griff Posted May 5, 2020 Report Share Posted May 5, 2020 Staffies are great..small but manage to nick all the quilt and bed lol. So pleased they are settling well. Hmmmm the dogs lunging, could you get some of that privacy screen...you know, leaves on a net type thing and a couple of stakes and put a fence inside your fence? Love the names by the way Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
owl Posted May 5, 2020 Report Share Posted May 5, 2020 My sister and I had a long phone chat about all kinds of things and I did say I was going a bit stir crazy and Wispa is putting on weight. We looked at various advice and at the rather confusing updated government website and came to the conclusion that it is quite within law and guidelines for me to go to the reserve. As I am in the vulnerable as opposed to extremely vulnerable group, being 70+ with no underlying health conditions, I am ok with leaving the house to exercise but am supposed to avoid going into shops and to practise strict social distancing. It has been stated by Hancock that people can drive to go walking as long as the time walking exceeds the time driving. So 20 mins max driving to reserve, walk for 45 mins which we usually do (including mooching around, jumping in the stream, sniffing things and watching birds and insects, according to our personal preferences) and we are within the rules. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
griff Posted May 5, 2020 Report Share Posted May 5, 2020 Owl, if it's damaging you mentally, staying in isn't worth it. Mum has to stay in until June, she basically lost it a bit last Sunday...over something ridiculous, she melted one of my dresses...Steve's favourite, I hadn't asked her to do my ironing, she was helping, it was an accident..no biggy but she was crying her eyes out, I said it was just a dress and not worth being upset over but I think it was a culmination of being stuck literally indoors for 6 weeks and the stress with next door and something silly tipped the scales, I have said I don't see any reason why she can't go in the car to her best friends house and mum can stay in the car, maz on her doorstep...which will be more than 2 metres apart and they can have a chat...she has had to go to the drs anyway and I personally feel that's more risky! Was it today Suzeanna had the hospital?? I am losing track of days and weeks here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackmagic Posted May 5, 2020 Report Share Posted May 5, 2020 griff, I think as long as you don't put others at risk you need to look after your own mental health. Like you I don't see a problem with calling to speak to a friend ( at a distance) if she is out that way. Going just to do that would probably be against the rules as not an essential journey. I see 4 people were stopped at the weekend from travelling 200 miles from Scotland to England to go to a supermarket. They had passed several supermarkets on the way. To make matters worse they were from 4 different households. They were fined and sent home. owl, your visit to the reserve sounds okay. We do not have the luxury of being able to drive for exercise in Scotland. It is not allowed under our rules. My sister's granddaughter has made a remarkable recovery now that she been correctly diagnosed My sister told me that the local hospital she was admitted to disagreed with the appendix diagnosis. They said the MRI scan showed the appendix was healthy. They gave hr another scan 6days later and decided to transfer to the sick kids hospital . Sick kids asked her mother when she was first admitted and were horrified when she told them. They told her they did not know how the doctors at the VIC could say her appendix was healthy as it wasn't even on the scan! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
owl Posted May 5, 2020 Report Share Posted May 5, 2020 Very relieved to hear that your sister's granddaughter is doing so well. Thank goodness she was transferred. I think we just have to be sensible about things. Driving 200 miles to go shopping is crazy! My mental health is not suffering from lack of human contact but lack of birds! I love my regular garden birds but miss the waterfowl and the wide open spaces. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
owl Posted May 6, 2020 Report Share Posted May 6, 2020 Good morning. How is everyone today? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jazz Posted May 6, 2020 Author Report Share Posted May 6, 2020 had a bad night. had to get up with the back door open to get air. that was scary dude! if I get the episodes while awake with the doors open ill get advice hope everyone is doing better xxxx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
owl Posted May 6, 2020 Report Share Posted May 6, 2020 Hope you can get some rest during the day, Jazz. Good idea to get advice if it happens again. It's Suzeanna's birthday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
griff Posted May 6, 2020 Report Share Posted May 6, 2020 Happy birthday Suzeanna, hope you have an absolutely amazing day .....errrr guess you can't go out and celebrate but maybe a takeaway? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jazz Posted May 6, 2020 Author Report Share Posted May 6, 2020 rung up for advice, they called an ambulance. sats were ok so haven't been taken in as the hospital cant do anything just yet. happy birthday xx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackmagic Posted May 6, 2020 Report Share Posted May 6, 2020 Happy Birthday , Suzeanna Make the best you can of it. Hot day here. Took Cleo out this morning instead of afternoon so it would be cooler. She is now flat out sleeping. How are the fosters settling in, yantan? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suzeanna Posted May 6, 2020 Report Share Posted May 6, 2020 Thanks for the birthday wishes. I've been relaxing on my new sun lounger, eating chocolates! Not very healthy, but never mind. My daughter and son in law came over..we stayed a distance apart in the garden, but neither of us or them have any symptoms of anything so should be fine. Hopefully will be seeing my son and his family on Messenger later. Glad the little girl is ok now Blackmagic. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yantan Posted May 6, 2020 Report Share Posted May 6, 2020 I've had the help of a dog psychologist today thro the rescue black magic . I'm putting her advice into practice and its working very well with Henry, he's such a good boy, and less well with May. The idea is to make them feel safe and they need to know we are in charge so when we tell them they can go sit in their bed and chill when nexts door badly behaved dogs are barking and barking in the garden they can be confident there's nothing to be stressed or frightened by. Owl we are still getting people driving here for hours to walk for hours on the fells. Police turn some back but they don't get them all. We've even got tourists wandering about in town 😱🤬🤬so I'm sure a trip to the reserve is not breaking the rules. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eve Posted May 6, 2020 Report Share Posted May 6, 2020 Been hot and sunny all day, even got too hot for me at times so I had to work in the shade. I'm still in Scotland aren't I lol? Hopefully May learns off Henry Yantan. Sounds like a lovely birthday Suzeanna, despite the circumstances. How lovely you got to see your daughter and will "see" your son tonight. Wishing you better soon Jazz. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackmagic Posted May 6, 2020 Report Share Posted May 6, 2020 Yantan, when I had problems with my next door neighbour's dog barking and lunging at the fence and mine replying I quietly went out and spoke quietly to the dogs talking to them with' what is all the noise about?, you don't need to shout back and any other rubbish until they were quiet. Because I spoke quietly they went quiet to hear what I said. When they were quiet I brought them in, shut the door and gave them a treat for being quiet. After a while, when the dog barked they stood and looked at the back door. instead of barking back. I praised them and quietly told them to come in and gave them a treat. That GSD broke the fence one night, lunging against it, and the man and his son were out fixing it at 10o'clock at night. It wasn't the dog's fault.It was never walked because they could not control it, and was never socialised. It was shut out in a small garden most of the time. In the time we were there they had four- the first was old and died, the next was pts for biting someone visiting the house next door, the third bit a neighbour's child in the street and was pts and the fourth- the one that broke the fence- disappeared. All we got told was they did not have her any more when they asked if we still needed the extra bit we had fixed to the top of the fence to stop it reaching over. It sounds as if the bitch has not had any training, poor thing. You will be able to show her a different life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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