The Coffee House

[smoke665]

Last three pages would be really effective birth control for folks still making up their minds about kids

And yet the human race keeps growing!

 

[smoke665]

We had three, two boys and a girl. The boys slid into the terrible twos so hard they didn't stop til four. Then we got a break till around nine, but the "attitude" stage was short lived. The last one was at sixteen, but then the car keys were a powerful control device.

Daughter on the other hand saved most of the early years problems till thirteen, which apparently coincided with an extra large dose of hormones. Our sugar and spice became a raving lunatic, who you did not want to get on the bad side. She began honing her fighting skills on her next younger brother (until he got big enough to hold his own) and got into several fights around the neighborhood usually with a boy who said the wrong thing. We got a call from a neighbor mother who claimed her son was afraid to go outside. Seems the boy had made a comment about her youngest brother, and she had told him she was going to whip his butt. Young man outweighed her by at least 20 lb, but he'd already seen the little buzz saw in action and wanted no part of her. We thought she had finally grown out of it, till one day in her senior year, wife went to school to pickup the oldest son and principal called her aside. Seems daughter was in the office for being in a knockdown drag out. That must have been the turning point for daughter, or breaking point for Mom, because she mostly settled down after that.

 

[smoke665]

@Gary A. having had many dogs over the years, we've learned that they are social animals, in the wild they have the pack, but in the home they have their humans. They also have their own individual personality. Sadie tends to be the way you described Cook, she doesn't like to eat unless my wife or I are nearby. When you have multiples they tend to eat on their own, because they keep each other company. However multiples bring on other problems. We had three at one time, a Brittany, Boxer and Yorkie. They all came in as puppies, Brittany first, Yorkie next then Boxer. The Brittany became dominate, the Yorkie took over the 2nd spot, and the Boxer who outweighed both of them was at the bottom. We had to separate them because the Britt and the Yorkie would try to steal the Boxer's food at meal time.

 

[limr30 3]

Last three pages would be really effective birth control for folks still making up their minds about kids

And yet the human race keeps growing!

Indeed it does. We need to get copies of this thread out to ob-gyn offices stat!

 

[Gary A.]

@Gary A. having had many dogs over the years, we've learned that they are social animals, in the wild they have the pack, but in the home they have their humans. They also have their own individual personality. Sadie tends to be the way you described Cook, she doesn't like to eat unless my wife or I are nearby. When you have multiples they tend to eat on their own, because they keep each other company. However multiples bring on other problems. We had three at one time, a Brittany, Boxer and Yorkie. They all came in as puppies, Brittany first, Yorkie next then Boxer. The Brittany became dominate, the Yorkie took over the 2nd spot, and the Boxer who outweighed both of them was at the bottom. We had to separate them because the Britt and the Yorkie would try to steal the Boxer's food at meal time.

Cook was either soooo begnign ... soooo accommodating ... soooo un-food driven ... or a combo thereof, that she didn’t raise a single hair when guest dogs would raid her food. For a time we also had a female Wire Hair Fox Terrier as a companion for Cook. That’s another story.

 

[Gary A.]

Buenas Dias Coffee Hosers. Last night a very tasty pot roast filled to the brim with garden veggies and herds. Gary’s hands still burn as if they were sun-burned from slicing all the peppers. During dinner, Miss Maggie stole the napkin off the lap of a guest ... twice. Gary also whipped up some mash potatoes and Mary Lou made a persimmon bread. We sipped a Paso Robles old vine Zin. MMMMhhhhhhhhhhh ... The original vines were planted in 1880 by the founder of the vineyard. Then off to the local theatre for “End of the Rainbow”. The play was well reviewed and portrayed Judy Garland’s life in her sunset years. Gary’s gives an A for the performances, a B for the script and another A for the music. This season our local theatre is two for two. The play was terribly depressing but the songs and voice of the lead carried the day from sad to entertaining.

Today is a Maggie School Day. Where she will socialize with other pups and hopefully learn not to steal napkins from laps.

 

[Gary A.]

These are Gary's little angels. We went through ups and downs but nothing chronic or terrible. Gary father was a politician and Gary never had second thoughts about dragging the little angels to formal dinners and events.

 

[SquarePeg36 7]

Our dog will not eat when I am not home. He pouts the entire time I’m out of the house. I think it’s because I work at home most of the time so he’s used to having me there. When we go on vacation he stays with my aunt who spoils him with homemade meals and too many treats.

 

[davidharmier60]

Mornin' peeps. Daves been awake for a couple hours. But the phone decided it wanted to update and we were taking back storage space on the DVR.

It looks rather dreary outside. LOTS of leaves are falling.

The dogs haven't yet done anything terrible but the day is young.

Carry on y'all.

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[Gary A.]

Our dog will not eat when I am not home. He pouts the entire time I’m out of the house. I think it’s because I work at home most of the time so he’s used to having me there. When we go on vacation he stays with my aunt who spoils him with homemade meals and too many treats.

If you are gone ... how do you know he pouts? Most adult dogs just sleep when their humans are gone.

 

[SquarePeg36 7]

Thursday I noted that the hydrangea had five or six really nice blooms and I was going to cut them and put them in a vase so I could enjoy them this week. I totally forgot and we had such a cold night last night that the blooms are dead, the entire plant is now dormant and about to drop all its leaves which died overnight.

 

[SquarePeg36 7]

Our dog will not eat when I am not home. He pouts the entire time I’m out of the house. I think it’s because I work at home most of the time so he’s used to having me there. When we go on vacation he stays with my aunt who spoils him with homemade meals and too many treats.

If you are gone ... how do you know he pouts? Most adult dogs just sleep when their humans are gone.

My mom and my daughter tell me he lays on the couch looking sad and doesn’t even bark when someone walks their dog past our house or the mail carrier comes to the door. He won’t take a cookie from them or play with Princess. When I get home, he spazzes over to the door to greet me then, once I say hi and pet him, he runs over to eat whatever treat they tried to feed him while I was gone.

 

[Gary A.]

Our dog will not eat when I am not home. He pouts the entire time I’m out of the house. I think it’s because I work at home most of the time so he’s used to having me there. When we go on vacation he stays with my aunt who spoils him with homemade meals and too many treats.

Mary Lou and Gary seem to end up boarding our friend's and family dogs. We enjoy spoiling them. The humans always compliment us that their dogs are always better behaved when they pick them then when they were dropped off. The humans think is was Cook’s influence ... Gary think it was the water boarding.

 

[Gary A.]

Our dog will not eat when I am not home. He pouts the entire time I’m out of the house. I think it’s because I work at home most of the time so he’s used to having me there. When we go on vacation he stays with my aunt who spoils him with homemade meals and too many treats.

If you are gone ... how do you know he pouts? Most adult dogs just sleep when their humans are gone.

My mom and my daughter tell me he lays on the couch looking sad and doesn’t even bark when someone walks their dog past our house or the mail carrier comes to the door. He won’t take a cookie from them or play with Princess. When I get home, he spazzes over to the door to greet me then, once I say hi and pet him, he runs over to eat whatever treat they tried to feed him while I was gone.

Therapy might help.

 

[JonA_CT]

Or doggy Xanax, which I hear is a thing.