Hi! I am in Shenzhen, China and finally figured out how to get around the Great FireWALL of China so that I could blog. If you are interested in my digital nightmare, you can see the story on my business blog: The Digital Attitude: Becoming Eminent – Digital in China… or not!
I am going through animal withdrawal and it is really hard. I have only seen 2 dogs in the week since I got here and no cats. One dog was a scruffy little thing dodging traffic (I saw him from the bus while I was going to work and was so worried about him). The other was a white Scotty on a leash. I have heard a few birds in the trees but have not seen any yet. The best I can show you is some local flowers – does anyone know what they are? They are red and fuzzy. Hopefully, some animals will cross my path in the next few weeks so I can blog about them.
I miss my furries (and humans), and obviously, I could not last without popping up in the blog once and awhile, because I miss all of you. Well off to bed, still jet lagged by 13 hours.
(Hey when I pressed the publish button it told me this was my 1500th post. How cool is that!)
Just another DogDaz morning at the zoo ❤ in China – Lorian
DogDaz Zoo 
easyweimaraner
November 6, 2013 at 12:04
Congrats to # 1500! Nice to hear from you. I agree, it’s sad without the zoo. the flowers could be calliandra, but I’m not sure :o)
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dogdaz
November 6, 2013 at 12:05
Thanks – I will look that up, Easy
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lilmisspoutine
November 6, 2013 at 12:42
it is indeed calliandra. good spot, easyweimaraner!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calliandra
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dogdaz
November 6, 2013 at 18:29
Hey – Thanks!!!
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Emmadog
November 6, 2013 at 13:13
Glad you are back up and online.
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dogdaz
November 6, 2013 at 18:29
Thanks Emma. Don’t have the time to write daily but glad to be able to comment back to my friends like you.
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Genevieve Petrillo
November 6, 2013 at 14:49
Maybe you can pet the fuzzy flowers. They might feel like a doggie ear.
Love and licks,
Cupcake
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dogdaz
November 6, 2013 at 18:28
I thought about that 🙂
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seeker
November 6, 2013 at 15:46
Hi Lorian, sorry you are missing the furry friends. I have bad news about China’s dog which I posted in my site. Glad to hear from you. This site is not China though, so you can still access WP? Take Care.
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dogdaz
November 6, 2013 at 18:28
Did not see your China post, but I really like the cat’s prayer. It is hard to be somewhere that dogs are used for food. Glad I don’t eat meat.
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seeker
November 8, 2013 at 23:43
Here’s the post:
http://theseeker57.wordpress.com/2013/10/26/for-all-animal-lovers/
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dogdaz
November 9, 2013 at 02:22
Thank you. This is very very sad stuff
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Miss Harper Lee
November 6, 2013 at 16:32
Wow. What a memorable 1500th post. Congratulations, and congratulations on figuring out how to do it. Loved Cupcake’s comment about petting the fuzzy flowers. Maybe you better not do that. Someone may be watching. 😉
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dogdaz
November 6, 2013 at 18:25
Someone is always watching, no matter where you are.
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readingwithrhythm
November 6, 2013 at 18:27
Whew! 1500! and your 1st from China? So sad for you to be so lonely without the zoo. Maybe you need to find a stuffie to cuddle.
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dogdaz
November 6, 2013 at 18:34
I bring my little travel buddy, his name is ears and he is a little brown dog that travels everywhere with me. Someone but a cat toy in my bag, a turtle, who must have jumped in to keep ears company. Ears is also a bad vibe barometer it seems. When I am in places he does not like, his ears appear to stand much higher. Maybe I should take a picture and highlight him on the blog one day, since I don’t have warm blooded puppies. 🙂
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readingwithrhythm
November 6, 2013 at 18:35
I would love to meet Ears!
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Vicki Flaherty
November 6, 2013 at 23:12
How sad you are not getting enough animal connection – hoping that changes! And, way cool that you have 1500 blog posts – WOW! (You may have said in a blog that I missed – what are you doing in China? Hope you are enjoying it!)
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dogdaz
November 7, 2013 at 00:42
Hello Vicki. I am subcontracting to IBM at HuaWei in Shenzen, doing Knowledge Sharing and PMO consulting.
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angelswhisper2011
November 7, 2013 at 04:00
China and cats and dogs… I think you won’t find them in the streets, Lorian 😦 Hope you don’t have to stay for too long anymore.. Take care! Pawkiss 🙂
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dogdaz
November 7, 2013 at 07:30
Thanks but I am here until December. I can see that it is going to be a very lonely time without furries around.
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Misaki
November 7, 2013 at 10:42
Congrats on 1500 posts – incredible. I hope your time in China goes quick so you can get back to the furries soon xx
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Andrea
November 7, 2013 at 19:12
congrats on #1500! Hope you come back soon.
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dogdaz
November 8, 2013 at 01:30
Thank you – I will be back in December 🙂
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