Where is Snooks?

[tigerlily46514]

Oh man. That is terrible. I usta live in Corpus Christi, once, and it was pretty hot!! And that was right on the ocean, with continuous breezes, so if you are inland some, i bet you ARE EVEN HOTTER!!!

BUT HOW LUCKY ARE YOU--A POOL!! Guess those are REQUIRED down there, huh?


We get pretty hot here, too, about hi 80-90s, sometimes over 100, with 3000% humidity. does odd things to my hair.... We hafta lay low during the late afternoons, too hot to be outside unless you are wet.


Every season here is SOOOooo extreme. Winters are brutal, below zero with tons of snow, spring is rainy and sudden as heck, fall is brilliant, just almost fluorescent, and summer is...hot, smothering and hot and steamy.


But so far this summer, not too bad...oh, why did i say that? Now it'll be horrendous.

DRINK LOTSA FLUIDS, TX!!!

[tx_cowgirl]

Lol. ^^ We're quite the opposite. We have blistering hot summer. Slightly less hot summer(spring). Something referred to as fall where the weather is more or the less the same as spring, except everything's dead. It's cooler I suppose. And then that small window of time where the weather is COMFORTABLE, sometimes jackets are needed, and once in a blue moon in might snow. I guess that's supposed to be winter, lol!

Yeah my trainer invited me to go to the park with her and the dogs today, but not sure if I want to go out in 100+ degree weather unless we're going to a park with a lake that the dogs can cool off in. Lol!

[tigerlily46514]

Tx, you are so funny!!!!

WE, too, have blistering hot summers...is weird, extreme climates here, all 4 of 'em, extreme. Our summers aren't as hot as yours, but we hit 100 regularly in a normal summer, 90s is very common. And the smothering HUMIDITYYYYYYYYYYYY...EEEEEEEEEE..Halp me! Halp me!
NO one ever invites Buddy to play with their dog! He is kinda dog-aggressive with some dogs...Well, Buddy DOES have one friend, maybe two dogs on our street that he will play nicely with....

So taking him to "Basic Manners" has only helped a teeny bit...NOw he is signed him up for new class, "Reactive Dogs" class...yikes! I can hardly keep Buddy distracted/calm around NONreactive dogs...this oughta be interesting..HOpe this doesn't make him worse..

Wow, this thread is going all everywhere. WHERE IS SNOOKS!! Cmon, Snooks, you can type with one hand!! You might make really interesting suggestions while you are on pain meds, too!
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Ey, i got one of those Cool Collars for dogs (or people). I can fill it with the gel filled insert-thingies that freeze up nicely, for indoors, or, with crushed ice which melts and trickles down his chest, for when he is outdoors...The water seems to run down his outer fur more than onto his chest...he shakes it off now and then.

Still, it Seems to keep Buddy cooler. He doesn't seem to mind wearing it, either.
At first, i just put it on him empty, praised him, and took it off. Kept doing that. Then later put the cold stuff in it. He was okay about it. His neck fur is so thick, i don't know if he gets full advantage of it..but it seems to help some.

[snooks]

goldens like co better than tx---we do sympathize with those in warmer climes. after 23 years in houston i'm still having a bit of a fit with no a/c for the first time in my life. 90 degrees in denver is 80 degrees at my house outside but if careful i can keep it to 74 or so by closing all the windows and sealing in cool night air. very foreign.

one of the people helping me has now trained puppy not to eat her food unless she has a belly rub first. retraining may be in store. she's also taken a dropped apple and run off with it which she knows not to do. only a little hands off from me and chaos slowly creeps back. at least she's learning door bell manners better.

[tigerlily46514]

SNOOKS!! Are you typing one-handed now!!? YAY!
Cute about the puppy!! I know what you mean about only a lil hands-off time does change some dogs!! Some dogs are always an ongoing work in progress!

Also, i hear ya about managing the heat without A/C, it is a challenge. BUY FANS! LOTSA FANS!! Ha, even Buddy has figured out, Oh, lying in front of the fan is a good spot.
We just got one, the Wind Machine or something, wow, puts a breeze in the entire room, even 10-15 feet away. whew!
And we got lotsa medium ones, for the kitchen and the bedrooms, as well as lotsa lil ones, like for my desk top, my bathroom counter top, etc. FANS, FANS, FANS...

[tigerlily46514]

CMon Snooks!!! cmon, we miss ya!! Now i really AM thinking you ARE in some hammock in the carribean!!

[tx_cowgirl]

Lol poor Snooks. Rehabilitation sucks after surgery....ugh. But maybe since you've had to have this before your recovery should be quicker? Or will it be longer? Either way, warm thoughts to you.

Speaking of cool collars, a year or two back I tried just wrapping up ice in a bandanda and then tying the bandana around my neck...cool, cheap alternative to keep cool! Worked GREAT. Kept meaning to try to actually make something better, but never got around to it. You could easily sew a zipper or just use some velcro to make a pocket for the ice--I had just rolled the bandana around the ice, but velcro or a zipper would've been much more handy. Anyway, that's a cheap way to keep you or your dog cool. Wouldn't tske long to make, either.

Lol troublesome Kimber. Kimber is the younger one right??? Ugh, Houston has got to be one of the WORST places to live in Texas, in terms of climate. I hate that place with a passion.

[tigerlily46514]

How clever about the bandana! I'll probably end up trying that someday, somewhere..
I reeeally like Buddy's ice collar and would recommend it to any dog. A person can use it, too. You can fill it either with ice to melt and drip wonderfully all down your neck, or, with the gel-thingie that sips in it.

HOPE SNOOKS EVER COMES BACK!!? Maybe i should send her a cool collar... she was saying she had no air conditioner now.

[snooks]

I'm back to two hands typing anyway. I can move elbow and hand but not shoulder yet. I get to start that next week. Thank goodness. At least typing isn't a huge exercise in how slow can I go.

Yes Kimber is the younger reforming hooligan. She's actually doing quite well if I compare her to all of my other dogs at this age. Goldens get to about 2 years old and a light goes on somewhere that says behaving and being very good is more fun than not. She's actually the best dog I've had so far at figuring out very complicated things so she impressing me more every day. They also learn from watching one another without ever doing the behavior themselves.

I've had so many people come in to help me that both dogs are very good now at staying on their beds until released. Some exceptions are people that come in and squeal with delight at the sight of dogs even though instructed not to. I don't think any Golden could resist that.

[tx_cowgirl]

YAY SNOOKS IS BACK!

Lol I couldn't help but get excited when I saw the portal today flooded with Snooks's replies. ^^

Yay maturity, haha!

[snooks]

That's me---a verifiable tsunami of dogness. LOL

[tigerlily46514]

SNOOKS!! YOU ARE BACK!! ALL RIGHT!! Glad you are coming along!!

[snooks]

I'm still around and haven't gone anywhere. I realized summer was gone and its snowing quite beautifully outside. I've got the ongoing divorce of a year now, in which my soon to be ex brought my service dog videos off YouTube to court to illustrate that my shoulder surgery was no big deal even though my arm still types only on low. So I'm still lurking but not typing well yet. I hope to be back soon since I miss all of the doggie interaction and the great posts. Happy, lucky, prosperous new year to all. I'll be back.

[tigerlily46514]

SNOOKS!! I was WONDERING where you went, was just fixing to send you a note to see where you went!!

Sorry about the big D, most of us have gone through at least one. Sorry about the war part of it....Hang in there, Snooks, it passes!! It really does!!

I know, after mine, i felt all sad for a while, til i got over it, then BAM!! The recovery curve on that one is like....slow progress...slow progress...then straight UP !!!


Soon, i found myself saying: " I lost 190 unwanted, ugly pounds!!!! and i never even felt hungry!!....i got a divorce!!"

HOpe to see you around here more again!! Miss ya!!

[tx_cowgirl]

I've been wondering about you too!!!

Oh Snooks I'm so sorry. My brother is just getting into a divorce. Good luck, keep your head up, and hang in there. We miss you!!!