Metal hitting metal is all I feel

[lizblackdog]

Dear Spike and Squish,

Considering that we got trapped on a narrow path between a German Shepherd behind us and a Boxer mix in front of us and had no choice but to get much closer to both of them than Spike's usual comfort zone - you two kept your shit together remarkably well. I love you both SO MUCH. Have a sausage.

Dear Owner Of the Aforementioned Boxer Mix,

Would it have hurt to back off just a little and let us get off the path? Did Spike's raised hackles and "KHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAN!!!!!" face look to you like bringing your puppy closer was a good idea? Then why do it? Okay, I did get him to calm down, but no thanks to you. If the GSD owner hadn't stayed back and let us off the path things could have turned quite unpleasant. Grow a brain plz.

Dear Cats, and especially Cassie,

I always give you a treat when I come back from dogwalking. I always have. Every time for two years now. Why, then, have you suddenly now decided that you need to yell your head off at me to remind me? And how long will it take to get through your food-obsessed head that I will stand there not giving you the treat until you shut the hell up?

in other news, my elbow is buggered again. Spike was very pully that week we were walking to Mum's nightly, and I seem to have slept on it badly last night and compounded the problem. It would be fine if I could only find my fucking elbow brace. But I've not needed it since Blogathon last year and I'm damned if I know where it went. On the other hand, hunting for it looks like it might be bringing on a Roz-attack...

Comments

[mudshark58.livejournal.com]

Good for doggies who have earned their sausages! :D Peace, kitties -- relax! Owner of boxer mix needs to be booted off the planet now for being stupid. What did you do to your elbow and what sort of brace?

bringing on a Roz-attack...
I've got no idea what this means, but it doesn't sound like a good thing.

"Crawling From The Wreckage" -- I've heard Dave Edmunds' version before. I trust this one is as good.

[lizblackdog.livejournal.com]

I have three versions of the song - Dave Edmunds, Graham Parker and Status Quo. Parker's is smoother and a shade slower than Edmunds' - I love them all but it's possibly my favourite.

A Roz attack is derived from rozae and what it means is when you go to clean one small thing, notice something else that needs cleaning, then something else. and then don't stop until you're nearing collapse but your house is spotless.

The elbow has never been right since I had tennis elbow a couple of years ago. It's never been quite as bad as it was then either, but it never quite regained its full strength and it has bad days now and again, especially if the dogs are obnoxious.

[mudshark58.livejournal.com]

A Roz attack is derived from [info]rozae and what it means is when you go to clean one small thing, notice something else that needs cleaning, then something else. and then don't stop until you're nearing collapse but your house is spotless.

Aha. :D I get those sometimes.

The elbow has never been right since I had tennis elbow a couple of years ago. It's never been quite as bad as it was then either, but it never quite regained its full strength and it has bad days now and again, especially if the dogs are obnoxious.

I also know this one. I seem to have got mine from doing yard work, especially pruning. I just wear the counterforce brace any time I have to do anything -- daily, pretty much -- and it is a huge improvement. Not being able to pick up a mug of coffee from the table and bring it to where the coffee can get inside of me counts as a serious inconvenience, therefore the brace is necessary equipment, in my book.

See what you think

[lizblackdog.livejournal.com]

http://media.putfile.com/Graham-Parker---Crawling-From-The-Wreckage

Re: See what you think

[mudshark58.livejournal.com]

Yeah, that's different -- more honky-tonk than Edmunds' rocketbilly/pub band take. Cool, though.

Not sure I could guess what Quo's version would have sounded like.

Re: See what you think

[lizblackdog.livejournal.com]

...bugger. I just searched for it and do not, in fact, have it any more. Must have been before my last hard drive crash. I'll see if I can find it again to upload for you. I liked it.

[mcsassypants.livejournal.com]

I'm glad that Squish and Spike behaved themselves, even if no one else did!

[lizblackdog.livejournal.com]

Well. There was some barking. But I managed to get them both to stop barking while the other two dogs were both still in sight - and less than fifty yards away! - so they were really very good. Especially as one was a GSD. Spike really has a big problem with those.

[rozae.livejournal.com]

I'm famous! :D

ilu <3

[lizblackdog.livejournal.com]

You totally totally are!