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Monthly Archives: May 2012
5.16.12 Catdogs Need To Stay Safe
I can not seem to get out the door these days without my 3rd dog, Nine the kitten, trying to come along. I know that I told you in the past that I do not allow any of the cats outside. That is just the way it is. But it seems that I am going to have to get him a harness and walk him along with Louise and Sofie because he is just not taking ‘No’ for an answer. The trouble with that is we usually walk in the morning with Lulu’s boyfriend, Mojo, and he would eat Nine in one bite. One day Mo saw the cats through the glass and almost broke down my door. Not sure I want to test that out.
“Oh well, I guess you will just have to stay inside, Lil’ Mr. Nine. Leave the outside world for the big dogs. Little Catdogs need to stay where it is safe.”
Just another CatDogDaz morning at the zoo ❤ 
5.15.12 My Water Bottle!
Lulu loves water bottles. You know the kind that you buy spring water in that make that really crunchy noise when you smash them. I take the caps off when I am finished, so that no one swallows small parts (I try to drink about 4 bottles a day), and give the bottle to Lulu so she can run around with it and go, “crunch crunch crunch crunch.” She loves that.
Sofie makes like she wants the bottle but I have actually never seen her play with one. She was teasing Lulu though yesterday, “Come on, Lu, I want the bottle, give me the bottle, I’m going to take it, yes I am.”
When Sofie enlisted Mojo Raising to help with the bottle rescue all levels of doggie mayhem ensued. It was a fun afternoon.
It still amazes me how there can be 40 million toys in the yard, but every dog wants the one that the other dog has.
Just another DogDaz morning at the zoo ❤
5.14.12 Don’t Piss Off Kitty
Miss Constance Kitty is angry. Nine, the trouble making kitten, has taken to pushing everyone around, and he is pouncing on the older cats and no one likes it. Miss Kitty is pissed…. literally. The other morning Sofie, who steals my shoes remember, stole one of my favorite slippers and brought it upstairs. She always carries around my pink slippers like they are her babies. Well, I forgot to bring the slipper into the bedroom when I went to sleep and the next morning I found it soaking wet! Not the carpet underneath the slipper mind you, just the slipper. Kitty peed only in my slipper! Then she peed on my daughter’s sandals. I do not like this behavior at all. I understand that she is very angry but why take it out on shoes. It is very hard in a multi-animal household when someone starts to do this type of negative behavior. I am kind of at wits end with her. Unlike dogs, I find it much more difficult to change unwanted behavior in cats. Kitty has had moments over the last several years of this antisocial behavior. When she is upset, she makes it known. I have tried pheromone sprays and all the different (and sometimes expensive stuff), but this is not plain marking behavior, I think she is just ‘pissed.’ We have been spraying Nine with the water bottle when we catch him being aggressive, but I figure animals are animals and they have to find their balance in the pack which is not something you can, or even want to, change in them. When they respond in this way however, it is very frustrating. I am always open to ideas of what to do if any of you have similar situations. Seems to me to only be Kitty, but I am worried that something like this could start a bad cycle in the zoo.
I really did like those slippers.
Just another DogDaz morning at the zoo ❤
Monday’s News
u reblogged thefluffingtonpost:
Local Shiba Knows About the Store-Brand Treats
An area Shiba Inu has discovered his regular Purina dog treats have been replaced with the generic store brand — and he’s not happy about it.
Witnesses say the pup started getting suspicious when the normally delicious little morsels began tasting like particle board. And he would know, since he chews on the bookshelves every damn day.
Via Sir Miles.
5.13.12 Still Puppies
Puppy Lulu maybe 6 month April 2010
I have been thinking about puppies. My cuties have grown so fast. Louise, aka Lulu Belle, was already about 5 months old when she came to us, so I never really got to see her in her littlest puppiness. She was so cute and loved to sleep under the grapes (now she likes to eat the stems – yes, I know grapes can be poison to dogs). It took a while to teach her that people were Ok, but she loved being with us, and especially with the other animals. I decided that her birthday would be Halloween (31 Oct), so she is 2 1/2 years old now.
Puppy Sofie maybe 14 wks March 2011
When Lulu was little, Squash was already blind and an old man. I never got to meet him as a puppy. He found us when he was already about 7 or so years old. I sometimes imagine how cute he must have been. He was very good with Lil’ Lulu.
After Squash past on, we got Sofie. The rescue thought Sofie Bear was about 12 weeks old and a Shepard/Collie. Since she really is more like a Sheltie/Corgi, she may have been 14 or 16 weeks: Who knows? I made her birthday Thanksgiving time, 25 November. She is 1 1/2 years old now. I have not told her that she is not going to be a 100 # dog yet, I figure I will wait until she is older.
The girls are still very much puppies. Sometimes they remind me of the endless energy I had in my youth, Sofie still gets these big bags under her eyes at bed time and needs to get ‘Beaver’ and go Nite-nite, almost like a human child. Never had a puppy like that before. Louise gets very “Mommy, Mommy” sometimes, and wants all the attention on her.
There is so much to enjoy in our animals. Of course I wasn’t happy this morning when the cats knocked some laser pointer off the shelf and I found puppy Sofie chewing it with 3 little batteries on the floor next to her. I freaked out and watch her for hours, hoping I was not to late. I also forgot how much work all these youngsters are (2 puppies, 2 kittens, and 3 old cranky cats – oh I almost forgot and the teenager).
Happy Mother’s Day! Whether human, animal, or even a plant, watching and participating in helping things grow has been my greatest reward. Thank you for letting me be your mother.
Just another dogdaz morning at the zoo ❤
Saturday’s Hideout
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They will never find us! Source: llbwwb
DogDaz Zoo 
