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You are here: Home / Pet Blogging / Dog Blogging / It Could Be Worse

It Could Be Worse

by John Cole|  January 14, 20099:22 am| 34 Comments

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Overslept, and didn’t get out of bed until around 8, and was in a generally grumpy mood until I checked my email and found this:

I guess things could be worse.

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  1. 1.

    DougJ

    January 14, 2009 at 9:24 am

    8 is oversleeping? What time do you normally get up?

  2. 2.

    "Fair and Balanced" Dave

    January 14, 2009 at 9:25 am

    On the bright side, the dog is now able to pick up "Animal Planet" off the satellite ;-)

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    D-Chance.

    January 14, 2009 at 9:30 am

    8 is almost bedtime for us nightworshippers.

  4. 4.

    Michael D.

    January 14, 2009 at 9:35 am

    Ahmmm, is it just me, or is that like, the worst photoshop ever?

  5. 5.

    Punchy

    January 14, 2009 at 9:36 am

    Lampdog!

  6. 6.

    Carrie

    January 14, 2009 at 9:38 am

    Yeay, that’s my pup!

    He’s doing much better now.

  7. 7.

    John Cole

    January 14, 2009 at 9:45 am

    @DougJ: Normally 6:45 to 7, or whenever the cat wakes me up. Eight isn’t a really late start to the day, but I had shit to do this morning and specifically set my alarm clock for 7 to make sure I was up.

    It will apparently go off at 7pm tonight.

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    Laura W

    January 14, 2009 at 9:46 am

    @Carrie: So how long did he wear his accessory?
    I think my cat kept hers on for 12 minutes.
    (Actually, I’m the one who caved. Couldn’t bear to see her in such frustrated distress.)
    Pretty pup!

  9. 9.

    canuckistani

    January 14, 2009 at 9:49 am

    Yeah, it’s a good morning when you wake up and your testicles are still attached.

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    Hedley Lamarr

    January 14, 2009 at 9:54 am

    I read that these gadgets were distributed to the fellows who dined with Obama last night at the Will house.

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    Carrie

    January 14, 2009 at 9:56 am

    Surgery was on Monday and they said 10 days….i don’t think we’ll last that long though.
    Thanks, he’s a good pup.

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    Gus

    January 14, 2009 at 9:57 am

    Reminds me of my buddy’s dog, a pit/husky mix. She was about the sweetest, most mellow dog I’ve ever known.

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    JL

    January 14, 2009 at 10:02 am

    @Carrie: I had a golden retriever that had to wear one. When he was outside trying to sniff the flowers or whatever dogs like to sniff, he would get his shade caught in the dirt.

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    Bob In Pacifica

    January 14, 2009 at 10:05 am

    When I see dogs with those things on I get this mental image of a drunken dog party the night before and this being what happens to the dog who was wearing the lampshade.

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    Comrade Stuck

    January 14, 2009 at 10:05 am

    That dog has to be French.

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    Carrie

    January 14, 2009 at 10:13 am

    @JL:
    We have about a foot and a half of snow here,
    what he does is scoops some up, casually walks in the house and dumps it on the rug.
    His way of getting back at me, i guess….

  17. 17.

    R-Jud

    January 14, 2009 at 10:19 am

    Our cat Zeno wore a lampshade for a week once, and the entire time I was tempted to hot-glue some layers of lace around the inside to make it look like a Tudor-era neck ruff. Strangely, my husband was opposed, even though I argued that Z couldn’t possibly be more embarrassed than he was.

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    Joshua Norton

    January 14, 2009 at 10:19 am

    I read that these gadgets were distributed to the fellows who dined with Obama last night at the Will house.

    It’ll be interesting to see how many wingnutz write pandering columns this week about how humble Barack was and how they were all so surprised at how great his manners were and how he wasn’t "hollerin’ for iced tea" throughout the dinner.

    Actually, if Bill Kristol writes his next column about how he now has faith in Obama and how awesome he is going to be, we are all in deep shit.

  19. 19.

    The Other Steve

    January 14, 2009 at 10:24 am

    With our Dachshund the lampshade was dragging on the ground, and she couldn’t eat or anything because of it. We found this inflatable donut collar… called the Procollar.

    I give it two thumbs up. They cost about $25-30 instead of $15, but it’s easier to put on and the dog loves it a whole lot more.

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    The Other Steve

    January 14, 2009 at 10:32 am

    Our cat Zeno wore a lampshade for a week once, and the entire time I was tempted to hot-glue some layers of lace around the inside to make it look like a Tudor-era neck ruff. Strangely, my husband was opposed, even though I argued that Z couldn’t possibly be more embarrassed than he was.

    Bleah, when my cat had a lampshade, she’d just eventually get the thing covered in crap from the litter box. disgusting

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    Iowa Housewife

    January 14, 2009 at 10:33 am

    @Laura W: I know what you mean. My dog had to wear one once and I still giggle about her trying to get out of a room that had two doors. She kept banging into the doors, cracked me up, but I felt sorry for her and took it off.

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    R-Jud

    January 14, 2009 at 10:40 am

    @The Other Steve:

    Z never had that problem, but he would put the lampshade against the wall so that you couldn’t see his face and then fall asleep like that.

  23. 23.

    bago

    January 14, 2009 at 11:19 am

    It’s 8:17 and I’m still up. I blame teh wimmenz.

  24. 24.

    David Hunt

    January 14, 2009 at 11:34 am

    So how long did he wear his accessory?
    I think my cat kept hers on for 12 minutes.
    (Actually, I’m the one who caved. Couldn’t bear to see her in such frustrated distress.)

    A good friend of mine had to put one of those things on their cat (I considered that cat to be almost mine) for about a week to keep her from biting out stitches. She eventually managed to live with it. It was kinda amusing/pathetic to watch her habitually try to wash herself and end up just licking the inside of the collar. She did that quite a bit as she couldn’t actually wash herself and therefore felt (hell, was) dirty. The night that she got to get the thing taken off, we went out to dinner right after that. When we came back (c90minutes later) she was damp to the touch from all the determined washing she did!

  25. 25.

    Damned at Random

    January 14, 2009 at 11:34 am

    Poor Wolf

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    J. Michael Neal

    January 14, 2009 at 11:52 am

    Eddie didn’t need a lampshade. It’s now eight days since the surgery, and he’s left his stitches pretty much alone. He came out from under the bed last night for quite a while. I’ll try to get a picture up of him when I have a chance. Fortunately, he doesn’t realize what the camera does.

  27. 27.

    J. Michael Neal

    January 14, 2009 at 12:35 pm

    Here’s a photo of Eddie, minus a leg.

  28. 28.

    jake 4 that 1

    January 14, 2009 at 1:08 pm

    @Laura W: [Coughs uneasily] When the big fat blob had to have surgery on his shoulder, I … uh … made him a little robe thing so neither he nor the tiny bag of hate could mess with the incision.

    Shut up! He’s clumsy enough as it is without a big bowl on his neck!

  29. 29.

    jake 4 that 1

    January 14, 2009 at 1:11 pm

    Poor Eddie. I hope he’ll be all right. I hope he doesn’t blame you for his predicament and use his remaining pointy parts to fuck you up.

  30. 30.

    harlana pepper

    January 14, 2009 at 1:20 pm

    I plant a kiss on Eddie’s noggin — there, there, fella

  31. 31.

    Punchy

    January 14, 2009 at 1:22 pm

    How freakin bizzare is this?

    Part of me says the ‘rents must be whacked, and therefore this is proper….but the other side of me says since when are kids judged to be in harm’s way purely based on their monikers?

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    Carrie

    January 14, 2009 at 1:30 pm

    @J. Michael Neal: Poor Eddie.
    Such a gorgeous kitty.

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    comrade scott's agenda of rage

    January 14, 2009 at 2:37 pm

    Our three-legged dog has to wear the collar every night because otherwise, he chews himself to death.

    Yeah, we’re on allergy shots and other medications but a large chunk of this is mental, not sure why.

    The ProCollar looks better from the dog’s standpoint but I don’t see how it really blocks the canine from reaching a lot of areas, like paws and such.

  34. 34.

    Laura W

    January 14, 2009 at 6:32 pm

    @jake 4 that 1: Lacroix would be proud, Sweetie Darling.

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