Happy 4th!

[shutthef_up]

Here's hoping everyone is enjoying their 4th of July celebrations! For my friends who live, er, elsewhere (mostly in the UK and Ozzieland, if I'm not mistaken ;) ), us Yanks tend to celebrate with cooking dead animals outside whether we're camping or not, drinking beer and blowing shit up after dark. Now, for the most part, it's illegal to blow

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[splash_the_cat]

Somebody lit something big off in front of our house last night, and Paradox levitated about four feet off the floor.

[shutthef_up]

That's the big downside of a noisy 4th. Most pets don't like it on one level or another.

Fairly early this morning (before 10, anyway) someone was lighting off firecrackers and a nearby dog would bark at the sound. The owner was out there too and telling the dog to shut up each time. Personally, I'd rather hear the dog bark than someone yelling 'Shut up!' constantly. But that's just me.

I was pretty lucky when I lived in the city with 4 or 5 Borzoi. They didn't seem to care much, being essentially lazy beasts. At the worst they'd just want to be in the house and go lay down somewhere.

It's Jo

[anonymous]

The Beagle goes nuts. He's finally built himself a little place of safety beside my bureau, and he goes straight there if it thunders or if there are fireworks. He's been there off and on all day. He's completely oblivious to the television, even if there's a dog barking on it, but he absolutely freaks over my cell phone. When it rings, or if I put it on speaker or set an alarm, he's all over me trying to climb into my lap.

The office where I've been working (and will be again when I get back from this trip) is dog-friendly! It's great. It's in a huge old town house, and every office you poke your head into has a dog or two. Their beds are there, and their water dishes and toys, and they all get along just fine. Lots of the offices have fireplaces, and the dogs love to lie on the cool tiles. It's great fun to go out for a pee/smoke break--dogs pee, humans smoke. I'm going to start taking Spencer when I get home.

I'm out of here tomorrow, so have fun, be good, don't do anything I wouldn't do, and I'll check in when I get back.

:-)

Re: It's Jo

[shutthef_up]

Dogs are funny. Badia got weird about fireworks the last year she was alive. No idea why, but I had to turn on the aircon and shut the house up so she couldn't hear them or she'd try to camp out on my head :)

Oh, that sounds like a fabulous working environment! My new job is good, but not like that. I hope you have a wonderful time in France. Bon Voyage!

[beanpot]

I was actually surprised at well Enza did. Some kids were letting them off during our walk, she was fine. Curious but fine. She did hide behind me when we saw a teeny tiny yorkshire terrier (her stuffed panda is bigger) and when I opened my umbrella, she wigged out.

Weird dog.

I've found with my AC - the first few times it hits 90, it takes FOREVER to cool down. But once it's been warm for a bit, it doesn't take as much to cool down. My working, insane theory is that it has to cool everything - not just the air. Windows, walls, etc.

[shutthef_up]

Dogs are so funny. A couple of my Borzoi were weird with tiny dogs, too. It was generally a good idea to avoid the toy area at dog shows, but if a teeny weeny crossed their path, the young dogs would give me a WTF kind of look