This is a Junko. This particular Junko hit our bedroom window on Saturday. After a little research, I found that the best course of action is to place a stunned bird in a box (with holes, of course) for several hours and then let it go. If it flies away, that’s good. If not, well… [...]
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Junko
Posted in Beasties, tagged bird on 13 February 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Ready for the Snow
Posted in Beasties, Family and Friends, tagged dez, snow on 9 December 2007 | 1 Comment »
Dez finally got outfitted for the snow (which has been falling in buckets for a while now). I broke down and bought him a sweater and boots, because his coat that I’m sewing for him won’t be done for at least another week. I’m not crazy about dressing up pets, but as a desert dog [...]
Agadez the Canine Typhoon
Posted in Beasties, Family and Friends, tagged dez, dog on 3 December 2007 | 1 Comment »
I tried for days to get a picture of Dez to post here, and instead I got images of what appears to be a ghost dog haunting our house. Just about the only way to tell that he’s real is the nose print on the window. He did settle down for about five seconds once [...]
Oh so much nicer.
Posted in Beasties, Family and Friends, tagged dez, dog on 26 September 2007 | 2 Comments »
As you can probably tell, Dez has calmed down a bit since my last post. He’s been so good lately that we’ve even been letting him sleep on his bed at night! We’re up to three nights running with no incidents. Huge progress doesn’t even begin to describe it. He even got to meet his [...]
Very Naughty
Posted in Beasties, Family and Friends, tagged dez, dog on 21 September 2007 | Leave a Comment »
I was going to write a post about how good Dez has been lately. I was going to talk about how much better he’s been since he got over his surgery. Then he turned back into “Dez: the canine typhoon.” Granted, we have been warned that it can take up to 6 weeks after a [...]
Naughty
Posted in Beasties, Family and Friends, tagged dez, dog on 10 September 2007 | 2 Comments »
We knew when we adopted Dez that things would be hard for a while. We knew he liked to chew on things and that his last family wasn’t sure whether he was completely house trained. We knew that he had a lot of energy and a talent for getting himself in trouble. We knew he [...]
Getting to know Dez
Posted in Beasties, Family and Friends, tagged dez, dog on 5 September 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Dez has been with us for a week now, and is settling in well. He’s not quite like any dog I’ve ever known. So far we’ve learned: he likes to chew, a lot; he’s very vocal, and likes to talk back; he loves squirrels and rabbits; he knows many commands in spanish; he likes to [...]
Ewan’s Blog and Agadez’s Arrival
Posted in Beasties, Family and Friends, tagged dez, dog, paint on 24 August 2007 | 2 Comments »
I’d like to announce the arrival of Ewan’s new blog entitled: VetSchool: Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Abomasum. You can find his witty commentary at http://dinovet.blogspot.com/ , or by clicking the link under Gator’s Favorite People to the left.
The other highly anticipated news is that Agadez will be arriving [...]
Agadez
Posted in Beasties, Family and Friends, tagged dez, dog on 7 August 2007 | 1 Comment »
This is Agadez, aka Dez, an Azawakh (Tuareg Hound) who is currently residing with some friends in Chicago. Unfortunately for his current family, but fortunately for us, they are having trouble spending enough time with both Agadez and their four year old daughter. This means that Dez will be moving in with us at the [...]
Cedar Waxwings
Posted in Beasties, tagged bird on 9 January 2007 | Leave a Comment »
We got a visit yesterday from a few thousand cedar waxwings. They swarmed over the neighborhood and completely covered the trees, cars, roofs, mailboxes and pretty much everything else for that matter. It really did look like something out of ‘The Birds.’ They are very pretty when they fill the sky with choreographed flight, but [...]
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