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austingirl

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  1. Are you in Austin? If so, check out Hearts and Paws - they do free puppy parties on a regular basis for puppies under 16 weeks old. We did one with Rocket and it was great. Fun to watch all the puppies play and a good socializing time for them with little dogs their own size. Somewhere in this thread I posted a video from the one we went to.
  2. In addition to what the others have said, expose them to things like a vacuum cleaner (both running and off), brooms, and so on. It sounds dumb but those are the kinds of things dogs will bark at or freak out around, and the earlier you expose them the better. And make sure they get a chance to be around people of all colors, shapes, and sizes. If they only ever see white people, for example, during puppyhood, then they may not know what to do when they meet someone who's a different color.
  3. I'm so sorry. Good girl, Carly.
  4. It's back. My cedar season perma-headache showed up yesterday.
  5. Yes, we on the Surly Council of Women call this "GOP Elvira Lets Herself Go".
  6. How old is your lab? Her markings are remarkably similar to Rocket, including the bit of white on the tip of her tail. You didn't adopt her from the Austin Humane Society in February, did you? Speaking of Rocket, I took him to the vet today because he's been favoring one of his back legs for over a week with no visible sign of injury. In addition, Edgar nipped his front leg pretty good while they were roughhousing and he needed two staples. They think the limp is hip dysplasia and are going to do x-rays in 10 days after he finishes the antibiotics for the cut. So right now he's in a cone, has two staples in a front leg, is walking like an old man because of his hips, and is under vet orders to not play with Edgar at all at least until the x-rays. Oh, and cannot figure out how to chew his bone. Poor baby.
  7. Evacuation order is lifted.
  8. You're not a real southeast Texan till you've stripped someone's clutch trying to pull your truck out of the sand at Sea Rim.
  9. My parents are back home - this morning Mom told me that she talked to the fire department and they said it was up to them as to whether or not they wanted to go back. They had Thanksgiving at my uncle's sister's house in Beaumont. I'm seeing a lot of people who went back today but I wasn't comfortable doing that with the evacuation order still in place. People in that area are hardened to evacuations so I'm not really surprised.
  10. Putt and BearSchlong, are y'all both in Beaumont? My mom sent me a pic of the pitcher of sangria she was going to make yesterday and said "I guess I'll have to drink this all myself." Lol. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
  11. Ohhhh right. Thanks. Isn't there also a Motiva plant right on the Louisiana border? Or am I thinking of something else? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
  12. Where are the Total and Motiva plants y'all are taking about? I swear these things change names every year. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
  13. KFDM about to livestream a TPC press conference.
  14. So what did he forget to do before he left? All I know is she said he "docked the ship at the refinery at 1247 am, walked through the refinery, and headed to pilot office."
  15. So my friend whose daughter took the video of the second explosion - her husband works at that plant. He left at 1247 and the first explosion was at 1258. Crazy. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
  16. Parts of PA now too. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
  17. Thank you. My parents didn't leave with us. Still deciding what they want to do. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
  18. That's Merriman, the street the high school is on. The view from 73 as we head out. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
  19. Going to the in-laws in Crosby, who live on Lake Houston. They have a well-stocked liquor cabinet, a boat, and cable TV, so we should be set. Unless one of the plants near there explodes. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
  20. Motherfucker. I see it now. We are getting ready to leave.
  21. Wait what? Source?
  22. As of now, no - they are telling people outside the 1/2 mile radius to shelter in place.
  23. This from one of my FB friends - her daughter was Facetiming with a friend and caught it on video.
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