tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5338619987513261239.post5270994156638267514..comments2023-10-22T06:16:46.421-06:00Comments on Collies and Life: Lanny Turns One!!Dianne SShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02898741341490904783noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5338619987513261239.post-73094128189064401142013-11-15T07:16:04.334-07:002013-11-15T07:16:04.334-07:00Thanks Jolene--I'll have this disease for the ...Thanks Jolene--I'll have this disease for the rest of my life, so that kind of sucks and apparently I can suffer thyroid storms more than once. I was talking to another employee at Northlands and she's had 3 :( <br /><br />Diana: we are talking about an extreme need for safety. The house is 10 feet from a major highway and until real fencing can be erected farther back and in a large area with a variety of cover, we simply cannot risk him getting lose that close to the highway. We take him out to the back of the pasture area and he gets to run and run a couple of times a day. The actual chain is short--4 feet. Then it's attached to a tie out cable. Panels might work out by the Quonset where the ground is flat, but not by the house. And remember we have snow, lots of it and that it has to be scraped out of the area by bobcat or dozer. Constantly moving panels around out of drifted snow is not a sensible option. Lanny is fine, he's not going to get aggressive over this. Remember that dogs that live in the city are always on leashes and have collars or harnesses--it's the law and it's the only way to be safe. Duffy pulls out of collars, so he wears a harness. My dogs are safe in my yard in the city, but outside of that we live in a very different situation than you do. I will do whatever I have to do to make sure that Lanny is safe. If he ever got lose and was killed on the highway because I was all worried about a little length of chain, I'd have to put a bullet in my head because I'd never be able to live with the guilt of having killed my dog. That highway has killed too many dogs and mine aren't going to be in that number.Dianne SShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02898741341490904783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5338619987513261239.post-40605840751434186072013-11-14T20:06:43.171-07:002013-11-14T20:06:43.171-07:00Sorry to hear about the Grave's disease !!! ug...Sorry to hear about the Grave's disease !!! ugh! hope you feel better soon!<br />Happy birthday Big Lug ♥onecolliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08786202513090606338noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5338619987513261239.post-76182073391925976482013-11-14T16:54:47.430-07:002013-11-14T16:54:47.430-07:00Ok it sucks you were sick and are still not 100%. ...Ok it sucks you were sick and are still not 100%. Not fun and I hope you get better soon. I pretty much fell over when I saw you had a blog post. Lanny is cute! What's up with the chain? You can get chain-link panels to put around his dog house really inexpensively and probably give him a bigger space than the length of that chain. And then he's not tied at the neck, which sounds like he's not a candidate for anyway. Chaining up dogs, (even if it's not for a long period) can make them aggressive. Also, if he's wearing a sturdy collar, he'll have marks for the show ring. Good luck with your potential handlers! Wished I could show him!Squishyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01609283994605336235noreply@blogger.com