I found a hermit crab walking down my friend's driveway and convinced said friend to keep it. His name is Rory. We live nowhere near a beach and I still have no idea what he was doing out in the world.
Dyl
Mar 26, 2014
Mar 12, 2014
Feb 2, 2014
Foffmom:Follow up, almost 2 years.(Birdie)
My husband and I were reading the paper on Sunday, he was eating his hashbrowns and drinking his expresso soy over ice drink. Birdie came over, tail wagging, a canine grin on her face. "Are you begging?" he asked. The answer was obvious. We both reflected on how much she has improved. She is a happy normalish dog. She gets on the couch unless claimed by one of the witchier cats. She comes in search of handouts when she smells chicken. Or hashbrowns. She plays, with a play bow and waggle. Her beagle happy dance has reminded me what inspired Charles Schulz.
I actually scolded her (kitty litter violation) for the first time last week, and as I did it realized it to be a significant landmark. She was too fragile to scold when she arrived. She still cringes when the human standing over her has anything in their hands. She has gotten used to cellphones, but cringes at the alert noise. She is terrified of young men, old men, strange men. She is not too happy with any strangers, or strange dogs. But over all, she is doing well I think.
We did have to start Rimadyl, as she was displaying some reluctance to go up the step and get on the couch, and shivering. The dorky sweater I bought did not do the trick. The pain medicine did. She takes it well, coated with soft cheese. It is gratifying, and I know I have said this before, to see her progress to being a pet, and relax into her/our routine confident that her day will include food, water, shelter and affection. And hopefully confident that her day will not include any of the behaviors that created the cringing fearful creature that showed up her starving almost 2 years ago. I am hoping Foffdaughter can do the picture magic thing so we can post the befores and afters. Very informative.
I actually scolded her (kitty litter violation) for the first time last week, and as I did it realized it to be a significant landmark. She was too fragile to scold when she arrived. She still cringes when the human standing over her has anything in their hands. She has gotten used to cellphones, but cringes at the alert noise. She is terrified of young men, old men, strange men. She is not too happy with any strangers, or strange dogs. But over all, she is doing well I think.
We did have to start Rimadyl, as she was displaying some reluctance to go up the step and get on the couch, and shivering. The dorky sweater I bought did not do the trick. The pain medicine did. She takes it well, coated with soft cheese. It is gratifying, and I know I have said this before, to see her progress to being a pet, and relax into her/our routine confident that her day will include food, water, shelter and affection. And hopefully confident that her day will not include any of the behaviors that created the cringing fearful creature that showed up her starving almost 2 years ago. I am hoping Foffdaughter can do the picture magic thing so we can post the befores and afters. Very informative.
Jan 12, 2014
Carriage rides? Sure, but NO horse for you!!
I have recently become a shameless follower of the wonderful website, HorseNation (link), and one of their most recent posts started my spiral of time-wasting research for the morning. The post was about the negative reactions in response to the mayor of NYC pushing for the city carriage horses to no longer be used, and so I opened a fresh tab and set out to become slightly less stupid on the subject.
THE POINT IS: I found this blog that seems to cover the entire breadth and scope of the NYC carriage horse issue. It is a well organized presentation of information that either IS objective and factual, or ig just does a fan-damn-tastic job at appearing to be objective and factual. There are lots of outside resources that are referenced/mentioned, and there are tons of links to the original sources provided for the readers. They say it all, and they say it better.
THE POINT IS: I found this blog that seems to cover the entire breadth and scope of the NYC carriage horse issue. It is a well organized presentation of information that either IS objective and factual, or ig just does a fan-damn-tastic job at appearing to be objective and factual. There are lots of outside resources that are referenced/mentioned, and there are tons of links to the original sources provided for the readers. They say it all, and they say it better.
Dec 16, 2013
Dec 5, 2013
WTF people of KY?! Why you no care?
Ask google image search about padded Tennessee Walking horses in a show. Tell me that is a life that is worth living.
Nov 26, 2013
Nov 2, 2013
Black cat blues
We are full. No more animals. I decided this months ago. Months.
There is a small black cat eating catfood at our barn. I initially struck up a conversation with it, and called it Killer, since I thought it was Killer, one of our in/out house cats that is black. I knew it wasn't Elwood, our barn cat who is also black, because Elwood is big, long , lanky. Not to mention Elwood was watching the cat eat from the pile of horse blankets. The other 2 black cats are house cats, so it HAD to be Killer. I became mildly offended when "Killer" acted like I was an alien from outer space, and turned tail to vanish.
The mystery was resolved when I saw Killer at the porch, as friendly as ever.
This is the problem with black cats. As discussed before, best practice would involve having only one. It is hard to do maintenance and inventory on cats you can not easily tell apart. However, the Forces of the Universe tend to laugh at my rules, and there is now another feral cat hanging around, who happens to be black.
Sigh.
We are full. No more animals. I decided this months ago. Months.
There is a small black cat eating catfood at our barn. I initially struck up a conversation with it, and called it Killer, since I thought it was Killer, one of our in/out house cats that is black. I knew it wasn't Elwood, our barn cat who is also black, because Elwood is big, long , lanky. Not to mention Elwood was watching the cat eat from the pile of horse blankets. The other 2 black cats are house cats, so it HAD to be Killer. I became mildly offended when "Killer" acted like I was an alien from outer space, and turned tail to vanish.
The mystery was resolved when I saw Killer at the porch, as friendly as ever.
This is the problem with black cats. As discussed before, best practice would involve having only one. It is hard to do maintenance and inventory on cats you can not easily tell apart. However, the Forces of the Universe tend to laugh at my rules, and there is now another feral cat hanging around, who happens to be black.
Sigh.
Oct 9, 2013
NYT: Banned by the F.D.A.
An article in The New York Times regarding three drugs that the F.D.A. has banned. They are three arsenic based drugs that is in pig and poultry feed.
NYT F.D.A. Banned Drugs
..... (Sorry, but there are interrupting thoughts that interrupt things)
NYT F.D.A. Banned Drugs
..... (Sorry, but there are interrupting thoughts that interrupt things)
I am so sick of the totally erroneous joke? (I guess it is supposed to be funny?)
'Vegetarian' is just an old indian word for 'bad hunter'.
Yuk. Yuk. Yuk.
......
'Vegetarian' is actually the product of the 1842 British Vegetarian Society, and isn't an old indian word for anything.
Anyway- these three drugs are best to avoid ingesting, there is no argument about that!
Animals eat the drug-containing feed.... Two-leggers eat it all, all of the time: chicken nuggets, bacon, turkey pot pie, sliced ham on the side, sliced chicken breast sprinkled over a salad (wtf world?), sausages at breakfast....
If it were more serious... more DANGEROUS.... It would be a super-fucked-up end product of agricultural science, striving to increase the maximized production possibility, and if it were to..... Well... Reach the point at which mankind's brilliance becomes the unforeseen cluster-fuck biting the collective ass of the species, why couldn't that lead to a worldwide eradication of the affected -meat consumers?... yeaaahhh... Yuk. Yuk.
'Vegetarian' could be an old(ish) British-spawned word for 'slightly smug but still alive bitches!'
oh well- a girl can dream.
Foffdaughter: Nothin'
"Riding a horse is not a gentle hobby, to be picked up and laid down like a game of Solitare. It's a grand passion." - Ralph Waldo Emerson
"A canter is a cure for every evil." - Benjamin Disraeli
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