Cheer up Crazy Cocker Spaniel or you will get coal in your stocking instead of chicken strips. :) And in case you were wondering it isn't easy to wrap a cocker spaniel in paper but I am going to guess it's much easier than a cat! Two more days! … [Read more...]

Crazy Cocker Spaniel and I are at an inpasse, unlucky for her is that she will lose this battle of wits....not to the death though. :) See CCS is on a food strike of sorts, it happens every time we go to her "grandma's" or grandma comes to us. See grandma is nice and sprinkles chicken breast, turkey breast, etc on her food each meal. I do not. After awhile of this CCS wont even eat the food at the bottom. Which is how we ended up when we left on Saturday. Except she isn't eating period. I would like to say I think she was doing a Thanksgiving cleanse, but I'm pretty sure that she is trying to hold out. Hoping and praying that grandma will walk through that door any minute. Sorry dog. She usually breaks down by the end of the night and eats her breakfast bowl but then if you put more out back on strike she goes. So there she sits and mopes my poor abused dog. No treat in site. I'm sure you all feel sorry for her. … [Read more...]

Yes, that is one unhappy banana. And one laughing mom. And really, my amusement is what counts. :P Are you torturing your animals this year? If so, what are they going to be?   … [Read more...]

His name was Butter. He was half pit bull and half Shar Pei and was literally the color of butter. He was a docile dog that you could mold around in your lap like a rag doll and could be moved around in any direction you wanted. He was even a therapy dog at one point and we had the paperwork from his elderly owner who had to go into nursing care. It was love. But at the time that I was volunteering at the no kill shelter I lived in a one bedroom apartment and felt that having a dog wouldn’t be a good fit. I did however foster all the bunnies, iguanas, chinchillas, rats, etc. that came our way…I was like Ace Ventura minus the talking out of my butt kind of thing. :P But week after week Butter was still there. Other than the fact that he was half pit bull I did not understand why no one wanted him. And each week he slowly chipped at my heart. So I decided that if no one took him that day, then the next week he would be mine. My shift ended at 2pm and I got a call from the woman … [Read more...]