I can't remember if there are any other Low fans here but they just dropped a new song: https://youtu.be/d8QiSZRX8dA

Really excited for the new album.

Our vet called us last night to tell us our older dog probably has cancer. We take her to see a specialist on Tuesday but it doesn't sound promising. She's helped my wife and I get through a lot of shit. This hurts pretty bad.

She has a heart murmur that has remained stable so I thought we'd have her around for another couple years or so at least. I guess we might still but I'm trying to be realistic about the situation.

Do you treat for peeing? Even if he is housebroken and knows to go outside, you could still treat for peeing, if you want to give him a reason to do it sooner. Also, make sure you don't make it obvious that as soon as he pees, you head for home and the walk is over, because he will catch on to that.

There is only so much you can do about the peeing with some dogs, though, especially when they are young. I feel like Momo has finally grown up because she has gotten to the point where she will sometimes just pee to get it over with, instead of saving the pee until she finds the exact, precise, exquisitely perfect spot that needs to be peed on at this special moment in time :eyeroll:

Good to know about the heatstroke. We are working on doing quick bathroom break walks but right now he’s content to walk pretty far before deciding he might need to pee. Lately even on not-very-hot days he decides to lie down on the ground sometimes. Not totally sure what he’s getting out of that.

And yes the sidewalk food is out of control. It feels like every 10 feet I hear him chewing something suddenly, especially at night when I can’t see things and steer him away before we get there.

But also, be careful of heatstroke. Dogs just physically don't cool themselves as well as us hairless apes do.

Always a good reminder. I always really feel for the St. Bernard once summer temps settle in. You can really tell when the heat gets to him because he just kinda collapses into a motionless fur slinky in some shade and looks dead.

I take him out in the mornings when we feed the livestock so he can rampage, but when the t-stat hits 85 I bring him inside until the evening cool-down. One good thing, he and the german shepherd are big enough to stand at the hoss trough and drink from it, so at least they always have all the cool water they can handle.

A couple I liked over last year and this:

What the Hell Did I Just Read - Jason Pargin
Solutions and Other Problems - Allie Brosh
Point B - Drew Magary

Also, I got my hands on two big TPB focused on Maggie the Mechanic and Hopey from Love and Rockets. I've heard some modern criticism of the Hernandez brothers work, and although warranted, fuck it, these are the people, stories and tone of my teens.

I can only dream of my memory being good enough to answer that question, but I'd love to see other people's answers.

There hasn't been a new post in this thread for over five years. What's the best book you read in the past five years?

For me, Crossing to Safety by Wallace Stegner

I still haven't finished it. I think I was afraid to watch the last season because I didn't want it to end. I might start over.

Metal. Lots of metal. The new Panopticon and Noctule albums are very good.

Also, Built to Spill, The Kinks, Fugazi and The Jesus Lizard.

Some things change, some things never change.