This week, Duke rejected a meal — which all the people in the house had happily eaten the previous day — because it had potatoes in it. Duke, who claims he is not a dog, does not like potatoes. Any… Read More ›
Pets
KIND OF FURRY: A SQUARE AND FURRY GALLERY
THE SQUARE COMMUNITY: SMALL AND FURRY It’s kind of hairy at home. I just forewent black pants because someone mentioned they are lint snaggers. I won’t wear anything I can’t easily dust off because dog hair is a condiment here… Read More ›
THE FIVE-SECOND RULE FOR FLOOR AND LIFE
Curious Thoughts by Rich Paschall, Sunday Night Blog Admit it! You have probably invoked the five second rule many times in your life. Maybe you tend to do it when no one else is around, but you do it nonetheless. No… Read More ›
THE DOGS OF OUR LIFE
Dogs we have had and loved. Now, only the Duke remains, but the memories … sometimes, the house is full of the ghosts of dogs we have owned and loved. Divot was a champion and she knew it. She was… Read More ›
HOW GRIFFIN BROKE TINKER’S HEART
Tinker and Griffon were almost exactly the same age. We got them a few months apart. Griffon was deemed not-breedable because he had a problem with a rear leg. It was fixed before he came to us and was neutered…. Read More ›
NOT EXACTLY A LIEBSTER AWARD, BUT ANSWERING THE QUESTIONS
Liebster Award Nomination AUGUST 7, 2020 / LYNCRAIN I don’t usually do these because they WERE intended for new bloggers to help boost their readership. I’ve been blogging daily — unless I was in the hospital — for eight years with nearly… Read More ›
PETS AND THE PANDEMIC
Fandango’s Dog Days of August #6 It’s ironic that we lost both of our Scotties during this pandemic. Gibbs, who had never shown any sign of illness, simply died one afternoon on the sofa — soundlessly in his sleep and Bonnie,… Read More ›
BIRDS AND BUSHES
Racket had gotten out of his cage. Nothing unusual about that, except that usually when I let him loose, I’d make sure to put away anything I cared about to avoid having Racket destroy it. It was futile but I… Read More ›
HOW ABOUT A PET GOAT? – BY ELLIN CURLEY
Goats were the first livestock species to be domesticated, about 10,000 years ago. Scientists believe that dogs and cats can connect with humans because of changes in their brains over thousands of years of domestication and companionship with humans. Did… Read More ›
THE CHANGING SEASONS – JUNE 2020 – Marilyn Armstrong
THE CHANGING SEASONS – JUNE 2020 – AND SO MUCH MORE … What a strange and haunted year we have had. We are living in a world we never imagined except perhaps as a science fiction novel of the dystopian… Read More ›
THE GRAND DUKE – Marilyn Armstrong
DUKE OF OUR ACRES We got him by accident. We kept him because he needed a home. We thought eventually, he’d calm down. He calmed down. He has mostly stopped jumping fences. Mostly. He isn’t mellow exactly, but he is… Read More ›
COVID-19 DISTANCING: HOME WITH THE FURRY KIDS – GARRY ARMSTRONG
Loneliness is one of the collateral damage effects of COVID 19. There are increasing reports of people whose social lives have been turned upside down by mandates to stay home, away from crowds and the possibility of COVID 19 infection…. Read More ›
