And I would not trade the animals for the world, but will someone tell them it is MY BED!
(Did I tell you about the time I found Sofie’s lovey, Beaver, on my pillow? Dogs are not allowed on my bed. Now that was interesting.)
Just another DogDaz morning at the zoo ❤ 
I have to take Peanut to her 3 day college orientation in New York this week. It’s about 5 hours away (actually she is going to school about 15 minutes from where I grew up – isn’t that cool). I talked V and K8 into coming with us since they’ve never seen NYC. The 7 animals must stay home of course, so we had to make creative arrangements. The dogs will be spending the week with 5 of their dog friends at Sonja’s house, the dog sitter. This way the can stay cool and safe and play at the same time. I have never kenneled any of my animals overnight, it just makes more sense to me to have them stay in a house with someone. One of K8’s friends is going to house sit for us to take care of the cats (and the house, of course).
We have a dilema though because of Miss Constance Kitty and her peeing problem. We did not want to leave someone to have to deal with the damage she can do on a daily basis if not watched and carefully managed. So she is going to a private kitty spa (aka much to expensive boarding kennel). OMG This place is amazing. I had to tell the sales girl on the phone to stop giving me the ‘how wonderful we are’ chatter and just tell me what it was going to cost. They have 3 different choices for cats: regular, deluxe. or even a suite. I could not believe they asked me if I wanted them to give her special tuna treats and bottled water every evening. Heck, I don’t even get tuna treats! I decided on the deluxe kitty condo (2 floors) with litter on the lower level and sleeping on the upper. I got her the deluxe because she is going to be there for a week and it has a window to see the world (and I hate doing this so I feel guilty, etc etc). Peanut says that Miss Kitty won’t want to come home. It is hard enough for us, the owners, to take care of all our animals at this point because of certain, shall I say ‘idiosyncrasies,’ so this seemed like the best solution.
Dogwood Acres Kitty Condos
Now I remember why we haven’t gone away together as a family in a long time – who can afford all the animal care?
Years ago, when we had the Guinea Pigs, we used to sneak them into the hotels with us and then just never let maid service clean the room. We had some well-traveled piggies. Those were the days when the zoo was up to 11 animals but it seemed more manageable for some reason. Dog went to dog sitter, we had a house/cat sitter, and piggies came with us.
Tuna treats and bottled water – really?!? I was waiting for the Spa to offer her the evening massage rubdown for an extra $1.000. Oh boy!
PS – My sister wanted me to tell any would be robbers that the house sitter carries a gun! Just saying.
Just another DogDaz morning at the zoo ❤
Source: llbwwb
Today is my daughter’s 18th birthday and I thought this was very appropriate. – DogDaz
I was really glad to see stray dogs with ear tags. It made me realize that the city may have a “trap and release” program to spay/neuter/vaccinate strays. I checked and it does and I think that is a great step in the right direction, especially after reading about some of the shelter tragedies in Turkey. Unlike Americans, the Turkish people appear to tolerant the free-roaming animals. I assume that has a cultural basis due to religious heritage and current beliefs. Until this trip, and I travel a lot, I never really thought about another countries challenges with animal control, this is a huge problem worldwide. In Istanbul there appeared to be a calm coexistence (I did not see even one cat/dog fight). Lessons from the street animals of Istanbul.
Just another DogDaz morning at the zoo ❤
DogDaz Zoo 