So far this year the snow events have been very light to non-existent. The wind, however, is another story. Sofie, and now Charles, are barking at the slightest rustling of the trees. Today it actually sounds like a small freight train coming through the yard. I am not sure when real winter is coming to the Mid-Atlantic this year, but February and March are usually our worst months, so time will tell.
Stay dry and warm.
Just another DogDaz morning at the zoo ❤ 
Just another DogDaz morning at the zoo ❤
Just another DogDaz morning at the zoo ❤
Mom! Louise has all the toys and she isn’t sharing.
This picture is from 2013. It cracks me up. Sofie still does this 7 years later. Steps are a great vantage point, and also, it seems her body fits perfectly. I have found over the years, especially because I document almost everything, that behaviors don’t change much. Louise never lies on the steps. Maybe because she is too big? Charles will sit on the steps but I have never seen him lie down. Maybe because he is too small and it would be vulnerable. Sofie’s stair is ‘Just Right.’ Now I know why I named her ‘Sofie Bear,’ because she is just like Goldilocks in the story of the Three Bears.
Illustration by Arthur Rackham, 1918
Just another DogDaz morning at the zoo ❤
Just another DogDaz morning at the zoo ❤
Louise stands at the edge of the deck for the longest time. I guess she is surveying her territory. On the other side of the pool is a busy bird feeder and there is always a lot of activity going on. This is a really good vantage point from which to see if the villainous squirrels are stupid enough to come into the area. I feel sorry for the squirrels in our yard because when I let the dogs out – zoom, zoom, zoom – they know just where the squirrels are going to be and they run them up the trees, fences, and power lines.Just another DogDaz morning at the zoo ❤
Just another DogDaz morning at the zoo ❤
Just another DogDaz morning at the zoo ❤
Wow! It is now 2020. My daughter, Peanut, told me the other day (she is 25), that “we will never see the ‘teens’ again in our lifetime” as we move into the twenties. Now, that is a very profound thought. It made me stop and take a pause on all the things that pass me by with little notice. How an instant, or a year or 50, is just a jumble of moments and pictures burned on the memory of my total recall. I think about all the people and the animals that have graced my time. I am so thankful that I have had this platform to document moments and days, and now years, of my Zoo. Maybe, when I no longer have the capability to recall the images in my mind, this blog will be here to remind me of how wonderful those moments were and are. Feel free to visit my Angels page to get a look at the many many many furbabies that have blessed me with their time. I am one lucky ZooKeeper and want to thank you for stopping by,
Sam & Zack 1999
Sqaush E Bear, 2006, when he first came to live with us.
Cuddles, 2002
Puppy Lulu 2010
Sofie Day 1 Feb 2011
Squash tail with Connie attached 2008
Noel & Connie 2008
Noel & Muffy 2010
Constance Kitty, Muffy, Noel, Zachary 2010
Muffy & Gertrude 2004
Muffy supervising the Guinea Pigs 2006
The Muffin Man 2002
Louise Fall 2011
Where’s Sofie? 2011
Besties 2010 (Baby Lulu and Old man Squash)
Squash & Me 2007
Just another DogDaz morning at the zoo ❤
Everyone at the DogDaz Zoo had a wonderful holiday. There were lots of treats and cuddles and toys and wrapping paper to chew.
Just another DogDaz morning at the zoo ❤
DogDaz Zoo 