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[pmcd9]

At the vet with Bucky B. Dog.

Ain't but one of us coming home. 14 years of being a very good boy.

So sorry my friend. Good doggie has gone to heaven.

[AugustWest]

At the vet with Bucky B. Dog.

Ain't but one of us coming home. 14 years of being a very good boy.

So sorry.  14 years is a good run.  I'm sure he was the best boy.

[wombat]

Momo has the flight response problem too but when the animal's only 15 pounds, that's more likely to kill her than to kill me. It's definitely tough though. You can desensitize them to a million different things and still you'll really never know what tiny object or occurrence or sound they're suddenly going to decide counts as a major emergency.

[wombat]

Being able to come OUT of panic mode is so crucial. Initially, once she freaked out she couldn't come down. We'd literally just have to go home and try again later.

[pmcd9]

First, I'm sorry about your puppy. You're a tough guy Ash, but still, 14 years.

I'm reading your conversation about panic and how you are managing it. I'm thinking that my boy Pi has never experienced a single moment of panic, at least not that i've witnessed. He is fierce, an alpha, he even tries to dominate me. And in many ways he has. I think I'm more of a grandparent to him, that is, I am spoiling him rotten. He's about as spoiled as a dog can be, but he's the best doggie ever. He's totally devoted to me. I show him so much love. I give him treats, I share my food with him. I know I'm not supposed to do that, but he enjoys it. I've kept an eye on his weight, he's not getting fat so I'm not worried.

Anyway, I don't know where I was going with that.

[wombat]

You don't have to be going anywhere in particular with that.

[pmcd9]

We got the King Charles Cavalier at a year old and he was a haunted, broken scared little puppy. Three years later he's managed to erase most of his bad start to become 'the love sponge'.

Cartoonist Lynda Barry did a series of strips for Slate way back in the day called 100 Demons. She did one on dogs that I love so much. Your King Charlie reminds me of the dog in her tale. I can't find it on Slate or anywhere else anymore, except for this last panel, which says it all.

[wombat]

How many goats now?

[wombat]

My work here is done. 

[AugustWest]

Goats are like potato chips, apparently.

You can't eat just one?

[Carlos del Vaca]

Goats are like potato chips, apparently.

They are crunchy and good with sandwiches

[Carlos del Vaca]

I boop every hoss I meet and I ain't had my finger bitten off yet

[pmcd9]

Sounds like you've worked out a nice plan to get the birds in the freezer You should invite Sarah Palin over. But don't you want to do the job yourself? Do you get no satisfaction from it, like imagining it's one of the assholes from work as you slit it's throat?

[wombat]

You could solve that sad goat problem by becoming one of those crazy people who make goat cheese and soap and so on out of goat milk, couldn't you?

[wombat]

I am aware that you can't get goat milk from a male. My point was, why buy males when you could become a goat cheese lunatic?