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Heart of the Savannah and August Magic by Veronica Anne Starbuck

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    Worst nightmare/my wake up heart attack

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    14 14 May 2011, 15:04
    14 May 2011, 15:04
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    It definitely felt like I aged 10 years in a few minutes this am. I must have looked like a complete crazy person. My neighbors don't know me because I moved up here mid-winter, and only recently has it warmed up enough for chance encounters with neighbors outside. I went running outside at 10:30 am with 2 leashes, 1 dog, a sample bag of cat food, wearing Christmas themed pj pants, a bright yellow Georgia Tech hoodie sweatshirt, no glasses so i can't see, randomly shouting "HAVE YOU SEEN A LITTLE DOG RUNNING AROUND!" at my neighbors. Both of my girls are microchipped. I know there is a lot of debate about collars. I fear, especially with the martingale style, that mine will strangle themselves if they get caught on something when I'm not around. In this case, I'm glad Callie didn't have a collar on because the rungs on the porch are so close together, she may have caught the collar without realizing it & jumped & hung herself. I do worry that they will get out & somebody will find them but not know to check for a microchip, but even dogs with collars can lose them while running around loose. So I don't think there is a right or wrong answer for when to collar them. Mine don't usually dart out of doors, so I don't worry about it too often. As for the porch; that will not be accessible to them if I can not supervise them from now on. Fortunately I will only be here for a couple more weeks, so I won't worry about adding chicken wire or anything. I'm already saving up for a basenji proof fence for the new house though. Callie is quite the escape artist when she has motivation (clearly!)
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    Veronica Tudor Williams Book

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    15 14 Dec 2008, 13:31
    14 Dec 2008, 13:31
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    @agilebasenji: Looks right to me Cool! After seeing these go for over $100 at the National, I felt like I was stealing this book before I found the signature! Thanks, Nicole
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    Christmas with Savannah

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    2 27 Dec 2007, 22:30
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    Yea, that is a nice thing for your Christmas day!
  • VanessaV

    What's That Magic Word

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    22 21 Nov 2007, 20:55
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    We have a few of the "usual" words – esp. "cookie" -- but what really gets both B's going -- or should I say coming running from even a different room -- is if they hear Gypsy's jaw snap, as in "she just got food, what's in it for us". Amazing the distance from which they can hear Gypsy get a bite of anything. LOL
  • AmberedA

    Magic elves?

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    22 21 Feb 2007, 07:48
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    lift2liveL
    Those magic elves must have transported Bruiser up the stairs and into my bedroom. I got back from the gym and I heard his collar up there. He had gotten into everything. I hate magic elves!
  • spitfirekrl1S

    Heart Attack!!!

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    4 31 Dec 2006, 01:46
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    Sahara went out her doggie door once before I could get her collar on as well, but thank God she didn't go beyond her boundry. I also have the underground fence and she is afraid to go even close to the boundry. I had to spike it up b/c I found her in my neightbors yard once chasing a cat. The problem was she would not go back over the boundaries to get back in the yard. I had just got back from work when I saw her, I would freak if she disappeared. She will also chase the cars that pass my house, but stops short of the boundry. It is a good thing I have it or she would be dead by now. Sometimes when I come home from work it is dark and she is sleeping somewhere new in the house and I freak when I can't find her. I will start calling her and she comes to me slowly and stretching with a look like as if to say, " Yea, what do you want, I was sleeping sooooooo good". haha!!!!!:D