I've always heard they didn't work for

• anyone use electronic dog fences? - sm
  • I haven't used one myself, but...sm - PAMT~MDM
  • I've always heard they didn't work for - Misha
  • My cousin's dog died because of one. The battery went dead and the dog got hit by a car. Very s - nm. AzMT
    • The fence did not cause the dog to die. The owner did by not making sure - anna

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...now we have shoplifters heaving babies at store detectives.

I'm not sure why anyone would try to use a baby as a missile.  They can't be very aerodynamic.  Of course, he might have been carrying a "nuclear payload", if you get my meaning.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,521097,00.html?test=latestnews

One of those "..and throw away the key!" stories.

I don't have anyone playing sports this year, so didn't give it a thought, but I hope you're right and that the ratings aren't affected or that they change the night it is on.

For Siberian Huskies is 10-12 years, but that 13, 14, 15, even 16 or 17 years old isn't all that uncommon for the breed.  Overall, they are a very healthy, hardy breed (at least they should be...) especially compared to some other breeds. 

My husband loves Rotties, for example, and there's a terrible problem with bone cancer and other cancers in Rotties.  There seems to be a genetic predisposition to it in the breed, and research is being done on that.  We lost our second Rott at just 5 yrs old due to osteosarcoma in his front leg.  After having the limb amputed, he did well for a few months, then the cancer came back.  It was heartbreaking to lose him at such a young age.  We lost our first Rottie to bone cancer too (in her hip), at 10 yrs old. 

But with my Siberians, my first 2 (not related to each other in any way) lived to be very nearly 16 years old, and died basically due to old age, no cancer.  I just lost my sweet old girl Alexx last month, on 01/10/2007.  She would have been 16 yrs old on 04/02/2007.  I still can't believe she's gone.  I still walk into the kitchen expecting to see her there, napping.     

My remaining Siberian is 12 years old and going strong, fiesty as ever, but he has had cancer.  He had a major, en block resection a little over a year ago where the specialist took out a football-size area of his thorax, including a portion of 3 of his ribs(!).  Talk about traumatic (for me, my dog did fine! LOL).  It was a recurrence of a spindle cell sarcoma, first noted and removed (and much smaller) 3 years earlier.  *Hopefully* it won't come back again in his lifetime. 

I've used Frontline and Frontline Plus off and on over the years for fleas.  We've never had ticks.  And since moving to where we are now, not far from Palm Springs, our vet's office has said fleas and ticks aren't a problem here, so Frontline isn't necessary.  I was skeptical about that at first.  But so far they're right, and we haven't had to use anything for fleas or ticks, which is a nice surprise.  I do worry about the fact that such strong chemicals are put right on their skin (and I would stay away from Hartz flea/tick products too, from what I've heard), but as far as it maybe causing cancer, I don't know.  

BTW, my advice to all pet owners is to consider pet insurance.  We use Veterinary Pet Insurance: 

http://www.petinsurance.com/

I think it's worth it for the peace of mind alone, so you don't have to worry so much about the cost if your pet needs expensive vet care. 

This does not mean you cannot seek further counseling throughout one's life.......for whatever a situation is/becomes.......just because it didn't work with the husband, doesn't mean you cannot seek more out for YOURSELF and your children........forget him, he's a lost cause (passive-aggressives often are)....they are nothing but finger-pointers (blamers) and it's never at themselves.  It's a waste of time to be with one, you/one merely only loses their self-esteem in those types of *relationships*..........

Best luck!!

I had a holy faded T-shirt with Tweety bird (you could barely see him anymore!) and a pair of baggy sweat pants that I wore with big pink fuzzy house slippers!  Until I got caught several times with a little old lady from my church stopping by to say high, salesman knocking on the door, and the final straw was my nice looking neighbor stopping buy to borrow my ladder.  I finally decided perhaps I should brush my teeth and come my hair just in case!

Now, I get up every morning, take a shower, fix my hair, and put on my makeup.  Then I get the kids off to school and I sit down and work.  I have found that, believe it or not, I am way more productive than I used to be.  I'm not distracted thinking about when am I going to make time for a shower.  I still wear jeans and a T-shirt and my house slippers, but now no one can catch me looking like a worn out old hag anymore.    And now that I'm single, well ya never know when you might bump into Mr. Right.