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QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Apr 16, 2012 -> 08:25 PM) http://blackhawks.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=628176 Hooray black aces

Any idea why 5 (2, then 3 more 10 mins later) huge black military choppers flew over Chicago heading west? It was pretty damn loud, not normally something you'd see. Edit: 2 more just flew by.

Then you are thinking way too hard.

Aaaaand both sedins are dead.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Apr 15, 2012 -> 08:45 PM) Did you see the suspensions today? Hagelin threw an elbow and got 3 games because Alfredsson had to leave the game with injury. Carkner jumped a guy who didn't wanna fight and kept pummeling him while he was on the ground and only got one game because there was no injury. It plays a huge part in the suspension. Did you miss the word "only"? You've quoted it twice.

QUOTE (danman31 @ Apr 15, 2012 -> 11:55 AM) I'm already sick of IU. My new hated team next year. Want to be friends? QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Apr 15, 2012 -> 01:08 PM) Yay! People hate us again! People have always hated the fans, now the team is catching up

QUOTE (Rowand44 @ Apr 15, 2012 -> 12:28 PM) I was actually coming into this thread to rant and you gave me a nice lead in so thanks... Speaking of friends that bail...I'm not sure what annoys me more the fact that my one buddy and I can't find one other person that wants to go out on a Saturday night or the fact that the same buddy and I can't find one other damn person that wants to get off their lazy f***in ass and go shoot some hoops. I love my friends to death but god damn it we're 24 and 25, stop being so f***in old. /rantover This post amuses me. That is all.

I don't blame him. Any goalie will do that. However, he still got a shoulder to the the head, it's not like it was only a flop or something. The onus is on Shaw there to avoid such contact with the head.

You realize injury isn't the only thing that goes into consideration for a suspension? No, Shaw's actions have zero to do with Weber. Not to mention Zetterberg is not a goalie.

The overhead angle certainly made it look like shoulder on head. His hit has zero to do with Weber. Edit: It certainly was shoulder on head after seeing it a few more times including one different angle.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Apr 15, 2012 -> 12:30 AM) Should have been a two minute charging penalty & no more. Shaw wasn't head hunting. Gotta add that Corey Crawford played awesome, especially that toe save in OT in the crease. That's great, but it doesn't matter at all what the intentions were. No it wasn't on purpose. But a shoulder to a goalie's head behind the net is going to result in that, and rightly so.

Great comeback and win. But come on guys. Shaw went through Smith, shoulder to head. That's an easy call. Goalies are protected, they aren't free game. If that happened to Crawford, the reaction here would have been the complete opposite, which is a joke. That wasn't even close. Seriously, we're all Hawks fans, but come on already.

Caught a break he was out.

QUOTE (iamshack @ Apr 13, 2012 -> 01:23 PM) How on earth did that happen? Don't they just have a standard wooden frame? It appears they put it down short to begin with somehow, then drew the lines. It was off by quite a few inches, it had to be fixed. It would have affected our guys too the whole game, would have been comical.

The boxes were well short, let's be honest here.

A pretty lazy icing to get the draw as well. Any d zone draw is terrible in overtime, you don't need to just give them away.

QUOTE (MurcieOne @ Apr 12, 2012 -> 11:17 PM) Ridiculous? No, not suspending him at all is ridiculous. Suspending him for the entire series for punching someone in the back of the head and then slamming him face first into the glass would be sending a message for a league trying phase headshots out of the game. Yes. Ridiculous. An entire series...ok

QUOTE (MurcieOne @ Apr 12, 2012 -> 02:34 PM) Shannahan just lost all credibility. Absolutely baffling that Weber wasn't suspended. Probably should have been suspended the entire series. Total joke. Utterly indefensible. Ok, lets not get ridiculous. A game, sure. QUOTE (farmteam @ Apr 12, 2012 -> 10:25 PM) I find it mildly amusing that Phoenix has a white-out tonight, but the Hawks are the team wearing white. Its from Winnipeg.

The attachment issues, at least when in the same room, are better. She can lay around on the floor, play with a toy, and not have to be on top of us all the time (still follows sometimes though, but getting more independent). However, if we put her in her crate, or even in the guest bathroom where the crate is if we are gone, still goes bats*** crazy. She seems to give up the whining in a shorter time frame, but not by much. Has used the potty pads a few times on her own, we figured out the general area she likes to go and put them there. Overall, pretty good progress the last 2 days.

So...anyway...looks like I missed a lot here today. Here's the little one:

QUOTE (Rex Hudler @ Apr 9, 2012 -> 09:58 PM) Have a nice little trip planned to start the season. Driving to Shreveport to catch the Texas A&M - La Tech game on Thursday night and then to Dallas Friday to catch Alabama - Michigan on Saturday. Is summer almost over yet? No, Petrino needs more time to play on his motorcycle.

Actually used the pee pads a couple times today, hooray. Figuring out that she wants to pee/poop in private (especially poop) so put pads away from the kitchen/couches. Did this after I found a place where she would run off and poop, that was fun to find. And really hard to get back there to clean. Starting to block areas off as she can get underneath a bookshelf that's about 3-4 inches off the ground by army crawling and go poop back there, too. She apparently wore the hell out of her vocal chords because she doesn't have the power she had. It's actually kind of nice in a way, really. Is this just like with humans - just takes rest and it's not really anything to worry about? Not that I can coach her to rest, but maybe she'll realize she's straining the hell out of her voice. But just wanted to make sure this isn't anything to worry about long term, not that there's much you can do to stop a dog from whining anyway.

Also shack re: puppy pads. Should we be trying to have her exclusively do this? Or mainly have it try to be outside and praise if she goes? A little of both? I just don't want to get in such a habit of peeing inside that she just thinks that's how it works, when really, further down the road, it needs to be all outside. And the people we picked her up from rec'd one of those fake grass things since we are in a high rise. Said put it by the balcony, then eventually it can be put on the balcony, etc. Not sure what to think of those if anyone has used them.

QUOTE (iamshack @ Apr 9, 2012 -> 09:59 AM) Is she fully vaccinated yet? My guess is no, since she is only 8 weeks old. Have you gotten her into the vet yet? If she's not fully vaccinated yet, I'd take her for walks, but just not the most common routes where people walk their dogs. You don't want her to pick up Parvo or something. Another option is to put her in your backpack or a duffel bag and walk around the City so she can get accustomed to the sights and sounds. This will protect her from picking anything up before she is vaccinated. Did you do research on the Shichon? Shichon.net Sounds like you might have an uphill battle ahead of you... Vet is today at 2:00. When we picked her up they said she was up to date so far, I'm assuming she'll get everything else she needs today but not sure. Or maybe there are ones you don't get until further down the road? Wife did the research, was also told from the people we got them from that they are pretty "chill" usually and low maintenance. So I don't know. QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Apr 9, 2012 -> 10:08 AM) My sister has two of these dogs but they don't appear to be as clingy as IK's. They're about 1 or 1.5 now. I do know they still have major issues with potty training, to the point that they've decided to split them up in hopes they can give each more individual attention IK, do you put a blanket over the crate? Or somehow make it more of a cave instead of a cage? Sometimes that can help, if they feel more protected. Otherwise I think you're just gonna have to deal with it for a few years until all the puppy is out of him/her. I could put a blanket over the crate if that will help, absolutely. QUOTE (iamshack @ Apr 9, 2012 -> 10:11 AM) Ok, so when you're home, where is the dog? Is she running around the condo, or is she in her crate, locked in a different room? When she pees, does she seem to go to the same area, or does she go in all different areas? Again, I'd try to clean up some of her urine and then place that paper towel in the area where you want her to go...on the puppy pads. I know it seems like she'll never get it, and honestly, some never do, but 95% of them will after a few weeks. You just have to be patient. As Illinilaw mentioned, exercise is your key tool in moderating the dog's behavior. But the first few weeks can be tough, because you're got to be careful until she is vaccinated, but meanwhile try to socialize her as much as possible. I'd make every effort you can to play with her and introduce her to new things. You don't have to sensory overload her (walk her down Michigan Ave for her first walk), but she's going to be a dog that lives in the City and so she must get accustomed to it. As Illinilaw also did, introduce her to as many of your friends as possible. Take her down into the lobby of your building. If you have friends with children, invite them over. If you have family members with pets, bring her to their place. Honestly, I can't advise you enough to read the book I mentioned earlier. It addresses all of your questions and more. Well shack that's the thing, the dog can be anywhere you think she should be. This is the first full day home. So nothing's really been established yet. Should i leave it roam? Cage it certain times? Certain times let it roam with me in the same room, other times leave her be in the other room and close the door? Am I doing the right thing to "ignore if yappy" and everything? She seems to go randomly - but I am starting to move paper towels on to the pads in hopes it attracts her for next time. I'm going to grab that book based on your rec. I also try to get her out more to the lobby, etc.

Shack, let me also add that I'm home during the day. So someone is almost home all the time. What should be the pattern here? Leave her in the main room for parts to hang out? Put in the cage for small periods of time? Otherwise I feel like again, she'll follow around and never stop. Plus, we've made the bedroom a "no dog zone" and so that's where we can get away and she can't pee on the carpet, etc. I just don't know what the plan of attack should be as far as activity. We also tried to play with her a bit last night to make her tired, but she usually just comes up and tries sleeping near us, doesn't really play a ton. So that was a failure.