Nice People Thread Number 11 - A Treasury of Nice People

PasturesNew

silvercar wrote: »

Separate bank account for client money. Should never be overdrawn.

I am on about if a bank goes under - each bank only guarantees £85k you've got in there...

PasturesNew

All these scare stories about banks/money! It really shouldn't be this hard.

Nikkster

PasturesNew wrote: »

I am on about if a bank goes under - each bank only guarantees £85k you've got in there...

Does that only apply to individuals anyway? Weren't there a load of councils who couldn't get the money they'd stashed in Iceland?

I wouldn't say there is absolutely no chance of anything untoward happening, but it sounds unlikely in the timescales involved. Like someone (you?) said, the solicitors probably have some kind of insurance in place for things like that too.

lostinrates

85 k wouldn't cover all the house translations they do if it was all just ten percent deposits. Unless they really were in trouble!

I have no idea but I'm guessing law society might have requirements or system for client acc safeguarding?

GDB2222

lostinrates wrote:

Um, dog foot,

Chewing is a sign of stress, caused either by pain or boredom usually. Is she older? Could she be getting early arthritis and be needing low level medication for that? Or missing mil, feeling a bit 'unwanted'? Depending on what type of ears she has i's also keep an eye out for if she is holding her ears back a bit farther than usual, or if she is panting a bit more than normal. Family member of yours said lump was harmless right? Then leave it unless that's changed, why spend money on it if harmless and cUsing no problem. The chewing, is more of a concern. Buster collar might actually increase stress, so while if vet recommended it probably necessary to let skin heal, bear in mind will make her more stressed creating vicious circle often. Vets can either be very good about understanding this or real flops. If you think of the foot chewing as similar to a child rocking in a cot in one of those orohanages that used to be on the news, its a sort attempt to self soothe. Or how some animals rock side to side in zoos? This is what people like me call 'stereotypical. Behaviours'. Is the rest of her general health ok? There IS a reason and she's not doing it to be difficult. You might be able to divert her on to some fresh RAW bones ( raw are fine, cooked are dangerous) could she have raw bones in the garden? Ribs would be ideal, cow, or lamb. Non weight bearing bones are best, but mine Do get weight bearing bones because its what I can get. This MIGHT reduce the behaviour, but it will not solve the cause, unless it is boredom.

Thank you for all these insights.

There seems to be nothing wrong with the ear, apart from a bit of wax, now gone.

Doglet (that's her new name, as she's a bit small for Dog) used to bite her feet before, and MIL used to tell her off. So, this is not new behaviour.

She certainly hates having the buster on, but there's no denying that her foot has improved a lot. We take the buster off for walks and meals.

The boredom thing may be an issue. We have quite a busy household, with three of us working from home. But that's working. We don't spend time fawning over Doglet, like MIL used to do. We let her out into the garden whenever she wants, but she doesn't go out that much unless someone goes with her. She gets at least an hour's exercise a day. Most days two hours plus. She follows me around the house a lot, so she's not without company, and she's quite an old dog, so she's not dying to be active the whole time.

We tried little baby mittens on her feet, so we could dispense with the buster, but they fell off.

My best guess is that there's something wrong with the feet, maybe grass seeds stuck in, although the vet could not see anything. I'll take her back now the inflammation has died down, so maybe the vet can get a better look. Doglet runs around quite happily, so I don't think its arthritis.

She behaved very oddly today. Normally, she is very road-savvy, but today she ran in the road a couple of times. We may have to put her on the lead.

PasturesNew

GDB2222 wrote: »

We tried little baby mittens on her feet, so we could dispense with the buster, but they fell off.

You can get dog boots... but it's not worth it for the expected duration.

lostinrates

GDB2222 wrote: »

Thank you for all these insights.

There seems to be nothing wrong with the ear, apart from a bit of wax, now gone.
rather than suggesting something is wrong with her ears, I'm encouraging you to try and gauge her facial expression. E.g. If she has floppy ears like my sight hounds ears back for stress (this of a human distressed face, dogs do different faces, and ear position can be most obvious clue)
Doglet (that's her new name, as she's a bit small for Dog) used to bite her feet before, and MIL used to tell her off. So, this is not new behaviour.so, its an already established stereotypical behaviour. Its likely she will do this when ever stress or In pain. That she already did doesn't rule out low level pain, mind you.....

She certainly hates having the buster on, but there's no denying that her foot has improved a lot. We take the buster off for walks and meals. if you could take it off for cuddles a bit it would help too, or maybe when you are in the room with her, and can distract her?

The boredom thing may be an issue. We have quite a busy household, with three of us working from home. But that's working. We don't spend time fawning over Doglet, like MIL used to do. We let her out into the garden whenever she wants, but she doesn't go out that much unless someone goes with her. She gets at least an hour's exercise a day. Most days two hours plus.

She shouldn't need to go out too often, the walk time is great. I still thin,bones are a great idea. Is she crate trained or could she have them in a play pen or something? This would alleviate boredom, and be good for her teeth ( especially if weight bearing bones avoided, these risk chipping teeth). Iirc she's fed macdonalds ( bakers complete? ) and I doubt you've inherited want to do much to sort out a diet that might help, but adding raw bones ( slowly) or chew toys if she 'll show interest ( mine aren't bothered when they know they could have bones)

We tried little baby mittens on her feet, so we could dispense with the buster, but they fell off.

Dogs do run around happily, even with arthritis. big dog, on quite high doses of meds now, still runs fast and furious and people look odd when I say 'she's old now' but its not the running. Even with big dog do you remember I did a med change after her spay as the tramadol added to the mix improved things for her a lot? We had no idea how much happier she'd be. Main difference I could show people was her ear set. But there was also a gist difference you'd need to be a biomechanics nerd to notice and just happier, and a different stretch routine in the mornings, a bit skippier earlier in exercise, less time to warm up. We often don't notice when WE are stiffening up, spotting it in a pet can be very hard. If she is slim and young less likely to be an issue than old and chubby. But those walks are some length too. Might not be the issue but might be.


You are being good to her. I love the sound of her so much. I have a particular fondness for creatures with stereotypical behaviours. Does she join you in the room you work in? Just settling where a person is hearing your voices, feeling in the pack might help.

You've always sounded very kind to her. Forgive me if this sounds odd. Some people don't talk to their dogs, but they do, IMO, respond well to being included in it, even if they don't know what 'it' is. When I walk into a room where a person is I'd say hello or smile at them, its only 'polite' to similarly address a dog. You don't need a silly baby dog voice or anything.

Also, they love touch. Kiwi spends evenings on his back on my lap or res p's. Dog dog likes to lie beside me or next to my leg. Big dig would like to sot on my lap but not alL things are possible.

Do you know her favourite scratchy places? And where she likes soft strokes? Just this a couple of times a day is the difference between feeling loved or not for us, I don't think a little dogleg is so different.


Foot chewing or lower leg licking is a The most common stereotypical behaviour I think. Most people don't notice it or think its over grooming or sore feet. Its the only one our dogs have ever had, certainly. A dig breeder friend of mine is convince her dog has some sort of mite in his feet intermittently and the veg swabs and looks and scratches samples. He's chewing. I know, I have taken care of him and seen it. Shrug. Its tough. You cannot give a dig a glass of wine or gen's chocolate pudding. Shame.

lostinrates

My fingers have forgotten where the vowels are on the keyboard.

Yorkie1

tomterm8 wrote: »

LiR, take care of yourself first, your family second, and then the rest of the world third... no one minds if you have to step away from the keyboard to deal with real life stuff. We just hope you're allright, eh?

Great to see you're around at the moment LiR, and I'd give TT's post a '+1'.

hjd wrote: »

I have to say I would allow more than 2 days before completion to have my money in place - I agree with you that things never work as they should. When we moved last year I had all my money sorted a week in advance. Nothing did go wrong, but I was worried it could.

Ditto. Peace of mind through knowing you've left enough room to spare is definitely worth it. I had money coming from my parents to help top up my deposit, and I wasn't willing for dad to give notice on the money until I knew everything was going ahead (he wouldn't have been able to put it back if things had gone pear shaped pre-exchange without losing money), so ensured the time between exchange and completion allowed for longer than was estimated to be needed.

Nikkster wrote: »

So...

Someone nicked two plants from my front garden overnight.

Now that's giving way to feeling uncomfortable that someone came right up to my front door in the middle of the night And took what clearly wasn't theirs.

What a horrible feeling and thing to do :mad:

Hope it doesn't spoil your sleep or anything like that.

Gen, :grouphug: - have a dodgy hug. Allow yourself to take life at the pace your body needs (though how you could have omitted the Yorkies, I really don't know ... ). Did you enjoy the ice cream if Mrs Gen managed to find it? Will be thinking of you this week.

Yorkie1

PasturesNew wrote: »

With the £85k limit, it does cross your mind what'd happen if a solicitor's client account went under due to a bank failure.... maybe they have to have separate insurance to cover that.

Lots of accounts rules, professional indemnity insurance, compensation fund. No need to worry on that score.