SPEAKER_01 0:00

I got it.

SPEAKER_00 0:00

You've got it.

SPEAKER_01 0:01

The Canadian clam big. Yes, ladies and the Canadian clam big. Is that not the best?

SPEAKER_00 0:13

Alright, so we we were trying to come up with a name for this insane smoke that we're getting, which you know, by the way, California understand gets, you know, I understand they're wildfires because that place is like half desert, right? Canada freezes over for eight months of the year.

SPEAKER_01 0:29

How are they on fire? Right. Isn't there still some isn't there still some thawing that's happening right now?

SPEAKER_00 0:34

Isn't there still ice in Ontario?

SPEAKER_01 0:36

I thought even like Canuck Clouds. Oh, that's good. Yeah, but then once I thought Canadian clam bake, I fell in love with it.

SPEAKER_00 0:44

Okay, Canadian clam bag.

SPEAKER_01 0:45

That's what we're experiencing right now. We're experiencing the Canadian clam bake.

SPEAKER_00 0:48

Okay, that's what it is. Yes. Now, on a serious note to that, and and all joking aside, they had advised this yesterday all over all the news and weather stuff. Today, actually gonna be worse than yesterday. I am curious. Our friend Heather, and I'm gonna come back to one of her texts in a few minutes, uh, because it's it's something different we're gonna talk about. Heather, you're up in Buffalo. She's up around the Lockport area, not terribly, terribly far from the Canadian border. Is it like it is thick down here? Our hills, you can barely see.

SPEAKER_01 1:19

It wasn't until the evening that I was able to see more because I live, I can see, I basically can see all of Corning from my house. I have the best.

SPEAKER_00 1:27

Except yesterday.

SPEAKER_01 1:27

Right. Well, that's exactly it. It wasn't until I mean right before we went to bed that there was the clouds started to to um dissipate. Dissipate, yes. Good word. I was thinking I was trying to think of that word. I was like, dissipate, dissipate, so disciplined.

SPEAKER_00 1:42

I'm curious still, from Heather, if you could, what is it like up there? Because it is it even thicker? Like, I don't I don't know. I'm just I'm I'm curious.

SPEAKER_01 1:50

They're further north. We've got somebody, you gotta register so we can give you your props here whenever you text us. The polite pollution.

SPEAKER_00 1:58

They are a polite society.

SPEAKER_01 2:00

The smoke sneaked over the Canadian border easier than I could. I love this.

SPEAKER_00 2:05

It's like a poem.

SPEAKER_01 2:06

You need to go and register on the Wink106 app, Twin Tears Magic, or My Radio Jams, and make sure sometimes you accidentally get logged out, just log back in. Log back in, yeah. Because the polite pollution is adorable.

SPEAKER_00 2:17

That is very cute. Okay, so I was telling you a few seconds ago, too, that um I I have this weird setup at the house right now that, you know, four of the puppies are all down at the vets. They've been there for almost a week. One of them, Petey's had some complications. He's he's uh he's being very closely attended to. And the other ones, it's just been a juggling act to get them fixed because they've had emergencies at the vet. It's been a week, right? Right. And uh, and I did tell the girls yesterday, I said, Gideon, the littlest one, I said he's gonna give you the sad eyes and want to be held. That's become Gideon for the biggest.

SPEAKER_01 2:51

I bet you he's probably at the front like front desk where you check in. That's what we thought. And Gideon's sitting on all the laps. Because at my vet, there's always a couple dogs just checking in.

SPEAKER_00 3:01

You know, they're like they're in rough day at work. But then you had a problem that happened, or I get I should say is happening for you in your house right now. What is this?

SPEAKER_02 3:12

Hey, so I'm feeling really awful right now. And I honestly just need somebody to tell me if I did the right thing here. Um so me and my husband fostered dogs for years, and after our own dog passed away last year, we ended up adopting one of our foster dogs. He's this big Doberman named George, and we absolutely fell in love with him. Um he came from a really bad situation, so we had a lot of like behavioral problems, but we were working through him. But then life kind of changed overnight because I found out I'm pregnant with twins. And during my pregnancy, George was still having these random moments where he'd get really aggressive, and we just couldn't ignore that anymore with two babies on the way. So my husband and I talked about it over and over, and we finally agreed that the safest thing was to return him to the rescue we adopted him from. So yeah, they took him back last week, and I've just been an absolute mess ever since. Like all just randomly start crying because I feel like I failed him, and I'm sure the pregnancy hormones aren't helping either, but I just feel really bad. I'm just really depressed that we had to do it, but I feel like there was no other choice. You know, I keep reminding myself he went back to the rescue that knows him and can hopefully find the right home for him. But I still feel guilty. Like, I feel like I abandoned him, even though I know we had to think about our babies too. So, yeah, I guess I just wanted to hear from anyone who had to make a decision like this and how you made peace with it. Because I just feel like sad and drained right now.

SPEAKER_01 5:17

Of course you feel guilty.

SPEAKER_00 5:19

Would you say it's a time issue? This is gonna have to be I mean, your your life is about to be occupied by twins, so your focus is gonna dramatically change.

SPEAKER_01 5:27

Yes, I think that eventually, especially if you end up surrendering a dog and you keep somewhat of contact with the the SPCA, for instance, and then they're able to say, Oh, you know, now Duke or I can't remember what the dog's name is.

SPEAKER_00 5:44

Duke's a great name.

SPEAKER_01 5:45

Duke is now with a loving home. Here's some pictures, or you get a little bit of update. I think that's gonna make you feel better. Maybe that's something that you can discuss with them. Yeah. But of course you're gonna feel guilty.

SPEAKER_00 5:56

But you'd feel a lot more guilty though if you're Doberman. And I hate to be like, you know, labeling a certain dog, but a Doberman, you know, they used to guard the concentration camps. They're pretty uh they they've got an appearance about them, you know.

SPEAKER_01 6:09

They're still family, but if your Doberman chewed your baby's face off, yeah, you'd feel a whole lot different guilt. I had a college girlfriend that had to do the same thing. It was as but hers was like right after the babies were born, the the dog just was feeling threatened.

SPEAKER_00 6:25

Yeah.

SPEAKER_01 6:26

And then and was and retaliating, unfortunately. So yes, the guilt is there, but I think in the end you know you really are making the best decision. I can't even imagine having to do it, but and yes, I would feel so guilty, but you you 1,000% are doing the or did the right thing.

SPEAKER_00 6:43

So we'll go with time will heal the wound.

SPEAKER_01 6:46

I think so. I think you'll always have that little twinge, but then as you and that's why I I think that she should call the SPCA or whoever and ask them if she could at least get some updates sometimes.

SPEAKER_00 6:58

She might. It sounded like it was actually a rescue. I don't know that it was SPCA, but wherever the rescue was, it sounds like it might be able to to you know set her at ease with that a little bit. But I'm I'm gonna go with time and look at it this way way better than what could have happened.

SPEAKER_01 7:13

Right. And that's the thing. You don't want it to you don't want to live with regret.

SPEAKER_00 7:17

Oh, yeah, for your entire kid's life because their face might be gone. Yeah. Yes.