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Happy Valentine's Day

Posted by Mugsy the DoorOpener on February 14, 2010

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Hope everyone's having as warm and cozy a day as we are!

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New Year's Update

Happy New Year! This has been a busy winter so far, and the holidays just flew past. Here's a bit of an update on some of what we've been up to. Things have settled down quite a bit with our foster dog, Vela, and she's learning some new vocabulary to help her be a good canine member of the Tasting Team. MINE, LEAVE IT, and DOWN are all new commands for her, but she's offering to lay down for treats without being asked now. Unfortunately, we're still working on COME, which she just doesn't have any reason to listen to yet.

Who's Spike?

Spike the Cat was a Birman/Russian Blue kitten born under my bed in April, 1991, to Ms. Sally Forth, aka Thing; a Russian Blue found near Monroe Park a few months earlier. She'd arrived mid-winter, and apparently chose to stay after sampling the local mouse population, and the handsome Birman on the next block. Spike had a long and illustrious career as a decorative and warming sofa-cushion, with extraordinary purring levels. He was a large, plush, snuggley guy who purred like a boat motor, and had only one thing to say: "Mur." His purr was so loud that a guest once woke me during the night to report that there was a "strange buzzing noise" coming from the corner of her room. It was Spike, settling in for the night.

Bones For Dinner

People often ask if it's safe to feed bones to their dogs. We've all heard dire warnings about the peril of giving a dog chicken bones, yet the image of Bowzer with a big knuckle bone is a positive picture of a happy dog. Confusing and contradictory, and almost the reverse of reality! Simple rule: Raw Bones = Good; Cooked Bones = Bad

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