Originally Posted By Kennesaw Tom Today was a day off for me. So I got up late, cooked some egg beaters and toast, gave some to my dog. Then I did some finances and went through receipts. Packed up and headed off the the gym. After the gym I went to the car mechanic to find out why my check engine light is back on after spending $1,200 on a new catilitic converter and gas emissions stuff. So got home hours later. And found that my prescious pooch had taken all the contents of the trash can and deposited them downstairs all over the family room rug. LOL..... There is no way I could ever get angry with my dog, she is just too darn cute. Even when she is trying to be mean, she's just too darn cute. After that I took her for a long walk and let her explore the neighborhood on leash. Now why won't Disney let us bring pets with us to WDW? I have even considered wearing her accross my neck like Lilly Monster did with grandpa in that Monster movie, LOL.
Originally Posted By beamerdog >> And found that my prescious pooch had taken all the contents of the trash can and deposited them downstairs all over the family room rug. LOL.....<< She figured that she had to do some work today ;-) And I make a bet she did a super job!
Originally Posted By Pixie Glitter I had a co-worker who had the most adorable cocker spaniel named Popcorn. Popcorn was an incredibly sweet and well-behaved dog. With one small and very weird exception. They took her with them on errands and so forth whenever they could, but whenever they had to leave her home by herself, Popcorn would go around to each and every waste basket in the house, extract one Kleenex, shred it into many tiny pieces, and then leave the pieces in a neat, little pile on the floor by the waste basket. She was even tidy and well-behaved while being destructive--lol!
Originally Posted By Kennesaw Tom One time Dixie was angry at Kennesaw Joe and she went around the house and collected all the hand held remotes and put them all under the master bed, LOL.... I really would like to find a hotel on WDW property that allowed dogs. The only place I know of is the pet loop at Ft Wilderness.
Originally Posted By tinkerbell1962 Yep, we have three dogs and the oldest one, Lilly, is a trash monger. Awhile back I had let my DD color her hair with some organic hair color - red. When we finished I just dumped everything into the trash. We all were busy around the house and before we knew it she came running out of the kitchen all pink. Did I mention she's a white dog? Yes, we were sporting our little pink dog around the neighborhood for a couple of weeks. That's why we always crate the dogs when we leave the house now.
Originally Posted By iamsally I have always wanted to take my dachshund to Disneyland. I really think they should have a *pets* day. My dogs have never been in a cage so I will not take them along and have them kenneled. I have found that my dogs will be good when left home alone as long as I give them a couple of chewies when I leave. But you should see the look Sk8R gets when he sees us packing. And he always knows if it is a trip where we are leaving him or taking him. Good luck with your cutie Tom.
Originally Posted By ophellia my 10 year old Manchester doesnt care for being alone...I left her for one hour once to while at the dentist, she had lots of thigs to chew on/play with...instead she ripped a Nat Geo poster of the migratory patterns of all the birds in all the world off the wall and shredded it...AND also tore a poster of Jesus Christ Superstar off the wall and ate most of it...she has scores of those cute little certificates from the Disnayland Kennel saying what a good girl she was...she doesnt deserve any of them!
Originally Posted By avromark Although I don't have a dog (I'm single, living alone, no partner) my pets need to be more independent. But at the end of the day can you really be mad at them? Look at least your dog isn't like my cat. She's no longer allowed upstairs (she enjoys pulling all the tufts of carpet out) At least she isn't attacking my furniture yet. But I swear I have the clumsiest cat. I never knew you could break Corelle so easily My cat likes to jump up on things, knock them down since she is the *least* coordinated cat in the world. At least she doesn't garbage surf
Originally Posted By avromark And I thought Honda's don't have problems $1200? I have yet to spend that on my Yota Never spent that much on my Chev.
Originally Posted By beamerdog I have one dog who loves the polymer clay that I work with. I always know when he's eaten it because he poops in dayglo technocolor!
Originally Posted By RockyMtnMinnie I have a kitty that likes to surf on my work papers. When I work, my papers tend to extend beyond my desk and to the floor. Tundra will get a running start and jump onto a pile of papers and slide across the floor on them. If I'm gone too long, the entire loft will be covered in my papers.
Originally Posted By Kennesaw Tom I woke up this AM to found a single sock missing.... there was Dixie sleeping on the guestroom bed with my sock next to her, LOL. She is so funny. Dixie is a small yellow lab, everyone thinks she is still a puppy. I have never small yellow labs before in my life till we got Dixie. She was a pound puppy and she was found abandoned and feral. So she has abandondment issues. Not a big deal, she tends to only get angry when we both leave the house together, she has this pack mentality thing going as well. When KJ and I leave the house together to say go out to eat or something I always bring her back some left overs. Her favorite foods in the world are #1 chicken in any form including raw ( she was feral afterall ) and #2 Anything with spagetti sauce on it. She loves garlic, LOL. She does not like the basil in basil rolls so I'm safe when getting basil rolls. We do not cage or crate Dixie.... we use the minivan for that. And Dixie is very smart, She figured out how to use to push button to open the side sliding doors on the minivan one time when we were parking at Ikea. She got out and was running in circles in the underground parking. KJ was yelling at her trying to get her and yelling at me to help catch her. Meanwhile I was laughing so hard I nearly fell down. I simply got into the minivan and one lucky guess who jumped right in too, LOL. Oh and she's a pointer too. She will actually lift her front leg and point.. its so funny.
Originally Posted By avromark Tom has a *minivan*. Let me get this straight he's single and has a *minivan*. At least she's not a brown lab. Those be crazy dogs.
Originally Posted By Rebekah Our Happy (terrier mix) doesn't mind seeing us pack as he knows it means a trip to the doggie hotel. There's a place here where the doggies all play together all day and then have private rooms to sleep. Its nice to know he's going to be exhausted from day play and not get too lonely. In fact he usually is pretty worn out when we bring him home so we are able to transition from vacation to work more easily as he is so tired he doesn't demand much attention, content to just sleep at our feet. Happy has a spot under the guest bed where he brings paper towels or tissues he swipes from the trash to shred into tiny little pieces. I clean it out every so often. R.
Originally Posted By LVBelle It could be worse...our Rowdy LOVES dirty diapers. We can always tell when Jake is stinky because Rowdy nips at his diaper.
Originally Posted By ophellia we have adopted an 8th month old male cat named RoyRodgers...yesterday I found my dog Mulan in the cat box...I don't even want to tell you what she was doing...eeewwww
Originally Posted By Kennesaw Tom <<Tom has a *minivan*. Let me get this straight he's single and has a *minivan*.>> Oh dear, did you use the "straight" word? I'm not single. I have a Honda Accord. KJ drives a minivan. This is going to sound weird, but growing up I always enjoyed camping and have camped in some very remote areas throughout New England, the Canadian Maritime as well NY, PA and Walt Disney World. I have always wanted to get a VW Westphalia upon graduation from College. Well unfortunately I shacked up with someone who doesn't camping. KJ's idea of camping is staying at a Doubletree Hotel. Although The Doubletree Hotel Company does make some really nice upscale RVs. Anyway, never got the Westphalia. And we use to have a Chevy Blazer. KJ's parents were getting older and we had to step up to the plate and help them out with their migration patterns to/ from Virginia and North Carolina and they had difficulty climbing into the Blazer and there was no ventilation in the cargo area for the dogs. When it came time to replace the Blazer I convinced KJ to get a minivan, something he absolutely did not want to do. Of course once he drove it a couple times he fell in love with our Chysler Town and Country. We call it the Mystery Machine and yes we got the towing package. It does everything well, hauls cargo, people, lots of ventilation. After several of my brothers and sisters tried out our minivan they each got one. So now most of my family has minivans. We have decided that we will always have a minivan. When this one goes, we will get another. We are strong advocates of minivans. Our Town and Country gets much better mileage than our Blazer ever did. And its so darn comfortable on long trips. Heck, I drove it up to Chicago and back while attending a convention last May. And I drove back in one day.
Originally Posted By beamerdog >> KJ's idea of camping is staying at a Doubletree Hotel<< I am so with KJ on this one. If God wanted us to camp, he wouldn't have created motels.
Originally Posted By avro_imagineer Ok sorry I meant to say without kids So Joe's idea of a hotel I take it is a Marriott? Is your dog a "chewer"? You can always buy a VW camper. Heres a semi-recent article about someone who drove coast to coast to buy one <a href="http://www.canadiandriver.com/testdrives/canada-westfalia_intro.php" target="_blank">http://www.canadiandriver.com/...ntro.php</a> growing up I was an RV kid many summers. My parents had to ensure we had water hook-ups. My sister would even at a young age use all the hot water. Us boys usually ended up using the campgrounds public bathroom. Yay clean!
