Is it so much to ask that I wake up one morning and a basket full of Basset puppies be on my doorstep?
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Monday’s Kissers
This is a repost of the earlier picture because something made my site code go crazy when I linked to the original. Sorry if you are seeing things weird. Please refresh your page connection. I think it is weird that a Pitbull post would get hacked. Now that is just paranoid, right? I was as ignorant about this wonderful bred as the media made me, until I met some of the sweetest kissers around. Be open and be kind. – DogDaz
You can never have toooo many HUGs
Thank you to Milka [the Great{est} Dane] for honoring us with a wonderful HUG award. This is such a nice gift from a new friend. Do not tell Lulu and Sofie, but my daughter has always wanted a harlequin Dane and she thinks you are just the cutest.
As her human describes her, Milka is 100 lbs (and growing) of slobber, with 2 different color eyes and guffy ears. She is our new Portuguese best friend and we are so glad we can follow her antics on the internet. 
So to continue the chain, we would like to pass a Hug Award on to a very deserving blog friend, Barb at: Passionate About Pets & People
Barb is one of those truly international people that has lived in many parts of the globe and has a deep passion for the furry, feathered, and human. She lives in Queensland, Australia. Her blog features her current dog Poppy, her hubby, and past pets and passions. She always has something nice to say and I learn something everytime I visit her blog. So, Barb, this HUGs for you.
2.17.12 Amazing Underwater Dog Art
Amazing!
I am loving this underwater dog series from photographer Seth Casteel. The way that he captures dogs from under the water makes them seem so other worldly. What an incredible concept. See more from Seth here: http://www.littlefriendsphoto.com/
If you like Seth Casteel’s underwater dog photography, please show some love and follow his official Facebook page “Little Friends Photo” here: https://www.facebook.com/LittleFriendsPhoto
Lulu and Sofie thought the pictures were a little scary at first, but I told them they looked sort of like that underwater too. They don’t believe me.
Just another dogdaz morning ❤
2.16.12 Lulu no feel good
It is no fun when one of your animals does not feel well. Louise has an ear infection. I have been cleaning her ears 2X a day with this stuff that the Vet gave use and then putting in these medicine drops. She does not like the medicine very much but she is a good girl and will let me do what I have to. But this afternoon she got really smelly after we came in from our walk. I thought it was Sofie, because, as usual, she was rolling in every patch of ivy or weeds that she could find along the way. I gave Sofie a dry shampoo treatment, but the smell persisted. Then later my daughter said, :”Owww, get Louise out of here she smells!” I was thinking it was her ears but it was more a stomach thing. Well tonight she could not contain herself and got sick all over the living room. Now all I can think of is that the ear drops are to strong and they have given her the runs. I hate when any of my babies are sick. I will call the Vet in the morning, but she is resting comfortably now. As you can see from the picture, she likes to control the TV remote when she does not feel well too. Next she will want some chicken soup. Just another dogdaz at the zoo ❤
2.14.12 Love, Laughter, & Cookies
HAPPY VALENTINE’S DAY! When I was little we used to give everyone in the class a valentine even if we didn’t like them very much. The rule was that you just had to be fair and give one out to everyone. I like that rule now, I am not sure I liked it very much when I was little. I wish that we could give everyone, everywhere, a valentine today. This is suppose to be a special day for expressing love. So hug those you love extra close today and make sure to give your furry friends a little extra something in their bowls. Maybe Louise and I can bake special dog cookies for her boyfriend Mojo Raising.
I found this site called She Knows Pets & Animals and it had what looked like really good treats, so I am going to try and make them and I will let you know how they turn out.
Homemade mini heart dog cake recipe
Yields 10 mini cakes
Ingredients:
For the cake:
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/3 cup butter (or 1/4 cup vegetable oil)
- 1/4 cup all-natural peanut butter
- 1 cup shredded carrots
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 1/2 tablespoons all-natural honey
- 1/2 cup low-fat buttermilk
For the frosting:
- 8 ounces of low-fat cream cheese
- 1 1/2 tablespoons cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Directions:
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Spray a mini heart cake pan with non-stick cooking spray and set it aside.
- Mix the flour and baking soda. Add the peanut butter, vanilla, honey and oil/butter and stir. Add the buttermilk, 1/4 cup at a time. Stir in carrots.
- Spoon the mixture into the mini heart cavities, filling each one three-quarters full. Bake for at least 25 minutes or until an inserted toothpick comes out clean. Let cool completely.
- While the cakes cook, prepare frosting by beating the cream cheese, vanilla and cinnamon together. Once the cakes have cooled, frost. Drizzle melted peanut butter on top or top with additional shredded carrots.
Hey wait those sound just like people cookies, maybe I will eat them too! May your day be filled with love, laughter, and light!! Just another DogDaz morning at the zoo! ❤
2.13.12 Two Very Different Sisters
Some go one way, some go the other....
Louise and Sofie have such different personalities and I am sometimes amazed at HOW different! Lulu Belle wants so much to please me. She will come when called and basically do anything asked of her. She loves training sessions and will even try to anticipate what you are going to ask. Though nervous around strangers she really is pretty laid back at home and just wants to hang where I am. She is a Momma’s girl. When I open the kennel door at night, she runs in and lays down, closes her eyes, and goes to sleep. Louise learned to control her barking early and responds well to the ‘that’s enough’ command. She is shy with visitors, but a cookie in a calm hand will usually get her to come out. Louise loves her walks and waits with great anticipation for that time we have together. Lulu is afraid of most things at first and it takes her time to warm up but she is trusting more and more over time. She loves to run at full hound speed around the yard, sometime for what seems like an eternity, and balls and rings are her favorite toys.
Sofie on the other hand will not listen to almost anything unless there is a bribe attached. She is willful and headstrong and wants her way (pretty much all of the time). She is loving and silly but on her own terms. She barks and whines at everything and no amount of squirt guns or towel bonkers seems to effect her desire to have a conversation. She has an aversion to coming in the door and will stand right out of reach and then run away when you open it. Sofie would happily jump on every human she sees (if I allowed it) and waits for the opportunity to break the rules with her other humans because she knows she can (like running down the stairs first). Sofie comes along for a walk (and enjoys it), but would be happy just running and digging up the yard. Sofie is not afraid of much (except white garbage bags). She likes to lie in-wait for Louise when she is running her laps around the yard and then jump out at her from behind a bush. Sofie Bear loves to lie her head in my lap and snuggle while she sleeps. Here favorite thing in the whole world is her unstuffed Beaver, which she always sleeps with. When I open the kennel door at night, she goes a few feet away and lies down there instead. It is only after a stern word, and sometimes, yes… a bribe… that she will head on it, whine for a few minutes, and then… like many a willful puppy…. fall sweetly, and lovingly, fast asleep.
Sleepin' with the Beaver
One thing I know they agree on – they both hate SQUIRRELS and they both love their Mommy!
Two very different dogs – one happy family. Just another DogDaz morning at the zoo. ❤
2.12.12 Sending the Vet’s kid to college….
Don’t you sometimes just have those kind of days. I took the 2 dogs and 3 of the cats (Muffin and the kittens) to the vet on Friday. Silly me. I was thinking, why don’t I just pack them all up in the Explorer and get it over with. Noel and Connie went last week, so they got to stay home. And at the last minute I actually added Louise because she was shaking her head a lot so I kinda knew she had some ear thing going on. Soooooo, V & I loaded them all up and off we went for the 20 minute ride to see Dr. Kate. Did I mention that V is not a dog person: Cats Yes – Dogs Not So Much. That must be why the whole way to the vet Sofie whined and whined and whined. Now she doesn’t normally do that but with 3 cat carriers in the back and V in the front, it was all to much for little Sofie, and way to much for V. That was only the ride there.
We did the dogs first, and it was a good thing that I brought Lulu because she does have an ear infection. I sensed it coming but it is a rare occasion that any of my dogs have ever had ear problems, so I was not sure. Sofie was just getting her 1 year check (we got her in March last year). I put the dogs back in the truck and then we unload the cats.
Stella and Nine needed their first vet check and shots (and they traveled very nicely). And Muffin, well he needed the old man checkup (you know what that means, blood, etc). Poor Muffin appears to have hyperthroidism, so we are waiting for the blood work back to figure out what meds to put him on. He is already on heart medication and a baby aspirin, but luckily he is a trooper when it comes to taking pills (as long as I hide them in cat treats). Stella also has an ear gunk, but not really an infection, possibly left over from a recent mite cleaning (but we would not know).Shots and blood done. We load them back in the truck and I go to pay the bill, but of course, my daughter had my credit card (because she had to get her hair dyed and cut yesterday (yet another story, you will have to read her blog to get that one)) so I was really lucky V was with me for this adventure so that we had a way to pay. And, for those of you with multiple pets, you know what that bill costs.
Sofie whined the whole way home so V was about to jump out the window. Now top it off with, when we got home we had a call from the vet telling us that the kittens have some parasite in their stool, so I guess it back there tomorrow to pick up yet more meds. Thankfully Lulu is a wonderful dog and she is letting me do the ear cleaning and put medicine in it, but Stella! I am not sure I will have any hands left trying to get ear cleaner in her.
I forgot to rob a bank on the way to the vet, so I guess I will just have to dip into my daughter’s college fund. But that’s what you get when you decide to run a zoo. Just another DogDaz morning at my house. ❤
