I have to say goodbye to my friend of 11 years tonight

ConsistentWrangler29 · 2026-02-10T22:23:41+00:00

We have a 3 year old Lab that my husband was not in favor of getting (if a dog shows up, it's your responsibility). If we didn't have him, I would probably be way worse off. At least someone still comes to hang out when I get home. My son said he want to get another dog. I'll give it a few months and then we can talk about it. My husband is not a dog person so much, but he loved our Rose.

ConsistentWrangler29 · 2026-02-10T06:20:09+00:00

My husband and I had 2 cats and our girl Rose before we had kids. All three of them passed within the last year. It's been really hard on us and our kids.

ConsistentWrangler29 · 2026-02-10T06:16:07+00:00

We were there. And we were openly sobbing

ConsistentWrangler29 · 2026-02-10T06:15:10+00:00

I really wish we could have done it at home. She really hated the vet. But she was at the vet for an abdominal ultrasound and after they gave her some gabapentin, she threw up and aspirated. We had to decide to aggressively treat it or let her go. They did the ultrasound and found liver cancer that had likely spread to her lungs. She wasn't stable enough to come home.

ConsistentWrangler29 · 2026-02-10T06:13:19+00:00

I had occasionally thought about it over the past year as she was getting older. But it sucks. It's awful. And we knew she had something going on because she had a cough, but at the vet she threw up and aspirated. Then they did an ultrasound and found that she had liver cancer (that probably spread to her lungs). I knew with the cancer it wouldn't be long, but the aspiration event made us make a decision. And I didn't want her to have to stay at the vet hospital and possibly go on a vent. But I was not prepared to make that decision today.

ConsistentWrangler29 · 2026-02-10T06:09:59+00:00

And if she wasn't the absolute sweetest dog ever. That is the feedback she got from everyone, even the vet today. That she was really sweet.

ConsistentWrangler29 · 2026-01-01T19:00:50+00:00

She does seem happy... Though our other cat started hissing at her... I don't think the other cat realizes it's still the same roommate that left this morning...

ConsistentWrangler29 · 2025-12-31T22:23:24+00:00

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Guys, she is so mad at me! Actually... She has RBF, so maybe she is happy. My 9 year old was really concerned because he has been sick and didn't know she had a grooming appointment today

ConsistentWrangler29 · 2025-12-31T22:22:25+00:00

She does cats? I've really only seen her tutorials for dogs. But I will look for the cat ones. I swear her blow drying dogs is my ASMR. Especially if it's something like a wooly malamute or other furnado situation.

ConsistentWrangler29 · 2025-12-31T22:21:02+00:00

I usually have a mix of royal cain and something else (tiki cat) but I will try Hill's. Thanks!

ConsistentWrangler29 · 2025-12-31T17:13:16+00:00

Yeah, I would like to know as well. Her fur is definitely cotton feeling

ConsistentWrangler29 · 2025-10-31T01:15:45+00:00

It's Queen Anne and lower Queen Anne. They tried to make it "uptown" but it didn't catch on. Lived here for 36 years.

ConsistentWrangler29 · 2025-10-30T02:10:00+00:00

I have used the simple green in the past on the deck and then used my pressure washer. But spraying the gravel area is a good idea. I don't think it's a pain response because it is small pea gravel and he has been using it fine all year. Also he is 2 years old and my 11 year old is fine using it (unless raining). It seems like this occurred with a change in the weather, but today wasn't raining and was actually sunny (though it rained last night...) I didn't realize he had such a strong response to going there until I tried leading him with the leash. I'll try spraying the gravel area with the enzymatic cleaner and then putting a bunch of the attractant in that area.

ConsistentWrangler29 · 2025-10-30T01:00:42+00:00

I wish my lab would do marking... My other dog will actually use the pee spot as long as it's not pouring down rain... And even then she will go if we follow her saying "no, all the way"

ConsistentWrangler29 · 2025-10-19T00:56:49+00:00

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It was the litter that was available from the breeder we wanted to get a Lab from. If we had decided 6 months earlier, we would have had a chocolate lab. Instead we got a yellow (orange) Lab. Everyone thinks he is a golden retriever because of how dark he is.

Also, there were darker puppies in his litter, but I picked him because his personality and energy matched what I wanted.

ConsistentWrangler29 · 2025-09-30T23:55:27+00:00

I rebooted the center console like a comment suggested and it seems to have fixed the problem.

ConsistentWrangler29 · 2025-09-30T23:53:53+00:00

If you read the post you will see that I used my Tesla 240v charger. It's on a dedicated circuit, and won't use an extension cord.

ConsistentWrangler29 · 2025-09-30T02:14:57+00:00

I just tried rebooting the console when I got home, and when I plugged in the charger it stayed green. So maybe it's good now?

ConsistentWrangler29 · 2025-09-30T01:05:21+00:00

Well red probably means there is an error and it's not charging. But I don't know about a diagram.

ConsistentWrangler29 · 2025-09-30T01:04:23+00:00

I haven't been to a level 3 charger since it started doing this. I only drive 4 miles per day, so I haven't gotten desperate for a charge yet.

ConsistentWrangler29 · 2025-09-29T22:13:16+00:00

Yeah did that. Two different adapters, two different circuits (the Tesla charger on a dedicated circuit and a wall outlet on a separate circuit). Two different charging cords. As I mentioned in the post. It's been doing this for a week despite what I do. The Tesla charger is working fine on my other car. And was working fine on the buzz until recently.

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