The Chillout Zone (Off-Topic Thread)

We took down our Christmas tree from the attic, it's a white tree and not decorated yet. Alli took one look and hid behind my mam, it's her first christmas with us and I don't know if she saw a Christmas tree in her foster parents house last year. She was also scared of the pumpkin at halloween so I'm not holding out much hope for the tree :pac:

Mymo that's so weird coz Harley is the same. Never batted an eyelid at the Christmas tree - wouldn't walk past and stared suspiciously at the wine cabinet for a week.

A word of advice....
If you decide that getting into your soon to arrive puppy's 61cm crate will make for a humorous photo, you are right - it will.

Worth bearing in mind though that while getting in isn't too challenging, getting out is another ball game altogether, and your other half probably can't be relied upon to stop laughing long enough to help you out!

Very relieved tonight! On the 2 occasions the Nyssa pup had met my almost-3-year-old niece and nephew, she was quite scared of them. The last time had been around 6 weeks ago, I suppose, and she had been pretty nervous of other small children she'd met too. We'd made a whole plan of reintroduction, starting with a walk with the twins and mummy on Girley Bog today.

And well, it didn't start that well - that is with the twins - they had just woken up, and both refused to either walk or be worn by me, meaning mummy had to wear 17kg Eric on her back, and 16kg Hannah on her front! That started out fine for Nyssa, as she got to get used to their presence without any unpredictable movements for a while. Their poor mummy is human, however, so that wasn't going to last long!

She had to reveal that Eric's Auntie Mo had Fireman Sam pyjamas for him in the car, which he could have after the walk IF he would walk :rolleyes: That worked a treat, so then she moved the still-reluctant Hannah ("my legs are tired!") onto her back, and Nyssa got to continue the walk with only one unpredictable little person loose, which also turned out to be fine, and he was very good, just pushing her nose away when she curiously sniffed his face as he walked. They are both great with animals, actually: they have a dog and 3 cats, and mummy has always taught them the rules of interacting with them.

Finally towards the end, Hannah announced her legs were better, and walked the last bit, also wanting to give Nyssa a "doggie sweetie" as soon as she got down. By this stage Nyssa was just interested in everything they were doing and looking at, and thought everything was great.

We went back to their place for a couple of hours, and played in their garden, with them and their doggie. She even got in the way of one of their swings one time, and wasn't at all phased by the bit of a whack she got (not hard, and from the accidental swing, obviously, not from us). She doesn't like to go into confined spaces with them, corridors and doorways, that is, normal rooms are fine, but otherwise seems now to be absolutely fine with small children. Under experienced supervision, obviously.

I'm thrilled with this development! We now won't have to spend xmas alone

Pumpkinseeds wrote: »

The Spirit Essences arrived today and I'm looking forward to seeing if they work. I ordered the Trauma one, Bully remedy, Peacemaker and the Self-esteem one, that's all 4 of them and their issues covered.:D

They sound interesting, do they do one for nutty as squirrel poo (literally runs up walls), shouty cat, grumpy sod or I'm old so I can scamper around at 3 am howling if I like?

Won't even ask about dogs issues

No no, four cats.

They occasionally swap personalities too, just to confuse us!

Youngest (nutty) is in training for parloir would championships!

aonb wrote: »

Oh, thats ok then!
Ive got our first ever kitten here (not really a cat person) and Im totally flumoxed every minute of every day with her.
HOW DO YOU TRAIN A CAT TO COME WHEN ITS CALLED?!?!?!?!?!?
Jeez, even the horses and the hens come when I call them

Change her name to the sound of a tin opening

We had an emergency situation last night, and 4 rescues worked together, plus other people not affiliated with any particular rescue, just wanting to help. Lovely to see, so now we have safe dogs. I do think there are more good people than bad in the world, just that we hear about the bad ones. I'm feeling really happy this morning. And the pups I'm fostering are 3 weeks old today and have had their first solid food - of course what goes in has to come out, so this afternoon I may not be quite so happy.

aonb wrote: »

3 wks old and eating solids - wow - what breed? Any photos ppplllleeeeaaassseee! Stay happy - the poop wont be too smelly hopefully!

My kitten just pooped on the newly washed bean bag (which was like a military operation to empty/wash/refill) - I nearly had a heart attack, but it wasnt her fault - SOMEONE closed the door to her litter tray :mad:

I hope you are right about the good people outnumbering the bad - I wonder sometimes, I really do. I think the ignorant/unsympathetic/unempathetic/unfeeling ones are the majority and probably the 'worst'

Its RC puppy mousse, and their first taste, most sniffed, walked away, came back, had some, but little Bumble sniffed, tasted and just kept on eating lol. They are pointer cross, not sure what with, Mum came out of the pound already in pup, only young herself and very stressed, but a lovely girl.

What about the christmas adopt don't buy campaign atm from one of the rescues - it's ok to get a pet for christmas then as long as it was adopted?! And before anyone says they home check/vet owners - I know plenty of people locally who told rescues exactly what they wanted to hear to get the dog then the novelty wore off..