Raining again. Power restored but phone, TV, and internet blown. We will return to our regular dogdaz programming as soon as possible. Thank goodness for Smartphones. The dogs are tired of being wet.
11.1.12 Sleeping It Off
Here are Sofie and Lulu sleeping off Louise’s Birthday Pawty yesterday, Usually when they cuddle together, they end up chewing on each other’s face and getting into a tumble. It is nice when they are quiet and cozy. I am not sure how many hours a day a dog needs to sleep (I guess it depends on their activity level), but last night they made it through 10 hours without a peep. Hangover from to many treats? Lulu Belle wants to thank all the people that donated to any animal charity for her b-day. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. The best present anyone can give an animal is a home or to help find them one.
Just another DogDaz morning at the zoo ❤ 
10.31.12 Lousie Turns 3: PAWTY On!!!!
Happy Birthday, Louise! You are the sweetest 3 year old labby/hound doggy in the universe and your people love you to the ends of the earth, and back. It is time for your Pawty (Facebook event happening right now at the DogDaz virtual dog park), so let’s dance. Meatcakes for all!!!!! You love to dance and prance.
We love you Lulu Belle !!!!
Not to distract from the party mood, but Louise and Sofie enter the Pigoween Poem Contest sponsored by our friends Hutch A Good Life and wanted to share with your their masterpiece:
“Thrice the brinded cat hath mew’d.
Thrice and once, the hedge-pig whin’d.
Harpier cries:—’tis time! ’tis time!
Round about the caldron go.”
In we throw some entrail glob,
toads and squirrels, go kaplop.
DogDaz stew we boil and bake,
peanut butter cookies and kitty cakes.
Spider legs when we can catch’m,
cricket backs on which we snack’m.
Mice and snakes and occasional skinks,
this is our Pigoween dream we thinks.
(No offense to Will Shakespeare intended)
Just another DogDaz morning at the zoo ❤
Wednesday’s Black Cat
Black cats and dogs are mistreated a lot on Halloween (Oct 31). Please keep your black cat inside tonight and make sure you know where she/he is. Humans are stupid and they are really stupid when they are in costumes for some reason. Protect your black animals from mistreatment. A black cat that crosses your path means…. it is only trying to get somewhere. It is not a curse. Keep them safe.
10.30.12 Leashes: A Difrent View (No, I didn’t spell it wrong)
Now this is smart: http://www.facebook.com/SmarterYouHappierDog
Just another DogDaz morning at the zoo ❤
10.29.12 Preparing for the Perfect Storm with Pets
Watching the hurricane Sandy roll in
The animals feel the storm much earlier then humans, I think. Actually, I have been feeling it for days, but I am one of those weird humans that is really in tune with every change in pressure for hundreds of miles. The atmosphere here at the zoo has been pensive. Maybe it is because we have been rushing around for days, thanks to the predictive awareness of the National Weather Center, and the robo calls that have been coming from every utility because of the early declared state of emergency.
Preparing the property is one things. Preparing for a prolonged outage, or inage (being captive in the house for days), is another when you have animals. This got me thinking about what, more than animal food and litter, should I be prepared for, in case I really did have to evacuate. Though we are within 1,000 feet of the water, we are on high ground, so it is very unlikely; but what if the roof got damaged or something. So, here is my list:
5 cat carriers and 2 dog kennels.
Vet papers on all animals.
Dry and wet food for 1 week: 21 cans wet cat food, 14 cups dry cat food, 2 cans wet dog food, 40 cups of dry dog food,
5 cat food bowls and 2 dog food bowls.
Minimum 2 littler pans and 1 large bucket of litter (and scooper and bags for scooped stuff). (Maybe I need to have some small little set up in each carrier if they have to stay in there (I need to think about that).)
Minimum 1 dog water bowl and 5 small water bowls for cat carriers.
Muffin’s heart medicine and baby aspirin.
Kitties anti-anxiety medicine.
Animal first aid kit,
Blankets for each carrier and 2 extra for dogs.
Dog marrow bones and 2 toys to keep them occupied.
Leashes and collars (with all their tags). (I don’t have collars for the cats with any ID. To late to buy now, but maybe I need to figure out something so they each have ID.)
Also should know where I can go with the zoo. I can’t go to my sister-in-law because her dog hates dogs, my Mother-in-law’s cat would freak out, so next step would be a shelter. Who will take all of us? I better start working on that since the wind and the rain are here.
This is really hard. Even when we have been without electricity or heat before for more than a week, we have never left the animals, and we never will. One big winter storm we lost 2 out of 4 large tanks of fish, because they got to cold. Now with the generator hopefully that won’t happen again. But, one must be prepared.
Please be safe wherever you are.
Keep you loved ones close and your animals out of harms way too.
Just another DogDaz morning at the zoo ❤
10.28.12 Smiling DogDaz
Yesterday’s post got me thinking about dog smiles. Squash was a big smiler. I used to really feel special when he would give me that silly big dog grin of his.
Sofie has the cutest smile. She just has that happy doggy-ness that seems to exude from her. You just want to hug her.
Louise’s smile will melt you if you are lucky enough to be one of the few people that she will show it too. She smiles from ear to ear when she is happy and it is just so…. doggone cute!
Show me your Sunday smiler – leave a link in the comments to your pet’s best smile.
Just another DogDaz morning at the zoo ❤
