The dog musing/vent thread

We need more details than that!

*squeal*

No. None of that. We are being calm, and reasonable, and expecting it not to work.

Zero expectations. Zero high hopes.

I am the last person to have high expectations, or to encourage this. :lol-sign: Also, my random question was fitting.

What random question?

The random question I had to answer for my post to... post!

Then I'm guessing we had the same question

A 300 pound man DOES weigh 300 pounds.


Or something.

Or God spelled backwards is... DOG!

That one ALWAYS gets me! :doh:

I hope (calmly and reasonably hope) that it all works out! And that you'll tell me what it is if it does! :lol-sign:

We won't know for certain for...at least a couple of weeks, if it will work. Again, the list of why it's a bad idea/why it shouldn't work is about 10 times longer than the list of why it would work. So no expectations.

Well, I hope that it's the best result in the end. Sometimes bad ideas can become good things.

And I'm dying to know what it is. But I don't want to jinx it. Or whatever.

Well don't make people curious or anything

Lots of uncertainties at this point, but it's a litter that had me excited the moment I heard about it. I can PM you if you want!

Oh yay! That's really, really good news and I'm so happy to hear some good news about Mia <3 <3

Also, your "Nextdog" is coming 2014 or 2015 right? I want to say 2014 but might have remembered incorrectly. Sooo... Mia should have a sibling soon, hopefully?

Bah!! Could it be what I think it could be?!

Well whatever it is, crossing all appendages for you!

Nextdog should be early 2015!

I actually HAD a dog last week that wanted to play with Mia but nooo Mia wanted to play with Summer. Found Dog was not cool enough for Mia. I'm hoping she loves Nextdog because she pretty well only plays with Summer, Rose, and Nard. Not even Beau. She bullies him. If she would just be less of a brat....

So I've been thinking about therapy dog with Summer (not that Summer doesn't have enough already to do), but we had an instant this weekend that made me realize how phenomenal she is. There is a lady I see around town with what I assume is a son who is severely mentally handicapped. He will yell and make all sorts of noises sporadically and out of the blue. She was pushing him around Petsmart last weekend when they wanted to see my dogs and talk. Summer ate it up and was not phased one bit by the random yelling. She loved the attention and gave them kisses and was her wonderful self.

My friend's husband on Monday commented to me (without knowing Summer's history as a therapy dog) that she would make a spectacular therapy dog. He does therapy work with his lab, who is also bombproof. I told him Summer was a therapy dog before I got her.

I'm considering it.... I have never met another dog with her way with people.

It's because I WANT to share!! I really really do, but I need to keep myself from getting overly excited in case it doesn't work!


Um...I don't know what you think it could be?
We are 1) Not moving to Missouri (though Ryan offered that once I graduate he would be interested in looking into it further :headbanger and 2) it's not a Toy Fox Terrier. Are either of those things what you thought I was talking about?

I guess I can share that if it DOES work (which it's not going to, remember?) then I will have another dog. And before ANYONE asks, no, it is not a puppy. Because I hate puppies, remember?

Bummerosity on both counts!!


zomg! Excited!! *fingers crossed*

Eeeee!