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11.21.12 PigStory #2: GenderBender

21 Nov

Sam’s passing, from a Guinea Pig respiratory infection at 4 years of age, was very hard on the family.  They were mourning the loss of him terribly.  Feeling sad for them, I told V and the kids to go and adopt a new pig.  I did not go with them as I was working.  They come home with not 1, but 2 new pigs, because, and I quote “there was only 2 in the cage and we did not want the other one to be lonely.”  Enter Georgia and Martha. 

They were the cutest little things (I had never seen a baby guinea pig before) but we noticed that within 24 hours Martha was having trouble breathing.  After rushing her to the emergency vet, we learned she had pneumonia, and they suggested putting her down immediately.  But that is not our way. 

Over the next 4 weeks we gave her medicine and we spent endless hours in the steaming bathroom and with a vaporizer next to her cage, to help this little creature start to breath again.  We moved her into the bedroom so we could monitor her 24/7.  And we held her and held her and held her.  When we finally got her to our vet (not the Emergency people), Dr. Kate said that Martha was much better, however, ‘she’ was a ‘he’ and that maybe we should consider changing his name so that he doesn’t get a complex (LOL).  Welcome, a now healthy, Mr, Moto.

Just another DogDaz morning at the zoo ❤

 
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Posted by on November 21, 2012 in Animals

 

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Tuesday’s Pup

20 Nov

(Source: lutetian, via oceansdream)
 
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Posted by on November 20, 2012 in Dogs

 

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11.20.12 Thanks Misaki for the “Blog of the Year Award”

20 Nov

Oh Misaki, you are too kind, to grace us with the “Blog of the Year 2012”  Award.  It is a really different type of award and we really appreciate you thinking of us.  If you have not met Misaki yet, please check her blog out at The Misadventures of Misaki.

Misaki, The Great

The “Blog of the Year” award is a little different than some other awards that we have received in the past, because you accumulate stars. We think that is a neat idea.  Here are the ‘rules’ for this award:

1 Select the blog(s) you think deserve the ‘Blog of the Year 2012’ Award

2 Write a blog post and tell us about the blog(s) you have chosen – there’s no minimum or maximum number of blogs required – and ‘present’ them with their award.

3 Please include a link back to this page ‘Blog of the Year 2012’ Award – http://thethoughtpalette.co.uk/our-awards/blog-of-the-year-2012-award/ and include these ‘rules’ in your post (please don’t alter the rules or the badges!)

4 Let the blog(s) you have chosen know that you have given them this award and share the ‘rules’ with them

5 You can now also join our Facebook group – click ‘like’ on this page ‘Blog of the Year 2012’ Award Facebook group and then you can share your blog with an even wider audience

6 As a winner of the award – please add a link back to the blog that presented you with the award – and then proudly display the award on your blog and sidebar … and start collecting stars…

Yes – that’s right – there are stars to collect!

Unlike other awards which you can only add to your blog once – this award is different!

When you begin you will receive the ‘1 star’ award – and every time you are given the award by another blog – you can add another star!

There are a total of 6 stars to collect.

Which means that you can check out your favourite blogs – and even if they have already been given the award by someone else – you can still bestow it on them again and help them to reach the maximum 6 stars!

For more information check the FAQ on The Thought Palette.

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Oh my DOG!  I want to give this award to so many blog friends that I don’t know where to start.  But, since this is an award that focuses on the year 2012, I am awarding it to all of you who have acknowledged DogDaz with an award this year. (I do hope I did not miss any of you.)  This is the least I can do to say Thank You again. Please keep passing it on and keep the star shine going for many blog years to come.

Just another DogDaz morning at the zoo ❤

 
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Posted by on November 20, 2012 in Dogs

 

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11.19.12 Pigstory #1: Sam

19 Nov

When I met V, along with 2 human kids, came 3 cats and a Guinea Pig named Sam. Now I was not a rodent person.  I never really got along well with my brother’s Gerbil that squeaked on that silly wheel all night, or my boyfriends, Teddy Bear Hamster, who used to escape all the time and once bit me.  (I did have a good time with a bunch of white mice in 5th grade but that is another story.) So, adding a strange smelly nervous thing like this to my pack was unfamiliar.  Over the 4 wonderful years that Sam was around, I grew to really enjoy the squealing when he saw me and the little nibbles of affection.. Sam was a very quiet and obedient pig.  He was very happy in his cage, and when he came out in the evening, we placed him in a plastic tub (think clean litter pan), and he would stay there and have his lettuce and parsley.  He stuck his nose over the edge occasionally and sniffed a cat, but never tried to get out of the tub (that is him in the picture with Zachary in 1999).  He was a sweet pig.  I figured we knew everything about Guinea Pigs after having him.  Well, was I naive. To be continued…..

Just another DogDaz morning at the zoo ❤

 
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Posted by on November 19, 2012 in Animals

 

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Monday’s Flipper

19 Nov

save-lolita: I love the colors in this photo. So vibrant. 

save-lolita:I love the colors in this photo. So vibrant.

(via oceansdream)

 
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Posted by on November 19, 2012 in Animals

 

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11.18.12 The Last Nasturtium

18 Nov

The last Nasturtium of the season is reaching for the sun.  She made it through Super Storm Sandy somehow, and is soaking up the last final sun rays of fall. Louise does that too.  She finds the one sunny spot, wherever it may be in the yard and lies down to soak it in.  She has always been a sun worshipper.  She just cracks me up because she will go to great lengths for one little sun spot.  Sofie on the other hand, is a shade dweller, like me.  She gets tired of Louise’s sunbathing after awhile and tends to be a spoiler: “Time to play, Lulu. Time to play!” 

I love the smells of fall.  People are starting to use their fire places to take away the night chill and the air is filled with the earthy yet sweet aroma of burning wood.  There is something just so comforting to me about that smell.  The first time that I remember smelling burning wood was a summer camp bonfire when I was 5; I was mesmerized by the incredible smell.  I also love the smell of the crisp air in the morning, so clean and fresh, and then there is the smell of the the seasonal cooking.  Oh my….  all this from a Nasturtium.   I wish the internet had ‘smellavision,’ I would bottle some of these delicious scents and post them here for you to enjoy.  Well hopefully today you can at least enjoy a ray of sun like Louise.

Just another DogDaz morning at the zoo ❤

 
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Posted by on November 18, 2012 in Dogs

 

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Sunday’s Cartoon

18 Nov

 
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Posted by on November 18, 2012 in Cats

 

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Saturday’s Poser

17 Nov

llbwwb: Poser 2-1 (by Andrew Haynes Wildlife Images)

llbwwb: Poser 2-1 (by Andrew Haynes Wildlife Images)

 
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Posted by on November 17, 2012 in Animals

 

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11.17.12 Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah

17 Nov

I talk a lot.

I talk to myself.

I talk to the animals.

I even talk to the plants.

Oh yes, I also talk to people.

I wonder what the animals hear with my endless chatter.  Do you remember the ‘Charlie Brown’ cartoons when the adults were speaking and all the kids would hear is “blah, blah, blah…?”  That is probably me and my animals.

There are many trainers that say you should only talk to your animals to give them a direct command;  ‘Come,’ ‘Sit,’ ‘Break.’  Not me.  I go on and on, about the weather, how beautiful the leaves look, whatever comes to mind (I just realized however, I never talk to them about work or the blog).  I ask them questions, I sing them songs, and when needed, I actually give them a command to do something.  I think they are able to discern the commands from all the other words that I use, but maybe it is my change of tone that makes them pay attention.  I enjoy talking to my animals, and truthfully, I think they enjoy it too.  No one around the zoo likes it when Mommy is quiet for to long.  They tell me it is just unnatural, and they get unnerved. 

Do you talk to your animals?  Do you think it confuses them?  Do you think they like it?

Just another DogDaz morning at the zoo ❤

 
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Posted by on November 17, 2012 in Dogs

 

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Friday’s Road Hazzard

16 Nov

Source: caturday

 
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Posted by on November 16, 2012 in Cats

 

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