We’re bored. Mommy has been working really long hours and we don’t get to play with her as much as we like. We have every toy in the world, but they are not as much fun when Mom’s not on the other end. I know that we have lots of cats to chase, and we run around the yard and eat sticks and chew mulch, but that gets boring. We chase each other a lot and fight over the toys and the balls, but if Mommy is not there with us, it is just not the same. So we mope. We make little whinny noises so that she understands that she really needs to stop what she is doing and interact with us, right now! Not later Mommy, NOW! She does not like when we get demanding. Actually, when we yell at her she seems to ignore us even more. Maybe if we sit nicely she will come down on the floor and play with us. Maybe we should go get jobs, like hole digging or security guards, so that we can bring some money in and Mommy could retire and sit around all day and play games. But then we won’t be here because we would be working. And then Mommy would be bored because she would not have us to play with. Oh well, I guess it is better if the human works and we hang out all day until she is free. It’s a hard life being a house dog, but someone has to do it.
Mommy can you play with us now?
Love, Louise and Sofie Bear, you darling dearest doggies
Just another DogDaz morning at the zoo ❤ 
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I love when the dogs and I are out on our daily walk and the post lady drives by in her little white truck and tells me what a great job they are doing. They sit nice and wait until she passes. I am sure that postal workers see the worst of animals when they have to come up to people’s homes to drop off mail and packages. It is sad that so many dog owners do nothing about allowing aggressive animals to confront strangers and workers that they invite on their property. As the owner of a fearful dog (Louise), I try really hard to ensure that she is not somewhere that she can lunge at a stranger or put herself, or them, in a compromising position. I watched a new TV show last night where this trainer was called in because this business owner refused to leave her aggressive dog home; it jumped and bit at everyone that came through her office door. She refused to accept that the dog should not be in the office, and she said “doggie looked sad if she was not near Mommy.” First the trainer said, “leave the dog home.” But the woman refused. So next, he tied it up under a desk in the corner so it could not bolt to far. Well, that seemed to make the owner happy and after a few frustrating lunges the dog actually did lie down. But, did it calm down? Truthfully, I think the dog would be happier and less anxious with the freedom of it’s own house and have less stress of the people coming in and out of the office all day, where it has to ‘protect’ Mommy. This isn’t about the dog obviously. It is about people who just don’t take the time, energy, or care enough, to try and put their animals in the safest and most calm environment for the animal. Oh my… did I just get on a ‘soap box’ for animal rights! Hummmm… anyway, I am really proud of how far my little angels have come.
Just another dogdaz morning at the zoo ❤
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Nine has a friend outside the bathroom window. His friend lives under the shutters. The little Skink was sticking its head out and in, out and in, just to make Nine crazy. I tried to get a picture of his friend in the shutters, but he was very shy and kept hiding each time I went to snap a shot. Both Nine and Stella spend a lot of time in the bathroom window with the Skinks. I have a little birdhouse right by that window and I wonder sometimes if they are living in there too. Ground skinks are small, smooth-scaled lizards with an adult length of 3 to 5.5 inches. They are typically a copper brown with a dark line running along each side of the body. Th ground skink has a long tail, sometimes up to 2.5 times the body and short limbs. Their small limbs are relatively unused, as ground skinks use their slender bodies to wriggle and burrow through leaf litter and loose soil. They prey on insects, spiders, and other earthworms.
Nine and Stella pray on them.
Just another DogDaz morning at the zoo ❤
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Sofie is a little dog among bigger dogs (Lulu and her friend Mojo). She is blond, they are black. She is whiney, they are quiet (well, Mo does bark a lot). She is furry, they are short hair.
3 dogs and a frisbee
The labbies have this incredible bite, Sofie is lucky if she can find enough tooth grip to pull a robe. She tires 1/2 way through our walk and starts to pant, Lulu just runs on. But Sofie does not know that she is different, so she just plays like she is a big dog. I guess ‘fitting in’ is a human concept. The dogs don’t really get caught up in it. Lucky them. Once again a lesson that humans can learn from their dogs.
Just another DogDaz morning at the zoo ❤
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