[Nucky]

Originally Posted by fw102807

So sorry to hear about your problems with Luca. I think this is something you need to discuss with your vet or maybe put a post in All About Pets to see if you get any suggestions. There may be someone there that has experience with this. We are NOTHING but with you whatever you decide.

I NOTHING but took your suggestion but my post came out under the Service Dog Post. See Luca isn't the only one to make mistakes. Thanks, Fw and all of yous for listening and for a great idea.

I put my brain in FW mode and fixed it. I'm getting the hang on this computer thing. Signore Roberto, The Godfather. Thanks again FW.

[Abby10]

Is the pack leader NOTHING but slacking off today? Am I going to have to track him down again? I'm gonna start charging him if this keeps up - lol

[Taltarzac725]

Originally Posted by BK001

Thank God that is the only thing that died. All your nothing friends were worried about you.

So glad a worn out modem is all that's wrong.

Got a new one and not for NOTHING.

[Kenswing]

Originally Posted by Abby10

Is the pack leader NOTHING but slacking off today? Am I going to have to track him down again? I'm gonna start charging him if this keeps up - lol

Sorry.. Had to take care of some things quickly and early this morning. I can now focus on NOTHING..

Originally Posted by Nucky

I NOTHING but took your suggestion but my post came out under the Service Dog Post. See Luca isn't the only one to make mistakes. Thanks, Fw and all of yous for listening and for a great idea.

I put my brain in FW mode and fixed it. I'm getting the hang on this computer thing. Signore Roberto, The Godfather. Thanks again FW.

I am so glad that you got such good suggestions on your post. The pet forum people are always willing to help with sharing their experiences. Luca is NOTHING but a very lucky dog to find people so willing to help him through this.

[Taltarzac725]

You guys have been a bunch of busy NOTHINGs while I was computer-less at home. Did not use neighbors' computers nor friends' computers but just skipped into Savannah Center's Computer Lab yesterday.

[Abby10]

Originally Posted by Taltarzac725

You guys have been a bunch of busy NOTHNGs while I was computer-less at home. Did not use neighbors' computers nor friends' computers but just skipped into Savannah Center's Computer Law yesterday.

Good to have you back, Tal. We hate to lose any of our NOTHING buddies.

Boy, this past week at work makes it a no brainer whether to stay or go. NOTHING like having your decision made easier for you......

[Nucky]

Originally Posted by fw102807

I am so glad that you got such good suggestions on your post. The pet forum people are always willing to help with sharing their experiences. Luca is NOTHING but a very lucky dog to find people so willing to help him through this.

I haven't had a chance to look yet but your idea was primo. Thank you for renting your brain to me while mine was completely shot. I admit I was not thinking straight. We are NOTHING but a mess because the last three nights have been choppy with sleeping and house maintenance and the sorrow of dealing with a sick animal. Our collective hearts are broken for this little dude with the perfect name, Luca, mostly Beagle, in his mind a gigantic fearless GIANT with a former subject on NOTHING. He's got Balls. He's a hurting potato and we'll know more tomorrow.

[Kenswing]

Wishing you a night of quiet and hoping Luca does NOTHING to upset the apple cart..

[Nucky]

Originally Posted by Abby10

Good to have you back, Tal. We hate to lose any of our NOTHING buddies.

Boy, this past week at work makes it a no brainer whether to stay or go. NOTHING like having your decision made easier for you......

I'm NOTHING but like-minded Abby, sometimes you get signs that are better to realize and accept than to blow thru the sign and just accept the new digs on any basis. The main thing is to get here and start getting settled, it does take time but new friendship blossom constantly and the place your leaving and the job that will miss you will just be a smile on your face that nobody needs to know about.

I'm truly afraid that I wouldn't have survived much longer in N.J. seriously the cold along with my ailments was not a good match. It is a true miracle that we landed where we are and I'm one grateful person for all the blessing we have gotten.

As for my pal Tal I'm happy to have you back on board. Glad it was just a technical glitch.

I'll keep you all posted about Luca as I find out more. They kept him for observation. He was Jacked Up when I got there yesterday worse than Grandmas toenails. I miss our little guy already but have the patience to await the good news that I hope will come. This is the time to use faith when you possess it. Mine is in gear now.

Hoping for good news today for Luca.
Glad to have you back Tal
Not much NOTHING from the Kommander lately
Counting down the days until the den mother gets here
This is the first day all week that we have NOTHING planned so I can get back to getting some of my household chores done
Sooo glad to be in Florida right now

[Abby10]

Originally Posted by fw102807

Hoping for good news today for Luca.
Glad to have you back Tal
Not much NOTHING from the Kommander lately
Counting down the days until the den mother gets here
This is the first day all week that we have NOTHING planned so I can get back to getting some of my household chores done
Sooo glad to be in Florida right now

Great synopsis of NOTHING, fw. Yesterday was a slow posting day on NOTHING but it sure wasn't slow for me at work. It was one of those days were we worked so hard but in the end accomplished very little.......so frustrating having to deal with insurance companies, unresponsive doctor's offices and the like. I know doctors deal with the same thing, leaving very little time for patients. It's a travesty really how screwed up healthcare has become. I always said when all these laws, etc, were passed how nice it would have been if they had actually involved professionals who are working it. Okay, enough ranting........

Then there was the news this week about my old pharmacy that I left a couple years back being broken into. Thankfully it was in the middle of the night and no one was injured. What a mess they left though. I knew leaving there was a good move. The vibes were just not right after my good friend sold it to someone else. Hoping and praying to get out of this career with NOTHING like that happening to me.

Anyway, today is Thursday, January 17th, and I have the next 4 days off. Got a lot to catch up on here at home......

[BK001]

Good morning Sweet Nothings,
Nucky you may have noticed that I did not weigh in here or in the other post about Advice for your Pup. We've only had two dogs. The first, Spike, a large German Shepherd mixed breed, was rescued (to my dismay) while we were both working when a friend of DH convinced him that we need a dog! Ha. He was a "chewer" - loved leather shoes, pocketbooks, and especially wood. My house was filled throughout with beautiful wood trim -- beautiful that is until Spike got done with it! The dog did not like me at all (the feeling was mutual) and he nipped and growled at me many times. Each night I came home and would immediately assess the new damage he had done. We tried everything including an expensive trainer (who after several sessions pulled me aside and said "It's your husband who needs the training". After 1.5 years my nerves were so rattled and, for the first and only time in our 30 plus year marriage I gave my husband an ultimatum that I meant from the core of my soul -- it's me or the dog. Choose.

Our little Yorkie came many years later -- I had since retired -- and it's too long a story to tell the circumstances but he became ours. The good news he loved us both equally - the bad, he suffered from horrific separation anxiety. Regardless of everything we tried, he never got over it. I was older with more patience and, being at home, it was easier to deal with him. But having him changed our lives irrevocably. For years we avoided going out as much as we may have wanted to because of his barking, scratching at the door and, of course, the "present" that he left on the floor for us every single time we left the house. After we moved here, Mike installed those metal kick plates on the laundry/garage door after he nearly destroyed the door from scratching. He would bite the ankles/legs of any visitor that tried to leave our home. I lived in fear that someday we may get sued. We both cried like babies when he passed and I still miss him -- but there is also a feeling of relief.

Did we love him? You betcha. Would I get another dog. Possilbly. But for now, with all my medical appointments, and the desire to socialize more, I need the ability to go out when we want to without always worrying about what trouble the dog will get into.

I was reluctant to respond to you because, perhaps I'm a coward, but I had misgivings about this little guy based upon our experience and, if asked, would have recommended that you return him and try to find a better emotionally adjusted dog.

[Taltarzac725]

223, 594 views as of 8:58 AM EST on NOTHING.

We will be in the 224,000 range very soon.

Good to have the computer up and running.

Hope that Luca gets better. Our blind cocker spaniel, Amber, in Palm Harbor, FL had separation anxiety something terrible. We would put her in the bathroom and she would try to scratch through the door. She also would fall into the pool when the kids or someone else left the safety gate open. We had to put her down because it got so bad. She was also going deaf. Really sad as she was not that old when she took that last trip to the vet. Lots of eye drops needed for her eyes which had had cataract surgeries.

She would poop and pee in the bathroom and then fall into it and create quite a mess. And also sometimes would tear out her nails.

She would walk into walls because her senses were going.

We did not get another pooch until 2007 but had started looking hard in 2006.

We lost Amber around 1998.

Amber was the puppy that my then live-in girlfriend Jenny dropped on my head when she flew out with me from Minneapolis in 1990. I was sleeping on the couch and she was in a bedroom. I had had a very strong crush on another law student at the U of MN which kind of interfered with my relationship with Jenny. This other lady was in Miami at that time but would soon move to the SF Bay area. Both of these women were in the Legal Assistance to Minnesota Prisoners Clinic with me. Jenny was my former student while the other gal was a fellow Student Director but she was with a different prison. I was attached to Minnesota Correctional Facility-Stillwater, the same as Jenny.

[Abby10]

Love your honesty, BK. Taking on a pet is NOTHING but a huge responsibility and can certainly change your life in many ways. So many rewards to be had too. I admire people who choose not to have them because they know they don't have the time, or energy, or finances, or whatever to care for them properly as much as I do those who take them on with great love and devotion.