Wednesday, May 21, 2008

Doggy Update

What is worse than four greyhounds in a 800 sq. ft. ranch house? Five greyhounds in a 800 sq. ft. ranch house.

What is worse than five greyhounds in a 800 sq. ft. ranch house? Five greyhounds that fight and send each other to the vet for $$$ bills.

Such is the life of the father in law. Just a little shout out to cheer him up on his week off of work.

My dog situation is not as bad. The dog doesn't whine in the cage at all anymore. That is because we don't put her in the cage. She stays on the back porch when we are not home. The FORTIFIED back porch. I had to staple up chicken wire all around it so she would not squeeze through the planks. There is a board covering the steps so she can't get out that way. Yet every few days she will still escape. The wind will blow real hard and move the board. Or she will, as she did last week, bend down a piece of chicken wire and jump up on it and wedge herself between the chicken wire and the porch rail. She will whine and wriggle for a while and then escape. So I made some chicken wire repairs. It seems to work. Only problem, she uses my back porch as a toilet.

I have time to write this tonight since I am not watching tv. I am not boycotting television. She ate the remote. Not all of the remote, just enough of it so it doesn't work. I called and they said I could come pick up a new one at the cable company or they would bring me one. Sure, I said, bring me one. Well they failed to mention it would be $20 so I will be going tomorrow to get a new one at the cable company.

I love animals.

1 comment:

Dobe Country said...

Glad to see ya bloggin' again! Hey, with all those kids...couldn't you have them work shifts as your living remote? I remember my Dad having us switch between the 4 stations on our TV before remotes existed.