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In Reply to: Domestic problems with dogs?... posted by feet's too big on February 17, 2007 at 08:17:22:
I have (somewhat) gotten over my rant of last evening, and I think I may have overstated things a bit there.Some (good) issues you bring-up, in no particular order:
1. Daily grooming. It saddens me to day this but neither Gayle nor I have the time to do this. Without going into our daily routines, suffice it to say that were we to be given a mere spare hour or two we may be able to squeeze this in, but until the Earth slows sufficiently or one of us retires (whichever comes first), daily grooming just ain't a-gonna happen. And you know as well as I the volume of hair that one long-haired breed dog can produce in one day, let alone two (not to mention the "old timer"...)
2. "Showhome". I am not comfortable either when I find myself in such a place, nor would I ever wish for my home to be like that, but I sure would like to replace our carpet that is going nigh on 30 years of age. You can only imagine how matted down, uncomfortable, and thread-bare it is....
3. Bladder control issues. We don't really have any "issues", per se, and the dogs do get plenty of exercise/opportunities to relieve themselves, but the level of smell due to undiscovered accidents in that bedroom just got to be too much. The smell got into the carpeting, and the padding, and even into the sub-flooring. I cleaned the flooring and covered it with "Kilz", a product you may be unfamiliar with, and the smell has gone.
But we still have an area in the living room where there is a definite "aroma" if you pay attention....
4. Tiled and linoleum flooring may indeed be the answer, but the only enclosed space where we have such a thing is in the bathroom, and Gayle simply will not stand for that. I won't even raise the issue with her. We do have a utilty room in the basement, but neither of us would feel like loving and caring pet owners were we to shove them in that space.
5. Bathing. Yes, they get bathed quite regularly (although not weekly) and have healthy and shiny (though un-groomed) coats. It's not the dogs themselves that smell but rather the urine smells that remain in the carpeting that one notices.
I cannot see living w/o a dog either, and I think this would absolutely crush Gayle. I just want to scale back and get things under control- the hair, the smell, the dirt, the expenses (!!!), etc, etc, and it is for these reasons that I have "bad dog days". Thankfully they go away.
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Follow Ups
- Thanks Bill.... - subcoolman 09:44:10 02/17/07 (1)
- Hello, Jim... - feet's too big 12:02:03 02/17/07 (0)
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