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biff- this is for you:
http://parenting.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/12/17/toilet-seat-trauma/?hp 🙂
Past noon and the Open Thread isn’t even in triple digit posts yet? Did anyone see the Obama sneakers just posted in the Forum? I wonder if anyone’s making Palin hunting shirts.
Update on Madoff….he’s under house arrest, 7 PM currfew and electronic monitoring. His wife has agrred to give up the Palm Beach and Hamptons homes if he flees. That would leave her in the poor position of only owning the UES townhouse.
Her best strategy financially might be to file for divorce before all the charges are brought and settle it immediately. He might be able to collude with her.
cobblehiller- in hair shirts (to show atonement for the crash!) Ah HA! your mind is in the gutter- tsk tsk girl! 🙂
I read somewhere that Madoff’s sons helped turn him in? wouldn’t want to spend the holidays with that family.
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Stu- I know very little about pit bulls except for the one my neighbor adopted from an animal rescuer and who I babysit on occasion. This is not a watchdog- if you walked into her house he would give you the stereo and TV to be friends. He is loveable and smart. She got him when he was about 9 months old but the only damage was to several pairs of shoes. They are great dogs but you probably should hire a professional trainer to help you. My friend did – (she also has cats and she does remain very watchful).
She dressed the dog up as Little Red Riding Hood at halloween- if that didn’t make him attack, nothing will.
I wonder if Doctor Scholl’s is also a clog in the machine?
Anything about Bed Stuy Adam.
hey 10th and reno,
duke doesnt need a muzzle and i didnt have any problems with him destroying the apartment. he did however, for a while, not even sure why, like to rip the straps off all my backpacks and bags. it was annoying, but i think he was just wanted attention. he eventually stopped that. but someone told me he probably smelled food in my bags and id always have snacks in my bags so that is probably why..
he didnt come from an abusive or neglected home, it was a friend of a friend’s dad who got him when his wife died or something like that.. but he was old and couldnt take care of him.
unfortunately yeah pitbulls do dominate the pounds, it’s sad. i love love love my dog, but i dont know if i had to do it over again if i would take in another pitbull.. not because he does anything bad, he’s loyal and gets along with other dogs and people (he does like the bark at certain people for some reason), but the reactions sometimes gets annoying, like oooOOOoo a pitbull.. do you think youre tough or something!?!? it’s like no, that was just the dog that came into my life, i didnt choose his breed.
what animal shelter do you volunteer with? do you guys need any extra helping hands? im always up for stuff like that. i havent done any kind of volunteer work in a long time and it might actually be a good thing for me to do some.
*rob*
It was an accident. I’m going to be in the slope later today and I hope the stroller mafia doesn’t come looking for me.
What else did I miss? Novo Park Slope? breast feeding in Two Boots?
Question for Rob: Aka PitbullNYC
We’ve been looking at adopting a dog form the pound lately. (I volunteer there on w/e’s) and no suprise Pit bulls dominate those available. Having walked hundreds of these it’s fairly clear that with the correct ownership they can become well adjusted pets. I know you’ve posted here before on the subject but was hoping you could elaborate.
Did you have issues with apartment destruction ? Did it take a long time to train to a reasonable level ?
Is it something you’d recommend given your experience ?
Are you ever comfortable walking without a muzzle ?
Thanks
Stu