Welcome Home Mom Attack
Lulu won’t let anyone near me! “My Mommy!” she growls.
My understanding is that both the humans and the animals were losing their minds by the 5th day I was gone. The animals were being so annoying they just wanted someone, anyone, to pay attention to them. I heard that Sofie actually started hitting Louise in the head to get her to play. While I was gone my daughter took some pictures, so I will have to see them to understand some of the antics. I did Skype with Muffin and Nine but they were not very talkative; the dogs were at daycare, so I missed them on the call. The report was that the dogs actually did sleep until like 8 AM which never happens when I am home (very interesting). Like JetLag (which takes a major toll on your circadian rhythm especially when you were 14 hours ahead and now you have to come back), MommyLag is similar. It takes time for everything to return to ‘normal.’ Right now both humans and animals want to be near me a lot more than usual. Sofie won’t let me out of her sight. Lulu wants to crawl inside me and keeps one paw on me at all times. I’ve read that JetLag takes one day for every hour you need to readjust, I wonder how much time it takes for MommyLag? I am sure the humans will be back to taking me for granted way before the furballs do. Nice to be home.
Just another DogDaz morning at the zoo ❤ 
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Many times I wonder what the animals are really doing while I am gone. I have thought about installing one of those spy cameras, like the kind you use to check up on your human child’s babysitter to see if they are really taking them out to the park or letting them sit in front of the ‘idiot box’ TV all day. But, then I realize that might be, well, a little obsessive. Basically, I think that Louise sleeps for most of the time. Sofie, on the other hand, may try to sleep, but the cats tend to set her up to get in trouble. For example, the cats get on my desk and throw stick pens down to Sofie. Of course Sofie can not help herself and chews through the plastic until it is unrecognizable. This kind of trouble is not only dangerous for Sofie but is messy. One time, about 23 years ago, I had left Nikki dog (who was about 3) and the then kittens, Alice and Gertrude, alone all day while I was at work. I had obviously lost my mind because I left a full try of just baked brownies on the counter to cool and went to work outside the house all day. Well, when I got home, not only were the brownies and the glass baking dish on the floor, but there was one very crazy puppy running circles around the house. Now I know the only way that a little Cocker Spaniel got that heavy baking dish was with the creative pushing of it off the counter by 2 little kitties. It was not funny at the time. On second thought, maybe I should install that camera…..
Just another DogDaz morning at the zoo ❤
Tags: Animal, animal awareness, Animal welfare, animals, Cocker Spaniel, cute dogs, dog, DogDaz, Dogs, Pet, pets, postaday
Muffin said that he is going to live in my pocketbook so that I never leave again, or at least take him with me if I go. I do not think that the animals would like to travel on these long flights to mysterious places, actually they don’t even like to take short trips in the car. I am glad to be home after 9 days in Australia. The animals went crazy for a really long time when I walked in the door. Louise was so happy she actually was biting at me in joy. I hope they kept you amused while I was gone. Now that I am back I hope to catch up on all the blogs I have been missing. I wish someone would pay me just to zooblog all day; work is getting in the way of my blog time, sorry.
Just another DogDaz morning at the zoo ❤
Tags: Animal, animals, australia, Cat, DogDaz, Pet, pets, postaday
Louise: “Sofie do you see her? Peanut said that Mommy should be home tonight.”
Sofie: “Mommy! Mommy! Mommy!… No I don’t see her yet.” (whine whine whine)
Louise: “It seems like it has been many feedings since we have seen her (whimper whimper). I am going to tell her that it is just not the same when she is gone.”
Sofie: “Now who is whining, Lulu?”
Louise: “Oh, but a sock in it, Sofie!”
Just another DogDaz morning at the zoo ❤
Tags: dog, Dog People, DogDaz, Dogs, Pet, pets, postaday, waiting
I do not know who created this poster but I love it!! I am not sure how we get the message out that animals are so influenced by how they are raised. It is the same with children, you live what you learn. When a dog is loved and cared for he/she grows into an animal that understands kindness. When a animal is tied to a post all day, beaten, used as bait, starved, experimented on, or just plain neglected, the animal will not understand how to be in the world. I know that I am “preaching to the choir,” because if you are reading this, you already love animals or you wouldn’t be following my blog. Let us teach kindness everyday, and maybe someday, we will have all good dogs. (I can dream, right?)
(Getting on a plane now for the 22 hour trip back home. Can’t wait to see my zoo, human and furry.)
Just another DogDaz morning at the zoo ❤
Tags: Animal, animal awareness, Animal rights, Animal welfare, dog, Dog People, dog rescue, DogDaz, Dogs, nature, Pet, pets, postaday, shelter dog
Since Mom is away, Louise and I have tried to take some pictures so that we can blog about our time without her. I tried to take them with my cell phone and then Louise took one too. We hope you like our dog attempts at photography. We know we are not as good as Laurie Bartolo, expert dog photographer extraordinaire, but maybe she will consider us for her next amateur photographer show. I am not sure we dogs really get the concept of pictures (or blogs for that matter) but I know that Mommy likes to snap a lot of them of us. I am sure that when Mom returns she will choose me as the new DogDaz photographer for all events, don’t you think? Louise can carry the equipment bag (woof woof woof woof – this is dog for “Rolling On The Floor Laughing My Tail Off”). – Sofie Bear
Just another DogDaz morning at the zoo ❤
Tags: Animal, animals, cute dogs, dog, DogDaz, funny dogs, Pet, pets, postaday
“I’ve learned that waiting is the most difficult bit, and I want to get used to the feeling, knowing that you’re with me, even when you’re not by my side.”
― Paulo Coelho, Eleven Minutes
Sofie: “Lu, it has been days, where is she?”
Louise: “Sofie, now remember Mommy told us she will always come back for us no matter how far away she is.”
Sofie: “But, Lu…. (whine, whine, whine)… it is really hot out and I want to go swimming in the river and I want to take a long walk and I want Mommy to rub my tummy!…(whine, whine, whine)
Louise: “Mommy said that we should count the minutes until her return, so let’s start now” (in her most big sister voice.)
Sofie: “What’s a minute?”
Just another DogDaz morning at the zoo ❤
Tags: Animal, cute dogs, dog, DogDaz, Dogs, funny dogs, Paulo Coelho, Pet, pets, postaday
