Nicole’s parents have this dog that may or may not be their dog but he’s kinda dachshund looking and he hurt his back recently and couldn’t walk. He stayed at the vet for a while and then he came home with some meds but he took the last of the meds some time last week and he still couldn’t walk .. he would just drag his back end. They didn’t want to have him put to sleep so they were looking into getting one of the doggie wheelchairs.
Nicole was going to stay at her parents’ for a few days and they were going to meet in town for lunch but she had Speck so she went out to their house to drop Speck off and she said Max came running out to meet them. When she got to the restaurant, she said to her parents “Max was running!” They said .. sure . . right . . and didn’t believe her. She was saying “Really! He ran out to meet us! You’ll see when you get home.”
They got home and Max came out to meet them . . dragging his back end. Nicole was saying that she really did see him running and then later on, her dad saw him walking without dragging his back end so she was happy someone else actually witnessed it.
Totally unrelated but somewhat similar story .. last Friday I was washing and drying clothes. Took the last load out of the dryer, closed the door and the dryer kept running. I hit cancel, reset . . everything I could think of. I couldn’t reach the electric plug to unplug it so I flipped the breaker. Nothing helped. As soon as you closed the door, the dryer came on.
Dryer
Yes, my microwave is in the laundry room. I don’t use it and if I had my way, we wouldn’t have one but Vince likes having it.
Vince got home and I told him about it. He read online – maybe lint was caught up somewhere and screwing it up. He took the whole lint gizmo apart and vacuumed down in there. He was able to punch several buttons at the same time and got an error code. The appliance store charges $100 just to come out here so by the time they came out here, saw what was wrong, got the parts and came back, I’m sure we’d be looking at about a $400 minimum bill. We just bought this dryer in December, 2012 so while it isn’t new, I expect things to last a bit longer than that.
When we move, I’m not taking this set with me. I don’t like the front load washer at all and here, that’s all I have room for. We still have the small stack washer/dryer that were in the house when we bought the place. The washer had a leak and it was going to be about $400 to fix it so that’s when we bought the new set. And, I still have my washer/dryer in the shop that we used in MO and it wasn’t very old when we brought it here, and I have a clothes line so I wasn’t real fired up about spending $400 to fix the dryer. I can still use it – but when not in use, I just have to leave the door open and the light’s on.
Vince got online, put in the error code, found the part, which was just a little over $100 and ordered it. The part isn’t here yet.
Yesterday, I figured I’d better get all the laundry done before Vince disassembled the dryer and probably blocked the washer so I couldn’t get to it either. I set the timer on the stove so I could get the clothes out after 20 minutes. I was doing something and it was probably half an hour before I went in to get the clothes and the dryer was off. Hmmm . . that was kinda weird. Nice but weird. I got the clothes out, closed the door and the dryer didn’t come back on. I put in the next load, it dried, timer on the dryer went off, dryer turned itself off and seems to be working fine.
If we’re leaving for an extended time, I’ll just flip the breaker. I’m not sure I’ll trust it again even if Vince changes the part because who knows if that’s really the part that was bad. Weird that it fixed itself. Tomorrow it may be broken again but for now, I’m enjoying having a dryer that will turn itself off when it’s supposed to.
Carolyn says
Hmmm? Sounds like you might have a mechanically minded gremlin living at your house. They are the sneaky type, but they never charge for their services either. I do think you are wise to flip that breaker since there may be a short somewhere.
pattilynn9 says
Electronics! I swear…
Claudia wade says
I have a weird problem with my front load washer. Every once in awhile it won’t come on when you push the power button. I discovered that if I unplug it and wait a few seconds, then it will come on as I plug it back in. So for a few days or weeks I have to unplug and replug between every load. Then eventually it magically fixes itself and works properly. We go thru a cycle like that every few months. Electronic gremlins, I think.
Lee says
On all these appliances with computerized electronics, I think they get confused at times. Our A/C does that once in a while with it’s three separate zone controls – it’s like it doesn’t know which command to sort out and use first. Our washer has a 2nd rinse cycle, I have it set to do it at all times. From day one, I had to manually move it to that cycle at the end of the wash cycle. Not so long ago, the ‘brains’ got messed up, had to replace a part, and suddenly, it now always moves on to the 2nd rinse cycle on its own. Must’ve been faulty from the get-go. I’d go back to some of the “old-time” appliances in a heart-beat.
Teresa says
I can add to the list of electronic errors with dryers. My washer sends the information to the dryer to tell it what I washed, based on the cycle I chose. If I choose “play clothes” (who knows what play clothes are?!), it will tell the dryer what temp to use and how long. Or I can just hit a cycle on my dryer, like ‘silks’ or ‘cottons’, etc. Every month or so it goes wonky and it will tell the dryer to dry silks when I washed play clothes. I try to change it on the dryer and it doesn’t take the changes. I have to unplug it to reset it, but that is behind the machines and way down the wall. So I have to go down the basement and reset the breaker. Why doesn’t it just work correctly?? The machines are 7 years old. Drives me crazy.
Linda Smith says
There is a facebook group called Mango on a Mission that helps dogs that can’t walk with wheels. Mango was a rescue dog who is paralyzed. She is a therapy dog for injured Veterans. The lady who runs the group is a retired Lt. Col. They raise money to help other dogs with injuries.
The little dog was still injured when it ran to greet Nicole. They forget about their injury when their desire to do something is strong. The dog just made the injury worse. Of course, they don’t know what they are doing. I hope the little dog gets better soon. The dog’s activity must be restricted in order to recover.
barbara says
oh, that was the “kick it to fix it” method of repair. works every time. when your car won’t start, kick the tire. when the washer won’t work, unplug it and re-plug it. when the computer freezes, log out, then back in again. you get the picture. as soon as you react, it behaves itself. when you can’t find something, buy a new one and you’re sure to find the old one. 😉