Re: OWWWWWW!!!!! -- The Lonely Canadian Writer

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Date Posted: 22:50:19 05/15/08 Thu GMT-5
Author: Lori (sympathetic...or empathetic)
Author Host/IP: S0106001a70540c2c.cg.shawcable.net / 68.145.251.17
Subject: Re: OWWWWWW!!!!!
In reply to: Roger 's message, "Re: OWWWWWW!!!!!" on 19:13:44 05/15/08 Thu GMT-5

Oh, dear. Border Collies. My dog's a Border Collie / Lab cross. He's almost two and luckily the Lab seems to be dominant in his personality these days. I think purebred Border Collies are too much for many people, definitely would be for me.

I'm glad to hear you're on the mend, anyway.

Take care,

Lori

>Sunday night, I went out to call in my son's border
>collie, and he didn't want to come. So, i went to get
>him, herded him on to the deck, then grabbed his
>collar while he was investigating something smelly. He
>tried to bite me, so I shook his collar hard and
>slapped him across the chops. He turned around,
>twisting my fingers in the collar, and nipped me on
>the arm, so I grabbed his head and held it down on the
>concrete for a couple of minutes while I remonstrated
>with him. he was very subdued when I let him up, and
>went straight into his cage.
>
>My fingers were sore after that, and next morning the
>nailbed on my right middle finger was blue, so I went
>for medical attention, and learned that it was broken,
>but not infected. It ached all the way up to my neck.
>It's a matter of a little chip of bone having broke
>off the first bone, right by the joint.
>
>It's much better today, hardly noticeable in fact. I
>should be all over it by next week.
>
>One bloody thing after another.
>
>That dog is running around the house barking an
>driving me crazy. His mistress just came in so he's
>being extra protective. I looked at him and said,
>"Just try it!" He went away.
>
>Roger
>
>
>>You are typing WAY too hard.
>>
>>How did you do that, now?
>>
>>Lori
>>
>>
>>>It's not badly broken. I took a chip off the bottom
>>>of the first joint in my middle finger. I took the
>>>stupid splint off and I'm just using it carefully. It
>>>shouldn't take long to heal. Thanks for asking.
>>>
>>>Roger
>>>
>>>
>>>>Agreed. How's your finger?
>>>>
>>>>I think the new way is good, seeing new posts
>>whatever
>>>>>thread they deal with is good.
>>>>>
>>>>>L.
>>>>>
>>>>>>I ticked the box that moves to the top any post
>>that
>>>>>>has had an entry in it. This changes the look of
>>the
>>>>>>forum a bit, but does alert us to a new posting in
>>>an
>>>>>>older thread. The old way of doing it made it a
>bit
>>>>>>harder to spot new posts, but kept things in
>order.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Do you like the new way of doing it, or do you
>like
>>>>>>the old way better?

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Re: OWWWWWW!!!!! -- Roger (just pathetic...), 20:28:15 05/16/08 Fri GMT-5