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Old 01-06-2008   #16 (permalink)
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yup! char, if your hardwood is still loking good in the rest of the house, I bet you would be surprised how close they can match it!

our hardwoods are looking awesome... except two small places where the barstool got knocked over and made a groove in it... and one scratch by the bathroom door... and... no, that's it! Even floor people say our hardwoods look good... they recommend replacing the carpet and couldn't do our tile fast enough...but they said, "Wow, your hardwoods look great."

So I will check on that...
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I would expect...like humans...they would have a chemical imbalance in their brain that would be the root of their depression.

People don't choose to be depressed...it is a psychiatric illness.

I would bet there are some dogs who have "issues"... like some breeds are more likely to have seizures or certain other diseases...
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Ummm...

they are dogs

if they are depressed - give them a bit of bacon or something

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Ummm...

they are dogs

if they are depressed - give them a bit of bacon or something

amazing how much the neighbors cat can cheer up Kendo and Kiko on a gloomy day
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our hardwoods are looking awesome... except two small places where the barstool got knocked over and made a groove in it... and one scratch by the bathroom door... and... no, that's it! Even floor people say our hardwoods look good... they recommend replacing the carpet and couldn't do our tile fast enough...but they said, "Wow, your hardwoods look great."

So I will check on that...
Hey, what room(s) is it? Maybe tile would be a nice contrast...... (uh-oh I think I am getting the reno bug again - better go hide the home depot card!!)
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amazing how much the neighbors cat can cheer up Kendo and Kiko on a gloomy day
my dogs have their own cats to cheer them up!
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Ummm...

they are dogs

if they are depressed - give them a bit of bacon or something

Give me bacon when I'm depressed!
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I would expect...like humans...they would have a chemical imbalance in their brain that would be the root of their depression.

People don't choose to be depressed...it is a psychiatric illness.
True.
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amazing how much the neighbors cat can cheer up Kendo and Kiko on a gloomy day
With a side of bacon?
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That's what I was thinking! Works for me!
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Several years ago our shepherd Echo lost his adopted pup and got severely depressed. A few weeks after Phoenix's death, Echo ran away and it took us more than a week to find him (a couple of miles away). We went straight to the pound and brought him home a puppy and he was immediately back to his regular happy self and has remained that way for years now. He is getting really old, but they still sleep side by side and spend every waking second together. He just has to have a puppy to raise. But yes, they really do get depressed.
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Our old girl mutt Jinx gets very upset if it's storming outside....wind....thunder....lightning.....she don't like it. So she gets Valium to mellow her out. Works like a charm if you give it to her before it gets too stormy outside.
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We adopted a feral named 'Katy-cat'. (See feline thread). We put her on Prozac because she was depressed, mean, and anti-social. She continued to get worse...

So, it didn't work for her...consequently it didn't work for us either. She didn't like humans, and she didn't want to share the house with us. It was the last resort for us to try this....narcotics would have worked too, but what kind of life is that for her?

So, she went to live in a big barn with little to no human contact (which is what she wanted) and we got two of her kittens in return.

They more than make up for their sociopath mother. Two little bundles of joy!
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I was wondering if maybe they are like humans being more prone to being depressed the wealthier the country they live in. You know, too much time for self absorbed introspection as opposed to focusing on more important yet (to us) mundane things such as where the next meal is coming from.

Call me cold but if one of my cats was diagnosed as needing an anti-depressant I believe my husband would be loading his....nevermind.
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I was wondering if maybe they are like humans being more prone to being depressed the wealthier the country they live in. You know, too much time for self absorbed introspection as opposed to focusing on more important yet (to us) mundane things such as where the next meal is coming from.

Call me cold but if one of my cats was diagnosed as needing an anti-depressant I believe my husband would be loading his....nevermind.
You should probably read up on depression a little more Riss. It is more than just being sad about not having the $ to buy a Plasma tv.
I guess you're cat is lucky it hasn't been diagnosed with an illness.
I was giving mine insulin shots.
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