Need motivation? Get "LOGANED" - Page 37

Yeah, that's it....that's the story. I'm waiting for cheapmonkey. He's holding me up. Yeah, that's, it. It's all HIS fault.

So it's the girlfriend that got you motivated. Do you do EVERYTHING she says?

I'm just checking.

OK, the Holidays are now officially OVER! We made our last run up to NJ over the weekend. No more visits/trips/parties/gift exchanges. Had good enough weather that I fixed the gates. Again. After last weekend's fixes, the dog figured out to get UNDER the gates. So I fixed that. IT ain't pretty, but it works.

Time to get back to work! Three day weekend comming up. Need to do the following if I am going to start drywall in February:

1. Get a back up sump pump installed.
2. Get ceiling clips up. OK, start, at least.
3. Finish insulation.

First drywall to go up will go in the storage area under stairs, which is where the sump pump is. This will help clear a LOT of stuff out of the way and not have to move it for about 12th time.

Anyone else have plans?

PAGE 5! An alltime low.

So, here's a little progress anyway...

My new sump pump setup after the flood...looks exactly like the old one that failed....



Then, a trip to Home Depot and $300 later...



THEN three and ahalf hours later...



THERE! Pictures, even. Proof positive. I'm NOT finished (Yeah, I'm talking to you ^HeyNow). Slow, but it's getting there.

Thanks, Brit.

That's what I said, too. I actually used to hear it but then stopped hearing it. I just figured that since "the ground slopes away from the house" that it wasn't running. The reason I wasn't hearing it is because it had failed.

I WAS planning on one of the water powered ones, but THEY have a battery to get them started and you have to monitor it as well. As long as I have to continue to monitor the dang thing, I might as well get one with easily (and quickly) available parts. And this one has a pretty nice monitor on it with alarm, etc. I DO need to pick up a couple of the $10 water monitors though, just to be completely safe. OK, maybe not safe, but to have peace of mind.

wuudog...

The problem I had was the failure of the original pump. THe problem was the failure, not that it couldn't keep up. As soon as we got the new one in, the water drained quickly. I think that as long as ONE of them works, it won't be a problem.

Heynow^ -

Yes the pump on the left has the check valve installed directly to the pump. Using the style check valve I did, I used it as coupling as well. I COULD have used the direct attach kind, but I'm, you know....lazy.


Just practicing for the equipment rack.

OK, need off topic dog advice....

Overall, Max has been great dog. He's now about 5 and half months old. Got him "fixed" last weekend. Acts like nothing has changed or even had surgery. We brought him home and he's been running around happy as can be. He hasn't touched the couple of stitches (at least that I've seen). The hand biting (not biting so much as grabbing) has gone WAY down with constant "NO BITE" commands. BUT, over the last two or three days he's starting chewing things that he hasn't touched up to now. But he only does it when we're not there so it's really hard to punish him if we don't catch him in the act.

This morning I got the dreaded "YOUR dog...." call from the LOGANESS.

So any advice? He has a couple of different types of balls. I just got him a new toy with a soft plastic part that looks like a large jack (you all remember playing jacks, right?), but it has a small looped rope through one side and he LOVES grabbing the rope and winging the plastic part around. He's got soft chews, hard chews, a rawhide. EVERYTIME he goes outside he grabs a stick from somewhere. Or one of the white garden rocks and just goes to town on it. Also have the Kong but he get the treats or peanut butter out so fast it doesn't last long.

So any advice on what to do? I'm actually contemplating giving him a hunk of 2X4 left over from framing. Let him gnaw on that for a while.

Yeah, I was thinking about that, but he hasn't so far with the wood he HAS chewed. The other day he managed to grab a long strip of wood I had forgot about from under the deck. Went trotting up to the deck. Well, TRIED to get up the deck. The wood was wider then the steps. Wish I had the camera! Three, four tries before he figured out how to drag it up behind him and not across his mouth. I'm thinking the 2X4 would actually be pretty soft, compared to the table he got to this morning.


Been thinking about that too. Everything I hear/read says it doesn't work, that they have like a 30 second memory about that kind of stuff and dont make the connection. He IS smart, so maybe I'll give that try. We already let him on the couch figuring he'll do it when we're away anyway, so we might as well teach him not to tear it up when he IS on there. So far so good there.

Oh, he KNOWS when he's done something wrong. He'll grab a towel or something and go trotting off proud as can be and all I have to do is look at him and say, "What do you have?" and he takes off.


on second reading, that IS pretty funny. How did I miss that one? Then again, for what I paid the Vet, how did the Vet miss that one?


He's actually crated most of the day. All night, then I let him out in the morning. When I leave for work I just confine him to kitchen and family room. Wife gets up about an hour later then crates him when she leaves. She's home for lunch and lets him out for an hour. Then back in till I get home about 3.5 hours later. Then he's out till we go to bed.

This morning's fiasco was after I left but before wife came down.

Appreciate the feedback!

Once I see him with it, actually catching him is the problem. He's fast and can get behind the chair quick as a wink. Once I do though, he usually gives it up without too much of a fight. Which I guess is a good thing...I can stick my hand in his mouth and he doesn't try to bite, he just doesn't want to let go.


I think that's what's helping with the hand grabbing..."NO BITE" and then I get something he CAN have. HAVE used the bitter apple, and I think you're right...."maybe THIS time it won't taste bad."

Oh, and no chewing on any fringe, but shoelaces are another story.


Thought about that, too.

You MIGHT have actually given me the info, but I'm not sure it's gotten to that point yet.

Thanks for feedback...I'm still open.

He's DEFINATELY got teeth comming in. Will try the feezer trick. He LOVES ice cubes.

Thanks!

Didn't I already write that? If I didn't, I sure could have! LOGANESS say he's already pawing at he doorknob when I go down to the basement (and we all know how often THAT is!). Reaching up and hitting the ice cube dispensor can't be far behind.