Quote: "This is
Bob Barker, reminding you to help control the pet population; have your pets
spayed or neutered."
Today I was going to
blog about my creative space in the new house.
But I am not prepared with photos and such. It's never as simple as writing up a blog
post. There are so many other things
involved in preparing a post for you guys.
So without further
ado, let's talk about my babies. We have
6 kids between G and I. He has 2 girls
and a boy, and I have 2 boys and a girl.
We are the Brady Bunch lol but mixed with a large amount of Roseanne and
Dan.
But when I refer to
my babies, I mean my four legged
friends. Our 'furry' children. We have had Phoenix for 6 years. He is a really cool combo of breeds. Whenever we get asked what he is , we laugh a
little before revealing his hilarious DNA.
He is part Corgi (the Queen's dog) and part Husky. Now just that mash up is hilarious to think
of but the best part is the husky was
the mother. She had to been taking a nap
when the little short studly corgi gave it his best shot (no pun intended,
really LOL).
We got him from a
rescue agency that goes to Moosonee to rescue any of the 'loose' dogs. Due to massive overpopulation, they have what
they call "hunt days". Any dog
they find that is not tied up or contained gets shot. They have to do something to keep the feral
dog population down. The organization we
used, goes up and grabs pups all the time.
Anyway, when we got together with them they brought 4 pups with them out
of the litter of 9. One of them
immediately went off exploring our house.
One cowered under a bed almost the whole time they were there, another
one was just a bit indifferent, and lastly the one pup, went and snuggled and
played with us the whole time they were there.
It was a very easy decision as to which one we would adopt.
Phoenix, is a very
special dog. He is extremely
intelligent, and intuitive. Due to my
ailments, he is always super observant of me and stays really close to me on
the days that I am very sick. He truly
is my best friend. He is super gentle in
nature. Every vet we have ever taken him
to , falls in love with him. He is a
huge bright light in my sometimes dark days.
Our other dog is a
shih tzu that we got from my aunt, who rescued him from a young couple who
supposedly was being evicted and not able to keep the dog. If you noticed the way that sentence ix
worded you will understand that that is not what happened. A few months later, a friend of my aunts, who
originally brought the story to my aunt, saw this couple out walking down the
road with a brand new pup. Well I heard
they got quite an earful and lecture about their actions.
What I believe
happened based on my work with the dog the first few weeks we got him is that
he used growling all the time, but I am guessing they let him do or behave the
same, due to not disciplining the dog to behave properly. His growl never frightened us and we quickly
turned that behaviour around. Don't get
me wrong, he still growls, but it’s a dog purr that he does when cuddling , he
is a strange dog lol.
We have had Smudge
now for 3-4 years and he is our comedian in the family. He just is so wound up all the time and he
does before thinking things through.
Like going for a massive leap onto furniture and misjudging the jump and
slamming into the couch front with his chest.
He also whips his toys around so hard that he has actually knocked the
wind out of himself. He is a cute but
wild dog. He keeps us on our toes and
laughing along the way.
Anyway the reason
that I write this post is because today they got fixed. It has been a long time in the making due to
the costs associated with it. When we
lived in Barrie, Ontario, we were quoted $500 per dog to be neutered. It is ridiculous. Here we paid less than $500 for both dogs.
They came home all
loopy, and with those darn cones on their heads. They are bumping and getting caught on
everything. They have both been super
quiet all night long. It is so unlike
them it's kind of unnerving.
Look how depressing
they look LOL Is it normal to feel a
little guilty for putting them through this???
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