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Nebulous said:
silence marshmallow king
By your command
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I saw some marshmellows with toasted coconut / almond shavings thingy ma-bobbers stuck to the outside of the marshmallows at the store the other day. They looked good. Should have bought some.
 
Nebulous said:
I saw some marshmellows with toasted coconut / almond shavings thingy ma-bobbers stuck to the outside of the marshmallows at the store the other day. They looked good. Should have bought some.

I have some and they are delicious!
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+Jazzy said:
It's a little dull here too but the temp. is much cooler today.



Did Skipper have his beach day yesterday?

Not this time, as there was no one home to Coot sit.
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We're taking him Friday, though.
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Boogie said:
Not this time, as there was no one home to Coot sit.
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We're taking him Friday, though.
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Hope the weather will be nice Friday. Are you ever going to try letting Bandit come along again?
 
+Jazzy said:
Hope the weather will be nice Friday. Are you ever going to try letting Bandit come along again?

I don't know if he can ever be let off.. And, I don't want to run the risk of him getting hurt, or worse.. And, we can't bring him, but not let him off as he gets frustrated. But, at the same time, if we do let him off, he's not guaranteed to come back when called and we could end up with a big problem on our hands..
 
Boogie said:
I don't know if he can ever be let off.. And, I don't want to run the risk of him getting hurt, or worse.. And, we can't bring him, but not let him off as he gets frustrated. But, at the same time, if we do let him off, he's not guaranteed to come back when called and we could end up with a big problem on our hands..

I understand completely. I was more thinking that perhaps if you had a 25' or longer retractable lead then slowly you could give him more and more freedom. Keep extending the amount of the lead and then call him and see if he returns back on command.
 
+Jazzy said:
I understand completely. I was more thinking that perhaps if you had a 25' or longer retractable lead then slowly you could give him more and more freedom. Keep extending the amount of the lead and then call him and see if he returns back on command.

Its a very good suggestion. But, unfortunately, he's terrible on any type of lead. If we did that, he'd still be annoyed because he can't get to all the dogs on the beach.
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Boogie said:
Its a very good suggestion. But, unfortunately, he's terrible on any type of lead. If we did that, he'd still be annoyed because he can't get to all the dogs on the beach.
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He's terrible on any type of lead only because he's not used to it. This is how I trained my greyhound to finally be able to let him off lead. Every time he would come back on command, he got a treat. He hated leads too until he realized either he behaved or he didn't come with me. I would let out the retractable lead just enough so he could play with other dogs but not run off. I was constantly walking with him and letting the lead out and bringing the lead back in when needed. He finally got the idea. I understand you may not want to try this with Bandit. Just a suggestion so that he may one day be able to play on the beach too!
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+Jazzy said:
He's terrible on any type of lead only because he's not used to it. This is how I trained my greyhound to finally be able to let him off lead. Every time he would come back on command, he got a treat. He hated leads too until he realized either he behaved or he didn't come with me. I would let out the retractable lead just enough so he could play with other dogs but not run off. I was constantly walking with him and letting the lead out and bringing the lead back in when needed. He finally got the idea. I understand you may not want to try this with Bandit. Just a suggestion so that he may one day be able to play on the beach too!
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But, the thing is. He used to be fine on the lead until recently. Now, he's just getting old and grumpy and doesn't like to be left. I know him being at home with the in laws is better than him getting himself all wound up and annoyed and stressed out.
 
Home from a loooooong hard day. Had to pressure wash buildings all day. My arms are tired... Oh I found a cracked window & I told my boss. He accused me of breaking it by holding the machine too close to the glass. If I did actually break the window, I would have told him that. It was already broken when I got there. If he dont believe me, thats his problem.
 
Boogie said:
But, the thing is. He used to be fine on the lead until recently. Now, he's just getting old and grumpy and doesn't like to be left. I know him being at home with the in laws is better than him getting himself all wound up and annoyed and stressed out.

You know best as you're his Mum. I didn't mean anything bad by what I said and I hope you didn't take it that way.
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+Jazzy said:
You know best as you're his Mum. I didn't mean anything bad by what I said and I hope you didn't take it that way.
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Don't worry about it, Sis! I know you meant well by it.
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I was just saying, he loves being next door with my in laws and he loves being with them when we're out. If it wasn't for them, then a few weeks ago we could of lost him.. He would of died.
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Hello everyone!



Nice and cool this morning. Will probably take Midnight out for a run in a little bit before it starts to warm up.



How are you?
 
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