Finally, snow

A great evening for wearing out puppies in the snow covered fields!

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Rudy Rides inside!

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All Cooped Up!

Keeping an eye on temperatures today, hoping to get the boys out for a much needed run!

So very true!

"In order to really enjoy a dog, one doesn’t merely try to train him to be semi human. The point of it is to open oneself to the possibility of becoming partly a dog."” – Edward Hoagland

How do they find us?

Really... Our vet says we have a "sucker" light on the roof.
An hour ago, he was scared & shaking - now he's conked out on my lap after a meal & a little play time.
You can see all his little ribs, & you can see all the sweetness in his eyes, too.
I hope that we can find a foster home for him today; I hate the idea of taking him to the pound, but I'm not sure a dozen animals is something that we can do right now.
Anyone in the NRV ready for a little puppy love??

Hitchhiker

I picked up Armani on Rt 11 yesterday, at a spot that turned out to be about 2 miles from his house! He must have taken himself for quite the walk.

I eased off the shoulder of the road behind him, & as soon as the door was open he jumped into the back seat without my even having to ask if wanted to go for a ride.

He's lucky enough to have a tag with a phone number, so I was able to get him home, though he must have been lonely — he got back into my car three times before I was able to leave!

A very friendly (and large) guy, I'm happy to have made his acquaintance.

Rudy serves himself.

When Rudy didn't want his breakfast this morning, I figured I'd take the boys for some playtime to work up his appetite.
It must have worked -- he caught & ate two baby rabbits, much to the chagrin of the other dog parents at the park!

A startling wakeup

You lie..

This not the park at all!

Smooch My Pooch

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Stupid Daylight Savings

Why don't my dogs understand the concepts of "setting the clock back", and "sleeping later"?

One lucky dog

Fishermen catch a DOG a mile out in North Sea.

Two fishermen were left reeling in surprise when they caught a DOG a mile out at sea.
At first when they spotted the animal swimming against the tide they thought it was an otter, but when they realised that it was a dog the two lifted him on board.
Freddie, a 14-year-old cairn terrier, was later reunited with his owner - who revealed that he dislikes water so much that he hates taking a bath and avoids walking through puddles.
He had become disorientated in the fog while on a walk with owner Jean Brigstock and had slipped into the water as the 73-year-old searched frantically for him.
And instead of swimming back to shore at Amble, Northumberland, he had mistakenly struck out for the deeps of the North Sea.
Mrs Brigstock said: 'It was a beautiful day, and I was taking him on his usual walk, but all of a sudden, a heavy sea fret set in quickly, and I couldn't see Freddie anymore.
'I looked for him for hours, and others helped. There was no sign of him, but I was convinced he would eventually turn up.'
She added: 'I was desperate. He's my companion and he's so important to me.
'I knew he hated water so I thought he'd head for the dunes rather than the sea. It really didn't enter my head that he would swim.
'He rarely goes through a puddle and has an aversion to baths.'
But Freddie was found three quarters of a mile out to sea after a long doggy paddle and was rescued by trawlermen Jimmy and Alan Thompson from Red Row, Northumberland.
A lifeboat was launched to collect the dog because their trawler was not yet due to return to shore.
By chance, Mrs Brigstock's daughter Wendy, who had taken over the search for Freddie, came across the wife of one of the fishermen, who told her they had found a dog.
Mrs Brigstock adopted Freddie as her own three years ago after his previous owner, a friend, went into a nursing home and was no longer able to look after him.
She said: 'He looked like a drowned rat when they found him.
'I'm so grateful to the two fishermen, the Coastguard and the inshore lifeboat men who took so much trouble to find him and take him to safety.'
Sea-dog Freddie, 14, is no worse for wear after his ordeal. He was taken to the vets but found to be unscathed.
Mrs Brigstock said: 'Freddie is back to his normal self. I'm not surprised he survived - he's a bit of a character really.
'The night he was rescued, he was a little bit under the weather. He was quite quiet and feeling sorry for himself. But the next morning he was ready for his breakfast.

The great escape

This has been floating around for a bit, but just shows the tenacity of beagles.

Poor Ivy!

Ivy wants to go too!

Fred. A Dogumentary Film

That dog has got mad skilz, yo!

Crusin' in style

This shot was taken by a friend's wife in front of the bank where she works.
Looks like one happy dog!

Guest Dog Update...

The guest dog we had at the end of last week got re-connected with his owner on Friday evening.
Unfortunately, she had to pick him up from the pound — it was just too much extra stress for the wife having him at the house.
About 30 minutes after she texted me to let me know that the county had picked him up, I got a call from the owner; I had put up posters all around two days earlier, but she had managed not to see them.
Since she was going to have to get him back from the county, it as going to cost her a few dollars, but I'm not sure how much. And since he wasn't wearing a rabies tag, there may have been a fine for that, as well, depending on whether or not she had his vaccination certificate to take with her.

I'm glad he's home, though, & hope that it spurs his owner on to get tags for him.

Guest Dog

So, I went to see what the dogs were barking at this morning, & found this guy wandering the neighborhood.
He appears to be a jack russell mix (maybe with a beagle?)
I took him to a vet nearby to see if he might have a microchip ID — no such luck, though. The vet thought he was maybe 2 ½ years old, & pretty healthy looking; the boys loved playing with him all day, & they all wore themselves out.
I left his description with Animal Control, in case anybody calls looking for him, & we put up a couple of fliers nearby. The wife took him for a walk around the neighborhood to see if anyone came out to say, “Hey, that's my dog!”, but no such luck.
She did meet a couple of people, though, who said that they thought this guy, & one other had been dropped off a few days ago in the neighborhood — we're near a university, & idiot students do that kind of thing all the time, I guess… .

When he started to get hungry this evening, he was a little naughty & made a grab for something that smelled tasty on a shelf — when I snapped at him a little, he shrunk back like a dog that had probably been hit before… How could anyone be like that with something so sweet?
Unfortunately, we really don't have the means to keep him, & may have to send him off to the pound tomorrow :-(
It absolutely doesn't help that I think he's adorable.

Waiting..

For Mom.
I'm sure she'll bring treats!

US Humane Society to honor boy who died saving pets

NEW YORK (AFP) -

The Humane Society of the United States, the leading US animal welfare organization, is to honor a New York boy who died last year after going back into his blazing home to rescue his pets.
The organization was to present the Circle of Compassion award on Saturday to Thomas and Maria Monahan, whose nine-year-old son Tommy was overcome by smoke last December after trying to save his pet dog, lizard and fish.
The award recognizes and honors individuals who have performed an act of significant courage or compassion to assist an animal in need.
Tommy and his family initially escaped from the fire in their New York home. "But when Tommy realized that his beloved pets were still inside, he broke away from his mother and ran back into the flames," the society said.
"An avid lover of animals and nature, he did what was in his heart and tried to rescue the animals who were so dear to him," it added.
The organization did not say whether any of the animals survived the blaze.

How many of us would have acted quickly & selflessly for our companion animals?
I think that we all would want to, but as "grown ups" would have stopped to weigh the consequences of our actions, & perhaps thought twice, or thrice, about running into the danger.