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I'd like to announce that we are now the proud forever owners of Joe Joe.
Scott agreed that he was a perfect fit. He needed a forever home, we have a forever home, he's already residing here so it'd be illogical to send him away. The rescue director wasn't surprised and said she pretty much knew I'd be calling with the question. I had to make sure they didn't have a home waiting for a dog just like him and/or had promised him out already pending my foster evaluation. So he goes to the vet Monday for his yearly, will be microchipped & have a teeth cleaning scheduled. Now I have to totally replan the travel arrangements for our August vacation. It was one thing to travel 13 hours with Fancy where we could do with the soft-side rooftop carrier and still squeeze some things inside next to her crate. That's not possible with 2 dogs as 2 crates won't even fit in the back and I can't reconcile the cost of one larger crate to house both dogs when we have to take individual crates for their stay (where am I gonna put those?). Can't lay the seats down because Amie needs the backseat. Looks like the Boxers will be traveling loose and I'll be purchasing a hitch platform for rear storage. Might as well just rent a small U-Haul and be done with it. I'm sure it'll be interesting doing 70mph up I95 in the middle of the night with 2 Boxers mouthing (which comes with lots of loud growling) in the back. Before anyone suggests buying a bigger vehicle, I have 4 years and 2 months of payments left on my Explorer and I'm not parting with it. -- Tara |
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"Tee" wrote in
: I'd like to announce that we are now the proud forever owners of Joe Joe. Oh, congratulations! I knew you and Joe Joe could win your husband over! Enjoy your new guy!! -- Catherine & Zoe the cockerchow & Queenie the black gold retriever & Rosalie the calico |
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"Tee" wrote: Looks like the Boxers will be traveling loose and I'll be purchasing a hitch platform for rear storage. Have you considered using seatbelt harnesses? Even if you don't have seatbelts to fasten them to, there's usually something that a restraint strap can be secured to. My larger two ride in the back seat with adapted "Easy Rider" harnesses; I chose that type because it's quick & easy to put on the dog, and none of the load on impact goes on the buckles - it's all taken up by the D-rings and the straps. (Unfortunately, none of web pics I can find of the harness clearly depict how it fits and works.) I cut off the loop that you're supposed to pull the seatbelt through - it doesn't work well with lap belts, because the dog can't sit up, nor with shoulder belts, because it pulls the dog sideways, and in both cases the dog can't turn around. Instead, I put heavy-duty "quick links" around the shoulder portion of the seatbelts, then use heavy-duty carabiners to clip the quick link directly to the harness D-rings - that allows the dogs to sit up and down, with the quick link sliding up and down the belt. I also purchased two restraint straps intended to go with the "Ruff Ryder" harnesses from C.A.R.E ( http://www.canineauto.com/ )- I don't like the harnesses, but the straps are useful. If I need to carry the dogs in the back of a pickup truck or SUV, I can find a strong bit of the vehicle to attach those straps to (in my old Dodge, it was the loops on the floor that the rear seat would hook into). ...adding a footnote: I just double-checked to see if the web site was still active, and they're now carrying a different kind of harness that looks good, and works in a similar way to the Easy Rider.(E.g. with impact load going on double D-rings, not on the buckles.) If I were starting from scratch, I think I'd be buying those harnesses. I've recently become even more of an advocate of using car restraints of some type - I was totaled by a drunk driver (blood alcohol .22 - nearly three times the legal limit -at 6:30 p.m.!) two months ago. Although the big dogs - who were lying down in the middle of the car, Morag on the floor and Bren on the seat - weren't buckled in & were unhurt aside from Bren having a mild back strain, Rocsi would most likely have gone through the window, and would definitely have been flung across the car into hard surfaces if she hadn't been buckled in. |
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Sionnach" wrote in message
... "Tee" wrote: Looks like the Boxers will be traveling loose and I'll be purchasing a hitch platform for rear storage. Have you considered using seatbelt harnesses? Even if you don't have seatbelts to fasten them to, there's usually something that a restraint strap can be secured to. I hadn't because the dogs would have to ride in the back of the Explorer. We plan to leave at midnight and drive through the night which means Amie will be laying down sleeping on the backseat. I hadn't given consideration to a harness w/lead-type restraint as the Champion system shows. My only concern would be the two dogs becoming entangled. Fancy and Joe Joe have a penchant for consistently going the wrong way and getting hemmed up around the exact same planters & trees that have been in my yard for years. You'd think that after so many times of doing this and having to be untangled they'd realize the error of their ways. Unfortunately they have more beauty than brains. If they laid down it wouldn't be a problem but I can see them tripping over each other in an attempt to get the best "spot" or see what the other is seeing. I also purchased two restraint straps intended to go with the "Ruff Ryder" harnesses from C.A.R.E ( http://www.canineauto.com/ )- I don't like the harnesses, but the straps are useful. I've recently become even more of an advocate of using car restraints of some type - I was totaled by a drunk driver (blood alcohol .22 - nearly three times the legal limit -at 6:30 p.m.!) two months ago. Thanks for the link. I'm sorry to hear about the but am glad you and the dogs are ok. -- Tara |
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"Sionnach" wrote in :
I've recently become even more of an advocate of using car restraints of some type - I was totaled by a drunk driver (blood alcohol .22 - nearly three times the legal limit -at 6:30 p.m.!) two months ago. How scary and awful! I'm sorry this happened to you. I'm glad the dogs weren't hurt -- hopefully you weren't hurt either? -- Catherine & Zoe the cockerchow & Queenie the black gold retriever & Rosalie the calico |
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"Tee" wrote: I hadn't given consideration to a harness w/lead-type restraint as the Champion system shows. None of the retail stores OR online stores seem to carry anything like it, unfortunately. I found it by web-searching when I was working out the system I'm currently using. My only concern would be the two dogs becoming entangled. That would definitely be something to watch out for - whether or not it would be preventable would, I think, depend on the configuration of the car (e.g. where you could manage to fasten the straps. You'd think that after so many times of doing this and having to be untangled they'd realize the error of their ways. Unfortunately they have more beauty than brains. If they laid down it wouldn't be a problem but I can see them tripping over each other in an attempt to get the best "spot" or see what the other is seeing. Heh. I can picture that. WRT self-detangling... some dogs Just Can't Get some things. Eli, one of my Lab clients, never did really grasp the concept of going back around a tree or pole on command, which all the other dogs I exercised (including D.O.G., the slowest and most placid Lab on the face of the earth) easily learned. Thanks for the link. I'm sorry to hear about the but am glad you and the dogs are ok. Somebody Up There was looking out for us IMO, including the asshat in the other car - who accelerated from the back of the parking lot of the bar where he'd been drinking, directly into traffic at a high rate of speed. I was going north at just over 40 mph, and he went in front of me, headed for the south-bound lane, as if I wasn't even there. One moment the road was clear, the next there was a car directly in front of me. The impact tore the rear wheel off of his car, leaving it wedged between my front wheel and the frame of his car, and ripped the entire left front upper corner of my Nissan off. My car spun 90 degrees, ending up horizontally across the road; his, after the wheel tore off, spun around once or twice and ended up on the other side of the road several hundred feet away. As far as the grace of the Deity... First, if I didn't have excellent reflexes, and something hadn't guided me, in the split second before impact, to cut the wheel hard to the right, I'd've hit him squarely on the driver's door rather than hitting on the angle at the rear wheel well. That would most likely have killed or severely injured him, and would have resulted in far greater damage to my vehicle and probably to me; not to mention that the straight front-and-back "whiplash" effect would have been far worse than the spiral forces that actually resulted. I walked away with muscle strain to my upper back and neck & left arm (which I'd thrown in front of my face after cutting the wheel with it, and was struck by the airbag), deep bruises on the left side of my chest from the shoulder belt (yes, THAT part of my chest- thank goodness I'm not particularly well endowed!), a nasty burn on my right wrist from teh airbag's explosive charge, and a bone bruise on my left shin from who-knows-what. The shift in impact is also what prevented Bren and Mw from being hurt; since the Nissan spun, and they were in the middle of the car (in the area that moved the least), the worst that happened was that Bren slid across the seat and wrenched his back slightly. Morag, lying in a nest of blankets on the floor, wasn't hurt at all. Second, although my engine was severely damaged and leaking gasoline, the battery cable came off during impact, preventing any chance of spark and fire. The guys who helped me and the dogs out of the car, then popped what was left of the hood to detach the cable, were awed by that. WRT to the ****wit driving the other car, I have to say that it was quite satisfying to see him being led away in handcuffs & taken off in the state troopers' car half an hour or so later. I have to appear as a witness in his criminal prosecution for DWI next week; I'm not looking forward to it, but hopefully he'll get appropriate penalty. I've been told that with that blood alcohol level, in that jurisdiction, he should be "in deep yogurt" if the police and prosecuter do their jobs halfway competently. And he apparently has a history of problems; my S.O.'s mother, who used to do drug and alcohol counseling 10 or more years ago, recognized his name as one of her former clients. :-P |
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"ceb" wrote: How scary and awful! I'm sorry this happened to you. I'm glad the dogs weren't hurt -- hopefully you weren't hurt either? Thanks. :-) As detailed up-thread, Somebody or Something was looking out for all of us, and I walked away with nothing more than muscle strain and bruises. Since I could easily have been badly injured or killed, I have no complaints. The main thing I regret is the loss of my 10-yo Quest - I really liked it, and it was (as the accident showed!) a very safe and reliable car. I wasn't able to find another one, and have ended up with a similarly-aged Mazda MPV, which is very comfortable and pleasant to drive, but doesn't have as much crash safety as the Nissan. (The MPV is sort of a cross between a minivan and a station wagon, so it's a good bit shorter than the Quest.) Hopefully the odds are in my favor NOT to have another serious crash anytime soon! Last one I had was 20+ years ago, also completely not my fault. |
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On Sat, 11 Jun 2005 23:17:12 -0400, "Tee"
wrote: I'd like to announce that we are now the proud forever owners of Joe Joe. Scott agreed that he was a perfect fit. He needed a forever home, we have a forever home, he's already residing here so it'd be illogical to send him away. The rescue director wasn't surprised and said she pretty much knew I'd be calling with the question. I had to make sure they didn't have a home waiting for a dog just like him and/or had promised him out already pending my foster evaluation. So he goes to the vet Monday for his yearly, will be microchipped & have a teeth cleaning scheduled. Congratulations! What a nice-looking pair they make. Where are you going ton vacation? Mustang Sally |
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"Tee" wrote: I'd like to announce that we are now the proud forever owners of Joe Joe. Scott agreed that he was a perfect fit. He needed a forever home, we have a forever home, he's already residing here so it'd be illogical to send him away. BTW, I forgot to say "congrats!" on winning DH over. ;-) Sounds like Joe Joe is the perfect fit for your household. |
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"sighthounds & siberians" wrote in message
... On Sat, 11 Jun 2005 23:17:12 -0400, "Tee" wrote: I'd like to announce that we are now the proud forever owners of Joe Joe. Scott agreed that he was a perfect fit. He needed a forever home, we have a forever home, he's already residing here so it'd be illogical to send him away. The rescue director wasn't surprised and said she pretty much knew I'd be calling with the question. I had to make sure they didn't have a home waiting for a dog just like him and/or had promised him out already pending my foster evaluation. So he goes to the vet Monday for his yearly, will be microchipped & have a teeth cleaning scheduled. Congratulations! What a nice-looking pair they make. Thanks! Where are you going ton vacation? We're going to Cape May, NJ for a week in August. Will visit Hershey Park in PA and probably take the Ferry over to Rehoboth Beach in DE. I grew up in Cape May and most of my family is there. -- Tara |
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