Where did everyone go? Last week’s blog didn’t generate much discussion, so I’m trying to figure out where to go with this week’s topic to stir up some more responses. It’s been awhile since we’ve had a hot button topic, but I’m at a loss for one this week.
Might be a good idea to start off with some big news coming from NUTRO, the makers of Greenies Dental Chews. Check out this very important(and true) article from consumeraffairs.com: http://www.consumeraffairs.com/news04/2009/05/nutro_greenies.html
Chase loves Greenies, although the expense has kept me from purchasing them over the past several months. I’ll stick with pizzles, since they’re cheaper and keep him busy for a much longer period. It takes him less than 5 minutes to down a Greenie, but a pizzle can last up to a half hour!
Marlo sent a few more great blog topics my way, so I thought we’d pull one from the list this week. Have you ever had company over, and although you knew they didn’t like pets, you weren’t quite sure what to do with your furry friends? Three’s company, four’s a crowd immediately comes to mind. My friends are generally tolerant of pets, although some have different feelings depending on what kind of animal we have at home.
Chase is obedient when it comes to mingling with the group of people I have visiting from time to time. Although he gets very excited when they first arrive, he settles in and becomes comfortable, occasionally walking up to them for attention. If he becomes a bother(VERY rare,) I’ll shoo him away or let him out back. What is your quick fix for a pesky pooch or crazy cat? If your friends/ family just can’t stand your pet, are you forced to kennel or lock them in a room? Is there a happy medium, so your pet doesn’t have to be cooped up for hours on end?
I’ll download a pic or two of Chase for our blog this week, since it’s been awhile and I finally got around to snapping a few photos. Until next week- Bryan & Chase ^..^
Autum is very excited to see people at our house. she will jump up (and get corrected right away) and wiggle her butt for a few minutes but she settles down with in a 1/2 hour or so.
I had to crate her once because we had 15 people in our house and she is a large dog so i was afraid she would get in the way or someone would step on her paws. I put her outside once when we had people over but she sat by the door and barked her head off. she likes her crate sits in it chews on a chewy no worries for her. as long as she can see you from the crate she is very tolerante of it.
we also have 3 cats and they go in the bedroom with the door shut since they are scardy cats. it makes them feel better knowing that no one can come in the bedroom and bother them.
everybody that comes over knows we have animals. if they stay overnight I let them know that the cats roam and meow at night and like to snuggle sometimes (after they get to know you).
I don’t trust people that don’t like animals it makes me leary of their personality
the baby geese are out and are so dang cute!!
~Hillary
We have family that absolutely hates dogs in the house. They aren’t invited to my house so we solved that problem real fast. When customers come to drop off their computers, for my husband to fix, the dogs are either put in the kitchen w/ the baby gate up or put outside in the kennel. Sam loves attention and gets really, really excited when someone comes to the door. He thinks everyone is there to see him. And there are some people that don’t like dogs as much as we do. We are still trying to break him of jumping on people. Wiggles comes out to see who is there and then goes off and lays on the couch. Both dogs love it when the grandkids come over as there always seems to be a stray morsel on the floor just for them. My thoughts are, if you don’t like my dogs don’t come to my house because I probably like my dogs more than I like you anyway. I refuse to kennel or lock in my dogs for a long period of time just because someone doesn’t like them in the house. They are my dogs and it is my house so if someone doesn’t like it they don’t need to come over. Can you tell I have had more than a few problems of people coming to my house and complaining about my dogs????
We buy Cali a pack of the long Rawhides for $5 or $6(depending on where we buy them) and those last us ALMOST a month and keep her busy!
Before my husband and I moved in together and she was living at his house she would get kenneled alot when people were over depending on who it was anyways i hated it .. Cali is hyper especially when someone first comes over so i understand .. thankfully she has calmed down somewhat and the only people who come over like her so we havnt had to do that in awhile … honestly i prefer to let her run its her home and not theirs … If she is misbehaving then i would do something about it but when she is just wanting a lil pet on the head or something then dont complain!
pets and family and friends…. who to choose? Most of my friends are animal people so its not an issue. However, my ex in laws were NOT. it did play into my advantage one time. We had a ball python that got out of the tank. once that was known, no family came to visit. Too bad I found him.
Sadie has the classical logic of “Ask not for whom the bell tolls, it tolls for her!” She will bark a bit and be HAPPY for about 10 minutes. Then calm down. She is perfectly happy to be chillin’ with her pack and hates to be left out of conversations.
Though when we have workmen come to the house, I will either put the baby gate up for her to stay out of the kitchen and basement, or she stays in the den with me if there is work elsewhere in the house. (DH was home dealing with the workmen)
The cats usually hide and wait until guests have been in the house longer than a half hour to come out, if they do at all. Usually if they are in the basement, we just shut the door. Though my scaredy-kitty loves my mother.
Most people who come to our house know we have pets and know that we try to keep Sadie’s manners in check. Honestly, except for the babygate for Sadie and letting the cats stay downstairs with the door shut, most people who come don’t change how the animals are in the house.
It isn’t that people come second in our house, but if I know someone has a phobia of dogs or is allergic to cat dander, then I suggest meeting elsewhere.
Sorry, Brian. It hasn’t been topics. I just haven’t had time to stop by the blog often. (Blame Facebook and work. LOL)
In our house it is a case of ‘if you don’t like animals, don’t bother to come over’. Since our friends have dogs and cats, that isn’t a problem. In fact one of our friends young dog had to be put to sleep, (he started to have seizures and was snapping when he came out of them and they had two kids under three) I now take one of my dogs over to visit so they can get their ‘furry monster’ time. The now 4 year old will ask her mom or dad to call and ask ‘can Sango come over’. I’m working on getting them a fence, so they can think about another dog. They are beginning to realize how empty the house is. I keep telling them to let the ARL and the other rescues know what kind they want, and they will call if they get one, since dad has allergies, and there are five kids, I’m trying to convince them to get an adult dog that likes kids. Heaven knows there are plenty that need forever homes.
Looks like it turned out to be a great day.
Enjoy
Kim and clan
When my friends who like animals come over, Lucca stays out; he is always so excited to see everyone because of course, it is always always about him.
If someone comes over that doesn’t like animals, or it’s someone Lucca hasn’t been around much, Lucca actually gets put in his kennel. Since he is not around too many people and Lucca is fairly hyper, I’m always afraid of how Lucca will respond; I don’t want to take the chance Lucca will not like someone and do something to harm them.
Interesting article regarding the Greenies. I have to say, I only bought them once and they are one of the few things that Lucca didn’t like.
By the way, the cheapest form of entertainment is sitting in your lawn chair, drinking a cocktail and watching your dog get teased by a squirrel. This just drives Lucca absolutely nuts and I could sit and watch it all day.
HAPPY SPRING everyone. Isn’t it lovely??
I never have liked greenies anyway. Too expensive for the two minutes it takes the dogs to chew them up.
When people come over we remove Amber from the room. She just refuses to learn not to jump on people. It’s calmer and easier on her if we put her in the office or our bedroom. Buster on the other hand will greet someone properly then lay down again to go to sleep.
We do have one young man who’s scared of dogs. I think it’s just an excuse so I’ll put the dog in the office for a while then I’ll let her out again and keep her close to me. He’s not one of my favorites of my son’s friends anyway but I’d never allow him to be harmed by the dogs.
Most of our friends have furry friends and will bring them along when they come to the house so we don’t worry . Freedom will go to the door when someone comes , once she finds out who it is she will say hello , wait to be petted and then wonders off . Bandit the cat will come see who or what has come into the house and will find a place in the sun to sleep most of the time.
The sun is out !! Enjoy Stay safe all .
Judy