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Little Mermai,

Oui, on s'est vraiment bien trouvé avec Louloup. Quelque part (je ne donnerais pas les détails), on s'est sauvé la vie l'un et l'autre ...

Donc même si c'est cher, je payerais tout ce qu'il faut, pour qu'il aille bien. Et si je vais au Québec l'année prochaine (un rêve de gosse), bien sûr qu'il viendra avec moi ! Et il n'y a qu'une chose, qui pourrait faire qu'il n'ait pas son billet retour : Que j'ai trouvé ça tellement génial, qu'on y reste ensemble.

Quant à l'huile essentielle de lavande, non, ça ne le rend pas gras (enfin, juste pendant 30 min à la louche). Il suffit d'un quart de tasse à café d'huile de cuisine, et trois gouttes d'essentielle dedans, pour faire une friction. Il faut diluer et ne le faire qu'une fois par semaine, que sinon ça risque de lui brûler l'épiderme. Et il est protégé contre les puces.

Et oui, il sent bon. Il y a même quelque chose à laquelle je n'avais pas pensé. On va souvent à la rivière, que le faire nager, c'est encore mieux que le faire courir, pour se défouler. Quand il sort de l'eau, il ne sent pas le chien mouillé, mais la lavande ! Et si on lui fait un câlin à ce moment là, l'odeur vient sur nos mains.

Concernant les rencontres que tu fais avec Tessa, c'est normal. Même si j'avoue avoir été surpris avec Louloup, au début. Des gens que je croisais depuis plus de dix ans, sans se dire un mot, se sont mit à me dire bonjour, voir à carrément s'arrêter discuter. Il y a aussi l'effet inverse, avec les gens qui en ont peur. Mais d'une manière générale, ça incite les gens à la conversation. Le 'pire' étant, si je vais faire des courses le mercredi après-midi, et que je l'attache au photomaton du magasin : Là c'est obligé, il y a des enfants qui vont lui faire des câlins, et me dire "il est trop beau". (En France, il n'y a pas école le mercredi après-midi)
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Yes, we really got along with Louloup. Somehow (I will not give the details), we saved each other's lives ...

So even if it's expensive, I would pay for everything, so that it goes well. And if I go to Quebec next year (a kid's dream), of course he will come with me! And there's only one thing that could make him not get his return ticket: That I found it so great, that we stay together.

As for the essential oil of lavender, no, it does not make it fat (well, just for 30 min in the ladle). Just a quarter cup of cooking oil, and three drops of essential in it, to make a friction. It should be diluted and do it once a week, otherwise it could burn the skin. And he is protected against fleas.

And yes, he feels good. There is even something I did not think about. We often go to the river, that to swim, it is even better than running, to let off steam. When he comes out of the water, he does not smell the wet dog, but the lavender! And if we give him a hug at that moment, the smell comes on our hands.

Regarding the meetings you do with Tessa, it's normal. Even if I admit to having been surprised with Louloup, at the beginning. People I had met for more than ten years, without saying a word, began to say hello, to see to stop talking. There is also the opposite effect, with people who are afraid of it. But in a general way, it encourages people to talk. The 'worst' being, if I go shopping on Wednesday afternoon, and I attach it to the store's photo booth: There it is obliged, there are children who will make him cuddle, and tell me "He is too beautiful". (In France, there is no school on Wednesday afternoon)

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acpartsman,

Bon courage ! Si j'ai compris, tu as une vieille maison, j'espère pour toi qu'elle n'est pas en pierre. J'ai aidé un ami une fois, à faire l'installation électrique dans une vieille maison en pierre. On a du commencer par percer et faire des saignées, au marteau-piqueur. Autant dire que poser les câbles, c'était le plus facile.
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Good luck ! If I understand, you have an old house, I hope for you it is not stone. I helped a friend once, to do the electrical installation in an old stone house. We had to start with drilling and bleeding, with a jackhammer. In other words, laying the cables was the easiest.

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tanner2,

Bon retour !

Mais, j'aurais une petite question : Est-ce que tu crois que le buffle pourrait être pour Louloup ? C'est que je trouve qu'il n'a pas assez de jouets. Il n'a que
le jouet (son premier et préféré), la balle, le ballon, le nœud, le freesbee et un autre qui n'a pas de nom. Peut-être qu'il s'amuserait aussi avec une peluche (même si je ne préfère pas pronostiquer son espérance de vie) ?
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Welcome back !

But, I have a quick question: Do you think the buffalo could be for Louloup? Because I do not think he has enough toys. He has only the toy (his first and favorite), the ball, the balloon, the knot, the freesbee and another that has no name. Maybe he would also have fun with a soft toy (even if I do not prefer to predict his life expectancy)?

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Thank you for your post, stefada love struck it was/is beautiful
So the lavender removes the ’wet dog’ smell!
So far it has been sunny, but at some point, we’ll have rain again. Will Tessa smell of 'wet dog'?
Good Morning Base Campers!
Shop talk
Well, tanner2 just returned from a road trip, so he will want to relax.
Let’s join him for a bit. Relaxing, I mean.
Tessa
She’s funny.
Sometimes she imagines it will be dangerous to walk this way or that and brakes with all she’s got.

The first time I obeyed her and turned around; the second one as well.
The third time I took that route counterclockwise, and all was good!
Go figure. confused
MobilePay
I shop for Downstairs Grethe, and yesterday we installed MobilePay on her phone,
- which she’s under strict orders to carry with her at all times
It was not easy. She had to get a Google account to get access to Google Play,
and she was inundated with confirmation-this and confirmation-that …
I almost thought Google had turned EU – or did Google just try to comply with the EU folly?
She has been into accounting all of her work life, and we had a stack of six receipts which we could have added up
– but no-no, doing one at a time six times gives a lot of practice.
And her swiping the money off, her phone giving off a sound and mine lying next to it
giving off a different sound almost instantly really tickled us!
Zelo-sok
They started me on a 100 mg betablocker; the heart nurse since halved the dose;
it helped my breathing almost instantly. But I lack more energy than I think should
– even with the aggravated fibromyalgia, health people much to my pleasant surprise no longer roll their eyes of.
Yesterday I had to spend much of the time in bed. I’m so tired I cannot think straight or find out how to sleep
- and just brushing my teeth is a real effort.

My backlog grows and grows, and I have taken on new responsibilities. I was no longer able to cope.
So I halved the halved dose, remembering the credo: ’You can survive – or you can live’
And again it seemed as if the effect was almost instant. In the evening I was able to do the weekly cleaning
- which had become an unsatisfactory biweekly or even once every three weeks one sad
Maybe a good clean life is within reach … Maybe thinking, too … Maybe even traveling …
Fan
A while ago you cautioned me to get a cooling pad for my laptop, acpartsman.
I brushed that aside – clever, clever – but, frankly, for us Danes it’s hot these days,
so I remembered my very simple fan in the basement and fetched it to cool my still swollen legs and hot feet.
Why not try to let the air stream across my laptop?
Vupti! [pronounced: 'voopti']
In a matter of minutes it was cool as a cucumber
Will that be an ok thing to do in your experience, acpartsman
- if you have such low tech experience, that is?

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I saw a mermaid! hypnotized


Dear mermaid, I left a response for you over at DC zone rose
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mousie rose mousie rose mousie rose
- never did anyone see her running this fast love struck
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You have a novel, mousie cool
shock - beware of wet ink
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Little Mermaid !

Je ne peux pas te dire si Tessa sent le chien mouillé. Par contre, je peux t'expliquer pourquoi elle a suivie la troisième fois.

Les chiens ont gardé du loup, de fonctionner en meute. Les Hommes ayant commencé a les domestiquer il y a environ 400'000 ans, le concept de meute pour un chien, est élargi aux humains et même aux autres espèces. Par exemple, mes parents ont eu un berger allemand qui protégeait les chats de la maison. Aucun autre chat n'aurait pu rentrer dans le jardin. Mais pour lui, ceux des parents faisaient partie de la meute.

Cette base posée, on peut se demander : Comment se fait la hiérarchie dans la meute ? Le chef va être le plus fort et/ou celui qui amène à manger. Et ainsi de suite, avec le plus faible tout en bas. Dans la nature, ils vont d'ailleurs manger dans l'ordre. D'abord le chef, ensuite, ses lieutenants, etc. C'est pour ça que si on veut bien faire, il faut toujours que le chien mange en dernier, surtout si on a des enfants. Instinctivement, il comprendra que les enfants sont plus haut que lui dans la hiérarchie de la meute.

Les premières fois, tu as écouté Tessa, donc elle s'est dit que vous étiez égaux. La troisième fois, tu as fait preuve d'autorité, et là elle a compris qu'elle devait te suivre, que tu es plus haut qu'elle dans la meute.

J'ai eu du mal avec ça, quand j'ai adopté Louloup. Comme il était traumatisé, j'avais tendance à être 'trop gentil'. Alors il ne m'écoutait que quand il voulait, comme si on était égaux. Un ami qui a été Maître Chien dans l'Armée, m'a dit qu'il fallait que je sois plus autoritaire, pour son bien. J'ai suivi son conseil, certaines personnes m'ont alors dit que j'étais trop strict. Mais le résultat est là, maintenant il écoute bien (pas toujours, mais presque). Et j'ai pu constater, qu'il est très fier quand il fait bien, et adore que je lui demande plein de choses. Chacun de ses jouets a un nom, et quand on joue ensemble, il doit aller chercher celui que je lui demande, et pas un autre. Malgré l’excitation du jeu, il essaye de bien faire, pour me faire plaisir. Que c'est son plaisir de me plaire.
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I can not tell you if Tessa feels the wet dog. But I can explain why she followed the third time.

The dogs have kept the wolf, run in packs. As humans began to domesticate them about 400,000 years ago, the concept of a pack for a dog is extended to humans and even other species. For example, my parents had a German shepherd who was protecting cats from the house. No other cat could have entered the garden. But for him, those of the parents were part of the pack.

This base put, one can ask: How is the hierarchy in the pack? The chef will be the strongest and / or the one who brings to eat. And so on, with the weakest all the way down. In nature, they will eat in order. First the chief, then his lieutenants, etc. That's why if we want to do well, we must he always eat last, especially if we have children. Instinctively, he will understand that children are higher than him in the pack hierarchy.

The first few times, you listened to Tessa, so she thought you were equal. The third time, you showed authority, and there she understood that she must follow you, that you are higher than she in the pack.

I had trouble with that when I adopted Louloup. As he was traumatized, I tended to be 'too nice'. So he only listened to me when he wanted, as if we were equal. A friend who was an Army Dog Master told me that I needed to be more authoritarian, for his own good. I followed his advice, some people then told me that I was too strict. But the result is there, now he is listening well (not always, but almost). And I have seen, that he is very proud when he is doing well, and loves that I ask him many things. Each of his toys has a name, and when we play together, he has to go get the one I'm asking for, and not another. Despite the excitement of the game, he tries to do well, to please me. That it's his pleasure to please me.

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Quant à ta santé : Bon courage ! Et gardes en tête, que la volonté est un paramètre très important face à la maladie. Sûrement aussi important que le traitement médical.
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As for your health: Good luck! And keep in mind that the will is a very important parameter in the face of the disease. Surely as important as medical treatment.

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stefada, you're absolutely right - and your friend the Army Dog Master
- about having to make yourself the dominating male/female.
As for Tessa, I have invented a special stepdance that makes her curious enough to follow when she has refuse.
I think I told you at some point that in Greenland the human must
make himself the super-alfa-male who's in control of the dog-alfa-male.
It can be very dangerous if a pack of Greenland sledge dogs attack ... each year lives are lost - often children.

As to my health and medicine: Yes, I always apply the placebo effect
until the medicine may show adverse side effects or no side effects.
I think you owe the poor scientists that tongue

After all Mr Placebo has obtained fine results laughing

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Hi Base Campers!
I have read a few posts here and there in your thread, trying to figure out the trek idea - it's a really neat concept!

I'm hoping to give continuation to The International Team after Jean-Pierre. First and foremost I need to find some breathing room from a lot of stuff so that I can actually become more active on the forums here.

Just wanted to say hi in the meantime! :3

Always good to hear from old friends. I definitely understand being busy and having too many irons in fire. As if I didn't have enough to do I bought a house that has to be totally rewired and re-plumbed.


Hello acpartsman, little-meramid and everyone else for the nice greetings here!

That's quite a project you have there acpartsman, I wish you best of luck with it! I am not very good with construction/houses and still I'd like to buy a house soon. Been looking around the last couple of years but the prices here are too high. I'd have to give around US$400 000 equivalent for a decent house in this town with about 170000 inhabitants.

Right now the weather here is too hot and my two-room apartment gets very hot too. 30.3 degrees C (86.5 F) inside when I got home today.

Have a nice 5th of June little-mermaid! If I am not mistaken, it is a holiday in Denmark?

Be well everyone!
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