Oh dear, stop me from getting another dog.

[lunatic59]

We've never done the bootie thing. The only reason I'd do that, though is not so much from the cold as the salt. That can do some serious damage to paw pads, not to mention that they will lick their paws and get sick. Luckily our township has determined that salt in the residential neighborhoods just cot's too much so they dump cinders when it snows ... and our neighbors are much to anal about the condition of their sidewalks to ever put any of the aggressive melters out there.

 

[dontpanicbobby]

Melters! Do you live in the future?

 

[dontpanicbobby]

I've got a turtle. Picked him up when he was the size of a 50 cent piece. Now I need a bigger aquarium. What comes after 10 Gallons?

 

[lunatic59]

I've got a turtle. Picked him up when he was the size of a 50 cent piece. Now I need a bigger aquarium. What comes after 10 Gallons?

Stetson?

 

[dontpanicbobby]

No, amphibian.

 

[Dngrsone]

'nuff said...


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I've got a turtle. Picked him up when he was the size of a 50 cent piece. Now I need a bigger aquarium. What comes after 10 Gallons?

29 or 40 gallons, typically.

 

[Clementine_3]

I'd go 40, turtles can get darn big and need room to stretch.

 

[dontpanicbobby]

That sounds big. I've got it on a stool Dennis Leary once leaned on. He's smaller than he looks.

Anyway when we tried the dog thing on the turtle he just kept on trucking under the furniture unless distracted.

Turtles are nothing like dogs but dogs like looking at fish. Get an aquarium instead Clementine_3.

 

[Clementine_3]

I have a tortoise. Doesn't that count for something?

 

[dontpanicbobby]

Does he have a terrarium?

 

[Clementine_3]

He has a 3' x 4' plywood table/box thingy. 4' UVB light, heat light, hide, water and food bowls. I give him coconut husk (moistened) in the winter to keep the humidity up a bit. That makes a huge mess!! He's very messy.

 

[dontpanicbobby]

That's a terrarium, Dogs hate that... Don't make one for that Greyhound unless it's as big as your yard... That's right, you've got a big fenced in yard. It just might work! Go for it!

 

[tommo47]

It's a shame you can't ask Luster what he wants, there's a fair old chance he's thinking "I hope they come back, they seemed really nice, and I'll probably get rid of this stupid name".

 

[Jfalls63]

I have always picked up dogs from the pound in pairs. The live to between 10 and 13 years and when one passes, I'll get two more. Helps keep the older dog from being lonely and the pups grow up together.
Not a good pic but Maggie on the left passed away last Christmas. Ivey and Gertrude are the pups, aka The Ghost and The Darkness.

 

[lunatic59]

I don't think i could ever be a one-dog household again and I know I'll never be a no-dog household.

 

[Clementine_3]

I've always had 2, except for short breaks "between", like right now. I needed time to grieve (still am) and reset. So, 2 it shall be again. Now if the stupid lady would just call me...

 

[Clementine_3]

and I'll probably get rid of this stupid name

Yeah. That would be the FIRST thing ol' Luster would have to get used to around here.

 

[Jfalls63]

I'm not good at picking names so keep what the ladies at the shelter name them. Gertrude, the black one was on her last week at the shelter so we needed each other at the right time.

 

[Clementine_3]

So one of the nice ladies called me. She's going to call my vet and get the ball rolling. Yay!

I was a bit confused though because the coordinator lady deleted my application then sent it to this lady [emoji33] and they are both wondering where my deposit/donation whatever is. Ummm. I used PayPal like the site urged me to do. So, silly lady, go find it...or did you delete that too?[emoji53]. They are very nice but a touch disorganized.

Looks like Luster-who-needs-a-new-name is coming. Once they figure out how to make that happen.

 

[lunatic59]

How about naming him Dorian? Then when you have his portrait painted it will be a portrait of Dorian Greyhound?

 

[Dngrsone]

How about naming him Dorian? Then when you have his portrait painted it will be a portrait of Dorian Greyhound?

THIS

 

[olbriar]

How about naming him Dorian? Then when you have his portrait painted it will be a portrait of Dorian Greyhound?

That reminds me of a parakeet I had way back in the day. His name was Flip. Everyone would ask if he was named after Flip Wilson or what. I'd reply nope.. he's simply Flip the bird.

 

[Dngrsone]

When I was a kid, one of my back-yard neighbors had an Irish Setter, and holy cow was that dog hyper. They had a lemon tree in their yard (big, almost grapefruit-sized lemons), and any time I was close to their section of the fence (four-foot chain-link) he'd grab a lemon and bring it to the fence to throw. A slimy, drooly lemon (seriously, we're talking St Bernard levels here). He was a fun dog, in small doses.

 

[Clementine_3]

That sounds like Tickle. Whenever the neighbor is out (either side) she drops balls over the fence and barks for them to play. She's relentless with a tennis ball or stick!

 

[lunatic59]

I've got 11 drool-dried tennis balls sitting on the console under the TV at any given moment. And there are still enough on the floor to have one being bounced (relentlessly) next to me as I am typing this.