Bella is still misbehaving quite a bit (well she is a Jack Russell) though before was really more my fault (I have hid the mess as best I can, and mum didn't notice; yes!), yet another sex drive negative. But anyway, one thing that has been nice is that late the past two nights I have been the last human to go to bed, and Bella has accepted my departure with more grace than in the past. She used to go a bit crazy when we'd all left her on her lonesome, but I tried a new thing, placing her in one of her (well ours, but she runs this town!) comfy chairs where I had spotted her sleeping/resting the other day (you almost never see where she rests when nobody is around because with her incredible hearing she hears you coming before you get close and jumps up and after you); like how one might place a baby in their crib, and then I added her favourite toy by her side, and even as I left the kitchen she was still sitting there, seemingly content and at peace. Very sweet.

It may have also been because I have had 2 very late nights in a row, so she might have just been tired

In the process of having another one. Do I make time for rare use of a clear brain, or be even tireder at work tomorrow? I think I will go for something of a compromise.

I have raised dogs for years Corgi's, they always loved their crates to sleep in. Today I have a little rat terrier, she is only about 7 lbs with a Jack Russel personally I make her sleep in her crate, she is not happy about it but that's where she sleeps. You would think after 8 years she would just accept this however every night is "in the crate, in the crate, pick her up and in the crate, good girl."

Something you might want to try, your Jack may not like it but you will.

River

Riverwind (imported) wrote: Thu Oct 20, 2011 5:39 am I have raised dogs for years Corgi's, they always loved their crates to sleep in. Today I have a little rat terrier, she is only about 7 lbs with a Jack Russel personally I make her sleep in her crate, she is not happy about it but that's where she sleeps. You would think after 8 years she would just accept this however every night is "in the crate, in the crate, pick her up and in the crate, good girl."

Something you might want to try, your Jack may not like it but you will.

River

Thanks for the post River. I really seem to struggle to relate to people on the EA at times (partly because I am too just interested in myself most probably) so I appreciate your conversation (in fact I've been looking at "what's new" stuff for about 20 minutes but couldn't find anything that I could comment on; though I still find stuff to read).

The treatment of a pet dog seems a bit like the treatment of a human child; you want to spoil them, but if you do this it is bad for them (and perhaps consequently yourself). In fact sometimes I feel like sleeping with my Jack Russell (this has only happened a few times; at the beginning and after she was de-sexed, plus when there was a storm one night and she was whimpering!), but know that this is bad because it takes a while for her to deal with it when she is not with me, and will make noise for much of the night.

I do have a crate - meant to be used just for when she is in the car (though the other day when I drove her to the lake for a walk I let her just sit in the front sit; and she behaved well actually), so it would be possible to have her sleep in that, but generally speaking her behaviour at night is good enough now to allow her to wander around half of the house as she likes - so long as I don't spoil her too much (after a walk this evening I lay on my bed with her for about 15 minutes, then a couple of times later she was sneaking back in, once she made quite a mess, was obviously looking for the soothers and knew she'd done wrong when I came in! During the past couple of hours while I have been doing worthwhile stuff online she has just been sitting quitely on the couch behind me, basically dozing, but comfortable to be around me).

It's a hard balancing act sometimes. Kind of like how the bad food for you usually tastes the best!

I don't think that you treat your dog badly (in reference to the crate). In fact a friend of mine overseas surprised me a little with his treatment of his dogs; they were not pets; they were treated poorly so that they would distrust all humans and be good guard dogs (one did quickly learn to trust me though and we became good friends), but I tried to understand the different culture and didn't think him a horrible person, even though I wouldn't ever see myself treating a pet like that.

We are all unique.

Whilst clammoring for some attention this evening, Bella parked herself on our computer chair. It was really funny but nice to see her on there when I came back in. The only thing was, was that before I could push the chair in she was already nestled on my lap in a mini snooze, so I couldn't push it in without disrupting her! Fortunately I was mostly reading rather than writing so I haven't become too much (more!) of a hunchback

We all need protection from some things I suppose. Sometimes we all need pretection from ourselves.

My mum just got be some packets of soothers this morning because I again have a cold/throat thing going on. Anyway, Bella recognised immediately what they were. Twice today I have left the computer and left them on the computer to go to the toilet (the second time releasing my poison which means I can write on the EA, yay!) and quick as a flash both times she got up on the chair and grabbed a packet from the desk! Fortunately my mum stopped her from tucking in both times. But the thing is, these things make her incredibly sick, and she KNOWS this, yet she still cannot help herself. Maybe I could laugh a little more if it wasn't all so sad.

As for me, I still have no protection, but that's because I got a call on Wednesday informing me that my doctor had to suddenly go overseas for some reason, so I've had to rebook my appointment. It's now set for December 16 (he is very busy; does this mean that he is a good doctor or that he does not solve his patients problems? lol). 5 years ago on that same date I had a kind of life changing experience at night; though I didn't know it at the time. Hoping for something similar. Wait and hope.

You I am sure have told us who Bella is before but please tell us again.

Thanks River

Bella is my pet dog: A Jack Russell.

She is always very inquisitive. So like 3 of my favourite TV characters Mulder, Mars and Morse, Bella loves to investigate

I have a miniature Jack Russell a Rat Terrier same kind of personality so I understand. All 8lbs of her, my cat that I am holding in my avatar is easily twice her size and then some, they like sleeping in my big easy chair, together of course.

Thanks

River

With the likelihood of me experimenting with Androcur in the near future, so long as the shipping Gods are on my side, I was thinking about the depression factor of the drug. I will not be surprised if I get quite depressed when I first take it; hopefully such effects will reduce over time. But I think this is another great thing about a pet dog being in my life, because I think it will be near impossible for me to be too depressed - even after being on Androcur - when I come home from work to have her jumping all over me and showering me with kisses

Though I don't use my tongue

I am no longer worried about the drug reducing my sexual effectiveness in the future (in a hypothetical of me going off the drug), because whether I get a woman off in the sack is pretty irrelevent; that ain't the reason that she decides to have sex in the first place. And I also don't see myself being able to make it with another in a strong sexual relationship anyway, due to my state of mind and heart; due to my life experiences.

My main concern apart from depression is the removal of my creative writing juices. Whether anything changes there, I'll just have to wait and see.

I don't mind being a little physically tired. I am like that sometimes anyway due to lengthy masturbation sessions and fortunately I have an office job. If I had to do physical labour then I don't think that I would even be able to contemplate taking Androcur.