Haha - adorable boy!! And yeah, he’s not really a puppy anymore, but, that’s just what I call him. We got him from the SPCA and they had already named him, Lucky. And that just didn’t seem to ‘fit’ him, so I started calling him, “Puppy” and it just stuck! LOL!

He’s five and half years old and he weighs in at a svelte 120 pounds and he is my love!!!!

He’s such a little goofball! I noticed a little bit ago that he was napping in the corner - with the curtain on his face! Haha! He looked so adorably cute - my 120 pound ‘cutie pie’! Now, Puppy has never been a very agreeable photo subject. Upon discovering my intentions, he will either get up and walk towards me, attempting to ‘wet nose’ the camera - or he will just get up and leave the room!

Given these tricky circumstances, I went into the dining room to turn on and zoom the camera, so that he wouldn’t hear it. I then sneakily came back into the office, making sure not to actually step into the living room, where the beast lay resting peacefully - with a curtain on his face! Ha!

With my camera at the ready, and fully expecting him to jump up and leave - I quickly snapped this pic…

I was so excited that my subject lay ‘undisturbed’ that I hurriedly zoomed a little more and shot this picture:

Now, so far, it’s just been ‘adorably cute’, as I said before - and just an ‘Aww…you’re so silly’ giggle type of moment. Then - I checked out the pictures on the camera! There was one thing I was not seeing with my ‘naked eye’ - the goofball was awake and looking at me! When I saw that, that is when I started cracking UP! My sweet boy is five and a half years old and he has never, ever done that! He is the most ornery picture subject ever!! I mean - EVER!

Dogs are so awesome - that was the perfect stress-reliever for the middle of my day! I love that damn dog!

I’m not so sure how he feels about me right about now, though:

My mom sent me this great video via email this morning! And even though it’s kind of long, as far as funny ‘email video things’ go, I absolutely loved every minute of it! It’s all you ever needed to know about living with fabulous felines! And more!

I promptly emailed her back and thanked her for the wickedly cool blog fodder! Too funny, really, because, just the other day (Friday? I think) my dad emailed me some wickedly cool blog fodder that’s brewing and boiling in my brain! And you thought my folks weren’t good for anything! Oh…wait…that was me as a teenager…oh yeah….

Ok, let’s get on with the video - I just know you’re going to love it! Follow me….
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For some strange reason, before even starting the quiz, I had a feeling that is what they were going to say! What are you guys? I’d love to know how many actual breeds they have possible in the answers! So let me know what you get, ok?

I know you guys remember my talking about Lucy, my sweet little Chihuahua sister. She lives in Dallas, with my mom. Duh. Otherwise, why would I have a Chihuahua for a sister?! Haha! Isn’t she pretty, though?
Well, the little darling has gone and sent us a Christmas card. I know, for a fact, that this will thrill my big, tough redneck man. He loves little dogs. Loves them.

I am, as well, duly thrilled. The darn card is so cute, I can’t even stand it! How lucky for Lucy (sounds like a song, eh?) that she was able to find a festive holiday card with none other than a Chihuahua on the front!

Aww…how cool is that? And it is just a painting, no Chihuahua’s necks were put under undue strain for our holiday enjoyment!

I just think it was terribly thoughtful of Lucy (and Momma) to send us a card.

I need to buy gifts for them - I wonder, if I got Momma a wine of the month club membership, do you think I should get Lucy a ‘kibble of the month’ club membership?

I’m gonna have to Skype my momma so I can video chat with my sweet “Lucita”!

And it is time that more people, and our laws, recognize that! One thing that will help towards this end is signing into law the Tracking Animal Cruelty Crimes Act of 2007. I received the above action alert in my email this afternoon from the American Humane Society, and I have since sent off the letter to my senators, asking them to support this bill. I urge you to do the same. You can do so right here: American Humane Society Action Alert.

Thank you, sweet readers!

I am so happy! I had no idea that we were so close to getting rid of this awful practice! When I opened up my newsletter from The American Human Society this afternoon, I read the most glorious sentence:

Horse slaughter was finally eliminated on U.S. soil when Texas and Illinois shut down the last remaining slaughterhouses in the nation.

That is so awesome! I’m completely thrilled!

Along with the newsletter, they also sent a video of the year’s accomplishments (including getting rid of horse slaughtering) and I’ve got it right here for you to watch!



My sweet baby boy is five years old! And I’m a little late posting, actually - his birthday was Monday, October 8th! Last year I posted right on time - remember? Puppy said, “It’s my party and I’ll BARK if I want to!”

First the birthday boy had to get dressed up. We gave him a beautiful red ribbon to wear! And he looked mighty fine!

This year, Sammie baked the cake all by herself! Go Sammie! I wanted to make it with beef broth or chicken broth, to make it ‘doggy-friendly’, but, Sammie didn’t want to so that we could be sure and have some, too! And since we didn’t even have any broth, my argument didn’t have a leg to stand on! We did, however, find a lovely way to make Puppy’s servings ‘doggy-friendly’ - we topped them with chili!

Chili?!

Yep - chili! Puppy had chili cake for his birthday! Sounds delicious, doesn’t it?
“Oh, yummy, Mom and Sam - this is good!” (And Mom got smart this year, and hung the sign at ‘puppy height’!)
“Mmm, mmm!!” Licking those lips - that stuff’s good!!

This is when Sammie went into the kitchen to get him a second helping - she is just to the left in the kitchen, and he is anxiously - and preciously - watching her and waiting. Isn’t he just so cute???
“Alright, you silly bipeds, enough goofy human celebrations, leave me be to rest under this table!”

Not only is this a beautiful truck, but, the job it does is beautiful, also! This is the truck of the American Humane Emergency Animal Services program. The program was begun in 1916 to help the animals that were used by the United States Army in WWI.

Now they help with all sorts of national and international disasters, helping animals in need, and often humans, too. And now they have a whole fleet of vehicles that are fixed up just for the purpose of helping animals!

Here is a run-down of their amazing resources, as quoted from their site:

• A roster of more than 100 readily deployable volunteers and 500 trained potential responders
• American Humane’s “Rescue Rig” — 82-foot specialized tractor/trailer
  • Volunteer living accommodations — self-sustaining for 15 responders, stocked with 10 days’ supply of ready-to-eat meals
  • Command Center with electrical generator, a VHF base radio and handhelds, satellite dish uplink and downlink capability, computer and planning support capabilities
  • Basic veterinary surgery capability
  • Heavy gear storage
• Urban search, rescue and assistance equipment
• Flood search, rescue and assistance equipment
• Technical rescue equipment — rope and high-angle rescue systems, swift-water rescue systems
• Fleet of 4WD support vehicles

That’s totally awesome! Wouldn’t it have been great, though, to have seen this truck and the fleet of other vehicles, driving up to New Orleans, during those fateful first days of the disaster? I’m just talking about those images we saw on TV, of the people, holding their dogs in their coats, or on their rooves - it was so sad. I don’t even pretend to know about the politics of it all, so there is no way on Earth that I would even begin to complain about the Humane Society, as I know a lot of services did get out there in the following days - my mother was among them. I’m just saying in those first few days, as we watched on TV, it would’ve been cool - and comforting - and inspiring - and heartwarming to see a big truck like this drive in.

Anyway, I was on their site this morning, because, my mother had sent me a link to one of the pages on their site. On the page she sent me, they were discussing two new laws that just went into affect in Texas on September 1st, in regards to animal cruelty.

It looks like these new laws might help Mercy, the dog who was horribly tortured by two teenagers in Dallas last year. Or maybe I’m reading it wrong and the laws had to be laws when the crimes were committed. And there is another blurb about teens hurting a dog last month in Dallas, as well.

Well, I’m glad these laws have been passed, anyway. And I will blog more about the two cases of these teens as I hear more about it from my mother. She is hoping to get to go to the trial for the perpetrator of Mercy. And I’m sure she’ll keep me updated on that.

I was excited, though, to see a truck that I can feel absolutely free to love!

I thought that Lucy, my mom’s chihuahua, had the coolest indoor pet den. It is like a little palace, made out of a smooth, soft fabric and it is just divine. She has, however, now been outdone. The doggy dens at Internet Pet Emporium are just way too cute! And - they can be used as end tables, too! That’s really cool, because, that way they are taking up less space, you know? See - aren’t they cute?!They have all kinds of pet supplies at InternetPetEmporium.com! They have some very useful things, like pet feeding and watering devices and even an indoor potty for dogs! But they also have some really cool - and fancy - stuff!

You’ve got to see this dog house - it is the coolest doghouse ever!

I just love that! It’s called, The Barn. They have another one with a cool front porch, and it’s called The Mansion - but, the front porch on The Mansion doesn’t have a roof, so I like The Barn better. I would love to get that for Lucky! I guess he doesn’t really spend enough time outside to really warrant our buying him a dog house, but, I still would love to buy it!

And I’ve always been obsessed with cat houses! I don’t even have a cat right now, and I still ’shop’ for cat houses! But, when they are as cool as this: ….how can I resist?

You know who has the COOLEST cat habitat ever?? The ASPCA in New York City - that place is the bomb! It almost makes me want to be a cat! But I’m just a weirdo that way!