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Month: October 2013
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Okay, so maybe dressing up for Halloween as an acorn isn't the most convincing costume. But then, how many Chihuahuas have ever tried looking like they just fell out of an oak tree? Wilbur's other costume is one he's spent a lot of time trying out this year. It's the "can-you-tell-I'm-a-blanket?" one: A little hard…
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Wendy M., who adopted blind Stoney the Lab and blind-and-deaf Baron from us back in 2008, just sent me this photo of her two pups dressed up in their Halloween costumes. Stoney is going as a ghost and Baron as a Chippendale. Very cute! — Final 2013 Shelter Challenge Begins The final round of the…
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One of our long-time blog readers sent us the link to this piece by Brian Hare and Vanessa Woods, whose work we have posted on the blog before here and here. Here's the intro to the Live Science article: There is real chemistry between dogs and their owners, new research over the last few years…
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No, not Darla, the wild turkey by the fence in the rear. (Click on photo for larger image.) A year ago I had a post about a wild turkey wandering around the front yard, oblivious to the dogs — and vice versa. Well, fast forward a year and here we go again. And you can…
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We're happy to report that not only is Widget doing very well with her chemotherapy, the oncologist confirmed for us last week that Widget's lymphoma is probably in remission — and if it's not, "it's pretty darn close." We had noticed even after Widget's first week of treatment how much her lymph nodes had shrunk.…
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A couple of weeks ago I took our blind and deaf dog Spinner to our veterinary ophthalmologist, Dr. Sarah Hoy, for surgery on an eyelid tumor. The growth was on the edge of the eyelid and had begun rubbing on her eyeball. On Tuesday of this week it was time to take Spinner back for…
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These are more photos that I took last Saturday while Alayne was picking apples next to one of the goat paddocks. She had been handing out a few apples to the goats, who inevitably would drop a couple of them. Aaron, our Maremma livestock guardian dog, picked one up and the game was on. (Click…
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Alayne and I had taken the goats and their livestock guardian dogs out to pasture on Saturday morning. As we were driving away in the utility vehicle, I looked up and saw some beautiful apples hanging on a small tree I'd hardly noticed before. I stopped, got out, and reached up to pull an apple…
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I don't know how many folks saw this article in the New York Times this past weekend, but I thought it was an interesting piece and worth sharing on the blog. The photo they picked as artwork for the story is such a sad and haunting image … and that poor dog is standing right on…
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Whenever anyone sees our little Barred Rock hen Henny Penny lying like that on the ground, they ask, "What's wrong with your chicken?" My iPhone photo isn't great, but you can tell she's flat out on her side with her legs at awkward angles, almost like she got run over. (Click on photo for larger…
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