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The Chillout Zone (Off-Topic Thread)
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:eek: Oh janey, the panic of that is dreadful isnt it. So glad you got them back safe.Malakai Zealous Underclassman wrote: »- and I lost my dogs!.
Was just going to suggest the same. Use the flashing led lights on their collars along with a high viz jacket too.I picked up little flashing lights that attached to their collars to stop me freaking out when walking the fields in the dark. One quick scan and you can see all their locations. the whistle is great for getting attention asap though.or a packet of tayto can be heard from a good distance too;)
I used to mind 2 red setters and when it was dark running around our local park it was like watching 2 little glo-bugs floating around with their flashing collars. Very easy to keep track of them.0 -
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I posted a pic in the photo thread before of my dog squeezed into my knitting basket. Though it was waaayy too small for her and there were needles sticking into her she had to be dragged out of there.
Well todays bed of choice.... the toy box
She stayed in there for 20 minutes
Night before last she curled up on top of the hoover and some shoes.
A lot of the time she chooses shopping bags over her nice soft bed(s). If I have left a bag full of other bags in the hallway after shopping she will pull them all out til she find the most comfortable one.
Strange strange dog...0 -
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Well it has just been pointed out to me how obsessed with my dogs I am! I got an amazon vOucher and spent it on dog books... When my dad asked me what I want for Christmas I asked for money to get decent footwear for doing agility and then when when my daughter asked me I selected some long sleeve tops that I can put a jacket over to keep warm again for agility
Hhmm just as well it's a reasonably healthy and very fun
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babysitting a hamster for Santa. Damn those wheels are noisy!
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Silent-Spinner-Hamster-Wheel-Regular/dp/B004B9CSMY
From experience it works very well! Get the biggest one available if you/santa is getting one. 0 -
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yeah, she plans to swap the wheel out for the silent one ASAP, this just came with the set. I think the little thing is training for a marathon, only stopping to go get some water then straight back to the wheel! Crazy!
There mad little yokes alright, could never tempt any of mine to run like that on a wheel, some took little notions sometimes (like one night where one hamster had the whole house up in the middle of the night trying to figure out what was about to blow up with all the squeaking and creaking) but overall none of them ever seemed to like the wheel. She's doing right by getting rid of the other wheel asap, nearly all wheels that come with cages are too small. Is it the bigger syrian kind or the smaller dwarf hamsters? 0 -
I set up an account with a photo website and I can't remember which one, it's not photobucket (well I have a photobucket account but I set up another one with a different website), thought it was flickr but it seems it's not because my login won't work. So what other photo websites are there that it could be? 0
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Happy holidays everyone
Anybody know if vets will take back unused (and unopened of course) food? I've just found a bag of RC sensitivity under the bed of all places lol! I got it a few months ago when he had a gastro bug but never used it. Only thing is I can't remember if I got it at the vets or online - i did get one from them first.. He's due his KC vaccination in a few weeks so i'd be handy if I could get credit for the food?0 -
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had a feeling it was coming, spotted her "sleeping" in her food bowl yesterday. had stopped exercising a few days ago. The daughter has been told she's sick and might have to go to the pet shop to get better and that we'll get a new one to mind instead. poor thing, one of her goldfish went yesterday!
How old is the child? Personally, I find the truth is always better, the death of a pet (imo) is one of the most important parts of pet ownership for kids. Its important how it is dealt with as it allows the child to develop some understanding of bereavement and sets them up for when the time comes that they loose a member of their human family. Don't make it disappear - have a funeral and give her a 'proper' send off, everyone can say their goodbyes and what a good hamster she was 0 -
adrenalinjunkie wrote: »How old is the child? Personally, I find the truth is always better, the death of a pet (imo) is one of the most important parts of pet ownership for kids. Its important how it is dealt with as it allows the child to develop some understanding of bereavement and sets them up for when the time comes that they loose a member of their human family. Don't make it disappear - have a funeral and give her a 'proper' send off, everyone can say their goodbyes and what a good hamster she was
see we would have, but the hamster was there a week, we didnt want her to think it was her fault, and we had a funeral for the goldfish. So we explained that she was sick and that we needed to be very good about cleaning the cage and taking care of the new one so that she didnt get sick too. Child is 4.0 -
belongtojazz wrote: »Well my girls are earning their keep, over the past few weeks they have caught and killed 2 huge rats
There is a ditch at the back of our garden and they come from there ... Horrible things :eek:
Go on the jackers! I have a very good ratter here and she seems to be passing on her trade to Little Dude0 -
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On our walk this morning..guy being dragged along by small rat-type dog as my boy walks beautifully on his lead (yaay - cos we did a lot of training on this early last year).... Ratty dog strains to see him so we both pause to let them greet each other and it growls and goes to snap the face off my poor baba...He recoils and looks all confused as to what happened and the other guy pulls his dog back and walks on telling her she's ok.. Why would you let your dog greet another dog if you thought it could snap - especially if your dog is no bigger than the other dogs head?!
Anyhoos - no rats for us thank god!! Thou he did roll in a dead one on a walk one morning last year - all I could do was get him into the river for a quick wash off and wait until I got home from work to scrub him. I had a pain in my stomach for HOURS thinking of it lol! :pac::pac::pac:0
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