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Did you adopt one of our Petunia's puppies? Get a harness. The only way you will be able to maintain control of the dog and force her to move will be with a harness. The collar is too risky for an injury. The 2 Hounds No Pull Freedom Harness is what we use for Petunia. She can plant her feet like they are cemented to the sidewalk. I can still move her using the harness and force her to take steps until she decides to walk willingly. The harness gives you much more control of the dog overall. Normally we try a high value treat first - something like dehydrated liver. That treat is only used for this one purpose - to get her to walk. We hold it in front of her and start moving. We hold it just far enough away that she has to follow it, and when we get to a landmark, like the next street sign or next shady spot, we will give her the treat with lots of praise. The process usually has to repeat multiple times to get her to walk. If she just flat out refuses and nothing works, I take control of the leash right where it meets the control loop of the harness, and only then will I pull her forward to get her moving. Using the harness, there is no strain on her like there would be with a collar.

Even though we've all had to do it at one time or another when traveling or commuting with a pet, you need to be aware that in most states / cities, you can get a ticket for leaving a vehicle running and unattended. Laws have not been updated in most places to account for remote start systems or other tech. I've lived in 2 different places where I knew people who got tickets for letting their cars warm up in winter while they waited inside.

Odin, you are one handsome dude! Happy Birthday from Petunia and Bella!

Along with Petunia, we are going to be heartbroken when this girl goes home to her human. She has fit right in from the first minute we met her. She and Petunia both sleep in the living room instead of Petunia coming to bed in our room like usual, and in the morning the living room looks like there was a teenage slumber party during the night. We have beds in our bedroom for both of them, but they want to do their own thing apparently. They run & play together and where one goes the other follows. At least we know she's nearby now, so they can have some play dates once Bella goes home. Every morning when I get up, Bella gets up from her bed and comes over to snuggle against me. She definitely knows how to work the system. I think she learned from a Pro, or is channeling one.

I've just started keeping the jar on the counter right next to the toaster. PB on toast is one of my favorites when I can't figure out what I want to eat, and is very often breakfast.

Looking good Logan! Happy Gotcha Day!

OK. That was how the previous site displayed them so was hoping it was still an option. Probably not a big deal to leave it as it is. Thanks for checking.

That's the one. I always found it easier to see the latest posts using that on the previous site when it only displayed the newest topics that had been posted until another new topic bumped the bottom one off. I think leaving all forums in is fine so that all posts get an equal chance at being viewed, but in it's current display it's just a constantly changing list, so it's easy to miss a new post for a day or two if I'm just skimming things. I guess what I'm asking is if it can be set to display only the Newest Topics posted instead of every response to every post. That would give pretty much every new post at least a few hours of visibility on the front page. Thanks.

Jeff, Any chance the TOPICS list on the main page can be set to display New Topics only like the previous site? New posts that need visibility or more urgent replies, especially Health and Medical get pushed off of the list too quickly if Off Topic and C&F / Chat Club are really busy. Right now it is changing with every reply to a post. Thanks.

We figured that Petunia would make the Kanab Newspaper front page when she statued in the middle of the street and brought the parade to a halt. They are hanging here with me this weekend but Mom went to Kanab with Trolley and her mom.

Petunia and Bella waited until the hottest part of the day to go sunbathing.

I'm very sorry for your loss. Run-free, Bisbee.

... Daddyman. Note the eye that is watching Daddyman from behind the blanket.

I'm so sorry for your sudden loss. Run-free, Jax. You will be greatly missed.

Rocket loved those. He didn't care for the chicken feet that I got at the butcher shop too much, but those dried duck feet were gold!

Petunia says she has not heard from even one of those 21 brats...... One of her boys is too busy winning races and being handsome on the innerwebs. Meet MW's T-Rex.

This development is massive. I just looked it up out of curiosity and we have 3,910 homes in 44 neighborhoods. The majority of them are snowbird homes, so the people are only here a few months out of the year. In the summer, those of us who are year-round pretty much hibernate in the AC due to the desert heat, so I would bet there are several other greyhounds in here that we haven't found yet. Right now I know of 6 total including Petunia and Bella, and 2 of those are snowbird hounds from Pennsylvania. Nearby we have Sun City AZ (borders our development in places) and we see greyhounds walking in there all the time. We know there are a lot of them in the immediate vicinity when you add-in Sun City and the other neighborhoods that border us.

Everyone, meet Bella! She looks a lot like another Bella we all know and love here. Bella's Mom fell and broke her hip a few days ago and is going into rehab for a while. Bella is 12 and will be staying with us until her Mom is better and back at home. She and Petunia became fast friends today. Bella lives in our development less than a mile from us, but we had never met or seen her before. We got an email this morning that sort of came through the grapevine asking if we knew anyone who could watch a greyhound while her owner was in the hospital. A few phone calls later, Bella is relaxing in our living room. She is a real sweetheart. Based on her crazy ear maneuvers and her face, I'm guessing she is related to Rocket, but I don't have any info regarding her racing name yet. We will work on that to see if she's a Gable Dodge or Dodgem By Design girl. So, if you see Chris or I posting pictures of her, she is a visitor!

I keep coming back and looking at Cletus' pictures. I just love this boy!

We had a rug cleaning machine for years. It was handy to have, but we decided to give it away when we moved. Bissell has gone after the pet owner market in their products recently and seems to have done a good job developing those products. I really like the Bissell Steam Mop we have but am hoping for a riding model. As the years went on and we got older, our carpet cleaner is now a guy named Bob! He does tile too!

Awesome!

Cletus - looking sharp!

Congratulations to Nigel and your chauffeur Mom. Your dedication is incredible.