This is exactly why you have a plan, though I feel that I would have been on your side as far as what to do with a dying dog (lots of variables to consider there, of course). Sorry you had such a rough night, and I do hope that your dog went peacefully.

Burial/cremation plans for sure, as you say, but I’d also plan for contingencies like the dog going into distress overnight like mine did and your regular vet not being available. Do you take them to the emergency vet for euthanasia ($$$) or keep them comfortable until their regular vet is available? What about home…

Having been one of those “I waited too long” people (due to inexperience, I’d never cared for a dog into old age), I’d suggest talking to your vet or friends who are comfortable ahead of time to discuss the signs of when it’s time. It can vary by ailment, but it saves the panic at 2am when your elderly dog is now…

This made me chuckle - I’ve done similar when all of a sudden I started receiving someone’s rewards emails.

I tend to do the grilling because I want to be left alone. I leave the light on if someone comes bugging me :)

Great for camping, great for grilling, great for a bunch of stuff plus wrenching. Use mine all the time.

There may be local ordinances prohibiting living in unrenovated garages, but in my experience it relates to sanitation. This was an issue at the complex I used to own in and bottles of piss and bags of shit were left out for the groundskeepers to deal with.

Yes. I sold my condo last year and fell out of escrow twice in the process because the HOA refused to make the repairs necessary to keep my roof from caving in (after they said they’d get right on it). A coup overthrew the HOA when I was in the process of looking for an attorney and they fixed my roof right away.…

CA works like TX like a previous poster explained. I’m chummy with the HOA president at the complex I used to own a condo in and they’ve had a very long term problem with a meth lab in one of the units - the previous HOA boards didn’t care and problem flourished. The owner of the unit couldn’t be bothered either, and…

This story made me chuckle - my last address was nearly identical to the city jail down the street (just a difference of “North” and “South”, plus a unit number) and I quite often got letters to inmates in my mailbox. I always put them right back in the outgoing slot, but of all the things to have misdelivered, lol.

I had this happen once too - turns out that my downstairs neighbor has the masculine form of my name, I was expecting something (and had a delivery right with it), and at first glance his name looked like mine. We got a laugh out of it.

Develop it into condos for Trump supporters and you’d have a literal basket of deplorables.

I’m glad that you’re still here <3

Oh my gosh those ears are doing me in :O

If you’re looking for tips, one I did with my dog was to hang a bell by the back door at a height she could tap with her nose. Then, every time I took her out I gently took her head and tapped the bell with her nose, then immediately praised her and took her out. She figured out…

I don’t have finished pics because the sun went down before I could snap any, but I recently introduced my mom to the joys of succulents (I am of the addicts) and invited her to go with me to a rad local nursery where she went nuckin’ futs. My hatchback really is a great little beast when this crap happens.

I love dogs, but yes, it is a royal pain in the arse to have to take them out constantly when your home doesn’t have an attached yard. A yard is mandatory for my next house.

Agreed. I sat in a Bolt at a car show and while I’m not skinny, I’m not huge either and my posterior was too wide for the driver’s seat.

Being a San Diegan the only appropriate response from me is “curl up and accept death”.

I love your post. I am religious but 1000% support people choosing what belief system (God/gods/atheist) works best for them and don’t judge or argue with them over it. None of my business :) Let’s all just get along.

I (amazingly) got all of my Christmas gifts done!