Posted on 03/14/2002 5:07:26 AM PST by HairOfTheDog
I love it when the horses feet are ALL off the ground!!
LOOK vulnerable, I guess...but it just bothers me that so many people define the breed by that when not all dachsies have problems. When I tell people I have a mini dachshund, often their very first response is "Oh...those seem like nice dogs. Too bad they all have back problems." THAT drives me nuts, since LOTS of breeds have various health problems but very few are stigmatized in the same way.
It's not just a "long dog" thing, either, as bassets don't have the same problems. So it may be PARTIALLY structural, but not entirely.
Wasn't that how movies were invented? Some guy trying to prove that all the horse's feet were off the ground at some point?
I know you've already gotten the primer, but can you take it back and get the folks at the paint store to tint it close to your finish color? I do that all the time now and it makes the paint job look that much richer! It's not strictly necessary, but it does look good! And depending on how well the tinted primer covers, you may be able to get by with just one coat of the finish paint! They can just use the formula of the 'Song Blue' to tint it.
That's great about how easily the wallpaper came off. And it's good news that the wall was in good shape. I'm not a wallpaper person, I'd much rather paint. Then if you get tired of it, you can just paint over it without all the rigamarole of removing one layer of wallpaper to put up another!
I probably could...but the guy at the store said I should have enough for this room and part of another (I'm doing the bedroom next), and that's going to be a different color...so I'm probably better off with plain ol' primer. I can keep that in mind for the livingroom, kitchen and bathroom, though, provided I ever GET to those!
Suzie was a mini, but I think the reason she had the problem was that she had two large litters of puppies. I think it just did her back in! She had 8 in her first litter and 6 in the second. Her little belly was almost dragging the ground, and it was difficult for her to get up the stairs when she was close to term. We'd have to pick her up and take her outside to do her thing, then wait to bring her back in.
She had some sort of teat infection with the first litter and half of the puppies died. We had to hand feed the remaining four for a few weeks. The second litter was better off, but she wasn't a very attentive mother; she paid enough attention to feed them and lick them clean some, but not much more than that!
Sounds like you need to quaff a pint before you play!!
Well that's a lot prettier than LOBELIA GRUBB!
Our Pumpkin was a tinkler! Whenever someone would come in start playing with her, she'd pee on the floor! Drove us NUTS! We had one friend who would come over and she'd always pee on his shoes.
I've lived in South Florida 28 years now, but I still just miss that so much, how it feels and everything.
OTOH, I've been out sailing all afernoon off Key Largo.
And why should she do anything more? That's what HUMANS are for!
I swear mine seems to think I exist to serve her. It's an attitude I'm still adjusting to. I had a black Lab growing up - bought her with (mostly) my own money when I was 13, and my family had her until this spring when she had to be put down. SHE always seem to be anxious that she wasn't doing things quite right and kinda asking me if she was doing OK, if I was happy with her behavior AT THIS MOMENT...sooooo different! I love Fiona very much, but she's MUCH more work, in spite of being so small!
Ha! Think that'd help? Seriously, I used to play at an open mike in a nearby town (restaurant had the sound equipment, musicians could just show up and play for five or ten minutes at a time). My first few "performances" were sooooo bad because I'd get terrified, my arms and hands would completely lock up, and I would literally be unable to play. I didn't just flub a few notes - I actually had to stop, apologize for the attempt, and leave the front because my hands were so locked up I couldn't so much as strum. After I did this a couple of times in a row (I'm a glutton for punishment, I guess...or wanted to prove I could do it), SEVERAL people offered to buy me a drink for before I tried again...
I'm much better now than I used to be...now I just think too much! I still have a tendency to play better when I'm kinda sleepy and not so worried about what I'm doing, though.
Well then you'll get no sympathy from ME! LOL!
The Keys are SO gorgeous! We went to Key West for our 25th Anniv. We went in late January, and it was their coldest in just about forever; typical! There was only one day when it was warm enough for us to wear shorts. The hot tub at the condo, however, felt wonderful on those 50 degree nights!
Ha! Think that'd help?
Seems to help my sister only it's a glass of wine or a half-pint.
But it's funny how with old age "approaching," one's thoughts often turn to where they grew up, for me, the foothills of the Blue Ridge.
Thinking about going home, I guess.
Fellow NaNoWriMo people, remember we have only three weeks before the start! I'm doing research on parallel worlds now - novel reading time!
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