As I was taking a picture of Stella, Nine, the troublemaker, jumped in front of the camera. Of course he did, he is Nine! Hear him Roar! This made me think about life from the animals view. For one thing, they are almost always looking up at us humans, unless they have been able to climb up on something and then they do that vulture thing and stare down at you. I’ve read varying opinions on whether animals see color, not that it matters, but sometimes I do wonder what they are visually attracted to. I don’t think their eyes are the most important sense for them. I learned that when Squash, the dog, lost his sight. They rely a lot on smell and hearing. I do wonder sometimes if cats see ghosts, because I can walk into the room and a bunch of them will be staring at something that I just can not see. I don’t find the dogs doing that kind of thing, but they do other weird things like hear or smell a fox 3 blocks away through the walls of the house. Often I get down on the floor with the animals and look at the world from their vantage point. Now I know that my eye sight is different. I definitely have a range of color, and my eyes are in a different place on my head, but I try to get a feel from their side. It also helps me find lost toys, bones, and miscellaneous pieces of crumbled paper that the cats play with.
Just another DogDaz morning at the zoo ❤ 
Tags: animals, Cat, cats, dog, Dogs, Pet, pets, postaday, Visual perception
Louise is a knee begger. She is the perfect height to put her head on your knee when you are sitting down. She actually doesn’t do it for food when you are sitting at the table, she does it for my attention when I am working or watching TV. Then she moves from head on leg, to paws on leg. She actually likes to sit up on her hind quarters and have her paws against me. This is silly behavior, and I am kind of sorry I never stopped it when she was little, but I found it cute. I don’t speak dog very well, so I don’t always understand what it is she wants (other than attention). 
How do you ignore an adorable dog like Lulu, when she looks at you with those brown eyes, places her paw on your knee and says…. nothing (she is not a big talker). I do love this dog. She is funny and silly and very serious all at the same time. Well, I do not think there is much you can do about a dog that is a knee begger, or let me rephrase that, there is not much I am going to do. Because, I love Lulu’s knee begging, it makes me smile.
Just another DogDaz morning at the zoo ❤
Tags: animals, dog, DogDaz, Dogs, nature, Pet, pets, postaday
I can not seem to get out the door these days without my 3rd dog, Nine the kitten, trying to come along. I know that I told you in the past that I do not allow any of the cats outside. That is just the way it is. But it seems that I am going to have to get him a harness and walk him along with Louise and Sofie because he is just not taking ‘No’ for an answer. The trouble with that is we usually walk in the morning with Lulu’s boyfriend, Mojo, and he would eat Nine in one bite. One day Mo saw the cats through the glass and almost broke down my door. Not sure I want to test that out.
“Oh well, I guess you will just have to stay inside, Lil’ Mr. Nine. Leave the outside world for the big dogs. Little Catdogs need to stay where it is safe.”
Just another CatDogDaz morning at the zoo ❤
Tags: Animal, animals, Cat, dog, Dogs, nature, Pet, postaday
Lulu loves water bottles. You know the kind that you buy spring water in that make that really crunchy noise when you smash them. I take the caps off when I am finished, so that no one swallows small parts (I try to drink about 4 bottles a day), and give the bottle to Lulu so she can run around with it and go, “crunch crunch crunch crunch.” She loves that.
Sofie makes like she wants the bottle but I have actually never seen her play with one. She was teasing Lulu though yesterday, “Come on, Lu, I want the bottle, give me the bottle, I’m going to take it, yes I am.”
When Sofie enlisted Mojo Raising to help with the bottle rescue all levels of doggie mayhem ensued. It was a fun afternoon.
It still amazes me how there can be 40 million toys in the yard, but every dog wants the one that the other dog has.
Just another DogDaz morning at the zoo ❤
Tags: Animal, Animal welfare, animals, cute dogs, dog, DogDaz, Dogs, nature, Pet, pets, postaday, toys, Water bottle
u reblogged thefluffingtonpost:
thefluffingtonpost:
Local Shiba Knows About the Store-Brand Treats
An area Shiba Inu has discovered his regular Purina dog treats have been replaced with the generic store brand — and he’s not happy about it.
Witnesses say the pup started getting suspicious when the normally delicious little morsels began tasting like particle board. And he would know, since he chews on the bookshelves every damn day.
Via Sir Miles.
Tags: Animal, Animal welfare, dog, Dogs, Pet, pets, postaday, Shiba Inu
Whenever I am getting ready to go out, Sofie throws herself on my feet and has a little tantrum. “Please mommy, don’t leave me, what am I going to do if you put your shoes on, that means you are going somewhere, me me me me me.” I find it interesting how she knows the difference between when I am getting dressed but staying home vs when I am getting dressed to go out. Now of course, that does involve shoes, which I don’t like to wear and avoid as much as possible. Maybe the shoes are the difference? She really goes crazy when I go to my business clothes closet, then she figures I am going to be gone for more than a minute, She has even taken to stealing one shoe so that I can never leave her. Silly dog, she doesn’t know that we humans tend to have more than one pair of shoes.
Just another dogdaz morning at the zoo ❤
Tags: Animal welfare, animals, cute dogs, dog, DogDaz, Dogs, funny dogs, nature, pets, postaday
I am not sure why but my dogs seem to sleep like bookends a great deal of the time. Do we animals sleep with our back to our best friend because that is safe? This way you know your back is protected and that your best buddy will see things coming from one way and you will see them from the other? I just find it interesting because that is how I sleep as a human. I always turn out with my back to the center of the bed. Otherwise, it feels to vulnerable. I have tried to turn with my back to the outside but something about that just does not feel safe. A Travelodge survey found that 50% of British couples prefer sleeping back-to-back, either not touching (27%) or touching (23%). When I started looking into this for the blog, I found a ton of hits about dogs sleeping on their backs, but I only found one (http://dogs.lovetoknow.com/wiki/Dog_Sleep) that talked about back-to-back behavior. That blog talked about it being bonding behavior as well as safety. Since I do not sleep with my dogs in the bed, I wonder how people and dogs that do sleep together are positioned. Does your dog have your back?
Just another dogdaz morning at the zoo ❤
Tags: Animal, Animal welfare, animals, dog, Dog People, DogDaz, Dogs, nature, Pet, pets, postaday
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 ❤
Tags: Animal, animal awareness, animals, dog, Dog People, DogDaz, Dogs, nature, Pet, pets, postaday, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Watchful waiting
As I was taking a picture of Stella, Nine, the troublemaker, jumped in front of the camera. Of course he did, he is Nine! Hear him Roar! This made me think about life from the animals view. For one thing, they are almost always looking up at us humans, unless they have been able to climb up on something and then they do that vulture thing and stare down at you. I’ve read varying opinions on whether animals see color, not that it matters, but sometimes I do wonder what they are visually attracted to. I don’t think their eyes are the most important sense for them. I learned that when Squash, the dog, lost his sight. They rely a lot on smell and hearing. I do wonder sometimes if cats see ghosts, because I can walk into the room and a bunch of them will be staring at something that I just can not see. I don’t find the dogs doing that kind of thing, but they do other weird things like hear or smell a fox 3 blocks away through the walls of the house. Often I get down on the floor with the animals and look at the world from their vantage point. Now I know that my eye sight is different. I definitely have a range of color, and my eyes are in a different place on my head, but I try to get a feel from their side. It also helps me find lost toys, bones, and miscellaneous pieces of crumbled paper that the cats play with.
