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Quote: ‘Frayed knot (couldn’t resist). Really, you should be ashamed. >:-(

Jane Webb Mudpie & Moonpie

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Quote: it tends to breed freely, eventually filling up all the spare room, and crowding out the pets. It does breed. But it doesn’t crowd out the pets — they assimilate. Jane Webb Mudpie & Moonpie

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Quote: Now she’s older and I think maybe a few pins won’t slow her down too much I worry a lot about dropped pins. Felt PRETTY BAD when Mudpie came to me with a reproachful look, holding up a paw with a pin sticking out. I’m very very careful — even more so with needles. But — pink and lavender brocade? Oh dear. I doubt even Moon would sleep on such a thing. Try washing dog stuff in Murphy’s Oil Soap — that’s what I use on newly-off-the-loom wool fabric, and Moon find it IRresistable.Rolls on it, gets it all wrinkly. But the dog hairs add character. People don’t realize what they’re getting! Jane Webb Mudpie & Moonpie

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Quote:  squatting with bright yellow lines streaming from their behinds! The mind boggles. Jane Webb Mudpie & Moonpie

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Quote: Want email notice of the next Britex 50% off remnant sale? Oh, *sigh* I wish *I* lived in SF!!!! Am coming in March though, the 12-14, at  Ft. Mason. Britex is one of the neater emporia in the whole world! Jane Webb Mudpie & Moonpie

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: I AM a master packer.  Just ask anyone who has seen what comes out of my : car, and actually fits back in.   I can verify that.  Diane gets twice as much stuff in her Saturn as I do in my 4-Runner.  When she starts to set up for agility it all turns into amazing expandable equipment.  But even she has her limits.  She’s been forced to choose between the teeter board and cat walk recently because both won’t fit into the car at the same time, on top of everything else for the course.  And Tanith and Oso sharing a wire crate in the back seat, of course. Lynn K. —

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>: I AM a master packer.  Just ask anyone who has seen what comes out of my >: car, and actually fits back in.   >I can verify that.  Diane gets twice as much stuff in her Saturn as I do >in my 4-Runner.  When she starts to set up for agility it all turns into >amazing expandable equipment.  But even she has her limits.  She’s been >forced to choose between the teeter board and cat walk recently because >both won’t fit into the car at the same time, on top of everything else >for the course.  And Tanith and Oso sharing a wire crate in the back seat, >of course. >Lynn K.

You guys have just given me an idea: Dehydrated Agility Equipment! Just add water! I’ll be rich! Just don’t let your dogs pee on it until it’s all set up. –Terri   (Mad Scientist In Training) — Looking for a pet? Live in the Kansas City area? Check out http://www.critterconnection.com/shelterindex.html

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I have seen your web page, and was impressed there too.  Hey, I got a garage that could use some re-org.  Wanna come down to the South Bay for a day?? I’m trying to convice Jay that my many boxes of fabric take up less space than his 2 motorcycles, skis, misc tools, pinball machine (broken), *5* coolers, etc etc etc.  Ah maybe I just need one of those vacuum pack thingies. Tammy & Loki, Pack Rats

– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text ->I AM a master packer.  Just ask anyone who has seen what comes out of my >car, and actually fits back in.  I have a page (with pictures) where I >describe what goes in the car for agility practice.  Even though *I* >packed it, I must say it amazes even me. >see http://www.dog-play.com/saturn.html

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Quote:  my many boxes of fabric take up less space than his 2 motorcycles, skis, misc tools, pinball machine (broken), *5* coolers, etc etc etc ANYbody knows that boxes of fabaric and bags of fiber don’t take up any space atall!!!! Jane Webb Mudpie & Moonpie

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: ANYbody knows that boxes of fabaric and bags of fiber don’t take up any space : atall!!!! Heloise’s Hint of the Day:  Extra fabric/fiber can be stored both in and on top of unused dog crates. My fabric/fiber has it’s own bedroom, garage, and 2 closets and rarely escapes into the main living areas.  Of course, the 2 sewing machines are only on the dining table to keep the computer company.  And a floor loom in the living room is a very handy place to hang leashes. Lynn K. —

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Quote: My fabric/fiber has it’s own bedroom, garage, and 2 closets and rarely escapes into the main living areas. You are very kind to it. But — at my house, the living areas often escape into the fabric/fiber domain. Looms are good for hanging EVERYthing. The dining room setup is very good. Jane Webb Mudpie & Moonpie

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Tee hee!  For anyone following this devolving thread it’s beginning to sound remarkably like the novel, "Bridget Jones’ Diary," which is a hoot. Tracy Landauer – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text ->Quote: >My fabric/fiber has its own bedroom, garage, and 2 closets and rarely escapes into the main living areas. >You are very kind to it. But — at my house, the living areas often >escape into the fabric/fiber domain.  Looms are good for hanging >EVERYthing.  The dining room setup is very good. > Oh, dear.  My fabric is all in a single chest.  Is it abusive to have > it all confined like that all the time?? > –Cindy > —

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Dang! Just checked my fabric, it’s not breeding.  Think it’s sterile? And Cindy, it’s not abusive as long as you take it out to breathe every once in a while.  I used to store my fabric in a chest.  Now it’s organized into many zerox boxes.  Jay says if the world goes bonkers at Y2K I’ll have enough to keep us in style AND in quilts! Anyone need any pink/lavender brocade?  It was on sale.  I thought of using it for Loki, but I heard dogs may actually see color and well, epilepsy and brain damage come to mind…figure it’s as dangerous as those laser pointers. I used to sew tons till I got this vacuum cleaner dog and started worrying about dropped pins.  Now she’s older and I think maybe a few pins won’t slow her down too much.  Might even be able to bring out the recorder and harmonica I was learning too. Tammy & Loki, hooooooowwwwwlllll http://www.geocities.com/Petsburgh/8802/ – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – >stitched with finest floss on pure irish linen: >Oh, dear.  My fabric is all in a single chest.  Is it abusive to have >it all confined like that all the time?? >–Cindy >Of course!  I prefer free-range stash, the only disadvantage is that >it tends to breed freely, eventually filling up all the spare room, >and crowding out the pets. >Ruth Mays > Cinnaminson NJ >   I keep hitting the escape key, but I’m still here…

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Quote:  My fabric is all in a single chest.  Is it abusive to have it all confined like that all the time?? Have you no SOUL? It must be allowed to run free, feel the wind in its Jane Webb Mudpie & Moonpie

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Quote: Whatcha trying to say?  That this thread is unravelling???  The fabric of reality is being distorted??  We need more fiber in our diets??? Lemme tellya, we could spin some great yarns. Jane Webb Mudpie & Moonpie

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: So hey, any of you quilters put together dog themed quilts?  I designed : a labrador head (with appliqued 3-D ears) for a wall hanging and want : to make myself a full sized quilt with these (and maybe interspersed with : ducks and/or obedience equipment. Neat.  I actually made 2 out of that old VIP panel fabric with the Labs and Goldens and a couple of pillows.  All very well behaved, also.  I saw another one using that stuff cut into 2" squares and made a little "shattered". Better to shatter virtual Labs than real ones. I’m still holding onto a couple of yards of Kaldor black cotton with bright yellow abstract dogs – squatting with bright yellow lines streaming from their behinds!  Any creative suggestions for using this somewhat unique fabric would be appreciated Lynn K. —

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> >Tee hee!  For anyone following this devolving thread it’s beginning to sound remarkably like the novel, "Bridget Jones’ Diary," which is a hoot. > Whatcha trying to say?  That this thread is unravelling???  The fabric > of reality is being distorted??  We need more fiber in our diets???

***** ‘Frayed knot (couldn’t resist).  It was the tenor of the back ‘n forth between you all that made me giggle.  Reminiscent of the first episode in the book involving an ongoing email flirtation between two people working at a London publishing house: the man observed the woman’s skirt to be on the short side & proclaimed "skirt absent, is skirt out sick, please send address asap so can send flowers to sick skirt, will report skirt to union if out too much longer" kind of repartee.  Very funny book. And let’s not revisit the fiber issue.  While you were letting sleeping newsgroups lie we had an extended discussion of low-flow toilets, "what goes in must come out," and I was duly reviled for the travesty of being naturally thin and not requiring excess fiber in diet to maintain girlish figure. See what you missed? Tracy

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: Dang! Just checked my fabric, it’s not breeding.  Think it’s sterile? You clearly haven’t been hanging near enough to any remnant bins lately. Want email notice of the next Britex 50% off remnant sale?  I’ve found that that makes for the best breeders. : Anyone need any pink/lavender brocade? No thanks, I have enough of my own plug-ugly mutts like that. One of the great benefits of combining fabric and dogs is that I no longer bother to prewash fabrics right after purchasing them.  I know I’m going to have to wash them to get the dog hair off before using them anyhow, so why bother? Lynn K. —

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I AM a master packer.  Just ask anyone who has seen what comes out of my car, and actually fits back in.  I have a page (with pictures) where I describe what goes in the car for agility practice.  Even though *I* packed it, I must say it amazes even me.   see http://www.dog-play.com/saturn.html But I didn’t really describe half of what is always in my car.  One important thing, though, I don’t have to transport human passengers. I do have one front seat space available.  Back seat is for the dogs. Diane Blackman –     –    -    -    -    -    -    -     – "Anytime we set about changing behavior because someone else things we should, we start out at a tremendous disadvantage. . . . if any aspect of the definition strikes us as untrue .  .  . our chances of effecting any permanent changes plummet.  "The Body Language and Emotion of Dogs" by Myrna M. Milani, DVM.

: Diane, : How DO you pack all that stuff in your car?!?!?!?  Mine holds the spare : tire, jumpercables, and the spare plastic gas can (empty) goes bump bump : when I turn. : Thoroughly Impressed, : Tammy & Loki

:>I have a couple links on providing for pets in emergencies at :>http://www.dog-play.com/disaster.html :>After working both the Loma Preita Earthquake (a bit more than 2 months) :>and the Oakland Hills Fire (a couple weeks) I was grateful I was not :>affected and learned to be prepared.  My car is never without a folding :>crate in the trunk, water, food (a couple days for everyone), money (ATM :>and credit card swipers may be non-functional), tent, sleeping bag, spare :>collars/harnesses for all pets), and one change of clothes. :> :> :>Diane Blackman :>_  _  _  _  _  _  _  _  _  _  _  _  _  _  _  _  _

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>and the spare plastic gas can (empty)

Have others seen the "emergency gas" that is available [currently mail order only], which is safe to carry in the car?  One MORE thing for Diane to add to her trunk! Since I drive an SUV, I have no trunk, and carrying a lot of provisions doesn’t seem all that pratical, but putting them in an easily accessible place, that is likely to be reached from a few different directions in case of blocked paths, seems like a reasonable solution.   Of course, keeping emergency pet food means replenishing/rotating the supply regularly (especially with naturally preserved foods) and remembering to not use them up when you run out of "normal" supplies.  I always keep more than enough leashes for the number of dogs I have.  Never know when you may need to corral a stray! Janet Boss<BR> Best Friends Dog Obedience<BR> "Nice Manners for the Family Pet"<BR> <BR> "Read your question for the obvious answer"

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Wow, this is something I have never thought about….. great I’ll be paranoid now until I convince hubby to help me make an emergency kit or as he’ll likely call it, a "paranoia kit".  ;-) As I am typing I am going through my closets etc… thinking about which items should be placed in a box within easy reach to pack into a vehicle should evacuation be necessary. We suffered through a pretty tough ice storm last winter, lots of folks had to leave their residences for weeks on end. We were lucky and didn’t have to evacuate but during it all I never once thought about what these folks did with their pets. Thanks for the eye opener. Donna — "Everyone thinks I’m psychotic, except for my  friends deep inside the earth"

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>I have a couple links on providing for pets in emergencies at >http://www.dog-play.com/disaster.html >After working both the Loma Preita Earthquake (a bit more than 2 months) >and the Oakland Hills Fire (a couple weeks) I was grateful I was not >affected and learned to be prepared.  My car is never without a folding >crate in the trunk, water, food (a couple days for everyone), money (ATM >and credit card swipers may be non-functional), tent, sleeping bag, spare >collars/harnesses for all pets), and one change of clothes. >Diane Blackman >_  _  _  _  _  _  _  _  _  _  _  _  _  _  _  _  _

Diane, How DO you pack all that stuff in your car?!?!?!?  Mine holds the spare tire, jumpercables, and the spare plastic gas can (empty) goes bump bump when I turn. Thoroughly Impressed, Tammy & Loki

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I have a couple links on providing for pets in emergencies at http://www.dog-play.com/disaster.html After working both the Loma Preita Earthquake (a bit more than 2 months) and the Oakland Hills Fire (a couple weeks) I was grateful I was not affected and learned to be prepared.  My car is never without a folding crate in the trunk, water, food (a couple days for everyone), money (ATM and credit card swipers may be non-functional), tent, sleeping bag, spare collars/harnesses for all pets), and one change of clothes. Diane Blackman   _  _  _  _  _  _  _  _  _  _  _  _  _  _  _  _  _ Life is too short to be fretful.

: After spending 60 hours without power this weekend, it occurred to me how : poorly prepared many of us are, in case of emergency or natural disaster.  Did : anyone read Terri Crisp’s "Out of Harm’s Way"?  Those of you who do SAR must be : aware of many of the problems.   : When disaster strikes, knowing what your options are can save a lot of grief : and maybe some lives.  Shelters for the displaced people don’t usually allow : animals.  Many hotels (if you can find an available room) don’t allow pets : either.  Planning on what to do with your pets when your home has no heat is : something we all need to think about!

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Quote:  Don’t forget the critters. Colorado Public Service is one of the worst energy providers in the country, IMHO, especially to the mountains. We lose power ALL the time — and therefore, heat, water (well pump) and all the stuff you don’t think about when life is humming along as it should be. We have 2 proopane stoves (regular kitchen and dye kitchen) and a fireplace. So cooking isn’t a problem. The ceiling in the living room is so high that and residual heat goes right up the chimney, but it’s better than nothing. Lots of candles always on hand, plus camping lanterns. Also have a vehicle that is self-sufficient, freestanding, small, 4wd, and always ready to go. Then there’s the cuddling. Cuddling is good. The only disaster I really worry about is fire, and I have a plan I’ll admit to never having actually done it, but I know we could be out of here and down the mountain within 15 minutes, taking all the important stuff with us. Jane Webb Mudpie & Moonpie

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After spending 60 hours without power this weekend, it occurred to me how poorly prepared many of us are, in case of emergency or natural disaster.  Did anyone read Terri Crisp’s "Out of Harm’s Way"?  Those of you who do SAR must be aware of many of the problems.   When disaster strikes, knowing what your options are can save a lot of grief and maybe some lives.  Shelters for the displaced people don’t usually allow animals.  Many hotels (if you can find an available room) don’t allow pets either.  Planning on what to do with your pets when your home has no heat is something we all need to think about! I was fortunate to have hot water and a woodstove (and plenty of nice dry wood). I’m not on a well, so water was not affected. I was also lucky that the trees and lims we lost weren’t on top of the house! Food wise, the animals were set better than I was, since their food is "nonperishable" for the most part.  I worried about safety on the ice in the yard (as well as from falling limbs), but those things were ok with supervision and caution. Finding a place to stay with 4 animals (2 of them cats, who aren’t QUITE as adaptable as the dogs!) isn’t a simple thing.  I was glad I could stay here and keep everyone warm with a roaring fire, but what if I couldn’t?  I did have options, albeit not convenient ones, that were "last resort" things. Since there are a few things I’ll be adding to my box of "power outage" necessities, I urge all of you to consider what might happen if you needed to evacuate or if you weren’t able to leave your home.  Don’t forget the critters. Janet Boss<BR> Best Friends Dog Obedience<BR> "Nice Manners for the Family Pet"<BR> <BR> "Read your question for the obvious answer"

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