buffie Posted July 26, 2006 Share Posted July 26, 2006 Woo Hooo!! BBx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hellcat Posted July 26, 2006 Share Posted July 26, 2006 None if I know Lesley Ah, but plenty if I know Labs! And as for on the bed - mine only sneak up when we are not around, or when my parents are around, in which case it seems to be fair game for the furniture. Lauren will get over the fear of dogs, keep up the gentle exposure. My neighbour has a girl who was terrified and wouldnt come and play with Lauren, even though they are in the same class. So I started taking her out on her bike with the dogs, and after about 6 months, she will now come in to the house without me shutting the dogs away. Progress!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ali-s Posted July 26, 2006 Share Posted July 26, 2006 I'm aiming to train her to dangle her bum over a dog toilet Lesley, I have just bought a product for Archie called a Pee Post. Designed to encourage dogs to wee near the post and so save your grass. I don't know if it will work for "Ooops, word censored!"es though Scooby my Cav is a girl so I can let you know how we get on with it. Pets at Home sell them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buffie Posted July 26, 2006 Share Posted July 26, 2006 I was under the impression it's females than make the lawn go brown not males BBx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ali-s Posted July 26, 2006 Share Posted July 26, 2006 My lawn has got worse since having Archie The hot weather isn't helping either. Maybe Archie is a girl he hasn't started to cock his little leg yet The reason I bought the post was that when he does start to lift his leg he does it in a place I want him to and not willy nilly about the garden. Jack and Natalie leave their bikes lying around and I do not want him watering my runner beans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Lesley Posted July 26, 2006 Author Share Posted July 26, 2006 I'm aiming to train her to dangle her bum over a dog toilet Lesley, I have just bought a product for Archie called a Pee Post. Designed to encourage dogs to wee near the post and so save your grass. I don't know if it will work for "Ooops, word censored!"es though Scooby my Cav is a girl so I can let you know how we get on with it. Pets at Home sell them. sorry for laughing Ali - it's just that our 'grass' is 5 acres of rough pasture We do have an area of 'grass' earmarked for a lawn though and we are using it as our 'garden' - with 2 grandchildren using it, I don't want it to be a dog toilet as well. I bought the dog loo today and we are having some success in getting Jazz to use the area we want her to - I'll wait to see how you get on with your Pee Post. Carl obviously got fed up with putting clothes on each time Jazz needed to go out last night - I looked out at 3am to see him naked and trying to get Jazz to pee - both caught in the security light - good job we don't have neighbours. Carl said if we had any burglars, it would just serve them right He might want to put clothes on tonight though - if I catch him letting Jazz use the area designated as lawn again............ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trish Posted July 26, 2006 Share Posted July 26, 2006 good job it's been warm weather Carl. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buffie Posted July 26, 2006 Share Posted July 26, 2006 oh the view!! BBx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted July 27, 2006 Share Posted July 27, 2006 That made me laugh Lesley! Tell Carl I will bring my camera next time I come in case he thinks of doing some daylight streaking Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buffie Posted July 27, 2006 Share Posted July 27, 2006 Morning Clare...very funny and I hope the neighbours haven't seen us in our birthday suits trying to get daisie in when she's wanted a wee in the middle of the night (when she was younger ) I'll bring the video...blackmail material BBx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buffie Posted July 27, 2006 Share Posted July 27, 2006 After seeing th F word last night your pigs are so lucky Lesely and so they should be...wasn't it awful about the poor pigs.and the conditions they are kept in and the cruely re docking and castration BBx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted July 27, 2006 Share Posted July 27, 2006 As you know, we're closely overlooked here, so no streaking in my garden. My parents garden is big and pretty sheltered; I always used to sunbathe topless (at the most!) there, my mother having had a roman catholic upbringing was always telling me to cover up - my dad just said 'well you can't tell whether she's lying on her back or front anyway' Needless to say, I've put on a bit of weight since then Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buffie Posted July 27, 2006 Share Posted July 27, 2006 I could say something but I won't....times like this just shut up Buffie! BBx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted July 27, 2006 Share Posted July 27, 2006 Buff, did you see the article in the Daily Mail today about animal cruelty? It's got a couple of lines about battery farming. I'll try to remember to tear it out and bung it in the post to you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louise Posted July 27, 2006 Share Posted July 27, 2006 Might be on their website Clare Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted July 27, 2006 Share Posted July 27, 2006 I did look, but it wasn't on there Did find this though http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/health/healthmain.html?in_article_id=389321&in_page_id=1774 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louise Posted July 27, 2006 Share Posted July 27, 2006 Why doesn't that article surprise me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eyren Posted July 27, 2006 Share Posted July 27, 2006 Presumably the butcher didn't have the heart to tell her that chickens have only one orifice down there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
One Man Banned Posted July 27, 2006 Share Posted July 27, 2006 and to quote the article "The extent of this determination to look the other way was exposed in research by the Institute of Grocery Distribution. It found a general belief among the public that chickens reared for eating are kept in battery cages — a confusion with egg-laying hens. Some more informed shoppers knew that table chicken is reared in sheds. Either way, people had the impression that they were kept in extremely overcrowded conditions. 'Despite this rather negative perception,' the report concluded, 'none of the consumers implied that it was of real concern.' So much for British compassion for animals, then." She's obviously never actually researched this and went to a battery farm then - it may have been included in the article that battery hens are in overcrowded conditions. Sadly though, some of the points raised are valid - kids have no idea where food comes from and the day the majority of people come home and actually COOKS a meal not bung a metal tray in the oven or a plastic one in the microwave means not many ever will know either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted July 27, 2006 Share Posted July 27, 2006 Rosie's friends are always astonished that I cook and bake when they come round to play or for lunch. Only (who's mum is a chef) knows that food has to be prepared and that bread can be made at home Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buffie Posted July 27, 2006 Share Posted July 27, 2006 I know of people who buy 7 dinners for 7 days, for each person in their family including their children BBx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted July 27, 2006 Share Posted July 27, 2006 Eh? I just can't understand that. I do batch cooking at the weekend and freeze some. I eat at lunchtime (phil usually drops round too) and we have a salad of some description. Rosie eats in the evening when she gets back home and this is where the batch cooking comes in, she always has a hot supper even though I don't get time to cook in the evening. People just aren't prepared to think ahead and plan so that they can eat proper food instead of empty calories. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 27, 2006 Share Posted July 27, 2006 Yes but - and this is one of my pet subjects - we don't allow any time for chores in our lives. In the past Mondays were for washing, Tuesdays baking, etc Cleaning was done every day. 17 years ago when I had one baby, I was really shocked when another mother said she couldn't meet for a coffee on Thursdays or Fridays because that's when she did her cleaning. My attitude was that household chores are just fitted in around the other things - and they come bottom of the priorities list. I know that women aren't at home all day any more and I'm not arguing for a return to that. I just mean that it isn't cool to say you're not available because you have to cook, wash, clean etc And I think that puts a tremendous burden on people running a home. There is no time in a week allotted to these jobs, but they have to magically get done. The girl I knew was right to make these jobs part of her week and to say so (although she had a terrible husband who insisted on an immaculate house and wife and didn't wish to see any of it happening). But can you imagine me buying 42 ready-made meals a week? I couldn't afford it for a start and the meals aren't filling anyway so I'd have to buy other stuff too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted July 27, 2006 Share Posted July 27, 2006 I'm sort of like that Ginette, I have to get the cleaning done on Thursday night after Rosie has gone to bed and the ironing on Friday or it all goes haywire and nothing is done before the start of the next week. I do a quick wipe round in between, but that's how it has to work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
