A question for Glacier

[Glacier]

OMG! --- 19 Dawg inna HOUSE??

I'll bet da KATS were just beside themselves jumping for joy (NOT)!

And to think that I once thought 'FIVE anna KAT' was a "CROWD"! ---
NINETEEN would be like sleeping with a MOB!



Kayleigh: Tickets, please! Grab you seats - the Show's about to begin!
. . First Act: Mom climbs over the fence ... Will she MAKE it?

The cats are pretty used to the dogs. Felicia hides for a bit. Once they all find their spots it's not that bad really. The ones who bug the cats are crated or confined to cat free zones. Plus it helps keep me warm! Who need an electric blanket when you have a husky or five on your bed!

The show is over--The Father in Law showed up and fixed the door. Well, it opens anyway. The door knob is done and will need to be replaced when it warms up. For now he put on a hook and eye latch so at least I can get to Kayleigh and she can defrost inside the shop! We built her pen there specifically so she could have indoor access. (Kayleigh hates all the dogs and hunts anything smaller than her so having her in the house is very tricky!)

[Freedom]

The temperatures; the dogs; the cats; the dogs who don't get along with the cats and have to be in certain places; the dogs who don't get along withanything and have to be in certain places; feedings and extra feedings in the cold weather; baited water; having to bundle up in 16 layers before you even start any of it;medications and special foods for this one and that one but NOT the other one . . . . your life is quite different, and I don't mean sledding with huskies! Wow. Bless you, Tamara, the pets up there really needed someone like you in their area.

[cassiesmom]

Who need an electric blanket when you have a husky or five on your bed!

O-Kay! I'll get my air bed and be right there! Seriously, I think I would find their presence really comforting. Sometimes I wake up in the night to find Cassie sleeping near me ... I like when she chooses to do that. And I totally agree with everything that Freedom wrote!

[joycenalex]

..'k i have another question...angel duke snored, LOUDLY. the wonder dog snores, princess pretty paws peanut passes gas, loudly. how noisy is it when your dogs sleep in your house. and the "i gotta go out right now biped" noise of one dog is impossible to sleep through, how do you get them outta the door into the yard in the am? and where does muskwa sleep?

[Glacier]

..'k i have another question...angel duke snored, LOUDLY. the wonder dog snores, princess pretty paws peanut passes gas, loudly. how noisy is it when your dogs sleep in your house. and the "i gotta go out right now biped" noise of one dog is impossible to sleep through, how do you get them outta the door into the yard in the am? and where does muskwa sleep?

It's actually quite quiet once they all settle into their spots. There are usually 10-12 inside, even in the summer. They aren't allowed to wander the house all night. They end up confined or outside if they won't settle down. Occasionally some of them snore a bit, but not too bad. Sleet giggles in her sleep, at least that's what it sounds like.

They wake me up usually by whining. Bandit rings the cowbell on the door handle when he needs out. Tehya starts to kick her crate wall! I usually get up fairly quickly. Stuart can sleep through all of it!

Getting them back to the right spots can be tricky. Have to remember who's where and who gets along, which can be a little foggy in the early morning! Heyoka is in the big yard overnight( he won't stay in for more than an hour). He isn't allowed near Tehya. So I have to bring him in the porch before she can go out. He is not always cooperative with that plan! For most of them I can just open the door and go back to bed. Pacer can't be left out there unsupervised(he gets beat up). So I wait for him to do his business and he comes back inside til I get up. Goldie has to be leashed and walked back to her pen. Always fun at -40 and 5am!

Muskwa sleeps beside the bed on Stuart's side. Occasionally he comes up on the bed, but he never stays for long.

[joycenalex]

when alex was on the potassium bromide in high doses, he drank lots of water=2/3 trips out at night. i was tired, but your and their routine is sooo much more challenging. giggles huh? nice to know she's happy

[Sparklecoon]

I'm NEVER aloud to whine about the routine I have to have with my four ever again!

[cassiesmom]

Okay, Glacier - I have another question for you. (answers are $1 apiece after the first question, right? )

Anyway, near my house there is a feed store. They carry Iams and Science Diet pet products, bunny kibble, bird seed, that sort of thing... in the spring they have several types of grass seeds ... plus a small selection of bird feeders and yard decorations. They sell a pet-safe melting compound that's popular with everyone in the neighborhood who has a dog.

They have a new sign today: MUSHER'S SECRET PAW WAX. What is paw wax? (They carry udder balm in the green tin, too, even though there's probably not a cow around for miles - they stock it for everyone like me who swears by it for hands and feet and can't find it anywhere else!)