So our puppies are starting to turn into Bolt. Just a bit more with the ears I think.
Haha, they sure are! Thatās great. Thanks for posting those pics, especially Bolt.
Hal9000
1783
Itās officialā¦I love those puppies!
fire
1784
Just read Timexā cat story. It choked me up too. Hugs to you and it sounds like you did right by King to keep him home and be nearby in his last hours. I like that you point out that you never really own anything ā your pet chooses to share your house with you. That was well said.
Iām sure that the unopened cat food and the brushes and combs will be put to good use in the future. If youāre not ready to start thinking about a new pet yet you could donate the items to your vet or to cat rescues or the pound.
fire
1785
My kid and I got a pair of zebra finches. The number of birds in our household now outnumbers the number of mammals.
Day 3: The hen laid a panic-egg. Not surprised; the parakeet did this too on Day 3. Maybe itās a bird thing.
Day 5: Male finch has a new song. Sounds like heās trying to get some action.
Day 7: Hen has not approached the nest and egg in 4 days. I candled it and determined it was infertile.
Day 8: With egg gone, hen spends most of her time in the nest again.
Day 9: No egg yet.
Nixxter
1786
Timex - thank you for sharing King with us. Sad, yes, but the relationship you two had was special. You were both alphas in each otherās life.
Iām a big proponent of giving it some time and getting back on the horse. As you said youāre surprised at your reaction to Kingās passage, with hindsight you know itās because of the special place you held in each otherās heart. But also, know that there is another cat (or two! To keep each other company when you are away, which is often recommended) that needs a home and will also over time show you Kingās brand of love and affection, in their own way.
Very sorry for your loss, Timex. Itās amazing how thoroughly the cute little furballs integrate themselves into our lives. King was a beauty.
I can relate to seeing his toys and such around being hard to take. We still have the favorite toys from some of our previous kitties and seeing them always reminds me of them.
'scuse me for a bit, please. Seem to have something in my eye.
JFrazer
1788
This is Lilly, the newest addition to the family. Weāve had her a little over a month and a half now. She came from a terrier rescue, who had her since May and were having trouble finding a home for her. They required a fenced in yard in a house with no children, which is a hard combination to find in this area.
Sheās getting along amazingly well with our other little dog. Expected some introduction pains, but they were playing and chasing each other around on day 1. Itās been great.
baren
1789
This is Riley, my 5 year old greyhound. He is a retired racer. Now that he doesnāt have to run for a living any more, he is an incredibly lazy bum. He is a sweet boy who loves nothing more than shoulder-checking strangers in the park to make sure they give him the right kind of petting.
CraigM
1790
Awesome! My sister has a retired sled racer, a eurohound. In fact my sister had been the one who raced her. Now that she is a retired sled dogs she still loves to run though. So I am one of her favorite people, since I take her for an hour every time I see her.
Iād love to have a retired racing dog myself. Great pets for someone who likes to run.
Riley: <shoulder check> Hey, this head isnāt going to pet itself, pal!
prolix
1792
I knew a great dane who would do that. Believe me, when a great dane leans on you, you had better be prepared to lean back or you are going on the ground!
I need to train Smaug to do that. It will probably cause a stir.
Seeing that heās, what, two inches off the ground, āleanā might be an issueā¦
No heās about 15 inches off the ground, and quite capable of launching himself into the air (from the ground) by at least twice that. He couldnāt get his head up to shoulder height though, unless he āwalksā up a stationary object (heās done that before with the fence, much to my horror as the fence clips started to snap and ping off in various directionsā¦ fortunately it held). So if you stood very still and pushed all your weight against him as he tried to climb up you, youād probablyā¦ hmmmā¦ well not actually youād end up flat on your back underneath a rather heavy crocodile.
Ok, forget that. Sorry what were we talking about? Do carry on.
Yeah, I actually have zero idea how tall a crok is, was just joking around. But he sounds like quite the fella.
After he eats your legs, heās at hip level. So itās workable.
Good point. It may be a worthwhile project after all. Iāll need volunteers.
Smaug scared the crap out of a cameraman yesterday. The guy was standing right next to the chainlink fence, about to film Smaug snaffle up a dead chicken. Except Smaug then spotted a piece of white paper on the ground next to the cameramanās foot and, given that white things usually taste like chicken, he hit the fence like a freight train right where the paper was. I didnāt think it was possible to fit so many expletives into less than a second. Everyone else laughed.
May I present Bolt, our 14 week old white Swiss shepherd puppy! Iāve raised him from pretty much day one, and heās turning out pretty well. Heās a real sweetheart actually. Well, except today when he started to destroy the sofabed. But then he rolls onto his back and looks up at you with those big, dark eyes, and your heart melts.
Heās still at the stage where his ears have raced ahead and are waiting for the rest of him to catch up.
At least heāll be able to hear Smaug coming!
