How Dogs Think vs. How Cats Think

A bit of pet humor for you today

Soooo true....

A Politically-Correct Dictionary for Dogs

This came from an old issue of a gem of a magazine called Going Bonkers?  The self-help magazine with a sense of humor.

Please enjoy "A Politically-Correct Dictionary for Dogs."

Archaic                                         New
Dog                                              Domestic Partner
Hound                                          Canine Companion
Person                                         Quadrupled-impaired
Pet                                               Roommate
Master                                          Master chef
Owner                                          Automatic door opener
Command                                    Suggestion
Pot roast                                      Dog food
Groomer                                      Spa
"Accident"                                    Self-expression
Barking                                        Discussing
Discipline                                     Assertiveness training
Obedience                                   Self-actualization program
Shedding                                     Self-renewal
Digging through trash                  Recycling
Dog pack                                     Fraternal organization
Guard dog                                   Defense chief
Sheep dog                                   Agricultural mgmt.                                                                                     professional
Lap dog                                       Personal advisor
Stray                                            Explorer
Kids                                             Assailants
Bath                                            Obsolete

September

Reminiscing about a cat I once had called September. She was a playful kitten and a very moody adult cat. Never could figure out why her personality changed like that. Here are a few pics from her kittenhood.



Stress

This lovely bird was part of a wildlife educational event I attended a couple of years ago. A parrot rescue group brought some of the birds that had been surrendered to them because the owners could no longer care for them for whatever reason to help educate the public on their care.

Birds are extremely sensitive to their environments, and some will pull their own feathers out as a coping mechanism if something is wrong in their environment. In this fella's case, I believe he came from a broken home where there was a lot of arguing and it stressed him out very badly and he pulled out his feathers. The parrot rescue folks said he was much better than when he was first surrendered to them. When I saw him, he was hard at work trying to open a walnut.



Patron Saint of Tenacity

This describes my mom's dog so well! Trixie is nothing if not tenacious when she wants something. She will give us all sorts of attitude and lip. We can't help but laugh, which she hates, because, of course, she's serious!

I found this while out walking around town today. This will be a part of my mom's Mother's Day gifts in May. I think she'll get a kick out of it!

Ninja

Introducing the newest pet addition to our family: Ninja!



Ninja was a stray kitten that my mom found living wild in her neighborhood not long ago. She was a teeny, tiny thing at the time, and was initially terrified of everyone who came near her. It took several weeks before my mom could get close enough to catch her (of course it helped that my mom left food for her every day.) ;-)

Ninja is actually the second name that she's had since she came to live with my mom. Originally she was being called Nebula, but after observing her behavior for a couple of weeks, and noticing her penchant for leaping out and pouncing on people who never saw it coming, my brother changed her name to Ninja. 

Ninja is the youngest of my mom's three pets. She shares the abode and my mom's love with Fancy, an Abyssinian cat, and Trixie, a Boston Terrier dog.

Fancy

Trixie

Fancy is about 12 years old and spends much of her time sleeping these days, so Ninja doesn't have much of a playmate in her, unfortunately.

Trixie, however, is about 5 or 6 and is still very playful. Full of attitude, too. That dog will sass anybody who does anything she doesn't like. I got an earful this past weekend for sitting in my mom's recliner and choosing not to recline so she could jump up and sit next to me. I've got some nerve, don't I?

I do have a pet of my own, called Coxie. She is a Cockapoo, and very, very sweet. She is about 12 or 13 now, and like Fancy, also spends a great deal of time sleeping these days. She can play hard for about 2 or 3 minutes, but then she needs to sleep it off, lol. Below is one of my favorite pictures of her, taken in 2006.

The lovely and beloved Coxie.