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Mar. 18th, 2008 07:07 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
isabelladangeloI started sewing up Mom's Turkish coat. It looks like she is coming after all (Woohoo!). My SIL's sister (following this?) works at a really neat little Irish pub in Bethesda. They've offered to make platters for the baptism. If that happens, then Mom won't have to cook (why she just didn't order the platters from Giant like usual, I'll never know) and then she can come play on Saturday.
The problem is there is something funny going on with the lining of the Turkish coat so I have to take one side of it apart and see what the heck I did wrong. For something that is a relatively simple pattern, it's really giving me a lot of trouble.
For fun and amusement for all:
http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/23631411/?GT1=43001&pg=1#TDY_Names_Bad
It's bad baby names. Some of these are just too funny. You have to wonder what the heck the parents were thinking...and whether child services has been called due to "abusive" names.
I've notice a new trend over the past year or so regarding "site restrictions". Events that once welcomed dogs now say "No way". My big question is why? If a dog misbehaves, it's the owners fault. Yes, dogs sometimes have a mind of their own but if the owner doesn't quickly fix the situation, then you ask the owner to do so. Some people will be snotty about it but if they are, then maybe it's time to talk to the autocrat about throwing the person out of the event rather than banning all dogs from the event next year.
It seems like many people are throwing the baby out with the bathwater. I know that there are dogs that misbehave at events. I've heard horror stories like the dogs that bark all night and their owners don't mussel them. That's the owners fault; not the dogs. Dogs, in general, don't know it's not okay to bark unless their owners instruct them otherwise. If the owner refuses to or does the "It's not that bad", just tell them it's bothering you and those around you. If they still won't do anything about it, like I said, talk to the autocrat about the owners behavior. Because, clearly, if the owner doesn't think it's a problem, they are the one with the problem.
I take Miss Ginsie to as many events as I can. Yes, she's pretty small compared to most breeds so people, in general, figure she's not a threat and act differently around her than they do a larger breed. She's not seen in the same light as say a bull dog or a great dane. Yet, any breed can be quite gentle (or down right cowardly) or very aggressive (ever here of the feral chihuahua), so breed restriction isn't the answer either to events.
I know Miss Ginsie isn't NOT always perfect. If she starts up, I try to take her away from people and walk her around to get some excess energy out. If she continues, we go home. Most of the bigger events, she's perfectly fine. She loves seeing the people, the fighting, and, if it's an outdoor event, feast! (hey, free dishwashing service! Okay, so you still have to really scrub em when you get home in hot water but you don't have to worry about leftovers stuck to your plate either!) So far, I have never, ever, had anyone come up to me to ask me to control Miss Ginsie's behavior. I've had lots of people ask if they could pet her, which is perfectly fine; she's a big puff ball of fur in garb, but nothing much more than that.
Basically, I want to know why events that use to allow dogs no longer are and why not just "ban" specific owners rather than all dogs?
The problem is there is something funny going on with the lining of the Turkish coat so I have to take one side of it apart and see what the heck I did wrong. For something that is a relatively simple pattern, it's really giving me a lot of trouble.
For fun and amusement for all:
http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/23631411/?GT1=43001&pg=1#TDY_Names_Bad
It's bad baby names. Some of these are just too funny. You have to wonder what the heck the parents were thinking...and whether child services has been called due to "abusive" names.
I've notice a new trend over the past year or so regarding "site restrictions". Events that once welcomed dogs now say "No way". My big question is why? If a dog misbehaves, it's the owners fault. Yes, dogs sometimes have a mind of their own but if the owner doesn't quickly fix the situation, then you ask the owner to do so. Some people will be snotty about it but if they are, then maybe it's time to talk to the autocrat about throwing the person out of the event rather than banning all dogs from the event next year.
It seems like many people are throwing the baby out with the bathwater. I know that there are dogs that misbehave at events. I've heard horror stories like the dogs that bark all night and their owners don't mussel them. That's the owners fault; not the dogs. Dogs, in general, don't know it's not okay to bark unless their owners instruct them otherwise. If the owner refuses to or does the "It's not that bad", just tell them it's bothering you and those around you. If they still won't do anything about it, like I said, talk to the autocrat about the owners behavior. Because, clearly, if the owner doesn't think it's a problem, they are the one with the problem.
I take Miss Ginsie to as many events as I can. Yes, she's pretty small compared to most breeds so people, in general, figure she's not a threat and act differently around her than they do a larger breed. She's not seen in the same light as say a bull dog or a great dane. Yet, any breed can be quite gentle (or down right cowardly) or very aggressive (ever here of the feral chihuahua), so breed restriction isn't the answer either to events.
I know Miss Ginsie isn't NOT always perfect. If she starts up, I try to take her away from people and walk her around to get some excess energy out. If she continues, we go home. Most of the bigger events, she's perfectly fine. She loves seeing the people, the fighting, and, if it's an outdoor event, feast! (hey, free dishwashing service! Okay, so you still have to really scrub em when you get home in hot water but you don't have to worry about leftovers stuck to your plate either!) So far, I have never, ever, had anyone come up to me to ask me to control Miss Ginsie's behavior. I've had lots of people ask if they could pet her, which is perfectly fine; she's a big puff ball of fur in garb, but nothing much more than that.
Basically, I want to know why events that use to allow dogs no longer are and why not just "ban" specific owners rather than all dogs?
