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My baby...starting to look like himself again...I canNOT believe the difference in his appearance. Not an awesome pic, but I had to share...he has hair on his head!!, and he is starting to look shiny again! The white stuff on his head is sunscreen...this picture makes me SOOO happy. His chest is beginning to look like we never even had a problem! Prayers and diligence in taking care of them work wonders!! IMG_3221.webp
 
My baby...starting to look like himself again...I canNOT believe the difference in his appearance. Not an awesome pic, but I had to share...he has hair on his head!!, and he is starting to look shiny again! The white stuff on his head is sunscreen...this picture makes me SOOO happy. His chest is beginning to look like we never even had a problem! Prayers and diligence in taking care of them work wonders!!
I'm so happy that he is getting better so fast!
 
My baby...starting to look like himself again...I canNOT believe the difference in his appearance. Not an awesome pic, but I had to share...he has hair on his head!!, and he is starting to look shiny again! The white stuff on his head is sunscreen...this picture makes me SOOO happy. His chest is beginning to look like we never even had a problem! Prayers and diligence in taking care of them work wonders!! View attachment 73171

He's looking great, Brandee! Your love and care over this difficult time is showing marvellous results.
I'm sat here beaming from ear to ear, I'm so happy!!
 
Mommmmmm, it's hooootttt. And you can really see how baddly the dogs have mangled the floor in the second picture. Ha! The outside of the room is oak, but the center is super dark pine and it's just not holding up to them. I almost hate to replace it, because it's original to the house (1900!) But I think I'm going to have to. Pine is just too soft to hold up to big dogs, even with keeping up with their nails. Fortunately, I have some creative ideas for redoing it, so we shall see. It's gonna be a while before we can tackle that sort of project anyways.View attachment 73161 View attachment 73162
Those floors look like they can be sanded down and refinished. Whatever you do, don't put a laminate over them.
 
It's pretty hot today and the deck is even hotter. So while hubby, Buddy and I sit in the shade....
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....I put Kali in the spa for a quick dip to cool her off.

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I've sort of forgotten what it's like to have a dog that will swim. Hans can't swim at all and Ladybug could probably have saved her own life if she fell in the water but she wouldn't go in on her own. Kali is quite the little swimmer :)
 
My baby...starting to look like himself again...I canNOT believe the difference in his appearance.
He looks AWEsome! I'm so glad to see him (and YOU! ) look so happy! :love:

I've sort of forgotten what it's like to have a dog that will swim. Hans can't swim at all and Ladybug could probably have saved her own life if she fell in the water but she wouldn't go in on her own. Kali is quite the little swimmer :)
Thank you! The first time I put her in there, I was in there with her. I wanted to be sure she could swim AND knew the way to get out. Which is the step in the last picture. There is no other way for her to get out and I wanted her to learn that in case she fell in. She hasn't gone in by herself either but I'm always hoping that she would when it is this hot. One day I want to try playing with the ball (which she is nutty for!) and then 'accidentally' throw it in the spa. :whistle: Just to see what she'd do. :p
 
My baby...starting to look like himself again...I canNOT believe the difference in his appearance. Not an awesome pic, but I had to share...he has hair on his head!!, and he is starting to look shiny again! The white stuff on his head is sunscreen...this picture makes me SOOO happy. His chest is beginning to look like we never even had a problem! Prayers and diligence in taking care of them work wonders!! View attachment 73171
Oh Brandee so good to see Jaxie coming back. Bless him, he must be feeling better too without all the itchiness.
 
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Those floors look like they can be sanded down and refinished. Whatever you do, don't put a laminate over them.

They probably could be, but they are gauged and scratched up pretty bad. And being stained so dark really doesn't help. There's also some big gaps and knots that have broken loose, chips off edges, etc. It also sits slightly lower than the oak area. Our idea is to pull the pine and replace it with oak or another hard wood. The oak areas are holding up well, they need refinished, but they're not showing near the wear and stuff that the pine is.

You can see what I mean here. The darker area is the pine. The first is since we moved in, the others are the listing photos from when we bought it. You can kinda see how much they've torn it up in a little over 6 months. And I even restrict their play in the house :( this is a big part of why they're not allowed upstairs, the staircase and second floor is alllllll pine, some of which is not finished. I think we're going to end up reflooring up there, probably put hardwood over the pine, as it's really subfloor anyways. I dunno what we're gonna do about the stairs. I really don't want to carpet them, but to replace with oak is extremely costly, even if we install it ourselves. There will be no laminate ;) I bloody hate laminate. My kitchen is industrial laminate and I still hate it. Tile or hardwood are my top choices for everything. We got the house pretty cheap considering it's size and location, so we knew going into it that we were going to have some remodeling projects. That's my personal preference though. I like old houses and I have yet to see one that there's not something I would change. All in all, the place is sound and in great shape, it's just cosmetics. And I loooove that it still has all the original woodwork and the original hot water radiator heat system, complete with the fancier ornate radiators. Only draw back is no central AC, but I've lived without central AC most of my life. IMG_20170612_121119.webp IMG_20170612_121901.webp IMG_20170612_122028.webp IMG_20170612_121932.webp IMG_20170612_122002.webp
 
They probably could be, but they are gauged and scratched up pretty bad. And being stained so dark really doesn't help. There's also some big gaps and knots that have broken loose, chips off edges, etc. It also sits slightly lower than the oak area. Our idea is to pull the pine and replace it with oak or another hard wood. The oak areas are holding up well, they need refinished, but they're not showing near the wear and stuff that the pine is.

You can see what I mean here. The darker area is the pine. The first is since we moved in, the others are the listing photos from when we bought it. You can kinda see how much they've torn it up in a little over 6 months. And I even restrict their play in the house :( this is a big part of why they're not allowed upstairs, the staircase and second floor is alllllll pine, some of which is not finished. I think we're going to end up reflooring up there, probably put hardwood over the pine, as it's really subfloor anyways. I dunno what we're gonna do about the stairs. I really don't want to carpet them, but to replace with oak is extremely costly, even if we install it ourselves. There will be no laminate ;) I bloody hate laminate. My kitchen is industrial laminate and I still hate it. Tile or hardwood are my top choices for everything. We got the house pretty cheap considering it's size and location, so we knew going into it that we were going to have some remodeling projects. That's my personal preference though. I like old houses and I have yet to see one that there's not something I would change. All in all, the place is sound and in great shape, it's just cosmetics. And I loooove that it still has all the original woodwork and the original hot water radiator heat system, complete with the fancier ornate radiators. Only draw back is no central AC, but I've lived without central AC most of my life. View attachment 73187 View attachment 73188 View attachment 73189 View attachment 73190 View attachment 73191
I love your house!!
 
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