Although I suppose I should have mine removed, as I no longer need it, having convinced certain people that they needed to step up and take a small outpatient surgery for the team.

Oooh. I wonder if I could convince my old man to do that. (I would kind of like to get my Mirena removed, as I suspect it's contributed to a crabby libido and weight gain.)

I thought dogs weren't supposed to eat poultry bones?

Thanks everyone for the birthday wishes! (His birthday ended a couple of hours ago, due to the International Date Line.) I've been discussing his birthdaying over in Bitches, from here: billytea "Spike's Bitches 47: Someone Dangerous Could Get In" Apr 29, 2013 9:43:50 pm PDT.

We give ours this stuff: [link] The vet recommended it and they love it.

For dogs, better quality food results in less volume coming out the other end, which certainly makes a difference in big dogs.

I use Professional, which is the in-house brand at Petsmart. It's lower fat than a lot of brands, which keeps TNG from getting diarrhea.

One thing to remember is to gradually switch him over, not to change foods all at once, because too much change at once may give him stomach problems.

I thought dogs weren't supposed to eat poultry bones?

I think cooked v. uncooked makes the difference.

Oh! Huh.

msbelle, I'm having BK for lunch in honor of your new job and starting date. AIFG.

I have finally found someone to take over the overhead reports I've been handling for almost 5 years. So far the people I do the reports for have been responding positively to my choice of replacement. Said gal is thrilled to take on this new responsibility. She gets to learn new stuff and have her name in front of some big wigs in the firm. I'm kinda annoyed that it fell on me to find my own replacement for this work so I'm very happy that no one has balked at my choice.

Argh. I've gotten to the point in my day when all I can do is wait for my fancy meeting to start. 10-20 minutes. Deep breaths.