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[3June2013]

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LLL good to hear things are looking a little brighter today. Your dogs sound like fun and I bet they loved their walk. I think fresh air and exercise is under-rated and therapeutic!

[Live_Love_Learn]

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We did it!!!!! We left the house and went for a walk!!!! I'm so excited!!!
I discovered I have some work to do with my boy though, lesson to anyone with an anxious dog, if deciding to buy an electric fence, research how to gently introduce the dog to the fence. I now have a 30 kg dog that shakes and doesn't want to walk near a fence!! Would have been funny for the council worker to see since I had to pick up my big sook, take to a seat where I had to cuddle him and rock him to calm him down!!!! Seriously, people think he will eat them and he's terrified of fences?!?!?

[witts end]

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who cares what others think .....thy don't know what your going through.....just stay focused on being af

[MossRose]

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LLL - Hope you are hanging in there. You have definitely been having a difficult time. So glad you are staying strong and not using AL to self-medicate for the anxiety. We both know that never works, just makes it worse. It sounds like you are finding positive and healthy ways to cope. Thinking of you. xo

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Funny dog. Doll Face is afraid of loud noises. Thunder, fireworks,(July 4th is her worst day of the year) the smoke detector. And My oven smokes easily. Oh we have fun.
Glad you are feeling better today. Don't let yourself get down. You have friends who care.

[witts end]

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I would love to put up an electric fence but we have 70 acreas where do you start and stop my male corgi goes round the neighbour hood and says hello to all the dogs in the neighbour hood and now finishes up at my sons house .........he would do it everyday if we let him as soon as our backs is turned he sneaks off
What breed of dogs do you guys have
I have a pair of corgi's and would love to breed them but the female wont ......if I didn't want them to they would ....urgh!!!! dogs
keep it up 3l's your going to do this

[Old Grey]

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"I have a pair of corgi's and would love to breed them but the female wont "

This may be in bad taste.....but have you tried getting her drunk? ;0)
just kidding!

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good one old grey

[little beagle]

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I love corgis

[MossRose]

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LLL, how are things going? Thinking of you. I have a totally neurotic lab, so I totally get it. Did you get any sleep?

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3l's where are you
I have had corgi's for about 40 yrs and love them but when my last one died and I found them hard to get decided might breed them .........they would if I didn't want them to ..... thats nature

[MossRose]

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LLL - how are you. Please check in. We are here for you. Hang in there, k?

Witts - have been talking to you for a while now, and never realized you are in Australia. We are on opposite time zones. I always wanted to visit Australia. My friends here who have been there always rave about how wonderful it is. I'm putting it on my bucket list!

[Live_Love_Learn]

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Sorry guys, I found a new doc on Saturday and she's changed my meds but I finally saw a psychologist last night and she said this new medication will make me feel anxious the first few days so I'm hanging on tight!!! IM SO SICK OF ANXIETY!!!
I have English Bull Terriers and they are complete but bags that have to smother people and do stupid tricks to show people how they have to be the centre if the universe!!!
Witts- my neighbour has a little foxy and they don't have a fence, they have little pickets around the yard and a collar that gives the dog a zap if he goes outside that area, I've seen them on a few properties around here, they must be perfect for smaller dogs!!!
I'm AF without any worries, I guess I'm just going to ride through this emotional exhaustion thingy and hope I start feeling happier soon!!!
Hope everyone else has been hanging in there, I've got some reading to do, time to catch up on what you guys have been up to!!!

[MossRose]

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LLL - So good to hear from you, but sorry to hear you are dealing with anxiety. Hopefully, the new meds will help. And, thankfully you were warned about the possible side effects by your psychologist, otherwise you may have thought you were going crazy. It is odd that so many anti-anxiety meds have the opposite effect at first. Stay strong and hang in there. I'm praying you are able to get a good night's sleep soon. It will make everything better.

All this talk of dogs is making me think seriously about adopting one. I don't have any animals right now for the first time in almost 30 years, and it feels weird and lonely. My stb-ex husband got our lab in the divorce and moved to another state so I never see her anymore It's sad too, because she was part of my life for 12 years.

However, I recently moved to a pet friendly apartment complex and there are dogs everywhere. I have always had a fenced yard so this would be a new pet-owning experience. But it would force me to get some exercise by walking my pup a few times daily. It's summer here now, so it sounds like a great idea. However, I can't help but think about winter and those -10 degree winter nights when the winds are blowing and it feels like -30 and the dog needs to go out at 2 am. I hate the cold. LOL.

How many Terriers do you have?

[Live_Love_Learn]

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Please get a dog!! They make you laugh and give you a great companion!!!!
I'm getting there, damn meds, wish I didn't need them but I'm exhausted and over the anxiety!! I've missed you guys though!!