tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2857155142453175861.post3021856664009941275..comments2023-10-28T03:18:08.256-06:00Comments on Do Not Shoot Your Meatloaf: Dog(s) Free to Good HomeErichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13585535278357090172noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2857155142453175861.post-50129340298779299612010-01-15T20:30:37.646-07:002010-01-15T20:30:37.646-07:00Thanks Heather, for the compliment and for stoppin...Thanks Heather, for the compliment and for stopping by.<br />I'm thinking I'm a glutton for punishment...don't feel that patient.Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13585535278357090172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2857155142453175861.post-83201617282794959672009-12-23T09:00:57.927-07:002009-12-23T09:00:57.927-07:00wow...you are either a very patient man, or a tota...wow...you are either a very patient man, or a total glutton for punishment. or both. I can't imagine having that many dogs. I have one mini weenie dog who borders on about 10lbs and drives me nuts with his using our basement as his toilet shenanigans. However, when I look into his sweet little face and see how very enthusiastically he greets me whether i have been gone 5 minutes of 5 days, it reminds me why I fell in love with the little scoundrel. and then I start romancing the notion of getting him a buddy....and then i get a whiff of the basement dog toilet smell (that no matter how much clorox i use or pressure washing i do it still stinks!!) and i'm brought back to reality and know that I myself in my mental state can only handle one dog at time. 2 would have me seeking out a padded room in a nuthouse. <br />very funny story!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2857155142453175861.post-54897218592743979002009-12-17T11:08:43.895-07:002009-12-17T11:08:43.895-07:00Thanks for the info. I'll make sure to check o...Thanks for the info. I'll make sure to check out wind speeds in Sweden, where we bought a house this summer. Wood would be prettier, but I don't fancy having to put up the fence once AGAIN every time we go up there for a holiday... Ah, and the locals will be able to tell us more about fencing conditions next summer. Right now, the ground will be frozen solid, and knowing my dogs, they'll feel much more comfortable indoors by the fire. I expect them to accept an offer of cognac and a sigar any day now.Annemarie of Hollandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12588943323167301385noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2857155142453175861.post-41850638827374642382009-12-16T10:44:11.422-07:002009-12-16T10:44:11.422-07:00Hi Annemarie,
Yeah, children are so much easier t...Hi Annemarie,<br /><br />Yeah, children are so much easier to stay mad at, especially 17 year old daughters.<br /><br />The problem with the fence was in both materials and construction. I'm no engineer, but I could pretty much tell how one small section had failed first because it hadn't been screwed in well enough (too close to the edge) which then caused a chain reaction down the line.<br />We do have high winds here, especially in the spring, but these were extreme. Also, we're kind of exposed here, no real windbreaks close enough to make any difference.<br />If I had it to do over, I'd use a steel frame instead of cured wood which, while it won't warp, it is very brittle. <br />Much more expensive, to be sure, but your fence wouldn't be going anywhere.Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13585535278357090172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2857155142453175861.post-22825243353384167552009-12-16T06:02:46.135-07:002009-12-16T06:02:46.135-07:00Sounds like your dogs keep you even busier than mi...Sounds like your dogs keep you even busier than mine keep me! The good thing is, I think, that afterwards you can laugh about stuff like this if it's the dogs that caused the trouble. With children, one would be less amused, I'm inclined to think. (Don't have and don't want kids, so really can't say for sure.) Dogs just have this way of looking at you like: «What? ME? I was not supposed to do this? NOW he tells me!» No choice but to melt, even in a blizzard.<br /><br />The fence as such raised my interest too; we'll have to build one ourselves soon, and were thinking of wood, but if they blow away easily, we may have to think again...Annemarie of Hollandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12588943323167301385noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2857155142453175861.post-1168498337959672882009-12-15T19:00:30.088-07:002009-12-15T19:00:30.088-07:00Good lord. You are such a lovely, tolerant man.
...Good lord. You are such a lovely, tolerant man. <br /><br />I have one dog. I nearly lost my mind when we trained him. Now, he is trained but he is still work. If I had two dogs, I would probably be very cranky. Just the smell of one dog in from a romp in the snow and wet fur melting almost makes me sick. <br /><br />I love my dog, but I really, really don't want him to ever fall in love with another dog. He can fall in love with maybe a goldfish or something. That would be okay with me.Mariahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05049511202014141182noreply@blogger.com