Search results

  1. I

    So I did somethin'

    Small small world. :)
  2. I

    So I did somethin'

    Congrats on your new addition, she's cute! What's her pedigree?
  3. I

    The dog musing/vent thread

    Thankfully there's nothing to do but wait in this case. Sustaining a worse break might have resulted in the the need for surgery, but the vet is sure this will heal on it's own. She's acting like nothing is wrong for the most part! Though I think she broke her sinus because air is seeping...
  4. I

    The dog musing/vent thread

    Unfortunately didn't see exactly what happened. She jumped off the deck (per usual) and the squirrel must have been in the flower bed. She pulled a 180 to come back towards the deck after it, busted through the plastic fencing I'd stapled up to keep the dogs out from under the deck, and...
  5. I

    The dog musing/vent thread

    So, Mimi broke her skull Wednesday. Because of course that happens. That's a normal thing. She'll be fine and doesn't seem to notice anything is wrong. She's giving me grey hair. Effing squirrel.
  6. I

    What do you drive?

    I LOVE my Fit. I've had a couple different crate configurations. With the seats down, two 19" wide (21" tall) crates fit side by side in the back with hatch access. There's room in between the backs of the crates and the front seats for storage. I did rig up a little wood platform to...
  7. I

    Black, White, & Grey

    So your dogs are all stunning, but I'm absolutely loving this shot. LOVE her expression!
  8. I

    Tips for Building Toy Drive

    Lotus Ball? http://www.cleanrun.com/index.cfm/product/3098/lotus-balls-treat-dispsensing-pull-apart-toys.htm Might not be exactly what you're looking for, but it's the only toy I've found my food-motivated Whippet will interact with when training.
  9. I

    Have you been turned down by rescues?

    I didn't technically turn in an application, just went through the preliminary discussions, but two different Greyhound rescue groups wouldn't consider my situation as I rent and don't have a yard. The third wouldn't adopt females to first time adopters and tried pushing two males as opposed to...
  10. I

    Snapshot from your day

    Love this!
  11. I

    Guilt

    +1 You can ask four different people what they see in regards to rescues and breeders. One may say they see breeders bashing rescues, the second could say they see rescues bashing breeders, the third sees both, the fourth doesn't see any bashing. Doesn't mean any of them are incorrect...
  12. I

    Guilt

    Or what you assumed I meant. My point in that particular post, aside from adoption and a rescue not necessarily being the same in my view of the definitions, is that unfortunately there ARE people who use the label to try to condemn anyone who does anything other than go to a shelter. I'm not...
  13. I

    Guilt

    If you're aiming this at what I said early on, you've greatly misunderstood me.
  14. I

    Guilt

    Who said it's only for bleeding hearts? I must have missed where breeders want people to turn away from shelters? I guess most breeders I know well breed for themselves, not the general public. Most are also involved in rescue, too.
  15. I

    Guilt

    I ran in to one woman on the street who wanted to meet the dogs. We talked for a minute and she was fawning all over them, assuming they were Greyhounds and commending me for what a great thing I did by rescuing them off the track. I politely mentioned they were Whippets (common mistake) and...
  16. I

    The Hazel Thread

    She's gorgeous! And the wine photos are hilarious.
  17. I

    Guilt

    Wow, managed to set off a couple people, sorry about that. I don't think I got my point across all that well. Either that or a line or two of what I typed was overblown and my overall thoughts buried under wordiness. Either way, I think a couple people here have misunderstood my overall...
  18. I

    Guilt

    No guilt. I'll preface this with, I have NO issues with adopting or mixed breeds, plenty of phenomenal dogs result from unknown backgrounds. :) Call it 'adopting', 'rescuing' whatever, but in my opinion, unless you actually rescued the dog from a life threatening situation, you didn't...
  19. I

    The dog musing/vent thread

    Took Mimi and the temporary girl to the farmer's market this weekend. Mimi handles the public like a boss, she's awesome. The puppy is a puppy, pretty good at sticking with Mimi, but prone to fits of happy leapy wiggles if someone makes eye contact for too long. We do our first lap...
  20. I

    What is your timeline like for nextdog?

    Next year, probably next summer if Mimi cooperates... :)
Top