd hate for them to go hungry after relying on the food for so long.

We have lovely bird feeding stands at work at the moment, I wonder if Mr rat would be able to climb it.

Pretzill · 20-07-2014 3:06pm

Rats are excellent climbers. I saw one on the bird table in a very cold winter so I expect he was hungry! I don't feed the birds per se at the height of summer - save for a few scraps for the crows and my summer fruits are shared with a range of small birds - redcurrants snaffled by the blackbirds but they leave me some gooseberries and blackcurrants. The feeders are a temptation for feild mice and rats and squirrels - had a hawk/kestrel swoop down and take a small bird off a feeder!

mymo · 20-07-2014 6:23pm

I was just going to suggest I hire our Ruby or Toby to you, but have just realised that in the last week I haven't be given a single present!

My daughter is away and animals all keep checking her room, but it's gone from at least one gift (rabbits just before daughter went) a day, sometimes 3 or 4 (Toby must have found a nest of rats once 'cos we got 10 of various sizes one evening) to nothing all week!

I feed them, clean up after them, tickle their ears/belly/chin when asked, and they clearly don't love me as much as my daughter

Pumpkinseeds · 20-07-2014 7:25pm

I was watching Toby sprawled on the sofa stretching his paw out to me, I'm sitting on another sofa, and he fell off the sofa

I shouldn't laugh really, of course he started yawning in that typical cat nonchalance as if he meant to fall off the sofa

SingItOut · 20-07-2014 8:31pm

Beau and Vogue are both really vocal cats but Beau moreso, so today I was outside having a full blown "conversation" with beau when I heard someone say "how are ya?" It was my next door neighbours new boyfriend! Mortified:eek: quickest conversation I've ever had in my life

tk123 · 20-07-2014 8:32pm

Ah the poor dog down the road is in hysterics again on his own

Whispered · 20-07-2014 8:42pm

I just caught Harley with his paws on the table scarfing the chicken and gravy left over from dinner. It was for them anyway, but what a cheeky brat! :eek:

We were about to bring them for a run, but I don't like running them after food, so a late walk this evening is in order.

Cocolola · 21-07-2014 12:17pm

Just got our landlord's permission to get a cat! I've missed the cats back home since moving to Galway and Ollie is a big fan of cats too so he'd be delighted. Still not 100% made up my mind as it's a big commitment so gonna think it over for another few weeks but yay anyway

Pumpkinseeds · 21-07-2014 2:01pm

Cocolola wrote: »

Just got our landlord's permission to get a cat! I've missed the cats back home since moving to Galway and Ollie is a big fan of cats too so he'd be delighted. Still not 100% made up my mind as it's a big commitment so gonna think it over for another few weeks but yay anyway

Maybe fostering might be a good idea for you? That way you get to enjoy having feline company and you'll know whether you want to take on the commitment of your own cat, if not you'll have helped a needy puss. Just something to think about

Cocolola · 21-07-2014 2:23pm

Pumpkinseeds wrote: »

Maybe fostering might be a good idea for you? That way you get to enjoy having feline company and you'll know whether you want to take on the commitment of your own cat, if not you'll have helped a needy puss. Just something to think about

That's actually a really good idea Pumpkin, it hadn't occurred to me at all! I'm gonna investigate this further thanks

tk123 · 21-07-2014 7:07pm

Gross - flying ants!! Waiting for them to die down before i bbq/walk the dogs! zzzzzz

SillyMangoX · 21-07-2014 8:46pm

My scabby cats have returned

Thought we were doing well this year, it's usually around may it starts to appear so we thought we got off without them being affected. Though we do think we have figured out this year, finally, what the cause may be. The three of them get the same rash in the same pattern - tummy, tail base and ears. The three of them also like to sleep on the two ant hills that are in out garden so we think we've figured they may be ant bites! Have to put spot on on the three of them soon, hopefully that will help clear things a little!

tk123 · 21-07-2014 9:43pm

God the ants made me forget that when I stopped the car today to open the gate... a rabbit hopped out onto the path down the end of the road, turned around and hopped into a garden lol!!!

toadfly · 21-07-2014 9:58pm

Cocolola wrote: »

That's actually a really good idea Pumpkin, it hadn't occurred to me at all! I'm gonna investigate this further thanks

There is a really good Cat Rescue in Galway, PM me if you need their name

borderlinemeath · 21-07-2014 11:51pm

:mad::mad::mad::mad:

So I spent loads of time today cleaning Coco & Benson, they've been in the fields a lot recently and have loads of those stickleback things stuck in their fur, particularly velcro boy Benson. They're in for their vaccs in the vets first thing tomorrow morning so I didn't want them going in like a pair of scraggly smelly doggies either.

So after dinner I went to the supermarket and was going to go to the beach afterwards except I was on the way home and himself called to say he'd brought them into the fields!!!:eek::eek: They're filthy with mud, smelly, covered in sticklebacks and are barely drying off in their beds. I could cry.:(:(

They're happy as a pair of pigs in shiite though.

VonVix · 22-07-2014 12:12am

borderlinemeath wrote: »

:mad::mad::mad::mad:

So I spent loads of time today cleaning Coco & Benson, they've been in the fields a lot recently and have loads of those stickleback things stuck in their fur, particularly velcro boy Benson. They're in for their vaccs in the vets first thing tomorrow morning so I didn't want them going in like a pair of scraggly smelly doggies either.

So after dinner I went to the supermarket and was going to go to the beach afterwards except I was on the way home and himself called to say he'd brought them into the fields!!!:eek::eek: They're filthy with mud, smelly, covered in sticklebacks and are barely drying off in their beds. I could cry.:(:(

They're happy as a pair of pigs in shiite though.

Are they long haired dogs perchance?

I've been having an awful time with the sticklebacks and my shelties... particularly one of them, he keeps getting those little balls in his mane. Sometimes during the walk our other boy will suddenly stop and sit down... why? Stickleback branch thingy stuck to his behind...

borderlinemeath · 22-07-2014 12:16am

VonVix wrote: »

Are they long haired dogs perchance?

I've been having an awful time with the sticklebacks and my shelties... particularly one of them, he keeps getting those little balls in his mane. Sometimes during the walk our other boy will suddenly stop and sit down... why? Stickleback branch thingy stuck to his behind...

Irish setters

more than happy to get down and dirty!

rannerap · 22-07-2014 7:39am

Umi my long haired cat comes back covered in the bloody things too

thankfully she doesn't mind me taking them off too much but it's a pain!

tk123 · 22-07-2014 7:54am

borderlinemeath wrote: »

:mad::mad::mad::mad:

So I spent loads of time today cleaning Coco & Benson, they've been in the fields a lot recently and have loads of those stickleback things stuck in their fur, particularly velcro boy Benson. They're in for their vaccs in the vets first thing tomorrow morning so I didn't want them going in like a pair of scraggly smelly doggies either.

So after dinner I went to the supermarket and was going to go to the beach afterwards except I was on the way home and himself called to say he'd brought them into the fields!!!:eek::eek: They're filthy with mud, smelly, covered in sticklebacks and are barely drying off in their beds. I could cry.:(:(

They're happy as a pair of pigs in shiite though.

You need a blaster! Blows all the muck and sand away!

borderlinemeath · 22-07-2014 8:13am

I'd love a blaster but Coco has no tolerance for my hairdryer so she would never entertain a blaster. Benson would probably be similar, but he's much more willing to try new things if Coco is on board. If she ran from the blaster, so would he.

And his coat is actually like velcro, g force winds couldn't blow somestuff that gets caught in it! This is what it's like this morning after they've tried their best to remove most of the stickleback things during the night. At least they're dry now for a quick brush down before we go.

Layinghen · 22-07-2014 8:14am

All I can say is thank goodness for a short haired dog:)

tk123 · 22-07-2014 8:18am

:eek: lol!! Ok that's bad

Lucy was afraid of the blaster here too...but the little brat will sit like an angel at hydro getting dried with exactly the same type of blaster lol! She came round in the end thank god because she's the dirtiest one! The other day she was eating a bone - blood everywhere!! Head, hears, face, paws front and back?! and even on her tail lol!!

borderlinemeath · 22-07-2014 8:33am

Honestly, sometimes Benson looks like one of those dogs that rescues put out appeals for somebody to groom them as they were found in such a rotten state! He's lazier than Coco who will self groom wherever she can reach - he does his paws and gives up!

mymo · 22-07-2014 9:23am

When I kept Oliver in his full coat I had terrible problems letting him run in the woods or fields, picking leaves, twigs, seeds and sometimes slugs out of his coat. (Tibetan terriers have very long thick hair)
I spent at least an hour most days grooming him. One tip I had from his breeder was the pink Johnson's baby conditioner, after a wash put a good blob in a jug add about 1/3 jug of water, mix well and used cupped hand to spread over the ends of hair, leave for two mins and give a quick rinse.
The hair is much easier to comb through, and it's very mild.

I trim him regularly now, but still use it occasionally, smells lovely too, but that means they roll in something quick to remove the "Stink!"

tk123 · 22-07-2014 9:54am

Drama this morning - Lucy managed to get out of her crate* but the toggle thing for the string on her towel (now removed) got caught as she escaped so she ended up dragging the crate with her knocking stuff on top down and banging into the food bowels so lots of noise. Both dogs got a fright and were very quiet for ages after!! My mum ran in when it happened and said Bailey was just standing beside her like he knew she was in trouble but didn't know what to do lol!!

I'm 99.99999% I closed the crate - it's got sliding doors though and Bailey is able to open it!

Raminahobbin · 22-07-2014 1:49pm

Layinghen wrote: »

All I can say is thank goodness for a short haired dog:)

THIS is going to be close to the top of my priority list for any future dogs I might have!!! I get my cocker completely clipped several times a year. She absolutely loves it, I absolutely love it, and she's gets to go on more interesting walks if I don't have to factor in a long laborious grooming session!!!

Whispered · 22-07-2014 3:31pm

Two short haired dogs here and I'm currently sweeping the floors twice a day and hoovering every evening before bed. It's not all it's cracked up to be. I've never seen them shedding so bad. Harley looks terrible but no matter how much brushing I do it's not working. He looks abandoned poor fella.

tk123 · 22-07-2014 4:58pm

GAAAAAAAAAAAAH!! :eek:
Dogs were in the river as normal this morning... The guy who opens up arrived early so we got to go back thru the meadow and out the gate close to our house instead of having to walk back the long way..happy days. I noticed a bit of foam at the bridge and forgot all about it. My friend has just txt me saying the river is now cordoned off, fish dead and loads of foam :eek: Should I wash the dogs? There's been worse in it before and they never cordoned it off like that! :eek:

The Chillout Zone (Off-Topic Thread)

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