Our poor Daisy cut her paw badly on a fence. A strange dog had the temerity to approach our property line, and Daisy flung herself at the fence to address that outrage, injuring her foot pad in the process. We had to visit the doggy ER yesterday evening. Now she’s all doped up and wearing the Cone of Shame:
Poor girl. She’ll be okay. But the next few days won’t be fun for any of us. Boxers are exuberant by nature, even somewhat mature specimens like my two. Enforced confinement makes everyone antsy.
Our other dog, Patsy Marie, resents the extra attention Daisy is receiving and interferes with bandage changes and meds distribution by interposing herself between Daisy and us, hampering our ministrations. She often bowls poor doped-up Daisy over in the process.
Once Daisy recovers, she might just whip Patsy’s ass as payback for this ill treatment. Or maybe she’ll forget the whole thing.
Dogs don’t usually carry grudges, which is one of many thousands of reasons they are superior creatures to human beings. Anyhoo, open thread!
Eric S.
Poor puppy.
I’m girding up my loins to negotiate a car purchase. I’m finally buying (one of) my dream car. A 1992 Porsche 911. A red convertible, of course. A late birthday present to myself.
Betty Cracker
@Eric S.: Ooooo, that is so COOL! Have you tried that app that tells you what people have paid for similar cars in your area? Might help with negotiations. On the other hand, it might not cover classic cars… In any case, congrats!
Gin & Tonic
@Eric S.: I envy you.
Elmo
Glad she’s okay. Pad injuries can be extremely serious, much more so than you would normally expect.
Sister Rail Gun of Warm Humanitarianism
Sam Wang has put up his ActBlue High Impact Races link. His identified races: Ann Kirkpatrick (AZ-Sen), Catherine Cortez Masto (NV-Sen), Deborah Ross (NC-Sen), Maggie Hassan (NH-Sen).
Also, via the comments of his convention bounce post, the OFA GOTV machinery has become Project Ivy. They are currently looking for developers and video professionals.
JPL
Daisy would be happier, if her master wore a cone of shame also. just sayin Get well pup!
OzarkHillbilly
@Gin & Tonic: I don’t. I could never afford the** insurance payments.
**ok ok, MY insurance payments
Eric S.
@Betty Cracker: I’ve not used it. I’m not sure it would cover classics either. Especially considering the low volume of sales. I’ve been saving for a couple of years and watching the market. Values on these cars have continued to climb. I found a good one, it passed inspection, and it’s time to pull the trigger before they get out of reach.
RK
That pic gives me an idea about a mobile dish network.
So can I believe Hillary is really up 8 points in some polls? Yes, yes I Khan.
Betty Cracker
@RK: Ha, we were joking about that last night — move her to the right and see if we can pick up some stations from Atlanta!
NorthLeft12
I had a Yellow Lab who had to wear the COS for about a week. She had the most miserable expression on her beautiful face for the entire time. She was not a whiner, but she was that week.
I shudder to think what my current Chocolate Lab would do under those circumstances. He whines if he can’t play with every dog he sees. The COS would be a nightmare.
amk
shame on you for putting the cone of shame on her.
gogol's wife
Poor Daisy. I hope she recovers quickly!
Catherine D.
My dog had eye surgery two months ago, and his cone of shame was soft. It eventually alternated between cone of shame and cape of shame, but in either position he couldn’t get to his eyes or lick the shaved IV spot on his front leg.
He’s having a liver biopsy next week and will be wearing the t-shirt of shame to protect the incision. Also cone/cape of shame if necessary.
MattF
@Eric S.: Congrats. I bought a car back in December– I decided I’d make the salesman do the ‘go to the manager’s office’ charade twice, and that worked pretty well. The final ‘equivalent MSRP’ I got was about 15% less than the advertised price.
Eric S.
@OzarkHillbilly: I checked the insurance on another car about a year ago. Same year but a coupe. It was $15 CHEAPER than I paying on my 2005 CTS-V. With a red convertible with the rear seat delete option I expect this one will be more expensive but it’ll be in line with what I pay now.
lamh36
Good morning BJ
#NiecyZoe is 1 year old today!!
Elizabelle
@ Betty: Sweet Daisy. Hope she heals up right quick.
@Elmo: Pad injury. Thought of you immediately. Remember you lost a pup to it. Hope all is well in your corner of the world. Meet up when it gets cooler.
MomSense
Poor pup. I hope she feels much better. I started using a gentle leader with my dog and she is sooo pissed off at me. When I take it out she runs to her crate. After several near death experiences (mine) chasing some poor chipmunk down a steep hill covered in wet pine needles, I had to make the switch.
rp
That’s what Trump needs! Except covering his entire head. And no holes for air.
Betty Cracker
@lamh36: OMG, what a cutie! Happy birthday, Zoe!
Headline at CNN right now: “Trump’s Russia Problem Not Going Away.” Hahaha!
raven
Sweet pup!
MomSense
I just read that Netflix is adding 11 slow tv titles this month. One is a train ride from Oslo to Bergen. They will also show salmon fishing, streams running, Norwegian knitters making a sweater, etc. Could be just what we need to counter this crazy election.
manyakitty
Hey, Betty! Do you ever do meet-ups? I’m visiting my parents in Tampa near the end of September and seeing some Juicers in meatspace could be a laff riot.
NorthLeft12
@MomSense: My wife and I tried a few different leashes/collars with our Chocolate Lab [Gus] when he was younger as he pulled like crazy. When we put the “gentle leader” on him he literally stood on his head in the middle of the road and rubbed it right off his face. Took us an hour to get him back.
We went to the metal pinch collar [which a number of fellow dog owners and a couple of trainers swore by] even though it looks like a torture device. The change in his demeanor and reduced pulling was amazing. I would recommend that you give that collar a try.
Major Major Major Major
Black Lives Matter Coalition Makes Demands as Campaign Heats Up
Sounds like they’ll not be repeating the mistakes of Occupy.
Major Major Major Major
Black Lives Matter Coalition Makes Demands as Campaign Heats Up
Sounds like they’ll not be repeating the mistakes of Occupy.
(let’s see if this one stays out of moderation)
MomSense
@NorthLeft12:
Thanks. She is definitely trying to get the leader off with a crazy ground rubbing, paw swiping, head stand maneuver.
scav
@lamh36: Happy Zoeday! Congratulate her, wish her the best, give her a tickle and thank her for sharing: I’m going to take the excuse to have something extra sweet in her honor.
geg6
Awwww, poor Daisy! She was minding her own business when she was called upon to protect her pack and this is the thanks she gets! Give her many skritches from me.
Methinks the media tide may have turned. Pretty vicious press aimed at the Hair Furor and the entire Rethug leadership. Love it!
Miss Bianca
@lamh36: What a sweetie! Happy birthday to her!
manyakitty
@lamh36: I think her picture is next to the definition for “cutie patootie.” She’s gorgeous! Those eyes…
Ahasuerus
@Eric S.:
Nice. Enjoy it. Apparently the oversteer problem in earlier models was addressed in the 993’s, so you should have quite a bit of fun powering through exuberant turns. Does it have the 6-speed? (please say yes…)
geg6
@lamh36:
Oh, happy, happy birthday to Zoe!
CONGRATULATIONS!
Says the woman who hasn’t met any of the dogs in my neighborhood. Grudges, jealousy, greed, politics, envy…the wonderful thing about dogs is that they’re very similar to us, if you care to look. Be careful with that paw injury. That’s one of a few possibles with a dog that always has me scared and vigilant.
@NorthLeft12: I raise guide dogs. We have to use the gentle leader, they won’t allow us to use the pinch collar even though they like it much better – I have never met a dog that didn’t hate the leader with the fire of a thousand suns. It’s a public image thing, far as I can tell. But I’ll say this, the leader is VERY effective.
My current, a beautiful Golden, will wait until people are watching and then put on a display that would make you think I’m murdering the poor guy. He’s such a dick, gotta love him.
Yutsano
Poor Daisypuppeh!
Uncle Cosmo
@MomSense: Pure train ride, or the “Norway in a Nutshell” tour? Rail Oslo-Myrdal, cog railway down to Flåm, fjord cruise on the Aurlandsfjord and the narrow Nærøyfjord, bus up to Voss & on to Bergen by rail. I did that in summer 2K & even on a gray & rainy day it was fun.
Elmo
@Elizabelle: Aw, thanks. This weather has been hideous, but I mostly haven’t been here. Traveling a lot. So the wife has to struggle through it herself.
Kristine
Poor Daisy–hope she’s back to her normal bounciness soon.
Years ago, Gaby managed to slice the back of her foot with a shard of ice that was hidden beneath snow. Hit a nerve and everything. Luckily, regular vet was still open–Gaby had to be knocked out while Dr A sewed things up. The damage healed. All better.
spaz
Poor dog, but on a lighter note reminded me of a recent Pooch Cafe strip.
Major Major Major Major
@Uncle Cosmo: Admit it, you only typed that so you could use the fun vowels.
Yutsano
@Major Major Major Major: Every time I see a European language with the interesting diacritical marks I think English spelling is boring. What REALLY sucks is it used to be more entertaining.
MomSense
@Uncle Cosmo:
Oh I don’t know. We’ll have to watch on the 5th. From the description it sounds like it is a view out the window for the entire ride but it didn’t say anything about the route or the train.
MattF
@Yutsano: More opportunities for spelling errors!
burnspbesq
Well, this sux. NIST has decided that SMS text messaging can no loger be used for sending out codes to be used in two-factor authentication. Approximately everybody I know who has a gmail or Google Drive account uses it. Unclear what the next step will be
Link
Ian
Bad dog. Very bad dog :X
Major Major Major Major
@burnspbesq: the Google Authenticator app is the way to go anyway.
burnspbesq
Porsches are a great way to have a midlife crisis. Much less expensive in the long run than affairs. A note of warning: all maintenance is frightfully expensive, especially new tires.
Major Major Major Major
@burnspbesq: Google’s got an app for that they should be using anyway
Gin & Tonic
@Yutsano: Vietnamese has more diacritical marks than any language I know (not implying that I knew Vietnamese, although I wish I did.)
Punchy
Small world….one of our dog’s is named Daisy.
hovercraft
Clinton campaign reports nearly $90 million raised in July, from POLITICO
When will Herr Trump tell us how much he raised, he has all these people wanting to throw money at him so he must have raised a bajillion right?
Eric S.
@Ahasuerus: This is a 964 (possible license plate IX VI IV) but is the Carrera 4, AWD model. That tamed the beast a bit.
Damn skippy it is a manual. A 5-speed though. It was a couple years before they went to the 6-speed. I haven’t driven an automatic since I left college and could buy the cars of my choice.
Major Major Major Major
@hovercraft: looks like an evil corrupt DNC slush fund to me
O. Felix Culpa
@lamh36: 1-YO Zoe is a cutie! As was all the earlier versions of little niecy. Thanks for sharing!
Emma
@lamh36: Happy birthday to Cutie!
The Golux
@rp:
When I saw the headline of the post, I was sure it would be about Trumplethinskin.
Back in the early ’70s, we had to take our German Shepherd, King, to a veterinarian to have a bad pad cut examined. King wanted nothing to do with the vet, who couldn’t get close enough to put on a bandage.
The vet’s name was Bitgood.
Major Major Major Major
I’m trying to collect on some bets I made about how no, superdelegates won’t overturn the pledged delegates, and these people are worse at paying than Trump
Uncle Cosmo
@Major Major Major Major: Fuck you, the “foehn” vowels are no “foehn” when you hafta c&p ’em.
I wanted to stay more than one night in Bergen but nary a room to be found; in order to have a place to sleep lying down I caught the overnight train back to Oslo. The 3-place sleep compartment was effectively a modern update of a 6-bunk Continental couchette cut in half, but I had it all to myself. Next afternoon I flew out to Trondheim, thence to Tromsø (for yinz with irritable vowels syndrome :p) – above the Arctic Circle in August, neat! – then bus to Narvik & an 18-hour rail/couchette run through Gällivare (:p) and Kiruna down to Stockholm. Hooray for cheap Braathens flights & a ScanRail pass!
Eric S.
@burnspbesq:
I just turned 45 last Thursday so I guess this qualifies. It could be an interesting debate between a midlife crisis and finally having the financial means to fulfill a desire one’s had since childhood. No reason it couldn’t be both.
I’ve had some cars that are expensive to work on so I get that. I can do a small amount of wrenching myself. I’ve got a couple of friends that are better than me. That said, I’m ready for it. The good news is that I live and work in Chicago and take public transit so if the car isn’t working for a bit that’s not a major dilemma for me.
Patricia Kayden
That’s so cute! My Boxer does the same to my Boxer mix. Makes me laugh every time.
schrodinger's cat
Poor Daisy, she looks so sad.
Uncle Cosmo
Goddamnittohell, I am in moderation for a frackin’ Scandinavian travelogue. What’s Norwegian for Rescue my post? (We’ll take the answer in either Bokmål or Nynorsk.) And how many lynx is too many lynx for FYWP?!?!?
(ETA: No longer in moderation, but the second question still applies, since that’s the only thing I can think of that offended FYWP…)
Major Major Major Major
@Uncle Cosmo: that does sound nice.
If you’re øn a Mãc thęÿrē super ēż though.
To answer your last question, I believe the limit is three, including @replies.
The Ancient Randonnuer
And so it begins:
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Major Major Major Major
@The Ancient Randonnuer: RINO squish. He’s retiring and trying to cash in on the crooked Hillary Clinton money machine. Didn’t you see? He believes in climate change!
hilts
h/t Syracuse Herald
This is the top story on memeorandum right now.
hovercraft
@Major Major Major Major:
Well it’s proof that she’s a Wall Street whore, last night he was railing about how she has raised 42 million from hedge funds and he’s only raised 19 thousand. He said he knows these guys and they are friends of his, but he doesn’t want their money, in fact he may return the 19k, so there. Hilary is going to raise and spend 1 to 1.5 billion because she needs to and he doesn’t. And the media is making a big deal about how much money he’s raised, but he only just started raising money in June, so it doesn’t count and he self funded to the tune of 60 million, and he’s probably going to spend even more of his own money. I take this to mean that when he looked at his fundraising for the month of June it was disappointing. The flames in the dumpster are getting higher.
RedDirtGirl
For some reason I thought this post was going to be about Corey Lewendowski!
Steeplejack (phone)
@Uncle Cosmo:
Three links max, and the reply link counts as one.
Gin & Tonic
@Major Major Major Major: Read his whole statement. He uses “hopeful” correctly. That’s rarer in politics than a Republican abandoning Il Donaldo.
hovercraft
@The Ancient Randonnuer:
I’ll believe it’s really a trend when it’s an actual elected official who is actually sticking his neck out and running for re-election. I mean good on Hanna for coming out and saying this, but he’s retiring and he’s from NY. As many editorial boards around the country are saying republicans are being craven, supporting a person so patently unfit for president is a disgrace. And at this point will probably do more harm than good to their careers if they have future plans to move up in anything other than a deep red state.
scav
@hovercraft: First straw doesn’t have to be the bravest or the most intact — especially for a herd of sheep. Anything could get the parade started. We’ll just have to watch the flock.
Major Major Major Major
@scav
Elie
Hugs to sweet Daisy. I just love that face!
scav
@Major Major Major Major: So Steve is going to try to herd nothing but sharks as he’s fired all the sheep. There’s a management style: continual feeding frenzy in the tank from top to bottom. Cannibalism in the three-martini lunchroom.
Dolphin teamwork can take out sharks.
Magatha
@CONGRATULATIONS!:
Yeah, the pinch collars don’t look good, but they are amazingly effective. You can even arrange the prongs so that only a few of them are actually pinching the dog’s neck. I used to know a golden who would pull your arms off, except if you prepared for the walk with the prong collar. He’d look at it and you could see him thinking, “Oh, it’s that kind of walk, the nicely paced one, not the OMG SQUIRREL walk. Okay then.” He didn’t even try to haul on the leash.
Other dogs do well on the combo chest/neck (collar and harness) arrangement, although you tend to spend time getting the leash untangled from their legs when they step over it. But the good part is when they pull, the collar/harness turns them toward you, to the side, so they quickly learn that if they want to make progress, they’re better off cooperating. Dogs are so great like that: mostly they want to cooperate, you just have to set them up so they can.
PS: do you work near the San Rafael Guide Dog facility?
Punchy
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Major Major Major Major
@scav: if you watch the episode, he’s a Gordon Gekko parody, so… basically, yes.
Felonius Monk
@hovercraft:
The fuel trucks have pulled up alongside the dumpster and have started spraying. Oh, That burning ring of fire.
SiubhanDuinne
@lamh36:
Oh, lamh, she is just adorable! Happy birthday to her!
Jeannet
@CONGRATULATIONS!:
I know I’m late on the Gentle Leader comments, but I wanted to say that my basset hound LOVED her Gentle Leader. I introduced it to her over a three day period with a clicker and peanut butter. First she got clicked (and treated) for looking at the collar, then for touching the collar with her nose, then by putting her nose in the loop, the for letting me snap the neck strap on. That took one day. The next day she got clicks and treats for wearing the collar for a few minutes several times a day. And she wore it for meals. The third day I hooked on the leash and walked her around the house with peanut butter in front of her nose (and meals were still delivered while she wore it). The fourth day we were ready to go for a real walk, with many treats to reward the no fuss behavior. She never did paw or try to escape the halter after that, even if I used it to turn her head away from a distraction. In fact, she would get all excited whenever she saw her halter and thrust her nose forward to get it on faster.
hovercraft
Howie Kurtz is very upset at the media. There were two Gold Star parents at the conventions who gave impassioned speeches, and yet the media is focusing on just one of them. The media claims that this is because Trump attacked Mr. Khan. This is media bias, so what if the media has determined that Pat Smith’s accusation that Clinton is personally responsible for the death of her son, is incorrect, no one other than Fox has invited her on TV to repeat known untruths, she is a grieving mother and should be given her fair share of time. When Chris Wallace asked Hillary about her, she refused to take the bait, and simply expressed sympathy and defended her right to believe whatever she wishes. Mr. Khan is being invited all over TV, yes Trump won’t shut up about it but it’s not fair. Trump looks bad, media must bring on Pat Smith to make Hillary look bad.
scav
@Major Major Major Major: Sorry, anything with episodes is my Achilles heel (barring Sherlock and the Doctor which are either DVDed or otherwise indulged in). Culturefail!
Uncle Cosmo
@Steeplejack (phone): Then I will be appropriately grateful Miz Cracker (or whoever) immoderated that post with the (harmless) Wiki lynx intact.
For those who have never been in the high latitudes: Summer days may be (nearly) 24 hours long, but the sun never gets very high in the sky, so it’s like neverending afternoon. When I got to my hotel in Tromsø it was warm enough (mange tak, Gulf Stream!) that I changed into shorts, but after walking into shadow beat a hasty retreat for trousers.
Tromsø is on an island across a channel from a cliff that goes up a few hundred feet. Take the Tromsø Bridge to the mainland & go up the funicular & you can see over the crest of the island to watch planes landing & taking off at the airport on the seaward side.
Two guys came up the funicular with what looked like an oversized duffle bag, from which they extracted & assembled a 2-person hang glider, & with great abandon took it right off the cliff. We followed their flight, most of us convinced they were going to crack up (unfamiliar perspectives play tricks on the eye) until the anticlimactic landing in a parking lot near the strait about 10 minutes later.
Felonius Monk
@lamh36: Happy Birthday to Zoe. She is a cutie.
Felonius Monk
@hovercraft:
Howie is mendacious piece of sh*t. Does anybody even listen to him anymore?
p.a.
Once had a dog who apparently ate its cone. Returned from an evening out, cone gone. Dog hadn’t been out, cone was nowhere to be found in the house. IIRC he had a very weird dump a few days later.
Magatha
@p.a.: I am not telling that story to any of the dogs I know.
hovercraft
@Felonius Monk:
The moning joe crew were saying this morning that an insider says he doesn’t really want to win, because of all that “governing and knowing” stuff that would involve, on the other hand he doesn’t want to lose, because you know how he hates losers. So that leaves the path he seems t be taking, being himself, he is going to go down in flames, but he will not be a loser because, it won’t be him that lost. On no, he will be a hero and champion of his millions and millions of voters who will all be victims of the biggliest voter fraud ever perpetrated on the American people. The Clintons rigged everything, the debates, the voting machines, all 20 million illegals wills vote, and some dead people, you have no idea what kind of things his people have found with voting irregularities, but you just wait till his investigators finish up the report. It will be ready right after they release the report from Hawaii and his tax returns.
People this rigged system has already stolen the election, believe him. He can the spend the rest of his life claiming to have been the true winner, without having to do any of the work. But in the back of his mind he’ll always pine for what could have been, the plane the power, oh my, maybe it’s not too late to try and win it after all. Looks over at the mountain of briefing books, ah f**k-it.
hovercraft
@Felonius Monk:
Trumps troops, maybe?
RK
Hillary’s new campaign slogan: Yes We Khan
rikyrah
Poor Daisy :(
May she have a speedy recovery.
jurassicpork
Aw, poor Daisy. She looks like such a sweet girl, too. Can’t imagine her getting riled up over anything. But they do protect their people to the best of their abilities.
Look, peeps, I hate to ask this but I can’t make a public appeal at my place without getting swarmed by stalkers and trolls that monitor everything I write 24/7. But Mrs. JP and I just found out we’ve suddenly (and I mean very abruptly) lost our only means of income. Our monthly expenses are at least $1500 a month and we haven’t even nearly that much to keep body and soul together until Labor Day. So any help would be immensely appreciated.
SgrAstar
@NorthLeft12: Second the motion on the pincher collars. I used one for my gigantic Lab + (mastiff?), who outweighed me by quite a bit. The pinch collar looks cruel but it works at those critical moments when a (fill in the blank) dashes across your pup’s field of view.
Dadadadadadada
@hovercraft: You copy Trump’s speaking style with disturbing accuracy.
rikyrah
@hovercraft:
The real GOP Crime Bosses are keeping their checkbooks closed.
muddy
That’s not a cone of shame, that’s the halo on an angel doggie! How dare you be so mean when she was only trying to defend you from predation!
Betsy
HI Betty, I’m so sorry to hear about your dog! Here’s pulling for her to make a full recovery soon. Good doggie :)
NorthLeft12
@hovercraft: Yes, I knew the more right leaning media hacks would dive into this hole and bitterly complain about why the Mom that accused Hillary of murder was not given as much pub as the Khans.
Are Howie and the other hacks that blindingly stupid that they don’t know? I doubt it.
Aleta
@Catherine D.: Best wishes for the procedure! Best advice I received: take it easy for the following week, and ask ahead for a sedative if you’re nervous because that helps a lot if it turns out to be briefly painful (not true for everyone, just a matter of what nerves might be affected in the sac area or wherever).
Aleta
@Aleta: @Catherine D.: Oh, sorryI Misread that as you having the procedure instead of your dog! Up too late and still in a bleary eyed stupor….
In the summer I work for a nonprofit that brings prof. musicians, both studio and touring, together with kids in lower-opportunity communities without access to music teachers (and w/o encouragement to go to college). We do rehearsals, performances, parties, instrument exchange, community sings round the clock. It has had big effects for all kinds of people in different ways. Sleep deprivation is a minor one …
Aleta
@hovercraft: This story line will be used to invalidate her presidency even more than the birth certificate one I think. He’ll end up with a politics TV show, or at least frequent yelling gigs, and a gaggle of low=class politicians who’ll pander to his supporters to locate their highway to success.
CTVoter
Betty? Thanks for the pics and stories about the girls. A boxer attacked and nearly killed my rat terrier/Jack terrier mix rescue dog, I was helpless, the owner was stunned, and it was hard for me to get over my fear of boxers. It is hard, but your posts help. So thanks, from a constant reader, rare poster.
Pat W
May I suggest best way to heal a wound and prevent infection, man or beast, is to use MediHoney Manuka Honey dressings. Our lab’s pad was sliced by a rock while swimming, leaving a quarter-sized, profusely bleeding wound. Vet warned us it would never completely heal, but within three weeks you could not see where cut had been. Hope your dog heals well and quickly too.