Tales of Tails

Enzo and Crohn’s Disease

Originally uploaded by madaise. I was just going to introduce Enzo our newest addition to the family (as of October).. he’s a 6th month old italian greyhound… he’s my little love, my little snuggler.. he’s a thief.. full of energy and orneriness.. loving, caring… and he’s best known around the house as the “pooping machine”.. [...]

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Aussie & Whippet Life – Dog So Smart

Sky dog… whose name change of “missy” did not take (we decided she does know her name, but like the whippet, has selective hearing – or rather, selectively comes when she feels like it)… has blended into our family nicely… a few bumps along the way, but overall, it’s been a piece of cake. Sky [...]

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Miss Sky – Australian Shepherd

Originally uploaded by madaise. Meet Missy Sky, the newest addition to our family. Bob and the boys went to one of the local Humane Society to meet a few dogs. We were looking for herding-type dogs.. German Shepherd, Border Collie, Australian Shepherd.. one that was young, but not a puppy. Missy Sky (her name is [...]

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A dumbo rat and a rex rat

Em two months ago started working on talking me (and Bob) into getting a rat. After a month, we worked up some “terms” to our agreement, and Em brought home her Dumbo rat, Otis, Labor Day weekend – she was about 3 months old. We thought Otis was a male…. but it turns out she’s [...]

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Pets Peeve

Whippet Bean and Golden Retriever Abbey, my pets peeve pet peeves tonight. Retriever Abbey fakes deafness. Sounds like a news headline. Either she fakes it, or it comes and goes. For example. She may be rolling in the dirt, scratching her back without a care. Us, on the other, are thrown into a panic. She [...]

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Bailey the Whippet – The End

BaileyJune 1998 – May 2005Say Hi to Calvin and Jordan, sweetie…. I’ll wave at the rainbows.Love, Momma Bailey: Bailey – bloated belly. I took this picture the first week he started showing signs of being ill. Looking back now, I can see just how very swollen he’d become. I didn’t take any pictures after this…. [...]

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