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Since I am awake at 4am I thought I'd start this thread for those of us who have trouble sleeping and might find it helpful to have a place to go to chat. Whatever gets you through the night is alright.
To get the ball rolling, I'll just say that I enjoyed being part of the Topic Tuesday discussion tonight. I wish it was possible for these events to be weekly rather than monthly. Either way, thanks SANE and all the people I've met on here over recent months.
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Great to hear from you - it sounds as if there have been a few challenges happening
I don't like dogs much either - unless they are on a lead - and now and again they are not - and regardless of how harmless their owners say they are - something inside me was once bitten and I am more than twice shy
Great to see you back
Decadian
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BlueBellsSenior Contributor
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Hi @eth🙂
Treats usually get around dogs. Have the owners spend as much time with you and the dog as possible before they go, so you get used to each other.
Animals pick up way more than people, and if you are afraid or negative towards the animal, it may react to that as it will make him/her feel insecure.
Remember you are strangers meeting, and even with people, it can take time to "learn" each other. Other animals tend to be more forgiving than people, though 🙂
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BlueBellsSenior Contributor
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Oh @eth, another thing.
When you go to pat the dog, approach with the back of the hand (one slaps with the palm) and not around the head (can be taken as harming, ie, hitting on the head).
Once he knows you, all's good, but at the start, just avoid those couple of things, so he can get to know you positively, rather than negatively.
If any of that makes sense 🙂
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BlueBellsSenior Contributor
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Hi @Decadian🙂
I don't automatically trust dogs, as one has no idea what the owner is like. It isn't that the dog is necessarily bad, the animals behaviour reflects the attitude/intelligence (or lack thereof) of the owner.
Yes, there is an occasional "bad dog", that has been bred to bring out the very worst in it's traits, but not common.
Fear can also make a dog bite. No different from people hitting out in fear.
It is very wise to treat animals with caution, and ask the owner if it is okay to pat / handle an animal. That's a good thing to teach children.
Yes, I was bitten by a dog, I was walking past a dog tethered to a seat in a street, and said "hi dog" as I walked past. The owner had tethered it on one of those extendable leashes, and the dog rushed out some two metres and bit me on the calf.
Either the dog hated being spoken to, my bag made a funny sound...who knows. The owner should have that dog muzzled and also tethered on a lead.
No, I didn't report it, as the council would have possibly killed the dog. If I had known who the owner was, I would have said quite a bit to them, but I was short of time 😞
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ethSenior Contributor
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Thanks @BlueBells. Hope you're doing ok today.
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Unknown userMember
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Hi @eth. How is the packing coming along? How are you going?
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ethSenior Contributor
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Hi @Former-Member have done nearly all the packing. Removalist coming next Monday, Vinnie's taking remaining furniture next Wednesday. After that cleaning. So much wear and tear after 11 years here.
How are you going today?
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Unknown userMember
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Hi @eth,
im so glad that you have the packing done. You have done so well to get it done and be ready to move.
I came out of hospital today and am having a really sad and insecure day. Just trying to put some pieces of my life back together. I think it had been coming for a while until I broke. Managed to pick up gastro from hospital too which isn't helping. But I'm here and trying to put one foot in front of the other again.
Do you fly out of Darwin? It's probably a good time of year to leave with the build up.
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ethSenior Contributor
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@Former-Member sorry to hear you've been in hospital and now have gastro on top of everything else. Coming home is hard isn't it? Do you have support people working with you?
Will be driving my little car down with the help of my brother and his partner. Bit nervous about that but at least I won't be alone and I had it serviced on Monday so I've done what I can to prevent problems. Hoping we don't have big storms along the way.
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ethSenior Contributor
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@Former-Member there's a storm starting here now so I'll turn off the computer until it's over. Hopefully catch up with you some more later.
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