OH God, Red Alert, Please Help!

I did the same thing when I was in high school because my younger brother's curiosity pushed me to it.

I gave my mom the extra key, sealed in an envelope with "Emergency Use Only" written on it.

I had a dog that liked to "christen" my things on a regular basis. He did this a couple times so I pulled a page from his book and "christened" him and left him tied to the dining room table without the benefit of a bath.

He had to be reconfirmed a couple of times but eventually he got the message. The dog didn't like the water treatment and eventually came around.

Animal behavior can be modiified without laying a hand on the animal. In the words of the old master "Achieving payback restores peace and harmony".

Coinhunter, she won't because she got him from a friend who couldn't take care of him properly and thinks that actual discipline will hurt him (I know, it sounds ridiculous to me too). At this late date he's twelve years old and I'm moving out in January--as long as he doesn't destroy any more of my stuff, I don't care.

I may look into a lockbox for my sister's house, though--I trust her and my brother in law with my things, but there will be a pair of toddlers in the house and little fingers are curious ones, and even well-meaning little fingers can do damage (hence why even my junkier "valuable" coins are flipped--if they want to look, with supervision, there won't be fingerprints).

Another chapter in the story of "ninamason and her coins." This could only happen to her.

And to the dog lovers, bless you, but I'm pretty sure ninamason doesn't deserve to be the object of your concern. There are plenty of other worthwhile targets.

And the coins will be just fine. 4 months until you leave Cujo behind. Yeah.

Buddy, unless I'm missing something huge (I think I may have found the 1970 small date . . . I need to find my camera so I can take pictures and get opinions), my most valuable coin is the Peace dollar set aside for my girls. However, much of what I have has been located in the wild, which makes it stuff I'm much more loathe to lose (the story behind my handful of silver certs, for example, is worth more to me than the ten bucks it would take to replace them). Right now everything is in, literally, shoeboxes--one for my supplies, one for my coins. They're outgrowing their box and I'm soon going to have to make an executive decision on future storage.

OneBowl, I haven't seen you in forever! But *sheepish* I kind of agree, this stuff isn't what you'd expect out of, say . . . jbuck. Chico and I have never gotten along and I'm just kinda counting days at this point. I love dogs, although I'm more of a cat person. I do not love little dogs and I REALLY don't like Chihuahuas, especially the yappy nippy "I'm a big dog! No, really!" ones. (You can guess what Chico is.)

And finally, limes . . . my mom's theory is that it's because her friend's grandkids mistreated Chico badly, and had ADHD. I was diagnosed ADHD as a kid, although that is now in serious question. She says she thinks her dog can smell the hormone imbalance. Not impossible, but I think as a theory it's rather shaky.

As these were all circulated coins , I think a little bit of dog pee would be one of the least offensive things thes coins would have come into contact with.

Your so right there. I remember on a post some time back about all the things people do with and to coins.
If you think about it how many times have you seen people in a bathroom, do their thing, come out and wait on people in a restaurant? Ever see the conductors on a train, bus, etc. picking their noses and then hand someone change? People drop coins all the time, pick them up, put them in their pockets and who knows what was on the ground at that time.
All not so nice thoughts about circulated coins but that's reality.

Urine is high in ammonia (which can strip patina I hear)

In Roman times the launderette would have a pot outside that everyone could pee in because they used the urine in the process of washing the clothes.

Back to you Nina, I would keep those coins and especially the notes up high becausse pressumably the dog cant climb well. The dog obviously believes it is higher in the pecking order than you are and will continue to behave badly as long as it continues to think that.

Cats are way cooler than dogs IMO.