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Hotfillyky said:
Thanks dyachei. Add in waiting for vet school decisions and the stress is just horrid. This is my fourth and final application and I already have 2 rejections (4 to go).
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just remember it's not about you (the application process). If they don't choose you, it's THEIR loss
 
Hotfillyky said:
Thanks guys. I appreciate you letting me get it out.

TooLove, I'm sorry that anyone has to experience that loss. We have a client that lost her CAG to DI and she said she would never have another animal that could talk to her.
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I can totally understand, I got tears in my eyes just thinking about it. I don't know what I would do if I lost my guy. We connect on a completely different level. I'm just so sorry for your heartache. 🙁
 
Nothing like telling you there's hope only to be told, nah, we changed our minds a month later. Thanks for nothing mizzou!
 
Aagh, boys. it is fricking finals and I'm studying for pharm. That means NO I don't know when is good for me to have you call to talk at me about random **** you could tell me when I get home in 6 days. Especially after you got butthurt last week when I forgot to call because I was deep into studying physio. Because making plans again and hurting you is totally not on my list to do this week.
 
Apparently the blockage my Grandpa went into surgery for was actually a mass or some sort. Haven't had much of an update from my mom, but it sounds like we're hoping for a speedy recovery atm.
 
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Tried to bring my car in to have an oil changed and get checked out before I drive home next week and it did not go well. They said they had shuttle service so I didn't bother to arrange a ride over there. Apparently their "shuttle service" was one of their 18yr old employees driving me home in his '95 falling apart van... It was sketchy to say the least. Then they wanted to charge me $95 just for the oil change so I ended up just telling them I didn't want them to do anything and just went back to get my car. Kind of a waste of time.
I really hate taking my car to get serviced especially here because I have no clue if I'm getting screwed or not.
 
wildcatj said:
Tried to bring my car in to have an oil changed and get checked out before I drive home next week and it did not go well. They said they had shuttle service so I didn't bother to arrange a ride over there. Apparently their "shuttle service" was one of their 18yr old employees driving me home in his '95 falling apart van... It was sketchy to say the least. Then they wanted to charge me $95 just for the oil change so I ended up just telling them I didn't want them to do anything and just went back to get my car. Kind of a waste of time.
I really hate taking my car to get serviced especially here because I have no clue if I'm getting screwed or not.
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95 dollars!?! What were they going to replace it with, gold?
 
wolfspeaker said:
95 dollars!?! What were they going to replace it with, gold?
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They were making some fuss about how my car needs synthetic oil. But I've always gotten synthetic oil and it's never been even half that much. It was ridiculous.
 
wildcatj said:
They were making some fuss about how my car needs synthetic oil. But I've always gotten synthetic oil and it's never been even half that much. It was ridiculous.
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My truck takes synthetic and oil changes usually cost me $30-40! And that's with an inspection of brake lines, fluids, tires, etc too. Sounds like that place is a total scam.
 
Found out a couple days ago that my grandma was in the hospital again.... this time they think she may have had a mini-stroke. They aren't sure. She was very anemic and dehydrated so they have been able to improve on that and she seems a bit better...

And of course my parents were not going to tell me about this. They had to when I was talking to them on Skype and they were getting updates about how my grandma was doing. This is the one thing that I hate being so far away, my family will not tell me anything until the last minute. I don't want to hear about my grandma passing away after she had been hospitalized for 5 days or something, I would like to know what is going on, not be told about it casually many days later.

Ugh, only 5 more days until I can finally relax and be with family.
 
Trilt said:
I love that I'm within .5 of a point of the next grade up in THREE classes this semester. Grr.
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Ouch. That's the worst. I hate letter grades for that reason.
 
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I have a dog problem. My roommate and I fostered four dogs this term for spay surgery through the vet school. One adult dog who ended up needing a month of clavamox and doxy before being ok'd for surgery, and then had a suture reaction... she's been here all term pretty much. And two of that dog's puppies, one which the owner let us adopt out and one he wanted back with the mom. They were too young and malnourished and needed doxy as well so they were here a while. All were spayed and the two going back to the owner were cleared to be returned and so we returned them to our neighbor last Tuesday. Problem is, these dogs got used to the indoor, cushy regular mealtime of our place. The owners can't really afford to feed them the way we were so food is part of it and the other part is that my housemate is really attached (after grumping about the dogs all term and yelling at me about how they needed to be gone before finals for her stress levels) and is leaving a dog bed and water on the porch (and was, prior to me moving my dog's food into my room feeding them outside on the porch too). The dog's owners are grumpy that the dogs are spending all their time in our yard and on our porch, but I am not lord of the house and I can't stop my housemate from putting the dog bed out there or her own tupperware with water. Beyond that, I leave for the states on Thursday and I'm certain she will put out some of my dog food for them or let them in once I leave (she goes home 7 days after me). I lose on every side of this - the owners see me more because I'm not afraid to mingle with the locals, so they direct their gripes to me about the dogs being at our place. My roommate thinks there's no harm in feeding them/convincing them they live here (even though my landlady isn't happy either that they are in the yard) and that I am being cold hearted. I love the dogs. If I could place them in homes, I would probably keep the mom dog and would have the puppy adopted. But the owners own the dogs and want them back and are not mistreating them in any way. The dogs are not our responsibility.

Sigh, I swear I am not a cold hearted B, but lawfully they are not ours and Grenada has rules about this sort of thing, I am actually worried of being accused of stealing the dogs by the locals and of at the same time being the heartless person who kicked them out (so ironic that the roomie who gave me so much grief about them being in the house is now giving me grief in the opposide direction.)

too long, not enough sense made, but had to get that out.
 
My professor just emailed me and group saying that he never got our paper. I was the one that sent it to him, right before Thanksgiving (with all group members copied on the email). I even got the receipt saying he opened it... Grr...
 
WulfpackChica said:
My professor just emailed me and group saying that he never got our paper. I was the one that sent it to him, right before Thanksgiving (with all group members copied on the email). I even got the receipt saying he opened it... Grr...
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"Oh no! Sorry about that. Here's the email I sent you attached below, and the receipt signature. Must have gotten lost in cyberspace. 🙂"
 
dear animal rescue groups - last time i checked, being in a shelter or dead was not preferable/less stressful that dealing with flying on a plane (in cabin) a couple of times a year. i have now been rejected 3 times, a 4th dog was accidentally sent to someone else who adopted her, and a 5th group hasn't even had the courtesy to say no. this is exactly why i stay as far away from rescue volunteer work as possible, so many of these people are borderline crazy. you don't help dogs when you "foster" or "sponsor" them indefinitely while you wait for someone to show up who meets your insane criteria!
 
that redhead said:
So frustrating, jmo 🙁 What about the humane society back home?
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i'll be checking them out when i go home but they tend to list most of their animals on petfinder and they're usually either too big or too pitbull which isn't legal in this country. bah

in other news, i am less than a point away from an A in 2 classes this semester now that final grades are in for those classes 😡 not cool!
 
I understand the frustration of a rescue- I agree that there should always be exceptions to the rule. But, I also understand their hesitation with having a dog on a plane. I, personally, don't feel comfortable flying dogs at all. Things can happen- but I don't think this should disqualify anyone automatically. You always have to look at the whole picture. I had found it frustrating for many rescues that require a fenced in yard. And, there are also ones who refuse to adopt out to a student. Before I looked into breeders, I did look at rescues, but ended up going with a wonderful breeder for Beamer boy. Now he has a sister from a great rescue that didn't have all those ultimatums. I wish you luck, because I know it is not fun dealing with rescues.
 
Can something go right, please?

My AC broke today - and its been 70-80 degrees in this state regardless of what time of year it is supposed to be.

and my computer is not working right.
I just needed everything to kind of be working before I had the next surgery.
 
jmo1012 said:
i'll be checking them out when i go home but they tend to list most of their animals on petfinder and they're usually either too big or too pitbull which isn't legal in this country. bah
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Do you have any connections with local rescues at home? I know a lot of our local rescue groups have agreements with different hospitals. I always got to know the people running the rescues we worked with fairly well since we would see them so frequently. None of our staff would have any trouble adopting from those rescues because we had more of a personal relationship with them. Sometimes that will help in getting certain things (like an unfenced yard) looked over. And while we're on the subject, I'd just like to step up on my soapbox and say what a stupid stipulation that is. Honestly, I get it, the risk of getting out is greatly reduced and that's great and all. However, these rescues can't afford to be that picky when looking for homes. They are missing out on a lot of quality homes for their fosters and the longer you have animals sitting in cages/foster care, the fewer new animals you can take in and help. :annoyed:

Best of luck jmo :luck:
 
TooLove said:
Do you have any connections with local rescues at home? I know a lot of our local rescue groups have agreements with different hospitals. I always got to know the people running the rescues we worked with fairly well since we would see them so frequently. None of our staff would have any trouble adopting from those rescues because we had more of a personal relationship with them. Sometimes that will help in getting certain things (like an unfenced yard) looked over. And while we're on the subject, I'd just like to step up on my soapbox and say what a stupid stipulation that is. Honestly, I get it, the risk of getting out is greatly reduced and that's great and all. However, these rescues can't afford to be that picky when looking for homes. They are missing out on a lot of quality homes for their fosters and the longer you have animals sitting in cages/foster care, the fewer new animals you can take in and help. :annoyed:

Best of luck jmo :luck:
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i'm currently working with the rescue that i got Lucy from, they just don't have any great matches at the moment.

and i get it, they want animals to go to good homes but some of them are just over the top. you help no animals when you are very picky. you don't help the animal in your care, you don't help your financial resources (and as much as we hate the money deal, we all know its a huge part of life), and you don't help the animals in shelters being euthanized.

also, i get it that flying is stressful and no fun for animals, but if you can make a better argument for living in a shelter, i'd love to hear it. because i can't come up with a way that living in a rural shelter (where this particular dog is currently as they don't have an open foster home) where the stress levels are very high and infectious diseases are often rampant is better for this dog than flying on a plane for a few hours at a time a couple times a year. not even in cargo but on the actual plane in the cabin. baffling.
 
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TooLove said:
Do you have any connections with local rescues at home? I know a lot of our local rescue groups have agreements with different hospitals. I always got to know the people running the rescues we worked with fairly well since we would see them so frequently. None of our staff would have any trouble adopting from those rescues because we had more of a personal relationship with them. Sometimes that will help in getting certain things (like an unfenced yard) looked over. And while we're on the subject, I'd just like to step up on my soapbox and say what a stupid stipulation that is. Honestly, I get it, the risk of getting out is greatly reduced and that's great and all. However, these rescues can't afford to be that picky when looking for homes. They are missing out on a lot of quality homes for their fosters and the longer you have animals sitting in cages/foster care, the fewer new animals you can take in and help. :annoyed:

Best of luck jmo :luck:
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Can I just ask why people don't have fenced in yards? And how that works with their pets? Just over here EVERYONE has a fenced in yard - and I do mean, everyone, so the notion of yards not fenced in really confuses me lol! And I can't imagine how you guys have dogs outside in that sense - my dog is outside all day long while I'm at school/work, she loves it, she has a secure space to run around in, free to go to the toilet, dig, etc. Does everyone just crate their animals inside? Tie them up? Just let them roam? I'm just not sure how it works - and as someone who lives in a country where everyone has a fenced in yard, I actually think its essential to owning a dog.
 
sunshinevet said:
Can I just ask why people don't have fenced in yards? And how that works with their pets? Just over here EVERYONE has a fenced in yard - and I do mean, everyone, so the notion of yards not fenced in really confuses me lol! And I can't imagine how you guys have dogs outside in that sense - my dog is outside all day long while I'm at school/work, she loves it, she has a secure space to run around in, free to go to the toilet, dig, etc. Does everyone just crate their animals inside? Tie them up? Just let them roam? I'm just not sure how it works - and as someone who lives in a country where everyone has a fenced in yard, I actually think its essential to owning a dog.
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I live in an apartment. No yard at all. I walk my dogs everyday.
 
sunshinevet said:
Can I just ask why people don't have fenced in yards? And how that works with their pets? Just over here EVERYONE has a fenced in yard - and I do mean, everyone, so the notion of yards not fenced in really confuses me lol! And I can't imagine how you guys have dogs outside in that sense - my dog is outside all day long while I'm at school/work, she loves it, she has a secure space to run around in, free to go to the toilet, dig, etc. Does everyone just crate their animals inside? Tie them up? Just let them roam? I'm just not sure how it works - and as someone who lives in a country where everyone has a fenced in yard, I actually think its essential to owning a dog.
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I wasn't saying that I was against fenced in yards by any means. My point was just that it's possible to provide a dog a good life without one, and rescue groups should not limit their adopter pool to people who only have fenced in yards. And yes, it is expensive to fence in a yard. Now, that begs the question of if you can't afford that then can you afford a dog but that's an entirely different can of worms. It is okay for a dog to stay in a house, either loose or crated (for a reasonable amount of time) and be walked outside on leash. Roaming dogs are bad news. I will say that I've had numerous instances of clients leaving their dogs out (in their fenced in yards) and having them either escape or be stolen (in a small country town nonetheless). I think that a fenced in yard is no substitute for supervision. Gates get opened/left open. People WILL steal dogs. It's great that it works out for you, and I have no doubt that you are a responsible dog owner with a very happy pooch, but I wouldn't be comfortable leaving my dog out on his own unattended. Too each his own I guess.

Basically I'm just saying that jmo (or any of us) would be great potential adopters for rescues and it's a shame that something silly like a plane ride or a fenced in yard stands in the way.
 
sunshinevet said:
Can I just ask why people don't have fenced in yards? And how that works with their pets? Just over here EVERYONE has a fenced in yard - and I do mean, everyone, so the notion of yards not fenced in really confuses me lol! And I can't imagine how you guys have dogs outside in that sense - my dog is outside all day long while I'm at school/work, she loves it, she has a secure space to run around in, free to go to the toilet, dig, etc. Does everyone just crate their animals inside? Tie them up? Just let them roam? I'm just not sure how it works - and as someone who lives in a country where everyone has a fenced in yard, I actually think its essential to owning a dog.
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I have a fairly large corner lot, but it's not fenced in. I have a 20 ft cable line in the middle of the yard. I can hook her to it in the house and let her run around the yard. I rent and am not allowed to put up a fence, nor would I want to fork over the hundreds to do it, when I likely will not be here in 2 years.

When I am working, she is in her crate. Not ideal, but I can't trust her alone in the house. I would come home to a destroyed house! When I got home, we always went for a long walk. Since I've been off work for 3 months, the only time she is in the crate is during the night and when I run errands.
 
TooLove said:
I wasn't saying that I was against fenced in yards by any means. My point was just that it's possible to provide a dog a good life without one, and rescue groups should not limit their adopter pool to people who only have fenced in yards. And yes, it is expensive to fence in a yard. Now, that begs the question of if you can't afford that then can you afford a dog but that's an entirely different can of worms. It is okay for a dog to stay in a house, either loose or crated (for a reasonable amount of time) and be walked outside on leash. Roaming dogs are bad news. I will say that I've had numerous instances of clients leaving their dogs out (in their fenced in yards) and having them either escape or be stolen (in a small country town nonetheless). I think that a fenced in yard is no substitute for supervision. Gates get opened/left open. People WILL steal dogs. It's great that it works out for you, and I have no doubt that you are a responsible dog owner with a very happy pooch, but I wouldn't be comfortable leaving my dog out on his own unattended. Too each his own I guess.

Basically I'm just saying that jmo (or any of us) would be great potential adopters for rescues and it's a shame that something silly like a plane ride or a fenced in yard stands in the way.
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Thats cool, just coming from a country where every dog is left unattended in their yard everyday, I was more wondering how people combat the problem of no fencing on a wider basis. Because in Australia, literally every dog is left in their yard alone during the day. So whenever I hear people talking about unfenced yards, I do wonder how it works! 🙂 Despite being fenced my dog still gets run everyday (as a greyhound, she wouldnt maintain her fitness/sanity otherwise).
We have some issues with dog fighting rings stealing dogs, but its not a widespread issue and only in certain areas with particular breeds. If I lived in those areas, absolutely I would crate my dog inside. Obviously them getting out is still a risk, but given the style of fencing at my house, extremely unlikely.

I just want to point out, over here (As in in AUstralia) you must have your property fenced by law and it must be a shared expense between neighbours. The council will fine you if you do not have adequate fencing. I hope I dont come across as OMG WHY DONT YOU FENCE YOUR PROPERTY - totally not my intention - just unfenced properties are truly alien to me!
 
sunshinevet said:
I just want to point out, over here (As in in AUstralia) you must have your property fenced by law and it must be a shared expense between neighbours. The council will fine you if you do not have adequate fencing. I hope I dont come across as OMG WHY DONT YOU FENCE YOUR PROPERTY - totally not my intention - just unfenced properties are truly alien to me!
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You dont, no worries. I hope I didn't come off as snarky - didn't mean to, just beat from studying. :blackeye:

I do remember noticing all the fenced yards when I was in Australia - makes so much sense now!
 
Re: fenced in yards... Nobody I know in Philadelphia leaves their dogs outside unattended. It is too hot in the summer and too cold in the winter; there are sketchy people and stupid undergrads who think it's okay to enter people's yards wandering around, there are busy roads filled with cars if the dog manages to escape, there are people who think it is ok to throw chicken bones all over the ground, there are rabid racoons as well as other unfriendly outdoor creatures (possums, feral cats) on the loose, neighbors live very close and would easily be annoyed by barking... all in all it would be a terrible idea to leave your dog unattended outside around here. Dogs are inside if no one is home... depending on the dog either loose in the house, confined to a single room, or crated. People without yards walk their dogs and take them to the dog park. Most people rent, so whether something is fenced is not under our control.

Re: rescues... I would strongly suggest checking out your local SPCA, humane society, or animal control facility. Large, high-intake shelters do not generally make you jump through 1000 hoops to adopt a dog. The trade off is they will have less info on the dog's temperament and how they do within a home, but it's a lot easier of a process for the adopter.
 
My roommate (non-prevet) got an aggressive pit at the beginning of the semester, left it with her family rather than bringing it to school because she didn't have time to take care of it (why get a dog at the beginning of the semester then??) It kept attacking her family's other two dogs. Asked for my advice then and multiple other times throughout the semester, consistently ignored it. Last night it attacked one of the smaller dogs again, so bad that the smaller dog couldn't move or hardly breath by the end of it because it was so badly injured.
The solution: euthanized the pit that night and decided not the take the other injured dog to the vet because taking it in to get treated would be "even more trauma that it didn't need." Instead they were going to just hope it wouldn't die or get any infections. After my urging she decides that "I suppose we could take it to the vet this weekend." THIS WEEKEND???
 
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simplyjean said:
My roommate (non-prevet) got an aggressive pit at the beginning of the semester, left it with her family rather than bringing it to school because she didn't have time to take care of it (why get a dog at the beginning of the semester then??) It kept attacking her family's other two dogs. Asked for my advice then and multiple other times throughout the semester, consistently ignored it. Last night it attacked one of the smaller dogs again, so bad that the smaller dog couldn't move or hardly breath by the end of it because it was so badly injured.
The solution: euthanized the pit that night and decided not the take the other injured dog to the vet because taking it in to get treated would be "even more trauma that it didn't need." Instead they were going to just hope it wouldn't die or get any infections. After my urging she decides that "I suppose we could take it to the vet this weekend." THIS WEEKEND???
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Time to show her photos of what will likely happen if they do NOT bring her in.
 
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wolfspeaker said:
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Does it make you feel better to know that my AC broke, so I'm definitely feeling the heat?

In all honesty, I hate how smug Floridians get about the weather here. Yes, it's better than many places right now. But then we get hurricane season and sweltering summers
 
dyachei said:
Does it make you feel better to know that my AC broke, so I'm definitely feeling the heat?

In all honesty, I hate how smug Floridians get about the weather here. Yes, it's better than many places right now. But then we get hurricane season and sweltering summers
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Yeah, not a fan of the hurricanes. However, MN gets sweltering heat as well as -25 below without windchill. I call MN the Bi-polar state. I'd rather just have the heat, haha!
 
It was bitchin' cold last week. So I take it that is our gift to you. You're welcome. :smuggrin:

(I'm sitting at 0 C/32 F this week...hehehehehehe)
 
bunnity said:
Dogs are inside if no one is home... depending on the dog either loose in the house, confined to a single room, or crated. People without yards walk their dogs and take them to the dog park.
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That's how it was for us growing up. It was a rural area, so yards were huge and most people simply could not afford to fence the whole thing. Our dogs were always inside loose when we were out, until we did manage to cobble together some fencing to leave the three of them out if weather permitted. Before that, if we were home, the Airedale cross would go out on a tie and the other two would go loose. I wouldn't leave a dog out loose these days, I know better. Of the four dogs we had growing up, we never had to crate any of them once they were house trained. Having a dog who can either a) behave unattended indoors or b) be crate trained is essential here for weather reasons. It's just too damn cold in the winter.
 
In addition to the cold temperatures, my rant is that there is a big snowstorm headed our way this weekend that could quite possibly trap me on this island for several extra days. Now instead of going out for a fun, relaxing post-finals dinner with my classmates on Friday night I will have to rush straight back to my apartment after our final and launch myself into a packing and cleaning frenzy so I can be ready to leave by 5 AM on Saturday. I just want to rest!!! Stupid storm.

This also means I run the risk of driving directly into the storm depending on how quickly it moves north. I should probably plan a few bail out points just in case. Ugh.
 
dyachei said:
Does it make you feel better to know that my AC broke, so I'm definitely feeling the heat?

In all honesty, I hate how smug Floridians get about the weather here. Yes, it's better than many places right now. But then we get hurricane season and sweltering summers
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It was hotter and muggier in the Northeast this past summer. And we got the worst hurricane the previous year. Smug for a reason!
 
StartingoverVet said:
It was hotter and muggier in the Northeast this past summer. And we got the worst hurricane the previous year. Smug for a reason!
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No, they are not nice about it. watched the news the other night and the weather forecast was ice storms in the rest of the country but everyone should be jealous of us so get out your beach towels...
 
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