Thank you for the thoughts for Chloe. She's the second FOHA shelter cat to pass away since we started volunteering.
First, Coco got through his vet appointment fine. He cooperated fairly well, for him. Which means he let the tech weigh him and the vet look in his eye with a lot of hissing and very little use of claws and teeth. We haz Terramycin again.
Theresa, the lead volunteer for feline medical matters, arrived at 7:30. Chloe was put in the new "comfort room" that the vet added during a recent expansion. She fought against the sedative for a good 20-30 minutes while Theresa, Hubs, and I petted her. She even bathed herself a little and bathed Hubs once or twice. She finally calmed down, and the vet gave her the final injection.
Chloe was at our shelter exactly one year. We rescued her from a local public shelter where she'd been abandoned (after her humans had had her for 9 years) because of "allergies." She was high on the PTS (put to sleep) list (because she was an older black cat and considered nearly unadoptable) when we got her. She will be remembered for her Lane Bryant-model looks (so described in her write-up) and sassy diva-like ways.
I'm glad you were there for Chloe throughout, and at the end.
Bless you both for making the end of her life filled with love and comfort. Godspeed Chloe.
We used to ask Emmett's godmother to put their dog away when we came over. I didn't think it was that big of a deal. The dog was biggish, untrained and rambunctious (but sweet). But Emmett was a toddler and the dog would knock him down, and hard, multiple times. He was getting hurt every time we came over.
Also, the dog would steal food off your plate if you weren't constantly vigilant. She was a sneaky, fearless, bearded collie that needed an entire herd of sheep to keep her entertained.
I don't think the guest has the right to ask for accommodations, but it's incumbent on the host to make them comfortable.
I do believe if the dog's not trained and jumping on people then it's on the owners to ensure the dog isn't all over the guests. If that means crating him for a couple hours then that isn't exactly going to hurt the dog.
I don't think...
But in an attempt to mitigate that, we tell EVERYONE - push him down if you don't want him.
...this is okay. Nobody should have to push Ollie off a dozen times. That's your responsibility as owners to keep him off, not theirs.
bonny, I just left you a voice mail message.
I don't think the guest has the right to ask for accommodations, but it's incumbent on the host to make them comfortable.
I think guests have every right to ask for accommodations. However, the time to do this is BEFORE accepting the invitation, not at the front door.
However, the time to do this is BEFORE accepting the invitation, not at the front door.
It's not a one-off dinner party, though. It's a regular game night. So it's not that formal, and if they've asked for it before then there's an expectation that's been created.
For good or ill, it's a situation that's evolved (devolved?) because there are unspoken expectations on both sides that probably need to be addressed directly.
If Aimee and Joe are unwilling to put their dog away they should alert their friends before the next game night.
Sue, I'm glad your dad's home. I hope you have a blast at the show!
My mom was in the hospital again last night, but everything's fine. She was having chest pains, but none of the tests found anything wrong.
Yeah, I've been thinking about this, and I agree with David. I don't think it's an unreasonable request to ask that the dog be out of the way of the baby. We put the biscuit in his kennel for most visitors, or at least most of their visit, and he's a well behaved, quiet dog. But he is an affection-seeker, and I don't want to tell guests to push him away, because not everyone is comfortable with that, and people sometimes will put up with it in an effort to be polite when they don't really enjoy it.
We especially do it for Navajo and Apache guests who have cultural objections to the dog being in the house at all.
