The Chillout Zone (Off-Topic Thread)

Pumpkinseeds · 30-01-2014 04:22PM

Molly's having a day of firsts today. She's played in her first cardboard box and sat on the laptop keyboard for the first time, I then had to spend a few minutes trying to figure out how to undo what she'd done. She's making me feel better anyway, I've had a cold for weeks and my nose is so itchy it's making me crazy:D

Tea Tree · 30-01-2014 07:42PM

Tea Tree wrote: »

Meeting first potential foster dog at the end of the week. Fingers crossed my dog likes him and behaves herself with him.

all going well so far. He's a timid but calm little thing but already coming out of his shell a bit. he's a real sweetheart and loves his cuddles. You can't see from the pic but he's quite skinny so needs plenty of good food and tlc and we're good for that. He and our dog seem to like each other but he's a little nervous and she's a bit over the top but no animosity other than the odd little growl from my lady if he's showing too much interest in her rear end! He doesnt know how to play:( (yet;)).
I don't think we're going to be very good at this fostering business

He doesnt respond to the name the rescue gave him (and it's our neighbours childs name!) so I've been going through all sorts of names all evening but he doesnt respond to any... need to work on that! He is lovely... just lovely and settling in nicely. Likes to stay at my feet.
When he's more settled we'll see about a bath.... those feet look sore:(

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aonb · 30-01-2014 07:49PM

Tea tree, he is really beautiful. How old? GREAT that he and your dog are getting on ok. What is it with his feet? They look a bit red? You could always bathe them with a little warm salt water on a sponge? Though when hes settled, being a spaniel, he shouldnt mind having a bath - hah! Poor little chap - he will hopefully soon settle when he sees that he's safe and gets used to his new environment. Major brownie points for you for having him xxx

Tea Tree · 30-01-2014 07:57PM

aonb wrote: »

Tea tree, he is really beautiful. How old? GREAT that he and your dog are getting on ok. What is it with his feet? They look a bit red? You could always bathe them with a little warm salt water on a sponge? Though when hes settled, being a spaniel, he shouldnt mind having a bath - hah! Poor little chap - he will hopefully soon settle when he sees that he's safe and gets used to his new environment. Major brownie points for you for having him xxx

About a year old. I think he's been licking his paws a lot so they're just sore from that.... vet saw him this morning and (I'm told) just said a bath and good food etc and hopefully it'll improve. I'll keep an eye on it.
He's very calm for a spaniel.... I think there might be a bit of collie in there but I imagine the spaniel loopiness will emerge soon enough!

borderlinemeath · 30-01-2014 09:18PM

Yep, he looks like he's been fed on cheap enough food with a colourant in it, that may well be irritating his skin. A good grain free food without any artificial additives or colourants, or better again a fresh diet to give his system a rest from dry food, it could possibly be a reaction to storage mites.

Tea Tree · 30-01-2014 09:28PM

borderlinemeath wrote: »

Yep, he looks like he's been fed on cheap enough food with a colourant in it, that may well be irritating his skin. A good grain free food without any artificial additives or colourants, or better again a fresh diet to give his system a rest from dry food, it could possibly be a reaction to storage mites.

We've started him on Barking Heads which works well with Dog #1 along with little bits of whatever meat is going. I think the vet said to maybe put some oil in his food too?

borderlinemeath · 30-01-2014 09:32PM

Tea Tree wrote: »

We've started him on Barking Heads which works well with Dog #1 along with little bits of whatever meat is going. I think the vet said to maybe put some oil in his food too?

A tin of sardines once or twice a week will be good for him too, or some salmon oil if you can get some rather than vegetable or sunflower oil

tk123 · 30-01-2014 09:49PM

In the vets with Bailey this evening and a van from a cat and dog rescue pulls up across the road..next a woman is carrying a basket across the road - I was sure it must be full of lovely kittens or puppies!!...but it was just toys they're selling to raise money lol

Anyways Bailey has soft tissue damage to one of his toes - nothing broken and nothing in his pad. He was limping so badly this afternoon I decided I wanted to take him over for peace of mind if nothing else!
I've been working from home all week and the two of them are camped out on my bed asleep all day lol!

SingItOut · 30-01-2014 09:51PM

Zapperzy wrote: »

Spent over 2 hours this morning from 8.45 trying to get garth brooks tickets, not even a sniff of one and there was 3 of us trying from different computers.

I didn't manage to get any either, I gave up on ticket master after an hour and headed into town to try my luck. I qued for 6 hours and with three people left in front we were told they were all sold out

mam is devastated

Zapperzy · 30-01-2014 10:14PM

SingItOut wrote: »

I didn't manage to get any either, I gave up on ticket master after an hour and headed into town to try my luck. I qued for 6 hours and with three people left in front we were told they were all sold out mam is devastated

Complete madness it was! I was trying to get tickets for the folks and maybe 2 for ourselves, couldn't get anything!

mum is devastated too, she was moving her holidays to see him!

Anyone watchin the dog food programme? Muppets feeding vegan diets to their dogs!!!

anniehoo · 30-01-2014 10:27PM

Tea Tree wrote: »

I don't think we're going to be very good at this fostering business

Aww why would you think that Tea Tree?Do you know how long you'll have him for? Fair play to you

Zapperzy wrote: »

Complete madness it was! I was trying to get tickets for the folks and maybe 2 for ourselves, couldn't get anything! mum is devastated too, she was moving her holidays to see him!

I'm literally baffled by how mental everyone has gone about GB.

My whole facebook page has been full of posts about him today lol. Even people I wouldn't have thought would be country music fans. Gas! He'd easily sell out a 4th show going by the sounds of it.

Tea Tree · 30-01-2014 10:36PM

anniehoo wrote: »

Aww why would you think that Tea Tree?Do you know how long you'll have him for? Fair play to you
.

It's the giving back bit I think we won't be good at! Already getting attached. Walking two dogs whose noses are taking them off in different directions will take a bit of getting used to though!
They're holding off on neutering him til he has some weight on and he won''t be adopted til he's neutered, so the plan is to re-assess in a few weeks.

I don't get the Garth Brooks thing either

SingItOut · 30-01-2014 10:55PM

Zapperzy wrote: »

Anyone watchin the dog food programme? Muppets feeding vegan diets to their dogs!!!

Yup, delighted their admitting vets don't really have a clue when it comes to nutrition. I used to work in a pet shop and the amount of customers who came in saying "the vet said she/he needs a diet with less than 20% protein" :rolleyes: that's fine if you want your dog skin and bones!

SingItOut · 30-01-2014 10:57PM

anniehoo wrote: »

I'm literally baffled by how mental everyone has gone about GB. My whole facebook page has been full of posts about him today lol. Even people I wouldn't have thought would be country music fans. Gas! He'd easily sell out a 4th show going by the sounds of it.

Really hope for my mams sake there will be a 4th date, he's been her favourite singer all my life. I felt so guilty not being able to get her two

borderlinemeath · 30-01-2014 11:10PM

I don't get the Garth Brooks thing either. 270,000 tickets to go and see an aul cowboy?

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Pumpkinseeds · 30-01-2014 11:25PM

It's crazy kitty time here at the moment. Jazzy and Molly are galloping around every room in the house. Molly decided to squeeze under the bath while I was in the shower, Toby was on the landing meowing for me to come out and play with him and Poppy was waiting on the stairs for me, I can't remember the last time I got the bathroom to myself:D

tk123 · 30-01-2014 11:57PM

borderlinemeath wrote: »

I don't get the Garth Brooks thing either. 270,000 tickets to go and see an aul cowboy? .

Oh I hate him! I had a summer job years ago that used to play his cd all day on a loop! Every time I hear one of his songs I'm transported back in time mopping floors

Zapperzy · 31-01-2014 12:11AM

Watching blackfish the documentary about seaworld now and just wow! I'd recommend anyone to watch it! I vaguely remember reading about one or two attacks or deaths but wow a lot was kept hush hush!

SillyMangoX · 31-01-2014 12:37AM

Where are you watching that zapperzy? would love to see it!

Zapperzy · 31-01-2014 01:09AM

SillyMangoX wrote: »

Where are you watching that zapperzy? would love to see it!

Just found a link to it online. Il post a link to it in a while once I get hold of the laptop! On the phone now. It's well worth a watch.

Zapperzy · 31-01-2014 02:00AM

http://www.solarmovie.so/link/play/1570805/

SillyMangoX · 31-01-2014 02:23AM

Thanks I'll give it a watch tomorrow!

I know I hate the whole designer dog fad and everything that goes with it... But some of these dogs are friggin adorable! Hopefully all these were caused by accidental matings and all pets were neutered after...!

http://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/4688026

mymo · 31-01-2014 11:47AM

Got up this morning to find the cat in the dogs bed with an open 6 pack of chilli crisps, with a couple of the packets empty and licked clean!

I think he was framed!

The dog has a pink beard with a distinct chilli aroma.

rannerap · 31-01-2014 12:36PM

SillyMangoX wrote: »

Thanks I'll give it a watch tomorrow!

I know I hate the whole designer dog fad and everything that goes with it... But some of these dogs are friggin adorable! Hopefully all these were caused by accidental matings and all pets were neutered after...!

http://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/4688026

Some of them were sp cute! I also quite liked the vintage photos of pets in costumes at the end. reminded me on my cat tattoos

borderlinemeath · 31-01-2014 01:33PM

SillyMangoX wrote: »

Thanks I'll give it a watch tomorrow!

I know I hate the whole designer dog fad and everything that goes with it... But some of these dogs are friggin adorable! Hopefully all these were caused by accidental matings and all pets were neutered after...!

http://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/4688026

Problem is though that link will be viewed by millions and there will be a certain percentage of bybs and puppy farmers that will think "hey there's a $$cute$$ mix I hadn't though of before, there's bound to be demand for it....and there'll be a large percentage of consumers reading it that think "gorgeous, I want one!" without a thought or consequence for where they get it

Also there's no warnings on the page, it's the 'good news' page, nothing about the dangers and consequences to the dogs of cross breeding. The Huff post is hugely popular in the states too:mad:

DBB · 31-01-2014 01:49PM

SillyMangoX wrote: »

http://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/4688026

Jeez,
At least half of them look like any one of dozens of dogs you could meet on any given day in any one of Ireland's pounds :-o

tk123 · 31-01-2014 02:05PM

"This mix of a Siberian husky and a poodle and you'll wonder why anybody pays for pure-bred dogs." :rolleyes:

mymo · 31-01-2014 02:14PM

tk123 wrote: »

"This mix of a Siberian husky and a poodle and you'll wonder why anybody pays for pure-bred dogs." :rolleyes:

If they had just added.."when you can adopt a cute mix like this from a rescue" or similar it would have been lovely.

SillyMangoX · 31-01-2014 02:49PM

You'd wonder how many of those designer breeds were actually bought. I think it's fair game if you get a cute lovable mutt from a pound or rescue but still find it crazy that people but these dogs and claim they are some new breed. I had to keep my mouth shut on my last placement when someone came in with a "morkiepoo" saying it was a newly developed hypoallergenic breed because if I said what I was thinking I probably would have failed my placement :pac:

On a happier note though, I am currently en route to Dublin to go to the zoo tomorrow! Felt horribly guilty though, Dude was bawling as we left the house even though my dad is there to mind him!

mymo · 31-01-2014 03:48PM

Awww, dude will be fine, your dad can have sneaky cuddle in peace

Have fun at the zoo, hope the weather is good for you.
Scrubbed the litter trays and 3 bathrooms this morning, did three loads of washing and mopped floors, all before lunch, these days off are killing me!

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