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That's sad @Pinga. As @Lastpointe said, pancreatic cancer is a bitch. f*** cancer.

I just learned a friend has oral cancer of some kind. She's had surgery and radiation and is now looking at more treatment.
 
Sorry to hear about your friend @Pinga. Hard times for sure - glad that palliative services are available in her area - they are such a blessing.
 
That's sad, Pinga. 2020 has been a terrible year. I suppose that the only silver-ish lining is that dying through hospice (instead of suddenly, of heart attack or stroke) gives one a chance to say goodbye to special people.

Oh, and Kathryn, ouch re your friend with cancer. It seems to be such a plague these days. I've shared this story, but I used to do sushi every two weeks (payday Friday, don'tcha know) with three other women, all within a decade of each other's age. Today, 2 of 4 have died from ovarian cancer, one has had a brush with a uterine cancer; I am the only one, touch wood, thus far personally untouched.
 
Good morning, all, Happy Saturday. As we remember those who are dealing with cancer let us draw comfort from the community around the coffee cart. Enjoy, and find support, and provide support, for each other.

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Introducing Baela. She is a rescue who needed a new home. A professional dog walker had her posted on her site and a friend of ours shared that post with us. She's a golden who is about 18 or 19 months old.

We have stuff on the couch to discourage her from getting up on it.
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Off switch has been activated.

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Could be lots of reasons why people surrender their dogs these days. She is a lovely looking pup - seems to be settling in well at Northwind central!
 
Carolla said:
Could be lots of reasons why people surrender their dogs these days. She is a lovely looking pup - seems to be settling in well at Northwind central!
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She is doing well so far indeed. We figure she has something else in her besides golden. Maybe lab?
 
Good morning, all! rainy here, and very windy. Those of you who have to go out, please stay safe. The coffee cart is up and ready. Help yourself.

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Northwind, our springer has not been an easy dog to train. We seem to go forward, then, a shoe is destroyed, or he is not listening to commands. We are learning how to work with him, but, at times, well, we were at wits end. Still are in fact.

I chatted with my brother about it, as he is amazing at training dogs, and he said, his current Golden had put him at wits end as well. Most goldens are amazing and trainable, but, his current one has a mind of its own.

So, I guess, if someone had great dogs that were readily trained, and then, ended up with one, that was not, or they didn't have the time/patience to do it, then, they might give up, and likely after it hit a year.
 
I can see how that would happen @Pinga. Helios was an easy dog to train. We know we had the perfect dog in him and that we'll have to be okay with good. We figure Baela is not purebred, so who knows what else is there. She's also had a rough start in life so will have issues.

We had an interesting bedtime last night. She was quite insistent that she would sleep on our bed. We were insisting she wouldn't. After a few on the bed, of the bed moments she settled into her own bed and slept through the night. She did cry a bit first.
 
Northwind said:
We had an interesting bedtime last night. She was quite insistent that she would sleep on our bed. We were insisting she wouldn't. After a few on the bed, of the bed moments she settled into her own bed and slept through the night. She did cry a bit first.
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Our beagle absolutely did not want to sleep alone. Ended up in my brother's room for the entire decade we had him.

Then there was the cat, who was okay being sent to the basement at night but was up with, or before, the sun bugging for breakfast. One time when I was living alone while the family was at the cottage (was working that summer) I made the mistake of not closing either the basement door or my bedroom. I think she was in pestering at 5:30 or something like that.
 
Mendalla said:
Our beagle absolutely did not want to sleep alone. Ended up in my brother's room for the entire decade we had him.

Then there was the cat, who was okay being sent to the basement at night but was up with, or before, the sun bugging for breakfast. One time when I was living alone while the family was at the cottage (was working that summer) I made the mistake of not closing either the basement door or my bedroom. I think she was in pestering at 5:30 or something like that.
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Ms Baela is about 50 or 60 pounds. That's too much dog in the bed. I probably would have let her since it was her first night. She did adjust and seemed to sleep well. She gave us a warm greeting this morning.
 
So happy for you to get anotherdog

keep a brush handy for that golden. Gosh they shed a lot. But are generally such lovely dogs. Goldens get given up because of allergies a lot. They just shed so much. but I do love them. A Roomba helps a lot with the fur shedding.
 
November 15, 2020 Sunday morning.



The sun shining in the den window's promise of a bright clear day – fresh air and sunshine, humidity below 50, a bit chilly for some, but my kind of weather.

I can hear Seelerman chuckling in the kitchen. While others are discussing their dogs and cats, and we have lots of dog or and/or stories too, today we will tell our animals story in the backyard wildlife thread.
 
We're in a small space and have a Dyson stick. It works very well and takes no time. We had a Roomba that was frustrating. When we let it do its thing when we were out, it tended to find places to get stuck. If we let it do its thing while we were home, it took forever and was noisy. We had hardwood all through so a Dyson stick vacuum would have been a better choice.
 
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