Its oh so quiet Shh Shh

[anji1971]

That's what I like about this thread...........
Whenever you come here to complain about your day, several others beat you to it and make it seem less horrible. I don't even feel the need to vent about mine now!

[Stefan-A]

Originally Posted by anji1971

Stefan, too bad about the trip for those snakes getting cancelled. I hope by some miracle someone comes through with another solution for you. In the meantime, my only advice is to continue bitching and moaning and swearing. Doesn't change anything, but at least it gets your point across!

If you want something done properly, you have to do it yourself. I have no idea how many times I've proven that to myself. Many, many times, that's for sure. Neither snow nor rain nor club-wielding cave trolls could have kept me from going, if I had made a commitment to go there myself.

My passport has expired and I probably couldn't get a new one in time for the show, so that option is out of the question. I really feel like smashing something. I won't.

[anji1971]

Originally Posted by Stefan-A

If you want something done properly, you have to do it yourself.

I couldn't agree more.

[GartersRock]

Originally Posted by anji1971

I couldn't agree more.

Oh yeah...

[Stefan-A]

That snafu set me back another year.

I was also negotiating the purchase of a possible T. sirtalis male, but I haven't heard anything from the owners in about two weeks. They were supposed to send me photos.

I'm really, really happy. Night.

[GartersRock]

I hate it when people are like that.
I was trying to negotiate a deal for pugets, flames and red spotteds a year back and they were really slow and vague to respond until they just cut off entirely. Grrr...

[anji1971]

Aww, Stefan, that just sucks. If it weren't so darned far, and expensive, I'd send you a sirtalis myself.
That new signature line you're using is an understatement, to say the least.

[jitami]

Originally Posted by jitami

Ok, about that venting... How about a dog with a wound on his leg..........

What, no one wants pictures?

I took a nap(while my son was watching the dog!) and feel much better now. It's just so frustrating that we try everything and we just can not get his leg to heal. We have a strong suspicion that the joint under the wound is cancerous. He's older and getting weak in the rear, so even the vet agrees that there's really no reason to xray and get a definitive diagnosis since amputation is out of the question and I won't put him through chemo. But, for now, the only thing that keeps him from an excellent quality of life is that darned wound. We're trying long term antibiotics and the dreaded cone collar(again) knowing if we could get this under control he'll have another year or two with us, but if we can't... He's just miserable and it's not fair... sigh... I feel like I've let him down because I simply can not be home to stare at him 24/7 to make sure he doesn't get at it. I thought we were making some head way until today's incident. Anyway, thanks for listening. I know it was a disgusting story. I seriously almost hurled when I found the ants.

[anji1971]

Tami, that does sound rough.
What a way to be torn, between wanting to help your dog, and suffering because he is.
Not an easy thing to deal with. My heart goes out to you, and the poor pup.
(And, no, I don't think I need pics. EWW.)

[jitami]

Thanks Anji... it's like I know if we could get it healed quickly he'd be fine for a while, but he hates the cone, won't move with it on, just lays there being miserable. We've gone back and forth for the last couple of years treating the wound(lick granuloma) and then not treating it for awhile, because he's so much happier and actually tends to be less obsessive about it when we leave it alone, but lately it's gotten too large to just let him be...so we start from the beginning once again... and hope for the best. He's such an awesome dog and deserves so much more. Great danes don't have long lifespans to begin with and to see him not enjoying the time he has left just sucks.