Entries from November 2007

November 29, 2007

Foods that are Toxic for Dogs… from my vet…

I found this article helpful so I thought I’d share it with you…
 
FOODS TOXIC FOR PETS
 
Many pet owners are not aware of some foods that can cause serious illness in our pets.
 
Chocolate
Chocolate can be deadly to our pets due to theobromine, a cardiac stimulant and diuretic in chocolate. The highest concentration of theobromine is found [...]

November 28, 2007

puppy’s gotta swim…

seems like this took me all day to set up paypal… oh well, am no technowizard…now if I could only figure out how to put buttons on my website…
Found a pool for puppy to go swimming, it will cost about $800… for ten sessions… she really needs to do this. It has been a [...]

November 27, 2007

dog meets sheep, a goat, a cat, llamas, some cows, a skunk and chickens…

This summer, we were living on a farm in Genoa, Nevada. It’s a very small town and affluent. Very peaceful and quiet.  Part of the living arrangements, was to feed the animals on the weekends or whenever the owners went away. It was fun for me to lift that bale of hay and for my [...]

November 26, 2007

It’s all in the k-9 handbook…

it’s all in the K9 Handbook…  cagey canines are taught some nifty tricks… including: 
 

look innocent until proven guilty, then bow your head, lick hands, feet, face (in that order) of your human and beg for mercy (and treats)… 
 
 

http://www.canine-connection.net/wakeup2.shtml#vacationing
 
Vacationing With Your Pet

Pets Are Traveling Too!

As pets are becoming more integrated into our families, pet owners [...]

November 25, 2007

awwww… blog about traveling with dogs… & the real scoop on living with canines…

http://www.samallenphotography.com/ 
http://zoeycoast2coast.com/  
this was what my blog was supposed to be like, sort of… oh well…  
ok, had to add this about dogs, depression, those studies that tell us how much dogs do for us, good for our blood pressure and all that rot… this lady tells the real deal… what living with dogs can do… it’s [...]

November 25, 2007

you are always on my mind, Willie Nelson / Malibu…

Best Friends Animal Society and Willie Nelson have teamed up to fight dogfighting in Georgia… making it illegal and giving the law oomph…. yay…
 
 
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071124/ap_en_ot/people_willie_nelson
 
 
and while I am not on the subject, was doing a search for a Chocolate Van to drive me and the pup around and came up with a new chocolate factory in [...]

November 24, 2007

Dog speak around the world… Do you speak dog?

http://www.petville.com/pet_community/2006/11/dogspeak_around.html woof, woof, bark, bark, ruff, ruff, Miss growlybears has spoken…  why does my dog stick her head under the bed and growl??? sometimes she does that, other times she barks at me…  silly puppy…  it seems like she is mad at me when she does that… is trying to say something and thinks that [...]

November 23, 2007

Dog Bless America… help a wounded vet today… Support our Troops…

One in four vets comes home and becomes homeless… or suicidal… or unable to function… addicted to drugs/alcohol…
http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/11/21/5387/ 
Dog Bless America program and Veterans Village wants to help these wounded vets.  Prison dog programs such as Pathways to Hope has trained dogs to assist prisoners, disabled and others …   Please help these fine organizations to [...]

November 23, 2007

Who is that puppy in the mirror?


November 22, 2007

Happy Birthday to me and Jamie Lee… and Happy T-day to everyone else!

Today is my birthday and everyone is celebrating it…  we were going to be at the beach, Monterey, but we had to change our plans…
 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jamie-lee-curtis/thanksgiving-07-happy-b_b_73832.html
am making a turkey, have not made one in a LONG time, can’t remember when…  it’s cooking and smelling good… stuffing, cranberries, corn, and yams… and a chocolate cake, yum yum…me [...]