I found this wonderful picture last week and it got me to thinking about the BIG-DOGS and the incongruence of them and doggy-doors. So I decided to go looking for some solutions... and lo and behold- I found some pretty SAVY stuff that WORKS for big dogs! Shock and awe to say the least.
In a roundabout way, this also relates to the Numa-kitty. He is a classic escape artist and sadly if he gets out for any more than 2 mins, he goes feral (snap) just like that. Well, I was fixing the screen door and he made it past me (a RARE occurrence - but he slips by other people often). By the time I caught up to him, it was too late. My hands were cut to shreds, my right thumb tip is split in two and warrants stitches, and I am marinating in Neosporin salve trying to heal them so I can do my job with minimal pain. I think he was just meant to be a farm cat, hunting mice and other critters... he seems just miserable here with the change of the seasons. If anyone has advice let me know. I think I have to find him a farm this summer and put my own grief aside for his sake. My heart breaks a little each time this happens.
(deep breath)
SO... this week's majordanes-crawl is dedicated to the doggy-door, everything from the simple to the complex of them. Enjoy Stream-crawlers! Much love from the Big-Dogs!
by Bella (PM , CC ) on Saturday April 12, 2008 @ 1:53 PM
Bella - yeah - but I actually found one big enough for the dynamic-duo! I was thrilled with the bottom half-door cut out. I might have to try that!
I hope the crawl is a dandy tonight! I am heading out for a night out with the girls. ROLLER DERBY!!! oh yeah!! Sweaty - scantily-clad- mean-fast women?! What the... is that legal to sell tickets to in 2008? Catch ya on the return. Much love!
by Miss Lou (PM , CC ) on Saturday April 12, 2008 @ 6:24 PM
I've always been leery of doggy doors, not that Lindsay would have any trouble with them, but I be afraid what might wander in. We have raccoons, squirrels, skunks and rabbits in the neighbourhood. Not to mention field mice.
When I was about 10 my parents put patio doors in the back of their house, but their dog refused to believe you could now walk through what was once a wall. She would never use the new door and nearly had a nervous breakdown when my brother carried her through.
A weird little insight into dog psychology, or into the psychology of a weird dog.
by Anexplorer (PM , CC ) on Saturday April 12, 2008 @ 6:58 PM
Doggy doors, hmmmmm. I think they'd be all right except I once saw a Funniest Video clip of a raccoon using one to get inside someones house to steal the dog food. Sort of makes me a tad leery. Then again, I don't own a dog. LOL.
Our cat Phoebe changes in the spring too. She gets very outdoorsy, but we can let her go in and out, as we live in the country and she stays in the woods behind our house and catches rabbits and other critters. Ugh. Stays on our beds in the winter and hot, Texas summers.
by Heide (PM , CC ) on Saturday April 12, 2008 @ 9:56 PM
Some of those were pretty creative ideas for big dog doggie doors. And the little doggy faces peeking out were adorable! I lived with a roommate once upon a time, and they had a dog that destroyed the door like that. During the day we all shut our doors so the dog could roam the house, but apparently he wanted back in it's room. Lesson learned I guess!
Ahh Miss Lou! Soo sweet of you to say! I do try to put fun into the majordanes posts and I have a ball coming up with ideas. I am home late ( or early in the morning... depending on how you look at it), and have to apologize for leaving my post like that for so long.
To make up for it... I am sending these pure, unadulterated, giggles your way! ENJOY!
by Dalpha (PM , CC ) on Sunday April 13, 2008 @ 3:57 AM
Sherry - Anex said the same thing... but I never thought of racoons as that smart. But they are BRAZEN at times?!!! Good point. WIll take that under consideration! Much love to you Sherry!
by Dalpha (PM , CC ) on Sunday April 13, 2008 @ 3:58 AM
Oh Heide! Thank you for confirming the spring-outdoorsy-itis in your kitty, that I suspected Numa-kitty was suffering from, and not that I was just dreaming it up.
Ok - then we will weather the storm of spring-itis and hope he settles down soon. We love him a bunch and would prefer he stays with us for many years to come.
by Dalpha (PM , CC ) on Sunday April 13, 2008 @ 4:06 AM
RT! Oh boy? I guess "lesson learned!" Wow?! That canine was just NOT taking NO for an answer! Maybe that one was related to the one that did this?
I have to rethink the doggy door for now, but you're right... it was good to see so many creative ones out there! I had no idea so many were possible so it was great fun to find them all!
I hope you are having a great weekend. I am lazin' around all day tomorrow and surfin' the blog crawls that I missed while I stepped out tonight. Then I head for OHIO. I should find out who is in Ohio from the Stream and give a nod hello while I am there! Have a great Sunday RT and I will be popping by once I roll my lazy bones out of bed!
by Dalpha (PM , CC ) on Sunday April 13, 2008 @ 4:15 AM
Sure looks like a deer in the house and I'd love to know who taught the dog to use toilet paper!
We never had a deer in the house but we once had a moose in the backyard for a morning. My wife had gotten up early to see Princess Anne's wedding (yes this was a few years ago) and found a moose staring at her through the patio doors.
The moose was trying to cross the road at the end of our drive, but every time it tried a car came along and it retreated back into the yard. It was three hours before it finally managed to get across. By then we had all the neighbours in the house. Each one had come knocking of our front door to see if we knew we had a moose in the yard.
by Anexplorer (PM , CC ) on Sunday April 13, 2008 @ 5:16 AM
Anex - a small group of my friends uses the term "moose" when they talk about men.
For a long time we exchanged gifts on special occasions of MOOSE-ONLY paraphernalia... and let me tell you... this tradition started long before Moose items were ever cool - so finding one was like striking it rich in our quest!
We eventually developed a lingo that went along with the whole euphemism. *A young inexperienced moose with fuzz still on his shovels was a man that needed additional training (chamois-time) in the fine arts of intimate relationships.
*An older more experienced moose with working knowledge of womenly needs... had no fuzz / bleach white shovels... that someone had taken a chamois to and rubbed vigorously.
The chamois talk got really deep at times and usually ended in bouts/fits of laughter. I think at one point there was a dance that involved the discussion of bald men with dual chamois points on the body... for sure it was after a few rounds of spirits.
Once, I brought a DNR magazine where an article relayed the symptoms of Moose Sickness.
Symptom #1: Moose aflicked with this brain worm will tend to wander around aimlessly.
Response: - a collective nod in agreement that we had known one of two Mooses like that in our day.
Symptom #2: Paralysis of one or more legs.
Response: - we had FOR SURE dated that guy!
I better stop there... One should never reveal how far down the rabbit hole one has traveled...
by Anexplorer (PM , CC ) on Sunday April 13, 2008 @ 1:44 PM
You and your wife will never look at a moose the same way again.
*I might mention the scrotum shaped nose, the mating rituals of digging ground beds before "scenting" them, and that we drank Moose-Drool Beer during our many creative sessions - which now takes on a WHOLE new meaning for those in the know.
Welcome to the "know". You will be contacted soon with a super secret letter for your initiation ritual ("non-hazing" of course) and this message will self-destruct in 5, 4, 3, 2...
by Dalpha (PM , CC ) on Sunday April 13, 2008 @ 2:07 PM
Dalpha,
Love those doggy doors ... I have to admit, I laughed at the broken through the whole door one ... and the ones where kids follow the dogs through the doggy doors.
I talked to my folks last week in the middle of ANOTHER blizzard and thought of you.
by kktaylorcc (PM , CC ) on Sunday April 13, 2008 @ 5:42 PM
Awww 'Poor Numa Kitty', Dalpha ~ Worse yet YouR poor 'Thumb' ! Hope it's ok, & Good that you're marinating it, Cat Scratch Fever and all... . Cute "doggie doors", ya got there....but I think ya mighta missed this one, Hmmmm
It could have been a graphic or a quote, It could have been something that you wrote! You added greatly to my Spring Fever Post So I linked to your blog as a toast, "For all you do and all you say ... Wishing you the BEST of today!"
by kktaylorcc (PM , CC ) on Saturday April 19, 2008 @ 2:26 PM
Taylor - can you believe that? CRAZY! 12 inches dropped on my mom up in LF - it was crazy. We are so DUE for some kind warm winds. Thanks for sending some warm thoughts this way! I will be over this evening for a much needed visit! See you then! Dalpha
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I was thrilled with the bottom half-door cut out. I might have to try that!
I hope the crawl is a dandy tonight!
I am heading out for a night out with the girls.
ROLLER DERBY!!! oh yeah!!
Sweaty - scantily-clad- mean-fast women?!
What the... is that legal to sell tickets to in 2008?
Catch ya on the return.
Much love!
When I was about 10 my parents put patio doors in the back of their house, but their dog refused to believe you could now walk through what was once a wall. She would never use the new door and nearly had a nervous breakdown when my brother carried her through.
A weird little insight into dog psychology, or into the psychology of a weird dog.
Sherry
Our cat Phoebe changes in the spring too. She gets very outdoorsy, but we can let her go in and out, as we live in the country and she stays in the woods behind our house and catches rabbits and other critters. Ugh. Stays on our beds in the winter and hot, Texas summers.
Good luck with your kitty. Heide
I do try to put fun into the majordanes posts
and I have a ball coming up with ideas.
I am home late ( or early in the morning... depending on how you look at it),
and have to apologize for leaving my post like that for so long.
To make up for it... I am sending these pure, unadulterated, giggles your way!
ENJOY!
Is that a deer in the HOUSE?
And does the dog have toilet paper on his paw?
What is this world coming to!?!
I think after seeing that,
I will rethink the doggy door plan.
Thanks AneX!
but I never thought of racoons as that smart.
But they are BRAZEN at times?!!!
Good point. WIll take that under consideration!
Much love to you Sherry!
in your kitty, that I suspected Numa-kitty was suffering from,
and not that I was just dreaming it up.
Ok - then we will weather the storm of spring-itis and hope he settles
down soon. We love him a bunch and would prefer he stays with
us for many years to come.
Hope you have a great weekend!
Wow?! That canine was just NOT taking NO for an answer!
I have to rethink the doggy door for now, but you're right... it
was good to see so many creative ones out there! I had no idea
so many were possible so it was great fun to find them all!
I hope you are having a great weekend. I am lazin' around all day tomorrow
and surfin' the blog crawls that I missed while I stepped out tonight.
Then I head for OHIO. I should find out who is in Ohio from the Stream
and give a nod hello while I am there!
Have a great Sunday RT and I will be popping by once I roll my
lazy bones out of bed!
We never had a deer in the house but we once had a moose in the backyard for a morning. My wife had gotten up early to see Princess Anne's wedding (yes this was a few years ago) and found a moose staring at her through the patio doors.
The moose was trying to cross the road at the end of our drive, but every time it tried a car came along and it retreated back into the yard. It was three hours before it finally managed to get across. By then we had all the neighbours in the house. Each one had come knocking of our front door to see if we knew we had a moose in the yard.
I don't remember if anyone watched the wedding.
term "moose" when they talk about men.
For a long time we exchanged gifts on
special occasions of MOOSE-ONLY paraphernalia...
and let me tell you... this tradition started
long before Moose items were ever cool - so finding
one was like striking it rich in our quest!
We eventually developed a lingo that went along
with the whole euphemism.
*A young inexperienced moose
with fuzz still on his shovels was a man that needed additional
training (chamois-time) in the fine arts of intimate relationships.
*An older more experienced moose with
working knowledge of womenly needs...
had no fuzz / bleach white shovels... that someone had taken a chamois
to and rubbed vigorously.
The chamois talk got really deep at times
and usually ended in bouts/fits of laughter.
I think at one point there was a dance
that involved the discussion of bald men
with dual chamois points on the body...
for sure it was after a few rounds of spirits.
Once, I brought a DNR magazine where an article
relayed the symptoms of Moose Sickness.
Symptom #1: Moose aflicked with this brain worm
will tend to wander around aimlessly.
Response: - a collective nod in agreement that
we had known one of two Mooses like that in our day.
Symptom #2: Paralysis of one or more legs.
Response: - we had FOR SURE dated that guy!
I better stop there...
One should never reveal how far down the
rabbit hole one has traveled...
Thanks Anex! I enjoyed that jaunt down memory lane.
You and your wife will never look at a moose the same way again.
*I might mention the scrotum shaped nose, the mating rituals of digging
ground beds before "scenting" them, and that we drank Moose-Drool Beer
during our many creative sessions - which now takes on a WHOLE new meaning
for those in the know.
Welcome to the "know".
You will be contacted soon
with a super secret letter
for your initiation ritual
("non-hazing" of course)
and this message will self-destruct in
5, 4, 3, 2...
Love those doggy doors ... I have to admit, I laughed at the broken through the whole door one ... and the ones where kids follow the dogs through the doggy doors.
I talked to my folks last week in the middle of ANOTHER blizzard and thought of you.
Spring is coming soon ... I promise!
Huggggggggggggggggggggggz,
Taylor
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It could have been a graphic or a quote,
It could have been something that you wrote!
You added greatly to my Spring Fever Post
So I linked to your blog as a toast,
"For all you do and all you say ...
Wishing you the BEST of today!"
Hugggggggggggggggggggggggz,
Taylor
12 inches dropped on my mom up in LF - it was crazy.
We are so DUE for some kind warm winds.
Thanks for sending some warm
thoughts this way!
I will be over this evening for
a much needed visit!
See you then!
Dalpha
I am still rolling from that one! What fun and good thing you added that to the collection!
Be by later tonight to visit!