Word tables, ugh.
Dog stuff: the dog's in her annual molt. The amount of hair that comes off her during May - Tom, if you ever get some of those hairless cats, I can clothe seven or eight of them, this week alone.
The weirder part though, is that it's not just fur. Her body bulks up like crazy for the winter, and this time of year, she just melts away. Her diet doesn't change, and as far as I can tell, her food consumption doesn't vary much. But she's noticably smaller. And not just me - people in the building and neighborhood remark on it.
She's Husky and Rott, so some pretty solidly built breeds. And with the Husky especially, it makes sense. But it's weird to see it happen, and so fast.
A couple of years ago, I was out visiting Mom and my brother in NJ in April, so I was able to see my brother's two malamutes go through their complete dehairing, or so it seemed. Their undercoats seemed to come off in about three days, so just running your hand over them yielded fistfulls of the stuff.
We had a dog wander into our yard one hot spring day and plop down panting. We started petting him and the fur came off in small sheets. It was like a sheep shearing. Ten minutes later there was a pile of fur the size of the dog and a much happier dog. The owner came by a few minutes later and was pissed at what we'd done to the dog. We wondered if he had planned to spin the fur or something.
Their undercoats seemed to come off in about three days, so just running your hand over them yielded fistfulls of the stuff.
Yup. That's exactly it. Except there's so much that it's much longer than three days.
Not planning on knitting anything, though.
She's Husky and Rott, so some pretty solidly built breeds
Oooh. Gorgeous I bet.
I was once whinging in the dog park about Barteby's shedding. Not minor, in my experience, but definitely short in length. A Husky having friend smirked,"Beej, what you need is a little thing called perspective," and ran his fingers through her hair, literally pulling up a small cat's worth. I shut my piehole.
eta: fixed for wonky link
Beej, I think the link needs fixing. The point, however, is perfect.
Signed,
Used to Have a Husky
Oooh. Gorgeous I bet.
Well, since you asked: [link]
Bartleby! Lucy! Cute puppers!
Well, since you asked: [link]
I'm in love! What a great face. She's all, "Hey there! This is my snake. Isn't it great?" and "I am meesteeeriuus behind my drape, no?" So cute.
Well, we had Chris's party (I disremember if I talked about it here or in Bitches). None of the peanut/tree nut kids had an allergic reaction. Nobody got injured. Nobody cried. Nobody got lost. Nobody threw up. And? It's over. I'm calling that a win.
That sounds like a win. As does Kat's trip to Ikea. I love Ikea, too! But only when I go alone. This is what I have discovered about me and overwhelming places -- I can really only deal with them at my own pace, whatever that may be at the moment.
And I agree with Allyson and Wired on the capitalization issue.
