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[DustyZ]

not to worry, i'm about out of gas. hypomania wears me out! View attachment 284828

So beano really works then!

 

[poetic_injustices]

It absolutely is... and what a coincidence with the names!

There are two reasons I haven't gotten another dog, and they're both of equal importance at the moment... the first reason is, service dogs need to be active - boredom is one of the worst things you can subject them to, and depending on the particular service dog, they might actually react *worse* to that than outright abuse... that wasn't true for Buddy, of course, who'd actually *experienced* abuse, but Leo would far rather be in trouble than bored for three seconds - boredom was its own form of torture for him. Since I can't know where on the spectrum a particular dog will fall (and I don't get to pick), I want to be a little more mobile, physically and vehicularly, before I get another dog.

The second reason is, as deep as the bond is with a pet, the bond with a service dog goes even deeper - it has to, when they're helping you get dressed in the morning and they're at your side every minute of every day. I knew I was ready for a "new dog" after Buddy when the thought of a new dog didn't just make me wish I had Buddy back... because in order to be part of a working team, you have to be able to make that dog your *life* for a good three months.... everything revolves around the dog. You eat when the dog eats, sleep when the dog sleeps, and spend every waking moment with them, in order to form that bond that you'll both need in order to trust each other... the human, to trust the dog not to bolt if they drop the leash, devour someone else's food, pick a fight with another dog, whatever... and the dog, to trust the human not to give them a command that would put them in any danger. Once you've put in that three months, it's all gravy... but it's a tough three months (the dog is usually missing the trainer they previously bonded with, and you're missing the ability to go to the bathroom without a furry version of a toddler standing in the doorway asking if you're done yet), and you can't do it emotionally unless you're a hundred percent committed to the *new* dog and his her own personal quirks... and I'm not quite there yet... I'd still be wanting/expecting the new guy to be like one of the old guys, and that's not any fairer to the dog than bringing them into a situation where they'd be bored half the day.

But it's getting better, slowly, and I do miss having a dog around. This is the longest I've ever been without one in my life, and it's genuinely weird. (We have a grumpy 20 year old Siamese who still misses both her "brothers" - every month or so she'll yell at me till I take their collars down and let her nuzzle them. *Not* that she would ever admit this to a new dog, or to the old ones if she could... she refused to come anywhere near me for weeks after the first time I brought Leo home, because I had *tricked* her... that was not *her* dog... and I'm sure next time around will be the same. She'll be around for a while yet... Saimese are notoriously long-lived. Unfortunately, ours is also a typically standoffish Siamese, so two shall be the number of the petting, and the number of pets shall be two. Excepting when it is in fact one, not forgetting the times when it shall be exactly three. She plays by cat rules.

It sounds like your Leo and my Leo would have gotten on well.

Unfortunately not. Part of my Leo's history of abuse was dog-fighting. It left him dog-aggressive and fearful of drunk people. There was an old head injury that contributed to the behavior problems I had to put him down over and the trauma was such that it literally shook his eye loose from the attaching oculomotor muscles (lazy eye). He had a lazy eye, a torn ear and scars all over the front portion of his body as a result. But he was gorgeous. And he was mine. I never blamed him for the issues that led to putting him down, but because of it I honestly just want capital punishment for all dog fighters and animal abusers. I have to stop typing about this now. This wound remains raw. I don't think it'll ever stop hurting.

Anyway, it's nothing quite like a thread sharing memories and stories to give that heart a nudge in the "I want another one" direction

I can certainly understand the special depth of connection a service dog affords you. I thought of acknowledging it earlier in fact. It's truly extraordinary, what they can do.

 

[poetic_injustices]

SSShhhhhh! Do not mention Murphy his law or any of his relatives please, they have been screwing with me for a few months! I must have really ...... that family off!

They screw with most of us. That's kinda the point. The worst kind of troll, to be sure.

 

[mcol]

Nothing to contribute except I've moved on to vaping peanut butter tonite.
Have I mentioned how good MBV's peanut butter juice is?? Have I mentioned
how good it mixes with so many different other flavors??
Carry on......

 

[mcol]

SSShhhhhh! Do not mention Murphy his law or any of his relatives please, they have been screwing with me for a few months! I must have really ...... that family off!

Yeah I think you got a whole bunch of his family members for awhile.
Good thing they're gone now.

 

[thesandman]

switched from cinnamon roll to hawk sauce.. loading up some blue moo as soon as i clean my tanks

 

[DustyZ]

Yeah I think you got a whole bunch of his family members for awhile.
Good thing they're gone now.

Yup, but if they show up again, I am not going to try to reason with them, I am just going to kick their asses!

 

[mcol]

Yup, but if they show up again, I am not going to try to reason with them, I am just going to kick their asses!

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[Cob24]

Good evening everyone.

 

[Butch]

Yup, but if they show up again, I am not going to try to reason with them, I am just going to kick their asses!

I leave for a couple hours, come back, 10 pages behind & when I catch up, you all been talking dogs. Now you are talking bodily harm to Murphy (see avi) my puppy. Thought we wuz friends here.


All smilies gone. Can't post one, so

 

[Criticalmass]

Peanut butter and graham cracker is awesome. Nom nom nom.

Sent from my Astromech in a galaxy far, far away. The force is with me. so is Mr. chicken.

 

[ch1naski]

Ummm, don't make me regret not ordering graham crack, now....

Curt.

 

[opal]

OMG.. 7 more pages and it's bedtime.. gonna have to catch up on all the fun in the morning..
well it's actually morning now but in the light morning.. placemarking myself.. 1538 and .
oh.. wait.. it was 7.. I did read some.. now it's just 4 I think.. but I feel the need to ramble some
Kelli.. love the newest pic!
Lavendar juice.. might have to break that one back out.. didn't float my boat when I got it
sticky bun is good right out of the mail.. gets even better but yum

puppies puppies puppies! Love the doggie tales yall!

gonna have to find kitty pictures.. I have 3.. bubba (the puppy cat) chuckles and pook .. oh my! Bubba also loves ice.

when we got chuckles and pook from the shelter, their names were charlie and ivan.. can you imagine ivan for a kitten??? he was either going to be pook - which stuck or fripp.. 21st century skitzoid cat.

time for my eyes to slam shut.. niters all

 

[roonies]

graham cracker is probably my number one go to juice. get some. if you don't like it you can send it to me!

Ummm, don't make me regret not ordering graham crack, now....

Curt.

 

[thesandman]

i got graham cracker as a sample... hope it tastes good with 0 shots in it.

 

[Cheryl75]

"Is that hair gel?"

OMG!!!!! That was funny and gross at the same time!!

 

[Cheryl75]

Good morning MBVers

 

[Sambuca]

is it morning, already?

well then, good morning!

 

[Uno mas]

Happy hump-day my fabulous MBV friends

 

[spookyluke]

I wouldn't be such a drunk if I had some decent guns to come home to. .

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