smkie said:
manchester..it is a shame you found my scenerios ludicrous..for i was, gently as possible considering the situation ,trying to make a point ...that no one is perfect..that unless your youngest dog is in the same health shape that you are in..one day you will leave them in the dire straits. Being uprooted is as sad as it can be for a dog..to leave not only the pack (that is unless you have arrangements where someone is willing to take them all in and provide for them as you have) most people do not have that. I do not know if you do..for i do not pretend to know about other people's lives. I choked me when i read the phrases you use to present your arguements..hullicinate..dream that up..im not going to scan back and make the list, for i am sure that would be a huge waste of my time..those that did bother to read them know what they are. I would try again to reach you..but i feel your mind is closed and you would only stir in more of your "style" then i care to read. Godspeed old woman. The world is not as easy as you think it is.
My SO once said "I'll never go to a nursing home...." i said gee if i only had a nickle for every time i heard that... he said" just prop me up under a tree.." i said Jim it just doens't work that way..he died in a nursing home..he didn't make arrangements for his dogs..he didn't make arrangements for his family..HE too thought he knew it all and many suffered because of this. If it is at all possible..try to open your mind just a little.
There are way more important things then thinking you are right..especially if there is the remote chance you are not.
I should not really have been posting last night/early morning. My computer was flashing the blue screen of death, and I was somewhat disconerted.
Yeah, the health of Goose and Birdie Girl is about the same as mine is. Except that with CHF, you can just drop dead at any moment. I have planned for my dogs.......and they will quickly adjust to any changes, because the people taking them also have Manchesters. One good thing is that the whole Manchester community steps in to help place dogs. When Lou STickland dropped dead, they rehomed ever one of her 92 dogs! That broad was something else. BYB/shower of Manchesters.
I realize that as we go thru life we tend to judge the world based on things we ourselves have experienced. But you must bear in mind that not everyone over the age of 40 is a blithering, batwitted imbecile!
I realize that with the tragidies you have experienced in your life you would feel that life is not as easy as I think it is. BUT, MY life is as easy as I think it is, because it is _I_ who am living it. Now my life might be a pain for YOU to live, but for me, I have always been a very farsighted, foresighted person. That is why my dogs have never had any disasters in their lives.......because I look at my environment from a canine point of view--i.e. what in the environment can cause harm, what can be circumvented to allow the dog to place itself in harms way, etc. This place is often referred to as Fort Knox......for a good reason. It is fenced, re-fenced and cross-fenced!!!!!! And of course I have the advantage that the boys who do spend their nights outside on their patio, in their "outside" bed, are now all senior citizens, and not prone to looking for disasters to get into.
When I take them out on lot 2, the only danger is from Moose running into Chuck deliberately when Chuck is chasing the soccer ball. And my yelling makes Moose veer off. They have both made it to 13, with no trauma, thank goodness.
I try to talk to Old Dog every day or so to let her know I am alive. Also my sister. If my sister doesn't hear from me for a day, and cannot reach me, she would be on the phone immediately to Old Dog, or Orval, my next door neighbor. And of course, if I am DEAD, I am not going to be worried, lol. The dogs will be taken care of, and will have a monthly income for about the next 15 years for whoever takes them.
I very much admire you and your position on dog ownership and care. And I have checked out your drawings. You are blessed with great talent. Sadly fate has not been kind to you. I almost feel a bit guilty when I think how easy I have had it.
So, I do appreciate your concern. But you need to not debate so strongly with people about what they are doing in THEIR lives, lol. We cannot envision each other's circumstances, nor closely examine the steps we have taken to insure our welfare and that of our dogs.
About the only way to deal with a debate of this nature is simply put forth what we EACH are doing, have done, and will do in the future.
Well, I am off to try to download PCc-Cillin one more time and see how it works. I dread the thought, lol.