I Found Her !

Well, after all of this time I found my “little girl”. Through many months of searching humane societies and animal rescues both in person and online, it was at the Pet Expo that I visited a few weeks ago that I talked to someone, who knew of someone who was fostering my “wish dog”. If I hadn’t talked to the right person at the right time we wouldn’t have found her as she was not listed on any websites or sitting in any humane society.

She is a 6 yr. old, 3.5 lb. package of cuteness!

She was a stray (how she could have existed outside during this awful winter we are having, is anybody’s guess). She had to be treated for kennel cough so we had to wait for her to be cured of that during which our boys had to get a bordatella immunization as a preventive.

We went to pick her up this last Saturday and took Chaps and Mike along to meet her and that went great! All 3 milled around each other, sniffing each other etc. (Though Chaps was more interested in the bags of dogfood that were stacked in the room we were in! lol)

We have an appointment this Wednesday for our vet to examine her but she seems healthy to us. With the brutal winds and new snowfall, housetraining is slow-going so we will concentrate on that more this spring. The foster home had her using the floor pads because of her size. So I guess we will go with that for a while.

We are all undergoing an adjustment around here….she thinks Mike’s bed is hers and Mike being the passive personality, he lets her have it and just sits there looking at her in his bed. I will have to work on that. 

No arguments (fingers crossed) yet…thank goodness but we know enough to expect that she might just need to be shown her place by Chaps. Anyway, we are all happy for her to have joined our family.

Oh, I almost forgot…..making her blog debut, here is “Jenny”………..

Pet Expo.

Went to a Pet Expo last weekend. I’m still searching for my little female chihuahua and so I thought I would check it out. Boy, you don’t realize how many pet rescue groups there are until you go to something like this. I refuse to buy from a breeder or pet store, instead wanting to help some poor runaway or giveaway. However I do know what I want, and that is a small (I already have 2!) female (I already have 2 males!). I’ve been watching our local humane society online but females are harder to come by and the small ones go quickly. Anyway, back to the expo…..we saw so many wonderful dogs, cats and birds. Get a load of some of these…..

and these…..

and these…..

all in need of a home.

I liked the booths with a cause, such as…

and…

They offered dogfoods and treats of all kinds…

some looking like straight out of a“people” bakery! yum!

I sure hope lots of these pets found homes – they all deserve someone to love and not abandon them.

I didn’t find my little girl there but continue to search for her. She’s out there somewhere, just waiting for me!

What a Surprise !

 

My gosh, what a surprise!

Thank you to Macho Minute for this Stylish Blogger Award. Macho’s blog was one of the first I followed and continues to be one that I most look for new posts on.

Don’t know that we deserve any awards, being so new to this blogging business, but it was gracious of you to send it our way.

Let’s see…..7 facts about us, huh? Well,

1) My (chihuahua) boys are 14 and (approx.) 7 yrs. old and having lost our last 2 dogs during their 15th yr. we are admittedly nervous about Chaps’ upcoming birthday.

2) I feed my dogs homemade food from organic chicken and vegetables.

3) I am actively looking for a female chihuahua, preferably middle-aged and definitely from a rescue. Need to equal out the testosterone level around here!Actually, I want a little girl to pamper (as if I don’t with my boys….but you know what I mean)

4) I got into the bad habit of dividing one of those small, vanilla ice cream cups between them when I get home from food shopping. Now they expect/demand it, and whatsmore, it has evolved into anytime I get home and with any kind of shopping bags!

5) My husband and I are newly retired and can spend more time with my guys..and they love it, as do we.

6) I am enjoying this blogging experience but hope to get better and more creative with it.

7) I am trying to blog about my other interests but am having trouble incorporating them into what I have already started. I bought a book on blogging and it said that you should stick to one theme. Sometimes how-to’s aren’t beneficial – so I guess I will just do what pleases me and hope for the best.

Okay, not especially interesting but the first 7 that came to mind.

The next part of this award involves adding other blogs that I enjoy and consider “stylin’ “. They are :

1) Road Dog Tales

2) Avery Jack's Tails

3) Dip-Dip and the Bridge

4) Mockingbird Hill Cottage

5) Home and Heart

The first 3 are pet-inspired and the last 2 are just glorious to look at. I hope you visit them and like them as much as I do. 

Thanks again Macho and Nicole, from Chaps, Mike and Cyndie.

Grooming Time

I didn’t think that chihuahuas shed. My first two didn’t, but for some reason the most recent addition Mike is a big shedder. He is not a long-hair but his fur is longer, and thicker around his neck than my previous two. So once a week my husband takes him downstairs to his workroom and puts him on his workbench, usually getting a good half to full cup of fur.

Needless to say, Mike absolutely does not look forward to this weekly ritual but is so sweet about it….standing there patiently.

 

After 30 mins. of (probably gritting his teeth) and staring at me, begging the question….

 

“Am I done yet?”

 

My husband hugs him and responds…..

“All done Mike, are we still friends?”

 

“Yeah, sure dad, just let me go back upstairs, puhleeze?”

 

Note to Mike…..same time and place next week kid!

Brrrrrrr…

We’re in the deep freeze here in the midwest, temps sub-zero, windchills in the –20’s.

For some reason, the meteorologists keep repeating these miserable numbers – making us feel worse. My inside birds are warm & toasty.

My pink parakeet :

and two cockatiels :

and the big guy KuKu, my cockatoo :

and I think I hear the occasional snicker as they watch their outside brethren at the birdfeeders…..

Shame on you guys……

I Love Books

Wandered into Barnes and Noble yesterday for no particular reason except that I love bookstores. Not only bookstores but libraries too.

Isn’t there just an atmosphere and smell that belongs to book places alone?

I swear that if someone blindfolded me and led me into any place where books are the main feature, I would

know where I was – and would probably spend a small fortune before I left !!!

(For this reason alone, I have re-instated my library card!)

Anyway, I found myself at a valentine-decorated table at Barnes and Noble and came away with only one book and this delightful tin of retro-valentines….

aren’t they the cutest?

The book is a 600 pg. novel titled “Roses” by Leila Meacham and is heralded as the new “Gone With The Wind”, thought it would be a good read for the rest of winter.

Christmas “Fades” Away……

The holidays are over, and I for one am happy. It wasn’t the same this year, since some family members are estranged. But we did our best to have a nice holiday anyway.

Never the less, I am happy to be taking down all my Christmas decorations.

I am happy to have my usual wall décor back…..

my book cabinet filled with it’s day to day trinkets and pretties…….

even the snowman bathroom nightlight will give way to the softer night-time light that I prefer.

And so the Christmas reds and greens give way to more peaceful and tranquil pastels and whites that I so love.