Last night the dogs and I went to bed around 10:00PM (22:00). They went into their kennels, as usual on the other side of my bedroom, and I went to sleep. I nodded off around 11:11, because I remember seeing the digital display on the TV. The next thing I knew it was 11:26 and Sofie is whining and barking her head off. I opened the kennels and let them both out in the back yard, at which point I heard the screeching of either a fox or a raccoon. Sofie’s hearing is amazing. I didn’t hear anything until I opened the door, but she was woken by the sound through the exterior wall, through the cover on the kennel. When I got them back in and thanked them for making sure our home was safe, we all went back to bed. Then about 4:30 AM she started the whine again, “Let me out and let me at it!” This time, I ignored her and finally she quieted. (This is one of the reasons not to have your animals sleep in your bedroom, but I digress.) I don’t want to discourage either of my dogs from doing their job of protecting the house and family from intruders, but Sofie can hear a fox two towns away (OK, I am exaggerating, but only a little). Her hearing sensitivity is much more acute than Louise or any other dog I have ever had. At least I am assuming it is hearing and not smell. Do I try to train her out of making any noise when she is in her kennel? She only fusses when she either has to go to the bathroom or there is something like this going on outside the house. She is a hyper-sound sensitive dog and I am trying to figure out how to instruct her when it is OK to bark and when it isn’t. Or is this a losing battle?
I definitely am losing the whine battle. Check out an older post “Would You Like Some Cheese With That Whine” .
Just another DogDaz morning at the zoo ❤ 
Tags: Animal, animal awareness, animals, cute dogs, dog, dog blog, dog rescue, DogDaz, Dogs, hearing, lorian lipton, Pet, pets, postaday, whining
The dogs and I like to walk on the floating pier and I tell them to “go fishing,” and they run and sniff all the interesting smells around the boats. But there isn’t much to sniff right now. Only one boat appears to be brave enough to be in the water (it is still pretty cold – they are calling for flurries tonight). Boats around here are mostly wrapped in fancy white stuff and on trailers in people’s yards during the winter. But, they will start coming back to the pier pretty soon since the daffodils and crocus are blooming.
The pier is on ‘Breezy Point,’ at the end of my peninsula, and, yes, it is very breezy. The girls are running into the wind, which they love. Talk about mischief! When the wind blows Louise can get into a lot of trouble following the scents on the wind. I love the smell of spring in the air, even if it is below freezing.
Do you get into more mischief in the wind?
This is a blog hop. I hopped it from Snoopy’s DogBlog. Check them out for more mischief.
Just another DogDaz morning at the zoo ❤
Tags: Animal, animals, blog hop, Boat, DogBlog, DogDaz, Mischief Monday, Pet, pets, postaday, Spring
Did you find the pot of gold yet?
This is part of the Black and White Sunday Blog Hop. Thanks to My Life in Dog Years for hosting. Click here to get to know other wonderful animals and their parents and to see how you can take part in this fabulous blog hop!
Just another DogDaz morning at the zoo ❤
Tags: Animal, animals, Black and White Sunday, blog hop, cute dogs, dog, DogBlog, DogDaz, Dogs, Happy Sunday, lorian lipton, Pet, pets, postaday
Noel here – Today is Mommy’s birthday so I made her a cake.
It is a dairy free, gluten free, kibble cake, with tofu icing. (Yes, we know our Mom eats weird.) The animals and I all agree that she will love it! I used the Santa table cloth, because you know I am the Christmas Cat, and, it was the only one I could find on FaceinHole.com . We love our Mommy and all year she focuses on us so today we are focusing on her. We let her sleep until 6:30 this morning, as a present.
Just another CATDogDaz morning at the zoo ❤
Tags: Animal, Cat, cats, DogDaz, Pet, pet blog, pets, postaday
We are Thankful today for Peace, Love, & Whiskers, an amazing blog about amazing animals.
Peace, Love, & Whiskers takes extra special care of some extra special pussy cats and doggies and provides us out here in the blogosphere with wonderful interviews. You really need to go visit. Thank you PL&W for the great work you do in highlighting kitties and doggies that need special care and love. Several of the DogDaz rescues, canine, feline, and guinea, have all needed a little extra love to get through their days, but they have brought us tremendous joy. The Muffin Man, our orange and white Tom, had heart disease his whole life (2 pills a day), and was the king of our castle. Miss Constance Kitty was born with a crooked spine, but did great with it in her early years – until the pain got to be too much. Squash E. Bear was a two times a day insulin diabetic, who eventually went blind, but he and I would still walk a few miles every day. Mr. Motto, the king of Guinea Pigs, had pneumonia almost immediately upon adoption. It was very touch and go for over a month, but he lived another 7 years. Noel, the Christmas cat, has feline Herpes but she is doing great and just turned 6 last week. So thank you Peace, Love, & Whiskers for taking up the cause of the animals that need a little extra love.
PL&W bestowed upon us 2 awards; the Versatile Blogger Award and the Liebster Award. We are honored and thankful for that too.
Since we have been very lucky to receive these awards before, we hope you don’t mind but you can find our previous responses to the questions on our Awards page. We love all awards and appreciate them, but Mom is running out of time to get her work done, take care of the zoo, and still write the blog, so she is trying to economize where she can,
We would like to bestow on Peace, Love, & Whiskers the coveted DogDaz Pick Of The Litter Award, for all the great things you do.
You get to pick any award you would like from our Awards page – because you are our pick of the litter!
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This is part of the Thankful Thursday Blog Hop from PepiSmartDog.com
Just another DogDaz morning at the zoo ❤
Tags: Animal, animals, awards, Blog, Cat, dog, Dog People, DogDaz, Dogs, happiness, liebster award, love, peace love & whiskers, PepiSmartDog.com, Pet, pets, postaday, smiles, Thankful Thursday Blog Hop, Versatile Blogger Award
Nine!!!!
Get off the refrigerator and stop eating my favorite plants!
I loved that Irish Clover and had it for years.
This is a Wordless Wednesday Blog Hop. Thanks to BlogPaws for the hop. Head over there and see what they are blogging about.
Just another CATDogDaz morning at the zoo ❤
Tags: Animal, animals, blog hop, Cat, cats, DogDaz, Pet, pets, postaday, Wordless Wednesday
It is starting to be nice enough to open the windows. With the bathroom window open, Nine, the Mancat, decided it was the purrfect place for his afternoon siesta. K8 caught him enjoying the moment. It get’s harder and harder to resist taking a break and going out to see the buds on the trees and the birds busy with their nesting. Ever day now the mailbox (which got bashed by some kid’s with a baseball bat last fall, so it does not close) has been full of nesting material. Today, when I came back from my walk (yes WALK, today was the first time I did my full 1 miler with the girls) there was a fully complete bird’s nest in the box. How sad, because I had to remove it and set it into the bush next to the box so that the mail carrier could deliver the mail. I tried to close the broken door to the box so they will build elsewhere, but I am not to successful. This is so exciting. I love baby birds. Good thing that my cats only see them through the windows.
Does spring air make you sleepy? Does it make you want to go out and build something?
SPRING IS SPRINGING!!!!!
Just another DogDaz morning at the zoo ❤
Tags: Animal, animals, Bird nest, blog hop, Cat, cats, DogBlog, DogDaz, Pet, pets, postaday, Spring
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PHOTO OP: Pick Me!
Via obox.
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Louise and Sofie were waiting in the yard for spring yesterday. Maybe it was because the clocks changed here in the United States for Day Light savings time.
Something caught there attention beyond the fence because they were both transfixed for a long time. Maybe it was spring coming over the hill?
When daylight savings time changes for spring, it changes human’s mood for the better; the animals, I don’t think they really care.
How does Day Light Savings time effect you?
This is a blog hop. I hopped it from Snoopy’s DogBlog. Check them out for more mischief.
Just another DogDaz morning at the zoo ❤
Tags: Animal, animals, blog hop, Cat, cats, Daylight saving time, DogBlog, DogDaz, Mischief Monday, Pet, pets, postaday, Spring
