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Some of you may be aware that my family lost our beautiful Mouse, a 12-year-old Jack Russell Terrier, almost two months ago. She had Cushing's Disease as a result of a tumor on her adrenal gland that turned out to be malignant and spread. She was diagnosed at 11 years old, in September 2018 we found out the devastating news that our sweet girl had limited time left. As the months passed by we were preparing for the worst and hoping for the best. We made sure every special family holiday was made extra special for Mouse. Easter was the last holiday she spent with us. Our family is still grieving her loss and it will take a long time for us to work through the process. Mouse was more than just a pet, she was family! Because of the trauma to our middle child mostly and our other two children my husband and I discussed possibly needing to get another furry companion to help our girls overcome the trauma they witnessed. It's not something they will ever forget! Our middle child has been increasingly agitated to the point of hysterical tears by the smallest of things. I literally cannot leave the room without her hysterically freaking out. Before Mouse passed away, I could come and go as I pleased and she would only follow me around sometimes when she's bored. Lately she will stop whatever it is she's doing, including eating to trail after me. She misses that safety and security Mouse provided her and all of us. Our oldest has been increasingly frustrated with everything and not sleeping well. Our youngest, well she's only 2 so it's hard to know exactly where she's at in terms of her feelings. After searching and doing our homework on certain breeds we found one that would be highly suitable to our family. The temperament of the breed and it's protective nature without being aggressive is what got our attention. Another reason for getting a puppy so soon is my husband may need to go away for work depending on how things go with the company he currently works for. That's a long story in itself! Now if he has to go away, the kids and I will be left home alone for a lengthy time. So a dog would be ideal to offer that sense of security, protection and peace of mind while he's away. We picked up this handsome little guy yesterday! He's a Great Pyranees and will be rather large compared to a small Jack Russel. With his size, people will think twice before messing with our place! A lot of people thought Mouse was a large dog because of the size and volume of her bark, but here she's just a small pup projecting herself as a big pup. Without further ado, here is our handsome fellow! He currently doesn't have a name. I'll update once we've chosen his name. He's a very smart boy! Already whining to go outside! When we went to look at the pups yesterday our youngest was interested in them but she was shy and kept her distance. She's been like that since losing Mouse. I was worried it would take her a long time to bond with her new pal. This was the only puppy that showed any real interest in her. He came up to her and sniffed the back of her jacket and her hand before she pulled away. The others were just not interested in the girls all that much. After being home for a while, our youngest still refused to pet him. She was talking to him and saying "Come on boy!" and showing an interest, but no pets. Not until he followed after her closely and licked the side of her face. He stayed close to her and she reached out to touch his soft fur. The beginnings of a wonderful bond have started! The other two girls have gone to sleep much easier and felt more relaxed at bedtime then they have in weeks. This little guy is going to help everyone heal. He is not a replacement for Mouse. He is just a new family member to be loved. We're not giving him any of Mouse's toys. The only things he has from Mouse is her newer pillow bed that she didn't really care to sleep on and her water and food bowls. The rest of Mouse's things will remain hers.

Came home to do my dailies and help our team out and see that it's all down I uh, I guess I'll order some pizza.

Grrrr! I don't think I'll be able to play anything at all, today. Feeling:

I too am sorry for your loss. I had to have our lab/shepard mix put down several years ago. He will never be forgotten. We had him from the age of 6 weeks until he was 15. Protection, smarter than any pet could expect to be. House trained within 3 weeks of us getting him. I just can't say enough about this wonderful member of our family. I still think of him and wish he were here. Putting him to sleep was and still has been the hardest thing I have ever done in my life. The vet said he was suffering and that for us to keep trying to prolong his life was for us, not him. Anyway, I understand how you feel and although it gets easier your baby will always be with you. Now, about the name. Let the girls choose the name. Make it into some sort of a game type thing. Let them all write down on paper a name maybe on 2 different pieces of paper so they have 2 choices put their names secretly in a hat or something. Let each one choose a paper from the hat and then you have 3 names that the girls can choose from. Let the girls choose which one they would like to name him. Know matter what you or how you decide to name the dog just be sure the girls have the final say. Please know this is only a suggestion. I think is is the cutest dog and you will have a lot of wonderful years of happiest with him!

Well, there's life throwing you a curve ball, right? Certainly seems like getting this beautiful boy was absolutely the right thing to do though. He's gonna help all of you to heal as you fall in love with him. A big dog's gonna be so nice for the physical comfort he can give, too. I'm just imagining your girls with their arms thrown around him, they'll love grooming him too, I'm sure. Hopefully he'll like it too, lol.

Yeah, it was about midnight for me that everything died, so if you don't come on till the evening you'd have missed it altogether, handy.

I'm so sorry for your loss! No matter how well you are prepared for their passing when things are getting worse little by little, it's never easy. ? But I'm happy that you got a new member so quickly. He look SO precious and adorable! Makes me wanna pet him so much. Good luck with the 'healing process' and stay strong, all of you.

You have awoken the great Turmaculus... AHHHHHH!!!! Turmaculus ate your petpet! BURP Noooooooooooooooooo My White Weewoo :'( :'( I've had him for years Ok it's a zapped petpet BUT BUT BUT STILL Nooooooooooooooooooooooo

Knocked this out after getting Illusen today. Woooo! Almost makes up for how many NP I'm losing on the Wheel of Extravagance. Almost. Loljk that's still horrible and I'm sad about it. I'm on my second Avatar Goldmine and keep getting the "you get nothing, soz" square. Except the time it leveled my battle pet into 4-codestone training territory--that was good too.

I have these, if anyone wants them! Shell Hairbow Tropical Flower Facepaint Fancy Flower Bow Tie Rainbow Tears Facepaint

I wonder how consciously those of us who did an art-related entry were influenced by the pet colour... ? I mean I didn't think I had been, but my entry still was art-related. ?

Smart School Girl Wig Summery Ponytail Wig Warm Headband Ponytail Wig Wispy Blonde Ponytail Wig Side Swept Blond Wig Some wigs that can suit Abigail - thought I`d save someone the trouble of browsing over 60 pages of wigs. EDIT: After much debating with myself, I finally sent in my entry! I ended up making four - I`ll post the other customizations in the Alternative Entries thread after the voting.

Thank you! ? I just wanted to do something that wasn`t painting/artist related, and somehow came up with this, haha. Oil Paint was definitely interesting to work with.

I'm afraid you've missed the sale Normally the Faerie Quest Fortune Cookies are only discounted when the Faerie Quest event is going on, and that happens in February every year (unless TNT changes it). However, there is still a slight chance TNT will discount them at other times throughout the year. This is a rare possibility though.

Faerie Crossword Answers - [Play] Daily Puzzle Answer - [Play] Across: 3. snowglobe 6. aisha 7. lamp 9. avinroo 12. soup 13. neomail 15. roar Down: 1. roo 2. neoblocks 4. nova 5. wellington 8. arms 10. vampire 11. one 14. oop Cogs runs a clothes shop in which land? Answer: Moltara Prize: 233 NP

I woke up early to get some YYB goals in and got the Red Pteri of DOOM :(

Neopets is DOWN is the WORST Random Event for me!!!? Sorry TDN Monitors, I don't know where to post this but I thought I could just express my despair here... ??

Faerie Crossword Answers - [Play] Daily Puzzle Answer - [Play] Across: 2. triffin 5. tag 6. two 7. disputes 10. nova 11. beast 12. mint 13. sloth Down: 1. bika 3. moogi 4. lamp 5. tent 8. ursula 9. snorkle 11. bite Moltarans are frequently attacked by which monsters? Answer: Lava Monsters Prize: 222 NP

Your entry really looks like Dali though! Creepily so. ? That Robin Hood entry shows that face paints make ALL the difference with a busy paint brush, don't they! The visible colours on the body aren't anywhere near as in your face once the pet's dressed, and something that tones the face down makes things work really well.

Apparently Van Gogh is more popular than Dali :) Ha .. i thought Robin Rood did this entry of Robin Hood

Had so much fun! Congrats to the wonderful first place and many thanks to those who were so kind to my effort.

Oooooh! Oh my, much opportunity for lulz here, me thinks.

I absolutely adore the burlap sack colour ? when I last played, the new colours that were coming out were pretty badly drawn, so I am THRILLED that we're getting such incredible quality again ? THe oil paint colour is also super pretty and the mosaic from Nimmo day was also great

Faerie Crossword Answers - [Play] Daily Puzzle Answer - [Play] Across: 3. two 6. arkmite 7. roo 8. prize 9. tag 10. wellington 13. ham 15. sloth Down: 1. snowglobe 2. snorkle 4. neopkins 5. mint 11. lamp 12. guild 14. shy Along with Clara Chatham, who discovered the Land of Moltara? Answer: Roxton A. Colchester III Prize: 211 NP

This is how I feel, after maxing out YYB (46 games), a day. Sarcastically, of course...

People! *clutches* I wonder if they will extend the AC... dunno if the downtime was long enough to warrant that. Though it WAS at a peak time so I'm sure the boards will be screaming for it, but then the boards scream for anything, so ? But as things are at snail's pace now I guess an extention would be wise, at least this hasn't happened over the weekend, right?? I luckily managed to rank up and max out SOSD before everything died last night, all I couldn't do was visit the Healing Springs again (2nd visit to Expellibox gave Tate sneezles ) and put what NP I had onhand in the bank. There's no point in me even trying any AC stuff until things are running at a more normal speed though, and I'd intended to try and push myself a bit harder with YYB today ? ah well. I've just managed to collect my bank interest but Trudy timed out on me... I need to leave Neo alone I'm clearly not helping matters with trying to do anything on there right now.

@gypsyknees me too! I wanted to play YYB as much as I can today... only to wake up to find the site is down :(

This is my first experience with this ?

yeah this showed up. if its gonna be this way for much longer, i hope they extend this day.

All of Neopets is down for me. You are not alone.