No He’s Not Blind, And Other Random Questions
Today is a special day. Today is the third anniversary of my husband receiving his Service Dog, Larry. My husband has PTDS and a Dissociative Disorder. He’s not blind. You’d be surprised how many people are shocked when he makes eye contact. In honour of this special occasion here are a list of General Rules when you meet someone with a Service Animal…. 1. Don’t touch. You distract the animal from the job they’re trying to do. 2. Don’t ask someone why they have a service animal. They don’t ask you personal questions about your life…. you probably shouldn’t either. 3. Don’t talk to the animal. He’s working……
Make Your Own Suet Cakes
I remember when suet cakes were less than a dollar each. I realize I sound like some old woman complaining about the price of gas, but seriously! If you are cheap like me here are a few easy steps to feed those ravenous winged creatures outside. The ones who even now are making enough noise to wake the dead because my suet is chilling in the fridge… All you need is some fat ~ I use bacon fat. I never throw out bacon drippings, it’s something I learned from my grandmother and I could never shake it. I let them cool a bit and spoon them into a mason jar…
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No He’s Not Blind, And Other Random Questions
Dogs Shall Not Pass….
We have two dogs that don’t respect the “Don’t sleep on my bed” rule, OR the “don’t drink out of the toilet” rule, or the “don’t chew up the lego” rule. For that reason we found it necessary to put a piece of plywood across the bottom of the stairs to keep them from sneaking up. The problem with a piece of plywood is that it typically doesn’t stay standing by itself so I had to prop a chair beside the plywood, beside the staircase. You get the idea. A lot of crap at the bottom of the stairs and everytime I wanted to go up or down I had…
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Our new tribe member.
I’m a little late in introducing our newest tribe member! Meet Big Louis….. He’s a little guy with a lot of attitude!
13 going on 91 !!
Well it’s the time of year when 12 legs get hoisted into the back of the pickup truck for our annual Birthday Cone Extravaganza! Yesterday was Boda Zapha’s birthday (he’s the black dog on the right) and Zeke the Freak has a birthday in a few days, they are both 13 this year. Gingivitis doesn’t celebrate hers until November but it would be wrong to leave her out don’t you think? This year I decided to take a video to prove that dogs are just like kids… no two are alike. For the record: the cone on the Golden Retriever isn’t some sort of odd torture. She had bad seasonal…
Hedgehog Anniversary
We have a hedgehog. It was given to us by the Pilgrim Family and we are so gratefull because we just love every spiky inch of her! Her full name is Sonic Sally Mia, but we just call her Mia (which is the name she was given before we got her and seems to stick!) We are just coming up to our 1 year anniversary with Mia, thus the tribute to our prickely pet.
Underpants
Sometimes when my husband goes out the dogs do some pretty freaky stuff. Just recently while my husband was away for the day our lab came out of our bedroom looking like this….. I don’t know how he get’s them on, or why. Strange, right honey?
Furry Elf ~ DPP
This is actually a DPP 2009 shot but I love it so much I’m reposting it for 2010!
Alergies
My girl Ginger has been sporting some new accesories that you might like. They are the new cool neckware for dogs (at least that’s what we’re telling her). She has allergies. She’s ticked. (When she’s not drugged up on Benadryl) And she’s trying to chew off her own butt. Thus the protective headgear.
Happy Anniversary!
Happy One Year Anniversary to our mudpuppy GINGER. It’s been a long year…. a BLAST!
