The Chillout Zone (Off-Topic Thread)

Zapperzy

SillyMangoX wrote: »

Our dog looked like a reverse Dalmatian out in the snow this morning, black with white spots

Charlie sat in the middle of the patio looked up at the sky and ran straight back to the door looking to get back inside :P

I'v always been a big fan of the simon's cat videos and I got one of his books yesterday, expensive but funny http://www.amazon.co.uk/Simons-Cat-3-Simon-Tofield/dp/085786078X/ref=sr_1_4?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1392134250&sr=1-4&keywords=simons+cat The likeliness to Bunty and Jesse is what gets me :P

For anyone who doesn't know what simon's cat is:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BWIPZvwcnX8

This is exactly what buntys doing to me right now

mymo

I love Simons cat, just like one of ours!

Sadly I was in the office all day, then straight off to a course, so didn't get to see our lots reactions to the snow showers here. (But it did make it an interesting drive home)

SillyMangoX

Oh god the storm here is awful, we're taking bets on which of our trees is going to be first to fall! But me and my mom are camped out in the sitting room with the 3 cats who have just got a feed of applaws pate to celebrate dudes birthday! I wasted to buy party hats but my mom wouldn't let me :P

Pumpkinseeds

SillyMangoX wrote: »

Oh god the storm here is awful, we're taking bets on which of our trees is going to be first to fall! But me and my mom are camped out in the sitting room with the 3 cats who have just got a feed of applaws pate to celebrate dudes birthday! I wasted to buy party hats but my mom wouldn't let me :P

I'm not far from you and my cats aren't happy at all. The tv channels have gone so I can't put on that to drown out the wind. Tried to bring down radio from molly's room but forgot that my husband had bundled all the cables up in special thing to stop molly getting a shock if she peed on wires and of course no batteries in radio:rolleyes: :rolleyes:

I put some Depeche mode on for them on the laptop, don't think they appreciate my musical tastes:) but keeps resetting itself. A door blew off our big plastic shed and looks like it's roof is lifting off and the old fence looks like it's on its last legs, I had to tie it shut in 2 places.

SillyMangoX

Pumpkinseeds wrote: »

I'm not far from you and my cats aren't happy at all. The tv channels have gone so I can't put on that to drown out the wind. Tried to bring down radio from molly's room but forgot that my husband had bundled all the cables up in special thing to stop molly getting a shock if she peed on wires and of course no batteries in radio:rolleyes: :rolleyes:

I put some Depeche mode on for them on the laptop, don't think they appreciate my musical tastes:) but keeps resetting itself. A door blew off our big plastic shed and looks like it's roof is lifting off and the old fence looks like it's on its last legs, I had to tie it shut in 2 places.

I'd invite you and all the kitties round for Dudes birthday party but there's trees down on the road between our towns!

mymo

Power gone in work, I could go home but there's trees down on the only road out of here, 20 miles to drive home and 3 routes flooded, I''ve been saying the last hour " I'll give it another few mins"
I hope I get home at some stage!

Hope everyone's safe.

tk123

Getting very windy now in Dublin - not looking forward to walking the doggies later!! Lucy's raincoat is getting to small too so her bum gets soaked lol!

Zapperzy

Really picking up here too in the last hour, I'm amazed we still have power :eek: Touching wood as I type that :P

Pumpkinseeds

It's very bad in Clare, I hate hearing stuff being whipped around and not knowing what it is. According to the local forum on Facebook, the winds done a lot of damage locally. It hit just as I was coming in with the shopping at lunchtime.

mymo

Well I made it home eventually, so much damage done.
Roads closed everywhere, trees down, and even roof tiles and a wooden garden swing in the road at one point.
Had to go a very round about route, but made it home, took over twice as long as normal, opened the door and daughter shouted "I hope you got chocolate biscuits for a cuppa"

I didn't.

SillyMangoX

Our electricity is gone, my phone is about to die so I won't be able to use 3G Internet. What will I do without boards and Facebook?!?! Stay safe everyone!!!

rannerap

Its VERY windy where we are, got thrown around by it on the way home, nearly fell over a good few times! Both of my kittys are a bit freaked out by it. Black kitty is around too, just having a nap for himself after the dinner I gave him, Not a bother on him :pac:

tk123

FFS :mad: The last few months now there's been a small dog left out every evening barking for hours and hours - when i go to bed all i hear is that dog barking.. He's out in the storm HOURS!!!

Tea Tree

I really enjoy learning a new dogs little quirks.
Foster dog sits down to eat. The floor must have been a bit wet today because everytime he would reach his head in to the bowl to eat his ar$e would slide away out behind him so he'd have to stand up and move in closer to the bowl again. Rinse and repeat....many many times before he finished his food. Every so often looking up at us perplexed looking wondering why we were laughing :pac:
Not the sharpest pencil in the box the poor soul

Also when moving from one room to another he puts his ar$e down to sit before he's reached his destination so in some rooms the last little bit of his journey usually ends up in a bum skid and a confused look on his face.

nala2012

Had my old cavalier boy at vet for full check up on tuesday. Poor boy was so good. He had to have anal glands squeezed and a prostate exam! He's on antibiotics now for chest infection as well as ear and eye drops. Good news was that his murmer is grade 2 so not too bad considering he's ten. His prostate was enlarged so the vets recommended neutering him. Bit worried about the anesthetic considering his age but she said he'd be able for it and they can do a dental while he's under. Have to go back next week to make sure medication is working. He's fit in so well it's hard to think he wasn't here a few weeks ago. Himself and nala are even sleeping side by side! (i've never seen nala sleep beside any other dog)

SingItOut

Just been out for a walk with Alli, I didn't bring moone as I thought it was too cold and wet for her. I tried her out with an old easy walker harness we have as a change to her harness. I strongly believe her foster family didn't walk her half or train her as much as they claimed to, she's terrified of everything on her walk she's jumping from one side to another, whining and very skittish. She doesn't pull when out in front which is a major relief! I've been practising her recall while she's on the leash and that's going great. Her constant barking during the day is becoming a problem both inside and outside, I'm surprised the neighbours haven't complained! I'll have to have a chat with our trainer at class on thursday night. On the plus side she's doing great in class, she gets along great with all the dogs and puppies. She's a little nervous but curious of the more boisterous ones.

Pumpkinseeds

I started our cats on the Royal Canin Calm, dry food today. I put a bowl down at lunchtime before I went out, got home at 6pm to an empty bowl, and I was worried they wouldn't like it. If it works it'd save us a small fortune on Zylkene and Feliway.

Toby's cat kennel is being delivered tomorrow, hopefully he's going to use it and not just sit on top of it. Molly's found her voice and makes it known when she wants to be let out every morning, I think I preferred it when she just tried to tunnel her way under the door, it was certainly quieter.

aonb

Was thinking we should have a "What did your pet do to make you SIGH today" but will rant here instead. My elderly terrier is food obsessed - for ANY food except kibble! He is normally fed cooked food - chicken/rice or beef/rice as he has gastric issues - but because he is food obsessed, I feed him a bit of kibble for lunch and for treats as well. I only feed him good quality kibble - Arden Grange or James Wellbeloved. Recently bought a couple of bags of BURNS - everyone on here says good things about it - more importantly its available at a very convenient pet shop. This dog adores fish, got 1 fishy bag, 1 sensitive bag. He REALLY doesnt like them. They wont go to waste - the other dog will eat anything. Are there dogs out there that genuinely wont eat kibble for some reason - or is this dog just v.fussy about kibble - which is sickening given that he is food-obsessed!

SingItOut

aonb wrote: »

Are there dogs out there that genuinely wont eat kibble for some reason - or is this dog just v.fussy about kibble - which is sickening given that he is food-obsessed!

Moone is the exact same! She's prone to hot spots so I had her on select gold sensitive - she hated it and wouldn't touch it (a pain because I worked in MaxiZoo at the time) Moved her onto James well beloved and she ate it for a while then decided she didn't like it anymore. Moved her onto royal canin and she loved it but I just couldn't afford it anymore. She and Alli are on clinivet and love it on its own but will eat it straight away if I mix in some sardines/makerel or boiled rice, spoiled awkward brats knowing moone she'll probably decide she hates it in a few weeks

SillyMangoX

I was so mad today, driving through the village today there were 2 large dogs out loose, obviously very poorly socialised, running across traffic and bother the ducks and geese on the river. Called the dog warden and he said he'd be out later. Anyway I was down in the pub tonight and heard that these 2 dogs had killed multiple cats around the village and cornered someone who eventually got away. It took the dog warden an hour to seize them, and apparently they were loose because the owner didn't want to bring them for a walk in the bad weather and just opened the gates and let them off! It just infuriates me so much that someone could be so stupid. Another person giving RBs a bad name!

ferretone

So they were RBs then? Mind you, that kind of behaviour would be reprehensible whatever the breed. I hate the way people where I live just leave their dogs loose all the time, guarding the road. One of them attacked my poor Lola while I was walking her a few months ago, and tore her ear, smallish guy, I believe he's a pointer x jrt according to the owners, but only maybe twice jrt size or a bit more.

Mind you, you might see me as culpable too, generally. My girl's a rescue dobie, on the smallish side and has always been extremely gentle. She's had spinal problems over the past couple of years, combined with osteoarthritis recently: we reckon all of it is ultimately connected with a dodgy docking when she was a pup. Anyway, all of this means I hate to leash her at all, as anything messing with her spine seems uncomfortable for her, and she is such an obedient and well-behaved wee soul that she never causes trouble to anyone, and we live in such a rural area that nobody has any regard for any laws pertaining to dogs anyway (as you can glean from the above anecdote).

But on Wednesday I was walking her in a Coillte forestry area by a lake closeby to us, we were on a part where the path was under around 20cm of water, rounded a corner where we'd been covered by deep underbrush of Rhododendron, and suddenly the wind was throwing the water up in big waves over the path! Lola took a big fright and turned tail, straight into the Rhododendron, which was far too thick for me to follow her. Took me about 20 minutes to find her again! I came upon another dog walker, also loose dog, but smart enough owner not to take her collie right down to the lake in that wildness She told me a dog in a high-vis coat was just ahead of me, and I was so thankful! It's been a long time since I've had that helpless, "now where has my dog got to?" feeling last!

I hope you don't think I'm being awfully irresponsible with my RB dog, but I think there is a huge difference between a gentle old Dobie soul being exercised off-lead in the back of beyond, where people expect to see off-lead dogs all the time, and a pack of unsocialised, potentially dangerous dogs running riot, killing cats and frightening people, on a major road with no owners in sight? I hope you agree!

baby and crumble

I have the laziest hamster in the world. We made him a new fleece lined hammock, and he's barely left it the last 2 days. He's getting cute now, where it is means we can see him really easily in the top of his cage and he's started to look all adorable and hopeful whenever we walk past, in the hopes of getting a treat.

It must be that he's a boy, it's the only explanation!!!

tk123

I've just had to get a bigger raincoat for Lucy - she's grown out of the one she has now and it was hanging off her when I got it. She's going to be furious because she hates wearing them - this one's going to have some growing space in it and will annoy her even more lol!!

anniehoo

baby and crumble wrote: »

. We made him a new fleece lined hammock, and he's barely left it the last 2 days.

Ehhh....pics please!!

aonb

ferretone wrote: »

So they were RBs then? Mind you, that kind of behaviour would be reprehensible whatever the breed. I hate the way people where I live just leave their dogs loose all the time, guarding the road. One of them attacked my poor Lola while I was walking her a few months ago, and tore her ear, smallish guy, I believe he's a pointer x jrt according to the owners, but only maybe twice jrt size or a bit more.

Mind you, you might see me as culpable too, generally. My girl's a rescue dobie, on the smallish side and has always been extremely gentle. She's had spinal problems over the past couple of years, combined with osteoarthritis recently: we reckon all of it is ultimately connected with a dodgy docking when she was a pup. Anyway, all of this means I hate to leash her at all, as anything messing with her spine seems uncomfortable for her, and she is such an obedient and well-behaved wee soul that she never causes trouble to anyone, and we live in such a rural area that nobody has any regard for any laws pertaining to dogs anyway (as you can glean from the above anecdote).

But on Wednesday I was walking her in a Coillte forestry area by a lake closeby to us, we were on a part where the path was under around 20cm of water, rounded a corner where we'd been covered by deep underbrush of Rhododendron, and suddenly the wind was throwing the water up in big waves over the path! Lola took a big fright and turned tail, straight into the Rhododendron, which was far too thick for me to follow her. Took me about 20 minutes to find her again! I came upon another dog walker, also loose dog, but smart enough owner not to take her collie right down to the lake in that wildness She told me a dog in a high-vis coat was just ahead of me, and I was so thankful! It's been a long time since I've had that helpless, "now where has my dog got to?" feeling last!

I hope you don't think I'm being awfully irresponsible with my RB dog, but I think there is a huge difference between a gentle old Dobie soul being exercised off-lead in the back of beyond, where people expect to see off-lead dogs all the time, and a pack of unsocialised, potentially dangerous dogs running riot, killing cats and frightening people, on a major road with no owners in sight? I hope you agree!

Everything you say here makes sense. You know your dog. The problem comes when someone with no knowledge/experience comes across your dog unleashed, and freaks/assumes KILLER RB!!! Some of the dobermans are the lovliest gentlest dogs - like yours. I often find other people are a bigger problem than a dog

Such a horrible feeling when your dog 'dissapears' - we were out in punchestown with a bunch of terriers this a.m - sudden gale blew up (and if anyone knows Punchestown, its the windiest place in Leinster!!) and one little terrier, who is deaf freaked, and ran off - we had a panicked few mins looking for her - saw her on the horizon, shouting no good, so frantic hand signals & running to intercept her - phew!

rannerap

Was so sick I couldn't go into work today have spent all day in bed feeling horrific. Last time I was this sick I had no cats. Umi has kept me company all day which cheered me up a little

SillyMangoX

Power is finally back!! I was starting to go a bit crazy :pac:

sparkle_23

Tomorrow I'm goin home to Ireland for ten days! So freakin excited can't wait to see Smudge & Sparkle and Jake the dog! Oh and my family too I guess.....

SillyMangoX

Aaand powers gone again. Aaaaaaarrgh!!! Sparkle stay in canada, it's not worth it :P

anniehoo

sparkle_23 wrote: »

Tomorrow I'm goin home to Ireland for ten days! So freakin excited can't wait to see Smudge & Sparkle and Jake the dog! Oh and my family too I guess.....

Have a fab time at home sparkle. The weather is spectacularly manky. I know we always moan about it either way, but it's been seriously horrendous the last while.We're not seeing the worst of it in Leinster...but the rest of the country has had an awful battering lately.

Enjoy those puppy and kittie kisses!!!;)

Safe HOME!