Hi Beth...all ya gotta do for the secret pal thing is fill out the questionnaire I sent out to the group and cut and paste it back to me by Jan 6 and I will match you up with someone! I will replay the questionaire again today. Hugs, Deanna
Sent from my iPad On Jan 3, 2011, at 8:56 AM, Beth Michl <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello Deanna! Happy New Year. > > Yes I did hear and see on the News about the 330. I have a friend that is a > CHP Seargent up there, so we do hear about the roads. I am west of all the > stuff that happen in Highland, but not by far. I am just on the otherside of > Palm, just down the street from the Highland police dept and city hall. > I know how bad the weather can get up there. My boyfriend had a rental home > up there, and 2 years ago when it snowed hard for a few days, we just barely > made it down the hill. > > Yes I wouldn't mind doing the Secret pal thing? I don't know what I need to > do to start? > Yes we are close and it would be fun to meet? Just let me know when would > work out for you. > Happy New Year! > Beth & girls > > --- On Thu, 12/30/10, Deanna Corey <[email protected]> wrote: > > From: Deanna Corey <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Chihuahuas] Where does your Chi sleep? > To: [email protected] > Date: Thursday, December 30, 2010, 10:53 AM > > > Hi Beth...so good to see you post!!! I drove through Highland just a few days > ago to see all the washed out roads and mud piled everywhere...so glad you > are OK!!! Did you here about our 330? Completely washed out about 1/2 way up > the mountain and won't be open for mostlikely a full year. The 18 was > compromised and closed for a bit as well..we were pretty stuck up here for a > bit. MOre weather on the way...last night was really scarry...lots of wind > and stuff breaking...i didn't sleep much. > > Anyway my trips down the hill may be greatly curtailed for a bit...dropped > down into Highland at least once a week...guess i will be ordering all sewing > stuff online from now on LOL! > > Are you gonna take part in the Secret Pal thing for this upcoming year...LOVE > to have you do it!!! > > We really are so close...we ned to actually meet each other someday soon!!! > Happy New Years!!!! > > > Waggin' Tails in The Dog Park, > > Deanna > > > > > > and > > The Dog Park Pack: > Nugget, Shuai-Li, Mouse, Myrtle, Mable, Madison and Caleb > > and honorary non-dog members of The Dog Park: > > Stella-Macaw, Stanley-Amazon, Miles the cat > > www.joys4toys.com > > > > > > > > From: Beth Michl <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Thu, December 30, 2010 10:41:32 AM > Subject: Re: [Chihuahuas] Where does your Chi sleep? > > > Hi all! I haven't been around much lately! Holidays and Birthdays and > Graduations all for me in this month.. The weather hasn't helped lately > either. I am in Highland, and I am sure you all have heard the news about the > flooding. Luckily we are not in that area, but just a few miles from it. I > sure feel for all those people!! > Just wanted to chime in on where dose your chi sleep? > I have all three in bed with me! When I 1st got smidge I tried for a week to > crate train her, but she was having nothing too do with it! She cried for a > week and I didn't get any sleep. > I gave in, and that was 8 years ago.. When Chassis was born Smidgen did not > want to stay in her whelping bed with them, so had to modify a bed for her to > be in while in bed with us.. > LOL. @ 3 weeks old Chassis started crawling out of the bed and I worried that > I would lay on her, so put the pups in the whelping bed next to the bed, and > then would put smidge in there to feed every two hours. When I got Dani I > didn't even try and crate train her to sleep, she is my snuggler!! > Years ago I went to look at a male for breeding purpose, these people had > over 20 Chihuahuas, the husband slept in one room with 10 of them and then > the wife had the rest in her bed!! Now that is crazy! I don't know how they > got any sleep.. > I also like my girls close to me at night for protection. 8years ago my > husband and I were > sleeping, it was a summer night, we had the slider open for cool air to come > in. We lived in a very nice neighborhood. Someone was outside our slider, and > the dogs barked and I heard the guy say "There are dogs in there" They took > off, but two days later they hit our neighbor that didn't have dogs. They > went in there home while they were sleeping and stole things. Ate food in > there refrigerator all while they slept in bed.. The wife woke up to see > someone in her bathroom. She screamed and they took off. They found out it > was some older teenage boys, but one had a hatched, he cut the screen with. > So I will always have my 4 legged alarm close snuggled in bed with me. > Hope all of you have a wonderful & safe Happy New Year! > From, Beth, Smidgen, Chassis & Dani. > > > > From: Deanna Corey <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Chihuahuas] Where does your Chi sleep? > To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > Date: Thursday, December 30, 2010, 9:28 AM > > > Hi Sarah, > First off I really think all dogs are pack dogs...they need both kinds of > relationships...that's just my opinion though. Mine are all a pack...I have 2 > chis, a Boston, a shih tzu, and poodle named Nugget, a giant rott/chow mix > named Caleb and soon to add a yorkie. All of them are bonded to me but enjoy > each other as well and each have a certain role to play in our house. Because > we would get no sleep with 5 in bed we do combo sleeping lol! I have a night > stand that I converted into a side-car dog bed for a couple. I used a piece > of non slip rug material, then a same sized piece of ironing board reflective > material, then a heating pad on top of the night stand in that order. Then I > placed a rectangular dog bed on top. It does not move and they are right by > my face at eye level...4-5 inches away. Usually the smallest Chi, Myrtle and > the Boston, Mable sleep together in that...facing me...with their soft fleece > blankets on top of them. They love to be covered up each night...that's how > they know it is time to sleep. The Shih tzu, Shuai-Li, the poodle, Nugget all > sleep on top of the bed in the valley. Caleb is on the floor on my husbands > side in his own dog bed. Mouse the other chi sleeps with my daughter as they > are pretty much a package deal. Sometimes when it gets extra cold Myrtle and > Mable will just sneak over and snuggle under my chin or arm but usually they > stay in their bed. Little Myrtle is 3.5 lbs and she does just fine sleeping > with us when she sneaks over. They both know to wait for mama to be asleep to > make the move lol. > > I do have crates...and I use them...but for short periods if we are having a > lot of people over or an occasional nap and at grooming time. My guys have > to be use to the crates on some level because we live in the mountains and > get evacuated a lot...and I want that event to be as stress free as possible. > > If you are worried about rolling over on Charlie, you could always place his > crate up level with your mattress and facing you. That way he could see you > and be part of your sleep routine. Eventually you might even be able to take > the door off and he would just sleep there as his bed. I really believe that > sleeping with you will not bond him to the pack but more to you...at least > that is how it has always worked here. > > Have you posted pics of Charlie yet? I can't remember seeing him...love the > name! I would be singing that "good and plenty" song to him all the > time...Charlie says... > > Hugs from the Dog Park, > Deanna > > Sent from my iPad > > On Dec 30, 2010, at 7:16 AM, s p <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> Heya everyone, >> >> So Charlie, my first chihuahua and the smallest dog I've ever been owned by, >> is now months old and a whopping 3 lbs.He's a coby applehead and about 10 >> inches long so he's wee. Anyway, we've been having him sleep in his crate at >> night and he's doing fine with that but I was wondering where your chis >> sleep. >> >> We have dachshunds and they sleep in the bed. Charlie gets along with them >> wonderfully but he isn't a 'pack' dog. Dachshunds are pack dogs, they need >> that pack system to be happy and Charlie plays with them but he goes to work >> with me and shopping and such when they don't. >> >> So far we haven't let him in the bed at night. Mainly because, well, he's >> wee tiny small, but I've been worried he'll bond too much with the pack and >> lose that "Mommy is the bestest thing in the whole wide world I want to be >> with her' mentality. I've never had a chi. We've had bulldogs in the past >> and they couldn't be allowed to be in the bed because they got possessive of >> it. The dachshunds do fine, they borrow in and snuggle and there's no >> personalty changes but they do it as a pack. >> >> Where do yours sleep? Has it changed them at all? Should I keep Charlie in >> his crate? Would occasionally being allowed in the bed, say on the days I >> don't take him to work, be okay? The husband and I are split on this. >> Charlie slept with us last night, today is our day off, and he curled up >> under my chin, on my pillow, next to a dachshund just fine. He slept the >> whole night, didn't fuss, didn't mess on the bed...but well, we're not sure >> it's safe or a good idea or whatever. Chihuahuas are so different than >> dachshunds or bulldogs that I'd thought I'd ask you all and see what you >> think... >> >> It was nice to wake up to a chi tail over my nose this morning...lol >> >> Sarah >> >> >> "If you do not change your beliefs...Your life will always be like this." ~ >> Lazyboy >> "Some will say there is safety in numbers, tell that myth to the edge of the >> herd." ~ "Blood" by Gaia Consort > > > >
