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5.5.12 Her Secret Is Patience
Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson
Watching and waiting. The dogs seem to spend a great deal of time watching and waiting. They love to look out the door and watch the world; some things they bark at, others they just watch walk by. The poor things seem to always be waiting for me to play with them. Waiting for me to make breakfast. Waiting for me to make dinner. Waiting to go for a walk. Waiting to go outside and run around. Watching me while I work. Watching me do chores. Waiting and watching while I talk to a neighbor. Watching squirrels that they are not allowed to chase. Waiting for the moment when I tell them to run free. I guess we all spend a lot of time in our lives watching and waiting. ‘Patience’ they say is a virtue. The ability to wait for something calmly. The secret to so many things in life appears to be just giving them time and having patience. I find this especially true when working with animals. Both my dogs require tremendous patience from me: Louise because she is fearful and Sofie because she is headstrong. So as they watch and wait for me, I, in turn, watch and wait for them.
Just another DogDaz morning at the zoo ❤ 
Tainted Dog Food Now Getting People Sick Too!
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Follow up: Tainted Dog Food…Now Getting People Sick Too
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Tainted Dog Food Sickens 14 People.
Food safety News, Mary Rothschild
At least 14 people have been sickened with Salmonella Infantis infections in a 9-state outbreak linked to dog food. At least nine of the individuals have been hospitalized, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.The CDC reported Thursday that… Read more »
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5.4.12 Chasing Tree Rats
I am mad at Louise for taking off after a squirrel when we were at the house front steps and then she disappeared into the neighbors yard. I put Sofie in the house and got a lead and went out calling her. I guess there is not much you can do when a Hound/Lab sees or smells a varmint, but I just don’t like it. She fools me because she can be walking with me off lead, so nice and calm and then zoooooooooom – there she goes. Well that is just not safe, and not right, and I just don’t like it. So I am mad at you Louise. I try and try and try but the clicker and the treats are no match for a smelly, peanut eating, tree rat.
Just another DogDaz morning at the zoo ❤
5.3.12 Waiting for Bo-Bo
I wonder sometimes, when the dogs are sitting staring at a toy like Bo-Bo, what they are actually thinking. Is Sofie waiting for Bo-Bo to get up and walk away? Is she hoping that Louise will take it and then she could chase her around the house? Is she really hoping, deep down, that a cat will walk within 2 feet of Bo-Bo, thus giving her an excuse to chase said cat down the hall (which is totally against house rules)? Or, is it just that she is so in love with Bo-Bo that she can not take her eyes off of him? Ah… the inner workings of a dog’s mind. Got to love it.
Just another DogDaz morning at the zoo ❤
5.1.12 Spring Has Sprung!
We are trying to determine where to place the National Wildlife Federation‘s Certified Wildlife Habitat Plaque we received last winter for the property. The dogs are very proud to be part of the environmentally sensitive landscaping and help by digging strategic holes in certain critical areas and especially keeping the gardens clear of moles, voles, and bunnies (you know I am kidding about the proud part, right). The first grapes of the year are starting to bud, and if you look carefully you can see tiny tiny little grapes on the vine. Sofie and Lulu especially like to chew on the grape stalks (yum… tasty). We just got 2 new rain barrels to try and hold back some of the erosion that is going on from years of drought. We are losing so much top soil and everything is just turning to sand (which Sofie really likes, because to her, it is one big sand box). I love the yard in spring. This morning we sat and watched some new orange and brown butterflies (I need to get the book out to see what kind they are) suckling on the azaleas.
And the ducks are back quacking their heads off and walking all over the pool cover. They make Lulu and Sofie crazy because the pool area is fenced off and the dogs can’t run at the ducks to chase them away.
Spring has come to the Mid-Atlantic.
Just another dogdaz morning at the zoo ❤
4.30.12 Headshots
I’ve noticed that the dogs like to lie really close when they are together on the dog bed in my office. Sometimes so close that Louise lies on top of Sofie’s head. Trying to get a good picture when you have a dark furred dog and a light furred dog together is definitely a challenge (especially with a phone camera). I like that the dogs are so comfortable with each other that they can actually be this close. It always makes me laugh though that when one wakes up, whomever that is will start to nibble on the other one’s face, and then it turns into a rolling match and there goes the peaceful moment. I like shooting headshots of my animals even though they are hard to get. I think there is something about capturing the mouth and the eyes that is just so interesting.
Now that I think of it, when I look at my office wall it contains every school picture (headshot) ever taken of my kid in a age chronicle series (all in the same black frames). I guess I have always liked headshots. Do you have a favorite pose or shot?
Just another DogDaz morning at the zoo ❤
4.29.12 Sofie’s Saga
“How come the cats get to sleep on the bed with you but Lulu and I have to stay on the floor?” “No fair!” “We want to come up on the bed and snuggle with you, the heck with those silly cats!” “I promise I won’t take up the whole bed like Muffin does, I know you told me he becomes a ‘St. Bernard’ (whatever that is) when he sleep with you.” “I promise I will be a good girl if you just let me come up with you and the cats, really I will.” ” Pleeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaassssssssssssssseeeeee!”
Just another dogdaz morning at the zoo ❤
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