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1.4.13 Follow Up Friday

04 Jan

Following Up Friday gives me a chance to catch you up on a few previous posts:  

We are watching, so be warned!!

We are watching, so be warned!!

12.27.12 Two Dogs At Every School, got a lot of interesting comments.  People were mostly concerned about the safety of the dogs.  Yes I understand that a crazy person with a gun could shoot one of the dogs on entrance to the school, but isn’t that the point.  Better to sacrafic one life for the lives of many (as Victoria Soto did for her students)?  I did not get as much support around the idea as I expected.  People were worried about allergies and the liability, and all of them are fair concerns.  I guess it is just better to give every teacher a gun and make them focus on protecting their class instead of teaching our children (ok, I am being sarcastic here).   The truth is, guns are not the problem, mental health is, so maybe we are protecting the wrong thing.  I am disheartened, but will keep thinking on this one.  

9 catmas 201212.29.12 The Catnip-apillars come in a 3 pack from PetSmart.  They were nothing fancy but all the animals are really enjoying them (Sofie Bear loves to suck and nibble on cat toys (OK that is weird now that I write it.)

Sofie's 1st snow ever.She was amazed, 2012

Sofie’s 1st snow ever.
She was amazed, 2012

12.30.12  I never really thought about how many animals never will experience snow.  But then, my zoo won’t experience desert, though I guess they could experience sand if I took them to the beach.  I love the diversity of followers and the view from their locations.  Makes me realize how incredibly different our environments are and how wonderful a medium the internet is to be able to virtually experience another climate.  

1.1.13  A New Year and new experiences await.  I forget to mention my new friend Pawsitively Pets, who was my buddy in the Christmas Blog Exchange.  She has a wonderful and informative site, so go by and tell Ann Paws that DogDaz sent you.  

 

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Follow Up Friday is part of the blog hop hosted by Heart Like A Dog.  Check out the other blog hoppers:

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Just another DogDaz morning at the zoo ❤

 
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Posted by on January 4, 2013 in Cats, Dogs

 

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12.29.12 Caturday: Catnip-apillars

29 Dec

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Santa Paws brought Noel, Stella and I, Catnip-apillars.  They are really cool and fun to play with.  They smell really strong.  Mom most have gone shopping for Santa Paws (we know he is busy and she is a very helpful person) because she tried to hide something that smelled a lot like this in her office and everywhere she put this one big gray bag, I found it and tried to get inside.  Finally, she put it in the linen closet, which has a big knob on the door so I can’t get in.  I bet she bought them for Santa Paws to give us.  Our Mom really knows how to pick toys.  Have a great Caturday – Nine, the DogDaz Mancat (do you like my new name for the New Year? Mommy says I am still just her Bullyboy).  

Just another CATDogDaz morning at the zoo ❤

 
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Posted by on December 29, 2012 in Cats

 

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12.28.12 Follow Up Friday: Thank You Santa Paws

28 Dec

xmas12It was a very busy week here at the DogDaz Zoo.  All the kids are home and we have many more beds to jump on and rooms to run it.  We also worked hard to get a lot more cuddles and pats on the head and treats…. lots of treats.  The family was very busy wrapping boxes and putting crinkly stuff in bags and we had fun helping.  Mommy told us that we had to be very good the night before Santa Paws came, because we were home by ourselves for a really long time and he would see. (Well sort of good because Mom doesn’t know that I have started to sneak on the big bed and lie on her pillows when she is out of the house: it smells like her and that makes me feel comfy. And since Mom didn’t know, and Sofie and the cats were sworn to secrecy, no one told Santa Paws, so I was in the clear.)  All the humans went to Grammie’s with all those boxes and bags.  But we saw that our stocking were still hanging, so Santa Paws was not going to forget us.  Then the humans got home and Mom put us to bed and in the morning we saw that Santa Paws had come sometime during the night.  By afternoon, the Bobos were NObos, and the bacon bones were history.  What a great week we had,  we hope your’s was special too. – Lulu Belle

Follow Up Friday is part of the blog hop hosted by Heart Like A Dog.  Check out the other blog hoppers:

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Just another DogDaz morning at the zoo ❤

 
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Posted by on December 28, 2012 in Cats, Dogs

 

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12.24.12 Gratefully Awaiting Santa Paws

24 Dec

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As we prepare for the arrival of Santa Paws, all of us at DogDaz (Cats2), want to wish the happiest of holiday seasons to all our friends out in cyberspace.  We are so grateful for an incredible year of blogging and meeting new animal lovers, and writers, and photographers, and really cool people, who are willing to put their thoughts, pictures, and feelings out there to connect with the rest of us, no matter where we live, what we believe, or how poorly we type.  May Santa Paws find you, wherever you are, and shower you with the kindness and peace of the season.  Thank you all for reading, commenting, and most of all, for letting us be part of this new social community of animal lovers.  You are my present and you have brought great joy to my heart. – Louise (aka Lulu Belle), Sofie Bear, Noel (the Christmas Cat), Nine, Baby Stella and, of course, Lorian (their human).

Just another DogDaz morning at the zoo ❤

 
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Posted by on December 24, 2012 in Cats, Dogs

 

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12.22.12 Caturday: Joint Focus

22 Dec

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Something is very interesting outside in the back.  I think that the woodpecker is at the suet or maybe the redbirds are at the bath.  You usually don’t find Louise and Nine together but they appear to have a similar focus.  Enjoy your Caturday!

Just another DogDaz morning at the zoo ❤

 
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Posted by on December 22, 2012 in Cats, Dogs

 

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12.19.12 Wordless Wednesday: Whose Bed Is It Anyway?

19 Dec

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This is a Wordless Wednesday Blog Hop. Thanks to BlogPaws for the hop. Head over there and see what they are blogging about.

Just another DogDaz morning at the zoo ❤

 
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Posted by on December 19, 2012 in Cats, Dogs

 

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12.18.12 Playing Possum

18 Dec
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We have a stuffed Possum who lives with the wintering outdoor plants in the bathtub,

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The other morning, I found him checking out the shower, so I moved him back to his plant.

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Then in the middle of the night, he was wondering the hall.

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He found his way to the dog kennels.

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Sofie did not like the intruder

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Then this morning he was ‘playing possum’ in the hall (they really do this so that you think they are dead).

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Nine was not talking. (Possum? What Possum?)

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But, it was becoming very clear who was helping Possum make this journey around the house.

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Watch Out, Noel! The Possum is coming to get you.

 
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Posted by on December 18, 2012 in Animals, Cats, Dogs

 

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12.15.12 Caturday: Extortion

15 Dec
But Mom doesn't know what she doesn't know, right? And you sure are not going to tell her.

Listen Stella, Mom doesn’t know what she doesn’t know. And you sure are not going to tell her.

Mom!!! Nine is threatening me again!

Mom!!! Nine is threatening me again!

I can’t really say what goes on behind closed doors at the zoo, but sometimes, I just think that Nine, the Bullyboy, is just trying to push all the other animals into compromising situations.  In the end, we all know who is responsible.  Like last night for example, I made tea and took out this lovely gluten-free chocolate chip cookie and placed it on the kitchen table.  (I did notice Nine was watching but did not think much of it.) V and K8 were in the kitchen getting a snack too.  I went over to the microwave to warm my water and when I returned to the table, no cookie.  Kate said she picked up the paper from the floor a moment ago.  I smelled both dog’s breath (Sofie seemed to have a hint of chocolate) but how did it get down on the floor?  We know how and we know who.  Just saying…..

Just another CATDogDaz morning at the zoo ❤

 
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Posted by on December 15, 2012 in Cats

 

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12.14.12 Follow Up Friday: New Balance

14 Dec

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Thank you for the wonderful comments and support on the passing of Kitty and Muffy.  Your kind words are greatly appreciated and I hope that I responded to each of you but if not – Thank you.

It has been a hard few weeks with losing both Kitty (29 Nov) and The Muffin Man (30 Nov).  If you have read the posts this week (Monday and Tuesday), you know that we are now 5 animals in the zoo.  We had to wait awhile to tell you because we needed to tell the kid’s away at college first before I posted, and we had to find the right time for that. 

Noel, the Christmas cat, is now the oldest animal at the zoo (she’s probably about 6 1/2 years old).  She became the alphacat awhile back because Muffy was so old, so there is really no change in power at the top.  In the last few months of his life she became his protector and caretaker, always sleeping with him, cleaning his face, and keeping the kittens from bothering him, so now she is wondering a little bit where he has gone to.  At about 3 in the morning almost all week, she is in the hall outside my bedroom door, with a cat toy, calling (which she never did before), so I guess she is looking for Kitty to play.

Now that we have a relatively young population in the house, I hope that it will be a very long time before anyone crosses over the rainbow bridge to the great meadow (Please, please, please, please!) 

We all adjust to a change in the pack/pride differently.  Noel is now sleeping in her old bed in my office again, which she hadn’t done much this year because she was usually taking care of Muffin in my bedroom.  The kittens are no longer confined to the cat room at night, since we do not have to worry about Nine terrorizing Kitty anymore, and now they are sleeping on the master bed with us. 

We feel the holes that are left by both cats being gone, but I know that the balance will shift to a new normal in time.  The dogs, well, I am not sure they sense the change, but for the other cats and humans… its just going to take time.

I made this holiday photo before the loss of our 2 sweeties, so I thought I would share it here.  Kitty and Muffy are on the sides maybe looking down from elf heaven.

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Merry Catmas
Kitty, Stella, Noel, Nine, Muffy

Follow Up Friday is part of the blog hop hosted by Heart Like A Dog.  Check out the other blog hoppers:


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Just another DogDaz morning at the zoo ❤

 
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Posted by on December 14, 2012 in Cats, Dogs

 

Tuesday’s Impersonators

11 Dec

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Posted by on December 11, 2012 in Cats, Dogs

 

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