Oh, no, Nora! How terrifying! I'm glad she's gonna be ok. healing~ma to your grandmother.
Interview~ma for Shir.
Well, if we followed the recipe...should be cake. A demon-violence-free-zone cake.
Lorne ,'Why We Fight'
Spike's Bitches 44: It's about the rules having changed.
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risqué (and frisqué), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
WindSparrow - Sep 12, 2009 8:43:23 pm PDT #22876 of 30000
Love is stronger than death and harder than sorrow. Those who practice it are fierce like the light of stars traveling eons to pierce the night.
beth b - Sep 12, 2009 8:54:13 pm PDT #22877 of 30000
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
happy birthday P-C.
Interview ma shir
and healthy no more scary grandma incidnet- ma.
Pix - Sep 12, 2009 9:25:09 pm PDT #22878 of 30000
The status is NOT quo.
{{{Nora}}} How scary! I'm glad everything is okay, but eesh.
Much interview~ma for you, Shir!
beekaytee - Sep 12, 2009 9:33:20 pm PDT #22879 of 30000
Compassionately intolerant
I tend to steadfastly ignore/turn away from the dog. I say in a calm voice, not particularly directed at the dog, that I only give attention to dogs who are calm and not jumping on me.
This is precisely the advice I'd give you Andi. Perfect, in fact.
As for communicating with the owners, that's a case by case thing. Unfortunately, it's unlikely that a person who lets their dog behave chaotically will be able to get control in the moment. Any yelling, tugging or fussing over the dog will just reward the already negative behavior.
If the person seems to just not know how to stop the behavior, you might off-handedly say that the doggy lama says only calm people can help dogs be calm and that dogs just don't know the difference between jumping on you and jumping on the person who might get knocked down and sue them!
It's frustrating, I know, but the best defense is to walk away.
omnis_audis - Sep 12, 2009 9:37:11 pm PDT #22880 of 30000
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir
{{{Nora}}}
Interview~ma for you, Shir! Hope ya get it!
P-C happy birthday!!
Beatles Rockband party is done. 10 invited, 3 showed. I was figuring 50%. DJ, hope you are feeling better, sorry you couldn't make it out. We did story mode & got thru the whole thing, but stopped doing the challenges after the 2nd or 3rd. We had fun. About 8 hours! We ate in that period too. Lasagna came out pretty good. First one I've made in three years or so!
Seska (the Watcher-in-Training) - Sep 12, 2009 9:41:04 pm PDT #22881 of 30000
"We're all stories, in the end. Just make it a good one, eh?"
Nora, that's awful. I hope your grandmother wasn't too badly hurt, and that she recovers quickly.
Interview~ma, Shir!
Shir - Sep 13, 2009 1:32:52 am PDT #22882 of 30000
"And that's why God Almighty gave us fire insurance and the public defender".
Interview went wonderful, thanks!
Now, for my fulfilling my wild fantasy: getting that internship AND getting into HUJI School of History would my my next year made of AWESOME. And busy beyond belief. But mostly awesome.
WindSparrow - Sep 13, 2009 3:09:31 am PDT #22883 of 30000
Love is stronger than death and harder than sorrow. Those who practice it are fierce like the light of stars traveling eons to pierce the night.
the doggy lama says only calm people can help dogs be calm and that dogs just don't know the difference between jumping on you and jumping on the person who might get knocked down and sue them!
I like this. I'm going to keep it in a spare pocket of my brain for an appropriate occasion.
Yay, for a good Beatles Rock Band party and lasagna, Omnis!
Also yay, for your good interview, Shir!
Seska (the Watcher-in-Training) - Sep 13, 2009 5:56:31 am PDT #22884 of 30000
"We're all stories, in the end. Just make it a good one, eh?"
Nice one, Shir! When do you hear?
Strix - Sep 13, 2009 6:21:53 am PDT #22885 of 30000
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
I have skipped to announce that I will be changing my state of residence as of November 1st to Kansas. Cause Dan asked me I move in, and I said yep.