The things we do for our pets...Share Yours!

**cassiesmom** · 08-09-2007, 10:26 AM

When my cat informs me between 3 and 4 AM that she's hungry - I get up and feed her!

**k9krazee** · 08-09-2007, 10:42 AM

I think your hard work was worth it!!!

Lets see...things we have done with our yard...

When we first moved here the yard was not fenced. We went 5-6 years that way and never had a problem with Shadow. Once we got the brats (Micki and Mini) we started fencing it off a little at a time because they liked to go critter hunting. We survived with just the bare minimum of fencing for about 2 years, and once we started applying to rescues and getting home visits we fenced off the remaining portion. We even installed a fence across the driveway that's on wheels and has to be open via the automatic opener (mom or dad beeps the horn, we have to go running to open/close it

). It's a PAIN to use in the winter, but it's all worth it.

We also installed a mini pond JUST for Princess Mini.

Lastly, we built a little "tree house" on the play set JUST for holding my agility equipment. We even got rid of a few apple trees in my "agility field".

**KittyGurl** · 08-09-2007, 01:01 PM

Call me crazy but, if Duke and Angel want to sleep on the bed, I'll grab a blanket and sleep on the floor. (Well, with them to on the bed you will want to sleep on the floor: Duke rolling all over and kicking in his sleep, Angel sleeping on your head, but you can't escape Duke's snoring and random barks. lol

)

**Kater** · 08-09-2007, 01:04 PM

Where to start.....LOL.....

One that comes to mind is spending the night on the floor of our vet clinic with him after two of his surgeries! I (hardly) "slept" with the lights on both times cause it was just so creepy to be there overnight. For his first surgery we had fourth-year vet students doing clinical rotations at our clinic and so two students were able to keep him with them up in the apartment our clinic provides.

I also can't forget the thousands my family and I have shelled out for these surgeries and the follow-up therapy....I never did come up with a total, but clearly he's worth every cent!

Nice work on your yard, Sophie! Sound like an intense 4 days.

**Giselle** · 08-09-2007, 03:17 PM

LOL oh I remember when I first got Giselle. She kept whining and gave me the saddest eyes so I took a blanket and my pillow and hunkered down right next to her crate. We slept head-to-head. I woke up the next morning with the crate bars imprinted into my forehead

Kirk is just the most lucky dog in the world. Honestly, I could never imagine going through all that emotional and financial stress. Kudos to you, Kate =)

**joycenalex** · 08-09-2007, 03:17 PM

i bought a house. a house with a fenced in yard with mature trees for shade. a condo downtown, a loft, would have been more sensible given my life, but the wonder dog was with me, and it was better for him to run in a fenced in yard, and with shade, so i bought a house. his need meant the 2 other dogs, angel duke and peanut had/have a home, four cats have homes, and it's all because of alex

**pitc9** · 08-09-2007, 03:55 PM

WOW!! Your yard looks GREAT!!!

I adopted Buddy so Sierra had a "buddy"

(that's where his name came from)

Buddy wakes me up 3-4 times a night to go outside. It's not that he really has to go potty, it's just that he doesn't sleep at night and wants to go check out the yard or something

. He'll sit next to my bed and bark these little, tiny woofs until I get out of bed.

The first night Buddy was home I slept outside his crate on the hardwood floor in my spare room and woke up at one point during the night to find Sierra IN Buddy's crate with him!

My hubby and I spent a little over $3500 to fence in our yard.
I've missed several days of work for both of them.
Right now we're looking to move and I won't buy a house unless it has at least 3 acres for them!

**joycenalex** · 08-09-2007, 04:07 PM

[QUOTE=pitc9]...Buddy wakes me up 3-4 times a night to go outside. It's not that he really has to go potty, it's just that he doesn't sleep at night and wants to go check out the yard or something

. He'll sit next to my bed and bark these little, tiny woofs until I get out of bed.

LOL alex does those little polite woofs too. well mannered dogs we've got