tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-71325467275415543142024-03-05T10:15:26.770-05:00Bones would rain from the skyInformation about dogs, other animals and animal rights issues.Willahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10115110657993404611noreply@blogger.comBlogger50125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7132546727541554314.post-71468611223549863892012-05-01T16:50:00.000-04:002012-05-01T16:50:44.170-04:00It has been a long time since I have added to this blog- over 2 and a half years. Life is vastly different. New city, new job, new dog park. New house- complete with new dogs, plus the Same Old Dogs. Last August we moved back to Missouri to be closer to family. We are living temporarily with said family, until our house in PA sells and we can purchase here. We Willahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10115110657993404611noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7132546727541554314.post-50188054646611539192010-08-02T23:49:00.003-04:002010-08-02T23:55:05.502-04:00Dog Growls- more than just a noisy warning!From YouTube- and very interesting!Willahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10115110657993404611noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7132546727541554314.post-44374676678911318002010-04-14T15:30:00.003-04:002010-04-14T15:35:41.053-04:00How would we spend our time if not for UTube?I didn't create these, but how I wish I had! You can find them on UTube.Willahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10115110657993404611noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7132546727541554314.post-37174944223252251042010-03-23T10:16:00.014-04:002010-03-24T21:41:34.422-04:00National Puppy DayBeefy, September 2005, 3 months oldMarch 23 is National Puppy Day! According to the National Puppy Day website, "National Puppy Day is a special day, recognized on March 23rd annually, to celebrate the magic and unconditional love that puppies bring to our lives. But more importantly, it's a day to help save orphaned puppies across the globe and educate the public about the horrors of puppy millsWillahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10115110657993404611noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7132546727541554314.post-780882918572912002010-03-20T09:54:00.003-04:002010-03-20T10:53:11.640-04:00Greening the dog?No, this is not a late St. Patrick's Day posting. I found this to be a dismaying article about the ecological impact of dogs. The article, written by Julie Knapp of Mother Nature Network, is a discussion of one aspect of the book Time to Eat The Dog? by Robert and Brenda Vale. According Knapp, the Vales say the two big eco-issues involve what goes into your dog, and what comes out of your Willahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10115110657993404611noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7132546727541554314.post-75160798738406745712010-03-18T10:45:00.005-04:002010-03-18T11:20:13.103-04:00Happy Birthday to Jerry!Jerry (on your left, with the black eye) celebrated his first birthday recently. He and Huck celebrated with hats- Terry, who lives with them, caught this picture of them partying.I was telling someone the other day, going to the dog park with the dogs is like going to the park with kids- some of the dogs there are their friends- they like them and want to play with them. Some they don't like, Willahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10115110657993404611noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7132546727541554314.post-34975820774509194752010-03-03T10:39:00.002-05:002010-03-03T10:44:45.726-05:00Not a dog, but...Have you seen this webcam? This is to a live feed den web cam of a wild Black Bear. She gave birth on January 22, and you can see and hear the cub. It's amazing. And when I have it on, Boodles and Juniper are really puzzled about where that baby sound is coming from.Willahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10115110657993404611noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7132546727541554314.post-2944044522162412542010-02-27T11:28:00.001-05:002010-02-27T11:31:38.691-05:00Smiling DogEven without knowing what is being said, this video, from Care2 at http://www.care2.com/greenliving/smiling-dogs.html is charming to watch. Willahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10115110657993404611noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7132546727541554314.post-1250124113241255382010-02-22T21:17:00.006-05:002010-02-22T21:28:52.338-05:00Maybe we should change her name to Snowball?It took a long time to get that snow out of her fur- she was caked. And getting it out from between her toes was terrible.But Boodles and Toro had a great time.Willahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10115110657993404611noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7132546727541554314.post-76536072610545292782010-02-12T10:15:00.000-05:002010-02-12T10:16:10.527-05:00Did you have a New Year's Resolution to get in shape?Dieting dachshunds lose nearly 70 pounds Willahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10115110657993404611noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7132546727541554314.post-70726815227708116772010-02-10T15:24:00.004-05:002010-02-10T15:40:15.603-05:00Snow GamesWe've had a lot of snow here- almost 4 feet in the past week. Juniper and Boodles have found it to be interesting. They both like the snow- in lesser quantity. Yesterday I found Boodles sitting on the back porch, the clip to her tie-out on her collar, but the cable broken. Had this happened any other day, she would have been off like a shot, chasing whatever good smell she could find. This Willahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10115110657993404611noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7132546727541554314.post-7814429728601851672010-01-18T22:32:00.001-05:002010-01-18T22:40:21.062-05:00It's been cold at the Dog Park.Willahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10115110657993404611noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7132546727541554314.post-48224879693562849302009-12-03T21:06:00.004-05:002009-12-03T21:26:34.406-05:00Who's a big turkey?We visited our sons over Thanksgiving. Boodles and Juniper are always happy to make the trip, and then dismayed to see who they are visiting. Juniper is standing next to my son's dog, Beefeater Maximus. Juniper weighs 80 pounds, and is by no means a small dog...And here is Sequoia next to my daughter-in-law. That's a lot of dog.Willahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10115110657993404611noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7132546727541554314.post-22774638227218043672009-11-16T15:39:00.005-05:002009-11-16T15:57:11.154-05:00Oliver and Paco transcend Space and TimeOdd things happened in the dog park on Sunday- Oliver and Paco took advantage of a sstem of connected wormholes to bedevil Gus. Oliver is more skilled than Paco, but then, Paco is just a puppy.Boodles was haunted by an apparition.Turned out to be Tucker.Willahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10115110657993404611noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7132546727541554314.post-91337554719895255552009-11-09T22:30:00.002-05:002009-11-09T22:36:04.251-05:00Yes, that's Juniper, sporting a purple bandage. She tore her dew claw running at the dog park last week. We watched it a couple of days, and when it looked like it was not going to heal well on its own, took her to the vet. She got her claw clipped, the fancy bandage, a prescription for antibiotics, and the ever popular and attractive E collar.She was not happy. However, she only had to wear Willahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10115110657993404611noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7132546727541554314.post-85808831429068875292009-10-28T20:39:00.005-04:002009-10-29T01:25:38.613-04:00Geriatric DogsWhenever we choose to love an animal, we open ourselves up for the heartbreak caused by the fleetingness of their lives. They always leave us too soon.In the past week, I've seen two videos about elderly dogs. This is about Baxter, a chow mix who died last week at age 19. Melissa James, Baxter's person, wrote a book called Moments With Baxter, about his career as a Hospice Therapy Dogread more Willahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10115110657993404611noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7132546727541554314.post-31174571595359171002009-10-22T12:57:00.004-04:002009-10-22T14:32:01.368-04:00Dog FluWith so much attention focused on H1N1, or "Swine" flu, it's not surprising that a topic of conversation at the dog park would be Dog Flu. Someone had heard about a flu that was highly contagious and fatal, and concern was high.According to the American Veterinary Medical Association, H3N8, or Canine Influenza was first seen in 2004, affecting racing greyhounds in Florida. During the summer ofWillahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10115110657993404611noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7132546727541554314.post-58077496488363151252009-10-14T21:48:00.010-04:002009-10-14T22:31:16.495-04:00Interesting FacesThis past weekend was the weekend of interesting faces at the dog park.Boodles, Juniper and I spend quite a bit of time at the dog park. We're part of a fairly static group of regulars who come at about the same time in the evening. A slightly different group comes on the weekends. I always assume I know all the dogs who use the park, since we are there so much. This week there were some facesWillahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10115110657993404611noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7132546727541554314.post-24484858667813668072009-09-29T13:48:00.006-04:002009-09-29T14:28:00.686-04:00Return from limboI'd like to apologize for my absence. This was a long, hard summer for me. I read someplace that 2009 is being called the Summer of Death because of all the celebrity deaths that occurred. For me, the Summer of Death is more personal. One of my sisters passed away in late July- today marks the 2 month anniversary of her death. It has been hard for me to write because she was my most avid Willahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10115110657993404611noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7132546727541554314.post-48321166176956919632009-07-08T15:44:00.004-04:002009-07-08T16:11:47.335-04:00Extreme cuteness at the dog parkWhen we got back from our trip we visited the dog park right off on Monday evening. There was the cutest 11 week old Sharpei there with our friend Ellie, the Pewter Poodle. Of course, I had forgotten my camera. Amanda, Ellie's owner said that the pup belonged to her niece, and she would be bringing him to the park on Monday evenings, a sort of puppy sitting arrangement.We went up to the park Willahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10115110657993404611noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7132546727541554314.post-89458027378918779032009-06-25T13:54:00.004-04:002009-06-25T17:37:08.846-04:00Travelling with dogsWe just returned from a 10 day, 2000 mile trip with Juniper and Boodles. It was a good trip- I enjoy travelling with them, although I would not be able to do it so freely if my children and my in-laws were not so tolerant of dogs. (In fact, my sister-in-law is such a good woman, we once attended Thanksgiving dinner at her house where there were somewhere around 20 people and 8 dogs, 4 of hers Willahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10115110657993404611noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7132546727541554314.post-1917094154732989052009-06-11T23:58:00.003-04:002009-06-12T00:10:40.561-04:00Day at the Dog SpaIn preparation for a trip to visit family, Boodles and Juniper spent the day at a Doggie Spa. They got mani/pedi's ( or would that be pedi/pedis?) and baths. Juniper got a special Furminator treatment to pull out all of last year's out-of-style undercoat, and I think she might have gotten a Brazilian Wax...Boodles, however, went for the Doggie Makeover Package. Short, stylish and cool for the Willahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10115110657993404611noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7132546727541554314.post-35142801058889030462009-06-08T19:14:00.007-04:002009-06-08T20:57:12.462-04:00Furry FundaySunday was Furry Funday here in Shippensburg. An annual fundraiser for the local shelters, Furry Funday is always the first Sunday in June. Activities, contests, displays and vendors all gather at the township park.We took the girls, stopping off to play at the dogpark first. We paid our $5.00, and made the circuit of the various tents arranged around the stage. The first group we ran into wasWillahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10115110657993404611noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7132546727541554314.post-30345816270084139162009-06-03T16:13:00.007-04:002009-06-07T12:08:50.006-04:00Motown hitGolden R and the Background Hounds were best known for the classic R&B favorites "Three Dogs in the Fountain", "I Heard it at the Dog Park", "Please (Chase) Mr. Postman" and "I'll Pee There". After vanishing from the music scene for a few years, a collaboration with Jack White in the 2003 culminated in "My Doorbell"* and brought them back into the public eye. Now in retirement, the groupWillahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10115110657993404611noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7132546727541554314.post-9299462714677620632009-05-27T12:23:00.003-04:002009-05-27T14:38:55.151-04:00Baby face!A new face was seen at the dog park over Memorial Day weekend- this very cute English bulldog, named Gnarly, is just a few months old. He had absolutely no fear of the bigger dogs, who treated him carefully, for the most part. Below is a short movie of his interactions with some of the other dogs.Willahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10115110657993404611noreply@blogger.com0