Out of the Blue

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Well the vet says both the pups look like they are doing well, and she seems to think the bloody stool incident was probably indeed stress-related, which was a theory presented by a reader based on his own experience. Their stool samples are being checked for parasites, but she seems pretty confident that this is what is, which certainly eases my mind. She also had a recommendation for the Gunnar-man's peeing everywhere, even though this is marking, not medical, as there is a product called the "belly band" that basically serves as a diaper for this, trapping the pee against his skin. Hopefully this will provide the same sort of negative reinforcement as a crate that will make him not want to do this because it means walking around in a wet belly band, but if it just stops him from peeing on my stove I'll be happier, so we'll have to see how that goes.

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Re: Out of the Blue

Aug 4, 2012, 13:35

Blue

AnointedSword wrote on Aug 4, 2012, 07:53:
Really? Post about congress taking 5 weeks off? How about posting about Obama and His vacations? How about posting His schedule? Guess what, I read his schedule for a few days the other day. He met with the VP and after that it was all about fundraising. If you are going to bring politics in here, be at least fair about it.

Funny, I thought Congress was comprised of both parties. You really can take offense at anything, can't you?




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Re: Out of the Blue

Aug 4, 2012, 07:53

AnointedSword

Really? Post about congress taking 5 weeks off? How about posting about Obama and His vacations? How about posting His schedule? Guess what, I read his schedule for a few days the other day. He met with the VP and after that it was all about fundraising. If you are going to bring politics in here, be at least fair about it.




If you were right, I would be agreeing with you.

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Peeing on stove.

Aug 4, 2012, 01:35

Ant

rist3903 wrote on Aug 3, 2012, 17:46:
I think he is trying to be the alpha dog, Blue. Peeing on your stove is sending you a message.

This made me LOL. It's not a hydrant!




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Re: Out of the Blue

Aug 3, 2012, 18:28

Closed Betas

Good to here Blue, Research Pee Pee Pads, they are amazing, dogs will learn just to pee on crap on them....

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Re: Out of the Blue

Aug 3, 2012, 18:01

Creston

Wheee. Downloading Steam games at work on Friday afternoon when everyone's already gone is awesome. Pulling down Witcher 2 at 17.8MB/s. Steam wasn't kidding when they said they fixed the issue with download speeds like a year or so ago. creston

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Re: Out of the Blue

Aug 3, 2012, 17:46

rist3903

I think he is trying to be the alpha dog, Blue. Peeing on your stove is sending you a message.

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Re: Out of the Blue

Aug 3, 2012, 17:44

Creston

Oklahoma is so hot that it feel like I'm CAMPING OUT IN SATAN'S FUCKING ASSHOLE. Creston

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Re: Out of the Blue

Aug 3, 2012, 15:10

nin

sauron wrote on Aug 3, 2012, 14:54:
Blue wrote on Aug 3, 2012, 11:26:
She also had a recommendation for the Gunnar-man's peeing everywhere, even though this is marking, not medical, as there is a product called the "belly band" that basically serves as a diaper for this, trapping the pee against his skin. Hopefully this will provide the same sort of negative reinforcement as a crate that will make him not want to do this because it means walking around in a wet belly band,

Good news!

If the band doesn't work, there's always a rolled-up newspaper. Tested (extensively) on hobbits, also effective on wargs and goblins.

It works on Cody, as well.




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Re: Out of the Blue

Aug 3, 2012, 15:02

Ratty

sauron wrote on Aug 3, 2012, 14:54: Blue wrote on Aug 3, 2012, 11:26: She also had a recommendation for the Gunnar-man's peeing everywhere, even though this is marking, not medical, as there is a product called the "belly band" that basically serves as a diaper for this, trapping the pee against his skin. Hopefully this will provide the same sort of negative reinforcement as a crate that will make him not want to do this because it means walking around in a wet belly band, Good news! If the band doesn't work, there's always a rolled-up newspaper. Tested (extensively) on hobbits, also effective on wargs and goblins. And if THAT doesn't work then it's down the toilet. Bye bye Gunnar man! Uh, where's the plunger?

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Re: Out of the Blue

Aug 3, 2012, 14:54

sauron

Blue wrote on Aug 3, 2012, 11:26:
She also had a recommendation for the Gunnar-man's peeing everywhere, even though this is marking, not medical, as there is a product called the "belly band" that basically serves as a diaper for this, trapping the pee against his skin. Hopefully this will provide the same sort of negative reinforcement as a crate that will make him not want to do this because it means walking around in a wet belly band,

Good news!

If the band doesn't work, there's always a rolled-up newspaper. Tested (extensively) on hobbits, also effective on wargs and goblins.




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Re: Out of the Blue

Aug 3, 2012, 14:53

Mr. Tact

It smacks of those automated news services I heard/read about recently...




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Re: Out of the Blue

Aug 3, 2012, 14:48

Agent.X7

Raven wrote on Aug 3, 2012, 12:50:
SirKnight wrote on Aug 3, 2012, 12:36:
Silicon Avatar wrote on Aug 3, 2012, 12:29:
Those street lamps melted because there was a dumpster fire nearby.

Quality journalism right there. But of course, what can you expect from a "green freak."

Well, when your source is "some guy sent us this picture on Facebook"...

My journalism teacher would have risen from the grave, crucified me, and then died from a heart attack if he heard of Facebook being used as A source, much less the only source.

Yeah, I laughed my ass off at that article.

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Re: Out of the Blue

Aug 3, 2012, 14:37

Mashiki Amiketo

Silicon Avatar wrote on Aug 3, 2012, 12:29:
Those street lamps melted because there was a dumpster fire nearby.

Even better!




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Re: Out of the Blue

Aug 3, 2012, 13:24

Retired

GLad to hear things are moving in the right direction Blue.

Re: Out of the Blue

Aug 3, 2012, 12:50

Raven

SirKnight wrote on Aug 3, 2012, 12:36: Silicon Avatar wrote on Aug 3, 2012, 12:29: Those street lamps melted because there was a dumpster fire nearby. Quality journalism right there. But of course, what can you expect from a "green freak." Well, when your source is "some guy sent us this picture on Facebook"... My journalism teacher would have risen from the grave, crucified me, and then died from a heart attack if he heard of Facebook being used as A source, much less the only source.

Re: Out of the Blue

Aug 3, 2012, 12:36

SirKnight

Silicon Avatar wrote on Aug 3, 2012, 12:29: Those street lamps melted because there was a dumpster fire nearby. Quality journalism right there. But of course, what can you expect from a "green freak."

Re: Out of the Blue

Aug 3, 2012, 12:29

Silicon Avatar

Those street lamps melted because there was a dumpster fire nearby.

Re: Out of the Blue

Aug 3, 2012, 12:12

SimplyMonk

Good to hear it most likely isn't anything serious. I might of considered the belly band for our youngest pup when she was training, but with their thick hair I don't relish the idea of giving her a bath every time to get rid of the smell when she had an accident.

Re: Out of the Blue

Aug 3, 2012, 11:26

Mashiki Amiketo

That's good to hear Blue.

Misleading headline is misleading, bad newspaper. "Oklahoma is so hot that street lamps are melting." No they're not. The long-strand translucent polymer bubble covers are melting, and that's because they're made using one of two forms. Either by lowheat forms then glue bonding, or by vacuum forming. The bulbs themselves I'll bet are low pressure sodium, both of which emit very little heat. Meh we used both types of forming back when I was working in medium and heavy industry, and when the plant hit 125-130f, all our stuff would go *bloop* the first time we did it, we yelled at management. And shitcanned it. The second time, we switched to a new forming processes.

This comment was edited on Aug 3, 2012, 11:33.




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