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> They thought nothing of it! NO BIG DEAL!!! > They went and bought more. Well you should have seen me in action.
I can only imagine. :-) > NO WAY were they going to kill some more fish,just for a decoration.
Poor fish. Some people are just so cruel. > Let’s just say…I put the "evil eye" on those two,and the fish > lived~~~~~ > I HATE PEOPLE that have so little regard for ANYTHING. They are EVIL! > Oh, and Cindi, you did the right thing by leaving that creep!
Yeah! I thought he was fine until animals got involved. I couldn’t believe about my fish. I cried and cried; they were like my babies. They had names and personalities and some would eat right from my hand. sigh cindi > Paulette~ > Feeling like "Moondancing" while listening to Van’s great new album, > "Back On Top" still the "Brown Eyed Girl" > A dogs life is too short… > Their only fault really…
– Cindi
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– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> EWWWWWWWWW!!!!!!! How do people let their animals mess all over > their house without caring, cleaning it up, or making an attempt > to housebreak these dogs??? Yaaaaahhhhh! Ugggghhh! ( Darlene > shudders in revulsion ) Icky!! > At first I’d pick it up because it was so gross. But usually he got > home before me, and he’d just be sitting around with it laying all over > the floor, like he was just waiting for me to get home so I could do > it. I *would* take the dog (Mia) out for walks and to pee/poop, but I > gave up cleaning up what he should have been cleaning up. It was > totally gross, but I wasn’t home very much, thank goodness.
Ugh. How could he just sit there in the midst of that stinking mess!! This guy wasn’t eccentric he was psychotic! Good thing you got out of that relationship!! – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> I walked over to find a very flat and > dried up Black Ghost Knife stuck to the carpet. <Sigh> Somehow he > jumped out of a covered tank. I’m guessing the small slots for > the turbo filters in the back was his escape route. Another time > I had a black ghost knife also! He got out too and died. How weird. I > also had a big fire eel who got out but lived when I put him back in. > He would come stick his head up when he’d see me and I’d hand-feed him, > so I guess he was probably looking for some food one day and slithered > too far over the edge. I was so glad I saved him, but he was one of the > ones my ex killed a few months later… 
I had a fire eel too! A Tire Track eel, two Yellow Spiney eels, three Snoflake eels, four rubber eels, and a couple of other strains of freshwater Moray eels. They all ate live bloodworms that I would put in this mini fish bowl and sink in the water. It was so weird how the blood worms couldn’t get out!! The sales people told me that the larger eels would only eat worms as I was afraid for my Cichlids and Gourami’s. I had a lot of those realistic cloth plants in the tank and tons of natural rock formations. So when a few Gourami’s came up missing I thought they were hiding. Then I couldn’t find my bumble bees, or my male Swordtail. Then one morning about a week after the larger eels arrival I was looking at the tank and almost choked when a Moray eel shot out of a rock formation and grabbed one of my Upside down cat fish!! He came down and began shaking him back and forth, I could hear the cat fish squealing! Yikes!! I grabbed a net and swished it in there and he let go. The catfish sustained major injuries and I found him floating in a sick tank I had put him in with tank antibiotic and Stress Coat two days later. :^( – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> a Gold Dojo hopped out of my 15 gallon tank and survived for an > hour unbeknownst to me on the family room floor. We found him in > the gold carpet when he finally jumped. I put him back in the > tank immediately and he swam off and hid. He lived for another > two years after that! Bottom feeders. They’re amazingly resilant. > Like Roaches. <G> > I don’t know what that is, but I had a flounder, I think it was called. > It was round and flat and had eyes on only one side… Anyway, when we > moved (before the dog) we took our fish with us, of course, and I > couldn’t find the flounder in the tank anywhere. We packed up all the > gravel but wound up not using some of it because we mixed in a different > color. About a month later I found the flounder living in the gravel in > the ice chest we had packed it in, in the closet. I put him back in the > tank and he was fine. SO WEIRD!
A Gold Dojo is part of the Loach family, ie; Kuhli Loach, Clown Loach, etc. They are a pretty orange gold and are small eel like looking creatures with frontal and hind fins as well as a tailfin. They have mouths like most bottom feeders ( Corey cats, Convict Cats, Emerald Cats, etc. )meaning a bunch of feelers around a suction hole!! They’re really neat looking and can suddenly get super active for no reason, I mean like freaking out as if they were just electrocuted, and then just as suddenly, STOP, like they’re dead or something. Then they’ll just sit wherever they floated to when they froze and stay there for a while. Kind of weird. I had a couple of Flounders too! Never did find the suckers when I drained the 55 gallon though! I hear they are amazingly resilant as you obviously found out!! — ~Darlene~ Scamp’s Internet Resources, lot’s of great links! http://members.tripod.com/scampsite Pet links! Doggy Do Right is going to make me a multimillionaire. That’s genius. Jerry Howe If tail curves around flanks when he’s sitting or laying shows he’s comfortable. Straight out behind him indicates very comfortable. Sitting on it, with a slight curl at the base, indicates he’s in the process of learning something. Jerry "The tail reader" Howe
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>Paulette,are you telling me that these people >allowed their dog to poop and pee IN THERE >HOUSE?? I mean it’s one thing when your >housebreaking and they have accidents you >have to clean up. But to be a daily thing…. how >in God’s name couldn’t they mind it?? YUCK!!! >– >~Darlene > Yup,that’s what I am saying…. > They don’t mind it as they are shall we say "VERY ECCENTRIC" and have > the maid clean up…. > Paulette~
Very Eccentric sounds like an understatement, and I hope they pay that maid well! I just can’t even imagine having a dog use your entire house like a toilet. That’s one of the most disgusting things I’ve ever heard. Then they wanted someone else to watch their precious puppy knowing full well it goes where ever, when ever? Your a much more understanding person than myself Paulette!! HEY!! While I’m writing this Renegade is sound asleep on top of the A/C vent ( It’s in the mid 90’s ) and he’s *howling*!!! How cute! I’ve never heard him howl before! Soft howls and woofs and whines. He’s dreaming. Awwwwww…. Just had to share. ;^) — ~Darlene~ Scamp’s Internet Resources, lot’s of great links! http://members.tripod.com/scampsite Pet links! Doggy Do Right is going to make me a multimillionaire. That’s genius. Jerry Howe If tail curves around flanks when he’s sitting or laying shows he’s comfortable. Straight out behind him indicates very comfortable. Sitting on it, with a slight curl at the base, indicates he’s in the process of learning something. Jerry "The tail reader" Howe
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I like to keep the crate in my room with me so my dogs don’t get lonely and start whining soooo early. Why don’t you try that for a liitle while?
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> EWWWWWWWWW!!!!!!! How do people let their animals mess all over > their house without caring, cleaning it up, or making an attempt > to housebreak these dogs??? Yaaaaahhhhh! Ugggghhh! ( Darlene > shudders in revulsion ) Icky!!
At first I’d pick it up because it was so gross. But usually he got home before me, and he’d just be sitting around with it laying all over the floor, like he was just waiting for me to get home so I could do it. I *would* take the dog (Mia) out for walks and to pee/poop, but I gave up cleaning up what he should have been cleaning up. It was totally gross, but I wasn’t home very much, thank goodness. > I walked over to find a very flat and > dried up Black Ghost Knife stuck to the carpet. <Sigh> Somehow he > jumped out of a covered tank. I’m guessing the small slots for > the turbo filters in the back was his escape route. Another time
I had a black ghost knife also! He got out too and died. How weird. I also had a big fire eel who got out but lived when I put him back in. He would come stick his head up when he’d see me and I’d hand-feed him, so I guess he was probably looking for some food one day and slithered too far over the edge. I was so glad I saved him, but he was one of the ones my ex killed a few months later… > a Gold Dojo hopped out of my 15 gallon tank and survived for an > hour unbeknownst to me on the family room floor. We found him in > the gold carpet when he finally jumped. I put him back in the > tank immediately and he swam off and hid. He lived for another > two years after that! Bottom feeders. They’re amazingly resilant. > Like Roaches. <G>
I don’t know what that is, but I had a flounder, I think it was called. It was round and flat and had eyes on only one side… Anyway, when we moved (before the dog) we took our fish with us, of course, and I couldn’t find the flounder in the tank anywhere. We packed up all the gravel but wound up not using some of it because we mixed in a different color. About a month later I found the flounder living in the gravel in the ice chest we had packed it in, in the closet. I put him back in the tank and he was fine. SO WEIRD! cindi
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> Yup,that’s what I am saying…. > They don’t mind it as they are shall we say "VERY ECCENTRIC" and have > the maid clean up…. > Paulette~ ><snip>
Anwyay, my boyfriend let this dog pee and poop all > over the apartment. Our agreement was that I would clean house and not > give him any money toward rent, but that was before he got the dog. > With poop all over I started boycotting the housecleaning. Within a > couple of months I broke up with him and moved out. <snip> .. One day > I made a map of all the poop piles and I’d add each new poop pile to the > map and date it. The map became proof that he didn’t pick up any poop > for something like 50 days. That’s when I left.
EWWWWWWWWW!!!!!!! How do people let their animals mess all over their house without caring, cleaning it up, or making an attempt to housebreak these dogs??? Yaaaaahhhhh! Ugggghhh! ( Darlene shudders in revulsion ) Icky!! > Another thing he did was to kill all my fish before I had a > chance to move them with me. He drained out their water and let them > all die and then told me he did it because he was mad at me. >
What an @sshole!!! I bred live bearing tropical fish for the local pet shops at one time. I loved my fish! Once I had a Black Ghost Knife because I thought they were so cool looking, I bought a ghost tube for him and everything. I paid close to $20 for him not counting the tube and the morning after I bought him I got a cup of coffee and went to relax in front of the tank as usual the 55 gallon ) and noticed something black on the floor. At the time our Boxer Bo was still a puppy at six months old, and I thought he had an accident. I walked over to find a very flat and dried up Black Ghost Knife stuck to the carpet. <Sigh> Somehow he jumped out of a covered tank. I’m guessing the small slots for the turbo filters in the back was his escape route. Another time a Gold Dojo hopped out of my 15 gallon tank and survived for an hour unbeknownst to me on the family room floor. We found him in the gold carpet when he finally jumped. I put him back in the tank immediately and he swam off and hid. He lived for another two years after that! Bottom feeders. They’re amazingly resilant. Like Roaches. <G> — ~Darlene~ Scamp’s Internet Resources, lot’s of great links! http://members.tripod.com/scampsite Pet links! Doggy Do Right is going to make me a multimillionaire. That’s genius. Jerry Howe If tail curves around flanks when he’s sitting or laying shows he’s comfortable. Straight out behind him indicates very comfortable. Sitting on it, with a slight curl at the base, indicates he’s in the process of learning something. Jerry "The tail reader" Howe – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> cindi
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The things you find out about boyfriend when animals get involved… Sheesh. Another thing he did was to kill all my fish before I had a chance to move them with me. He drained out their water and let them all die and then told me he did it because he was mad at me. So Paulette, I guess he needs somebody as eccentric as him, huh??? 
cindi I think this is CRUELTY and total disregard for life,NOT ECCENTRICITY! A few years back when I was doing a show in Philadephia,the dealer across from me had these magnificent Fiske Garden Fountains. They decided to add some goldfish to them. I told them, that if they put the fish in the water,and the water had not been out for 24 hours the fish would die. They said they would wait. (The show as not going to open till the following evening) They lied to me,and put the fish in,when i wasn’t around. The next morning all the fish were dead! They thought nothing of it! NO BIG DEAL!!! They went and bought more. Well you should have seen me in action. NO WAY were they going to kill some more fish,just for a decoration. Let’s just say…I put the "evil eye" on those two,and the fish lived~~~~~ I HATE PEOPLE that have so little regard for ANYTHING. They are EVIL! Oh, and Cindi, you did the right thing by leaving that creep! Paulette~ Feeling like "Moondancing" while listening to Van’s great new album, "Back On Top" still the "Brown Eyed Girl" A dogs life is too short…
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– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text ->Yorkies are smart dogs, and next to Pappillons >they are probably one of the most trainable >toys. >good luck, >cindi > I have to say I am not a "little dog" person. > Of course I am a "little puppy person" > That said,a dear friend has a yorkie named Teddy NOT HOUSEBROKEN…they > have never minded this,as his poops and pees were so insignificant to > them…to me it BUGGED ME A LOT!! ACK!!! > Anyway,they went away on vacation and I took care of Teddy. > He came here to my home,with all the big brown dogs,who really couldn’t > make him out! > I was DETERMINED to get that dog housebroken, and I did….here…. > As soon as he went back to my friends he wasn’t : ( > I don’t know why I brought this up… > Paulette~
Paulette, are you telling me that these people allowed their dog to poop and pee IN THERE HOUSE?? I mean it’s one thing when your housebreaking and they have accidents you have to clean up. But to be a daily thing…. how in God’s name couldn’t they mind it?? YUCK!!! — ~Darlene~ Scamp’s Internet Resources, lot’s of great links! http://members.tripod.com/scampsite Pet links! Doggy Do Right is going to make me a multimillionaire. That’s genius. Jerry Howe If tail curves around flanks when he’s sitting or laying shows he’s comfortable. Straight out behind him indicates very comfortable. Sitting on it, with a slight curl at the base, indicates he’s in the process of learning something. Jerry "The tail reader" Howe
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>Very Eccentric sounds like an understatement, >and I hope they pay that maid well! I just can’t >even imagine having a dog use your entire >house like a toilet. That’s one of the most >disgusting things I’ve ever heard. Then they >wanted someone else to watch their precious >puppy knowing full well it goes where ever, >when ever?
That wouldn’t even occur to them. > Your a much more understanding person than >myself Paulette!!
As far as these two are concerned,they have been around me so very long,that I am use to the weirdness of it all. >HEY!! While I’m writing this Renegade is sound >asleep on top of the A/C vent ( It’s in the mid >90’s ) and he’s *howling*!!! How cute! I’ve never >heard him howl before! Soft howls and woofs >and whines. He’s dreaming. Awwwwww…. >Just had to share. ;^)
– I wonder what Renegade is dreaming? As for my two "coocoos" Their dear old friends…Sort of like the family. They have "problems" for sure. Oh, the stories I could tell! I was being nice when I said they went on vacation… "Their coming to take them away haha…. Thanks for sharing Darlene Paulette~ Feeling like "Moondancing" while listening to Van’s great new album, "Back On Top" still the "Brown Eyed Girl" A dogs life is too short…
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That’s certainly another story if you normally get up at 4 to go to work. Doggies don’t quite get the "week end" thing. – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text ->I would note two things. First at 8 months of age, he has no reason >to need to get up in the middle of the night for potty breaks. He’s >a big boy, now. >Sorry I neglected to say something in my first post. I believe he >wakes up at 4 a.m. every day because when I work that is the normal >time I get up. I work 4-5 days a week. I go to bed at 9-9:30pm and get >up at 4 a.m. when I work. And of course the first thing I do is take >him outside to go potty! >The second thing I would note is that dogs are pack animals. It’s >very natural for them to WANT to sleep with you. You don’t have to >let him on the bed. But if you could move his dog bed (or use a crate >to retrain him) into your room, I’ll bet the crying will stop. >I don’t like crates, I feel that they’re small, cold, and unfriendly >(if you know what I mean). He sleeps in his crate with the door open >in the bathroom but that’s only because he was peeing on his doggy bed >if I didn’t take him outside when he whined. So I switched to the >crate without anything in it. >Also about him being a big boy at 8 months. I’ve been told by many >other yorkie people that he’s a genius because he was potty trained by >6 months. Yorkies are small dogs with even smaller bladders. In one >sense I’m happy that he wakes me up at 4 a.m. every day to go potty >instead of going all over the floor. I just want him to stop whining >after he’s gone potty so I can get some sleep. [I'm sorry if this >paragraph sounds rude, but so many people have large dogs and have >never had a small dog that I was trying to make a point] >Dana and Ivan "the Terrible"
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>My 8 mo old Yorkshire Terrier starts whining/crying at 4 a.m. He >sleeps in the small bathroom across the hall from my bedroom (this is >his room…food/water, toys, crate, etc.). I take him out to go potty >and put him back but it doesn’t stop the whining. It’s like he thinks >it’s time to get up!!!!! But it isn’t for me! The only way I can get >him to be quiet is to let him into my bedroom to sleep on the bed with >me, but I only do that if he’s gone potty. >I don’t want to have to let him on the bed to be quiet, and my husband >won’t allow him to sleep there all night (wouldn’t bother me though). >What can I do to have him stop crying so I can get some sleep….this >behavior has only started within the last 2 months.
I would note two things. First at 8 months of age, he has no reason to need to get up in the middle of the night for potty breaks. He’s a big boy, now. The second thing I would note is that dogs are pack animals. It’s very natural for them to WANT to sleep with you. You don’t have to let him on the bed. But if you could move his dog bed (or use a crate to retrain him) into your room, I’ll bet the crying will stop. I use a water spray bottle to quiet dogs that don’t need to go to the bathroom but whine at night. (For those of you who pay attention to details, it’s the hubby who hits me on the arm to let me know someone needs spraying.) –Cindy —
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– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – > You may have to spend some time for a few mornings addressing the problem. > It shouldn’t take much time, but you need to address it each time it > happens, and work on it until the behavior is broken. When he get up, use > the distraction techniques employing sound and praise according to the > directions in the Wits’ End Dog Training Method manual available for free > at: http://www.doggydoright.com > Sincerely, > Jerry Howe, > Wits’ End Dog Training
Ah yes Jerry. The old Bait and Switch, huh? Hasn’t it occurred to you that people who end up at your site start laughing so hard that they never make it to the manual at all? I know I did. It took a really concentrated effort on my part to dl and read through your manual. Which I must say is FULL of great SIG lines for me too use. Thanks for insisting that I read it. :^) I have saved to my hard drive and I now have an endless supply of future SIGs. — ~Darlene~ Scamp’s Internet Resources, lot’s of great links! http://members.tripod.com/scampsite Pet links! Doggy Do Right is going to make me a multimillionaire. That’s genius. Jerry Howe (If a dog’s tail is ) Straight out behind him indicates very comfortable. Sitting on it, with a slight curl at the base, indicates he’s in the process of learning something. Jerry "The Tail Reader" Howe
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Hi! > I don’t like crates, I feel that they’re small, cold, and unfriendly > (if you know what I mean).
OK, look at it this way. If you had him sleep in a crate, with the door closed, beside your bed (even on your nightstand so he can see you), he would be much happier than being alone in a room by himself. He might still whine at first until he got used to the idea, because even though he’s beside you he’d surely want to be even closer to you, since that’s how we’ve bred dogs to be — dependent on us, with a huge pack drive that makes them want to be with us always. But it’s got to be better for him than sleeping alone. Being alone, if you are a wild dog or a wolf, means almost certain death, and that’s why most dogs detest it so much. They are genetically wired to detest being alone and to make a huge fuss in the hopes that somebody from their pack will come rescue them before they die. Making a dog sleep alone at night is much worse, to me, than making them sleep in a crate beside me. > Also about him being a big boy at 8 months. I’ve been told by many > other yorkie people that he’s a genius because he was potty trained by > 6 months. Yorkies are small dogs with even smaller bladders. In one > sense I’m happy that he wakes me up at 4 a.m. every day to go potty > instead of going all over the floor. I just want him to stop whining > after he’s gone potty so I can get some sleep. [I'm sorry if this > paragraph sounds rude, but so many people have large dogs and have > never had a small dog that I was trying to make a point]
Yes, you are right that a lot of tiny dogs are very hard to housebreak. But here’s one more thing you might consider. If a dog is asleep, he’s not going to need to get up to pee until he wakes up. Therefore it’s to your best interests to try to help him sleep as long as possible, so that you can get more sleep. I bet that if he were in the bedroom with you, he’d not need to get up at 4 AM on the days you don’t work, because he’d feel secure that you haven’t left him or forgotten him because he’d be able to be next to you. I bet he won’t need to get up at 4 AM on your days off, and I also bet that even if he does still get up somewhat earlier than you want to get up, he’ll go right back to sleep if he can be with you after he pees. Personally, I have a very weird schedule. Sometimes I stay up all night studying and then I sleep when my daughter is at school. My dogs do not care one bit as long as they get to be with me. They will sleep all day if that’s what I’m doing. They absolutely do not bother me at all and they go right to sleep in my room with me. They just naturally like to sleep when I’m sleeping and don’t usually make any noise, but they also have some training so that they know what I mean when I tell them to quiet down. Yorkies are smart dogs, and next to Pappillons they are probably one of the most trainable toys. I think you can easily train your pup to stay off your bed and on the floor, if that’s what your hubs wants and if you feel too bad crating him. But until you get to that point, there’s nothing wrong with crating him beside your bed. good luck, cindi > Dana and Ivan "the Terrible"
– Cindi
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