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The Chillout Zone (Off-Topic Thread)
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well maybe. I know she's done it before as she managed to bend the key in the process so now we can only take the key out if the door is unlocked. Once the door is locked the key won't come out. Clever dog :cool:
Yesterday.. I can't be 100% sure. None of us were even out the back door yesterday at all so that would mean we'd left it unlocked from the day before which would be unusual (and very careless!). At the very least she had to open the door by the handle which I suppose would be relatively easy though still requires effort...though strangely she's never opened the door between utility room and kitchen which is never locked and I would have thought much easier to open.
I'm considering crate training for when we're out.... can't see it going down well:(
Hi Littlebug, have you considered changing the door handle to a round doornob?
Worked for us with a previous dog (shiny ones are best, hard to grip with a sloppy mouth;))0 -
First agility competition of the season tomorrow and I'm getting nervous now :eek:
If she feels like behaving tomorrow we're in with a real shot of being placed as she's a super little dog, on the other hand she may just act like she has never seen an agility course before and decide to go up and say hi to the judge :rolleyes:
I run a terrier Lord knows how it's going to go 0 -
belongtojazz wrote: »First agility competition of the season tomorrow and I'm getting nervous now :eek:
If she feels like behaving tomorrow we're in with a real shot of being placed as she's a super little dog, on the other hand she may just act like she has never seen an agility course before and decide to go up and say hi to the judge :rolleyes:
I run a terrier Lord knows how it's going to go
Good luck! We were asked to join the loose lead demo at pet expo..he weed AND poo'd in the ring!!!! The shame lol0 -
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He's a Cavilier King Charles/Sheepdog.Depends on the breed, but none of them are adults before ten months at least! What kind of pup is it?adrenalinjunkie wrote: »You might be best starting a thread for your dog food question, that's kindof the purpose of the rest of forum, off-topic thread ain't the place for it tbh.
Errr . . . . no off-topic posting in the off-topic thread :pac:
Sorry about that, I won't do it again! :P Just said I'd throw it in while posting
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My problem is I need to wash my clothes! He only pulls down mine, never anybody else! Hmph!belongtojazz wrote: »Aw Con, I no longer own ANY jackets without holes in the pockets, most of my tracksuit bottoms are the same
My fault though as they think that's where all the treats live
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How long does it take for the panting to go down?! I got no sleep last night, had to sleep in sittingroom to try keep him quiet in the kitchen. seems to be associating the panting with excitement and wanting to play all the time. I'm exhausted 0
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Hi Littlebug, have you considered changing the door handle to a round doornob?
Worked for us with a previous dog (shiny ones are best, hard to grip with a sloppy mouth;))
Sorry just seeing this now Mymo:o Good idea. We're talking about changing the lock anyway since we can't take the key out. We were also talking about adding a chain and extra locks Before I went to work this evening I checked the door 3 times before leaving, then left the kids at the childminders, then stopped off at the house again to be absolutely sure she wasn't out again, then watched my phone all evening in case of "your dog is out" text from neighbours. Thankfully she was still in, happy as larry in her bed when my husband got home.. phew! 0 -
thanks guys, have ye details or links?
Here's a link to the one in Ennis if you are interested, I've been up there before, its a very good set up, plus they update you during the day if you're on facebook) with pictures of your doggies running around the place making friends, always enjoy looking at it!
Their website: http://doggy.ie/
Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/doggy.ie 0 -
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It's weird how animals surprise you sometimes. I started giving my pair the odd bit of raw bits and pieces a few times a week, thought the dog would be the easy one and didn't think the cat would even take a second sniff to it. The cat has taken to it like a duck to water and the dog has been the hard one.
The cat has eaten everything I'v given her so far, in the beginning it might have been left sitting a few hours but now she hoovers it up straight away and has so far eaten various bits of quail (including crunching on some bones :eek:) and chicken breast and a whole mouse and will still eat her wet food, whereas she used to be a dry food junkie and I struggled to get her to eat the tiniest bits of wet food.
The dog will eat all raw food I give him but the problem is he likes it too much and has started getting awful fussy with his dog food both wet and dry thinking if he holds out he'l get a nice juicy bit of meat. Can't feed him just raw at the moment so have to cut back on raw to make sure he's still eating dog food. Sometimes I just wish he was a labrador that would just hoover everything!
The cat is in the middle of her mad half hour (same time every night) where she pretends to be an elephant running up and down the stairs, she will soon conk fast asleep on my bed until I have to carry a very floppy sleepy cat downstairs later to bed. Dog will be belly up on the couch soon. So they still remain as predictable as ever in some senses! 0 -
I Sometimes I just wish he was a labrador that would just hoover everything!
I'm counting on this for Bailey Boy since retrievers are the same lol - he's switching to raw today! I went and got 9kgs of chicken legs earlier (22 days of food and €15) and am preparing his meals atm lol.:pac:0 -
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Where did you get those TK? Bought Lexi a pack of chicken wings in Tesco today and gave her two of them. She barely chewed them, I'm guessing thats bad?! She really loved them though!
Butchers
They do 5 legs for €2.99 or 2 packs for €5... I went by tescos where 1 leg = 200g so thought I was buying 4.5kg when I actually bought 9kgs lol!:pac::pac: Anyhoos he loved it He's exhausted now though because instead of having his afternoon snooze he camped out in the kitchen while I was making it all on the off chance he'd get a tasty sample :pac::pac: 0 -
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So probably not strictly a topic for API but still, you're my internet buddies My little girl was 2 last week, can't quite believe I managed to keep her alive for 2 whole years! Here's the thing though, we've tried to steer away from plastic toys as much as possible, every time I look at them I think of the amount of time they'd be played with versus the amount of time they'll spend in landfill not biodegrading and feel horrendously guilty. Last year we got away easily because she was only 1 so wasn't opening any presents, we brought quite a few plastic toys back to Smyths and swopped them for either wooden toys or things like books or jigsaws that will last her years.
This year however she really caught on to the idea of presents, her birthday being only 6 weeks after christmas and has been given loads of toys, quite a few of them plastic. We didn't want to offend the relatives and she wanted to open them so returning them now isn't an option. She's only played with 2 of the new presents and the rest have been left aside and forgotten about already. I really really don't want to have so many plastic toys about the house yet, I know when she gets to 4 or 5 she'll have a very clear idea of what she wants so they're be very little avoiding the plastic.
So after that long winded rambling I guess my question is if it's ok to give away the new unwrapped plastic toys? On one hand she's not going to miss them, she's only 2 for crying out loud but on the other hand I have huge guilt about depriving her of some of her birthday presents. I don't know what to do!!!!0
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