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My advice is to steer clear of breeder #1 at all costs. The fact that she is breeding non-registered and Continental Kennel Club dogs in the first place tells me that either she's starting out with poorly bred dogs, or somewhere down the line someone scammed a reputable breeder by agreeing to...

My husband is a combat veteran who suffers from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. We are getting a puppy this summer who we will be training as a service dog for him. We have Great Danes at home, but are getting a smaller breed so that the dog will be able to accompany him in crowds, where DH has...

It sounds like your husband has an alcohol problem, which has led to the spending problem. Unfortunately, the two go hand in hand, and an addict has little regard for how his spending is affecting the rest of the family. My first suggestion would be to set up a bank account with just your name...

The boy was from my hometown and was on my son's football team. They just held a candlelight vigil for him a few nights ago. I've never met him personally, but by all accounts he was a well rounded kid, good student and not at all a troublemaker. Such a tragic story, and my heart goes out to his...

I love TripAdvisor and use it now when planning all of my vacations, but I have no doubt in my mind that some hotels write their own reviews. I stayed at a dude ranch in NY last year that was an absolute DUMP. I mean filthy, run-down, bedbugs, septic odor throughout the hotel and dining room...

Nope, not a rare situation at all (although I definitely am bitter). Google them and you'll find hundreds if not thousands of complaints just like mine. In fact, I just got off the phone with them this morning after arguing with various levels of customer service representatives for the past...

Please google GE Money scam and stay FAR FAR away from any of their cards. I'm currently dealing with a nightmare of a situation where they are claiming they never received my payment, despite proof from my bank that my check was cashed. Seems this is an ongoing scam where they claim payments...

I just visited Gettsburg for the first time last week, and did the audio-CD driving tour on the recommendation of other DIS'ers. I thought it was well worth the money and gave us a much better appreciation of what it was that we were seeing. I highly recommend it. We had nice meals at both...

This thread interests me because we are just starting our home study process to adopt a waiting child from China, and while we do not have pitbulls, we do have Great Danes. Anyone who has been around a Dane knows that they are big babies and great with children, but obviously their size is...

I have a family member who has gone through recovery, and agree with the advice everyone else has posted. This early in her recovery, she is still very very new to the process and is just learning how to deal with social situations involving alcohol. Now is not the time to be inviting her out in...

We are military, and completely understand how unpredictable vacation schedules can be. We very rarely book at 11 months out, and I don't think we've ever had a problem booking a villa on fairly short notice. We don't always get our first choice, but the waitlist has come through for us almost...

As a Great Dane lover, I know exactly which "rescue" you're referring to. They make me sick. :(

My sister is like this, and it's to the point where the whole family doesn't enjoy spending time with her because she's always upset at one of us for some reason or another. She lives out of state and just came home for a visit, and we all had bets over which one of us she would be mad at first...

If you like the Hard Rock Cafe, there's one right next door to Ford's Theater. :)

Parenting is exhausting even under the best of circumstances, but most of us know that there's a light at the end of the tunnel and the time will come when the emotional and physical toll of catering 24/7 to the needs of our children will come to an end. I can't even begin to imagine how...

We stayed at the Comfort Inn Apple Valley in Sevierville this past January, and were very pleasantly surprised by how nice and spotlessly clean it was. I usually avoid Comfort Inns, but we got a fantastic price and it had rave reviews on Trip Advisor, so we gave it a try. We were very impressed...

I use an envelope system to save for vacations, and it makes it kind of fun to see each portion of the trip paid off. Once I have all of our vacation plans laid out, I make a budget, which includes the big items like tickets, airfare, rental car, souvenirs etc., plus all the little things like...

I just booked PVD to MCO for Christmas week, and the price for one way on Dec. 28th was more than I usually pay roundtrip ($234/pp). I really had a hard time justifying that price, but figured I'd better jump on it now just in case they went any higher. I looked on travelocity, and other...

I raise and show Danes as well, and we have a clause in our puppy contract that requires our puppies not be altered until at least one year of age. I agree completely with your post. You can always tell a Dane that has been neutered too early, we have one in our neighborhood that looks like a...

Thank you. I was just going to respond to the previous poster myself, but you put it much better than I could have. As a parent currently in the process of adopting from Taiwan, it gets very tiring explaining to people why I chose foreign adoption when "there are so many kids here needing...