so sorry to hear it man.losing a dog is hard no matter what age you are.
so sorry to hear it man.losing a dog is hard no matter what age you are.
Good to see you gutter. Evidently you're not the only one that's been busy since its been dead here.
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Oh roth, I'm so sorry. I hope your mother takes it OK. They are family, and it's hard to say goodbye.
I've been putting in a lot of hours lately. I'm hoping it settles down soon.
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I've been putting in a lot of hours lately. I'm hoping it settles down soon.
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Soon to be some pizza and mozz sticks
Man, I felt crappy yesterday and now I feel worse. My sister spent last night with mom and is there again tonight. She's having a really hard time with this. From what by BIL told me, she can't grasp that she's not there anymore and will look around for her or call to her. God, I wish I would have insisted she go with me. I had her talked into going earlier in the day, then when it was time to go, she didn't want to.
I just got an email from my sister wondering if I had it cremated and if the ashes were coming back because, "mom always has her dogs cremated and she knows their gone when the remains come home". Nice time to find out. I was with her when we decided that it was time to put the dog down and I know we never got any remains.
Now the ethical question. I have a nice little box of ashes of a cat that died. We were in Va. when the cat came up in bad shape. My gf's kids took the cat to the animal hospital, they sent them home with the cat and nearly $300 in office visit and meds. The next day the cat was worse so they took it to the local vet and the vet diagnosed the cat with neurological trauma (I suspect at the hands of my next door neighbor because his wife didn't like the cats and this one died and two others disappeared all within a couple weeks, but that's another story). My gf talked me into the cremation.
Anyway, I'm sure I can get someone to engrave a new name plate if it can give mom some closure. So there lies the question that I posed to my sister. She had to give the okay on the euthanasia since they had her name in their records, but she never said anything to me about the remains at the time and I never thought to ask.
I just got an email from my sister wondering if I had it cremated and if the ashes were coming back because, "mom always has her dogs cremated and she knows their gone when the remains come home". Nice time to find out. I was with her when we decided that it was time to put the dog down and I know we never got any remains.
Now the ethical question. I have a nice little box of ashes of a cat that died. We were in Va. when the cat came up in bad shape. My gf's kids took the cat to the animal hospital, they sent them home with the cat and nearly $300 in office visit and meds. The next day the cat was worse so they took it to the local vet and the vet diagnosed the cat with neurological trauma (I suspect at the hands of my next door neighbor because his wife didn't like the cats and this one died and two others disappeared all within a couple weeks, but that's another story). My gf talked me into the cremation.
Anyway, I'm sure I can get someone to engrave a new name plate if it can give mom some closure. So there lies the question that I posed to my sister. She had to give the okay on the euthanasia since they had her name in their records, but she never said anything to me about the remains at the time and I never thought to ask.
If it helps your mom come to terms with it then I'd do it in a minute.
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Put a call into the vet so I'll check first thing in the morning. Hopefully she wasn't moved since it was late afternoon when she was taken. If they are at all smart, they'll say they have her and give me a box with her name on it to give to mom. If not, my sister and I agreed that I should find an engraver and go with plan B.
Mom wasn't good Sat. or this morning even with sis spending both nights with her. I was going to go over tonight, but she sounded tired when I called and said she was going to bed so we decided to see how she was after a night alone.
Hopefully it will be better tomorrow.
I hung some rope lighting on a section of my back deck and down my front steps, hopefully to help guide my old guy back to the house when he goes out. He's finding it more difficult to see all the time and his hearing isn't that good either.
We had snow the other day and I let him out. He normally is done in 5 minutes or so, but no sign of him. I had to get my shoes and coat on to go find him. I can't see him anywhere until finally I look next door and see him laying outside the neighbors slider. I called to him a few times until he finally heard me, gets up and hobbles a couple steps and falls down. I figured he really hurt himself so I start working the the tree maze to get to him. He decides to try to get up again and the same limp and fall. Now I'm thinking he really hurt himself. I get over to him and he tries to get up again as I'm telling him to stay down. That's when I see his problem.
He had hair on the bottom of his paw that got matted with snow and when I got to him, the smow had packed toto a ball of ice almost softball size. I couldn't even break it with my hand. I got him to stay down and had to stopm it with my foot to break it up. Needless to say, the bottom hair was trimmed when it dried out.
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Mom wasn't good Sat. or this morning even with sis spending both nights with her. I was going to go over tonight, but she sounded tired when I called and said she was going to bed so we decided to see how she was after a night alone.
Hopefully it will be better tomorrow.
I hung some rope lighting on a section of my back deck and down my front steps, hopefully to help guide my old guy back to the house when he goes out. He's finding it more difficult to see all the time and his hearing isn't that good either.
We had snow the other day and I let him out. He normally is done in 5 minutes or so, but no sign of him. I had to get my shoes and coat on to go find him. I can't see him anywhere until finally I look next door and see him laying outside the neighbors slider. I called to him a few times until he finally heard me, gets up and hobbles a couple steps and falls down. I figured he really hurt himself so I start working the the tree maze to get to him. He decides to try to get up again and the same limp and fall. Now I'm thinking he really hurt himself. I get over to him and he tries to get up again as I'm telling him to stay down. That's when I see his problem.
He had hair on the bottom of his paw that got matted with snow and when I got to him, the smow had packed toto a ball of ice almost softball size. I couldn't even break it with my hand. I got him to stay down and had to stopm it with my foot to break it up. Needless to say, the bottom hair was trimmed when it dried out.
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I hope your mom does ok Roth. Sounds like you are going thru some rough times. Hopefully things turn around for you. Good idea putting the call into the vet.
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We bought a nice wooden box with a poem on it for mom's last dog from a website. Took a couple days to get here without personal engraving. Any local jeweler should be able to engrave you a plate. I hope everything goes to plan so you can get back to normal chaos.
We used to trim our old girl's feet too. The hair made her slip on the linoleum.
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We used to trim our old girl's feet too. The hair made her slip on the linoleum.
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Soon to be a Tbomb. Probably another 12 hr day today.
Good morning. Our dog is fairly short haired but every time my wife waxes the floor and I play catch inside with the dog, she goes sliding across the hardwood floor and into a door or wall. It doesn't seem to slow her down any though.
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Good news. Lisa was still in the cooler so mom's remains will get returned, supposedly. They couldn't tell me the additional cost for another couple days which I found a bit strange but whatever. My sister wants to pay whatever they want to charge so that will be that.
Mom spent the first hour or so crying and wishing that "she would have brought Lisa home", although she didn't take her. I also got the "there's nothing to live for", but she calmed down afterward and was fine by the time I left. She started talking about another dog, but we'll see how that goes over the next few weeks. Finding an older dog of the right size and the right temperament would be challenge enough. Finding one that I'd be willing to commit to taking when mom is no longer here complicates things. Finding one that could deal with Jacks may be impossible.
Hitt, how'd you like spring today? It was great here and better tomorrow. Then we go back to seasonal, unfortunately.
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Mom spent the first hour or so crying and wishing that "she would have brought Lisa home", although she didn't take her. I also got the "there's nothing to live for", but she calmed down afterward and was fine by the time I left. She started talking about another dog, but we'll see how that goes over the next few weeks. Finding an older dog of the right size and the right temperament would be challenge enough. Finding one that I'd be willing to commit to taking when mom is no longer here complicates things. Finding one that could deal with Jacks may be impossible.
Hitt, how'd you like spring today? It was great here and better tomorrow. Then we go back to seasonal, unfortunately.
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The past few days have been wonderful. We got out tonight and cleaned up some landscaping.
I'm glad things worked out with the remains. It's funny you mentioned it but I was wondering if your mom would enjoy another dog.
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I'm glad things worked out with the remains. It's funny you mentioned it but I was wondering if your mom would enjoy another dog.
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Hey all, I'm going thru some stuff at the moment. I will be communicating in quotes for now.
"with all the changing seasons, of my life, maybe I'll get it right next time..."
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"with all the changing seasons, of my life, maybe I'll get it right next time..."
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I can't think of a better place than here for support when times are tough. We're here to listen if you need to talk anything out.
Axl, I feel for you. I find coming here and just letting it hang is about the best therapy I can find for me. Hitt is right which is why I constantly find myself coming here to vent when I have to and listen when I don't.
That's one of the reasons I also miss TV, he could always managed to brighten the darkest days, even knowing he was battling his own demons. I just hope he's alright, wherever he is, now.
That's one of the reasons I also miss TV, he could always managed to brighten the darkest days, even knowing he was battling his own demons. I just hope he's alright, wherever he is, now.
I really miss him too roth. He helped me thru a lot of really hard times. Heck, he's the one that turned me onto my favorite morning snus.
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Sorry axl. It's been so slow on this thread that I haven't been checking back as often.
It certainly is slow on this side of the tracks. I'm running a bit stiff from about 5 hours of playing lumberjack yesterday. I volunteered to help clear away thew damage from Sandy in one of my favorite ladies back yard. Her ex did some work, but there were at least 8 or 9 trees down or hanging and I had the time. I got a couple of them trimmed up and bucked, but I only had two chains with me and no gear to sharpen the chain loops in the field.
I've gotten in the habit of jacking up any main trunks I can lift which makes bucking them somewhat easier on your back and speeding up the process. I didn't take any jacks and remembered the other advantage to getting the wood off the ground; not dulling out your chain on the ground. At the end the 2nd chain was way overdue for a sharpening. I came home and ordered two new chains and when I return I'll have four sharp chains to work through the next two or three trees on the ground. Most of the smaller limbs are now removed and it's easier to determine what's under tension.
She's got two hung trees that I've never dealt with. I've watched you tube videos, but they've convinced me that they're better handled by someone with experience.
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I've gotten in the habit of jacking up any main trunks I can lift which makes bucking them somewhat easier on your back and speeding up the process. I didn't take any jacks and remembered the other advantage to getting the wood off the ground; not dulling out your chain on the ground. At the end the 2nd chain was way overdue for a sharpening. I came home and ordered two new chains and when I return I'll have four sharp chains to work through the next two or three trees on the ground. Most of the smaller limbs are now removed and it's easier to determine what's under tension.
She's got two hung trees that I've never dealt with. I've watched you tube videos, but they've convinced me that they're better handled by someone with experience.
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You should be careful Roth. That can be some dangerous work. I have little experience with a chain saw but did help trim some trees in our park and we took down a couple big ones. Luckily there were some others there that knew what they were doing.
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Yup, probably the most dangerous power tool you can use. I was very comfortable with it back when I was consistently using wood to keep heating costs down and just the ambiance of having that fire flickering in the room. That was over ten years ago. The storms we've had forced me back into re-educating myself. I even went with the wimp chain loops out of caution.
That being said, I'd really like to be on hand when they drop the hung trees. I have a good idea of what my approach would be on each of them and I'd like to see how they approach them. Cutting an upright tree is so much easier as long as you plan how you're going to make it fall and you can identify a window that prevents it from getting hung up.
I had some decent instruction from my ex-BIL. He went to forestry school in the NE states. I helped him drop what must have been a three to four foot diameter tree that had to be 50 foot high once. It was the most amazing sound and feel when that hit the ground. I'd never attempt anything near that size myself, but the thought process is pretty much the same when you get to the more typical 2 footers we have around here. The one oak that still needs to be bucked is a pretty good size, but it's already on the ground.
That being said, I'd really like to be on hand when they drop the hung trees. I have a good idea of what my approach would be on each of them and I'd like to see how they approach them. Cutting an upright tree is so much easier as long as you plan how you're going to make it fall and you can identify a window that prevents it from getting hung up.
I had some decent instruction from my ex-BIL. He went to forestry school in the NE states. I helped him drop what must have been a three to four foot diameter tree that had to be 50 foot high once. It was the most amazing sound and feel when that hit the ground. I'd never attempt anything near that size myself, but the thought process is pretty much the same when you get to the more typical 2 footers we have around here. The one oak that still needs to be bucked is a pretty good size, but it's already on the ground.
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