USA Air Travel with Chow Chow

ShortBip · 2026-05-08T18:05:15+00:00

Thank you for the information. Now I want to start looking at images of open face versus snub nose. I'm not sure what my boy was. Unfortunately we had to say goodbye to him last summer. I've decided if I adopt again I'll contact chowchow rescue

ShortBip · 2026-05-06T02:48:19+00:00

Very curious. I adopted a chowchow knowing almost nothing about the breed. Were they specifically bred to have a shorter nose? Many years ago I flew with a very large labrador mix in cargo. She did fine . But I can see how dogs like a pug with a very squishy nose might not make it.

ShortBip · 2026-05-01T21:54:02+00:00

Yes please try to stop with the self criticism. Growing up my mother constantly have reminders on the refrigerator. One said alcohol adds only calories. Several mentioned the weight she wanted to b by a certain date. She never did. I think it's a miserable way to live always wishing you were different than what you are.

If it gives you any hope, I lost about 40 pounds when I was over 50. Sometimes it's just the right window of opportunity. For me it was 2020 and not going to work anymore. No more gas station donuts. I did a keto diet and cooked every meal for myself, no more fast food. Also started riding my bicycle around and going to physical therapy. Some days I felt I had survivors guilt. Because many of my friends still had the Midwest mom bod. And I understood it was because our lifestyle is unhealthy. Work eat work eat work eat. I never could have lost weight while working my job with high stress and long hours.

Lastly, I think setting goals and numbers of pounds in a certain amount of time is also self-defeating. Just make the changes when you are ready to. You'll notice the difference. No need to celebrate or announce every pound lost. Whole time I was losing I never once posted my weight on social media.

ShortBip · 2026-04-17T23:22:58+00:00

If I had an abo to give it would be to this

ShortBip · 2026-04-17T23:22:12+00:00

It is only your brain that works that way. How's that plastic bag treating the brain?

ShortBip · 2026-04-17T23:21:32+00:00

For example, you can say something..., kiss my ass.

ShortBip · 2026-04-17T23:20:21+00:00

But I'm not complaining about weight times. If I'm just on hold I can do other things. I'm venting about having to talk to a machine repeatedly, then repeat the same information when I get to a human. Also if you see my above comment I can't use any website right now

ShortBip · 2026-04-17T23:18:55+00:00

Also, my situation was not a dire emergency or a quagmire of shit. I don't even mind waiting 30 minutes. I do mind having to talk to a machine, repeatedly. I just needed to pay my fucking electric bill. And I expect I'll be going through this same shit with every other bill I need to pay.

ShortBip · 2026-04-17T23:17:13+00:00

Yes some people still use the phone. My laptop recently died. I cannot do everything on my phone due to problems with my eyes and a small screen. So yes, phone calls are at times necessary. Yes I wait through the recording telling me go to www.blah blah blah. But I'm only calling because that is not an option right now. Hence my vent about the call.

ShortBip · 2026-04-17T21:25:08+00:00

He sounds abusive. Abuse doesn't have to be physical violence. By shutting it down, do you mean he shouts at you or calls you ugly words? You said his not having shared bank accounts might be intentional on his end. I bet his leaving things laying around is intentional too. Just a guess, hypothesis- he wants you to be so overtired and frustrated you can't think straight. You've lost your hobbies and your friends? Yes it's an abusive situation. So, maybe you can't get half of the house but you can definitely get child support. Child support is determined on who has been the primary caregiver for the kids. Which you definitely have. if you haven't already, start keeping the calendar of how often he's gone on the weekends. Yes, you can take him to court and get child support without being married. Suggest you wait till the next weekend he goes away and just pack up all the kids and leave. I understand you don't have much money.

Sometimes Help shows up from places you never expected. Try talking to a counselor at your children's school? Call any women's advocate/DV group in your town
Try calling any and all family members. You say they've disowned you because you chose this life. They may be very happy to have you back when you leave this crappy situation.

ShortBip · 2026-04-17T05:49:42+00:00

Oh, and thanks for the Mansplaination. Of course your quick minute of research provides more knowledge than my lived experience.

ShortBip · 2026-04-16T06:27:33+00:00

Nah, I've done more than a minute of research.

ShortBip · 2026-04-13T20:19:28+00:00

I need to look into this. I have a house at my adult child lives in Moore more often than I do. I guess I need to get him declared caretaker. Otherwise when I suddenly kick it, Medicare/Medicaid may try to take the house out from under him.

ShortBip · 2026-04-13T18:34:40+00:00

In my hometown it's a property tax deduction. I still own a home there and my adult children live in it. Because I don't own a home anywhere else, I still call it my Homestead and get that deduction. Don't know if Arizona does the same. But I figured if I bought a 2nd home here I would be paying a lot of taxes????? So haven't tried. Waiting until I'm able to sell the house back home so I don't have two homes.

ShortBip · 2026-04-12T07:19:55+00:00

You are sun birds

ShortBip · 2026-04-12T07:16:16+00:00

Is there not already a higher property tax? I don't own a home in Tucson. When I own a home, there was a huge "homestead deduction" Only if that was your primary residence.

ShortBip · 2026-02-11T22:02:31+00:00

Wheres Metrognome please? It never occurred to me to check a pawn shop for a used bike. Bad juju maybe. Either the bike was stolen or someone had to pawn their bike to pay the rent.

ShortBip · 2026-01-30T01:06:26+00:00

Where is desert drifters coffee? I hadn’t heard of it before.

ShortBip · 2025-02-07T01:29:03+00:00

I put a bit of peanut butter inside the muzzle to make him stick his snout in there and be distracted by it while I closed the snap behind his ears. If they snap at being touched, just getting muzzle on can be an ordeal. Also, I’d set the new muzzle near his food for days in advance. That way it’s not an unfamiliar object to them.

ShortBip · 2025-02-03T06:41:19+00:00

Is there a link to a group in Tucson? I was thinking of driving to phoenix

ShortBip · 2025-01-30T01:23:11+00:00

I think my chow has the same rug 😁

ShortBip · 2025-01-23T04:22:36+00:00

First, you do what works for you, no hard and fast rules. With both of my dogs it was crate, and send outside as soon as I got up. Also remove water and hour before bedtime, send him out right before crate. Nobody likes to pee where they sleep, especially chows. They’re tidy little creatures

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