Showing 27 posts from October 2008
Thirty-three Poodles were sharing a two-bedroom house with an elderly couple in Queens, New York. Animal rescuers reported that Poodles were “literally everywhere, scurrying under sofas, under beds, peeking out at us.” The Poodles were not being walked, did not go outside, so the conditions inside the home were as you might imagine.A social worker visiting the owners reported the...
My grandson Damon picked slips with the names of two people (actually one person and two dogs) to win Chicken Soup for the Soul, Loving our Dogs). The person is the lovely Rosemary who has an attic in Idaho and the dogs are Gordie and Georgia from Washington. The books will soon be in the mail. I have to blog...
Fans of Laurien Berenson will probably want to read the latest Melanie Travis mystery, Doggie Day Care Murder. But it isn’t one I recommend. To me the last couple of books have been somewhat disappointing. After 15 books she may be running out of doggie ideas. The Poodles barely make an appearance, and the doggie-world gossip has dried up. Melanie...
Choochy a tiny white toy Poodle broke free after her plane landed at Logan International Airport in Boston at 7:15 pm Saturday and for the next 17 hours eluded state police, fire fighters, and airport employees. OK, she didn’t really shut down the airport, (Hey, I can write misleading headlines just like some professional journalists do) but she did delay...
And where was the mother cat during all this? She was probably all, “Cough, cough, OK, I’m outa here. I can always squeeze out more of these. See ya.” Leo an 11-month-old Terrier refused to leave the burning building in spite of thick smoke as he was guarding newborn kittens, according to firefighters in Melbourne, Australia. The heroics nearly cost...
