Old dogs, pink guns, and muscle pills

[Mike J Kobe for MVP!!]

Just quoting a line from my favourite film noir "Out Of The Past", dollface. :he:

Kathie Moffat (played by Jane Greer): Oh Jeff, you ought to have killed me for what I did a moment ago.
Jeff Bailey (Robert Mitchum): [dryly] There's time.

 

[Blake]

oops, sorry, that went right over my head.

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[Navi]

but I think I've found my dog. I'm meeting him the day after I get there, I hope it works out.

He'll need a new name...I think he looks like a Bubba (no offense Bubba) but I'll have to wait and see if it suits him.

 

[MisMischievous]

He looks happy about being adopted, how about "Lucky"?

 

[Amber nicole.]

What's he called now?

Why not give him a dangerous sounding name, Detonator? What's the use in having a guard dog and calling him Fluffy?

 

[vogonsrock]

Feeling are hurt but think of me when he licks you all over :tongue:

 

[familyguy]

awwwwww, I'm sorry Bubba. I'd ask what I can do to make it up to you, but I'm afraid you might answer me. :tongue:

I've been thinking about it, and he will also need a middle-name for when he's in trouble, so I need two names that go together. So far I've thought of General Lee, Lennox Lewis, Bud Weiser, Lex Luther, Captain Morgan.

I know I'm getting ahead of myself, but I'm doing it anyway.

 

[Julianna]

Beauregard or just "Bo" would be an excellent name for a good looking dog like him.

Embroider "General Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard" on his dog blanket.

 

[essentiallysolo]

He does look like a Bo, and Beauregard could be when he's in trouble. Love the Civil War reference, that's perfect.

I'll see how it suits him when I meet him.

 

[Sea Of Love]

Jethro would work if he's silly...Bo would be better if he's more sedate.

Last night I went online and decided on his food, crate and doggy beds. :great:

 

[Sonal]

Hannibal. Old-fashioned civil-war era name, menacing name to modern movie-going audiences.

Or try from this list:

Memorial Day Names: Shiloh & Sheridan – Baby Name Blog - Nameberry
http://nameberry.com/blog/memorial-day-names-shiloh-sheridan

 

[bettierage]

LOL, of course his middle name would have to be Lecter. Um, would that make men think I'm crazy? :tongue:

I thought I had decided about the crate, but after thinking about it some more I realize I need to consider this a piece of furniture. It's too big to hide, and I have to look at it every day, so I don't want Ugly.

Things have sure changed since the last time I bought a dog crate, they make them now that can be used as an end table. I was tempted by a wicker one, but really wicker isn't my favorite, and for the same $$ I can look at wood. ahahahaha I said I'm looking at wood. :

The only completely-perfect one I've found costs exactly twice what I decided was reasonable, so I'm still looking. I really want one with a removable tray in the bottom, a lot of the wood ones claim the bottom is waterproofed and stain-resistant but I can't quite believe it. It just seems gross to not be able to remove and clean the bottom.

I did order an orthopedic dog bed for my room, in case his hips are bothering him and he doesn't want to jump up on the bed. And I've decided on his bed for the living room, but can't decide the color until I pick the crate.

I've been shopping online all afternoon, I also needed a new shower curtain. The one I have is pretty, but it reminds me too much of my old house, and I'm trying to leave those things behind. I'll have my own bathroom again, and I bought the girliest shower curtain EVER, lolol it's a little different from my usual understated-florals.

I'm also having to get rid of a piece of furniture, and it's come down to an old vanity that was my mom's, or a desk that was, sadly, at some point painted a ghastly green. I'll have to get it refinished...it trumps the vanity because it was built by my great-grandfather. The vanity can still stay in the family. :great:

In fact now it's being picked up tomorrow, so I suppose I should take all the stuff out of it. Wish that wasn't my junk drawer, sigh. And now I've decided I can also get rid of more reminds-me-too-much stuff that's in the garage, so I need to go back down there and go through boxes again.

Fuck, I hate moving. :arf:

 

[Amanda R]

So I had decided I wasn't doing anything else until the crate issue was settled, and couldn't figure out if a 36" crate would be big enough, or if he needed 42". I called his foster mom to ask what she thought, and LOL'd when she said not to bother because he refuses to go in one. She always crates the fosters at night when she first gets them, but apparently even her big burly husband couldn't muscle him in there.

The good news is that he's not done anything bad in her house, she seems very comfortable about him being loose. I guess I'll just confine him to the bedroom with me at first so I'm not wondering what he's up to.

She says he bonds really well with women, so maybe his name is Casanova.

hehehehehe I can't wait to meet him. :love:

 

[uber]

MIA since June 23rd.?

I'm also wondering what has happened to Ridgeman?
:666:

 

[Marisa]

Who's Ridgeman?

 

[isabella]

Umm that will only matter if you need to fire a second round....there is no recoil until you pull the trigger.

Wrist problems aside, you should be using a two handed stance anyways.

Unless you hit him in the head (then there's no guarantee) a .22 is a peashooter and might stop a dog, but not a reasonably sized human.....

I do find it somewhat concerning that a) you feel the need to get rid of animals out of convenience b) need to get 2 other animals out of convenience and c) feel the need to get a firearm.

Millions of women live on the ground floor, leave the windows open, and never have a problem......a simpler, safer and more reasonable solution would be to put stops on the windows so no one larger than a 10 yr old can get in........

No insult intended but I think you are a prime example of the paranoid gun culture prevalent in the US....now if you were living in the ghetto? Then I'd say you might have a need but to "dispose" of two living creatures, and get too more for (IMO) the wrong reasons shows a complete lack of respect for those animals.

Further, a red dot laser won't be seen by anyone other than you. They MIGHT see a red light on the top of the weapon but won't see the beam, or the dot unless they look down at themselves and I doubt they'll be doing that. The only way they'll see the "beam" is if you first fill your room with dry ice fog or hand them a pair of laser glasses.....

 

[Pompal 09.]

Opinion noted. Thank you for the input about the gun.

You don't know me, Tboy, and you don't know what experiences I've had or what I will do to not have them again. I don't feel the need to justify my security concerns to you or anyone else.

Yes, the dog will have a job. That doesn't mean he won't be well-loved and cared for, and if that weren't true I don't think the vet who cared for my dogs for 15 years would have told the rescue group that any dog I bring home has hit the jackpot. And the cats, nice try making it sound like I threw them in a dumpster...they are in a good, loving home and I know they are ok, which was the best thing I could do under the circumstances. And if I came on here crying that I miss them, which I do, I suspect you'd be the first to point out that I'd be whining about something I did to myself.

 

[xxdrzchulaxx]

Until you no longer need them for security......and no matter HOW good the home you sent your cats away to, you're still "disposing" of them out of convenience as opposed to necessity.

 

[Pompal 09.]

No, that's not the case at all.

I'm not sure how it is you think you know me well enough to predict anything I will do, but you don't. You seem to have decided I'm a callous unfeeling bitch about my animals, and if I gave a shit about your opinion of me that would really bother me.

 

[letmeowt1]

She's be giving the cats to a good home, it's not the same as disposing of them.

Her fuckbuddies are the ones in the dumpster. :he: